Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dual axis geophones for pressure/velocity sensing streamers forming a triple component streamer
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Application No.: US13664708Application Date: 2012-10-31
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Publication No.: US09733370B2Publication Date: 2017-08-15
- Inventor: Mike Maples , John S. Hepp
- Applicant: SERCEL, INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: SERCEL, INC.
- Current Assignee: SERCEL, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Patent Portfolio Builders PLLC
- Main IPC: G01V1/38
- IPC: G01V1/38 ; G01V1/18

Abstract:
A seismic streamer includes a sensor comprises an axially oriented body including a plurality of axially oriented channels arranged in opposing pairs; a plurality of hydrophones arranged in opposing pairs in the channels; a pair of orthogonally oriented acoustic particle motion sensors; and a tilt sensor adjacent or associated with the particle motion sensors. The streamer has a plurality of hydrophones, as previously described, aligned with a plurality of accelerometers which detect movement of the streamer in the horizontal and vertical directions, all coupled with a tilt sensor, so that the marine seismic system can detect whether a detected seismic signal is a reflection from a geologic structure beneath the streamer or a downward traveling reflection from the air/seawater interface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130064038A1 DUAL AXIS GEOPHONES FOR PRESSURE/VELOCITY SENSING STREAMERS FORMING A TRIPLE COMPONENT STREAMER Public/Granted day:2013-03-14
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