Patents by Inventor Jean-Baptiste LAFFITTE

Jean-Baptiste LAFFITTE 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: 11061155
    Abstract: The method comprises flying at least a probe carrier flying vehicle above a dropping area on the ground, the probe carrier flying vehicle carrying probes and a launcher, configured to separate each probe from the probe carrier flying vehicle; activating the launcher to separate at least one of the probes from the probe carrier flying vehicle above the dropping area; falling of the probe from the flying vehicle in the ground of the dropping area; at least partial insertion of the probe in the ground of the dropping area. When the probe carrier flying vehicle is located above a target dropping area, before activating the launcher, the method comprises determining a vegetation information at the target dropping area using a flying vegetation detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: TOTAL SA
    Inventors: Henri Puntous, Jean-Luc Boelle, Olivier De Pellegars, Remi Estival, Andrew Feltham, Jean Baptiste Laffitte, Pierre-Olivier Lys, Francis Clément, Frank Adler, Paul Barbier
  • Patent number: 10908305
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for evaluating a geophysical survey acquisition geometry over a region of interest. The method comprises determining a location of a plurality of base camps in respect of a determined minimal surface density of base camps, determining a first set of locations of a plurality of receivers in respect of a determined minimal surface density of receivers, generating a first synthetic geophysical dataset based on the first geophysical survey acquisition geometry, processing the first synthetic geophysical dataset for obtaining a first simulated image of the subsurface of the region of interest using a geophysical processing algorithm and an a priori subsurface model, and calculating a first objective function dependent of at least a first quality index of the first simulated image of the subsurface of the region of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: TOTAL SA
    Inventors: Rémi Estival, Jean-Luc Boelle, Peigen Xie, Jean-Baptiste Laffitte, Henri Puntous, Francis Clément, Paul Barbier
  • Publication number: 20180356545
    Abstract: The method comprises flying at least a probe carrier flying vehicle above a dropping area on the ground, the probe carrier flying vehicle carrying probes and a launcher, configured to separate each probe from the probe carrier flying vehicle; activating the launcher to separate at least one of the probes from the probe carrier flying vehicle above the dropping area; falling of the probe from the flying vehicle in the ground of the dropping area; at least partial insertion of the probe in the ground of the dropping area. When the probe carrier flying vehicle is located above a target dropping area, before activating the launcher, the method comprises determining a vegetation information at the target dropping area using a flying vegetation detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: TOTAL SA
    Inventors: Henri PUNTOUS, Jean-Luc BOELLE, Olivier DE PELLEGARS, Remi ESTIVAL, Andrew FELTHAM, Jean Baptiste LAFFITTE, Pierre-Olivier LYS, Francis CLÉMENT, Frank ADLER, Paul BARBIER
  • Publication number: 20180356544
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for evaluating a geophysical survey acquisition geometry over a region of interest. The method comprises determining a location of a plurality of base camps in respect of a determined minimal surface density of base camps, determining a first set of locations of a plurality of receivers in respect of a determined minimal surface density of receivers, generating a first synthetic geophysical dataset based on the first geophysical survey acquisition geometry, processing the first synthetic geophysical dataset for obtaining a first simulated image of the subsurface of the region of interest using a geophysical processing algorithm and an a priori subsurface model, and calculating a first objective function dependent of at least a first quality index of the first simulated image of the subsurface of the region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: TOTAL SA
    Inventors: Rémi ESTIVAL, Jean-Luc BOELLE, Peigen XIE, Jean-Baptiste LAFFITTE, Henri PUNTOUS, Francis CLÉMENT, Paul BARBIER