US Patent Issued to Colorado State University Research Foundation on Nov. 11 for "Plume identification algorithm for optical natural gas emissions imaging" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,250, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colo.).

"Plume identification algorithm for optical natural gas emissions imaging" was invented by Daniel Zimmerle (Fort Collins, Colo.) and Marcus Martinez (Fort Collins, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may include receiving video data that includes frames representative of infrared radiation within a scene. Each of the frames may include pixels The method may also include identifying pixels within the frames that correspond to a gas plume released by a gas source within the scene based on the infrared radiation. In add...