Patents by Inventor James Rickett

James Rickett 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: 11855470
    Abstract: A system includes a first charger connected to one of an aircraft, a watercraft, and a vehicle having at least one vehicle battery, a second charger connected to an on board battery pack, and at least one programmable logic controller (PLC) to: manage communication between the at least one vehicle battery and the first charger to ensure that the at least one vehicle battery reaches a preset state of charge (SOC), manage communication between the on board battery pack and the second charger to ensure that the on board battery pack reaches the preset SOC, and manage transfer of energy from the on board battery pack to the at least one vehicle battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Fluidity Power LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey James Ricketts
  • Publication number: 20230387706
    Abstract: A system includes a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT), a first charger connected to another device external from the system having at least one battery, a second charger connected to an on board battery pack, and at least one programmable logic controller (PLC) configured to: manage communication between the VAWT, the at least one battery, and the first charger to ensure that the at least one battery reaches a preset state of charge (SOC) comprising 90% state of charge, and manage communication between the on board battery pack and the second charger to ensure that the on board battery pack reaches the preset SOC and trigger the second charger to discontinue the charging session, manage transfer of energy from the on board battery pack to the at least one battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey James Ricketts, Tamas Gaspar
  • Publication number: 20230344254
    Abstract: A system includes a first charger connected to one of an aircraft, a watercraft, and a vehicle having at least one vehicle battery, a second charger connected to an on board battery pack, and at least one programmable logic controller (PLC) to manage communication between the at least one vehicle battery and the first charger to ensure that the at least one vehicle battery reaches a preset state of charge (SOC), manage communication between the on board battery pack and the second charger to ensure that the on board battery pack reaches the preset SOC, and manage transfer of energy from the on board battery pack to the at least one vehicle battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: Jeffrey James Ricketts
  • Publication number: 20230092176
    Abstract: A system includes a first charger connected to one of an aircraft, a watercraft, and a vehicle having at least one vehicle battery, a second charger connected to an on board battery pack, and at least one programmable logic controller (PLC) to: manage communication between the at least one vehicle battery and the first charger to ensure that the at least one vehicle battery reaches a preset state of charge (SOC), manage communication between the on board battery pack and the second charger to ensure that the on board battery pack reaches the preset SOC, and manage transfer of energy from the on board battery pack to the at least one vehicle battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventor: Jeffrey James Ricketts
  • Patent number: 11237284
    Abstract: A method for deghosting marine seismic streamer data includes receiving the marine seismic data recorded from a single streamer. A representation of an upgoing wavefield in the marine seismic data is defined. The representation of the upgoing wavefield includes a first wave component in a plane and a second wave component that is perpendicular to the plane. A linear system is built that models a wavefield using the representation. The wavefield includes the upgoing wavefield and a downgoing ghost wavefield. The upgoing wavefield is estimated, within the representation, by inverting the linear system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: James Rickett, Philippe Caprioli
  • Patent number: 9244181
    Abstract: A method for processing seismic data. The method includes predicting seismic data according to an earth model representing seismic properties of subterranean formations in the earth, determining a difference between seismic data acquired from one or more seismic receivers and the predicted seismic data, projecting the difference into a model space in traveltime, and updating the earth model according to the projected difference. As a result, the updated earth model more accurately represents the seismic properties of subterranean formations in the earth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: WesternGeco L.L.C.
    Inventors: James Rickett, Paul Childs
  • Patent number: 9158018
    Abstract: Forward modeling is performed to compute a response of a target structure, the forward modeling accounting for distortion of a reflected signal from a reflector in the target structure. Waveform inversion is performed using the response of the forward modeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: WesternGeco L.L.C.
    Inventors: Rodrigo Fuck, Christopher H. Chapman, James Rickett, Colin Thomson
  • Patent number: 9075163
    Abstract: Implementations of various technologies for a method for generating a seismic image of a subsurface are described herein. Seismic data may be received from two sensors in a seismic survey. The seismic data below and equal to a predetermined frequency may be classified as low-frequency seismic data. The low-frequency seismic data may be re-sampled based on the predetermined frequency. A set of low-frequency Green's functions may be calculated using interferometry on the re-sampled low-frequency seismic data. High-frequency seismic data of the seismic data may be processed to create a set of high-frequency Green's functions at one or more source locations of the seismic survey. The set of high-frequency Green's functions may be merged with the set of low-frequency Green's functions to create a set of broad-band Green's functions. The seismic image may be generated using the set of broad-band Green's functions at the source locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: WESTERNGECO L.L.C.
