System for detecting and alerting drill depth based on designated elevation, strata and other parameters

Abstract

A system for detecting and alerting drill depth based on designated elevation, strata, and other parameters includes an apparatus to observe one or more drill depths using an elevation and strata network, a processor to capture strata and other parameter information to calculate a drill depth based on data observations, and a communication device to communicate alerts based on desired drill depth.

1 . A system for detecting and alerting drill depth based on designated elevation, strata, and other parameters comprising:
 one or more sensor nodes, each sensor node comprising either a flow sensor and/or pressure sensor within a drill depth location, each sensor node also incorporating a processing unit and a communications unit configured to transmit sensor observations to a processor node, wherein each of the sensors within the one or more nodes is pre-calibrated;   the processor node is configured to integrate the sensor observations from multiple modalities to detect drill depth, the processor node comprising:   a compression module configured to compress the sensor data provided by the one or more sensor nodes;   a data analysis module configured to receive data from the compression module and to perform drill depth analysis of the data received from the compression module to create registered action;   a location module configured to store gps coordinates from each registered action   a database configured to store registered actions from the compression module and to store all drill data, gps coordinates, and location module;   a strata and elevation detection module configured to compare predefined observations to current observations received from the drill data analysis to detect strata and elevation of a defined interest;   a filter module configured to select data that is of sufficient interest from the detected actions to generate an alert, wherein the selected actions are based upon at least one filter property; and   a communication module configured to automatically communicate the alert to a user and/or operator on one of a plurality of communication modalities selected in accordance with at least one context parameter of the user and/or operator and at least one context parameter of the drill depth, strata, and/or elevation wherein the user, and/or operator operates or automates an alert/context specification interface to select the at least one filter property, the at least one context parameter of the user and/or operator and the at least one context parameter of the drill depth.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of communication modalities comprise a pre-recorded voicemail or a SMS text message sent to a smartphone and a dynamically generated email is sent. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one filter property is types of strata. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one filter property is elevation. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , where in at least one sensor node of the one or more sensor nodes includes at least one pressure sensor that measures the pressure of a gas or liquid against a stainless steel or silicon diaphragm. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein at least one sensor node of the one or more sensor nodes includes at least one flow sensor that measures flow-in and flow-out based on liquid or gas pressure. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein at least one sensor node of the one or more sensor nodes includes at least one depth sensor that measures depth based on pressure and flow. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the processor node is coupled to the one or more sensor nodes via a wired or wireless network. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one context parameter of the user comprises a time of day, a location of the user, and a current task or job being performed by the user. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the user can remotely view or listen to the real-time sensor observations or sensor observations that generated an alert. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the processor node is further configured to be controlled remotely via a web server interface. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the processor node further comprises an activity review interface configured to allow the user to view the current sensor observations, observations corresponding to the action that generated the alert, or a summary of recent drill depths, drill area, elevation, and/or strata on a control monitor or an Internet connected terminal. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one context parameter of the drill depth comprises various strata, elevation, and/or dill locations.