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Noise filtering method for seismic data

US5971095A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 23, 1998
Grant dateOct 26, 1999
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Expiry dateJun 23, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01V2210/3246
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for filtering noise from discrete noisy seismic signals in a time interval ([1, . . . , T]) is provided. The method comprising the steps of using the noisy seismic signals for determining at least one reference channel (x(t)) for the time interval as an estimate of the noise; determining coefficients for M temporally local filters (w(i, t)), the filters forming a filter bank, and M being a number equal to or larger than two, by minimizing a cost function (J(t)) representing a measure of the error of the output of the filter bank, and applying the filter bank to at least one estimate (x(t)) to determine M filtered estimates of the noise. The filtered estimates are multipled with temporal windows (h(i, t)).

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