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Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices April category listing, related patent applications 04/10

20100103770 - Rotational motion compensated seabed seismic sensors and methods of use in seabed seismic data acquisition: Apparatus and methods for acquiring seismic data using a seabed seismic data cable positioned on a seabed are described, including correcting for the effect of one or more sensor non-linear motions, which improves accuracy of seismic data. One or multiple non-linear movements of the sensor may be corrected for. It... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C. Kevin Mcenaney

20100103771 - Providing a survey carrier structure having equidistant survey sensors: A marine survey carrier structure includes sensor assemblies each containing a corresponding set of survey sensors, and an equipment assembly in-line with two of the sensor assemblies. The equipment assembly contains at least one survey sensor to enable the survey sensors along a length of the marine survey carrier structure... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C. Kevin Mcenaney

20100103772 - Marine seismic acquisition: A method of conducting multiple source, multiple signal seismic surveys in a marine environment are provided.... Agent: Conocophillips Company -IPServices Group Attention: Docketing

20100103773 - Simultaneous multiple source extended inversion: Methods for improving the range and resolution of simultaneous multiple vibratory source seismic system including ZENSEIS™ are provided.... Agent: Conocophillips Company -IPServices Group Attention: Docketing

20100103774 - Vsp imaging of acoustic interfaces: A method to generate images of acoustic contrasts for structures located between at least one acoustic source and at least one receiver, said structures converting a part of the compressional energy to shear.... Agent: Schlumberger-doll Research Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20100103775 - Sonar imaging system for mounting to watercraft: A system for use with a boat to provide underwater sonar images includes a GPS receiver for providing GPS position data, a left side scan sonar transducer for transmitting left side scan sonar pulses and for receiving left side scan sonar return signals, and a right side scan sonar transducer... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20100103776 - Audio source proximity estimation using sensor array for noise reduction: Estimating the proximity of an audio source is accomplished by transforming audio signals from a plurality of sensors to frequency domain. The amplitudes of the transformed audio signals are then determined. The proximity of the audio source is determined based on a comparison of the frequency domain amplitudes. This estimation... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20100103777 - Seismograph system: A seismograph system includes a seismometer, a positioning unit, a transmitter, a remote processing device. The seismometer includes a micro electromechanical system (MEMS) accelerometer and a MEMS gyroscope. The seismometer, the positioning unit, and the transmitter being located at a detecting site. The MEMS accelerometer and the MEMS gyroscope are... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100103778 - Sensory signal output apparatus: The present invention provides a sensory signal output apparatus, which is constructed such that several frequencies of output can be realized. The sensory signal output apparatus includes a coil (15), to which an alternating signal is transmitted, a magnetic circuit (11) including a magnet (11a), a top plate (11b) and... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20100097884 - Wirelessly activating a unit of a subterranean survey system for testing: To test at least one unit of a subterranean survey system, the unit detects presence of wireless signaling of a mobile device. After the detecting, a wireless connection is established between the unit and the mobile device. A test at the unit is performed in response to a test command... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C. Kevin Mcenaney

20100097885 - Removing seismic interference using simultaneous or near simultaneous source separation: A technique includes providing seismic data that is indicative of energy that is sensed in response to a first operation of at least one seismic source in a first seismic survey and a second operation of at least one seismic source in a second seismic survey. The technique includes processing... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C. Kevin Mcenaney

20100097886 - Method for determining formation quality factor from dual-sensor marine seismic signals: A method for estimating formation quality factor includes determining an upgoing pressure wavefield of seismic signals recorded using a collocated pressure responsive sensor and motion responsive sensor deployed in a body of water The upgoing wavefield has spectral effect of water surface ghosting attenuated by combining the pressure responsive signals... Agent: E. Eugene Thigpen Petroleum Geo-services, Inc

20100097887 - Active noise cancellation through the use of magnetic coupling: Passive suppression of casing signals is used to improve the ability to measure formation velocities. Passive suppression includes the use of a magnet slidably coupled to the casing.... Agent: Madan & Sriram, P.C.

