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US 12,399,164 · App. 17/125,863 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Emissions estimate model algorithms and methods

Inventors: Brendan James Smith (Lakeway, TX); Anders Andelman Nottrott (Santa Barbara, CA); Andrew David Aubrey (Austin, TX); Stuart Buckingham (Austin, TX)
Assignee: SeekOps Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,399,164
App. No.
17/125,863
Filed
Dec 17, 2020
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Examiner
KAY, DOUGLAS
Art Unit
2857
USPC
702/24
Abstract

Systems, devices, and methods including a processor having addressable memory, the processor configured to: receive a trace-gas data packet, where the trace-gas data packet comprises a trace-gas concentration data from a trace-gas sensor and a location data for the trace-gas sensor from a location sensor, where the location data for the trace-gas sensor comprises a trajectory of the trace-gas sensor in space; receive at least one Meteorological data packet from one or more weather stations, where each weather station is distal from the trace-gas sensor, where each weather station generates a corresponding Meteorological data packet, where each Meteorological data packet comprises weather data; combine the trace-gas data packet with a selected spatial and temporal Meteorological data packet; and determine a trace-gas emission rate of a trace-gas source based on the combined trace-gas data packet and the selected Meteorological data packet.

Claims (50)

1. A system, comprising:

a trace-gas concentration sensor configured to be carried by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), wherein the trace-gas concentration sensor is configured to generate trace-gas concentration data, which is included in a trace-gas data packet;

a location sensor configured to generate location data comprising a trajectory of the trace-gas concentration sensor in space;

one or more weather stations distal from the trace-gas concentration sensor, wherein each weather station generates a Meteorological data packet comprising weather data;

a processor having addressable memory, the processor configured to:

determine a control surface along a flight path of a UAV, wherein the control surface comprises a horizontal value that represents a distance along the control surface, wherein the control surface intersects an area downwind of a trace-gas source and circumnavigates the trace-gas source, wherein the control surface includes two or more first flight planes and one or more second flight planes, wherein the two or more first flight planes are substantially parallel to a ground surface, and wherein the one or more second flight planes are angled to connect two of the two or more first flight planes;

receive the trace-gas data packet, wherein the trace-gas data packet comprises a trace-gas concentration data from the trace-gas concentration sensor and the location data for the trace-gas concentration sensor, wherein the location data is based on the horizontal value of the control surface along the flight path of the UAV;

receive at least one Meteorological data packet from the one or more weather stations;

combine the trace-gas data packet with a selected spatial and temporal Meteorological data packet; and

determine a trace-gas emission rate of the trace-gas source based on the combined trace-gas data packet and the selected Meteorological data packet.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a display in communication with the processor, wherein the display is configured to show the determined trace-gas emission rate of the trace-gas source on a map.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the map is at least one of: a satellite image, an aerial image, a two-dimensional color map, a two-dimensional contour map, and a three-dimensional topographical surface.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine the flight path of the UAV.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the flight path of the UAV intersects an area downstream of the gas source and varies in horizontal distance perpendicular to an axis of a wind direction and an altitude.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a payload of the trace-gas concentration sensor, wherein the payload comprises one or more in situ trace-gas concentration sensors configured to generate the trace-gas concentration data along the trajectory of the trace-gas concentration sensor in space.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the location data comprises at least one of: a location of the trace-gas concentration sensor, a time corresponding to the location of the trace-gas concentration sensor, a barometric pressure, an altitude, a relative altitude, and an orientation of the trace-gas concentration sensor, and wherein the location data corresponds to the generated trace-gas concentration data along the trajectory of the trace-gas concentration sensor in space.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the location of the at least one trace-gas concentration sensor is determined by at least one of: a global positioning system (GPS) and a location sensor.

9. The system of claim 7 wherein the location of the trace-gas concentration sensor further comprises a detection of at least one of: an absolute altitude of the trace-gas concentration sensor and a relative altitude of the trace-gas concentration sensor.

10. The system of claim 7 wherein the orientation of the trace-gas concentration sensor is determined by at least one of: an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and an orientation sensor.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein the trace-gas data packet comprises: a global positioning system (GPS) location of the trace-gas concentration sensor, a time, a barometric pressure, an altitude of the trace-gas concentration sensor, and an orientation of the trace-gas concentration sensor corresponding to the trace-gas concentration data.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein the Meteorological Data Packet comprises data from: an anemometer, one or more pressure sensors, a pryanometer, a ground temperature sensor, an air temperature sensor, and a current atmospheric condition sensor.

