Patents by Inventor Stephen Pierce

Stephen Pierce 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).

  • Publication number: 20250029236
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for cutter analysis and mapping. In one embodiment, a computer implemented method comprises acquiring a training set of images, wherein the training set of images comprise a set of images of cutters; and training a machine learning system using the training set of images, wherein the machine learning system comprises a set of weights corresponding to one or more nodes of a neural network of the machine learning system, and wherein the machine learning system provides an output representing whether an image includes a visual representation of a cutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: William Brian Atkins, Radompon Sungkorn, Michael Stephen Pierce
  • Patent number: 12141960
    Abstract: A method comprising identifying a cutter on a drill bit based on a drill bit image, assigning a grading value of the cutter based on a classification model of a machine learning system, wherein the classification model is generated based on a set of training cutter images associated with drill bit characteristics indicators, determining a surface parameter based on a surface of the cutter, generating a comparison value based on the surface parameter, and mapping a set of cutter information to the cutter on the drill bit, wherein the set of cutter information comprises the grading value and the comparison value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: William Brian Atkins, Radompon Sungkorn, Michael Stephen Pierce
  • Publication number: 20240193316
    Abstract: A method for downhole cutting structure design. The method comprises executing a first computer-simulated drilling by at least one downhole cutting structure of a wellbore into a subsurface formation based on an original data set that includes at least one drilling parameter and at least one downhole cutting structure attribute associated with an actual drilling of the wellbore using the at least one downhole cutting structure into the subsurface formation. The method comprises recursively performing the following operations until a drilling performance threshold is satisfied, changing at least one of the at least one drilling parameter and the at least one downhole cutting structure attribute in the original data set to create a modified data set and executing a second computer-simulated drilling by the at least one downhole cutting structure of the wellbore into the subsurface formation based and the modified data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Shilin Chen, Bradley David Dunbar, Michael Stephen Pierce
  • Publication number: 20220222401
    Abstract: A method includes determining a bit design based on a design criterion, determining a cutter design to be mounted on the bit design at a bit design position based on cutter information, wherein the cutter information is based on a historical cutter performance metric of one or more cutters having the cutter design. The method also includes generating a drill bit model based on the bit design and the cutter design and determining that the drill bit model meets the design criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: William Brian Atkins, Radompon Sungkorn, Michael Stephen Pierce
  • Publication number: 20220172338
    Abstract: A method comprising identifying a cutter on a drill bit based on a drill bit image, assigning a grading value of the cutter based on a classification model of a machine learning system, wherein the classification model is generated based on a set of training cutter images associated with drill bit characteristics indicators, determining a surface parameter based on a surface of the cutter, generating a comparison value based on the surface parameter, and mapping a set of cutter information to the cutter on the drill bit, wherein the set of cutter information comprises the grading value and the comparison value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: William Brian Atkins, Radompon Sungkorn, Michael Stephen Pierce
  • Patent number: 9390114
    Abstract: Managing communications relationships may be accomplished by organizing a plurality of information elements and a plurality of users into a forum, with the forum being a virtual data structure organizing a plurality of single page views. Each single page view is organized into columns, with each column having a home row, a header row, and an action row. The header row indicates a title of the column for each of the columns of a single page view, and the action row indicates one or more commands available for execution for the each column of the single page view. The home row is the same for every column of each of the single page views and includes a selectable area that, upon selection by a user, navigates to a single page view associated with a home page view. Actions may be performed on information elements in columns of selected single page views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Verifyle, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy Martin, Thomas M. Root, Aaron M. Scarisbrick, Stephen Pierce
  • Patent number: 9112699
    Abstract: A cryptographic system makes everyday data objects, such as a document or conversation, unreadable to anyone other than the owner or those currently having permission to access the data objects. The cryptographic system is transparent by requiring no additional effort on the part of any user in the encryption/decryption process other than entering a user identifier and password. Each document is encrypted with a unique encryption key. Changes to data object access permissions are immediately honored and enforced by enabling or disabling access to certain decryption keys. Decryption of data objects requires information known only to the owner of the data object or those permitted to access the data object. This decryption information is not stored anywhere in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Verifyle, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron M. Scarisbrick, Roy Martin, Thomas M. Root, Stephen Pierce
  • Publication number: 20140379760
    Abstract: Managing communications relationships may be accomplished by organizing a plurality of information elements and a plurality of users into a forum, with the forum being a virtual data structure organizing a plurality of single page views. Each single page view is organized into columns, with each column having a home row, a header row, and an action row. The header row indicates a title of the column for each of the columns of a single page view, and the action row indicates one or more commands available for execution for the each column of the single page view. The home row is the same for every column of each of the single page views and includes a selectable area that, upon selection by a user, navigates to a single page view associated with a home page view. Actions may be performed on information elements in columns of selected single page views.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Roy Martin, Thomas M. Root, Aaron M. Scarisbrick, Stephen Pierce