Wiener Filter for Seismic Displacement Velocity Stability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing seismic data processing techniques face instability when calculating particle displacement and velocity from acceleration data due to noise, leading to high amplitude low frequency noise masking the response after integration.

Innovation Solution

The use of a deterministic Wiener filter that approximates a Wiener filter, with selected damping factors, is applied to stabilize the calculation of particle displacement and velocity data from noisy acceleration data, reducing noise amplification and providing reliable amplitudes and phases.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If integration is applied to acceleration data to calculate particle displacement and velocity, then the response information is obtained, but noise amplification occurs leading to high amplitude low frequency noise masking the response

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveparticle displacement and velocity data accuracyVSAvoidnoise amplification
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

A deterministic Wiener filter is applied to the acceleration data before integration to pre-reduce noise. This preliminary filtering action prevents noise amplification during the subsequent integration process, allowing accurate calculation of particle displacement and velocity while suppressing harmful low frequency noise components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The deterministic Wiener filter acts as an intermediary between the noisy acceleration data and the integration process. It mediates by selectively attenuating noise frequencies while preserving signal frequencies, enabling the integration to produce accurate displacement and velocity data without being overwhelmed by noise amplification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If damping factors are applied to reduce noise amplification, then noise suppression is achieved, but calculation stability must be maintained

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenoise amplificationVSAvoidcalculation stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The deterministic Wiener filter employs parameter optimization to select appropriate damping factors that balance noise suppression with calculation stability. By carefully tuning the filter parameters, the system achieves effective noise reduction while maintaining stable and reliable calculations of particle displacement and velocity from acceleration data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP2634604B1Determination of particle displacement or velocity from particle acceleration measurements
Publication Date: 2021.04.07 PGS GEOPHYSICAL AS
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AI summary

Techniques are described for determining particle displacement or particle velocity data from particle acceleration measurements. In an embodiment, an apparatus comprises an interface configured to received particle acceleration data, one or more processors, and one or more storage media. The one or more storage media store instructions for determining one or more of particle velocity data or particle displacement data, based upon the particle acceleration data, by processing the particle acceleration data using a filter that at least approximates a Wiener filter and that uses one or more damping factors selected to provide stability in the presence of noise in the particle acceleration data.