Patents by Inventor Nolan SERINK

Nolan SERINK 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: 20170131132
    Abstract: The method of determining the volume includes associating measured values to a volume based on calibration data. The calibration data can be produced by obtaining reservoir geometry data including coordinates of an internal wall surface and a level measurement path in a reservoir reference; obtaining a set of parameters including at least liquid level along the level measurement path and inclination of the reservoir reference relative to a first horizontal axis; for each parameter of the set, obtaining a plurality of incremental values along a corresponding range of values; and producing calibration data by calculating a matrix of liquid volume values based on the reservoir geometry data for each incremental value combination across the ranges of values of all the parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Nolan SERINK
  • Publication number: 20160003666
    Abstract: The method generally has the steps of: measuring a measured liquid level value in a reservoir; generating a filtered liquid level value including applying a first noise filtration stage to the measured liquid level value to limit the change of the filtered liquid level value compared to previous liquid level value measurements; determining a variation of the generated filtered liquid level value over a given period of time; comparing the determined variation to a threshold value; when the determined variation is above the threshold value, entering a sloshing mode, the sloshing mode including generating an outputted liquid level value corresponding to a filtered liquid level value generated prior to entering the sloshing mode, the sloshing mode being maintained until the determined variation is below the threshold value; and when the determined variation is below the threshold value, generating an outputted liquid level value corresponding to the filtered liquid level value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Sean PATTERSON, Nolan SERINK, Ron WILLIS, Greg MCGILLIS