An apparatus for tracking a pig
AssigneeCokebusters Ltd.
InventorsJohn Phipps, Jakub Wnuk, Lukasz Kremski
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Abstract
There is provided an apparatus for tracking a pig travelling inside a tubular object. The apparatus includes a sensor arrangement including at least one position sensor configured to detect a passage of the pig travelling inside the tubular object and a tracking device. The tracking device is configured to: process the detected passage of the pig from a run of the pig through the tubular object to determine a travel time of the pig; using the determined travel time, calculate a speed of the pig through the tubular object; and using the calculated pig's speed, perform real-time tracking of the pig's position inside the tubular object in a subsequent run of the pig through the tubular object.
Claims25
An apparatus for tracking a pig travelling inside a tubular object, the apparatus comprising:
- a sensor arrangement including at least one position sensor configured to detect a passage of the pig travelling inside the tubular object;
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- a tracking device configured to:
- process the detected passage of the pig from a run of the pig through the tubular object to determine a travel time of the pig;
- using the determined travel time, calculate a speed of the pig through the tubular object;
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- using the calculated pig's speed, perform real-time tracking of the pig's position inside the tubular object in a subsequent run of the pig through the tubular object.
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A computer-implemented method of tracking a pig travelling inside a tubular object, the computer-implemented method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a detected passage of the pig travelling inside the tubular object from a run of the pig through the tubular object;
- processing the detected passage of the pig to determine a travel time of the pig;
- processing the determined travel time to calculate a speed of the pig through the tubular object;
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- using the calculated pig's speed, perform real-time tracking of the pig's position inside the tubular object in a subsequent run of the pig through the tubular object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.