Patents by Inventor Daniel Lockyer

Daniel Lockyer 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).

  • Digital image management of drill cuttings images
    Patent number: 12567091
    Abstract: A system for managing and tracking digital images of drill cuttings includes at least one networked database configured to store the digital images. A supplier portal is configured to enable a supplier to upload the digital images into the database and a customer portal is configured to provide customer access to selected ones of the digital images in the database. A networked blockchain ledger is in communication with the database, the supplier portal, and the customer portal. The blockchain ledger is configured to initiate a smart chain contract for each of the digital images, record customer access events within each smart chain contract for each of the digital images, and create a micro invoice including charges related to the recorded customer access events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daniel Lockyer
  • DIGITAL IMAGE MANAGEMENT OF DRILL CUTTINGS IMAGES
    Publication number: 20250371589
    Abstract: A system for managing and tracking digital images of drill cuttings includes at least one networked database configured to store the digital images. A supplier portal is configured to enable a supplier to upload the digital images into the database and a customer portal is configured to provide customer access to selected ones of the digital images in the database. A networked blockchain ledger is in communication with the database, the supplier portal, and the customer portal. The blockchain ledger is configured to initiate a smart chain contract for each of the digital images, record customer access events within each smart chain contract for each of the digital images, and create a micro invoice including charges related to the recorded customer access events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Inventor: Daniel Lockyer
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING ROCK PARTICLE PROPERTIES BASED ON IMAGES AND GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20250027410
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to analyze rock cuttings and measure physical lithological features of the rock cuttings. An image analysis workflow is provided, which includes multiple computational modules to automatically estimate relevant geological information from rock cuttings. Reference data, manual descriptions, and well log values are associated and used to determine rock properties of the rock cuttings. A software is developed for the image analysis, and results are displayed in various views.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Tetsushi Yamada, Simone Di Santo, Karim Bondabou, Romain Prioul, Daniel Lockyer