Patents by Inventor Mark S. Passolt

Mark S. Passolt 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: 20160098155
    Abstract: A method. The method may include obtaining, from a graphical user interface (GUI), a selection of a first oilfield object. The first oilfield object may define a portion of a first wellbore design. The method may further include determining a target context of a second wellbore design. The method may further include obtaining, from the first oilfield object, source oilfield data describing the portion of the first wellbore design. The method may further include adjusting the source oilfield data, according to the target context of the second wellbore design, to obtain target oilfield data for the second wellbore design. The method may further include generating, using the target oilfield data, a second oilfield object within the target context. The method may further include presenting, within the GUI, the second oilfield object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Lucian Johnston, Mark S. Passolt
  • Publication number: 20160012371
    Abstract: A method may include selecting various activities for determining an assessment. The method may further include obtaining activity data regarding the selected activities. The activity data may describe the performance of a portion of the selected activities. The method may further include identifying, using the activity data, various completed activities from the selected activities. The method may further include computing, using various scoring parameters, various activity scores from the completed activities. The scoring parameters may determine the activity scores based on a contribution of the completed activities towards the assessment. The method may further include computing an assessment score based on the activity scores. The method may further include generating, using the assessment score, an assessment report. The method may further include transmitting the assessment report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Mark S. Passolt, Velizar Vesselinov, Matias Nicolas Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 8400398
    Abstract: Implementations of visualization controls are described. Some techniques described herein enable a user to interact with a geoscience object on display. In one possible embodiment, simultaneous movements of two or more user-controlled points are tracked using a motion monitoring system, such as cameras. The movement of the points is then interpreted as an interaction with the geoscience object and results in a corresponding alteration of the display of the geoscience object. One example interaction includes a compound manipulation (i.e. translation, rotation, scaling and/or skewing) of the geoscience object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Jonathan Schoen, Mark S. Passolt, Andrew Muddimer
  • Publication number: 20110050562
    Abstract: Implementations of visualization controls are described. Some techniques described herein enable a user to interact with a geoscience object on display. In one possible embodiment, simultaneous movements of two or more user-controlled points are tracked using a motion monitoring system, such as cameras. The movement of the points is then interpreted as an interaction with the geoscience object and results in a corresponding alteration of the display of the geoscience object. One example interaction includes a compound manipulation (i.e. translation, rotation, scaling and/or skewing) of the geoscience object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: ERIC JONATHAN SCHOEN, MARK S. PASSOLT, ANDREW MUDDIMER
  • Patent number: 6940507
    Abstract: A volume rendering process is disclosed for improving the visual quality of images produced by rendering and displaying volumetric data in voxel format for the display of three-dimensional (3D) data on a two-dimensional (2D) display with shading and opacity to control the realistic display of images rendered from the voxels. The process includes partitioning the plurality of voxels among a plurality of slices with each slice corresponding to a respective region of the volume. Each voxel includes an opacity value adjusted by applying an opacity curve to the value. The opacity value of each voxel in each cell in the volume is converted into a new visual opacity value that is used to calculate a new visual opacity gradient for only one voxel in the center of each cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Inventors: Dmitriy G. Repin, Mark S. Passolt
  • Publication number: 20020109684
    Abstract: A volume rendering process is disclosed for improving the visual quality of images produced by rendering and displaying volumetric data in voxel format for the display of three-dimensional (3D) data on a two-dimensional (2D) display with shading and opacity to control the realistic display of images rendered from the voxels. The process includes partitioning the plurality of voxels among a plurality of slices with each slice corresponding to a respective region of the volume. Each voxel includes an opacity value adjusted by applying an opacity curve to the value. The opacity value of each voxel in each cell in the volume is converted into a new visual opacity value that is used to calculate a new visual opacity gradient for only one voxel in the center of each cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Dmitriy G. Repin, Mark S. Passolt