Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Horne

Stephen A. Horne 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).

  • Processing measurement data that involves computing a derivative of the measurement data that represents a subterranean structure
    Patent number: 8010291
    Abstract: To process measurement data representing a subterranean structure, a derivative of the measurement data collected by at least one survey receiver is computed, with respect to frequency. A response representing the subterranean structure is then computed based on the derivative of the measurement data, where the response contains an air-wave component that has been suppressed due to computing the derivative of the measurement data relative to at least another component that is sensitive to the subterranean structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: WesternGeco L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jiuping Chen, David L. Alumbaugh, Edward Nichols, Stephen A. Horne, Kevin Eyl
  • Surveying method using an arrangement of plural signal sources
    Patent number: 7880469
    Abstract: A survey technique for use in a marine environment to survey a subterranean structure includes providing an arrangement of plural signal sources in a body of water to produce corresponding signals. The signals of the signal sources in the arrangement are set to cause reduction of at least one predetermined signal component in data received by a receiver in response to the signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: WesternGeco L.L.C.
    Inventors: David L. Alumbaugh, Jiuping Chen, Kevin Eyl, Stephen A. Horne, Edward Nichols
  • PROCESSING MEASUREMENT DATA THAT INVOLVES COMPUTING A DERIVATIVE OF THE MEASUREMENT DATA THAT REPRESENTS A SUBTERRANEAN STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20100121579
    Abstract: To process measurement data representing a subterranean structure, a derivative of the measurement data collected by at least one survey receiver is computed, with respect to frequency. A response representing the subterranean structure is then computed based on the derivative of the measurement data, where the response contains an air-wave component that has been suppressed due to computing the derivative of the measurement data relative to at least another component that is sensitive to the subterranean structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: JIUPING CHEN, David L. Alumbaugh, Edward Nichols, Stephen A. Horne, Kevin Eyl
  • SURVEYING METHOD USING AN ARRANGEMENT OF PLURAL SIGNAL SOURCES
    Publication number: 20100102821
    Abstract: A survey technique for use in a marine environment to survey a subterranean structure includes providing an arrangement of plural signal sources in a body of water to produce corresponding signals. The signals of the signal sources in the arrangement are set to cause reduction of at least one predetermined signal component in data received by a receiver in response to the signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: DAVID L. ALUMBAUGH, Jiuping Chen, Kevin Eyl, Stephen A. Horne, Edward Nichols
  • Surveying method using an arrangement of plural signal sources
    Patent number: 7659724
    Abstract: The survey technique for use in a marine environment to survey a subterranean structure includes providing an arrangement of plural signal sources in a body of water to produce corresponding signals. The signals of the signal sources in the arrangement are set to cause reduction of at least one predetermined signal component in data received by a receiver in response to the signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: WesternGeco L.L.C.
    Inventors: David L. Alumbaugh, Jiuping Chen, Kevin Eyl, Stephen A. Horne, Edward Nichols
  • Surveying Method Using an Arrangement of Plural Signal Sources
    Publication number: 20080239875
    Abstract: The survey technique for use in a marine environment to survey a subterranean structure includes providing an arrangement of plural signal sources in a body of water to produce corresponding signals. The signals of the signal sources in the arrangement are set to cause reduction of at least one predetermined signal component in data received by a receiver in response to the signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: David L. Alumbaugh, Jiuping Chen, Kevin Eyl, Stephen A. Horne, Edward Nichols