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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2023
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Ahmed Aljarro, Thuwal, SA;
Nada Ibrahim Alruwaii, Thuwal, SA;
Mohmmed T. Abdulmohsin, Dhahran, SA;
Abdulaziz M. Almosa, Dhahran, SA;
Khalid Ghamdi, Dhahran, SA;
Salah A. Zahrani, Dhahran, SA;
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a buoyant housing; a sensor arrangement housed within the buoyant housing, the sensor arrangement including an electromagnetic (EM) transmitter and several EM receivers; a wireless communications system to communicate a location of the apparatus within a pipe or other body having a material that is metallic, non-metallic, composite or a combination thereof, to an aerial or terrestrial tracking device; a processor to determining an induced signal value for each of the plurality of EM receivers; receiving the induced signal value for each of the plurality of EM receivers as an input to a neural network (NN); creating a visual representation of a body based on a NN comparison of the induced signal values for each of the EM receivers; and determining whether a body defect exists based on a comparison of the induced signal values for each of the EM receivers performed by the NN.