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Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 1995

Filed:

Aug. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:

William S Kennedy, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Kenneth J Wolfe, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
181102 ; 367 25 ; 367 38 ; 367911 ; 175 40 ; 166250 ; 73152 ;
Abstract

The invention is a method and apparatus for measuring the quality of acoustic coupling between a wellbore wall and a borehole seismic sensor system. The system includes the steps of positioning the system at a desired depth in the wellbore and activating a locking mechanism powered by a DC motor. The motor then has broadband AC applied to it to cause vibration of the system. The output of at least one seismic sensor in the system is processed in a spectrum analyzer, and the result is checked for the presence or absence of natural resonance of the system. In a particular embodiment, the system response to the broadband AC is used to generate an inverse filter operator to compensate the system response to a geophysical survey for partial acoustic coupling.


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Kennedy, William. (1995). Apparatus and method for determining the quality of clamping of a (U.S. Patent No. 5438169). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5438169

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