Patent ID: 11917333
Assignee: HELMERICH & PAYNE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  E  G | IPC E  G  H

Claim 22:
23. A computer vision system for personnel location on a drilling site, the system comprising:
at least one camera positioned on a drilling site, wherein the drilling site has a drilling rig and one or more pieces of equipment associated with the drilling rig;
at least one processor operably connected to the at least one camera and configured to receive visual data from the at least one camera, the visual data comprising a field of view of at least a portion of the drilling site, wherein the processor is further configured to (i) identify one or more personnel in the field of view from the visual data, (ii) estimate a location of one or more personnel in the field of view from the visual data, and (iii) determine if the location of the one or more personnel comprises a predetermined safety condition;
a control system operably connected to the processor and operably connected to at least one of the drilling rig or the one or more pieces of equipment, wherein the processor is configured to send a signal to the control system when a predetermined safety condition is determined, and the control system is configured to control at least one drilling activity in response thereto; and
a graphical user interface configured to provide the determined location of the one or more personnel to an operator.