ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,333, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to OptiSeis Solutions Ltd. (Calgary, Canada).
"Land seismic data acquisition with controlled randomization" was invented by Andrea Crook (Calgary, Canada) and Mostafa Naghizadeh (Calgary, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided of designing seismic surveys for a geographical area using controlled randomization. The method comprises the steps of selecting the geographical area to be surveyed; determining placement for one or more control areas, wherein each control area comprises a plurality of stations, within the geographical area; applying a randomization algorithm to each of th...