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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:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Lee Nyland, Palmer, AK (US);
Assignee:
WesternGeco, L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/28 ;
Abstract
A method for finding an optimal path in seismic in fill shooting using a neural network to estimate cable feathering and uses multiple off set cost maps and potentials in cellular automata. The process determines cable coordinates at each cell location and store the coordinates of a predecessor cell to eliminate multiple paths.