Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spot detection algorithm for external pipeline inspection applications
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Application No.: US17227913Application Date: 2021-04-12
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Publication No.: US11625853B2Publication Date: 2023-04-11
- Inventor: Ahmed Alalouni , Abubaker Saeed
- 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: Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP
- Main IPC: G06T7/73
- IPC: G06T7/73 ; G06V10/56 ; G06V10/30 ; G06V20/00 ; G06T7/00 ; G06F3/04847

Abstract:
There is disclosed a system for automatically detecting an irregularity on a pipe. The system includes a camera arranged at an external surface of the pipe, the camera being configured to capture a Red, Green and Blue (RBG) image of a region of a pipe. One or more hardware processors are in communication with the camera and are configured to: convert the RGB image to a modified image; split the modified image into a plurality of components; generate a binary image via performing a thresholding operation which utilizes the plurality of components; and detect the irregularity on the pipe via performing a feature extraction process on the binary image. Also disclosed and described is a related method.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220327731A1 SPOT DETECTION ALGORITHM FOR EXTERNAL PIPELINE INSPECTION APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2022-10-13
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