公开(公告)号：US20240378739A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-14

申请号：US18739730

申请日：2024-06-11

Applicant: ULC Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Ali Asmari ,  Xinghua Jia ,  Robert E. Kodadek, III

IPC: G06T7/593 ,  B25J9/16 ,  G06T7/33 ,  G06V10/75 ,  G06V20/10 ,  G06V20/17 ,  G06V20/56 ,  G06V40/20

Abstract: A system and method for pipeline data acquisition using a robotic system is provided. The robotic system includes a transport module with a video camera designed to capture images as the transport module traverses along an interior of a pipeline. The robotic system also includes a control module with a processor designed to process the images, identify a feature in the images using a machine learning model, and generate a 3-D point cloud of the interior of the pipeline.

公开(公告)号：US12008780B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-11

申请号：US17815192

申请日：2022-07-26

Applicant: ULC Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Ali Asmari ,  Xinghua Jia ,  Robert E. Kodadek

IPC: G06V20/10 ,  B25J9/16 ,  G06T7/33 ,  G06T7/593 ,  G06V10/75 ,  G06V20/17 ,  G06V20/56 ,  G06V40/20

CPC classification number: G06T7/593 ,  B25J9/162 ,  B25J9/1664 ,  G06T7/337 ,  G06V10/751 ,  G06V10/757 ,  G06V20/10 ,  G06V20/17 ,  G06V20/182 ,  G06V20/56 ,  G06V40/20

Abstract: A system and method for pipeline data acquisition may include a software program that can autonomously review new and legacy videos collected by camera-equipped robotic systems from inside the pipelines, and automatically detect and categorize different features. Three-dimensional (3-D) point cloud may also be generated using software algorithms that stitch together like features in different video frames.