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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Seismic Innovations, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan S. Abel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Sean A. Coffin, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
SEISMIC INNOVATIONS, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/30 (2006.01); G01V 1/28 (2006.01); G01V 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/30 (2013.01); G01V 1/40 (2013.01); G01V 1/28 (2013.01); G01V 1/288 (2013.01); G01V 2210/123 (2013.01); G01V 2210/129 (2013.01); G01V 2210/612 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for using head waves to greatly improve microseismic event localization accuracy, particularly in the depth dimension, by analyzing them in addition to direct path arrivals whenever they are observed. Embodiments of the invention also include techniques known as multipath analysis.