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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2021
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Mazin M. Fathi, Dammam, SA;
Yousef Adnan Rayes, Seoul, KR;
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
An automated method of inspecting a pipe includes: positioning the pipe with respect to a laser scanner using a positioning apparatus; scanning a size of the positioned pipe by the laser scanner; identifying a specification and historical data of the pipe's type by inputting the scanned size to an artificially intelligent module trained through machine learning to match input size data to standardized pipe types and output corresponding specifications and historical data of the pipe types; scanning dimensions of the positioned pipe by the laser scanner using a dimension portion of the identified historical data; comparing the scanned dimensions with standard dimensions from the identified specification; detecting a dimension nonconformity when the scanned dimensions are not within acceptable tolerances of the standard dimensions; and in response to detecting the dimension nonconformity, generating an alert and updating the dimension portion of the identified historical data to reflect the detected dimension nonconformity.