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US 12,597,108 B2Granted
Method and apparatus to perform a wireline cable inspection
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsPablo Paiva, Pratyush Snehi, Gabriel Arrigo Morosini
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure provide for a method and apparatus to quickly identify defects in a cable used in hydrocarbon recovery wireline operations. A series of high-speed cameras take pictures along a length of the wireline cable, while artificial intelligence data processing algorithms process the camera data.
Claims15
A method for performing a wireline cable inspection, comprising:
- obtaining a wireline cable;
- progressing the wireline cable through a visual camera apparatus configured to take photographic data of the wireline cable at fixed spatial intervals along a length of the wireline cable as the wireline cable is progressed through the visual camera apparatus, such that the photographic data corresponds to specific locations along the wireline cable, wherein the photographic data is taken at shorter fixed spatial intervals at specific locations along the wireline cable identified as being more stressed;
- storing the photographic data of the wireline cable;
- comparing the photographic data to a set of defects using a machine learning model trained in advanced object detection through neural network processing techniques on the photographic data;
- and
- producing a defect report in response to a similarity indicated between the photographic data and the set of defects.
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A method for performing a cable inspection, comprising:
- identifying specific locations of a cable indicative of the cable being stressed;
- passing the cable through a visual camera apparatus configured to obtain data of the cable at fixed spatial intervals along a length of the cable during motion, such that the data corresponds to specific locations along the cable, wherein the data is obtained at shorter fixed spatial intervals at the specific locations along the cable identified as being stressed;
- storing the data of the cable on one of a memory arrangement and a computing arrangement;
- comparing the data to a set of defects;
- and
- producing a defect report in response to the data being detected as faulty by a model after analyzing the set of defects.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.