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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 26, 2022
Date of Patent:
June 11, 2024
Assignee:
ULC Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
Ali Asmari, Xinghua Jia, Robert E. Kodadek
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 clouds may also be generated using software algorithms that stitch together like features in different video frames.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 8, 2019
Date of Patent:
July 26, 2022
Assignee:
ULC Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
Ali Asmari, Xinghua Jia, Robert E. Kodadek, III
Abstract: A system for servicing cable includes a field-end assembly and a live-end assembly, each mounted on a support structure having at least one drive mechanism operable to cause relative linear movement between the field-end assembly and the live-end assembly. A drilling-and-shorting assembly can create a short circuit in a field-end of the cable, and a continuity tester can test the integrity of the short-circuit. The field end of the cable can then be ejected from the system, and an end-cap-cradle assembly can position an end cap on a live end of an electrical cable and test its installation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 16, 2019
Date of Patent:
July 5, 2022
Assignees:
ULC Technologies, LLC, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
Inventors:
Alex Symington, Dennis John Semet, Caner Oktayer, Aalap Rajendra Shah, Than Lin Htaik, Patrick McHugh, Maggie Chow, George Murray, Luis Jerez, Thomas Campbell, Michael Baratta