Method for verifying the location of an array of detectors
CA 2238138 C · Owner: Western Atlas International, Inc. · Inventors: Zinn, Noel Donald
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A high-order, polynomial regression curve is fitted to a global set of first-arrival pick times as a function of the nominal ranges between a plurality of acoustic sources having known geodetic coordinates and a plurality of acoustic detectors whose coordinates are imperfectly known. The polynomial is applied to the pick times to provide pick time distances with the vertical velocity gradient removed. The known source coordinates, the nominal detector coordinates and the pick time distances are combined to provide a quadratic surface to provide a common data block containing the coefficients for modeling the lateral velocity gradient. Using the so-determined coefficients the …
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- Filed May 20, 1998 and granted November 7, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 20, 2018.
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