Patent ID: 11920412
Assignee: DARKVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  E  G | IPC B  E  G

Claim 3:
4. An imaging device for imaging coiled tubing (CT), comprising:
a housing having two openings at opposing ends and a cavity therebetween, the opening and the cavity being arranged to axially accommodate and pass through a length of coiled tubing;
at least two radial ultrasound arrays facing radially-inward towards the cavity, wherein the at least two radial ultrasound arrays are axially spaced-apart from each other along the cavity; and
a processor programmed to compare first and second images generated by the at least two radial ultrasound arrays to determine an amount of shift of same features in the first image and the second image and estimate an amount of movement of the CT through the imaging device.