Patents by Inventor Adam P. Jackson

Adam P. Jackson 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).

  • Magnetic compass compensation
    Patent number: 11333498
    Abstract: A method for compensating a magnetic heading includes one or more of obtaining a magnetic heading from a magnetic instrument deployed with an apparatus, determining location data for the apparatus, determining local field data based on the location data, obtaining a magnetic profile for the magnetic instrument deployed with the apparatus, and compensating the magnetic heading based the magnetic profile. For example, the magnetic profile may be responsive to perturbation of the local geomagnetic field by the apparatus, so that the compensated heading is more responsive to a directional heading of the apparatus, when deployed in the geomagnetic field. An apparatus for performing the method is also described, along with another method for calibrating the magnetic instrument when deployed with the apparatus, in order to generate the magnetic profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: ION Geophysical Corporation
    Inventor: Adam P. Jackson
  • MAGNETIC COMPASS COMPENSATION
    Publication number: 20200225035
    Abstract: A method for compensating a magnetic heading includes one or more of obtaining a magnetic heading from a magnetic instrument deployed with an apparatus, determining location data for the apparatus, determining local field data based on the location data, obtaining a magnetic profile for the magnetic instrument deployed with the apparatus, and compensating the magnetic heading based the magnetic profile. For example, the magnetic profile may be responsive to perturbation of the local geomagnetic field by the apparatus, so that the compensated heading is more responsive to a directional heading of the apparatus, when deployed in the geomagnetic field. An apparatus for performing the method is also described, along with another method for calibrating the magnetic instrument when deployed with the apparatus, in order to generate the magnetic profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Adam P. Jackson