US 12,411,033 B2
System and method for measuring solid objects flow rate
Marco Petriella, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (AR); and Yago Cagnacci, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (AR)
Assigned to YPF TECNOLOGÍA S.A., Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (AR)
Filed by YPF TECNOLOGÍA S.A., Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (AR)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/404,372.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/437,194, filed on Jan. 5, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0230387 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G01F 1/74 (2006.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01)
CPC G01F 1/74 (2013.01) [H04N 23/74 (2023.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a surface for receiving solid objects,
a laser line generator,
a high-resolution camera arranged at an angle of about 10° to 20° with respect to the laser line generator,
a data processing unit, wherein the data processing unit is configured for acquiring a laser line position data as a function of time from a plurality of photographs of the solid objects taken by the high-resolution camera and calculating a solid object size from the laser line position data as a function of time.