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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Cameron International Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Alan Davis, Houston, TX (US);
Tianxiang Su, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); E21B 33/035 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06V 10/24 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); E21B 33/035 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); G06V 10/245 (2022.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30108 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wellhead alignment system includes a visual marker configured to be placed at a wellhead and a camera configured to capture an image that includes the visual marker. The wellhead alignment system also includes one or more processors configured to apply computer vision algorithms to identify the visual marker in the image and to calculate an offset between the wellhead and a drilling rig based on a position of the visual marker in the image.