US 12,469,161 B2
Systems for monitoring drilling cuttings
Peter A. Torrione, Durham, NC (US)
Assigned to HELMERICH & PAYNE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed by HELMERICH & PAYNE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/594,363.
Application 18/594,363 is a continuation of application No. 17/190,397, filed on Mar. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,948,322.
Application 17/190,397 is a continuation of application No. 15/251,940, filed on Aug. 30, 2016, granted, now 10,954,729, issued on Mar. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/212,252, filed on Aug. 31, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0257379 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 21/06 (2006.01); E21B 47/04 (2012.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 7/62 (2017.01) [E21B 21/065 (2013.01); E21B 47/04 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A method of monitoring drilling cuttings from a well bore, the method comprising:
receiving, by a processor, visual data from at least one camera having a field of view that includes at least an edge of a shaker table;
analyzing, by the processor, the visual data using and identifying, by the processor, objects in the visual data as drilling cuttings;
estimating a volume of drilling cuttings responsive to visual data; and
generating a display on a user interface, wherein the display comprises an annotated image with at least one marking identifying at least one of a fluid front, one or more drilling cuttings, or potential issues.