Patents by Inventor PHILIP W. KITCHENSIDE

PHILIP W. KITCHENSIDE 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 DEGHOSTING MARINE SEISMIC DATA
    Publication number: 20140050049
    Abstract: A method is provided for deghosting marine seismic data. Marine seismic data is provided. The marine seismic data has a total acoustic wavefield that includes an upgoing acoustic wavefield and a downgoing acoustic wavefield. A deghosting operation to determine a part of the total acoustic wavefield corresponding to one of the upgoing acoustic wavefield and the downgoing acoustic wavefield is performed. The deghosting operation accounts for a varying vertical distance between a detector of a streamer and a sea surface. One of the upgoing and downgoing acoustic wavefields in the total acoustic wavefield is identified based on a result of the deghosting operation. The downgoing acoustic wavefield is removed from the total acoustic wavefield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: PHILIP W. KITCHENSIDE, PHILIPPE CAPRIOLI