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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Cgg Services Sas, Massy, FR;
Inventor:
Thierry Brizard, Ollainville, FR;
Assignee:
CGG SERVICES SAS, Massy, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/38 (2006.01); B63G 8/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/3817 (2013.01); B63G 8/001 (2013.01); G01V 1/3808 (2013.01); G05D 1/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for guiding other AUVs during a marine seismic survey. The guiding AUV includes a housing; a propulsion system located inside the housing; and an acoustic positioning system attached to an outside the housing. The acoustic positioning system emits at least three chirps from three different locations.