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Noise suppression during seismic exploration

US4750156A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 3, 1986
Grant dateJun 7, 1988
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Expiry dateMar 3, 2006

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01V2210/32
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The system for suppressing an ambient noise signal which comtaminates a desired signal includes a noise pickup detector for detecting the ambient noise signal. A noise discriminator processes the detected noise signal into noise data. A reference noise generator converts the noise data into a reference noise signal. The noise generator automatically adjusts the reference noise signal to correspond with changes in the noise signal as it is being detected. A filter filters the reference noise signal into an error signal which is adapted to remove the noise signal from the contaminated signal. A cross-correlator cross-correlates the contaminated signal with the reference noise signal and adjusts the filter to produce the required error signal.

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