Patents by Inventor Xiang Wu

Xiang Wu 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: 11566510
    Abstract: A sensor system may be used to measure characteristics of an object in a wellbore. The sensor system may include an ultrasonic transducer that generates an ultrasonic wave in a medium of the wellbore and detects a reflection signal of the ultrasonic wave off the object in the wellbore. The sensor system may also include a processing device and a memory device in which instructions are stored. The memory may include instructions that cause the processing device to receive the reflection signal from the ultrasonic transducer, and to truncate and preprocess the reflection signal to generate a truncated reflection signal. The instructions may also cause the processing device to apply time gain compensation to the truncated reflection signal and determine an echo wavelet from the time gain compensated signal representing an echo of the ultrasonic wave off of a wall of the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jing Jin, Yao Ge, Xiang Wu
  • Publication number: 20230022461
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for optimizing telemetry schemes with a constant insensible group delay. Systems and methods are provided for receiving an acquisition including compressed data and dummy data from a downhole logging system, determining a prior decompressor queue size based on the acquisition for a plurality of time intervals, determining a decompressor data size based on the acquisition for the plurality of time intervals, and determining a delay where the prior decompressor queue size is continuously greater than or equal to the decompressor data size for the plurality of time intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Yadong Wang, Xiang Wu
  • Publication number: 20230020858
    Abstract: An active fiber stretcher assembly can be used for data acquisition systems. A time-break signal can be detected that coincides with a seismic event emitted from a seismic controller. A predetermined waveform can be generated in response to detecting the time-break signal. The predetermined waveform may be encoded onto a fiber optic cable using a fiber stretcher. A data acquisition system connected to the fiber optic cable may detect the predetermined waveform on the fiber optic cable and initiate acquisition operations including: receiving, during the seismic event, light signals returning from a portion of the fiber optic cable in a subterranean environment; determining one or more characteristics of the subterranean environment from the light signals; and storing the one or more characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Ellmauthaler, Henry Clifford Bland, Michel Joseph LeBlanc, Mark Elliott Willis, Xiang Wu
  • Patent number: 11555939
    Abstract: A system for processing DAS VSP surveys in real-time is provided. The system includes a DAS data collection system coupled to at least one optical fiber at least partially positioned within a wellbore and configured to repeatedly activate a seismic source of energy. The system further includes an information processing system connected to the DAS data collection system. A seismic dataset is received from the DAS data collection system. The seismic dataset includes a plurality of seismic data records. Two or more of the plurality of seismic data records are combined into a stack. A quality metric indicative of a desired signal-to-noise ratio or incoherence of the stack is determined for each processed seismic dataset collected from a repeated source. Instructions are sent to the DAS data collection system to stop activating the seismic source, in response to determining that the quality metric has reached a predefined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Andrew Wilson, Xiang Wu, Andreas Ellmauthaler, Mark Elliott Willis
  • Patent number: 11531695
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods that include or otherwise leverage use of a multiscale quantization model that is configured to provide a quantized dataset. In particular, the multiscale quantization model can receive and perform vector quantization of a first dataset. The multiscale quantization model can generate a residual dataset based at least in part on a result of the vector quantization. The multiscale quantization model can apply a rotation matrix to the residual dataset to generate a rotated residual dataset that includes a plurality of rotated residuals. The multiscale quantization model can perform reparameterization of each rotated residual in the rotated residual dataset into a direction component and a scale component. The multiscale quantization model can perform product quantization of the direction components of the plurality of rotated residuals, and perform scalar quantization of the scale components of the plurality of rotated residuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Xiang Wu, David Simcha, Daniel Holtmann-Rice, Sanjiv Kumar, Ananda Theertha Suresh, Ruiqi Guo, Xinnan Yu
  • Publication number: 20220395860
    Abstract: A Transducer in a downhole environment with an increased amplitude of the transducer output at lower frequencies. A transducer may include a bender bar, wherein the bender bar may include a first piezoelectric layer disposed on one surface of the bender bar, a second piezoelectric layer disposed on the opposite surface of the bender bar, and a metallic substrate disposed between the first piezoelectric layer and the second piezoelectric layer. The transducer may further include a first fixed end is attached to the bender bar and connects the bender bar to a base, a second fixed end opposite the first fixed end that attaches the bender bar to the base, and a compartment disposed within the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jing Jin, Ruijia Wang, Xiang Wu
