Patents by Inventor Stefan M. Compton

Stefan M. Compton 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).

  • Seismic imaging systems and methods employing correlation-based stacking
    Patent number: 9658354
    Abstract: Disclosed systems and methods provide enhanced seismic images through the use of partial image stacking weights that are based on the resemblance between the local partial image and a reference image. At least some method embodiments include obtaining partial images of a survey region and stacking the partial images to produce a reference image. The partial images are then recombined to form an enhanced image, wherein the recombining includes: measuring at each point the reference image's similitude with each of the partial images; and determining at each point an enhanced image value from a weighted combination of corresponding values in the partial images, the weighted combination using weights derived from the reference images' similitude at that point to each partial image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stefan M. Compton, Christof Stork
  • SEISMIC IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYING CORRELATION-BASED STACKING
    Publication number: 20140293740
    Abstract: Disclosed systems and methods provide enhanced seismic images through the use of partial image stacking weights that are based on the resemblance between the local partial image and a reference image. At least some method embodiments include obtaining partial images of a survey region and stacking the partial images to produce a reference image. The partial images are then recombined to form an enhanced image, wherein the recombining includes: measuring at each point the reference image's similitude with each of the partial images; and determining at each point an enhanced image value from a weighted combination of corresponding values in the partial images, the weighted combination using weights derived from the reference images' similitude at that point to each partial image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stefan M. Compton, Christof Stork