US Patent Issued to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY on April 14 for "Automated device for drill cuttings image acquisition" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,092, issued on April 14, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Automated device for drill cuttings image acquisition" was invented by Francois Wantz (Clamart, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated image acquisition device includes a housing including an image acquisition chamber. A tray is deployed in the image acquisition chamber and is configured to receive a drill cuttings sample. At least one light is also deployed in the image acquisition chamber and is disposed to illuminate the tray. A digital camera is deployed in the image acquisition chamber and is configured to acquire a digital ...