Patents by Inventor Thomas MADAULE

Thomas MADAULE 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 system for remotely measuring the volume of liquid stored in external floating roof tanks
    Patent number: 10672139
    Abstract: A method for measuring a liquid volume and/or corresponding fill rate of floating roof tanks includes selecting an Area Of Interest (AOI) to be monitored at the earth's surface, gathering geographical coordinates of tanks in the AOI, and downloading and pre-processing a time series of SAR reference images covering the AOI. The method includes projecting geographical coordinates of the tanks on the time series of the images to determine pixel coordinates of the tanks, and determining tank dimensions through processing of the images at the pixel coordinates. The method includes downloading and pre-processing at least one new SAR image over the AOI and registering it on top of the reference images, and, for each tank of the AOI, detecting in the new SAR image a bright spot corresponding to the roof of the tank and converting its pixel coordinates into liquid volume and/or fill rate information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: KAYRROS
    Inventors: Carlo De Franchis, Guillaume Lostis, Hefdhi Abdennadher, Pablo Arias, Thomas Madaule, Axel Davy, Sylvain Calisti, Jean-Michel Morel, Raffaele Grompone, Gabriele Facciolo
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY MEASURING THE VOLUME OF LIQUID STORED IN EXTERNAL FLOATING ROOF TANKS
    Publication number: 20180336693
    Abstract: A method for measuring a liquid volume and/or corresponding fill rate of floating roof tanks includes selecting an Area Of Interest (AOI) to be monitored at the earth's surface, gathering geographical coordinates of tanks in the AOI, and downloading and pre-processing a time series of SAR reference images covering the AOI. The method includes projecting geographical coordinates of the tanks on the time series of the images to determine pixel coordinates of the tanks, and determining tank dimensions through processing of the images at the pixel coordinates. The method includes downloading and pre-processing at least one new SAR image over the AOI and registering it on top of the reference images, and, for each tank of the AOI, detecting in the new SAR image a bright spot corresponding to the roof of the tank and converting its pixel coordinates into liquid volume and/or fill rate information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: KAYRROS
    Inventors: Carlo DE FRANCHIS, Guillaume LOSTIS, Hefdhi ABDENNADHER, Pablo ARIAS, Thomas MADAULE, Axel DAVY, Sylvain CALISTI, Jean-Michel MOREL