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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2020
Exxonmobil Technology and Engineering Company, Spring, TX (US);
Timothy J. Nedwed, Houston, TX (US);
Douglas A. Mitchell, Spring, TX (US);
Timothy A. Thornton, Tulsa, OK (US);
ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A remote survey system includes an unmanned surface vehicle that includes a body, a propulsion system coupled to the body to provide mobility to the unmanned surface vehicle to traverse a surface of a waterbody, and a thickness detection assembly mounted to a hull of the body and including one or more thickness detection cameras. A central computer system is located at a command center and in wireless communication with the unmanned surface vehicle via a communication module. The one or more thickness detection cameras are positioned to obtain one or more images or videos of an air-oil-water interface on the surface of the waterbody, and a thickness of a released substance present on the surface of the waterbody is determined based on the one or more images or videos of the air-oil-water interface.