Drone geophone installation arrangement
OwnerFarlin Anooz Mohideeninventor
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Abstract
A drone geophone installation arrangement comprising a drone configured to transport a geophone, and an anchor arrangement configured to selectively and releasably anchor the drone to a surface. Also included is a geophone implantation assembly configured to implant the geophone into the surface, the implantation assembly comprising i) a geophone receptacle configured to releasably receive the geophone, ii) a translation carriage configured to urge the geophone receptacle into the surface, and iii) a pulsator configured to apply at least one implantation pulse to the geophone receptacle to facilitate implantation of the geophone into the surface while the drone is anchored thereto. An associated geophone installation method is also described.
Claims16
A drone geophone installation arrangement, comprising:
- a drone configured to transport a geophone;
- an anchor arrangement configured to selectively and releasably anchor the drone to a surface, the anchor arrangement comprising a deployable drill fast with the drone and configured to deploy and drill a drill bit at a drill angle between 30° and 60° from a substantially vertical direction in which an implantation pulse is applied in order to facilitate anchoring the drone to the surface during geophone implantation;
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- a geophone implantation assembly configured to implant the geophone into the surface, the geophone implantation assembly comprising:
- a geophone receptacle configured to releasably receive the geophone;
- a translation carriage configured to urge the geophone receptacle into the surface;
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- a pulsator configured to apply at least one implantation pulse to the geophone receptacle to facilitate implantation of the geophone into the surface while the drone is anchored thereto, the geophone receptacle configured to release the geophone once a maximum translation distance is reached after which the drone is released from the surface and is able to depart.
A geophone installation method, comprising:
- providing a drone configured to transport a geophone;
- selectively and releasably anchoring the drone to a surface using an anchor arrangement by way of:
- deploying a drill fast with the drone;
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- drilling a drill bit into the surface in order to anchor the drone to the surface, the drilling performed at an angle between 30° and 60° relative to a substantially vertical direction in which an implantation pulse is applied in order to facilitate anchoring the drone to the surface during geophone implantation;
- urging the geophone into the surface via a translation carriage having a geophone receptacle in which the geophone is received;
- applying at least one implantation pulse via a pulsator to the geophone receptacle as the geophone receptacle is urged into the surface while the drone is anchored, the geophone receptacle configured to release the geophone once a maximum translation distance is reached;
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- releasing the drone from the surface once the geophone is implanted so that the drone is able to depart.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.