Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Information

	Three Months Ended March  31,
	2012		2011
Net revenues:
Solutions:
Data Processing	$	26,865	$	20,299
New Venture		28,994		22,450
Data Library		10,268		15,144
Total	$	66,127	$	57,893
Systems:
Towed Streamer	$	15,804	$	17,547
Ocean bottom		3,519		2
Other		17,383		6,411
Total	$	36,706	$	23,960
Software:
Software Systems	$	8,370	$	8,427
Services		507		272
Total	$	8,877	$	8,699
Total	$	111,710	$	90,552
Gross profit:
Solutions	$	18,985	$	13,316

Systems		15,812			12,245
Software		6,359			5,578
Total	$	41,156		$	31,139
Gross margin:
Solutions		29	%		23	%
Systems		43	%		51	%
Software		72	%		64	%
Total		37	%		34	%
Income from operations:
Solutions	$	9,606		$	5,812
Systems		8,740			6,080
Software		5,482			4,853
Corporate and other		(12,185	)		(10,674	)
Income from operations		11,643			6,071
Interest expense, net		(1,518	)		(1,615	)
Equity in earnings (losses) of INOVA Geophysical		2,468			(860	)
Other income (expense)		(686	)		(2,999	)
Income before income taxes	$	11,907		$	597

Summarized financial information of net income loss

	Three Months  Ended December 31,
	2011		2010
Net revenues	$	58,998	$	45,619
Gross profit	$	13,964	$	11,716
Income (loss) from operations	$	6,509	$	(2,790	)
Net income (loss)	$	5,717	$	(2,265	)