Data processing: measuring – calibrating – or testing – Measurement system in a specific environment – Earth science
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-07
2006-02-07
Hirshfeld, Andrew H. (Department: 2863)
Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Measurement system in a specific environment
Earth science
C703S005000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06996470
ABSTRACT:
Various systems and methods of the present invention provide amorphous computing systems and methods for use thereof. In some cases, the amorphous computing systems include one or more amorphous hardware elements that are programmed under control of a computer processor such as, for example, an AMD™ or INTEL™ based personal computer. Portions of an algorithm can then be computed by the individual amorphous hardware elements that can be, as one example, an FPGA or some subset of hardware gates available on an FPGA. Methods can include a variety of computations including Wave Equations and Kirchhoff algorithms. Thus, in particular cases, the amorphous computing systems and methods for using such are applied to seismic imaging problems, as well as other problems.
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Hirshfeld Andrew H.
Marsh & Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP
MOAC LLC
Taylor Victor J.
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