Patents by Inventor Bipin K. Pillai

Bipin K. Pillai 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).

  • Publication number: 20240026773
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosed technology provide solutions for facilitating user visualization and control the path of a new wellbore in three-dimensions (3D). This may include displaying visualizations that show a current well path, a well plan, all nearby offset well paths, and well path projections in a manner that may use different projection methods. These visualizations may also include boundaries where a drilling tool should not go, such “No-Go-Zones” may be shown in a 3D spatial visualization. Visualizations may be displayed continuously along the well path, at survey stations, and at user-defined depth positions during a drilling process. Such visualizations may include projections that show an anticipated wellbore path, based on current settings of a drilling control system. Alerts may be triggered to warn users of various issues that may affect a new well being drilled. Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Alan FRIEDRICH, Cili SUN, Min WU, Deepak SUBIRAMANIYAM, Bipin K. PILLAI
  • Patent number: 11725505
    Abstract: This disclosure presents a process for communications in a borehole containing a fluid or drilling mud, where a conventional mud pulser can be utilized to transmit data to a transducer. The transducer, or a communicatively coupled computing system, can perform pre-processing steps to correct the received data using an average of a moving time window of the received data, and then normalize the corrected data. The corrected data can then be utilized as inputs into a machine learning mud pulse recognition network where the data can be classified and an ideal or clean pulse waveform can be overlaid the corrected data. The overlay and the corrected data can be fed into a conventional decoder or decoded by the disclosed process. The decoded data can then be communicated to another system and used as inputs, such as to a well site controller to enable adjustments to well site operation parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dingding Chen, Li Gao, Joni Polili Lie, Paravastu Badrinarayanan, Faisal Farooq Shah, Bipin K. Pillai, Murali Krishna Thottempudi
  • Publication number: 20230137394
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining, by a downhole tool, a first shape of sensor data representing one or more characteristics of a wellbore, comparing, by the downhole tool, the first shape with a set of pre-determined reference shapes stored in a downhole memory to select a pre-determined reference shape that can be imposed on the first shape, calculating one or more delta values between the first shape and the selected pre-determined reference shape, and transmitting, by the downhole tool, the pre-determined reference shape and the delta values to a processor at a surface of the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Hui CHONG, Bipin K. PILLAI
  • Publication number: 20220195868
    Abstract: This disclosure presents a process for communications in a borehole containing a fluid or drilling mud, where a conventional mud pulser can be utilized to transmit data to a transducer. The transducer, or a communicatively coupled computing system, can perform pre-processing steps to correct the received data using an average of a moving time window of the received data, and then normalize the corrected data. The corrected data can then be utilized as inputs into a machine learning mud pulse recognition network where the data can be classified and an ideal or clean pulse waveform can be overlaid the corrected data. The overlay and the corrected data can be fed into a conventional decoder or decoded by the disclosed process. The decoded data can then be communicated to another system and used as inputs, such as to a well site controller to enable adjustments to well site operation parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Dingding Chen, Li Gao, Joni Polili Lie, Paravastu Badrinarayanan, Faisal Farooq Shah, Bipin K. Pillai, Murali Krishna Thottempudi
  • Patent number: 11255187
    Abstract: This disclosure presents a process for communications in a borehole containing a fluid or drilling mud, where a conventional mud pulser can be utilized to transmit data to a transducer. The transducer, or a communicatively coupled computing system, can perform pre-processing steps to correct the received data using an average of a moving time window of the received data, and then normalize the corrected data. The corrected data can then be utilized as inputs into a machine learning mud pulse recognition network where the data can be classified and an ideal or clean pulse waveform can be overlaid the corrected data. The overlay and the corrected data can be fed into a conventional decoder or decoded by the disclosed process. The decoded data can then be communicated to another system and used as inputs, such as to a well site controller to enable adjustments to well site operation parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dingding Chen, Li Gao, Joni Polili Lie, Paravastu Badrinarayanan, Faisal Farooq Shah, Bipin K. Pillai, Murali Krishna Thottempudi
  • Patent number: 10472956
    Abstract: Mud pulse telemetry. The various embodiments are directed to methods and systems of encoding data in a mud pulse telemetry system, where at least a portion of the data is encoded the time between pressure transitions. Moreover, the various embodiments are directed to detection methods and systems that detect the pressure transitions at the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Bipin K. Pillai, Laban M. Marsh, James H. Dudley, Ronald L. Spross
  • Publication number: 20170198569
    Abstract: Mud pulse telemetry. The various embodiments are directed to methods and systems of encoding data in a mud pulse telemetry system, where at least a portion of the data is encoded the time between pressure transitions. Moreover, the various embodiments are directed to detection methods and systems that detect the pressure transitions at the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Bipin K. PILLAI, Laban M. MARSH, James H. DUDLEY, Ronald L. SPROSS
