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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010

Filed:

Jun. 21, 2007
Applicants:

Eric Wright, Aberdeenshire, GB;

James Frederick Brosnahan, Houston, TX (US);

Greg Allen Neubauer, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Eric Wright, Aberdeenshire, GB;

James Frederick Brosnahan, Houston, TX (US);

Greg Allen Neubauer, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

GYRODATA, Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/022 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of using a survey system comprising at least one sensor. The method comprises operating the survey system to provide information regarding the orientation of the sensor relative to the Earth at a first resolution level while the sensor is a first distance relative to the Earth's surface and operating the survey system to provide information regarding the orientation of the sensor relative to the Earth at a second resolution level while the sensor is a second distance relative to the Earth's surface. The second distance is larger than the first distance. The second resolution level is higher than the first resolution level.


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