IP Library Patent Application 11772907
Patent Application
App. No. 11/772,907

Location Device with a Gravity Measuring Device

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App. No.
11/772,907
Abstract

A location device has a gravity measurement instrument in communication with a database which has the locations relative to time of an astronomical object. The location device also has a timepiece indicating the time which may be used to determine the location of the astronomical object.

Claims (27)

1 . A location device, comprising;

a gravity measurement instrument in communication with a database;

the database comprising the locations relative to time of an astronomical object; and

a timepiece for indicating the time which may be used to determine the location of the astronomical object.

2 . The location device of claim 1 , wherein the location device measures the gravitational force of at least two astronomical objects.

3 . The location device of claim 1 , wherein the location device measures an angle created by the two gravitational vectors.

4 . The location device of claim 3 , wherein the angle locates the position of the gravity measurement device.

5 . The location device of claim 1 , wherein the timepiece is a clock, a digital time system, a watch, or a combination thereof.

6 . A method for locating the position of an object, comprising the steps of;

providing a gravity measurement instrument at a position within the universe;

knowing a position of at least two astronomical objects which each provide a gravitational force on the gravity measurement device;

measuring a gravitational field of the gravity measurement instrument; and

calculating the position of the gravity measurement instrument from the gravitational field by determining a vector direction of the gravitational force from each astronomical object.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the gravity measurement instrument is a gravitometer, zero length spring, a Lacoste gravimeter, an absolute gravimeter, a superconducting gravimeter, or a combination thereof.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the location device is placed in caves, cities, jungles, a plane, a submergible machine, a space shuttle, satellite, or beneath the surface of an astronomical object.

9 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the location device is placed on a plane, a submergible object, a space shuttle, a person, or on the surface of the astronomical object.

10 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the location device is deployed downhole in a tool string.

11 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the location device is placed within or on a mining machine.

12 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the location device comprises quartz, metallic, elastomeric, plastic or a combination thereof.

13 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the location device is stationary relative to the astronomical object upon which it is positioned.

14 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the astronomical object is the Earth, the moon, a comet, the sun, stars, or a combination thereof.

15 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the movement of the astronomical object is known or predictable.

16 . The method of claim 6 , wherein a gravitational force from a third astronomical object is measured by the gravity measurement instrument.

17 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the gravity measurement instrument is able to determine the gravitational force of the astronomical object as it moves.

18 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the location of the gravity measurement instrument is recorded to the database at various points in a process.

19 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the gravity measuring device in is communication with a second gravity measuring device.

20 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the gravity measuring device is downhole one of the astronomical objects and incorporated in a tool string and the second gravity measuring device is on a surface of the astronomical object.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2010
From: NOVADRILL, INC.
To: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024055/0457 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2008
From: HALL, DAVID R.
To: NOVADRILL, INC.
Reel/Frame 021701/0758 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2007
From: DURRAND, CHRISTOPHER, MR.; LUNDGREEN, DAVID, MR.; SCHWARTZ, MARK A., MR.
To: HALL, DAVID R., MR.
Reel/Frame 019512/0738 →