Alfred L Hise

8086408, Dec 27, 2011

May 23, 2011

13/113959

Edward Majzlik - Houston TX, US
Alfred L. Hise - Wiggins MS, US
Brian Hardy - Friendswood TX, US

NCS Subsea, Inc. - Stafford TX

G01V 1/40
G01V 3/18

702 11, 702 1, 702 2, 702 5, 702 14, 703 2, 703 10, 367 69, 367 72, 367 73

A method for positioning a wire having nodes and streamers is provided herein. The wire can be secured to tow lines secured to a floating vessel for detecting near surface geology formations. The method can use in-water sensors deployed proximate to the wire near the tow lines, and a processor with data storage in communication with the in-water sensors. The method can use a data array, a library of data formats, a library of wires, a library of preset limits, and a network. The method can include receiving sensor information, filtering sensor information, verifying filtered signals, constructing and modifying a mathematical model, obtaining a list of coordinates, constructing a real-time display of the wire, identifying a location of at least one streamer, transmitting alarms, creating a trend analysis over time and event-by-event, and creating a log file using the industry standard data formats.

8332174, Dec 11, 2012

May 23, 2012

13/479027

Edward Majzlik - Houston TX, US
Alfred L. Hise - Wiggins MS, US
Brian Hardy - Friendswood TX, US
Noel Zinn - Missouri City TX, US

NCS Subsea, Inc. - Stafford TX

G01C 17/38

702 95, 702 94, 702150, 702151

Computer instructions for determining coordinates for nodes on a wire secured to tow lines of a floating vessel for analyzing geological formations is provided. The computer instructions can use sensors in communication with a processor to determine the coordinates of nodes and provide azimuths tangential to the wire. A library of nominal values for polynomial coefficients, a library of known distances along the wire, and a library of preset limits can be stored in a data storage. The computer instructions can: receive sensor information, compute bearing, reorient the coordinates, rotate the azimuth, construct a polynomial algorithm, compute the azimuth, form a residual, compute updated differences until the residual is within preset limits, calculate local coordinates for nodes, and rotate the local coordinates from the local coordinate system to the projected coordinate system.

8069006, Nov 29, 2011

May 23, 2011

13/113967

Edward Majzlik - Houston TX, US
Alfred L. Hise - Wiggins MS, US
Brian Hardy - Friendswood TX, US

NCS Subsea, Inc. - Stafford TX

G06F 15/00

702150

A system for determining coordinates for nodes on a wire secured to tow lines of a floating vessel for analyzing geological formations is provided. The system can include sensors in communication with a processor to determine the coordinates of nodes and provide azimuths tangential to the wire. A library of nominal values for third, fourth, or fifth order polynomial coefficients, a library of known distances along the wire, and a library of preset limits can be stored in a data storage. The system can include computer instructions to receive sensor information, compute bearing, reorient the coordinates, rotate the azimuth, construct a third, fourth, or fifth order polynomial algorithm, compute the azimuth, form a residual, compute updated differences until the residual is within preset limits, calculate local coordinates for nodes, and rotate the local coordinates from the local coordinate system to the projected coordinate system.