System and Method for Optimizing an Operation of a Sensor Used with Wellbore Equipment
First Claim
1. A method for optimizing a data rate of a sensor used with well operation equipment for an oil or gas well, the method comprising:
- receiving at least one parameter value from a sensor module, said parameter value being transmitted by the sensor module at a first data rate;
receiving a predetermined parameter threshold associated with a second data rate;
comparing said at least one parameter value transmitted from said sensor module to said predetermined parameter threshold;
determining whether said at least one parameter value transmitted from said sensor module is within said predetermined parameter threshold;
generating a command signal for transmission if said at least one parameter value transmitted from said sensor module is within said predetermined parameter threshold, said command signal comprising said second data rate; and
transmitting said generated command signal to said sensor module to command said sensor module to transmit subsequent parameter value signals at said second data rate.
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Abstract
Apparatus and associated methods may relate to a sensor controller configured to apply predetermined criteria to determine when a parameter value sampled by a sensor module meets the predetermined criteria, and in response to making such a determination, adjust a commanded data rate including an update time period. In an illustrative example, the predetermined criteria may be independently defined for each sensor in a network. In examples with a network of sensors, the sensor controller may dictate sensor module operation at differentiated data rates. In an illustrative example, a sensor controller may communicate with a series of pressure level sensor modules connected to a drilling apparatus in a mud logging application. Upon detection of a pressure level change that exceeds a critical condition as determined through comparison with the predetermined criteria, the sensor controller may increase or decrease a data rate of the respective sensor module, for example.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for optimizing a data rate of a sensor used with well operation equipment for an oil or gas well, the method comprising:
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receiving at least one parameter value from a sensor module, said parameter value being transmitted by the sensor module at a first data rate; receiving a predetermined parameter threshold associated with a second data rate; comparing said at least one parameter value transmitted from said sensor module to said predetermined parameter threshold; determining whether said at least one parameter value transmitted from said sensor module is within said predetermined parameter threshold; generating a command signal for transmission if said at least one parameter value transmitted from said sensor module is within said predetermined parameter threshold, said command signal comprising said second data rate; and transmitting said generated command signal to said sensor module to command said sensor module to transmit subsequent parameter value signals at said second data rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product tangibly embodied in a storage device as a set of program instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to cause operations to be performed to optimize a data rate of a sensor used with well operation equipment for an oil or gas well be performed, the operations comprising:
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receiving at least one parameter value from a sensor module, said parameter value being transmitted by the sensor module at a first data rate; receiving a predetermined parameter threshold associated with a second data rate; comparing said at least one parameter value transmitted from said sensor module to said predetermined parameter threshold; determining whether said at least one parameter value transmitted from said sensor module is within said predetermined parameter threshold; generating a command signal for transmission if said at least one parameter value transmitted from said sensor module is within said predetermined parameter threshold, said command signal comprising said second data rate; and transmitting said generated command signal to said sensor module to command said sensor module to transmit subsequent parameter value signals at said second data rate. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system to optimize a data rate of a sensor used in well operation equipment for an oil or gas well, the system comprising:
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a sensor module assigned to well operation equipment and having an update rate for monitoring at least one parameter; and means for varying said update rate responsive to parameters received from said sensor module. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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