Patents by Inventor Edmond Richer

Edmond Richer 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).

  • ULTRASOUND MULTIPHASE FRACTION METER AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PHASE FRACTIONS IN A MULTIPHASE FLUID
    Publication number: 20100274503
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to determine fractions of various phases in a multiphase fluid. The apparatus includes main body including an interior configured receive a multiphase fluid and an exterior. The apparatus senses fluid pressure of multiphase fluid received in the interior and senses a fluid temperature of the multiphase fluid. The apparatus transmits an ultrasonic wave into the fluid and detects the transmitted wave to determine its velocity and attenuation. The apparatus may adjust the determined velocity and attenuation based on the temperature and pressure of the fluid to compensate for a difference between the sensed temperature and pressure and a standard temperature and pressure. The apparatus determines a gas fraction, water fraction, and a non-water fluid fraction of the multiphase fluid based on the sensed fluid pressure, the sensed fluid temperature, and the velocity and attenuation of the ultrasonic wave in the multiphase fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Southern Methodist University
    Inventors: Yildirim HURMUZLU, Peter Antich, Ali Dogru, Edmond Richer, Billy Smith
  • ULTRASOUND MULTIPHASE FRACTION METER AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PHASE FRACTIONS IN A MULTIPHASE FLUID
    Publication number: 20100268487
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to determine fractions of various phases in a multiphase fluid. The apparatus includes main body including an interior configured receive a multiphase fluid and an exterior. The apparatus senses fluid pressure of multiphase fluid received in the interior and senses a fluid temperature of the multiphase fluid. The apparatus transmits an ultrasonic wave into the fluid and detects the transmitted wave to determine its velocity and attenuation. The apparatus may adjust the determined velocity and attenuation based on the temperature and pressure of the fluid to compensate for a difference between the sensed temperature and pressure and a standard temperature and pressure. The apparatus determines a gas fraction, water fraction, and a non-water fluid fraction of the multiphase fluid based on the sensed fluid pressure, the sensed fluid temperature, and the velocity and attenuation of the ultrasonic wave in the multiphase fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Southern Methodist University
    Inventors: Yildirim HURMUZLU, Peter Antich, Ali Dogru, Edmond Richer, Billy Smith
  • Rapid and Accurate Detection of Bone Quality Using Ultrasound Critical Angle Reflectometry
    Publication number: 20100113932
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus, method and system for determining the coefficient of elasticity of a target by detecting an ultracritical reflection of ultrasound waves directed at the target using an ultrasound transducer at two or more angles simultaneously and calculating the elasticity coefficient of the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Pietro Antich, Charles Y.C. Pak, Billy Smith, Edmond Richer, Matthew A. Lewis
  • Rapid and accurate detection of bone quality using ultrasound critical angle reflectometry
    Patent number: 7611465
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus, method and system for determining the coefficient of elasticity of a target by detecting determining simultaneously two or more critical-angle reflections of an ultrasound wave from the target using an ultrasound transducer that includes a transmitter and two or more receivers and calculating the elasticity coefficients of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Peter P. Antich, Charles Y. C. Pak, Billy Smith, Edmond Richer, Matthew A. Lewis
  • ULTRASOUND MULTIPHASE FRACTION METER AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PHASE FRACTIONS IN A MULTIPHASE FLUID
    Publication number: 20090025460
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to determine fractions of various phases in a multiphase fluid. The apparatus includes main body including an interior configured receive a multiphase fluid and an exterior. The apparatus senses fluid pressure of multiphase fluid received in the interior and senses a fluid temperature of the multiphase fluid. The apparatus transmits an ultrasonic wave into the fluid and detects the transmitted wave to determine its velocity and attenuation. The apparatus may adjust the determined velocity and attenuation based on the temperature and pressure of the fluid to compensate for a difference between the sensed temperature and pressure and a standard temperature and pressure. The apparatus determines a gas fraction, water fraction, and a non-water fluid fraction of the multiphase fluid based on the sensed fluid pressure, the sensed fluid temperature, and the velocity and attenuation of the ultrasonic wave in the multiphase fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Southern Methodist University
    Inventors: Yildirim Hurmuzlu, Peter Antich, Ali Dogru, Edmond Richer, Billy Smith
  • Rapid and accurate detection of bone quality using ultrasound critical angle reflectometry
    Publication number: 20050015010
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus, method and system for determining the coefficient of elasticity of a target by detecting determining simultaneously two or more critical-angle reflections of an ultrasound wave from the target using an ultrasound transducer that includes a transmitter and two or more receivers and calculating the elasticity coefficients of the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Applicant: Board Of Regents, The University Of Texas System
    Inventors: Peter Antich, Charles Pak, Billy Smith, Edmond Richer, Matthew Lewis