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US20120307595 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISAMBIGUATING SHOOTER LOCATIONS WITH SHOCKWAVE-ONLY LOCATION  
The systems and methods described herein relate to an airborne shooter detection system having a plurality of sensors coupled to the body of an aircraft such as a helicopter. The sensors are...
US20090161489 Pest Deterrent  
An improved in-ground pest deterrent composed of a hollow plastic spike which houses a sonic pulse producer and is battery powered in which the sonic pulse producing circuitry is fixed and shielded...
US20090080288 METHOD FOR CORRECTING INPUT SEISMIC TRACES FROM DISSIPATIVE EFFECTS  
A method and apparatus for correcting an input seismic trace. The method includes receiving the input seismic trace and creating a t by Q gather using the input seismic trace, where t represents...
US20100322033 MAST-MOUNTED SONAR  
The present invention relates to a sonar surveillance system for coastal protection and port surveillance comprising: an anchoring structure; a support mast designed to be mounted on the structure...
US20120075955 EFFICIENT SEISMIC SOURCE OPERATION IN CONNECTION WITH A SEISMIC SURVEY  
An embodiment includes determining whether first and second seismic sources are ready to perform seismic sweeps. When either of the first and the second seismic sources are determined to be unready...
US20120176867 ENHANCED SONAR MOUNT SYSTEMS, STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES  
Enhanced sonar mount structures, systems, and associated processes provide accurate, precise, and repeatable alignment of a sonar head in relation to a vessel, whether in or out of water. The...
US20090268563 Acoustic System  
An acoustic system includes a sound-electro converting device, a electro-wave converting device, and a sound wave generator. The electro-wave converting device is connected to the sound-electro...
US20110292765 Method for Bispectral Picking of Anelliptical NMO Correction Parameters  
Method of determining the velocity V and anellipticity η parameters for processing seismic traces in a common midpoint (CMP) gather comprising:—a preliminary step to define a plurality of nodes (d...
US20120014221 MONOLITHIC FLEXURE PRE-STRESSED ULTRASONIC HORNS  
A monolithic ultrasonic horn where the horn, backing, and pre-stress structures are combined in a single monolithic piece is disclosed. Pre-stress is applied by external flexure structures. The...
US20110211424 Acoustic Transducer for Swath Beams  
A swath beam acoustic transducer (100) for projecting and/or receiving acoustic swath beams (108). The transducer comprises an array of active acoustic elements (104) that are arranged to...
US20080043573 Generalized 3D Surface Multiple Prediction  
A method and apparatus for predicting a plurality of surface multiples for a plurality of target traces in a record of seismic data. In one embodiment, the method includes creating a file...
US20090245018 COMBINED PROBE AND CORRESPONDING SEISMIC MODULE FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF STATIC AND DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF THE SOIL  
A combined probe includes a dilatometer probe, a gas conduit coupled to the dilatometer probe for providing a gas connection between the dilatometer probe and an external gas source, a wire located...
US20080002525 Rotary pulser  
An improved energy efficient intelligent rotary pulser for generating a mud pulse in a MWD (measurement while drilling) application. In the rotary pulser, a control circuit activates a brushless...
US20120057428 CALIBRATION OF ULTRASOUND PROBES  
A method of calibrating an ultrasound probe includes mounting an ultrasound probe onto a calibration system, transmitting an ultrasound test signal from an element of the probe through a test...
US20110292760 SEISMIC EQUIPMENT HANDLING  
Launch and retrieval equipment for use in seismic testing and methods for seismic testing are described. Elements of the equipment may include a pivoting frame to hold the seismic equipment,...
US20110205840 SEISMIC EQUIPMENT HANDLING  
Launch and retrieval equipment for use in seismic testing and methods for seismic testing are described. Elements of the equipment may include a pivoting frame to hold the seismic equipment,...
US20120107051 Subsea Recovery of Swabbing Chemicals  
Apparatus and methods are described for subsea pipeline servicing, including dewatering and chemical containment. A subsea pipeline service skid has a containment bladder affixed to the skid and in...
