Patents by Inventor Gareth Shaw

Gareth Shaw 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).

  • Patent number: 12205405
    Abstract: Some embodiments process facial images to ensure the inmate present for release is the actual inmate to be released. One embodiment includes receiving a facial image and a data identifier of a person. This embodiment further includes processing the facial image of the person in view of facial image data of the person to determine whether the received facial image matches the retrieved facial image data. The facial image data may be retrieved based on the data identifier of the person, facial landmark data extracted from the facial image, or otherwise. When the received facial image and the retrieved facial image data of the person match, an indicator of a match and a successful release identity verification is output. When there is not a match, an indicator of a failed release identity verification is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Codex Corporation
    Inventors: Adit Modhvadia, Benjamin Drong, Adithi Deborah Chakravarthy, Andrew Shaw, Gareth Miller, Kenneth L. Dalley, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8903694
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system, method, and software are provided for solving linear systems of equations arising in reservoir simulation. A linear system of fluid flow equations, including a plurality of unknown variables, is provided that represents fluid flow properties in a geological formation of a subterranean reservoir. Block diagonal scaling is applied to the linear system of fluid flow equations. Threshold incomplete lower-upper approximate factorization is applied to obtain a preconditioning matrix, which can be used to iteratively solve unknown variables associated with the system of fluid flow equations. Preconditioning can be used directly as part of a preconditioned Krylov subspace method or alternatively as a 2nd stage preconditioner in a CPR algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignees: Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Wallis, Gary K. Li, Gareth Shaw
  • Publication number: 20120221303
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system, method, and software are provided for solving linear systems of equations arising in reservoir simulation. A linear system of fluid flow equations, including a plurality of unknown variables, is provided that represents fluid flow properties in a geological formation of a subterranean reservoir. Block diagonal scaling is applied to the linear system of fluid flow equations. Threshold incomplete lower-upper approximate factorization is applied to obtain a preconditioning matrix, which can be used to iteratively solve unknown variables associated with the system of fluid flow equations. Preconditioning can be used directly as part of a preconditioned Krylov subspace method or alternatively as a 2nd stage preconditioner in a CPR algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicants: Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Wallis, Gary K. Li, Gareth Shaw
  • Patent number: 7707018
    Abstract: A method for conducting a stress calculation is disclosed adapted for modeling a set of stresses and displacements in a reservoir, the method comprising: (a) building a reservoir model over a region of interest by gridding the region of interest, the grid being comprised of one or more cells and having nodes, each cell having a cell center; (b) interpolating unknown rock displacements in the region of interest from cell centers to grid nodes; (c) integrating over each cell to form a discrete system of equations; and (d) using the discrete system of equations to model the stresses and displacements in the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Gareth Shaw
  • Publication number: 20060231252
    Abstract: A method for increasing oil recovery from an oil reservoir in which method surplus gas streams from a plant for synthesis of higher hydrocarbons from natural gas is injected into the reservoir, is described. The surplus streams from the plant is the tailgas from the synthesis and optionally nitrogen from an air separation unit which delivers oxygen or oxygen enriched air to the plant for synthesis of higher hydrocarbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Gareth Shaw, Ola Olsvik, Erling Rytter, Jan Stetsen
  • Publication number: 20060129366
    Abstract: A method for conducting a stress calculation is disclosed adapted for modeling a set of stresses and displacements in a reservoir, the method comprising: (a) building a reservoir model over a region of interest by gridding the region of interest, the grid being comprised of one or more cells and having nodes, each cell having a cell center; (b) interpolating unknown rock displacements in the region of interest from cell centers to grid nodes; (c) integrating over each cell to form a discrete system of equations; and (d) using the discrete system of equations to model the stresses and displacements in the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventor: Gareth Shaw