Granted Patent B2

US 12,217,412 · App. 18/225,284 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Inventor: Guillermo Vargas (Austin, TX)

Assignee: SeekOps Inc.

G06T7/0004G01J5/0014G01M3/20G06T7/20G06T11/001G01J2005/0077G06T2207/10048G06T2207/30108G06T2207/30244

Abstract

Claims (44)

1. A system comprising:

a camera; and

a processor in communication with the camera, the processor configured to:

capture at least two images of a scene with the camera;

detect pixels in the at least two images, indicating motion in the scene;

quantify motion in the scene based on the detected pixels;

determine a dominant motion in the scene utilizing said motion quantification, wherein the dominant motion indicates a background in the scene; and

reduce an influence of said dominant motion in the scene, to indicate a location of a gas plume in the scene.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the camera is an optical gas imaging (OGI) camera, and wherein the OGI camera is tuned to specific wavelengths in the infra-red (IR).

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining the dominant motion further comprises the processor configured to:

compare the captured at least two images to determine at least one of: a motion associated with a movement of the camera and a motion associated with a movement of the gas plume.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein determining the dominant motion further comprises the processor configured to:

apply a value to one or more pixels of the at least two images that are associated with the dominant motion.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein reducing the influence of the dominant motion further comprises the processor configured to:

subtract one or more pixels from the applied valued pixels associated with the movement of the camera.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

generate an image of an output of the gas plume based on the subtracted pixels and the applied valued pixels.

7. The system of claim 4 , wherein the applying the value is based on at least one of: a direction of motion and a velocity of motion in the scene between the at least two captured images, and wherein the direction of motion and the velocity of motion in the scene are associated with the dominant motion.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the value is at least one color applied to each pixel of the captured images based on the direction of movement and the velocity of movement between the at least two captured images.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the direction of movement and the velocity of movement of the camera between the at least two captured images is different than the direction of movement and the velocity of movement of the gas plume.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the generated image of the output of the gas plume is isolated from a background image of the at least two captured images.

11. A method comprising:

capturing at least two images of a scene with a camera;

detecting pixels in the at least two images, indicating motion in the scene;

quantifying motion in the scene based on the detected pixels;

determining a dominant motion in the scene utilizing said motion quantification, wherein the dominant motion indicates a background in the scene; and

reducing an influence of said dominant motion in the scene, to indicate a location of a gas plume in the scene.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the camera is an optical gas imaging (OGI) camera.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the OGI camera is tuned to specific wavelengths in the infra-red (IR).

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

applying a value to one or more pixels of the at least two images that are associated with the dominant motion;

subtracting one or more pixels from the applied valued pixels associated with the movement of the camera; and

generating, by the processor, an image of an output of the gas plume based on the subtracted pixels and the applied valued pixels.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein applying the value to the one or more pixels of the at least two captured images is based on at least one of: a direction of movement and a velocity of movement of the movement of the camera and the motion of the gas plume between the at least two captured images.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the value is at least one color applied to each pixel of the captured images based on the direction of movement and the velocity of movement between the at least two captured images.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the direction of movement and the velocity of movement of the camera between the at least two captured images is different than the direction of movement and the velocity of movement of the gas plume, and wherein the generated image of the output of the gas plume is isolated from a background image of the at least two captured images.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the captured scene comprises a site with one or more structures.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the one or more structures comprise one or more potential gas sources.

20. A method comprising:

capturing at least two images of a scene with an optical gas imaging (OGI) camera;

detecting, by a processor in communication with the camera, a dominant motion direction and velocity, wherein the detected dominant motion direction and velocity is based on a movement of the camera between the captured at least two images;

applying, by the processor, a value to one or more pixels of the captured images based on a direction of motion and a velocity of motion in the scene between the at least two captured images; and

subtracting, by the processor, one or more pixels from the applied valued pixels associated with the dominant motion direction and velocity; and

generating, by the processor, an image of an output of a gas plume based on the subtracted pixels and the applied value pixels, wherein the gas plume is accentuated in the generated image.

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