Patents by Inventor Ross Whitaker

Ross Whitaker 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: 12061306
    Abstract: Method and systems are provided for building a structural model of the subsurface. The method may comprise obtaining discretized data that includes surfaces, polylines, points, or combinations thereof. The surfaces in the discretized data are segmented by other surfaces to form a number of segments. Each of the segments are fit to an implicit function. The implicit function for each of the segments is thresholded to create a number of implicit surfaces. The implicit surfaces are intersected to create a number of model surfaces. The structural model is then constructed from the model surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Matthias Imhof, Matthew S. Casey, Colin J. Lyttle, Ross Whitaker, Shankar Sastry
  • Publication number: 20180348401
    Abstract: Method and systems are provided for building a structural model of the subsurface. The method may comprise obtaining discretized data that includes surfaces, polylines, points, or combinations thereof. The surfaces in the discretized data are segmented by other surfaces to form a number of segments. Each of the segments are fit to an implicit function. The implicit function for each of the segments is thresholded to create a number of implicit surfaces. The implicit surfaces are intersected to create a number of model surfaces. The structural model is then constructed from the model surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Matthias Imhof, Matthew S. Casey, Colin J. Lyttle, Ross Whitaker, Shankar Sastry
  • Patent number: 9442083
    Abstract: Systems and methods for imaging an object using backscattered radiation are described. The imaging system comprises both a radiation source for irradiating an object that is rotationally movable about the object, and a detector for detecting backscattered radiation from the object that can be disposed on substantially the same side of the object as the source and which can be rotationally movable about the object. The detector can be separated into multiple detector segments with each segment having a single line of sight projection through the object and so detects radiation along that line of sight. Thus, each detector segment can isolate the desired component of the backscattered radiation. By moving independently of each other about the object, the source and detector can collect multiple images of the object at different angles of rotation and generate a three dimensional reconstruction of the object. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Aribex, Inc.
    Inventors: D. Clark Turner, Ross Whitaker
  • Patent number: 9022129
    Abstract: A method and system are described for identifying a geologic object through cross sections of a geologic data volume. The method includes obtaining a geologic data volume having a set of cross sections. Then, two or more cross sections are selected and a transformation vector is estimated between the cross sections. Based on the transformation vector, a geologic object is identified within the geologic data volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Mark W. Dobin, Chul-Sung Kim, Ross Whitaker
  • Publication number: 20140278305
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for a parallel processing of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation. A numerical method is provided to solve the Hamilton-Jacobi equation that can be used with various parallel architectures and an improved Godunov Hamiltonian computation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Won-Ki Jeong, Ross Whitaker
  • Patent number: 8762442
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for a parallel processing of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation. A numerical method is provided to solve the Hamilton-Jacobi equation that can be used with various parallel architectures and an improved Godunov Hamiltonian computation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Won-ki Jeong, Ross Whitaker
  • Publication number: 20130206985
    Abstract: Systems and methods for imaging an object using backscattered radiation are described. The imaging system comprises both a radiation source for irradiating an object that is rotationally movable about the object, and a detector for detecting backscattered radiation from the object that can be disposed on substantially the same side of the object as the source and which can be rotationally movable about the object. The detector can be separated into multiple detector segments with each segment having a single line of sight projection through the object and so detects radiation along that line of sight. Thus, each detector segment can isolate the desired component of the backscattered radiation. By moving independently of each other about the object, the source and detector can collect multiple images of the object at different angles of rotation and generate a three dimensional reconstruction of the object. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: D. Clark Turner, Ross Whitaker
  • Publication number: 20110247829
    Abstract: A method and system are described for identifying a geologic object through cross sections of a geologic data volume. The method includes obtaining a geologic data volume having a set of cross sections. Then, two or more cross sections are selected and a transformation vector is estimated between the cross sections. Based on the transformation vector, a geologic object is identified within the geologic data volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Mark W. Dobin, Chul-Sung Kim, Ross Whitaker
  • Publication number: 20110046927
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for a parallel processing of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Won-ki Jeong, Ross Whitaker
  • Patent number: 7542604
    Abstract: A method of segmenting a digitized image includes marking a subset of pixels in an image, defining edge conductances between each pair of adjacent pixels in the image based on the intensity difference of each said pixel pair, associating a probability potential with each unmarked pixel, and using a multigrid method to solve for the probability potentials for each unmarked pixel, wherein a restriction operator from the image grid to a coarse grid is calculated from a conductance-weighted average of the conductances on the image grid, the coarse grid conductances are calculated from the image grid conductances using a ?-Y conversion, and the multigrid prolongation operator is calculated using a conductance-weighted interpolation of the coarse grid conductances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignees: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Leo Grady, Tolga Tasdizen, Ross Whitaker
  • Publication number: 20060050959
    Abstract: A method of segmenting a digitized image includes marking a subset of pixels in an image, defining edge conductances between each pair of adjacent pixels in the image based on the intensity difference of each said pixel pair, associating a probability potential with each unmarked pixel, and using a multigrid method to solve for the probability potentials for each unmarked pixel, wherein a restriction operator from the image grid to a coarse grid is calculated from a conductance-weighted average of the conductances on the image grid, the coarse grid conductances are calculated from the image grid conductances using a ?-Y conversion, and the multigrid prolongation operator is calculated using a conductance-weighted interpolation of the coarse grid conductances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Leo Grady, Tolga Tasdizen, Ross Whitaker