  • Patent number: 11525936
    Abstract: Reducing casing wave effects on sonic logging data by positioning two or more receivers in a borehole in a subsurface formation; receiving, at two or more receivers in a borehole in a subsurface formation, a first signal associated with a first acoustic signal originating from a first transmitter position; receiving, at the two or more receivers, a second signal associated with a second acoustic signal originating from a second transmitter position; creating a dataset based on the first signal and the second signal; identifying casing wave signals in the dataset based at least in part on the second signal; calculating inverse-phase casing wave signals based at least in part on the casing wave signals and the second signal; and reducing effects of the casing wave signals on the dataset using the inverse-phase casing wave signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruijia Wang, Yao Ge, Xiang Wu, Jing Jin
  • Publication number: 20220385739
    Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for generating prediction information, an electronic device, and a computer readable medium. The method includes: generating, based on first user characteristic information of a target user, anonymous user information of the target user (201); sending the anonymous user information to a second processing end to enable the second processing end to generate prediction information based on the anonymous user information and second user characteristic information (202) of the target user. Data interaction and sharing are realized while ensuring data privacy, thereby improving accuracy of the prediction information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Liangchao WU, Lizhe ZHANG, Junyuan XIE, Di WU, Jun ZHANG, Cheng CHEN, Longyijia LI, Chenliaohui FANG, Kan LIU, Long CHANG, Long HUANG, Yixiang CHEN, Xiang WU, Peng ZHAO, Xiaobing LIU
  • Publication number: 20220381133
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying bonding between a material and tubing. The method may include disposing an acoustic logging tool in a wellbore, wherein the acoustic logging tool comprises a transmitter, a receiver, or a transceiver, broadcasting a shaped signal with the transmitter such that the shaped signal interacts with a boundary of a casing and a material and recording a result signal from the boundary with the receiver. The method may further comprise identifying a cut-off time to be applied to the result signal, transforming the result signal from a time domain to a frequency domain, selecting one or more modes sensitive to a bonding at the boundary between the casing and the material, computing a decay rate of the one or more modes that were selected based at least one or more decay curves, and converting the decay rate to a bonding log.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Yao Ge, Ho Yin Ma, Ruijia Wang, Jing Jin, Brenno Caetano Troca Cabella, Xiang Wu
  • Publication number: 20220381935
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for determining a material property transition within a wellbore. In some embodiments, a method includes determining a material transition profile for each of a plurality of test points within a linear measurement path including, for each test point, determining an acoustic response for a first location within the linear measurement path, and determining an acoustic response for a second location within the linear measurement path. The test point is between the first and second locations. The method further includes generating a material transition profile for the test point based, at least in part, on a difference between the acoustic response at the first location and the acoustic response at the second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Brenno Caetano Troca Cabella, Ruijia Wang, Yao Ge, Xiang Wu
  • Patent number: 11512568
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure generally relate to monitoring, evaluating, and controlling fracture geometry during a hydraulic fracturing operation, in real time. A method comprises measuring a signal representing a condition in a wellbore; inputting the signal into a model for estimating a dimension of a dominant fracture; determining the dimension of the dominant fracture; determining a target dimension for the dominant fracture; and minimizing a difference between the dimension of the dominant fracture and the target dimension in real time, by adjusting at least an injection pressure or flow rate of a hydraulic fracturing fluid into the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dinesh Ananda Shetty, Xusong Wang, Xiang Wu, Srividhya Sridhar
  • Publication number: 20220373706
