Patents by Inventor Olivier Rabouille

Olivier Rabouille 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 of analyzing an image of hydrides in a metal alloy, notably in a nuclear fuel cladding alloy
    Patent number: 8374455
    Abstract: The original image composed of pixels representing a sample of the alloy, the hydrides being represented by groupings of pixels (21), the method comprises steps of processing the image (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) to obtain the skeleton of the groupings of pixels (21?) contained in the image, the skeletonization step (5) being followed by a step (6, 10) of analysis pertaining to the groupings thus skeletonised. The analysis step allows the determination of the hydrogen content as well as the morphological study of the hydrides so as to determine their danger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Stéphane Allegre, Loïc Sachot, Olivier Rabouille
  • METHOD OF ANALYZING AN IMAGE OF HYDRIDES IN A METAL ALLOY, NOTABLY IN A NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING ALLOY
    Publication number: 20110116680
    Abstract: The original image composed of pixels representing a sample of the alloy, the hydrides being represented by groupings of pixels (21), the method comprises steps of processing the image (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) to obtain the skeleton of the groupings of pixels (21?) contained in the image, the skeletonization step (5) being followed by a step (6, 10) of analysis pertaining to the groupings thus skeletonised. The analysis step allows the determination of the hydrogen content as well as the morphological study of the hydrides so as to determine their danger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Stéphane Allegre, Loïc Sachot, Olivier Rabouille