Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Remotely assessing real-time wooden pole integrity
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Application No.: US16394553Application Date: 2019-04-25
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Publication No.: US11079358B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Khaled A. Al-Buraik
- 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: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: G01N29/07
- IPC: G01N29/07 ; G01N29/11 ; G01N29/30 ; G01N29/34 ; G01N29/12 ; G01N29/24

Abstract:
Methods and systems, including computer-implemented methods, computer program products, and computer systems for wooden pole integrity assessment. One computer-implemented method includes emitting, by one or more acoustic sources mounted onto a wooden pole, one or more sound waves through the wooden pole. Further, the method includes measuring, by one or more acoustic receivers mounted on the wooden pole, a respective amplitude and time of arrival of at least a portion of each of the one or more sound waves. Additionally, the method includes calculating, using the respective amplitude, the respective time of arrival, and a predetermined function, the real-time integrity level of the wooden pole. The method also includes in response to determining that the real-time integrity level of the wooden pole is less than a threshold level, outputting an alert indicating that the integrity level of the wooden pole is less than the threshold level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200340951A1 Assessing Wooden Pole Integrity Public/Granted day:2020-10-29
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