Patents Examined by Lina Cordero
  • Patent number: 11867861
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing log quality control on well data of non-key wells is provided. A method of identifying elastic facies in non-key wells as part of Log Quality Control (LQC) includes selecting one or more key wells, building a reference model of elastic facies using the well log data of the selected one or more key wells, propagating the reference model to well data of one or more non-key wells, benchmarking the well data of the non-key wells with the reference model, and calibrating the well data of the non-key wells with the reference model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Muhammad Ashfaq
  • Patent number: 11854693
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices and systems for establishing a connection between a medical device and a remote computing device, receiving an upgrade command at the medical device, storing a current version of persistent data and a current version of executable code in a first storage area of the medical device, transmitting at least the current version of the persistent data to the remote computing device, receiving a second format of the current version of the persistent data and an upgraded version of executable code at the medical device, storing the second format of the current version of the persistent data and the upgraded version of the executable code in a second storage area of the medical device, and executing the upgraded version of the executable code with the second format of the current version of the persistent data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
    Inventors: Saeed Nekoomaram, Nathan C. Crouther
  • Patent number: 11852134
    Abstract: A method of determining a health status of a mixing system may comprise establishing a flow loop via a pump, a flow control valve, and a flow rate sensor. The method may also include performing a diagnostic test that includes positioning the flow control valve in a first position, operating the pump to communicate a fluid via the flow loop at a first speed, measuring a first periodic dataset while the fluid is communicated via the flow loop, and recording the first periodic dataset. The method may also include comparing a result of the diagnostic test to an operational indicator set, determining the health status based upon the comparison of the result of the diagnostic test and the operational indicator set, and outputting, by the unit controller, indicia of the health status of the mixing system via the input output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek R. Williams, Charles E. Neal, III
  • Patent number: 11846743
    Abstract: The invention notably relates to a computer-implemented method for analyzing a hydrocarbon trap, for hydrocarbon production. The hydrocarbon trap has a top surface. The method comprises providing one or more geological meshes each representing the top surface. Each geological mesh has cells each representing a location on the top surface. The method further comprises for each geological mesh, determining one or more cells on the geological mesh. Each determined cell corresponds to a respective saddle of the trap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOTAL SE
    Inventors: Pierre Biver, Natalia Shchukina
  • Patent number: 11846745
    Abstract: Downhole ranging from multiple wellbores. In one example, multiple transmitters and multiple receivers are disposed in multiple wellbores to exchange electromagnetic signals. By implementing a full compensation technique, a computer system determines multiple compensated signals. A compensated signal is determined from a signal received from a first wellbore and a second signal received from a second wellbore. In another example, a first transmitter is disposed in a first wellbore, a first receiver is disposed in a second wellbore, and either a second transmitter or a second receiver is disposed in either the first wellbore or the second wellbore. By implementing partial compensation techniques, a computer system determines compensated signals. Using the compensated signals, the computer system determines a position of a first wellbore relative to a second wellbore, and provides the position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Burkay Donderici
  • Patent number: 11841285
    Abstract: Multiple calibration results for calibrating a barometric pressure sensor based on data received from a device containing the sensor are determined and stored in a table. The table is updated based on rules regarding a relationship between each calibration result and a current calibration value. The calibration results are weighted and combined to determine a combined calibration result. The calibration value for calibrating the sensor is selected from the calibration results, the combined calibration results, or the current calibration value based on a selection criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: NextNav, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Dormody, Guiyuan Han, Badrinath Nagarajan, Arun Raghupathy
  • Patent number: 11828900
    Abstract: A method can include performing an operation using a system where the operation depends on a decision made via a digital decision model stored in memory of the system; responsive to a decision state of the digital decision model, transmitting a request to update the digital decision model; and responsive to the request, receiving an updated digital decision model, where the updated digital decision model includes at least one new decision state that improves performance of the operation of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yiqiao Tang, Yi-Qiao Song, Martin Hurlimann, Yanxian Lin
  • Patent number: 11828168
