Aerial drone for well-site and signal survey

US10192182B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DecaWave Ltd. · IE

Inventors

• John Whipple · San Antonio, US
• Nakul Jeirath · San Antonio, US
• Cameron Archer · San Antonio, US
• David Allen Sisk · San Antonio, US
• Stephen Tom D. Gray · Kleppestø, NO
• Cody James Lee · San Jose, US
• Jesus Gonzalez · Jacksonville, US
• Theodore Wilmes · Bloomington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 9, 2015
• Grant date: Jan 29, 2019
• Expiry date: Aug 6, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Implementations are directed to surveying equipment and/or signals at well sites using an aerial drone. In some implementations, actions include receiving data provided from the aerial drone, the data including signal measurement data, location data, and one or more of image data and video data associated with a well-site, processing the data to provide one or more of a signal survey and a well-site survey associated with the well-site, the signal survey indicating a strength of a signal at multiple locations of the well-site, the well-site survey indicating one or more pieces of equipment located at the well-site, and providing the one or more of the signal survey and the well-site survey to provide an equipment schedule, the equipment schedule identifying equipment to be installed at the well-site and, for at least one piece of equipment, a location to install the at least one piece of equipment.