Patents by Inventor Jon Downton

Jon Downton 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).

  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING AZIMUTHAL SIMULTANEOUS ELASTIC INVERSION
    Publication number: 20140293745
    Abstract: An improved method for analyzing seismic data to obtain elastic attributes is disclosed. In one embodiment, a reflectivity series is determined for at least one seismic trace of seismic data obtained for a subterranean formation, where the reflectivity series includes anisotropy properties of a formation. One or more synthetic seismic traces are obtained by convolving the reflectivity series with a source wavelet. The one or more synthetic seismic traces are inverted to obtain elastic parameters estimates. According to one aspect, the data inputs are angle-azimuth stacks. According to another aspect, the data inputs are azimuthal Fourier coefficients un, vn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Jon DOWNTON, Benjamin ROURE
  • Methods and systems for performing azimuthal simultaneous elastic inversion
    Patent number: 8792303
    Abstract: An improved method for analyzing seismic data to obtain elastic attributes is disclosed. In one embodiment, a reflectivity series is determined for at least one seismic trace of seismic data obtained for a subterranean formation, where the reflectivity series includes anisotropy properties of a formation. One or more synthetic seismic traces are obtained by convolving the reflectivity series with a source wavelet. The one or more synthetic seismic traces are inverted to obtain elastic parameters estimates. According to one aspect, the data inputs are angle-azimuth stacks. According to another aspect, the data inputs are azimuthal Fourier coefficients, un, vn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: CGGVeritas Services (U.S.) Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Downton, Benjamin Roure
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING AZIMUTHAL SIMULTANEOUS ELASTIC INVERSION
    Publication number: 20110222370
    Abstract: An improved method for analyzing seismic data to obtain elastic attributes is disclosed. In one embodiment, a reflectivity series is determined for at least one seismic trace of seismic data obtained for a subterranean formation, where the reflectivity series includes anisotropy properties of a formation. One or more synthetic seismic traces are obtained by convolving the reflectivity series with a source wavelet. The one or more synthetic seismic traces are inverted to obtain elastic parameters estimates. According to one aspect, the data inputs are angle-azimuth stacks. According to another aspect, the data inputs are azimuthal Fourier coefficients, un, vn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Jon Downton, Benjamin Roure