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US 4,068,208 AGranted
Marine streamer position determination system
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsJoseph A. Rice, Jr., Larry W. Moore, Robert C. Donald
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AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsJoseph A. Rice, Jr., Larry W. Moore, Robert C. Donald
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In marine seismic exploration, it is common for a vessel to tow a streamer, which includes a plurality of pressure sensitive detectors or hydrophones, for the purpose of acquiring seismic signals representative of the underlying structure of the earth. To aid in the interpretation of these seismic signals, it is necessary to know the precise location of the streamer at the time the signals are acquired. Disclosed herein is a method and system for providing a model representative of the location of the streamer relative to the location of the vessel. In one aspect, the system includes an apparatus mounted at the stern of the vessel and coupled to the near end of the streamer. This apparatus is adapted to provide measurements of the yaw and pitch of that portion of the streamer adjacent the vessel. These measurements are employed in the generation of the position model.
In marine seismic exploration wherein a streamer is drawn by a tow vessel, apparatus for determining the orientation of the portion of said streamer adjacent said vessel, said apparatus comprising:
A method for determining the orientation of the portion of a towed marine seismic streamer in the vicinity of the two vessel, said method comprising the steps of:
A method of operating a marine seismic data collection sysetem to provide data representative of the orientation of the seismic streamer comprising the steps of:
A system for providing data representative of the orientation of a towed marine seismic streamer comprising in combination:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.