System for monitoring a plurality of tagged assets on an offshore asset

• US 9,165,272 B1
• Filed: 01/21/2015
• Issued: 10/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: UTEC Survey, Inc. (KKR Matterhorn Bidco Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: UTEC Survey, Inc. (KKR Matterhorn Bidco Ltd.)
• Inventors: Brown, Douglas John, Hammond, Gregory, Cahill, David Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): YANG, JAMES J
• Application Number:
  US14/601,489
• Time in Patent Office: 272 Days
• Field of Search: 340/500, 340/531, 340/539.1, 340/539.11, 340/539.13, 3408531-87044
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

A system for monitoring a plurality of tagged assets on at least one offshore asset, by creating a customer profile and a library of survey set ups and storing information from independent survey set ups mounted on or proximate to the offshore asset on the administrative data storage. The system includes creating a library of tagged assets for the offshore asset using at least one independent survey set up, wherein each tagged asset has an icon with a hyperlink to a library of images. The system includes identifying placement locations on offshore assets and forming an executive dashboard for display on at least one client device, wherein a virtually positioned icon positioned on an image of the tagged assets presents a hyperlink to the library of survey set ups for that tagged asset, thereby enabling toggling from the image to the library of survey set ups.

Claims

1. A system for monitoring a plurality of tagged assets on at least one of a plurality of offshore assets, the system comprising:

a. an administrative processor connected to an administrative data storage, wherein the administrative processor is connected to a network;

b. a plurality of independent survey set ups connected to the network, with each of the plurality of independent survey set ups directed to a tagged asset, each of the plurality of independent survey set ups having at least one data capture device, wherein each of the plurality of independent survey set ups comprising a survey set up processor connected to a survey set up data storage configured to provide temporary or portable memory storage of images from the at least one data capture device, and wherein the at least one data capture device is a camera and at least one of;

a laser survey instrument, a portable laser scanner, and a sonar device;

c. a global positioning system differential receiver/transmitter that connects to a local grid for at least one of the plurality of offshore assets;

d. computer instructions in the administrative data storage to instruct the administrative processor to create a customer profile and store the customer profile in the administrative data storage;

e. a customer provided origin stored in the customer profile;

f. computer instructions in the administrative data storage to instruct the administrative processor to form a library of tagged assets for an offshore asset monitored using the plurality of independent survey set ups, wherein a library of tagged assets in the customer profile comprising a plurality of tagged assets, each tagged asset having an icon with a hyperlink to a library of images in the administrative data storage or to a library of images in a third party data storage;

g. computer instructions in the administrative data storage to instruct the administrative processor to create a library of survey set ups capturing information from each of the plurality of independent survey set ups mounted on or proximate to the offshore asset;

h. computer instructions in the administrative data storage to instruct the administrative processor to identify placement locations of each of the plurality of independent survey set ups in a created offshore asset local zone system or the local grid of the offshore asset enabling each of the plurality of independent survey set ups to monitor tagged assets identified from the library of tagged assets; and

i. computer instructions in the administrative data storage to instruct the administrative processor to form an executive dashboard for display on at least one client device of a customer, wherein the executive dashboard receives from (i) each of the plurality of independent survey set ups and (ii) the library of survey set ups and displaying (a) a customer name or (b) an offshore asset name or code;

wherein the executive dashboard displays an image of each of the tagged assets of the plurality of tagged assets and a virtually positioned icon on the tagged asset, wherein the virtually positioned icon presents a hyperlink to the library of survey set ups for that tagged asset enabling the customer using the executive dashboard to toggle from the images to the library of survey set ups for each tagged asset being monitored by each of the plurality of independent survey set ups; and

wherein the executive dashboard displays placement locations of the plurality of tagged assets on the offshore asset.

2. The system of claim 1, comprising a third party processor connected to the third party data storage, wherein the third party processor is connected to the network containing a library of images which can be accessed by the administrative processor for use in the system.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising computer instructions in the administrative data storage to instruct the administrative processor to:

a. create the offshore asset local zone system using the customer provided origin; and

b. storing the offshore asset local zone system connected to the customer profile in the administrative data storage enabling the customer to view as a graphic image, the tagged assets and each of the plurality of independent survey set ups positioned on the offshore asset in the offshore asset local zone system.

4. The system of claim 1, comprising computer instructions in the administrative data storage to instruct the administrative processor to present the plurality of independent survey set ups simultaneously on the executive dashboard and display multiple tagged assets of the offshore asset on the executive dashboard simultaneously.

5. The system of claim 1, comprising computer instructions in the administrative data storage to instruct the administrative processor to zoom in and zoom out on the images from the plurality of independent survey set ups on the executive dashboard when a zoom in button or a zoom out button is actuated.