13. The system of claim 11 wherein at least one of: a ground control station (GCS), a cloud server, the trace-gas concentration sensor, and one or more weather stations comprises the processor.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein the determined trace-gas emission rate may be stored by at least one of: a ground control station (GCS), a cloud server, and one or more gas concentration sensors.

15. A method of determining a trace-gas emission rate using a system comprising one or more trace-gas concentration sensors generating trace-gas concentration data and a location sensor generating location data of the trace-gas concentration sensor in space, two or more weather stations distal from the trace-gas concentration sensor and generating weather data, and a processor having addressable memory, the method comprising:

determining a control surface along a flight path of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), wherein the control surface comprises a horizontal value that represents a distance along the control surface, wherein the control surface intersects an area downwind of a trace-gas source and circumnavigates the trace-gas source, wherein the control surface includes two or more first flight planes and one or more second flight planes, wherein the two or more first flight planes are substantially parallel to a ground surface, and wherein the one or more second flight planes are angled to connect two of the two or more first flight planes;

receiving, by the processor, a UAV data packet from the UAV, wherein the UAV data packet comprises the trace-gas concentration data and UAV information covering locations of a UAV flight path, wherein the UAV information comprises a global positioning system (GPS) location of the one or more trace-gas concentration sensors corresponding to the trace-gas concentration data, wherein the location data is based on the horizontal value of the control surface along the flight path of the UAV;

receiving, by the processor, at least one Meteorological data packet from the two or more weather stations, wherein each weather station is distal from the UAV, wherein each weather station generates the Meteorological data packet comprising the weather data;

combining, by the processor, the UAV data packet with a nearest spatial and temporal Meteorological data packet; and

determining, by the processor, the trace-gas emission rate of a trace-gas source based on the combined UAV data packet and the nearest Meteorological data packet.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the UAV flight path is controlled by a user via a ground control station (GCS).

17. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

measuring, by a payload of a UAV, the trace-gas concentration data along the UAV flight path, wherein the payload comprises one or more gas concentration sensors;

generating, by the UAV, the UAV data packet, wherein the UAV data packet comprises a spatial position of the UAV at each trace-gas concentration data measurement; and

generating, by the two or more weather stations of one or more weather stations, the Meteorological data packet;

wherein the UAV data packet comprises data from at least one of: a weather sensor, an onboard avionics, a barometric pressure sensor, an orientation sensor, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), a wireless radio, a global positioning system (GPS), a time measurement device, an altitude sensor, a location sensor, a radar, a lidar, an anemometer, and a Sonar; and

wherein the Meteorological data packet comprises data from: an anemometer, one or more pressure sensors, a pyranometer, a ground temperature sensor, an air temperature sensor, and a current atmospheric condition sensor.

18. A system, comprising:

one or more in-situ trace-gas concentration sensors connected to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to fly a UAV flight path and configured to generate the trace-gas concentration data measured along the UAV flight path, wherein the trace-gas concentration data is included in a UAV data packet;

one or more location sensors of the UAV configured to generate UAV information comprising a global positioning system (GPS) location of the UAV corresponding to the trace-gas concentration data measured along the UAV flight path, wherein the UAV information is included in the UAV data packet;

two or more weather stations distal from the UAV and configured to measure weather data and generate a Meteorological data packet comprising the weather data; and

a processor having addressable memory, the processor in communication with the UAV and the one or more weather stations, wherein the processor configured to:

determine a control surface along a flight path of a UAV, wherein the control surface comprises a horizontal value that represents a distance along the control surface, wherein the control surface intersects an area downwind of a trace-gas source and circumnavigates the trace-gas source, wherein the control surface includes two or more first flight planes and one or more second flight planes, wherein the two or more first flight planes are substantially parallel to a ground surface, and wherein the one or more second flight planes are angled to connect two of the two or more first flight planes;

receive the UAV data packet, from the UAV, comprising the trace-gas concentration data and UAV information comprising the location of the UAV, wherein the location of the UAV is based on the horizontal value of the control surface along the flight path of the UAV;

receive two or more Meteorological data packets from the two or more weather stations;

combine the UAV data packet with a nearest spatial and temporal Meteorological data packet;

determine a trace-gas emission rate of a trace-gas source based on the combined UAV data packet and the nearest Meteorological data packet; and

show the determined trace-gas emission rate of the trace-gas source on a map via a display in communication with the processor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2020
From: SMITH, BRENDAN JAMES; NOTTROTT, ANDERS ANDELMAN; AUBREY, ANDREW DAVID; BUCKINGHAM, STUART
To: SEEKOPS INC.
Reel/Frame 054687/0120 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation In Part 16972156
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