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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:
Apr. 27, 2010

Filed:

May. 13, 2003
Applicants:

Batakrishna Mandal, Missouri City, TX (US);

Wallace R. Gardner, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Batakrishna Mandal, Missouri City, TX (US);

Wallace R. Gardner, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/47 (2006.01); E21B 44/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system for obtaining video data is provided, the system comprising a video camera positioned down a bore-hole to obtain a plurality of video frames wherein the plurality of video frames comprises sequential video frames, wherein each of the sequential video frames contains information, and wherein a portion of the information of each of the sequential video frames comprises new information not found on a previous sequential video frame. The system also comprises a data extractor to extract information only from the portion comprising the new information from each sequential video frame.


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