US20110280102 METHODS FOR MAKING ACOUSTIC ANISOTROPY LOGGING WHILE DRILLING MEASUREMENTS  
A method for determining an acoustic anisotropy of a subterranean formation includes measuring acoustic wave slownesses at three or more toolface angles while rotating a logging while drilling tool...
US20110273966 Reducing Noise in Seismic Surveying Environment  
In one embodiment of the invention a method includes (a) operating a combustion engine at a first activity level corresponding to a first noise level; (b) charging an accumulator with a first...
US20110172920 PROCESS FOR GENERATING SPATIALLY CONTINUOUS WIND PROFILES FROM WIND PROFILER MEASUREMENTS  
A neural network process for improving wind retrievals from wind profiler measurements is described. In this invention, a neural network is trained to retrieve (missing or incomplete) upper level...
US20110103180 Solid Seismic Streamer cable and Method  
An apparatus includes a streamer cable having one or more seismic devices disposed within a polymer body and about a core. The polymer body includes a channel defined therein for receiving one or...
US20120147705 Occupancy Sensing With Selective Emission  
An occupancy sensing system includes a driver to emit energy in a space, and a sensor to detect energy reflected within the space. An electrical load for the space is controlled in response to an...
US20120294120 ULTRASONIC SPEAKER, PARAMETRIC SPEAKER HAVING THE SAME AND VEHICLE PROXIMITY ANNUNCIATOR DEVICE HAVING THE SAME  
An ultrasonic emission device is accommodated in a housing for generating an ultrasonic wave. The housing has an ultrasonic emission port for emitting the ultrasonic wave from the ultrasonic...
US20090147624 Sound Collection Environment Deciding Device, Sound Processing Device, Electronic Appliance, Sound Collection Environment Deciding Method and Sound Processing Method  
A sound collection environment deciding device for deciding whether the sound was collected in air or in water by utilizing an audio signal of collected sound is provided. Methods of Utilizing the...
US20120199397 System and Method for Determining Pressure Transition Zones  
A method and apparatus for estimating a pressure transition zone in a borehole is disclosed. A parameter indicative of formation fluid pressure at a plurality of borehole depths is measured. A...
US20130100773 WIDE-AREA WIND VELOCITY PROFILER  
A wide-area wind velocity profiler, which includes two or more active sound sources and at least one receiver module, in a bistatic SODAR configuration. The profiler measures wind velocities in the...
US20110317514 Method and system for streamer depth control  
Depth and tilt control systems for geophysical sensor streamers and methods of use are discussed. Such systems may include a plurality of tilt sensors disposed at spaced apart locations along the...
US20130016449 SELF-DEFENSE SYSTEM  
In an embodiment, a self-defense system is disclosed. The self-defense system may include or comprise a material sized to conform to an appendage, and a defense unit coupled with the material and...
US20120147709 ELECTROMAGNETIC SEISMIC VIBRATOR ARCHITECTURE  
Aspects described herein relate to an electromagnetic seismic vibrator (EMSV) architecture that provide wide frequency range operation, ground force application with high fidelity, and low...
US20090147627 MULTILAYER BACKING ABSORBER FOR ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER  
A multilayer backing absorber for use with an ultrasonic transducer comprises an elemental multilayer having at least one metal layer and at least one adhesive layer, wherein the backing absorber...
US20100074048 CONTAINER SYSTEM FOR SEISMIC CABLE AND STATIONS  
Container systems used in storage, deployment or retrieval of a seismic cable array comprise a container, at least two coiling elements attached to a bottom side of the container, and storage means...
US20120127827 TECHNIQUE AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A CROSS WELL SURVEY  
A technique includes providing a source in a first well and a seismic receiver in a second well to detect a seismic event that is caused by the source. The technique includes referencing clocks in...
US20110170372 WALKAWAY VSP CALIBRATED SONIC LOGS  
Methods and related systems are described relating to processing subsurface sonic and seismic data. The described techniques use anisotropy estimates derived from a walkaway VSP to calibrate...
US20120281507 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OVERPINGING SYNTHETIC APERTURE SONAR TRANSMITTERS  
The systems and methods described herein relate to systems and methods for synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) or radar including overpinging with multiple SAS transmitters.
