Patents by Inventor Ahmed Alalouni

Ahmed Alalouni has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11625853
    Abstract: There is disclosed a system for automatically detecting an irregularity on a pipe. The system includes a camera arranged at an external surface of the pipe, the camera being configured to capture a Red, Green and Blue (RBG) image of a region of a pipe. One or more hardware processors are in communication with the camera and are configured to: convert the RGB image to a modified image; split the modified image into a plurality of components; generate a binary image via performing a thresholding operation which utilizes the plurality of components; and detect the irregularity on the pipe via performing a feature extraction process on the binary image. Also disclosed and described is a related method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ahmed Alalouni, Abubaker Saeed
  • Publication number: 20220327731
    Abstract: There is disclosed a system for automatically detecting an irregularity on a pipe. The system includes a camera arranged at an external surface of the pipe, the camera being configured to capture a Red, Green and Blue (RBG) image of a region of a pipe. One or more hardware processors are in communication with the camera and are configured to: convert the RGB image to a modified image; split the modified image into a plurality of components; generate a binary image via performing a thresholding operation which utilizes the plurality of components; and detect the irregularity on the pipe via performing a feature extraction process on the binary image. Also disclosed and described is a related method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ahmed Alalouni, Abubaker Saeed