Patents by Inventor William Charles Corea

William Charles Corea 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).

  • Automated borehole image interpretation
    Patent number: 7620498
    Abstract: A method of analyzing characteristics of a subterranean formation includes transmitting a signal at least partially into a material of the subterranean formation such that the signal is transformed in a manner indicative of a characteristic of the material, receiving the transformed signal from the material, converting the transformed signal into image data indicative of the characteristic of the material, applying a first set of machine executable rules to the image data to produce segmented image data, wherein portions of the image that are sufficiently related according to the applied rules are grouped into segments, and analyzing, according to a second set of machine executable rules, the segmented image data to produce a geological profile of the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: William Stephen Kowalik, William Charles Corea, William Harrison Crane, William John Schweller
  • AUTOMATED BOREHOLE IMAGE INTERPRETATION
    Publication number: 20090055097
    Abstract: A method of analyzing characteristics of a subterranean formation includes transmitting a signal at least partially into a material of the subterranean formation such that the signal is transformed in a manner indicative of a characteristic of the material, receiving the transformed signal from the material, converting the transformed signal into image data indicative of the characteristic of the material, applying a first set of machine executable rules to the image data to produce segmented image data, wherein portions of the image that are sufficiently related according to the applied rules are grouped into segments, and analyzing, according to a second set of machine executable rules, the segmented image data to produce a geological profile of the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: William Stephen Kowalik, William Charles Corea, William Harrison Crane, William John Schweller