Patent №
US 9,464,492
Granted
2016-10-11
Filed 2012
Owner
NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P.
Lab
—
AI components
1
vision
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
13695241
A system is disclosed for determining the position of a downhole drill pipe relative to a pipe handling device. The system comprises: an imaging means arranged to capture an image of the drill pipe in a region of the pipe for engagement by the device; and a processor operable to analyze said captured image and to determine therefrom the position of the drill pipe relative to said device.
AI classification
Vision0.81
AI hardware0.04
Evolutionary computation0.01
Natural language0.00
Planning0.00
Machine learning0.00
Speech0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Ownership
NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P.
assignment · 306010519
Assignors
AUSTEFJORD, ARNE, NESSJOEN, PAL JACOB
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.
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