Patents by Inventor Jean-Claude THIBAUT

Jean-Claude THIBAUT 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).

  • Method and system for determining the mass of feedstock on a conveyor
    Patent number: 10935318
    Abstract: A method and a system for determining a mass of feedstock discharged by a conveyor during a first time interval ?t are disclosed. The method includes taking successive digital images of the feedstock in a specific zone of the conveyor being separated by a second time interval ?t of smaller duration than the first time interval ?t, for each of the second time intervals ?t: computing the advancing distance of a sub-volume of feedstock during the second time interval ?t in the specific zone of the conveyor by numerical treatment of the two successive images associated with the second time interval ?t; determining at least one transversal height profile of the sub-volume of feedstock; and determining an effective feedstock density for the sub-volume of feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: ARCELORMITTAL
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Baumert, Jean-Claude Thibaut, Marco Picco
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE MASS OF FEEDSTOCK ON A CONVEYOR
    Publication number: 20190011183
    Abstract: A method and a system for determining a mass of feedstock discharged by a conveyor during a first time interval ?t are disclosed. The method includes taking successive digital images of the feedstock in a specific zone of the conveyor being separated by a second time interval ?t of smaller duration than the first time interval ?t, for each of the second time intervals ?t: computing the advancing distance of a sub-volume of feedstock during the second time interval ?t in the specific zone of the conveyor by numerical treatment of the two successive images associated with the second time interval ?t; determining at least one transversal height profile of the sub-volume of feedstock; and determining an effective feedstock density for the sub-volume of feedstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Jean-Claude BAUMERT, Jean-Claude THIBAUT, Marco PICCO