6. The system of claim 1, comprising computer instructions in the administrative data storage to instruct the administrative processor to move through the images from the plurality of independent survey set ups on the executive dashboard in 360 degrees around an axis of a local coordinate network of assets or the local grid when a rotate button is actuated.

7. The system of claim 1, comprising computer instructions in the administrative data storage to instruct the administrative processor to move through the images from the plurality of independent survey set ups on the executive dashboard in 360 degrees in a horizontal plane of a local coordinate network of assets or the local grid using a left pan button and a right pan button.

8. The system of claim 1, comprising computer instructions in the administrative data storage to instruct the administrative processor to move through the images from the plurality of independent survey set ups on the executive dashboard in 360 degrees in a vertical plane of a local coordinate network of assets or the local grid using an up button and a down button.

9. The system of claim 1, comprising computer instructions in the administrative data storage to instruct the administrative processor for installing show hide icons onto the images from the plurality of independent survey set ups on the executive dashboard when a show hide button is actuated.

10. The system of claim 1, comprising computer instructions in the administrative data storage to instruct the administrative processor to add and delete a tagged asset to the library of tagged assets using the at least one client device using a dialog screen to insert or delete:

an asset name, an asset geolocation, and asset specifications when an add or delete button is actuated on the executive dashboard.

11. The system of claim 1, comprising computer instruction instructions in the administrative data storage to instruct the administrative processor to search for the tagged asset from the library of tagged assets using an asset name or an asset geolocation and presents the results of the search on the executive dashboard.

12. The system of claim 1, comprising computer instructions in the administrative data storage to instruct the administrative processor to add a compass to images from the library of tagged assets for display on the executive dashboard, while depicting a local coordinate network of assets or the local grid, and wherein the compass is aligned to a true north relative the tagged asset on the planet.

13. The system of claim 1, comprising computer instructions in the administrative data storage to instruct the administrative processor to present a laser analysis button on the executive dashboard connected to laser analysis software in the administrative data storage.

14. The system of claim 1, comprising computer instructions in the administrative data storage to instruct the administrative processor to enable the customer on the at least one client device to toggle between a full screen and a reduced screen view of the tagged asset when a full screen/reduced screen toggle button is actuated on the executive dashboard.

15. The system of claim 1, comprising computer instructions in the administrative data storage to instruct the administrative processor to enable the customer to toggle between a full color image and a monochrome image from the plurality of independent survey set ups when a color/monochrome toggle button is actuated on the executive dashboard.

16. The system of claim 1, comprising computer instructions in the administrative data storage that supplies location information from a local coordinate network of assets or the local grid of tagged assets and identifies at least one geographically proximate independent survey set up location in the local coordinate network of assets or the local grid when an information button is actuated on the executive dashboard.

17. The system of claim 1, comprising computer instructions in the administrative data storage to instruct the administrative processor to display a map of a local coordinate network of assets or the local grid while simultaneously viewing images from the plurality of independent survey set ups when a tab on the executive dashboard is activated.

18. The system of claim 1, comprising computer instructions in the administrative data storage to instruct the administrative processor to create a plan view of all or a portion of the plurality of independent survey set ups from the library of survey set ups on the executive dashboard.

19. The system of claim 18, comprising computer instructions in the administrative data storage for indicating a direction of a field of reference relative to a north of the offshore asset in the offshore asset local zone system or the local grid from one or more operating independent survey set ups using a field of view reference pointer in the plan view created when a tab is actuated on the executive dashboard.

20. The system of claim 19, comprising computer instructions in the administrative data storage to instruct the administrative processor to present the plan view simultaneously with the images from the one or more operating independent survey set ups using the executive dashboard.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the library of survey set ups includes (i) an address of the plurality of independent survey set ups in the offshore asset local zone system or the local grid;

(ii) at least one of a live video feed, a stored video feed, still photos of the tagged asset, and sonar of the tagged asset;

(iii) laser information on lasers used in the plurality of independent survey set ups;

(iv) at least two coordinates locating the plurality of independent survey set ups in the offshore asset local zone system or the local grid, (v) sources of power supply for the plurality of independent survey set ups on the offshore asset;

(vi) transmission connection descriptions of how the digital transfer of data occurs from the plurality of independent survey set ups to the administrative data storage; and

(vii) a job project name.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the library of survey set ups includes at least one of:

(i) equipment specifications on data capture devices used in the plurality of independent survey set ups;

(ii) semi-temporary targets identified for establishing the location of the tagged asset in the offshore asset local zone system or the local grid;

(iii) support device information on equipment used to support the data capture device;

(iv) a distance the plurality of independent survey set ups is from the offshore asset;

(v) survey set up identifiers;

(vi) independent survey set up data capture device codes, (vii) information on a time line of the at least one data capture device;

(viii) a customer name or a customer code, and (ix) an offshore asset name or an offshore asset code.