Method and apparatus for controlling and optimizing seismic data acquisition
US6590831B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 4, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 4, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V1/3808
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method for coordinating the operation of multiple manned, remotely operated or autonomous marine vessels engaged in marine seismic data acquisition to direct cooperating vessels from one point to the next while minimizing deviations in the desired spatial configuration of assets, risk to vessels and seismic assets, and personnel and to obtain optimal midpoint coverage by evaluating inputs from subsystems providing positioning information for cooperating vessels, prospect coverage, vessel capabilities, environmental information, and navigation hazards.
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