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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2021
Applicant:
Chevron U.s.a. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kaustav Chaudhuri, Vacaville, CA (US);
Thomas M. Rea, Vacaville, CA (US);
Estrella Rogel, Orinda, CA (US);
Cesar Ovalles, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Paul E. Hajdu, Benicia, CA (US);
Assignee:
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20036 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30136 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method for the prediction of coke morphology from feed characteristics using cross-polarized light optical microscopy, image segmentation, and statistical analysis.