Patents by Inventor Eric Hequet

Eric Hequet 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: 20250244307
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to computer-implemented methods of reconstructing a fiber length distribution of a fiber from its fibrogram by receiving the fibrogram; determining an end of the fibrogram; applying a windowed curve-fitting procedure to smoothen the fibrogram curvel and estimating the fiber length distribution of the fiber from the smoothened fibrogram curve. The methods may also include one or more steps of reconstructing an initial and missing portion of the fibrogram; assessing fiber quality based on the estimated fiber length distribution; adjusting one or more fiber-related conditions based on the estimated fiber length distribution; and repeating the method after the adjustment. Additional embodiments pertain to computing devices for reconstructing a fiber length distribution of a fiber from its fibrogram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Applicant: Texas Tech University System
    Inventors: Christopher Turner, Md Abu Sayeed, Eric Hequet
  • Patent number: 11579137
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for extraction of information of within sample distribution of fiber quality from high-volume instrument (HVI) fibrogram to better predict yarn quality than the standard HVI output. The present invention allows for information on fiber quality to be obtained while avoiding testing samples with more expensive techniques. The disclosed system and method extracts HVI data for collecting a respective set of initial fibrograms from a set of fiber samples and representing them as a distance matrix to form a matrix of transformed fibrogram data, said matrix of transformed fibrogram data comprising a vector of scores to represent each sample and thereafter explaining variation in yarn quality by extracting all of the information available from the fibrogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Texas Tech University System
    Inventors: Brendan Kelly, Eric Hequet, Md Abu Sayeed, Zach Hinds
  • Publication number: 20200363391
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for extraction of information of within sample distribution of fiber quality from high-volume instrument (HVI) fibrogram to better predict yarn quality than the standard HVI output. The present invention allows for information on fiber quality to be obtained while avoiding testing samples with more expensive techniques. The disclosed system and method extracts HVI data for collecting a respective set of initial fibrograms from a set of fiber samples and representing them as a distance matrix to form a matrix of transformed fibrogram data, said matrix of transformed fibrogram data comprising a vector of scores to represent each sample and thereafter explaining variation in yarn quality by extracting all of the information available from the fibrogram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Brendan Kelly, Eric Hequet, Md Abu Sayeed, Zach Hinds
  • Patent number: 7601978
    Abstract: Fabric wrinkles are automatically evaluated using a reliable, accurate, affordable, and efficient system. Two algorithms are used, the facet model algorithm and the plane-cutting algorithm, to extract features for evaluating wrinkles in fabrics. These algorithms eliminate the need for independent evaluation of a fabric specimen by a technician.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Inventors: Hamed Sari-Sarraf, Eric Hequet, Christopher N. Turner, Aijun Zhu
  • Publication number: 20040245485
    Abstract: Fabric wrinkles are automatically evaluated using a reliable, accurate, affordable, and efficient system. Two algorithms are used, the facet model algorithm and the plane-cutting algorithm, to extract features for evaluating wrinkles in fabrics. These algorithms eliminate the need for independent evaluation of a fabric specimen by a technician.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Hamed Sari-Sarraf, Eric Hequet, Christopher N. Turner, Aijun Zhu