20100097888 - Separation and noise removal for multiple vibratory source seismic data: The invention discloses a way to recover separated seismograms with reduced interference noise by processing vibroseis data recorded (or computer simulated) with multiple vibrators shaking simultaneously or nearly simultaneously (200). A preliminary estimate of the separated seismograms is used to obtain improved seismograms (201). The preliminary estimate is convolved with... Agent: Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

20100097889 - Sensor module having multiple parts for use in a wireless survey data acquisition system: A survey system for acquiring survey data representative of a subterranean structure includes a plurality of sensor modules. Each of at least some of the plurality of sensor modules includes a wireless transceiver to communicate wireless signals with another component in the survey system, and a plurality of parts. A... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C. Kevin Mcenaney

20100097890 - Methods and apparatuses for data collection and communication in drill string components: A drill string component includes a box-end and a pin-end. Each end includes a signal transceiver, which are operably coupled together. Each signal transceiver communicates with another signal transceiver in another component to form a communication network in the drillstring. An end-cap may be placed in the central bore of... Agent: Traskbritt, P.C.

20100097891 - Auto tune sonar system: In some embodiments, a sonar system may include one or more of the following features: (a) a microcontroller electronically coupled to a receiver, (b) a transmitter electronically coupled to the microcontroller and the receiver, (c) a transducer electronically coupled the transmitter and the receiver, the transmit frequency of the transmitter... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20100097893 - Method and apparatus for locating the surface of solid growth culture media in a plate: A method for locating the surface of a solid growth culture medium in a plate in a plate work position, the plate work position including a sensor and having a datum level fixed in one dimension (z), the method including: ˜placing the plate in the plate work position; ˜using the... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20100097892 - Ultrasonic level detection device with flared section for reduced distortion: The invention provides a level detection device (32) having a tube (34) which, in use, contains a material (14) for which its level in the tube (34) is to be measured. An ultrasonic transducer (10) is provided at one end of tube (34) for emitting an acoustic waveform that reflects... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20100097894 - Detection-signal transmitting apparatus: In a dresser head 41, an ultrasonic sensor 21 detecting an ultrasonic wave is provided, and further provided are: a signal converting/transmitting circuit 23 converting a detected signal of the ultrasonic sensor 21 to a digital signal and subjecting the digital signal to radio modulation; and a signal transmission antenna... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20100091610 - Method for imaging a sea-surface reflector from towed dual-sensor streamer data: A pressure wavefield and a normal velocity wavefield measured on a smoothly shaped acquisition surface by towed dual-sensor marine seismic streamers are decomposed into up-going and down-going pressure and particle velocity components on an observation level between the acquisition surface and a sea surface of undetermined shape. The up-going and... Agent: E. Eugene Thigpen

20100091611 - Near-surface geomorphological characterization based on remote sensing data: A technique includes receiving first data belonging to a first type of remote sensing data for a region of interest and receiving second data belonging to a different second type of remote sensing data for the region of interest. The technique includes determining at least one geomorphological feature of the... Agent: Jeffrey E. Griffin,IPDept. Westerngeco L.L.C.

20100091612 - Underwater communication system: Underwater communication system comprising a plurality of communication modules, each provided with a microprocessor, a memory, a transmitter and a receiver unit; these communication modules are incorporated in an underwater computer and in a plurality of underwater equipment devices; the underwater computer and the underwater equipment devices form an underwater... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20100091613 - Acoustic sensor utilizing acoustoelectric effect: An ultrasound system that detects a characteristic of an ultrasound wave. The system includes a circuit member defining a sensing portion operable to be exposed to the ultrasound wave. The system also includes a current generating device that generates a current in the sensing portion of the circuit member. Furthermore,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100085835 - Novel curve-fitting technique for determining dispersion characteristics of guided elastic waves: A method for estimating a slowness of an earth formation, the method including: transmitting acoustic energy into the earth formation using an acoustic source; receiving the acoustic energy with an array of acoustic receivers, each acoustic receiver being configured to provide acoustic waveform data related to the received acoustic energy;... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP- Baker Hughes Incorporated

