Granted Patent B1

US 12,470,429 · App. 17/658,407 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Inventors: John Bryant (Dallas, TX); Frederick Hershel Savage (Austin, TX); Timothy Beets (Austin, TX)

Assignee: EARTHSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES OPERATING LLC

H04L12/40013G01V3/20G01V3/38G06F13/28H04L7/0008H04L12/40019H04L61/4552

Abstract

Claims (133)

1 . A system for gathering geophysical data comprising:

a master processor, having a master processor memory;

a plurality of node processors, having a plurality of node processor memories;

the master processor memory and the plurality of node processor memories containing a set of instructions, that when executed cause the system to:

configure the plurality of node processors in a first array topology;

acquire a first set of geophysical data, in the first array topology;

configure the plurality of node processors in a second array topology;

acquire a second set of geophysical data, in the second array topology; and

report the first set of geophysical data and the second set of geophysical data;

wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

configure the plurality of node processors in a third array topology;

acquire a third set of geophysical data in the third array topology; and

report the third set of geophysical data;

wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

configure the plurality of node processors in a fourth array topology;

acquire a fourth set of geophysical data in the fourth array topology; and

report the fourth set of geophysical data;

wherein each of the first array topology, the second array topology, the third array topology and the fourth array topology is one of a group of a Wenner array topology, a Schlumberger array topology, a dipole-dipole array topology and a pole-dipole array topology; and

wherein the Wenner array topology further comprises:

an inner node configuration, of the plurality of node processors, for voltage measurement; and

an outer node configuration, of the plurality of node processors, adjacent the inner node configuration of node processors, for current injection;

wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

advance the inner node configuration and the outer node configuration across the plurality of node processors.

2 . A system for gathering geophysical data comprising:

a master processor, having a master processor memory;

a plurality of node processors, having a plurality of node processor memories;

the master processor memory and the plurality of node processor memories containing a set of instructions, that when executed cause the system to:

configure the plurality of node processors in a first array topology;

acquire a first set of geophysical data, in the first array topology;

configure the plurality of node processors in a second array topology;

acquire a second set of geophysical data, in the second array topology; and

report the first set of geophysical data and the second set of geophysical data;

wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

configure the plurality of node processors in a third array topology;

acquire a third set of geophysical data in the third array topology; and

report the third set of geophysical data;

wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

configure the plurality of node processors in a fourth array topology;

acquire a fourth set of geophysical data in the fourth array topology; and

report the fourth set of geophysical data;

wherein each of the first array topology, the second array topology, the third array topology and the fourth array topology is one of a group of a Wenner array topology, a Schlumberger array topology, a dipole-dipole array topology and a pole-dipole array topology;

wherein the Wenner array topology further comprises:

an inner node configuration, of the plurality of node processors, for voltage measurement; and

an outer node configuration, of the plurality of node processors, adjacent the inner node configuration of node processors, for current injection;

wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

advance the inner node configuration and the outer node configuration across the plurality of node processors; and

wherein the inner node configuration further comprises:

a first node type and a second node type;

wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

toggle the first node type and the second node type.

3 . A system for gathering geophysical data comprising:

a master processor, having a master processor memory;

a plurality of node processors, having a plurality of node processor memories;

the master processor memory and the plurality of node processor memories containing a set of instructions, that when executed cause the system to:

configure the plurality of node processors in a first array topology;

acquire a first set of geophysical data, in the first array topology;

configure the plurality of node processors in a second array topology;

acquire a second set of geophysical data, in the second array topology; and

report the first set of geophysical data and the second set of geophysical data;

wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

configure the plurality of node processors in a third array topology;

acquire a third set of geophysical data in the third array topology; and

report the third set of geophysical data;

wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

configure the plurality of node processors in a fourth array topology;

acquire a fourth set of geophysical data in the fourth array topology; and

report the fourth set of geophysical data;

wherein each of the first array topology, the second array topology, the third array topology and the fourth array topology is one of a group of a Wenner array topology, a Schlumberger array topology, a dipole-dipole array topology and a pole-dipole array topology; and

wherein the Schlumberger array topology further comprises:

an inner node configuration, of the plurality of node processors, for voltage measurement; and

an outer node configuration, of the plurality of node processors, adjacent the inner node configuration of node processors, for current injection;

wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

advance a first node type, of the outer node configuration, across a downstream set of node processors, of the plurality of node processors; and

advance a second node type, of the outer node configuration, across an upstream set of node processors, of the plurality of node processors.

