Patents by Inventor Terry Dan Butler

Terry Dan Butler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND MONITORING EMISSIONS
    Publication number: 20150185194
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting, quantifying or characterizing emitting sources. According to an embodiment, an emission source is located by monitoring an area with one or more sensors, determining a plume, generating one or more candidates for the emission source, and using the plume to derive one or more characteristics associated with the emission source, and then locating the emission source based on agreement or convergence of the one or more characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: DENNIS SCOTT PRINCE, TERRY DAN BUTLER
  • Method and system for detecting and monitoring emissions
    Patent number: 8949037
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting, quantifying or characterizing emitting sources. According to an embodiment, an emission source is located by monitoring an area with one or more sensors, determining a plume, generating one or more candidates for the emission source, and using the plume to derive one or more characteristics associated with the emission source, and then locating the emission source based on agreement or convergence of the one or more characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Airdar Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Scott Prince, Terry Dan Butler
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND MONITORING EMISSIONS
    Publication number: 20100094565
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting, quantifying or characterizing emitting sources. According to an embodiment, an emission source is located by monitoring an area with one or more sensors, determining a plume, generating one or more candidates for the emission source, and using the plume to derive one or more characteristics associated with the emission source, and then locating the emission source based on agreement or convergence of the one or more characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Dennis Scott Prince, Terry Dan Butler
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING AND MONITORING EMISSIONS
    Publication number: 20080195329
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting, quantifying or characterizing emitting sources. According to an embodiment, an emission source is located by monitoring an area with one or more sensors, determining a plume, generating one or more candidates for the emission source, and using the plume to derive one or more characteristics associated with the emission source, and then locating the emission source based on agreement or convergence of the one or more characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: DENNIS SCOTT PRINCE, TERRY DAN BUTLER