Patents by Inventor Theodore G. Apotria

Theodore G. Apotria 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 calculating a throw volume for quantitative fault analysis
    Patent number: 6791900
    Abstract: A method of calculating a throw volume corresponding to a seismic data volume. A range of time shifts and a search direction for the seismic data volume are selected. A data location separation and a vertical time window are also selected. A cross-correlation is calculated between data values corresponding to first and second data locations separated by the data location separation and symmetrically located in the search direction on each side of a target data location. The cross-correlation is calculated throughout the vertical time window for each time shift in the range of time shifts. The time shift corresponding to the maximum calculated cross-correlation is stored in the throw volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Dominique G. Gillard, John E. Eastwood, Brian P. West, Theodore G. Apotria
  • Method of calculating a throw volume for quantitative fault analysis
    Publication number: 20030231548
    Abstract: A method of calculating a throw volume corresponding to a seismic data volume. A range of time shifts and a search direction for the seismic data volume are selected. A data location separation and a vertical time window are also selected. A cross-correlation is calculated between data values corresponding to first and second data locations separated by the data location separation and symmetrically located in the search direction on each side of a target data location. The cross-correlation is calculated throughout the vertical time window for each time shift in the range of time shifts. The time shift corresponding to the maximum calculated cross-correlation is stored in the throw volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Applicant: EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY
    Inventors: Dominique G. Gillard, John E. Eastwood, Brian P. West, Theodore G. Apotria