Patents by Inventor Min Lou

Min Lou 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: 11467305
    Abstract: A method for performing a formation-related operation based on corrected vertical seismic profile (VSP) data of an earth formation includes performing a VSP survey and applying a normal moveout (NMO) correction equation to the survey data that is a function of source offset to wellhead. The method also includes solving the NMO correction equation using a simulated annealing algorithm having an object function that is a coherence coefficient of semblance analysis of an NMO corrected reflection event within a time window to provide NMO corrected data. The method further includes performing the formation-related operation at at least one of a location, a depth and a depth interval based on the VSP NMO corrected data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventor: Min Lou
  • Publication number: 20180356549
    Abstract: A method for performing a formation-related operation based on corrected vertical seismic profile (VSP) data of an earth formation includes performing a VSP survey and applying a normal moveout (NMO) correction equation to the survey data that is a function of source offset to wellhead. The method also includes solving the NMO correction equation using a simulated annealing algorithm having an object function that is a coherence coefficient of semblance analysis of an NMO corrected reflection event within a time window to provide NMO corrected data. The method further includes performing the formation-related operation at at least one of a location, a depth and a depth interval based on the VSP NMO corrected data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventor: Min Lou
  • Publication number: 20170019908
    Abstract: The embodiments disclose a method for controlling Quality of Service for a wireless communication network shared among operators. The method comprises: receiving a message, which includes radio resource measurement of an operator; calculating a radio resource utilization amount of the operator based on the radio resource measurement; comparing the radio resource utilization amount with a set value; and sending a request to adjust the radio resource utilization amount of the operator according to the comparing result. The embodiments also disclose a Quality of Service controlling system thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Min Lou, Huaisong Zhu
  • Patent number: 8547794
    Abstract: First-order free-surface multiples recorded in VSP data or reverse VSP data are processed using VSP/CDP method to produce an image of the subsurface. This image produces a larger coverage than that obtained in 3-C 3-D processing of reflection data acquired in the VSP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Jitendra S. Gulati, Xiaomin Zhao, Francis D. Doherty, Min Lou
  • Patent number: 8395967
    Abstract: A walkaway VSP survey is carried out with receivers located in a borehole under a salt overhang. Redatuming of the multicomponent data to virtual sources in the borehole followed by vector Kirchhoff migration using a simple velocity model provides an accurate image of the salt face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Min Lou, Francis D. Doherty, James C. Jackson
  • Publication number: 20120194804
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser based intra-cavity optical micro-fluidic biosensor comprises a coupled-cavity semiconductor laser, a 2×2 coupler and a phase adjustment section on one input port of the coupler. The dominant mode of the coupled-cavity laser appears in one output port of the coupler, while the adjacent mode comes out from the other output port of the coupler. The resonant frequency interval of the sensing cavity is slightly larger or smaller than one half of that of the reference cavity. Part of the sensing cavity is the sensing section which is covered by an analyte. The refractive index change of the analyte will cause the lasing mode of the coupled cavity to switch to an adjacent mode, resulting in a ?-phase change in the phase difference between the two output ports of the two resonance cavities. By applying the Vernier effect, the power ratio of the two output ports of the coupler will change and the refractive index change of the analyte can be derived.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jian-Jun He, Tingting Yu, Min Lou
  • Patent number: 7911878
    Abstract: A walkaway VSP survey is carried out with receivers located in a borehole near the base salt. Reflection tomographic inversion of data from the walkaway VSP is used to derive a velocity model for the subsurface and may be used for imaging of sub-salt reflections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaomin Zhao, Min Lou, James C. Jackson
  • Publication number: 20100271903
    Abstract: First-order free-surface multiples recorded in VSP data or reverse VSP data are processed using VSP/CDP method to produce an image of the subsurface. This image produces a larger coverage than that obtained in 3-C 3-D processing of reflection data acquired in the VSP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Jitendra S. Gulati, Xiaomin Zhao, Francis D. Doherty, Min Lou