    Inventors: Johan O. A. Robertsson, James Rickett
  • Publication number: 20120259601
    Abstract: Forward modeling is performed to compute a response of a target structure, the forward modeling accounting for distortion of a reflected signal from a reflector in the target structure. Waveform inversion is performed using the response of the forward modeling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: RODRIGO FUCK, Christopher H. Chapman, James Rickett, Colin Thomson
  • Publication number: 20110090760
    Abstract: A method for processing seismic data. The method includes predicting seismic data according to an earth model representing seismic properties of subterranean formations in the earth, determining a difference between seismic data acquired from one or more seismic receivers and the predicted seismic data, projecting the difference into a model space in traveltime, and updating the earth model according to the projected difference. As a result, the updated earth model more accurately represents the seismic properties of subterranean formations in the earth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: James Rickett, Paul Childs
  • Publication number: 20100265797
    Abstract: Implementations of various technologies for a method for generating a seismic image of a subsurface are described herein. Seismic data may be received from two sensors in a seismic survey. The seismic data below and equal to a predetermined frequency may be classified as low-frequency seismic data. The low-frequency seismic data may be re-sampled based on the predetermined frequency. A set of low-frequency Green's functions may be calculated using interferometry on the re-sampled low-frequency seismic data. High-frequency seismic data of the seismic data may be processed to create a set of high-frequency Green's functions at one or more source locations of the seismic survey. The set of high-frequency Green's functions may be merged with the set of low-frequency Green's functions to create a set of broad-band Green's functions. The seismic image may be generated using the set of broad-band Green's functions at the source locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Johan O. A. Robertsson, James Rickett
  • Patent number: 7769546
    Abstract: A method of determining a horizon volume. In one embodiment, the horizon volume is determined from obtained seismic information, and maps the obtained seismic information onto a flattened volume such that in the flattened volume, horizons represented in the obtained seismic information are shifted to be substantially coplanar with a surface defined by the horizon volume as an estimate of a single chronostratigraphic time such that the parameters of the flattened volume include (i) a two-dimensional position in a surface plane, and (ii) a metric related to chronostratigraphic time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Lomask, James Rickett, Julian Clark
  • Patent number: 7769545
    Abstract: A method of determining geological information related to a subsurface volume. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining a seismic information related to a subsurface volume; determining a horizon volume that automatically maps the seismic information into a flattened volume, wherein one axis of the flattened volume corresponds to chronostratigraphic time, and wherein horizons represented by the seismic information are automatically accounted for in the horizon volume, and are shifted by the horizon volume into the flattened volume to be substantially planar and substantially perpendicular to the axis of the flattened volume that corresponds to chronostratigraphic time; determining a derivative of the horizon volume with respect to chronostratigraphic time; and determining geological information related to the subsurface volume based on the derivative of the horizon volume with respect to chronostratigraphic time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Lomask, James Rickett, Julian Clark
  • Publication number: 20090204331
    Abstract: A method of determining geological information related to a subsurface volume. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining a seismic information related to a subsurface volume; determining a horizon volume that automatically maps the seismic information into a flattened volume, wherein one axis of the flattened volume corresponds to chronostratigraphic time, and wherein horizons represented by the seismic information are automatically accounted for in the horizon volume, and are shifted by the horizon volume into the flattened volume to be substantially planar and substantially perpendicular to the axis of the flattened volume that corresponds to chronostratigraphic time; determining a derivative of the horizon volume with respect to chronostratigraphic time; and determining geological information related to the subsurface volume based on the derivative of the horizon volume with respect to chronostratigraphic time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Lomask, James Rickett, Julian Clark
  • Publication number: 20090204332
    Abstract: A method of determining a horizon volume. In one embodiment, the horizon volume is determined from obtained seismic information, and maps the obtained seismic information onto a flattened volume such that in the flattened volume, horizons represented in the obtained seismic information are shifted to be substantially coplanar with a surface defined by the horizon volume as an estimate of a single chronostratigraphic time such that the parameters of the flattened volume include (i) a two-dimensional position in a surface plane, and (ii) a metric related to chronostratigraphic time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Lomask, James Rickett, Julian Clark
  • Publication number: 20060265132
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method for determining interval values of seismic quality factor, Q, from seismic data. Seismic data is recorded and preprocessed as necessary. Estimates of amplitude spectra are determined from the seismic data. Logarithms are taken of the amplitude spectra and weights derived from the amplitude spectra. Interval values of seismic quality factor, Q, are determined by performing a weighted fit to the log-amplitude spectra with a function that is parameterized by an initial wavelet, an attenuation profile (1/Q) and an absolute-scaling profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventor: James Rickett
  • Patent number: 4475208
    Abstract: A wired spread spectrum data communication system includes a modulator and a demodulator coupled to a transmission line having other signals thereon. The modulator includes a pseudo-noise (PN) generator and a clock providing, respectively, a PN code signal and a clock signal for combination in exclusive-OR (XOR) gates with a low bit rate data signal. The demodulator includes a phase locked loop for clock signal recovery and an identical PN generator providing, respectively, a local clock signal and PN code signal for combination in XOR gates with the encoded data signal for the removal of the clock and PN code signal components from the encoded data signal. The demodulator further includes circuitry for synchronizing the local PN code signal with the PN code component of the incoming encoded data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1984
    Inventor: James A. Ricketts