Determining stickup height based on pipe tally, block position, and digital images

    公开(公告)号:US11761273B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-19

    申请号:US17199994

    申请日:2021-03-12

    Inventor: Shunfeng Zheng

    Abstract: A monitoring system for determining a stickup height of a drill string. The monitoring system includes a video camera operable to facilitate a digital image, a block position sensor operable to facilitate block position measurements, and/or a processing device. The processing device receives the digital image, recognizes an upper end of the drill string or a connection joint of the drill string on the digital image, and determines the stickup height based on location of the upper end of the drill string or the connection joint of the drill string on the digital image. The processing device may also or instead record a pipe tally indicative of a length of each drill pipe and a location of each drill pipe within the drill string, receive the block position measurements, and determine the stickup height based on the pipe tally and block position measurements.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK-IMPLEMENTED SENSOR SYSTEM TO CLASSIFY OBJECTS IN A BULK FLOW

    公开(公告)号:US20230206606A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-29

    申请号:US18000698

    申请日:2021-06-02

    Inventor: Dirk BALTHASAR

    Abstract: A method of training a neural network stored on a computer-readable storage medium to classify objects in a bulk flow, the method including: providing input image data depicting objects to be classified, which input image data is captured by means of an input imaging sensor of a first sensor technology design; providing auxiliary image data, which auxiliary image data is captured by means of an auxiliary imaging sensor of a second sensor technology design, and which auxiliary image data depicts said or similar objects which are classified in accordance with a predetermined classifying scheme; by means of a processing unit, train the neural network stored on the computer-readable storage medium to classify the depicted objects in the input image data based on classifications of depicted objects in the auxiliary image data, wherein the depicted objects in the input image data correspond to objects in a bulk flow.

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