20100085836 - Dithered slip sweep vibroseis acquisition system and technique: A technique includes generating vibroseis sweeps for a vibroseis survey to produce seismic data acquired in response to seismic signals produced by the sweeps. The generation of the vibroseis sweeps including temporally arranging the sweeps into time-overlapping groups. The technique includes regulating a timing of the groups relative to each... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C. Kevin Mcenaney

20100085837 - Harmonic attenuation using multiple sweep rates: A technique includes generating seismic sweep sequences. Each of the seismic sweep sequences has an associated sweep rate. The technique includes varying the sweep rates to reduce harmonic distortion present in a composite seismic measurement produced in response to the sweep sequences.... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C. Kevin Mcenaney

20100085838 - System and method for positioning: A system for small space positioning comprises a transmitting device, movable within an approximate range, configured for transmitting a modulated continuous wave, wherein the modulated continuous wave includes a carrier signal and a base-band signal, and a receiving unit configured for receiving signal (s) transmitted by the transmitting device and... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20100085839 - Underwater navigation system: An underwater communications system is provided that transmits electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals to a remote receiver. The transmitter includes a data input. A digital data compressor compresses data to be transmitted. A modulator modulates compressed data onto a carrier signal. An electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna transmits the compressed, modulated... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Attn: Patent Administrator

20100080080 - Procedure for eliminating ghost sources from passive sonar comprising several linear antennas: This invention concerns the field of passive sonar systems simultaneously processing several linear antennas. This invention includes a method to eliminate ghost sources for a passive sonar having at least two linear antennas A and B, the method including: An initial acquisition step during which the signal received is measured... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20100080081 - Method and apparatus for seismic exploration: The disclosure identifies method and apparatus for seismic exploration which may be used to provide improved positioning of land-based seismic sources in an array. Also described are methods which make use of the improved positioning to allow, in some examples, improved direction or distribution of the energy beam resulting from... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20100080082 - Side scan sonar imaging system: A system for use with a boat to provide underwater sonar images includes a GPS receiver for providing GPS position data, a left side scan sonar transducer for transmitting left side scan sonar pulses and for receiving left side scan sonar return signals, and a right side scan sonar transducer... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20100080083 - Time-dependant gain control for an amplifier used in receiving echoes: An amplifier circuit to amplify a sequence of echoes and to generate a corresponding sequence of amplified signals. In an embodiment, the amplifier includes an operational amplifier, with variable input and feedback resistances such that the ratio of the two resistances can be controlled. A gain control block controls the... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20100080084 - Microphone proximity detection: A mobile communications device contains at least two microphones. One microphone is located away from the handset receiver and serves to pick up voice of a near end user of the device for transmission to the other party during a call. Another microphone is located near the handset receiver and... Agent: Apple Inc./bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20100080085 - Forced acoustic dipole and forced acoustic multipole array using the same: Provided is a forced acoustic dipole capable of regulating phases and acoustic pressures of first and second acoustic signals output from first and second pole speakers to freely steer the direction of an acoustic lobe. In addition, a forced acoustic multipole array is constituted by a plurality of forced acoustic... Agent: Ampacc Law Group

20100080086 - Acoustic fingerprinting of mechanical devices: A method and device are presented for identifying machines, such as vehicles, based on acoustic machine signatures. An acoustic sensor generates machine-acoustic data about the machine. A machine-signature identifier receives the machine-acoustic data, determines a machine signature from the machine-acoustic data, and identifies the machine based on the machine signature.... Agent: Honeywell/s&s Patent Services