GEOPHYSICAL DATA ACQUISITION AND POWER TRANSFER METHOD APPARATUS AND SYSTEM

摘要

System, apparatus and method for collecting data from, and providing power to, a geophysical data acquisition device are described herein. The method may include charging a data transfer device comprising a data transfer port, a power transfer port and a battery module, coupling the data transfer device to a geophysical data acquisition device, deploying the geophysical data acquisition device and collecting data therewith, collecting data from the geophysical data acquisition device via the data transfer port and providing power to the geophysical data acquisition device via the power transfer port, replacing the data transfer device with a charged device, coupling the data transfer device to a charging station, transferring data from the data transfer device, and transferring power to the data transfer device via the charging station.

主权项

1. A method for collecting data from, and providing power to, a geophysical data acquisition device, the method comprising:
coupling a data transfer device to a geophysical data acquisition device; collecting data from the geophysical data acquisition device to the data transfer device via a data transfer port and providing power from the data transfer device to the geophysical data acquisition device via a power transfer port; and wherein collecting data and providing power occurs wirelessly while the data transfer device is coupled to the geophysical data acquisition device.