  • Patent number: 7751279
    Abstract: A walkaway VSP survey is carried out with receivers located in a borehole near the base salt. Reflection tomographic inversion of data from the walkaway VSP is used to derive a velocity model for the subsurface and may be used for imaging of sub-salt reflections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaomin Zhao, Min Lou, James C. Jackson
  • Patent number: 7693006
    Abstract: 1st order free-surface multiples recorded in VSP data or reverse VSP data are processed using a 3-C 3-D vector migration method to produce an image of the subsurface. This image produces a larger coverage than that obtained in 3-C 3-D processing of reflection data acquired in the VSP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Min Lou, Xiaomin Zhao, Francis D. Doherty, James C. Jackson
  • Publication number: 20090310443
    Abstract: A walkaway VSP survey is carried out with receivers located in a borehole under a salt overhang. Redatuming of the multicomponent data to virtual sources in the borehole followed by vector Kirchhoff migration using a simple velocity model provides an accurate image of the salt face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Min Lou, Francis D. Doherty, James C. Jackson
  • Publication number: 20090122646
    Abstract: 1st order free-surface multiples recorded in VSP data or reverse VSP data are processed using a 3-C 3-D vector migration method to produce an image of the subsurface. This image produces a larger coverage than that obtained in 3-C 3-D processing of reflection data acquired in the VSP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Min Lou, Xiaomin Zhao, Francis D. Doherty, James C. Jackson
  • Patent number: 7508736
    Abstract: 1storder free-surface multiples recorded in VSP data or reverse VSP data are processed using a 3-C 3-D vector migration method to produce an image of the subsurface. This image produces a larger coverage than that obtained in 3-C 3-D processing of reflection data acquired in the VSP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Min Lou, Xiaomin Zhao, Francis D. Doherty, James C. Jackson
  • Publication number: 20080221796
    Abstract: 1st order free-surface multiples recorded in VSP data or reverse VSP data are processed using a 3-C 3-D vector migration method to produce an image of the subsurface. This image produces a larger coverage than that obtained in 3-C 3-D processing of reflection data acquired in the VSP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Min Lou, Xiaomin Zhao, Francis D. Doherty, James C. Jackson
  • Patent number: 7315783
    Abstract: A technique for calculating traveltime of a seismic wave in three dimensional tilted transversely isotropic (3D TI) media includes determining a wave vector, defining a unit vector, calculating an angle of the wave vector from an axis and performing a slowness determination, wherein a unit vector for a symmetry axis is defined as: (cos ? sin ?, sin ? sin ?, cos ?); where ? represents the azimuth of the symmetry axis measured from the x direction; and, ? represents the dip angle of the symmetry axis measured from the z direction. The technique may be practiced as a computer implemented set of instructions, and may be incorporated into measurement equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventor: Min Lou
  • Publication number: 20070259432
    Abstract: A walkaway VSP survey is carried out with receivers located in a borehole near the base salt. Reflection tomographic inversion of data from the walkaway VSP is used to derive a velocity model for the subsurface and may be used for imaging of sub-salt reflections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Xiaomin Zhao, Min Lou, James Jackson
  • Publication number: 20070258324
    Abstract: A walkaway VSP survey is carried out with receivers located in a borehole near the base salt. Reflection tomographic inversion of data from the walkaway VSP is used to derive a velocity model for the subsurface and may be used for imaging of sub-salt reflections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Xiaomin Zhao, Min Lou, James Jackson
  • Publication number: 20070168167
    Abstract: A technique for calculating traveltime of a seismic wave in three dimensional tilted transversely isotropic (3D TTI) media includes determining a wave vector, defining a unit vector, calculating an angle of the wave vector from an axis and performing a slowness determination. The technique may be practiced as a computer implemented set of instructions, and may be incorporated into measurement equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Min Lou
  • Publication number: 20070162249
    Abstract: A technique for calculating traveltime of a seismic wave in three dimensional tilted transversely isotropic (3D TTI) media includes determining a wave vector, defining a unit vector, calculating an angle of the wave vector from an axis and performing a slowness determination. The technique may be practiced as a computer implemented set of instructions, and may be incorporated into measurement equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventor: Min Lou