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for implementing acoustic logging and determining wellbore material characteristics. In some embodiments, a method may include determining a polar differential signal for each of one or more pairs of azimuthally offset acoustic measurements within a wellbore. A reference azimuth is identified based, at least in part, on comparing the polar differential signals to a modeled bonding differential signal within a target response window. The method further includes determining differences between an acoustic measurement at the reference azimuth and acoustic measurements at one or more other azimuths and determining a wellbore material condition based, at least in part, on the determined differences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Brenno Caetano Troca Cabella, Ruijia Wang, Chung Chang, Qingtao Sun, Yao Ge, Xiang Wu, Pablo Vieira Rego, Marco Aurelio Luzio, João Vicente Gonçalves Rocha
  • Patent number: 11480702
    Abstract: A well tool can be used in a wellbore that can measure characteristics of an object in the wellbore. The well tool includes an ultrasonic transducer for generating an ultrasonic wave in a medium of the wellbore. The ultrasonic transducer includes a front layer, a rear layer, backing material coupled to the rear layer, and piezoelectric material coupled to the front layer and to the backing material. The rear layer can improve signal-to-noise ratio of the transducer in applications such as imaging and caliper applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jing Jin, Yao Ge, Wei Li, Xiang Wu
  • Publication number: 20220330832
    Abstract: Provided are methods of contacting a tissue inside a subject with light by applying an ultrasound signal to a photoexcited mechanoluminescent particle while the mechanoluminescent particle is inside the subject and in proximity to the tissue, thereby causing the mechanoluminescent particle to emit light that contacts the tissue. Provided are systems and kits for performing such methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Fan Yang, Zihao Ou, Guosong Hong, Xiang Wu, Paul Chong, Huiliang Wang, Xingjun Zhu
  • Publication number: 20220309870
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided. A system includes a communication interface, a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory includes machine readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to receive, from a casino operator, a request for credit data that corresponds to a player that requested credit from the casino operator, to use in a wagering event. The processor circuit is further caused to, in response to receiving the request for credit data, receive, from a decentralized distributed casino credit management architecture, a data block that includes a credit record that corresponds the player. The processor circuit is further caused to determine, based on the credit record, a response to the player that requested the credit. The response includes extending the requested credit to the player or denying the requested credit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Haiyun ZHANG, Yizhao ZHU, Jun Robert LI, Xiang WU
  • Publication number: 20220298915
    Abstract: A method includes positioning a downhole tool in a borehole formed in a subsurface formation, wherein the downhole tool comprises a plurality of calipers arranged around a circumference of the downhole tool. The method includes detecting, using the plurality of calipers, a plurality of standoff measurements at different rotation angles and determining a plurality of apparent diameters of the borehole for the different rotation angles of the downhole tool based on the plurality of standoff measurements and at least one of a radius and a diameter of the downhole tool. The method includes determining a probability function based on the plurality of apparent diameters and determining a shape of the borehole based on the probability function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Jing Jin, Glenn Andrew Wilson, Wei Li, Xiang Wu
  • Publication number: 20220276403
    Abstract: A method for generating acoustic images corrected for distortions caused by attenuation of the ultrasonic signal by the mud may comprise disposing a downhole tool into a borehole, transmitting a pressure pulse from at least one transducer into the borehole, recording an echo with the at least one transducer, measuring a travel time, measuring an amplitude, determining a geometry of the borehole, determining a location of the downhole tool in the borehole, calculating an incident angle, mapping a mud attenuation, and correcting an image. A system for generating acoustic images corrected for distortions caused by attenuation of the ultrasonic signal by the mud comprising a downhole tool that may comprise a measuring assembly, wherein the measuring assembly comprises at least one transducer and wherein the at least one transducer is configured to emit a pressure pulse and record an echo. The system may further comprise an information handling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Weng, Peng Li, Chung Chang, Richard Coates, Rodney Allen Marlow, Xiang Wu, Yao Ge, Jing Jin
  • Patent number: D962258
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC, EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Sarah Trice, Lindsey Rickershauser, Xiang Wu, Churl Oh, Nadia Brugger, Emma Gardener
  • Patent number: D962282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC, EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Sarah Trice, Lindsey Rickershauser, Xiang Wu, Churl Oh, Nadia Brugger, Emma Gardener
  • Patent number: D970517
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC, EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Sarah Trice, Lindsey Rickershauser, Xiang Wu, Churl Oh, Nadia Brugger, Emma Gardener