Patents by Inventor Terje NALUM

Terje NALUM 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).

  • System and method for deployment and retrieval of seismic nodes along a carrier rope
    Patent number: 10209382
    Abstract: A system (1) for attaching a plurality of seismic nodes (110, 110a) along a main carrier rope (101). The main carrier rope is made of steel or synthetic fiber, and comprises no power or communication lines. The system has a length measuring device (210) for providing a measured length (Lm) of deployed main carrier rope (101); a data source (220, 230, 240) for providing positioning data affecting the rope position of each seismic node (110, 110a) on the main carrier rope (101); a control unit (200) for providing an attachment command whenever the measured length (Lm) corresponds to a rope position of a seismic node (110, 110a) computed from the positioning data; and a node attaching unit (100) for attaching a seismic node (110, 110a) to the main carrier rope (101) in response to the attachment command. The system is capable of attaching nodes (110) with different node spacing between some or all nodes along the main carrier rope (101).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: SEAFLOOR GEOPHYSICAL SOLUTIONS AS
    Inventors: Ian McMillan, Michael Russell, Thomas Hills, Terje Nalum
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPLOYMENT AND RETREIVAL OF SEISMIC NODES ALONG A CARRIER ROPE
    Publication number: 20170075013
    Abstract: A system (1) for attaching a plurality of seismic nodes (110, 110a) along a main carrier rope (101). The main carrier rope is made of steel or synthetic fibre, and comprises no power or communication lines. The system has a length measuring device (210) for providing a measured length (Lm) of deployed main carrier rope (101); a data source (220, 230, 240) for providing positioning data affecting the rope position of each seismic node (110, 110a) on the main carrier rope (101); a control unit (200) for providing an attachment command whenever the measured length (Lm) corresponds to a rope position of a seismic node (110, 110a) computed from the positioning data; and a node attaching unit (100) for attaching a seismic node (110, 110a) to the main carrier rope (101) in response to the attachment command. The system is capable of attaching nodes (110) with different node spacing between some or all nodes along the main carrier rope (101).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Ian MCMILLIAN, Michael RUSSELL, Thomas HILLS, Terje NALUM