Patents Examined by Christian T Bryant
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Patent number: 11555944Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determination of real subsoil composition or structure characterized in that the method comprises: —receiving a model representing the real subsoil, said model comprising at least one parametric volume describing a geological formation in said model, said volume having a plurality of cells; —for each cell in the plurality of cells, determining a quality index (QIcell) function of a respective position of the cell in the geological formation; —receiving a set of facies, each facies in said set being associated with a proportion and a quality index ordering in said formation; —associating a facies to each cell, said association comprising: /a/ selecting a cell with a lowest quality index within cells in the plurality of cells having no facies associated to; /b/ associating, to said cell, a facies with a lowest Quality index ordering within facies of the set of facies for which the respective proportion is not reached in the formation; /c/ reiterating steps /a/ to /cType: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: TOTAL SAInventor: Gérard Massonnat
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Patent number: 11543555Abstract: A method and system for estimating a resistivity of a formation. A method for estimating a resistivity of a formation may comprise disposing a downhole tool into a borehole, wherein the downhole tool comprises a pad, an injector electrode, and a return electrode, injecting a current signal into the formation from the injector electrode, measuring a voltage signal between the injector electrode and the return electrode; and determining a formation resistivity and a formation dielectric constant from at least one of the voltage signal, at least one property of the downhole tool, and at least one property of the borehole. A system for estimating a resistivity of a formation may comprise a downhole tool. The downhole tool may comprise a pad, wherein the pad comprises an injector electrode and a return electrode. The system may further comprise a conveyance for disposing the downhole tool in a borehole and an information handling system.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Muralidhar Seshadri, David Ronald Beard, Gary Wayne Kainer, Baris Guner
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Patent number: 11537114Abstract: Example implementations include a method of pre-bootup fault monitor of a LASER diode driver output, by applying a first power to a pre-bootup fault monitor device, setting a fault condition at the pre-bootup fault monitor device to a no-fault state, initiating the pre-bootup fault monitor device, determining whether a first impedance of driver output satisfies an impedance threshold, and in response to a determination that the first impedance satisfies the impedance threshold, applying a second power to the output device.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Renesas Electronics America Inc.Inventors: Lokesh Kumath, Muthukumaran Chandrasekaran, Barry Concklin, Bin Liu, Ha Chu Vu, Matthew Cole
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Patent number: 11513052Abstract: Determination of transport phenomena properties in porous media is one major objective of core analysis studies in petrophysics, reservoir engineering, and groundwater hydrology. Porosity measurement may be considered as a key factor to identify the hydraulic performance of a low permeable porous medium (e.g. rock or concrete). Additionally, the rate of absorption under pressure depends on the permeability, which is related to the connectivity between the existing pores within the porous structure. An alternative Gas Expansion Induced Water Intrusion Porosimetry (GEIWIP) method and apparatus is useful to measure the total porosity and pore size distribution, using a gas/water intrusion apparatus for water tight materials.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: University of ManitobaInventors: Hartmut Michael Hollander, Miad Jarrahi, Douglas W. Ruth, Mohamed Bassuoni
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Patent number: 11506816Abstract: A system (100) for using mobile data to improve weather information is provided. The system (100) includes a weather prediction station (120) configured to receive stationary observation data provided by a plurality of stationary weather stations (110) along with data from a plurality of input weather models (115) and generate unified weather model estimates based on the stationary observation data, the input weather model data, and a processor (130). The processor (130) is configured to aggregate mobile observation data provided by a plurality of non-stationary sensors (140) and use the aggregated mobile observation data to adjust the weather model estimates.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventor: William B. Gail
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Patent number: 11506525Abstract: Various embodiments include a method for verifying sensors for a sensor network including a reference sensor comprising: identifying a first sensor; locating the identified sensor; comparing a measured value recorded by the identified sensor to a measured value recorded at the same time and within a defined spatial environment using the reference sensor; determining a deviation of the measured value of the identified sensor from the measured value of the reference sensor; and assigning the sensor to precisely one of at least two categories depending on an amount of the deviation.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Jörn Hartung, Jens-Christian Holst, Florian Ansgar Jaeger, Nicolas Moegelin, Katrin Müller
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Patent number: 11499295Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment, a method for directing a work machine to one or more worksites from a selection of candidate worksites is disclosed. The method includes receiving obscurant data related to a forecast availability of obscurants at one or more worksites; receiving environmental data related to the suppression, creation, transportation, or direction of obscurants; and receiving operational data related to machine components and the ability of the machine components to generate obscurants or have performance degraded by obscurants at the one or more worksites. Determining an obscurant metric for each of the one or more worksites based on the obscurant data, the environmental data, and the operational data; and directing the work machine to the one or more worksites based on the obscurant metric.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventor: Noel W. Anderson
