Apparatus and method for reducing noise in seismic data

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(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,077,740 B2 Elder et al. (45) Date of Patent: Dec. 13, 2011 (54) APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING 4,086,504 A 4/1978 Ezell et al. NOISE IN SEISMIC DATA 4,236,234 A 11/1980 McDavid et al. 4,296,485 A 10/1981 Clemens (75) Inventors: Keith Elder, Richmond, TX (US); 2 gi:iCIl1eta1' Steven Kooper, Stafford, TX (US); 4,628,494 A 12/1986 Rialan etal. Andras Feszthammer, Stafford, TX 4,639,901 A 1/1987 Warrnack et al. (US); Donald E. Clayton, Houston, TX 2 (15/IreIt\1Intft*t11~1 - , , c a e a . (US)’ Henry T‘ Polk’ Houston’ TX (US) 4,807,200 A 2/1989 Montes et al. _ 4,814,711 A 3/1989 Olsen et al. (73) Assrgnee: INOVA, Ltd., George Town, Grand 4,815,944 A 3/1989 1\/Iaruymn,1 et 31‘ Cayman (KY) 4,885,724 A 12/1989 Read et al. 4,905,205 A 2/1990 Rialan ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 4,908,803 A 3/1990 Rlalan patent is extended or adjusted under 35 4’%7’400 A 10/1990 _WOOdS U.S.C. l54(b) by 506 days. (comlnued) (21) App1_ NO_; 12/023,725 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS ' EP 0250280 A1 12/1987 (22) Filed: Jan. 31, 2008 (Continued) (65) Prior Publication Data OTHER PUBLICATIONS Us 2008/0187006 A1 Aug 7’ 2008 LRS Quarterly, V01. 1, Issue 3, May 12, 2003. Related U.S. Application Data (Continued) (60) I1’ro2\(/)i8i7onal application No. 60/887,788, filed on Feb. Primary Examiner i 3 1 _Vu Ly ’ ' (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * Mossman, Kumar & Tyler, (51) Int. Cl. PC H04] 3/16 (2006.01) (52) U.S. Cl. ..................................................... .. 370/468 (57) ABSTRACT (58) Field of Classification Search ...................... .. None A method of acquiring seismic data The method includes See application file for Complete Search history receiving seismic signals atone or more sensors; sampling the received se1sm1c signals into a plurality of samples, each 56 References Cited sam le havin asamebitlen h; arran in the sam lesintoa ( ) P 8 8T 8 8 p

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