4 . The system of claim 3 wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

toggle the first node type and the second node type.

5 . The system of claim 3 wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

advancing a third node type, of the inner node configuration, across the downstream set of node processors, of the plurality of node processors; and

advancing a fourth node type, of the inner node configuration, across the upstream set of node processors, of the plurality of node processors.

6 . A system for gathering geophysical data comprising:

a master processor, having a master processor memory;

a plurality of node processors, having a plurality of node processor memories;

the master processor memory and the plurality of node processor memories containing a set of instructions, that when executed cause the system to:

configure the plurality of node processors in a first array topology;

acquire a first set of geophysical data, in the first array topology;

configure the plurality of node processors in a second array topology;

acquire a second set of geophysical data, in the second array topology; and

report the first set of geophysical data and the second set of geophysical data;

wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

configure the plurality of node processors in a third array topology;

acquire a third set of geophysical data in the third array topology; and

report the third set of geophysical data;

wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

configure the plurality of node processors in a fourth array topology;

acquire a fourth set of geophysical data in the fourth array topology; and

report the fourth set of geophysical data;

wherein each of the first array topology, the second array topology, the third array topology and the fourth array topology is one of a group of a Wenner array topology, a Schlumberger array topology, a dipole-dipole array topology and a pole-dipole array topology; and

wherein the pole-dipole array topology further comprises:

a pair of voltage measurement node configurations, of the plurality of node processors; and

a current injection node configuration, of the plurality of node processors, adjacent the pair of voltage measurement node configurations;

wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

advance the pair of voltage measurement node configurations, of the plurality of node processors, across a measurement subset of the plurality of node processors.

7 . The system of claim 6 wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

advance the current injection node configuration, of the plurality of node processors, across a current injection subset of the plurality of node processors.

8 . The system of claim 7 wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

toggle the pair of voltage measurement node configurations.

9 . A system for gathering geophysical data comprising:

a master processor, having a master processor memory;

a plurality of node processors, having a plurality of node processor memories;

the master processor memory and the plurality of node processor memories containing a set of instructions, that when executed cause the system to:

configure the plurality of node processors in a first array topology;

acquire a first set of geophysical data, in the first array topology;

configure the plurality of node processors in a second array topology;

acquire a second set of geophysical data, in the second array topology; and

report the first set of geophysical data and the second set of geophysical data;

wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

configure the plurality of node processors in a third array topology;

acquire a third set of geophysical data in the third array topology; and

report the third set of geophysical data;

wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

configure the plurality of node processors in a fourth array topology;

acquire a fourth set of geophysical data in the fourth array topology; and

report the fourth set of geophysical data;

wherein each of the first array topology, the second array topology, the third array topology and the fourth array topology is one of a group of a Wenner array topology, a Schlumberger array topology, a dipole-dipole array topology and a pole-dipole array topology; and

wherein the dipole-dipole array topology further comprises:

a pair of current injection node configurations, of the plurality of node processors; and

a pair of measurement node configurations, of the plurality of node processors, adjacent the pair of current injection node configurations;

wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

advance the pair of voltage measurement node configurations, of the plurality of node processors, across a measurement subset of the plurality of node processors.

10 . The system of claim 9 wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

toggle the pair of measurement node configurations.

11 . The system of claim 9 wherein the set of instructions further contains instructions that when executed causes the system to:

advance the pair of current node configurations, of the plurality of node processors, across a current injection subset of the plurality of node processors.

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