Patents by Inventor Richard Voon Choong Wong

Richard Voon Choong Wong 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).

  • Method of accurately determining positions of deployed seismic geophones
    Patent number: 6944096
    Abstract: A method is provided for accurately determining the physical location of a deployed seismic geophone used in seismic investigations by using a portable navigational satellite receiver to obtain a set of navigational satellite measurements providing the position of the deployed geophone at the time of deployment of the geophone into the earth. A method is provided for automatically and accurately identifying and determining the physical location of a deployed geophone used in seismic investigations by using one or more portable navigational satellite receivers and an automatic geophone identification and tracking system at the time of geophone deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: WesternGeco, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Erwann Lemenager, Richard Voon Choong Wong, Carl Daniel Cooper
  • Method of accurately determining positions of deployed seismic geophones
    Publication number: 20040037165
    Abstract: A method is provided for accurately determining the physical location of a deployed seismic geophone used in seismic investigations by using a portable navigational satellite receiver to obtain a set of navigational satellite measurements providing the position of the deployed geophone at the time of deployment of the geophone into the earth. A method is provided for automatically and accurately identifying and determining the physical location of a deployed geophone used in seismic investigations by using one or more portable navigational satellite receivers and an automatic geophone identification and tracking system at the time of geophone deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Erwann Lemenager, Richard Voon Choong Wong, Carl Daniel Cooper