ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,724, issued on June 24, was assigned to PASON SYSTEMS CORP. (Calgary, Canada).
"Methods, systems, and media for controlling a toolface of a downhole tool" was invented by Adam Chase Neufeldt (Calgary, Canada), Brian James Eley (Calgary, Canada), Thomas William Charles Wilson (Calgary, Canada) and Trevor Leigh Holt (Calgary, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for controlling a toolface of a downhole tool are described. The toolface of the downhole tool, and a toolface setpoint, are determined. Based on the toolface and the toolface setpoint, a toolface error is determined. Based on the ...