Patents by Inventor Bernard Ribero

Bernard Ribero 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).

  • Patent number: 10551305
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the origin of a mixture of constituents by spectral analysis. The invention especially relates to a method for determining the concentration and origin of raw gases and/or crude oils in a mixing zone following mixing by the transport of said raw gases and/or crude oils that come from at least two different sources of extraction, said method comprising a specific spectral analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: TOPNIR SYSTEMS SAS
    Inventors: Didier Lambert, Claude Saint Martin, Miguel Sanchez, Bernard Ribero
  • Patent number: 10241040
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for characterizing a target product, including the steps of: (a) forming a bank of spectral data comprising samples; (b) having measured characteristics and spectra; (c) performing a spectral analysis of the target product and comparing the spectrum obtained with the spectral data in the data bank; (d) identifying the “near neighbor” points of the target product; and (e) performing a topological calculation of the characteristic of the target product as a function of the corresponding characteristics of the near neighbor points, based on a weighting linked to the inverse of the distance between the target product and the near neighbor points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Topnir Systems SAS
    Inventors: Didier Lambert, Claude Saint Martin, Miguel Sanchez, Bernard Ribero
  • Patent number: 10228708
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for optimizing a mixture of components for the production of a target product by means of spectral analysis, preferably by means of spectral analysis (topological) in the near infrared region (NIR). The aim of the method is to produce a target product by batch mixing and/or continuous mixing of the “n” components thereof, on the basis of different flows of said components with controlled concentrations and/or flow rates, said target product requiring a set of ranges of values of physiocohemical characteristics for the commercialization thereof. According to the method, a batch mixer or a continuous mixer is supplied with said components with controlled concentrations and/or flow rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: TOPNIR SYSTEMS SAS
    Inventors: Didier Lambert, Claude Saint Martin, Miguel Sanchez, Bernard Ribero
  • Patent number: 10191027
    Abstract: This invention concerns methods of determining properties of oil, especially crude oil with a spectrometer. This invention also concerns a crude oil analytical and single or multi-stream sampling device which is particularly suitable for the online measurement of crude oil properties with a spectrometer (8). This invention further concerns a crude oil sampling procedure which is particularly suitable for the online measurement of crude oil properties with a spectrometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignees: TOPNIR SYSTEMS SAS, OPTA-PERIPH
    Inventors: Didier Lambert, Claude Saint Martin, Miguel Sanchez, Bernard Ribero, Pierre Barere
  • Patent number: 10082807
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for certifying and optimizing a mixture of components in order to obtain a target product by spectral analysis, preferably by (topological) spectral analysis in the near infra-red (“NIR”).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: TOPNIR SYSTEMS SAS
    Inventors: Didier Lambert, Claude Saint Martin, Miguel Sanchez, Bernard Ribero, Marc Valleur
  • Patent number: 10012587
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating and optimizing a bank of spectral data that can be used in a method for characterizing a target product by means of topological spectral analysis based on a limited number of available standards, the method consisting of a first step of performing the same spectral analysis on the standards, and, from the spectra obtained, forming a bank of spectral data A at multiple wavelengths and/or wavelength ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Topnir Systems SAS
    Inventors: Didier Lambert, Claude Saint Martin, Miguel Sanchez, Bernard Ribero
  • Patent number: 9915606
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for characterizing a sample-product X by spectral analysis by means of a novel spectrometer II using information acquired by means of a first spectrometer I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Topnir Systems SAS
    Inventors: Didier Lambert, Claude Saint Martin, Sanchez Miguel, Bernard Ribero
  • Publication number: 20170336321
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the origin of a mixture of constituents by spectral analysis. The invention especially relates to a method for determining the concentration and origin of raw gases and/or crude oils in a mixing zone following mixing by the transport of said raw gases and/or crude oils that come from at least two different sources of extraction, said method comprising a specific spectral analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Didier LAMBERT, Claude SAINT MARTIN, Miguel SANCHEZ, Bernard RIBERO
  • Publication number: 20170248569
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for optimizing a mixture of components for the production of a target product by means of spectral analysis, preferably by means of spectral analysis (topological) in the near infrared region (NIR). The aim of the method is to produce a target product by batch mixing and/or continuous mixing of the “n” components thereof, on the basis of different flows of said components with controlled concentrations and/or flow rates, said target product requiring a set of ranges of values of physiocohemical characteristics for the commercialization thereof. According to the method, a batch mixer or a continuous mixer is supplied with said components with controlled concentrations and/or flow rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Didier LAMBERT, Claude SAINT MARTIN, Miguel SANCHEZ, Bernard RIBERO
  • Publication number: 20170227516
    Abstract: This invention concerns methods of determining properties of oil, especially crude oil with a spectrometer. This invention also concerns a crude oil analytical and single or multi-stream sampling device which is particularly suitable for the online measurement of crude oil properties with a spectrometer (8). This invention further concerns a crude oil sampling procedure which is particularly suitable for the online measurement of crude oil properties with a spectrometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicants: TOPNIR SYSTEMS SAS, OPTA-PERIPH
    Inventors: Didier LAMBERT, Claude SAINT MARTIN, Miguel SANCHEZ, Bernard RIBERO, Pierre BARERE
  • Patent number: 9664623
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of detecting the transition, between a first compound and a second compound, of a product, which may contain such a first compound and/or such a second compound, and flowing inside a conduit for conveying this product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: TOPNIR SYSTEMS SAS
    Inventors: Didier Lambert, Bernard Ribero, Claude Saint-Martin, Miguel Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20170131728
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for certifying and optimizing a mixture of components in order to obtain a target product by spectral analysis, preferably by (topological) spectral analysis in the near infra-red (“NIR”).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Didier LAMBERT, Claude SAINT MARTIN, Miguel SANCHEZ, Bernard RIBERO, Marc VALLEUR
  • Publication number: 20160061719
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for characterising a target product, including the steps of: (a) forming a bank of spectral data comprising samples; (b) having measured characteristics and spectra; (c) performing a spectral analysis of the target product and comparing the spectrum obtained with the spectral data in the data bank; (d) identifying the “near neighbour” points of the target product; and (e) performing a topological calculation of the characteristic of the target product as a function of the corresponding characteristics of the near neighbour points, based on a weighting linked to the inverse of the distance between the target product and the near neighbour points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: Topnir Systems SAS
    Inventors: Didier Lambert, Claude Saint Martin, Miguel Sanchez, Bernard Ribero
  • Publication number: 20160061720
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating and optimising a bank of spectral data that can be used in a method for characterising a target product by means of topological spectral analysis based on a limited number of available standards, the method consisting of a first step of performing the same spectral analysis on the standards, and, from the spectra obtained, forming a bank of spectral data A at multiple wavelengths and/or wavelength ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: TOPNIR SYSTEMS SAS
    Inventors: Didier Lambert, Claude Saint Martin, Miguel Sanchez, Bernard Ribero
  • Publication number: 20150098083
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of detecting the transition, between a first compound and a second compound, of a product, which may contain such a first compound and/or such a second compound, and flowing inside a conduit for conveying this product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Didier Lambert, Bernard Ribero, Claude Saint-Martin, Miguel Sanchez