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US 10,890,060 B2Granted
Zone management system and equipment interlocks
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsAnstein Jorud, Shunfeng Zheng, Oerjan Eikeland
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Abstract
Systems and methods for managing equipment in a workspace such as an oil rig are disclosed. Objects are given zones which are physically larger than the objects. A monitoring system is capable of monitoring the objects and the zones for each object. When zones intersect, a collision is possible and the monitoring system can take action to prevent the collision or mitigate damage in the case of a collision. Further, systems and methods for ensuring the moving components are handed-off properly from one support to another are disclosed.
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A system, comprising:
- a plurality of monitored objects, each having physical characteristics, the monitored objects being deployed in a workspace;
- a computation component configured to establish zones pertaining to one or more of the monitored objects, wherein size and shape of each zone is based on the physical characteristics of a corresponding one of the monitored objects;
- a memory configured to store a coordinate system for the workspace and for the monitored objects and to store information describing the zones;
- wherein:
- the zones extend beyond a physical extremity of the monitored object in at least one direction;
- the computation component is configured
- to identify that zones for two or more monitored objects will intersect,
- to initiate preventive measures in response to the zones intersecting, and
- to establish a first zone and a second zone for the monitored objects, the first zone being smaller than the second zone, wherein the preventive measures initiated by the computation component in response to identifying that the second zone has intersected with another zone comprise expanding the first zone.
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A system, comprising:
- a plurality of monitored objects, each having physical characteristics, the monitored objects being deployed in a workspace;
- a computation component configured to establish zones pertaining to one or more of the monitored objects, wherein size and shape of each zone is based on the physical characteristics of a corresponding one of the monitored objects;
- a memory configured to store a coordinate system for the workspace and for the monitored objects and to store information describing the zones;
- wherein:
- the zones extend beyond a physical extremity of the monitored object in at least one direction;
- the computation component is configured
- to identify that zones for two or more monitored objects will intersect,
- to initiate preventive measures in response to the zones intersecting, and
- to calculate a speed of one or more of the monitored objects and to alter a zone pertaining to stationary objects near the monitored object based on the calculated speed of the one or more of the monitored objects.
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A system, comprising:
- a plurality of monitored objects, each having physical characteristics, the monitored objects being deployed in a workspace;
- a computation component configured to establish zones pertaining to one or more of the monitored objects, wherein size and shape of each zone is based on the physical characteristics of a corresponding one of the monitored objects;
- a memory configured to store a coordinate system for the workspace and for the monitored objects and to store information describing the zones;
- wherein:
- the zones extend beyond a physical extremity of the monitored object in at least one direction;
- the computation component is configured
- to identify that zones for two or more monitored objects will intersect,
- to initiate preventive measures in response to the zones intersecting, and
- to establish an initial zone of movement for the object, the initial zone of movement being adjacent to the object, and wherein the computation component is configured to confirm that no other zone occupies the initial zone of movement.
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A method, comprising:
- identifying a coordinate system for a workspace;
- identifying a plurality of monitored objects within the workspace, wherein at least one of the monitored objects is equipped with a beacon storing information indicative of physical characteristics of the monitored object equipped with the beacon;
- receiving from the beacon the information indicative of physical characteristics;
- establishing coordinates for the monitored objects pertaining to the coordinate system for the workspace;
- establishing a zone for one or more monitored objects, the zone extending beyond a perimeter of the monitored object such that a buffer is defined between the zone and the monitored object, wherein size and shape of the zone is based on the information stored in the beacon;
- identifying intersection of two or more zones;
- and
- initiating preventive measures in response to the intersection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.