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Patent number: 11499412Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining hydrocarbon production for a reservoir. The method comprises determining a projector matrix based on a Jacobian matrix function of the gridded model, then splitting the Jacobian matrix into subsets of consecutive lines. For each subset of consecutive lines, creating a respective square matrix based on said subset. A determining eigenvectors and respective eigenvalues associated with the respective square matrix and then determining relevant eigenvectors having respective eigenvalues below a predetermined threshold. The projector is determined as a concatenation of the extended eigenvectors ordered according to multiple criteria: the respective order value of the subset; and the respective eigenvalue of the relevant eigenvector.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2017Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: TOTAL SEInventors: Pascal Henon, Romain De Loubens
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Patent number: 11500368Abstract: Currently solutions for early detection of failures in manufacturing utilize predefined threshold levels of the process variables associated with equipment in manufacturing unit/industry plants. The pre-defined threshold and levels thereof are compared with the real values obtained from the manufacturing unit to check behavior of process variables (also referred as ‘process parameters’) and thus are prone to error. The present disclosure provides systems and method for predicting early warning of operating mode of equipment operating in industry plants which is based on transforming conditions on process parameters into conditions on corresponding fuzzy indices based on their thresholds. The fuzzy indices (concordance index, discordance index) of individual conditions are combined into a composite fuzzy index (composite index or degree of credibility) that describes the failure scenario in the process parameter space.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITEDInventors: Trinath Gaduparthi, Purushottham Gautham Basavarsu, Yogesh Tambe, Himanshu Nirgudkar
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Patent number: 11478933Abstract: Example implementations described herein estimate parameters for equipment that cannot be sensed directly, including determining if such equipment is running or stopping. Example implementations determine the standard throughput per equipment and product, based on history of equipment production data, extract previous and next equipment of robotic arms on the line by using physical topology information of robot arms and equipment, senses and determines throughput of associated robot arms and compares the robot arm throughput with the standard throughputs of the previous and next equipment, which help determine whether the previous/next equipment have stopped.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Katsunuma, Michiko Yoshida
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Patent number: 11467225Abstract: A method of determining an absolute angle of a magnetic field includes receiving a first digital measurement value Bx of a first magnetic field component indicating intensity of the magnetic field along a first axis; receiving a second digital measurement value Bz of a second magnetic field component indicating the intensity of the magnetic field along a second axis, orthogonal to the first axis; determining absolute values for the first and second magnetic field components; and determining the angle of the magnetic field with respect to the first or second axis. The angle is determined so that the angle is derivable from the value of arcsin of Bz or of its approximation, when the absolute value of Bz? the absolute value of Bx, and derivable from the value of arccos of Bx or of its approximation, when the absolute value of Bz> the absolute value of Bx.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: EM Microelectronic-Marin SAInventors: Lorenzo Pierobon, Alexandre Deschildre, Evan Lojewski, Jeremy Schlachter
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Patent number: 11454529Abstract: The present invention relates to a flowmeter for monitoring physical parameters of fluid passing through the flowmeter. The flowmeter being installed in a plant and communicatively connected through a gateway device to a server having a virtual model. The flowmeter comprising: a processing unit for computing a first processed data of a physical parameter associated with the fluid measured by the flowmeter. The flowmeter receives a second processed data from the server having the virtual model, wherein the virtual model provides the second processed data by computing the second processed data based on the first processed data and data from at least one sensor provisioned in the plant. The present invention also provides for a system for monitoring physical parameters of fluid passing through a pipe in a plant with the flowmeter.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2018Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Subhashish Dasgupta, Mini Tt, Suhas Chakravarthy, Deepaknath Tandur
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Patent number: 11442418Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fire test system and method for tunnel structure based on real-time fusion of numerical and physical spaces. The fire test system includes: a physical test unit, to perform a holographic fire test on the typical segment components of tunnel structure system in a physical space, to obtain holographic characteristic parameter data of the typical components; a numerical analysis unit, to establish a full-scale numerical model of the tunnel-stratum composite system in a numerical space, to obtain multi-field coupling boundary data of the typical components; and a fusion control unit, to control and adjust a multi-field coupling boundary of the physical space according to the multi-field coupling boundary data, and to update and adjust an input parameter of the numerical space according to the holographic characteristic parameter data.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: TONGJI UNIVERSITYInventors: Zhiguo Yan, Hehua Zhu, Tong Zhang, Wenqi Ding, Yi Shen
