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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 06, 2020
Applicant:

Darkvision Technologies Inc, North Vancouver, CA;

Inventors:

Timothy Luu, North Vancouver, CA;

Anas Mahmoud, North Vancouver, CA;

Assignee:

DarkVision Technologies Inc, North Vancouver, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G01S 15/88 (2006.01); G06F 16/587 (2019.01); G06F 16/215 (2019.01); E21B 47/002 (2012.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G06N 3/04 (2023.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); E21B 47/007 (2012.01); E21B 17/08 (2006.01); G01M 3/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/88 (2013.01); E21B 17/08 (2013.01); E21B 47/007 (2020.05); E21B 47/0025 (2020.05); G01M 3/00 (2013.01); G01S 15/8945 (2013.01); G06F 16/215 (2019.01); G06F 16/587 (2019.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); G06N 3/04 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06V 10/454 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); E21B 2200/20 (2020.05); E21B 2200/22 (2020.05); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, apparatus and system for locating external apparatus mounted to a tubular in a wellbore. The identification of apparatus, such as cable clamps, enables other tools in the string to operate more precisely. A computer model is used to locate the apparatus from acoustic images, which images are acquired using a downhole device having an acoustic sensor or acoustic array. The model may be a classifier, which may be machine trained to classify whether an apparatus is present, its location and its orientation. Automating this locating enables very long wellbores to be processed quickly.


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