System and method for remotely controlling logging equipment in drilled holes
AssigneeBaker Hughes Incorporated
InventorNick Beeson
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Abstract
A system and a method for remotely controlling logging equipment in drilled holes are provided. The method includes inputting a first command associated with either a logging tool or a hoist device coupled to the logging tool utilizing an input device operably coupled to a first computer. The first computer is located at a position remote from the logging tool. The method further includes transmitting a first communication signal having the first command from the first computer to a second computer. The method further includes controlling operation of either the logging tool or the hoist device based on the first command utilizing the second computer.
Claims20
A method for remotely controlling logging equipment in a drilled hole, comprising:
- specifying a first command associated with either a logging tool or a hoist device coupled to the logging tool utilizing an input device operably coupled to a first computer, the first computer being located at a position remote from the logging tool;
- transmitting a first communication signal having the first command from the first computer to a second computer;
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- controlling operation of either the logging tool or the hoist device based on the first command utilizing the second computer.
A system for remotely controlling logging equipment in a drilled hole, comprising:
- a first computer configured to allow an operator to specify a first command associated with either the logging tool or a hoist device coupled to the logging tool, the first computer being located at a position remote from the logging tool;
- a first communication device operably communicating with the first computer configured to transmit a first communication signal having the first command;
- a second communication device configured to receive the first communication signal;
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- a second computer operably communicating with the second communication device, the second computer configured to control operation of either the logging tool or the hoist device based on the first command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.