Patents by Inventor Jennie Cook

Jennie Cook 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).

  • Systems and methods for estimating mechanical properties of rocks using grain contact models
    Patent number: 11009497
    Abstract: A method for analyzing a rock sample to determine a mechanical property of the rock sample includes (a) segmenting a digital image volume corresponding to an image of the rock sample. In addition, the method includes (b) partitioning the digital image volume to associate a plurality of voxels in the digital image volume with a plurality of grains of the rock sample. Further, the method includes (c) determining the voxels of the plurality of voxels that are adjacent to each other to identify a plurality of contact interfaces between the grains. Still further, the method includes (d) determining a contact area of each of the contact interfaces using adjacent voxels at the corresponding grain-grain interface. The method also includes (e) determining a number of contact interfaces that each grain of the plurality of grains has with each adjacent grain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC.
    Inventors: Jennie Cook, Abdulla Kerimov, Nathan Lane
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS USING GRAIN CONTACT MODELS
    Publication number: 20190391125
    Abstract: A method for analyzing a rock sample to determine a mechanical property of the rock sample includes (a) segmenting a digital image volume corresponding to an image of the rock sample. In addition, the method includes (b) partitioning the digital image volume to associate a plurality of voxels in the digital image volume with a plurality of grains of the rock sample. Further, the method includes (c) determining the voxels of the plurality of voxels that are adjacent to each other to identify a plurality of contact interfaces between the grains. Still further, the method includes (d) determining a contact area of each of the contact interfaces using adjacent voxels at the corresponding grain-grain interface. The method also includes (e) determining a number of contact interfaces that each grain of the plurality of grains has with each adjacent grain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: BP Corporation North America Inc.
    Inventors: Jennie Cook, Abdulla Kerimov, Nathan Lane