Patents by Inventor Gerrick Bivins

Gerrick Bivins 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: 20240331267
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for generating a cross-section of a 3D model are disclosed. An example method includes determining a cross-section plane intersecting the 3D model, performing ray-tracing by passing each of a plurality of rays through a corresponding pixel of a viewing plane such that each ray intersects the cross-section plane, determining one or more rays that are within a threshold distance of the 3D model at their respective points of intersection with the cross section plane, and highlighting pixels corresponding to the determined rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Gerrick Bivins, Alexander Prinsen, Daniel Murray, Daniel Schultz, Michael McCarty
  • Publication number: 20230215097
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for generating a cross-section of a 3D model are disclosed. An example method includes determining a cross-section plane intersecting the 3D model, performing ray-tracing by passing each of a plurality of rays through a corresponding pixel of a viewing plane such that each ray intersects the cross-section plane, determining one or more rays that are within a threshold distance of the 3D model at their respective points of intersection with the cross section plane, and highlighting pixels corresponding to the determined rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Michael McCarty, Gerrick Bivins, Alexander Prinsen, Daniel Schultz, Daniel Murray
  • Patent number: 11468623
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for generating a cross-section of a 3D model are disclosed. An example method includes determining a cross-section plane intersecting the 3D model, performing ray-tracing by passing each of a plurality of rays through a corresponding pixel of a viewing plane such that each ray intersects the cross-section plane, determining one or more rays that are within a threshold distance of the 3D model at their respective points of intersection with the cross section plane, and highlighting pixels corresponding to the determined rays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Vertex Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael McCarty, Gerrick Bivins, Alexander Prinsen, Daniel Schultz, Daniel Murray
  • Publication number: 20210256758
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for generating a cross-section of a 3D model are disclosed. An example method includes determining a cross-section plane intersecting the 3D model, performing ray-tracing by passing each of a plurality of rays through a corresponding pixel of a viewing plane such that each ray intersects the cross-section plane, determining one or more rays that are within a threshold distance of the 3D model at their respective points of intersection with the cross section plane, and highlighting pixels corresponding to the determined rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Michael McCarty, Gerrick Bivins, Alexander Prinsen, Daniel Schultz, Daniel Murray
  • Patent number: 10564317
    Abstract: One example herein involves a method that includes identifying, based on a received reservoir specification: a set fractures including 2.5 dimensional (2.5D)-permitting fractures; and other fractures. The method further includes generating an intermediate reservoir model including an extrusion mesh which models the 2.5D-permitting fractures in a three-dimensional (3D) space. In response to determining that cells in the mesh should be refined in a direction within the 3D space, the method anisotropically refines cells in the mesh corresponding to the other fractures. The method also includes resolving a fracture network within the intermediate reservoir model using the refined cells and then generating a reservoir earth model using the fracture network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Loyd Brewer, Steven Bryan Ward, Gerrick Bivins
  • Publication number: 20170299770
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for creating reservoir meshes using extended anisotropic, geometry-adaptive refinement of polyhedral. In one example, a method includes identifying, based on a received reservoir specification: a set fractures including 2.5 dimensional (2.5D)-permitting fractures; and other fractures. The method further includes generating an intermediate reservoir model including an extrusion mesh which models the 2.5D-permitting fractures in a three-dimensional (3D) space. In response to determining that cells in the mesh should be refined in a direction within the 3D space, the method anisotropically refines cells in the mesh corresponding to the other fractures. The method also includes resolving a fracture network within the intermediate reservoir model using the refined cells and then generating a reservoir earth model using the fracture network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Loyd Brewer, Steven Bryan Ward, Gerrick Bivins