Patents by Inventor Luc Ikelle

Luc Ikelle 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).

  • Patent number: 9753165
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system are provided for forming enhanced seismic array traces using virtual seismic sensors in addition to the real seismic sensors to form a virtual seismic array. The system receives the signal responses from the real sensors, processes the signal responses from the sensors to define virtual signals using a narrowband decomposition of the complex envelope of the sensor signal responses, calculates second- and fourth-order statistics to derive steering vectors for the array of real sensors, and forms a virtual seismic array in response thereto. Machines, computer program product, and computer-implemented methods are provided for forming enhanced seismic array traces by receiving the array responses from sensors, processing the signals to define virtual sensor signals and a virtual seismic array, and forming an array response for the virtual seismic array to form a seismic trace of enhanced resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Ibrahim Abdulaziz Alhukail, Luc Ikelle
  • Publication number: 20170176614
    Abstract: Provided in some embodiments are systems and associated methods for regularizing seismic data. Embodiment include obtaining non-uniformly sampled seismic data (e.g., generated by real seismic sensor array having an un-even distribution of real seismic sensors physically positioned proximate a subsurface formation), interpolating the non-uniformly sampled seismic data (e.g., using a Lagrange interpolation or non-linear interpolation) to generate regularized seismic data representing a regular distribution of seismic sensors, and generating, using the regularized seismic data, a seismic image of the subsurface formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Ibrahim Abdulaziz Alhukail, Luc Ikelle
  • Patent number: 9354337
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system are provided for forming enhanced seismic array traces using virtual seismic sensors in addition to the real seismic sensors to form a virtual seismic array. The system receives the signal responses from the real sensors, processes the signal responses from the sensors to define virtual signals using a narrowband decomposition of the complex envelope of the sensor signal responses, calculates second- and fourth-order statistics to derive steering vectors for the array of real sensors, and forms a virtual seismic array in response thereto. Machines, computer program product, and computer-implemented methods are provided for forming enhanced seismic array traces by receiving the array responses from sensors, processing the signals to define virtual sensor signals and a virtual seismic array, and forming an array response for the virtual seismic array to form a seismic trace of enhanced resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Ibrahim Abdulaziz Alhukail, Luc Ikelle
  • Publication number: 20160131779
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system are provided for forming enhanced seismic array traces using virtual seismic sensors in addition to the real seismic sensors to form a virtual seismic array. The system receives the signal responses from the real sensors, processes the signal responses from the sensors to define virtual signals using a narrowband decomposition of the complex envelope of the sensor signal responses, calculates second- and fourth-order statistics to derive steering vectors for the array of real sensors, and forms a virtual seismic array in response thereto. Machines, computer program product, and computer-implemented methods are provided for forming enhanced seismic array traces by receiving the array responses from sensors, processing the signals to define virtual sensor signals and a virtual seismic array, and forming an array response for the virtual seismic array to form a seismic trace of enhanced resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Ibrahim Abdulaziz Alhukail, Luc Ikelle
  • Publication number: 20120065891
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system are provided for forming enhanced seismic array traces using virtual seismic sensors in addition to the real seismic sensors to form a virtual seismic array. The system receives the signal responses from the real sensors, processes the signal responses from the sensors to define virtual signals using a narrowband decomposition of the complex envelope of the sensor signal responses, calculates second- and fourth-order statistics to derive steering vectors for the array of real sensors, and forms a virtual seismic array in response thereto. Machines, computer program product, and computer-implemented methods are provided for forming enhanced seismic array traces by receiving the array responses from sensors, processing the signals to define virtual sensor signals and a virtual seismic array, and forming an array response for the virtual seismic array to form a seismic trace of enhanced resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Luc Ikelle, Ibrahim Abdulaziz Alhukail