Patents by Inventor Mihai Beffa

Mihai Beffa 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).

  • Publication number: 20170357019
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for acquiring seismic data using a wireless network and a number of individual data acquisition modules that are configured to collect seismic data and forward data to a central recording and control system. In one implementation, a number of remote modules are arranged in lines. Base station modules receive information from the lines and relay the information to a central control and recording system. Radio links operating on multiple frequencies are used by the modules. Dynamic multiplexing technique may include advancing one or more modules in a seismic array through a multiplexing signature sequence in successive transmission periods. The multiplexing signature sequence may be random or pseudo-random. A shared multiplexing signature sequence may be used at all the modules in the seismic array. Modules belonging to a common collision domain may operate out of phase with respect to the shared multiplexing signature sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Keith Elder, Steven Kooper, Kevin Rose, Calvin Day, David Elam, Kip Ingram, Douglas B. Crice, Mihai Beffa
  • Publication number: 20140340988
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for acquiring seismic data using a wireless network and a number of individual data acquisition modules that are configured to collect seismic data and forward data to a central recording and control system. In one implementation, a number of remote modules (301) are arranged in lines. Base station modules (302) receive information from the lines and relay the information to a central control and recording system (303). Radio links operating on multiple frequencies (F1-F12) are used by the modules (301). For improved data transfer rate, radio links from a remote module (301) leap past the nearest remote module to the next module closer to the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: WIRELESS SEISMIC, INC.
    Inventors: DOUGLAS CRICE, MIHAI BEFFA
  • Patent number: 8605545
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for acquiring seismic data using a wireless network and a number of individual data acquisition modules that are configured to collect seismic data and forward data to a central recording and control system. In one implementation, a number of remote modules (301) are arranged in lines. Base station modules (302) receive information from the lines and relay the information to a central control and recording system (303). Radio links operating on multiple frequencies (F1-F12) are used by the modules (301). For improved data transfer rate, radio links from a remote module (301) leap past the nearest remote module to the next module closer to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Wireless Seismic, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Crice, Mihai Beffa
  • Publication number: 20130148470
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for acquiring seismic data using a wireless network and a number of individual data acquisition modules that are configured to collect seismic data and forward data to a central recording and control system. In one implementation, a number of remote modules (301) are arranged in lines. Base station modules (302) receive information from the lines and relay the information to a central control and recording system (303). Radio links operating on multiple frequencies (F1-F12) are used by the modules (301). For improved data transfer rate, radio links from a remote module (301) leap past the nearest remote module to the next module closer to the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: WIRELESS SEISMIC, INC.
    Inventors: DOUGLAS CRICE, MIHAI BEFFA
  • Publication number: 20130135968
    Abstract: Presented are systems and methods for wireless data acquisition. The wireless data acquisition may involve synchronizing modules within a data acquisition array. The synchronized data acquisition array may be used to facilitate a seismic survey. Synchronization may be facilitated by receipt of a reference time event such that a clock is synchronized based on the reference time event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: WIRELESS SEISMIC, INC.
    Inventors: Mihai Beffa, Calvin Day, Kevin Rose, Steven Kooper, Keith Elder
  • Patent number: 8238197
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for acquiring seismic data using a wireless network and a number of individual data acquisition modules that are configured to collect seismic data and forward data to a central recording and control system. In one implementation, a number of remote modules (301) are arranged in lines. Base station modules (302) receive information from the lines and relay the information to a central control and recording system (303). Radio links operating on multiple frequencies (F1-F12) are used by the modules (301). For improved data transfer rate, radio links from a remote module (301) leap past the nearest remote module to the next module closer to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Wireless Seismic, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Crice, Mihai Beffa
  • Patent number: 8228757
    Abstract: Presented are systems and methods for wireless data acquisition. The wireless data acquisition may involve synchronizing modules within a data acquisition array. The synchronized data acquisition array may be used to facilitate a seismic survey. Synchronization may be facilitated by receipt of a reference time event such that a clock is synchronized based on the reference time event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Wireless Seismic, Inc.
    Inventors: Mihai Beffa, Calvin Day, Kevin Rose, Steven Kooper, Keith Elder
  • Publication number: 20110158047
    Abstract: Presented are systems and methods for wireless data acquisition. The wireless data acquisition may involve synchronizing modules within a data acquisition array. The synchronized data acquisition array may be used to facilitate a seismic survey. Synchronization may be facilitated by receipt of a reference time event such that a clock is synchronized based on the reference time event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: WIRELESS SEISMIC, INC
    Inventors: Mihai Beffa, Calvin Day, Kevin Rose, Steven Kooper, Keith Elder
  • Publication number: 20110116344
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for acquiring seismic data using a wireless network and a number of individual data acquisition modules that are configured to collect seismic data and forward data to a central recording and control system. In one implementation, a number of remote modules (301) are arranged in lines. Base station modules (302) receive information from the lines and relay the information to a central control and recording system (303). Radio links operating on multiple frequencies (F1-F12) are used by the modules (301). For improved data transfer rate, radio links from a remote module (301) leap past the nearest remote module to the next module closer to the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: WIRELESS SEISMIC
    Inventors: Douglas CRICE, Mihai BEFFA
  • Patent number: 7773457
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for acquiring seismic data using a wireless network and a number of individual data acquisition modules that are configured to collect seismic data and forward data to a central recording and control system. In one implementation, a number of remote modules (301) are arranged in lines. Base station modules (302) receive information from the lines and relay the information to a central control and recording system (303). Radio links operating on multiple frequencies (F1-F12) are used by the modules (301). For improved data transfer rate, radio links from a remote module (301) leap past the nearest remote module to the next module closer to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Wireless Seismic
    Inventors: Douglas Crice, Mihai Beffa
  • Publication number: 20080049554
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for acquiring seismic data using a wireless network and a number of individual data acquisition modules that are configured to collect seismic data, and forward data to a central recording and control system. In one implementation, a number of remote modules (301) are arranged in lines. Base station modules (302) receive information from the lines and relay the information to a central control and recording system (303). Radio links operating on multiple frequencies (F1-F12) are used by the modules (301). For improved data transfer rate, radio links from a remote module (301) leap past the nearest remote module to the next module closer to the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: WIRELESS SEISMIC
    Inventors: Douglas Crice, Mihai Beffa