US 11,725,504 B2
Contactless real-time 3D mapping of surface equipment
Damian Pablo San Roman Alerigi, Al-Khobar (SA); Sameeh Issa Batarseh, Dhahran (SA); Mishaal Elaiwy, Dhahran (SA); Adrian Cesar Cavazos Sepulveda, Nuevo Leon (MX); and Mutlaq S. Alotaibi, Dhahran (SA)
Assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on May 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/328,159.
Prior Publication US 2022/0372868 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 47/135 (2012.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); E21B 47/002 (2012.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 47/135 (2020.05) [E21B 47/002 (2020.05); G01B 11/002 (2013.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
an array of structured-light sensors (SLSes) directed toward one or more objects;
a computerized data collection system configured to collect light information from the array of SLSes;
an analysis and presentation system configured to provide analysis and visualization of the light information collected from the array of SLSes;
a data transmission system for transmitting information between the array of SLSes, the computerized data collection system, and the analysis and presentation system;
one or more processors; and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the one or more processors and storing programming instructions for execution by the one or more processors, the programming instructions instructing the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
generating, by the analysis and presentation system using light information collected through structured light illumination by the array of SLSes, a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud of the one or more objects, including defining points of the 3D point cloud that are relative to reference points on the one or more objects;
performing, using the 3D point cloud, real-time contactless 3D surface measurements of the one or more objects; and
determining, by the analysis and presentation system by analyzing the real-time contactless 3D surface measurements, material changes, damage, deformations, mechanical tension and strain, material degradation and contamination, and correlations between displacement, temperature, and flow rates in one or more parts of the one or more objects.