Satellite-based seismic mobile information and control system
First Claim
1. A seismic system, comprising:
- a plurality of field equipment usable in the vicinity of an area to be seismically surveyed, each of said plurality of field equipment including a satellite transceiver;
an earth station hub coupled to said plurality of field equipment through one or more communication satellites; and
a workstation coupled to said earth station hub;
said workstation and field equipment in communication with each other via said earth station hub;
further including portable personal data assistants and an antenna coupled to a satellite transceiver located in the field, said PDA communicates through the satellite transceiver to the earth station hub.
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Abstract
A seismic system, Seismic Mobile Information & Control System (Seis-MICS) comprising field resources, satellite resources, and office resources. The field resources include various personnel, equipment, and vehicles located in the general vicinity of the seismic project. The field resources include transceivers permitting various of the field resources to communicate directly, or indirectly, to the office resources via one or more satellites. The office resources include satellite earth hubs/stations, a server-side hardware, software, and data store, and user workstations. The seismic system advantageously facilitates real or near real time transmission of data between the field and office environment, thereby providing an efficient seismic operation.
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1. A seismic system, comprising:
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a plurality of field equipment usable in the vicinity of an area to be seismically surveyed, each of said plurality of field equipment including a satellite transceiver;
an earth station hub coupled to said plurality of field equipment through one or more communication satellites; and
a workstation coupled to said earth station hub;
said workstation and field equipment in communication with each other via said earth station hub;
further including portable personal data assistants and an antenna coupled to a satellite transceiver located in the field, said PDA communicates through the satellite transceiver to the earth station hub. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
a satellite receiver that receives signals from a positioning satellite to determine position of a site in a field location;
a portable device including memory that stores a predetermined set of position data; and
a quality control software module that compares position determined by said satellite receiver to the predetermined set of position data.
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10. A seismic system, comprising:
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a plurality of field equipment usable in the vicinity of an area to be seismically surveyed, each of said plurality of field equipment including a satellite transceiver;
an earth station hub coupled to said plurality of field equipment through one or more communication satellites;
a workstation coupled to said earth station hub;
said workstation and field equipment in communication with each other via said earth station hub; and
an antenna tower located in the field to provide communication with various of said plurality of field equipment, said antenna tower coupled to a satellite transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for conducting a seismic survey operation, comprising:
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(a) monitoring the location of equipment and personnel in the field;
(b) computing quality control parameters indicative of how accurately (a) is preformed;
(c) transmitting the quality control parameters to an information and control center via an antenna tower located in the field having a satellite transceiver and one or more satellites;
(d) receiving the quality control parameters in the information and control center;
(e) processing the seismic data quality control parameters in the information and control center; and
(f) transmitting status messages from the information and control center to personnel in the field via one or more satellites and the antenna tower. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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Specification