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Patent No.:

US 10876919 B1

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Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Sukanya Randhawa, Bangalore, IN;

Ninad Sathaye, Bangalore, IN;

Ashwin Srinivas, Bangalore, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/38 (2006.01); G01M 3/04 (2006.01); G01M 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/38 (2013.01); G01M 3/047 (2013.01); G01M 3/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, computer program products, and devices for in-pipeline optical interference-based cognitive systems for leak and defect detection are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes obtaining optical interference-related data pertaining to at least one interior portion of a pipeline; obtaining multiple items of sensor data pertaining to the at least one interior portion of the pipeline; generating one or more pipeline-irregularity predictions by applying an inference-based algorithm to the optical interference-related data, the multiple items of sensor data, and one or more additional items of data, wherein each of the one or more pipeline-irregularity predictions comprises an identified location within the interior surface of the pipeline of a predicted irregularity and an estimated size of the predicted irregularity; and outputting the one or more pipeline-irregularity predictions to one or more users.


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