ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,237, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Gyrodata Inc. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"System and method for using a magnetometer in a gyro-while-drilling survey tool" was invented by Adrian Guillermo Ledroz (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations directed to a system and method for using a magnetometer in a gyro-while-drilling (GWD) survey tool are provided. In one implementation, a method may include acquiring gyroscopic data using gyroscopic sensors of a GWD survey tool while the tool is disposed at a first position within a wellbore. The method may also include acquiring first magnetic data using a magnetometer of th...