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US 2015/0149092 A1Published application
Wearable interface for drilling information system
AssigneeNational Oilwell Varco, L.P.
InventorsBlake HANCHER, Robert Eugene MEBANE
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Abstract
A drilling information system comprises a drilling component having an operating status and a drilling control module communicatively coupled to the drilling component and operable to store data indicating the operating status of the drilling component. A wearable interface is communicatively coupled to the drilling control module and is operable to selectively indicate the operating status of the drilling component.
Claims20
A drilling information system comprising:
- a drilling component having an operating status;
- a drilling control module communicatively coupled to the drilling component and operable to store data indicating the operating status of the drilling component;
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- a wearable interface communicatively coupled to the drilling control module, wherein the wearable interface is operable to selectively indicate the operating status of the drilling component.
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A wearable interface comprising:
- a wearable frame;
- a location sensor coupled to the wearable frame, wherein the location sensor generates location data indicating a location of the wearable frame on a drilling rig;
- a field-of-view sensor coupled to the wearable frame, wherein the field-of-view sensor generates field-of-view data indicating a field-of-view of a user wearing the wearable frame;
- a transmitter mounted to the wearable frame and operable to transmit the location data and field-of-view data to a drilling control module;
- a receiver mounted to the frame and operable to receive operating data from the drilling control module, wherein the operating data indicates an operational status of a drilling component that is disposed within the field-of-view;
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- a see-through display screen mounted to the wearable frame and operable to display the operating data proximate to the drilling component.
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A method for displaying data comprising:
- disposing a wearable frame on a user located on a drilling rig;
- generating location data indicating a location of the user on the drilling rig;
- generating field-of-view data indicating a field-of-view of the user;
- transmitting the location data and field-of-view data to a drilling control module;
- receiving operating data from the drilling control module, wherein the operating data indicates an operational status of a drilling component that is disposed within the field-of-view;
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- displaying the operating data on a see-through display screen coupled to the wearable frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.