Patents by Inventor Ernest Gilbert

Ernest Gilbert 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).

  • Substance release estimation using path-averaged concentration measurements
    Patent number: 8145439
    Abstract: A system and method for using path-averaged concentration measurements for estimating the amount of substance being released from a particular location. One or more open-path sensing systems are set up in appropriate locations around possible substance release sites and tuned to detect a particular substance of interest. Path-averaged concentration measurements of the particular substance are collected over time and communicated to an open-path back calculation algorithm. The algorithm calculates time-averaged measurements for a plurality of time periods. Back calculation is then performed with the time-averaged measurements to estimate the release rate and the total release of the substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Safer Systems, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Ernest Gilbert, Shahryar Khajehnajafi
  • Substance Release Estimation Using Path-Averaged Concentration Measurements
    Publication number: 20090055103
    Abstract: A system and method for using path-averaged concentration measurements for estimating the amount of substance being released from a particular location. One or more open-path sensing systems are set up in appropriate locations around possible substance release sites and tuned to detect a particular substance of interest. Path-averaged concentration measurements of the particular substance are collected over time and communicated to an open-path back calculation algorithm. The algorithm calculates time-averaged measurements for a plurality of time periods. Back calculation is then performed with the time-averaged measurements to estimate the release rate and the total release of the substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Ernest Gilbert, Shahryar Khajehnajafi