US20110188350 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPTH DETERMINATION OF AN IMPULSE ACOUSTIC SOURCE  
A system and method for making an accurate estimate of the activation depth for an impulse acoustic source includes recording sounds produced by the activation of the underwater impulse acoustic...
US20110280100 METHOD FOR SEISMIC ACQUISITION ON THE SEABED, GUIDING EQUIPMENT, SEISMIC ACQUISITION EQUIPMENT AND SEISMIC ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS METHOD  
The invention relates to a method for acquiring seismic data at a plurality of positions spread out over a zone on the seabed which includes transmitting acoustic waves in the water layer above the...
US20130003499 INTERFEROMETRIC METHOD OF ENHANCING PASSIVE SEISMIC EVENTS  
The interferometric method of enhancing passive seismic events includes the step of cross-correlation (CC) of the trace recorded at a reference receiver location with the traces recorded at the...
US20090092006 SEISMIC STREAMER PLATFORM  
A technique includes designing a streamer, which includes a cable and seismic sensors based at least in part on a relationship between vibration noise and a bending stiffness of the cable.
US20120201098 COMPENSATION FOR DEPTH FINDERS  
System and methods for compensating a depth signal for a depth finder of a boat. In one embodiment, a compensation system is implemented between the depth finder and a transducer mounted on the...
US20110255372 COMPENSATION FOR DEPTH FINDERS  
System and methods are disclosed for compensating a depth signal for a depth finder of a boat. In one embodiment, a compensation system is implemented between the depth finder and a transducer...
US20120236689 Acoustic transducers for underwater navigation and communication  
Methods and transducers for producing acoustical signals having a spiral wavefront with omnidirectional magnitude and a phase that varies with angle and transducers for producing broadband...
US20130016587 ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER UNIT AND ULTRASONIC PROBE  
In an ultrasonic transducer unit comprising a plurality of ultrasonic transducers, each of the ultrasonic transducers is provided with a recess formed in one face of an insulating substrate, and a...
US20120106298 GESTURE RECOGNITION APPPARATUS AND METHOD  
The disclosure provides a gesture recognition apparatus and method. The gesture recognition apparatus includes an ultrasound transmitter, an ultrasound receiver, a dividing module, a computing...
US20110071751 SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PROPELLANT MASS AND CENTER OF GRAVITY FOR A SPACE-BASED ASSET  
A system for determining a propellant content and a center of gravity in a three-axis stabilized spacecraft includes a ranging device that is coupled to an interior of a propellant tank of the...
US20100329075 METHOD FOR ASSISTANCE IN THE LOCALIZATION OF TOWED STREAMERS COMPRISING A STEP FOR DEFINING AND A STEP FOR GENERATING DISTINCT ACOUSTIC CYCLES  
A method for assistance in the localization of streamers towed by a vessel including at least one onboard acoustic controller, each streamer having: geophysical data sensors; acoustic means for...
US20080262738 Updating Information Regarding Sections of a Streamer That are in a Body of Water  
To perform a marine survey, a streamer is deployed into a body of water, where the streamer has plural first sensors to perform a subterranean survey. Indications are received from second sensors...
US20090122642 Bottom-sediment classification device and method  
A device and method for determining bottom sediment is provided. The method includes transmitting a pulse of a pulse width corresponding to a water-bottom depth, extracting a series of amplitude...
US20110141848 Optimizing a Seismic Survey for Source Separation  
A technique includes determining at least one parameter that characterizes a seismic survey in which multiple interfering seismic sources are fired and seismic sensors sense energy that is produced...
US20110144829 COUNTERMEASURE SYSTEM FOR BIRDS  
Provided is a bird countermeasure system. The bird countermeasure system includes a bird countermeasure robot configured to be operated through a remote command while patrolling or moving in an...
US20070258323 Method for Seismic Trace Decomposition and Reconstruction Using Multiple Wavelets  
The present invention has established a method for decomposing a seismic trace, which can be a pre-stack or post-stack seismic trace, into a set of seismic wavelets of different shapes and for...