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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2010
Jacques Guigne, Paradise, CA;
Jacques Guigne, Paradise, CA;
Pangeo Subsea, Inc., St. John's, Newfoundland, CA;
Abstract
A seabed region () that lies under a seabed surface area of at least one square meter, is analyzed by an acoustic analysis of the region. Locations of the generation and detection of sound are precisely correlated to the location of a vertical drill hole in the sea bed by mounting an acoustic imaging apparatus () that holds acoustic transducers (), on a carriage () that is positioned with respect to the drill hole, using the drill hole as the horizontal position reference. The carriage of the acoustic imager apparatus is clamped to a post that lies in the drill hole. An arm (and/or) is supported on the carriage through a frame (), with at least one acoustic generator () and one acoustic echo detector () mounted on the arm. The arm can be rotated to positions lying about the hole axis () to accurately scan a wide area.