Patents by Inventor Benoit Rivard

Benoit Rivard 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).

  • Ore froth processing
    Patent number: 9376627
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for processing ore, the method comprising obtaining a reflectance spectra of an ore froth using a camera, applying a calculation using at least a wavelet decomposition to the reflectance spectra and generating a value representative of the reflectance spectra of the ore froth, classifying the quality of the ore froth using the value, and using the classification of the quality of the ore froth in froth processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: The Governors of the University of Alberta
    Inventors: Benoit Rivard, Michael George Lipsett, Jilu Feng
  • ORE FROTH PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20130327683
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for processing ore, the method comprising obtaining a reflectance spectra of an ore froth using a camera, applying a calculation using at least a wavelet decomposition to the reflectance spectra and generating a value representative of the reflectance spectra of the ore froth, classifying the quality of the ore froth using the value, and using the classification of the quality of the ore froth in froth processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Benoit Rivard, Michael George Lipsett, Jilu Feng