Patents by Inventor Stephen Tom D. Gray

Stephen Tom D. Gray 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).

  • Apparatus and method for collecting geophysical information
    Patent number: 9817140
    Abstract: An apparatus for collecting geophysical information may include a geophysical information station disposed along a seismic communication cable. A bypass circuit responsive to a command signal is in communication with a switching circuit that is operable to route electrical power, commands, data or a combination to bypass the geophysical information station in response to the command signal. An exemplary method for bypassing a geophysical information station in a geophysical information collection system includes sending a command signal to a bypass circuit and activating one or more switching circuits using the bypass circuit to route electrical power, commands, data or a combination to bypass the geophysical information station in response to the command signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Octio Geophysical AS
    Inventors: Allen J. Bishop, Leon Lovheim, Magne Oldervoll, Samuel K. Ingram, Stephen Tom D. Gray
  • Apparatus and Method for Collecting Geophysical Information
    Publication number: 20140340986
    Abstract: An apparatus for collecting geophysical information may include a geophysical information station disposed along a seismic communication cable. A bypass circuit responsive to a command signal is in communication with a switching circuit that is operable to route electrical power, commands, data or a combination to bypass the geophysical information station in response to the command signal. An exemplary method for bypassing a geophysical information station in a geophysical information collection system includes sending a command signal to a bypass circuit and activating one or more switching circuits using the bypass circuit to route electrical power, commands, data or a combination to bypass the geophysical information station in response to the command signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Allen J. Bishop, Leon Lovheim, Magne Oldervoll, Samuel K. Ingram, Stephen Tom D. Gray
  • Apparatus and method for collecting geophysical information
    Patent number: 8830790
    Abstract: An apparatus for collecting geophysical information may include a geophysical information station disposed along a seismic communication cable. A bypass circuit responsive to a command signal is in communication with a switching circuit that is operable to route electrical power, commands, data or a combination to bypass the geophysical information station in response to the command signal. An exemplary method for bypassing a geophysical information station in a geophysical information collection system includes sending a command signal to a bypass circuit and activating one or more switching circuits using the bypass circuit to route electrical power, commands, data or a combination to bypass the geophysical information station in response to the command signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Octio Geophysical AS
    Inventors: Allen J. Bishop, Leon Lovheim, Magne Oldervoll, Samuel K. Ingram, Stephen Tom D. Gray
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING GEOPHYSICAL INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20080285379
    Abstract: An apparatus for collecting geophysical information may include a geophysical information station disposed along a seismic communication cable. A bypass circuit responsive to a command signal is in communication with a switching circuit that is operable to route electrical power, commands, data or a combination to bypass the geophysical information station in response to the command signal. An exemplary method for bypassing a geophysical information station in a geophysical information collection system includes sending a command signal to a bypass circuit and activating one or more switching circuits using the bypass circuit to route electrical power, commands, data or a combination to bypass the geophysical information station in response to the command signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: OCTIO GEOPHYSICAL AS
    Inventors: Allen J. Bishop, Leon Lovheim, Magne Oldervoll, Samuel K. Ingram, Stephen Tom D. Gray