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include obtaining well logs data pertaining to a well of interest. The method may further include training a physics-constrained machine learning (PCML) model using the obtained well logs data as inputs. The method may further include outputting one or more sonic logs and mechanical properties of interest determined by using the trained PCML model and the obtained well logs data for the well of interest. The method may further include updating the determined sonic logs and mechanical properties of interest based on a breakout model and field breakout data for the well of interest. The method may further include outputting the final sonic logs for the well of interest. The method may further include determining one or more mechanical properties for well planning based on the final sonic logs for the well of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Murtadha J. AlTammar, Weichang Li, Khalid M. Alruwaili, Osman Hamid
  • Patent number: 11821284
    Abstract: A method may include obtaining, by a computer processor, a request to initiate a cementing procedure. The method may further include determining, by the computer processor, an automated sequence for the cementing procedure. The method may further include transmitting, by the computer processor and based on the automated sequence, a cementing management command that triggers the cementing procedure for cementing equipment in a cementing system. The method may further include obtaining, by the computer processor, sensor data regarding the cementing equipment. The method may further include determining, by the computer processor and in response to the sensor data, whether to perform a next procedure in the automated sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Carlos Urdaneta, Rajnarayanan Balsamy, Quy Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11815423
    Abstract: A piston press system and a test method using the same are used for predicting the roll service life of high-pressure grinding rolls. The method is based on the same comminution mechanism of inter-particle layers compression as the heavy equipment high-pressure grinding rolls to simulate the grinding process of the studded high-pressure grinding roll, realizing that the coverage area of studs accounts for 16% to 20% of the compression surface by disposing tungsten carbide upper studs and lower studs, better restoring the simulation process and effectively realizing the roll service life prediction of the heavy equipment high-pressure roller mill with a small quantity of materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: Northeastern University, Liaoning Wuhuan Special Materials And Intelligent Equipment Industry Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixia Li, Nan Li, Zhe Liu, Qiang Zhang, Junfei Zhang, Qingyu Zhang, Jiwei Lu, Qingyou Meng
  • Patent number: 11796700
    Abstract: One method interpolates simulated seismic data of a coarse spatial sampling to a finer spatial sampling using a neural network. The neural network is previously trained using a set of simulated seismic data with the finer spatial sampling and a subset thereof with the coarse spatial sampling. The data is simulated using an image of the explored underground formation generated using real seismic data. The seismic dataset resulting from simulation and interpolation is used for denoising the seismic data acquired over the underground formation. Another method demigrates seismic data at a sparse density and then increases density by interpolating traces using a neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CGG SERVICES SAS
    Inventors: Song Hou, Peng Zhao
  • Patent number: 11794074
    Abstract: A method is provided. The method comprises a first step of acquiring wrist exercise information including at least one of orientation information and motion information of a wrist of a user, a second step of acquiring upper body exercise information including at least one of orientation information and motion information of a torso of the user, a third step of calculating, using reference wrist exercise information and reference upper body exercise information corresponding to each of a plurality of exercise types, a first similarity degree between the reference wrist exercise information and the wrist exercise information and a second similarity degree between the reference upper body exercise information and the upper body exercise information for each of the exercise types, and a fourth step of determining an actual exercise type performed by the user, among the exercise types, based on the first similarity degree and the second similarity degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventor: Dae-Geon Hong
  • Patent number: 11789180
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for meteorological observation, including: a prop; a meteorological sensor, mounted on the prop, configured to measure at least wind direction information; a level configured to maintain a horizon of the prop; a first GPS, mounted on a first area of the prop, configured to acquire first longitudinal information and first latitudinal information; a second GPS, mounted on a second area of the prop, configured to acquire second longitudinal information and second latitudinal information, wherein the second area is separated from the first area by a predetermined distance; a processor configured to calibrate the wind direction information and thus output adjusted wind direction information by referring to a location of the first area, a location of the second area, the first latitudinal information, the first longitudinal information, the second latitudinal information and the second longitudinal information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGICAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Mi Eun Park, Yong Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11786678
