US 11,918,942 B2
In process screen parameter measurement and control
Chase Cox, Radford, VA (US); Michael Victor Robbins, Houston, TX (US); Jared Joseph Stackman, Houston, TX (US); Luis Porras, Humble, TX (US); and Jiawei Dong, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Appl. No. 16/760,846
Filed by SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 31, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/058353
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 30, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/089691, PCT Pub. Date May 9, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/579,451, filed on Oct. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0241709 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. B01D 39/12 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01)
CPC B01D 39/12 (2013.01) [G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 10/457 (2022.01); B01D 2239/0695 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30164 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing a screen, comprising:
operating a wrapping machine to wrap a wire about a base pipe in a manner which creates a slot between wraps of the wire during creation of a wire-wrapped screen; and
during operation of the wrapping machine:
rotating the base pipe along a longitudinal axis of the base pipe;
capturing images of the wire wrapped about the base pipe using a camera positioned adjacent the wrapping machine at a predetermined distance from the wire wrapped about the base pipe, wherein:
the predetermined distance is set according to a distance member;
capturing the images of the wire wrapped about the base pipe includes using the distance member to automatically adjust a position of the camera, during operation of the wrapping machine, to maintain the predetermined distance;
the distance member comprises a wheel coupled to a rigid arm, the rigid arm extending from the camera to the wire wrapped about the base pipe; and
the wheel is in contact with a surface of the wire and configured to roll along the surface of the wire as the base pipe rotates;
using a controller to process the images for determining a width of the slot between wraps;
providing feedback in real-time, via the controller, to the wrapping machine regarding the width of the slot; and
adjusting operating parameters of the wrapping machine based on the feedback regarding the width of the slot.