Patents by Inventor Erik HICKS

Erik HICKS 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).

  • Device and method for optimization of 4D and 3D seismic data
    Patent number: 10330809
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for noise attenuation. The method includes receiving seismic data associated with at least two vintages (di, dj) collected for a same subsurface, wherein the first and second vintages (di, dj) are taken at different times; calculating a set of filters (fi, fj) that minimizes an energy function (E), wherein the energy function (E) includes a term representing a 4D difference between the first and second vintages (di, dj); calculating primaries (pi, pj) corresponding to the first and second vintages (di, dj) based on the set of (fi, fj); and calculating a 4D difference (?ij) based on the primaries (pi, pj). The 4D difference (?ij) is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: CGG SERVICES SAS
    Inventors: Henning Hoeber, Adel Khalil, Erik Hicks
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZATION OF 4D AND 3D SEISMIC DATA
    Publication number: 20160109597
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for noise attenuation. The method includes receiving seismic data associated with at least two vintages (di, dj) collected for a same subsurface, wherein the first and second vintages (di, dj) are taken at different times; calculating a set of filters (fi, fj) that minimizes an energy function (E), wherein the energy function (E) includes a term representing a 4D difference between the first and second vintages (di, dj); calculating primaries (pi, pj) corresponding to the first and second vintages (di, dj) based on the set of (fi, fj); and calculating a 4D difference (?ij) based on the primaries (pi, pj). The 4D difference (?ij) is minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: CGG SERVICES SA
    Inventors: Henning HOEBER, Adel KHALIL, Erik HICKS