Patents by Inventor Saurabh Ajit Chimote

Saurabh Ajit Chimote 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: 12228695
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for detecting buried pipelines and spills. One method includes operations for programming a drone to fly over a geographical area, and for capturing, during a flight of the drone, geophysical data with geophysical equipment in the drone. Further, the method includes capturing, during the flight of the drone, images with a camera in the drone. A machine-learning (ML) model is utilized to identify locations of buried pipes and spills based on the captured geophysical data and the captured images. Further, the method includes presenting the identified locations of the buried pipes and spills in a map of the geographical area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Energy and Environmental Research Center Foundation
    Inventors: César Barajas-Olalde, Saurabh Ajit Chimote, Jordan Michael Krueger, Donald C. Adams, III
  • Publication number: 20220317328
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for detecting buried pipelines and spills. One method includes operations for programming a drone to fly over a geographical area, and for capturing, during a flight of the drone, geophysical data with geophysical equipment in the drone. Further, the method includes capturing, during the flight of the drone, images with a camera in the drone. A machine-learning (ML) model is utilized to identify locations of buried pipes and spills based on the captured geophysical data and the captured images. Further, the method includes presenting the identified locations of the buried pipes and spills in a map of the geographical area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: César Barajas-Olalde, Saurabh Ajit Chimote, Jordan Michael Krueger, Donald C. Adams, III