Patent ID: 8105442

Claim:
A tubular measurement system for in service cleaning, inspecting, and measuring of a tubular having a tubular perimeter, wherein the tubular measurement system comprises: a. a first housing portion connected to a second housing portion using at least one hinge operable by at least one hydraulic actuator, forming a closable housing; b. at least one pressurized water jet unit with at least one nozzle disposed on a cleaning end of the closable housing, wherein the at least one nozzle is positioned to impact the tubular perimeter; c. a marine growth plough for engaging the tubular perimeter, wherein the marine growth plough is disposed on the cleaning end; d. four enclosable camera blocks, each camera block containing at least one digital camera disposed on an inspection end of the closable housing wherein each enclosable camera block includes a video camera, each enclosable camera block is positioned at 90 degrees relative to each other enclosable camera block and at 90 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the tubular, and the video cameras record two cross-sectional measurements of the tubular at 90 degrees to each other simultaneously; e. an imaging target plate disposed opposite the at least one enclosable camera block for enabling continuous digital imaging of the tubular as the closable housing engages and rolls along the tubular; f. a first set of roller assemblies disposed on the cleaning end for engaging the tubular perimeter; g. a second set of roller assemblies disposed on the inspection end for engaging the tubular perimeter; h. a communication conduit for transferring a plurality of signals from the at least one digital camera to a remote location; i. a hydraulic conduit for providing hydraulic fluid from the remote location to the at least one hydraulic actuator; j. a pressurized water conduit for providing high pressure water from the remote location to the at least one pressurized water jet unit; k. a tether for providing a variable tension from the remote location to the closable housing for enabling the closable housing to connect to the tubular and roll along the tubular providing cleaning, inspection, and measuring of the tubular while the tubular is in use without interrupting use of the tubular; l. a remote operated vehicle; and m. a top side computer suite comprising a processor and a computer-readable medium, the computer-readable medium including instructions recorded on the computer readable medium; wherein the video cameras transmit a signal via the remote operated vehicle to the top side computer suite and the instructions, when executed, instruct the processor to process video signals from the video camera at 50 frames per second in real time while simultaneously applying a mathematical model for continuous measurement of the tubular creating a geometric tubular profile.