US Patent 11277573 Systems and methods for monitoring drill strings

A system for monitoring a drill string comprising: a plurality of image capture devices disposed around a wellbore and adapted to record images of a portion of the drill string; and a logic device adapted to determine linearity of the portion of the drill string based on a form factor deviation. A method of monitoring a drill string comprising: capturing images of a portion of the drill string with an image capture device; assessing a form factor deviation of the portion of the drill string; and determining a linearity of the portion of the drill string based on the form factor deviation.