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

Claim 17:
18. A method for locating personnel on a drilling site with computer vision, the method comprising:
acquiring, by a computer vision system, visual data from at least one camera positioned on a drilling site, wherein the drilling site comprises a drilling rig and one or more pieces of equipment associated with the drilling rig;
analyzing, by the computer vision system, the 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;
identifying, by the computer vision system, one or more personnel in the field of view from the visual data;
estimating, by the computer vision system, a location of one or more personnel on the drilling site from the visual data and based on the identification of the one or more personnel;
determining, by the computer vision system, if the determined location of the one or more personnel comprises a predetermined safety condition from the visual data; and
initiating, by the computer vision system, a corrective action based on the determined location of the one or more personnel.