US 12,223,711 B2
System and method for energy project status detection
Jingwen Zheng, Calgary (CA); Fanchi Meng, Calgary (CA); Jiarao Huang, Calgary (CA); and Curtis Hess, Calgary (CA)
Assigned to RS Energy Group Topco, Inc., Calgary (CA)
Filed by RS Energy Group Topco, Inc., Calgary (CA)
Filed on May 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/332,165.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,677, filed on May 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0374404 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06V 20/176 (2022.01) [G06T 7/62 (2017.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); G06F 2218/10 (2023.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/40 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/84 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for monitoring an energy project, comprising:
receiving, at a computing system, an indication of an energy project, wherein the indication comprises location data associated with the energy project; receiving, by the computing system, satellite image data of the energy project, wherein the satellite image data of the energy project corresponds to the location data associated with the energy project, the satellite image data comprising images across a plurality of spectrum bands, the plurality of spectrum bands comprising a first range of spectrum bands and a second range of spectrum bands distinct from the first range of spectrum bands, wherein the second range of spectrum bands comprises at least one non-visible spectrum band, wherein the first range of spectrum bands is dedicated to detecting a first type of feature and the second range of spectrum bands is dedicated to detecting a second type of feature, wherein the first type of feature is one of live vegetation, snow, water or clouds, the second type of feature is one of live vegetation, snow, water, or clouds, and the first type of feature is different from the second image type of feature;
processing, by the computing system, the satellite image data to determine that a first activity has been initiated for the energy project based on a change in the satellite image data, the processing comprising:
analyzing the plurality of spectrum bands of the satellite image data using a computer vision module of the computing system to determine that the first activity has been initiated based on a first indication of whether a first image feature of the first type was detected in the first range of spectrum bands and a second indication of whether a second image feature of the second type was detected in the second range of spectrum bands;
upon determining that the first activity has been initiated, monitoring, by the computing system, telemetry data associated with a location corresponding to the energy project;
continuing, by the computing system, to monitor the satellite image data of the energy project simultaneous with the telemetry data;
converting, by the computing system, the telemetry data associated with the location corresponding to the energy project to a telemetry activity index;
converting, by the computing system, the satellite image data associated with the energy project to a satellite activity index; and determining, by the computing system, that the first activity has ended for the energy project based on changes in at least one of the telemetry activity index and the satellite activity index.