Patents by Inventor Teboho N. Nyareli

Teboho N. Nyareli 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).

  • Method and apparatus for assessing the integrity of a rock mass
    Patent number: 8515676
    Abstract: A method for assessing the integrity of a rock mass, the method including impacting the rock mass, capturing an acoustic signal generated as a result of the impact, deriving a frequency distribution for the captured acoustic signal, processing data from the frequency distribution by means of a neural network process applying artificial intelligence to assess the inputted data, and presenting a signal from the neural network process which is indicative of the integrity of the rock mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: CSIR
    Inventors: Abraham Van Zyl Brink, Teboho N. Nyareli
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING THE INTEGRITY OF A ROCK MASS
    Publication number: 20100268491
    Abstract: A method for assessing the integrity of a rock mass, the method including impacting the rock mass, capturing an acoustic signal generated as a result of the impact, deriving a frequency distribution for the captured acoustic signal, processing data from the frequency distribution by means of a neural network process applying artificial intelligence to assess the inputted data, and presenting a signal from the neural network process which is indicative of the integrity of the rock mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: CSIR
    Inventors: Abraham Van Zyl Brink, Teboho N. Nyareli