Patents by Inventor Roald Valen

Roald Valen 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: 11492856
    Abstract: A method and system for conducting a subterranean operation that can include storing, via a rig controller, pre-determined characteristics of a piece of equipment, for supporting the subterranean operation, in a unique data record associated with the piece of equipment; scanning, via one or more sensors, the piece of equipment on a rig; determining, via the rig controller, actual characteristics of the piece of equipment in response to the scanning via the one or more sensors; comparing, via the rig controller, the actual characteristics to the pre-determined characteristics; and verifying whether or not the piece of equipment is an expected piece of equipment needed to support the subterranean operation based on the comparing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Canrig Robotic Technologies AS
    Inventors: Roald Valen, Stian Lode, Markus Buchholz
  • Publication number: 20210164303
    Abstract: A method and system for conducting a subterranean operation that can include storing, via a rig controller, pre-determined characteristics of a piece of equipment, for supporting the subterranean operation, in a unique data record associated with the piece of equipment; scanning, via one or more sensors, the piece of equipment on a rig; determining, via the rig controller, actual characteristics of the piece of equipment in response to the scanning via the one or more sensors; comparing, via the rig controller, the actual characteristics to the pre-determined characteristics; and verifying whether or not the piece of equipment is an expected piece of equipment needed to support the subterranean operation based on the comparing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Roald VALEN, Stian LODE, Markus BUCHHOLZ
  • Publication number: 20120229291
    Abstract: A method and device for securing operation of automatic or autonomous equipment where the equipment comprises a component being displaced a space, and where the method comprises:—to calculate the component position in the space by means of data from the component control system, and where the method further comprises:—to measure non-contact wise the component real position; and—to calculate a deviation between the calculated position and the real position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Kenneth Mikalsen, Roald Valen
  • Publication number: 20050060064
    Abstract: The invention concerns a robot system comprising an industrial robot provided with a control system and an arrangement for programming of the robot. The arrangement comprises a data processing unit, a screen connected to the data-processing unit and an application program to program the robot. The programmable and controllable unit, the TPU, is portable and arranged with a grip surface for the gripping hand of an operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Roald Valen, Ralph Sjoberg
  • Patent number: D480720
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Ralph Sjöberg, Roald Valen