Patents by Inventor Colin M. Bennett

Colin M. Bennett has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for controlling and optimizing seismic data acquisition
    Patent number: 6590831
    Abstract: A system and method for coordinating the operation of multiple manned, remotely operated or autonomous marine vessels engaged in marine seismic data acquisition to direct cooperating vessels from one point to the next while minimizing deviations in the desired spatial configuration of assets, risk to vessels and seismic assets, and personnel and to obtain optimal midpoint coverage by evaluating inputs from subsystems providing positioning information for cooperating vessels, prospect coverage, vessel capabilities, environmental information, and navigation hazards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Westerngeco L.L.C.
    Inventors: Colin M. Bennett, Loran D. Ambs, Mark Zajac