Patents
US 12228695 B2: Detection of buried pipelines and spills
- Granted
- 2025-02-18
- Filed
- 2022-03-30 application 17657205
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for detecting buried pipelines and spills. One method includes operations for programming a drone to fly over a geographical area, and for capturing, during a flight of the drone, geophysical data with geophysical equipment in the drone. Further, the method includes capturing, during the flight of the drone, images with a camera in the drone. A machine-learning (ML) model is utilized to identify locations of buried pipes and spills based on the captured geophysical data and the captured images. Further, the method includes presenting the identified locations of the buried pipes and spills in a map of the geographical area.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250218.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy & Environmental Research Center 68 patents | US company or organization | Portland, ND | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| César Barajas-Olalde | Portland, ND | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Saurabh Ajit Chimote | Portland, ND | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jordan Michael Krueger | Portland, ND | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Donald C. Adams, III | Portland, ND | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G01V | Geophysics; gravitational measurements; detecting masses or objects; tags | G01V3/38 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06T | Image data processing or generation, in general | G06T7/70 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06V | Image or video recognition or understanding | G06V10/774 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-11 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | CHIMOTE, SAURABH AJIT signed 2022-03-29 BARAJAS-OLALDE, CÉSAR signed 2022-03-30 ADAMS, DONALD C, III signed 2022-04-04 KRUEGER, JORDAN MICHAEL signed 2022-04-06 | ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION GRAND FORKS, ND | 59562/869 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2022-04-07 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | CHIMOTE, SAURABH AJIT signed 2022-03-29 BARAJAS-OLALDE, CÉSAR signed 2022-03-30 ADAMS, DONALD C., III signed 2022-04-04 KRUEGER, JORDAN MICHAEL signed 2022-04-06 | ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION GRAND FORKS, ND | 59534/294 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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