ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,253, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method and system for determining steam trap data using machine learning" was invented by Mohammed K. Alanazi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Talal A. Altook (Khobar, Saudi Arabia) and Abdulaziz M. Alnutaifi (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may include obtaining, from a camera device, thermal image data for a steam area of a plant facility. The steam area may include a steam trap for a steam network. The method may further include obtaining plant steam data regarding the steam trap. The method may further include determin...