Patent ID: 11971247
Assignee: HELMERICH & PAYNE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC G  E | IPC E  G

Claim 0:
1. A computer vision system for a drilling rig, the system comprising:
one or more cameras, wherein each camera has a field of view that includes a region of interest, wherein the region of interest comprises a region above a borehole of a well being drilled by a drilling rig; and
a computer vision processor operably coupled to the one or more cameras, the computer vision processor configured to receive, from the one or more cameras, visual data relating to a drill pipe segment in the region of interest, and configured to provide instructions to at least one piece of equipment of the drilling rig, wherein the computer vision processor is adapted to:
analyze the visual data;
detect an object in the visual data as a pipe based on the object meeting predefined shape and size constraints;
determine at least one state specific variable based on the visual data;
update a pipe tally report based on the detection of the object as a pipe and based on the at least one state specific variable meeting a predefined condition; and
interrupt operations of the at least one piece of equipment based on the visual data being outside a pre-determined set of conditions.