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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:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Ellington Carroll, Houston, TX (US);
Roy Wilson James, III, Katy, TX (US);
Eugene David Bednar, Stafford, TX (US);
Charles Geoffrey Rice, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Kent A Byerly, Seabrook, TX (US);
Assignee:
Input/Output, Inc., Stafford, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367 19 ; 367106 ; 118110 ;
Abstract
A seismic ocean bottom positioning device include a series of seismic stations spaced apart at a predetermined interval along a cable. Each station includes a hydrophone, a motion sensing device such as a geophone and an acoustic positioning circuit. A preamplifier is coupled to a seismic channel. The hydrophone is also coupled to the seismic channel. An acoustic channel is also coupled to the preamplifier and coupled to the hydrophone.