AERIAL VEHICLE ACQUISITION OF SEISMIC DATA

Methods and apparatus that facilitate acquisition of seismic data. A plurality of acquisition locations within an area of interest may be determined and provided to aerial vehicles. Seismic data may be received from the aerial vehicle. In another example, an aerial vehicle includes a positioning sys...

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Main Authors CHEN DUO, WHITLEY STEPHEN, KUMAR VIJAY, RICHARDSON ANDREW, GRAEBER ROSS, LUDVIGSEN HALLGRIM, PUPIM KANO DANIEL, BROCKMAN CHAD, BROUSSARD III FLOYD L
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LanguageEnglish
Published 07.01.2016
Subjects
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS
GEOPHYSICS
GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS
HELICOPTERS
MEASURING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
TESTING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:Methods and apparatus that facilitate acquisition of seismic data. A plurality of acquisition locations within an area of interest may be determined and provided to aerial vehicles. Seismic data may be received from the aerial vehicle. In another example, an aerial vehicle includes a positioning system that determines location of the apparatus; a seismic sensor that senses seismic data; a memory that stores seismic data; and a transceiver that provides telemetric data and the seismic data to a controller device. In at least one example, a method for acquiring seismic data is provided including receiving location information at an aerial vehicle. The aerial vehicle may navigate to a location based on the location information and a seismic sensor may acquire seismic data. The aerial vehicle may be navigated to a controller device and the acquired seismic data may be provided to the controller device.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201514793520