  • Patent number: 9638033
    Abstract: Mud pulse telemetry. The various embodiments are directed to methods and systems of encoding data in a mud pulse telemetry system, where at least a portion of the data is encoded the time between pressure transitions. Moreover, the various embodiments are directed to detection methods and systems that detect the pressure transitions at the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Bipin K. Pillai, Laban M. Marsh, James H. Dudley, Ronald L. Spross
  • Publication number: 20150025806
    Abstract: Mud pulse telemetry. The various embodiments are directed to methods and systems of encoding data in a mud pulse telemetry system, where at least a portion of the data is encoded the time between pressure transitions. Moreover, the various embodiments are directed to detection methods and systems that detect the pressure transitions at the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Bipin K. PILLAI, Laban M. MARSH, James H. DUDLEY, Ronald L. SPROSS
  • Patent number: 8880349
    Abstract: Mud pulse telemetry. The various embodiments are directed to methods and systems of encoding data in a mud pulse telemetry system, where at least a portion of the data is encoded the time between pressure transitions. Moreover, the various embodiments are directed to detection methods and systems that detect the pressure transitions at the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Bipin K. Pillai, Laban M. Marsh, James H. Dudley, Ronald L. Spross
  • Publication number: 20130080063
    Abstract: Mud pulse telemetry. The various embodiments are directed to methods and systems of encoding data in a mud pulse telemetry system, where at least a portion of the data is encoded the time between pressure transitions. Moreover, the various embodiments are directed to detection methods and systems that detect the pressure transitions at the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Bipin K. Pillai, Laban M. Marsh, James H. Dudley, Ronald L. Spross
  • Patent number: 7167101
    Abstract: A method and related apparatus for telemetry between downhole devices and surface devices. In particular, the methods and related apparatus may send a first datum of a first parameter in an uncompressed form, and send a second datum of the first parameter in compressed form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Golla, Laban M. Marsh, Paul F. Rodney, Cili Sun, Bipin K. Pillai, Paul D. Beene
  • Patent number: 7106210
    Abstract: A method and related apparatus for telemetry between downhole devices and surface devices. In particular, the methods and related apparatus may send a first datum of a first parameter in an uncompressed form, and send a second datum of the first parameter in compressed form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Golla, Laban M. Marsh, Paul F. Rodney, Cili Sun, Bipin K. Pillai, Paul D. Beene
  • Patent number: 7068182
    Abstract: A method and related apparatus for telemetry between downhole devices and surface devices. In particular, the methods and related apparatus may send a first datum of a first parameter in an uncompressed form, and send a second datum of the first parameter in compressed form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Golla, Laban M. Marsh, Paul F. Rodney, Cili Sun, Bipin K. Pillai, Paul D. Beene
  • Patent number: 6963290
    Abstract: The specification discloses algorithms for error recovery in pulse position modulation-based mud pulse telemetry. More particularly, the specification discloses detection and attempted correction of at least five possible error mechanisms: the missed detection of a pulse that creates an interval greater than maximum; the missed detection of a pulse that results in an interval still within acceptable boundaries; detection of an extra pulse; a pulse shift that results in data in contiguous intervals being affected; and a pulse shift resulting in a single interval data corruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Laban M. Marsh, Cili Sun, Bipin K. Pillai, Leonardo Viana
  • Patent number: 6788219
    Abstract: A mud pulse telemetry technique that uses a number of bits per interval based on parameters of the pulse position modulation system in order to reduce data transfer time in a pulse position modulation system. More particularly, depending on parameters of the pulse position modulation such as the minimum-time and the bit-width, it may be possible to decrease overall transmission time by splitting values having a larger number of bits into multiple transmissions with each transmission having a smaller number of bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Cili Sun, Laban M. Marsh, Bipin K. Pillai
  • Publication number: 20040100866
    Abstract: The specification discloses algorithms for error recovery in pulse position modulation-based mud pulse telemetry. More particularly, the specification discloses detection and attempted correction of at least five possible error mechanisms: the missed detection of a pulse that creates an interval greater than maximum; the missed detection of a pulse that results in an interval still within acceptable boundaries; detection of an extra pulse; a pulse shift that results in data in contiguous intervals being affected; and a pulse shift resulting in a single interval data corruption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Laban M. Marsh, Cili Sun, Bipin K. Pillai, Leonardo Viana
  • Publication number: 20040100393
    Abstract: The specification discloses a mud pulse telemetry technique that uses a number of bits per interval based on parameters of the pulse position modulation system in order to reduce data transfer time in a pulse position modulation system. More particularly, the specification discloses that, depending on parameters of the pulse position modulation such as the minimum-time and the bit-width, it may be possible to decrease overall transmission time by splitting values having a larger number of bits into multiple transmissions with each transmission having a smaller number of bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Cili Sun, Laban M. Marsh, Bipin K. Pillai