Systems and methods for gas leak detection using unmanned autonomous vehicles
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsAli Rezaei, Nasser Ghorbani
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Abstract
A method of operation of an unmanned autonomous vehicle includes autonomously maneuvering the unmanned autonomous vehicle about a facility, collecting gas concentration data using one or more sensors carried on or integrated with the unmanned autonomous vehicle, and monitoring the collected gas concentration data to detect a high concentration due to a gas leak. The method further includes, if a high concentration is detected, estimating a location of the gas leak and maneuvering the unmanned autonomous vehicle toward the estimated location of the gas leak.
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A method of operation of an unmanned autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:
- autonomously maneuvering the unmanned autonomous vehicle about a facility, wherein the unmanned autonomous vehicle comprises a ground vehicle;
- collecting gas concentration data using one or more sensors carried on or integrated with the unmanned autonomous vehicle;
- monitoring the collected gas concentration data to detect a concentration of gas above a threshold concentration due to a gas leak;
- estimating a location of the gas leak in response to the detected concentration being above the threshold concentration;
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- maneuvering the unmanned autonomous vehicle toward the estimated location of the gas leak, wherein artificial intelligence at least assists with maneuvering the unmanned autonomous vehicle toward the estimated location of the gas leak.
A tangible and non-transitory machine readable medium comprising instructions to cause a processing system to:
- autonomously maneuver an unmanned autonomous vehicle about a facility, wherein the unmanned autonomous vehicle comprises a ground vehicle;
- collect gas concentration data using one or more sensors carried on or integrated with the unmanned autonomous vehicle;
- monitor the collected gas concentration data to detect a concentration of gas above a threshold concentration due to a gas leak;
- estimate a location of the gas leak in response to the detected concentration being above the threshold concentration;
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- maneuver the unmanned autonomous vehicle toward the estimated location of the gas leak, wherein artificial intelligence at least assists to maneuver the unmanned autonomous vehicle toward the estimated location of the gas leak.
A system, comprising:
- an unmanned autonomous vehicle, comprising:
- a motion system configured to autonomously maneuver the unmanned autonomous vehicle about a facility, wherein the unmanned autonomous vehicle comprises a ground vehicle;
- one or more sensors configured to collect gas concentration data;
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- a control system configured to monitor the collected gas concentration data and detect a concentration of gas above a threshold concentration due to a gas leak, wherein the control system is configured to estimate a location of the gas leak in response to the detected concentration being above the threshold concentration, and the control system is configured to maneuver the unmanned autonomous vehicle toward the estimated location of the gas leak, wherein artificial intelligence at least assists to maneuver the unmanned autonomous vehicle toward the estimated location of the gas leak.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.