US 12,422,492 B1
Battery management system for marine seismic devices
Felix Ernest Bircher, Metairie, LA (US)
Assigned to DigiCOURSE, LLC, Harahan, LA (US)
Filed by DigiCOURSE, LLC, Harahan, LA (US)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/048,270.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/674,062, filed on Jul. 22, 2024.
Int. Cl. G01R 31/3842 (2019.01); G01R 31/367 (2019.01); G01R 31/371 (2019.01); G01R 31/392 (2019.01); G01V 1/38 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 31/3842 (2019.01) [G01R 31/367 (2019.01); G01R 31/371 (2019.01); G01R 31/392 (2019.01); G01V 1/3843 (2013.01); G08B 21/182 (2013.01); G01V 2210/1423 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for marine seismic data collection, comprising:
deploying a plurality of marine seismic devices in a seismic array in accordance with a first marine seismic survey plan, wherein each marine seismic device of the plurality of marine seismic devices comprises a battery system and a battery monitoring device, each of the battery system and the battery monitoring device being positioned onboard each respective marine seismic device;
operating the plurality of marine seismic devices in accordance with the first marine seismic survey plan so as to place a load on each respective battery system of each respective marine seismic device;
monitoring, using each respective battery monitoring device of each respective marine seismic device while operating the plurality of marine seismic devices, a discharge rate of each respective battery system of each respective marine seismic device;
transmitting, from each respective battery monitoring device to a central location remote from the seismic array, battery data associated with the monitored discharge rate of each respective battery system of each respective marine seismic device in the seismic array;
determining, using the transmitted battery data associated with the monitored discharge rate of each respective marine seismic device of a first portion of the plurality of marine seismic devices, a first discharge rate range associated with the first portion of the plurality of marine seismic devices;
identifying one or more marine seismic devices from the first portion of the plurality of marine seismic devices having discharge rates that fall outside the first discharge rate range; and
implementing, based on the identification of the one or more marine seismic devices having discharge rates that fall outside the first discharge rate range, one or more adjustments to the one or more marine seismic devices having discharge rates that fall outside the first discharge rate range.