Granted Patent B2

US 12,731,238 · App. 18/820,566 · Granted Sep 8, 2026

Inventors: Lukasz Zielinski (Arlington, MA); Manasi Doshi (Cambridge, MA); Christopher Boucher (Lexington, MA); Andrew J. Speck (Milton, MA); Raphael M. Gadot (Sugar Land, TX); Michael Hayes Kenison (Missouri City, TX); Gokhan Erol (Fulshear, TX); Burc Abdullah Simsek (Sugar Land, TX); Francisco Jose Gomez (Oxford, GB); Krzysztof Sitkowski (Abingdon, GB)

Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation

G06T7/0002G01S17/89G06V10/16G06V20/52G06V20/70G06T2207/10016G06T2207/10028G06T2207/20104G06T2207/20212

Abstract

Claims (46)

1 . A method for analyzing an environment for gaseous effluents during operations of at least one system comprising:

obtaining a panorama generated for a site that contains the at least one system to be monitored for the gaseous effluents;

selecting a set of frame coordinates and zoom levels for the panorama based at least on a likelihood of equipment developing a leak, a presence of a plume, or both;

storing the set of frame coordinates and zoom levels as parameters for subsequent image capture; and

obtaining at least one subsequent panorama at least in part using the parameters for subsequent image capture.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

determining an emission rate for the plume.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

comparing the emission rate for the plume to a standard; and

altering the emission rate for the plume when the standard is exceeded.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the altering of the emission rate for the plume includes performing a hardware operational control of emission equipment.

5 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the altering of the emission rate for the plume includes performing a hardware operational control of a production process.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

recording data for analysis.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

reviewing one of recorded data and analyzed data through a computer configured with a click and point operation.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

marking high-albedo and high-noise zones within the panorama.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

marking no emission zones in areas of the site where emissions will not occur.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

superimposing, on the panorama, an indicator of wind speed and wind direction associated with the plume.

11 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

conducting a plume-tracking frame selection of the panorama;

performing a screening of high-albedo and high-noise zones and the plume-tracking frame selection of the panorama; and

attributing the presence of the plume-tracking frame selection to an emission source.

12 . A method for analyzing an environment for gaseous effluents during operations of at least one system comprising:

obtaining, using a default set of frame coordinates and zoom levels, a panorama generated for a site that contains the at least one system to be monitored for the gaseous effluents;

selecting an updated set of frame coordinates and zoom levels for the panorama based at least on a likelihood of equipment developing a leak, a presence of a plume, or both;

obtaining, using the updated set of frame coordinates and zoom levels, at least one subsequent panorama using the parameters for subsequent image capture.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the updated set of frame coordinates and zoom levels are selected according to an algorithm that minimizes a number of captured frames.

14 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the updated set of frame coordinates and zoom levels are selected using a Monte Carlo calculation.

15 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

marking, on the panorama, no emission zones in areas of the site where emissions will not occur.

16 . The method according to claim 12 , further comprising:

superimposing, on the panorama, an indicator of wind speed and wind direction associated with the plume, wherein a size of the indicator is proportional to the wind speed.

17 . The method according to claim 12 , further comprising:

conducting a plume-tracking frame selection of the panorama;

performing a screening of high-albedo and high-noise zones and the plume-tracking frame selection of the panorama; and

attributing the presence of the plume-tracking frame selection to an emission source.

18 . The method according to claim 12 , further comprising:

determining an emission rate for the plume.

19 . The method according to claim 18 , further comprising:

comparing the emission rate for the plume to a standard; and

altering the emission rate for the plume when the standard is exceeded.

20 . The method according to claim 19 , wherein the altering of the emission rate for the plume includes performing a hardware operational control of emission equipment.

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