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Patent number: 11422198Abstract: To provide a battery service life estimation system capable of improving estimation accuracy, a new battery service life estimation system includes an intersection time estimation unit and a service life estimation unit. In view of a relation between a cumulative usage period and a capacity retention0 rate of a secondary battery containing a non-aqueous electrolyte, the intersection time estimation unit estimates a prediction line intersection time tx when an anode service life prediction line intersects with a cathode service life prediction line on a plane coordinate system. The service life estimation unit estimates a battery service life by using the anode service life prediction formula before a point of the prediction line intersection time tx and the cathode service life prediction formula described the prediction line intersection time tx.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yuta Shimonishi, Shuhei Yoshida
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Patent number: 11408866Abstract: When a user inputs samples per group, a sample tree and a peak matrix are generated. Peak lists per group are shown in the sample tree, and m/z values and signal strength values from the peak lists are coordinates in the peak matrix. A multivariate analysis is applied to the generated peak matrix. The sample tree, peak matrix, score plot, and loading plot are displayed. When the user clicks a plotted point on the loading plot, a row indicating a corresponding peak on the peak matrix is discriminated. When the user deletes a checkmark corresponding to the discriminated row, the multivariate analysis is applied to the peak matrix from which the peak has been excluded. The score plot and other data are updated. When separation between groups is known from the score plot as failure, the excluded peak may be visually determined as a marker contributing to the group separation.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2016Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventors: Yosihiro Yamada, Shinji Funatsu, Keisuke Shima
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Patent number: 11401802Abstract: A measurement is made of a formation containing a flood front with a downhole electromagnetic sensor. A parameter of a cross-bedding model is calculated by fitting the measurement to the cross-bedding model. A rock petrophysical parameter is calculated using the cross-bedding model. The cross-bedding model is updated using the rock petrophysical parameter. The updated cross-bedding model is used to make an operational decision.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Joonshik Kim, Burkay Donderici
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Patent number: 11402539Abstract: Embodiments include a method that includes extracting a low resolution formation property model and a high resolution formation property model from at least one log. The method also includes splitting the extracted low resolution formation property model into one or more property compositions. The method also includes generating a high resolution virtual core via the low resolution formation property model and at least a second high resolution formation property, the high resolution virtual core utilizing a moving window analysis to accommodate between different resolutions of the second high resolution formation property model and the low resolution property composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Hao Zhang, Nora Patricia Alarcon
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Patent number: 11391865Abstract: A predictive real time and prospective environmental analysis and display system accessible by one or more client computing devices through a network to depict on the display surface of a computing device a graphical representation of a geographic environment which can be delimited into one or more two or three-dimensional zones in which visual indicators provide predicted current or prospective airflow speed or direction values associated with the geographic environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: CPP IncorporatedInventor: Peter A. Bourke
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Patent number: 11393320Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for determining a reduced visibility event warning are described herein. In the context of a method, a location corresponding with a reduced visibility event warning may be identified. Information regarding visibility at one or more stationary positions based upon the location of the reduced visibility event warning may be received from one or more remote devices (e.g., sensing apparatuses). The method may determine a reduced visibility event warning confidence for the location corresponding with a reduced visibility event warning based upon the information regarding visibility. The method may cause the reduced visibility event warning to be published in an instance in which the reduced visibility event warning confidence satisfies a confidence threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: HERE GLOBAL B.V.Inventors: Leon Stenneth, Advait Raut
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Patent number: 11378718Abstract: The present invention is a method and system for generating an area of interest for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) missions. Using radar and weather data, a mission area may be generated for flights which will maximize efficiency by pre-generating flight paths based on atmospheric and other data. The UAV may include artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities for processing imaging and other sensed data. Post-processing of the data may include additional AI training and processing.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Inventors: Robert S. Phelan, Joshua Shane Nicoll