    Abstract: An apparatus, such as a pressure support ventilator or respiratory monitor, provides operations for a patient, such a patient with heart failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or other respiratory insufficiency. In some embodiments, the apparatus may detect a respiratory condition, such as a decompensation event and/or exacerbation event, from respiratory parameters. A clinical alert message may be transmitted or displayed for a physician based on the results of query presented to the patient in response to an analysis of the one or more respiratory parameters. In some embodiments, the apparatus generates a potential relapse indicator that may provide a prediction of a risk of an oncoming clinical event such as for evaluating whether to release the patient from a hospital.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventors: Klaus Henry Schindhelm, Steven Paul Farrugia
  • Patent number: 11788402
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to a method for determining a volume fraction of water and water salinity in organic shales and other geological formations. The method includes a knowledge of complex formation permittivity at several frequencies and minimizes or excludes dependency on external parameters, such as the permittivity of the formation mineral phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nikita Seleznev, Tarek M. Habashy, Michel Claverie
  • Patent number: 11782185
    Abstract: A ballastless track roadbed damage forewarning method considering uncertainty includes the following steps. Step 1: counting roadbed material parameters and precipitation; Step 2: establishing a FLAC-PFC model of a ballastless track roadbed and calibrating mesoscopic parameters of a roadbed surface layer; Step 3: generating a lognormal random field of particle contact friction coefficients and assigning it to particle contact nodes of the roadbed surface layer; Step 4: perform sampling on the precipitation and adjusting a fluid domain of the roadbed surface layer; Step 5: determining a worst spatial correlation distance in the random field; and Step 6: calculating a damage probability pf of the roadbed surface layer under the worst spatial correlation distance; outputting alarm information when pf exceeds an alarm threshold, otherwise, quitting. The method monitors and gives early warning of damage to the roadbed surface layer under dynamic loads, ensuring driving safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kaiwen Liu, Ruizhe Qiu, Qian Su, Jun Gao, Pengpeng Ni, Yanfei Pei
  • Patent number: 11768303
    Abstract: This specification describes workflows for, but is not limited to, performing full waveform inversion (FWI) to build high resolution velocity models to improve the accuracy of seismic imaging of a subterranean formation. This specification describes processes to automatically edit and enhance S/N quality of seismic data (such as land seismic data) to prepare the datasets for FWI. The methods for automatic corrections and pre-processing include: automatic iterative surface-consistent residual statics calculation, automatic rejection of anomalous traces (such as dead traces), and the automatic correction of surface-consistent amplitude anomalies (such as by scalar or deconvolution approaches). The operations include automatic “muting” of noise before first arrivals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Daniele Colombo, Ernesto Sandoval Curiel, Diego Rovetta, Apostolos Kontakis
  • Patent number: 11767756
    Abstract: A method and system for determination of hydrocarbon accumulations in a subsurface geological area are disclosed. The method comprises creating a structural framework of the subsurface geological area, calculation of a mechanical stress, identifying trapping mechanisms, predicting of a relative fold movement, and estimating of the formation of the hydrocarbon accumulations, and determining the location of the hydrocarbon accumulations in the subsurface geological area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
    Inventors: Khalid Obaid, Abdulla Shehab, Abdelwahab Noufal
  • Patent number: 11762122
    Abstract: A device for reducing turn-off time of a transient electromagnetic transmitting signal includes a transmitting coil, a first electronic switch to control connection mode of the transmitting coil and a second electronic switch configured to form a bridge arm. The transmitting coil is a twisted pair including a first wire and a second wire. The first wire is connected to one end of the second electronic switch. The other end of the second electronic switch is connected to one end of the first electronic switch. The other end of the first electronic switch is connected to the second wire. The connection mode of the transmitting coil includes head-to-head connection, head-to-tail connection and tail-to-tail connection between the first wire and the second wire. The first wire and the second wire are connected to form a transmitting loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Guohong Fu, Songyuan Fu, Hui Cheng, Tianchun Yang
  • Patent number: 11761979
    Abstract: A psychological evaluation device that estimates interest of a subject in a content used integrally with a terminal held by the subject. Acceleration data obtained by an acceleration sensor built in the terminal is acquired, and a frequency analysis is performed on the acquired acceleration data to obtain acceleration in the gravity direction of the terminal. By obtaining the acceleration in the gravity direction of the terminal, it is possible to, for example, estimate the subject's interest in the content based on the integral value of each frequency component of the acceleration in the gravity direction obtained by performing the frequency analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO-COMMUNICATIONS, COAMIX INC.
    Inventors: Tota Mizuno, Naoaki Itakura, Chisato Amada, Nobuhiko Horie, Takeshi Hanada, Taiyo Nakashima