Patents by Inventor Ruihe Zhang

Ruihe Zhang 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: 12203365
    Abstract: A method for evaluating rock drillability by a nano-indentation test on a rock cutting includes: conducting a nano-indentation test on a rock cutting sample, acquiring a displacement-load curve of an indenter, and calculating a micro-hardness under the nano-indentation test; calculating mineral composition of the rock cutting sample based on a statistical distribution characteristic of the micro-hardness, and transforming the micro-hardness under the nano-indentation test on the rock cutting sample into a macro-hardness; and calculating a rock drillability grade characterized by the micro-hardness under the nano-indentation test on the rock cutting sample based on a correlation between the macro-hardness of the rock cutting sample and the rock drillability grade. In the context of few downhole rock samples and high cost, the method overcomes the limitation of sample size and shape on conventional testing and solves the difficult problem of mechanical parameter testing of deep rocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)
    Inventors: Zizhen Wang, Xianbo Lei, Weidong Zhou, Chengwen Wang, Ruihe Wang, Xian Shi, Luopeng Li, Hongjian Ni, Rui Zhang
  • Patent number: 12125225
    Abstract: A monocular camera system for a vehicle includes a front mono camera, a side mono camera, and one or more controllers in electronic communication with the front mono camera and the side mono camera. The one or more controllers execute instructions to determine an ideal lagged distance the vehicle travels between a current time step and a previous time step as two asynchronous camera frames are captured by the front mono camera and the side mono camera, determine a number of delayed frames captured by either the front mono camera or the side mono camera between the current time step and the previous time step based on the ideal lagged distance. The controllers determine a direction of travel of the vehicle that indicates which mono camera is selected to provide a previous camera frame captured at the previous time step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignees: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, University of Waterloo
    Inventors: Ahmad R. Alghooneh, Amir Khajepour, Mansoor Alghooneh, Brent Navin Roger Bacchus, Neel Pratik Bhatt, Ruihe Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240338837
    Abstract: A monocular camera system for a vehicle includes a front mono camera, a side mono camera, and one or more controllers in electronic communication with the front mono camera and the side mono camera. The one or more controllers execute instructions to determine an ideal lagged distance the vehicle travels between a current time step and a previous time step as two asynchronous camera frames are captured by the front mono camera and the side mono camera, determine a number of delayed frames captured by either the front mono camera or the side mono camera between the current time step and the previous time step based on the ideal lagged distance. The controllers determine a direction of travel of the vehicle that indicates which mono camera is selected to provide a previous camera frame captured at the previous time step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Ahmad R. Alghooneh, Amir Khajepour, Mansoor Alghooneh, Brent Navin Roger Bacchus, Neel Pratik Bhatt, Ruihe Zhang