US Patent Issued to Helmerich & Payne Technologies on Jan. 20 for "Systems and methods for estimating rig state using computer vision" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,288, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Helmerich & Payne Technologies LLC (Tulsa, Okla.).

"Systems and methods for estimating rig state using computer vision" was invented by Peter A. Torrione (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a system and method for estimating global rig state. The system comprises a model incorporating multiple variables related to rig state, at least one camera operably connected to at least one processor wherein said camera is capable of gathering visual data regarding at least one variable of rig state and said processor is capable of compiling rig state data, estimating glob...