Systems and methods for selectively imaging objects in a display of multiple three-dimensional data-objects
AssigneeLandmark Graphics Corporation, a Halliburton Company
InventorsStuart Smith, Donald Murray
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Abstract
Systems and methods for selectively imaging objects in a display of multiple three-dimensional data-objects. Further features include the display of objects and the intersection of objects removed from the display with various types of visualization surfaces for removing data that obstructs the display of objects of interest.
Claims42
A method for selectively imaging one or more objects in a display, which comprises:
- defining a visualization surface within the display;
- selecting an object of interest from a plurality of objects within the display;
- and
- displaying only an image of an intersection between at least one of the plurality of objects removed from the display and the visualization surface and an image of the object(s) remaining in the display or an image of an intersection between the remaining object(s) and the visualization surface.
A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for selectively imaging one or more objects in a display, the instructions being executable to implement:
- defining a visualization surface within the display;
- selecting an object of interest from a plurality of objects within the display;
- and
- displaying only an image of an intersection between at least one of the plurality of objects removed from the display and the visualization surface and an image of the object(s) remaining in the display or an image of an intersection between the remaining object(s) and the visualization surface.
A method for selectively imaging one or more objects in a display, which comprises:
- defining a visualization surface within the display;
- selecting an object of interest from a plurality of objects within the display, at least one of the plurality of objects comprising a reservoir grid;
- and
- displaying an image of an intersection between the reservoir grid and the visualization surface and an image of the object(s) remaining in the display or an image of an intersection between the remaining object(s) and the visualization surface.
A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for selectively imaging one or more objects in a display, the instructions being executable to implement:
- defining a visualization surface within the display;
- selecting an object of interest from a plurality of objects within the display;
- and
- displaying only an image of an intersection between at least one of the plurality of objects and the visualization surface and an image of the object(s) remaining in the display or an image of an intersection between the remaining object(s) and the visualization surface.
A platform for selectively imaging one or more objects in a display that is embodied on one or more computer readable media and executable on a computer, said platform comprising:
- a user input module for accepting user inputs related to defining a visualization surface within the display and selecting an object of interest from a plurality of objects within the display;
- a visualization surface module for processing a set of instructions to determine an intersection between at least one of the plurality of objects removed from the display and the visualization surface and an intersection between the object(s) remaining in the display and the visualization surface;
- and
- a rendering module for displaying only an image of an intersection between the at least one of the plurality of objects removed from the display and the visualization surface and an image of the object(s) remaining in the display or an image of an intersection between the remaining object(s) and the visualization surface.
A platform for selectively imaging one or more objects in a display that is embodied on one or more computer readable media and executable on a computer, said platform comprising:
- a user input module for accepting user inputs related to defining a visualization surface within the display and selecting an object of interest from a plurality of objects within the display, at least one of the plurality of objects comprising a reservoir grid;
- a visualization surface module for processing a set of instructions to determine an intersection between the reservoir grid and the visualization surface and an intersection between the object(s) remaining in the display and the visualization surface;
- and
- a rendering module for displaying an image of an intersection between the reservoir grid and the visualization surface and an image of the object(s) remaining in the display or an image of an intersection between the remaining object(s) and the visualization surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.