Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for acoustic container volume calibration
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Application No.: US16569368Application Date: 2019-09-12
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Publication No.: US10935408B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Vincent Cunningham , Ali Outa , Ihsan Al-Taie , Ayman Amer
- Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Leason Ellis LLP
- Main IPC: G01F17/00
- IPC: G01F17/00 ; G01F25/00 ; G01N29/024 ; G01F23/296 ; G01N29/265 ; G01N29/22

Abstract:
A system and method is disclosed for calibrating the volume of storage containers using ultrasonic inspection techniques. The exemplary ultrasonic calibration system comprises a plurality of acoustic devices controllably deployed in respective positions on the outside surface of the container. The acoustic devices include a transducer for sending acoustic signals across the internal volume of the container and sensors configured to detect the acoustic signals. The acoustic devices are in communication with a diagnostic computing device that controls the positioning and the operation of the acoustic devices and is further configured to determine the time time-of-flight of acoustic signals that travel between the various acoustic devices. Moreover, according to the specific arrangement of acoustic devices and the measured acoustic signal information, the control computer is configured to calculate the dimensions of the container and its internal volume.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200003600A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACOUSTIC CONTAINER VOLUME CALIBRATION Public/Granted day:2020-01-02
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