# US 2014/0152659 A1 · Geoscience data visualization and immersion experience > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0152659 A1 - Document ID: US20140152659A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/692,298 - Filed: 2012-12-03 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-03 - Inventors: Preston H. Davidson; David W. Green; Sebastian E. Ramirez; William W. Scott; Joel W. Tarver; Doron Hetz - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140152659A1 ## CPC - G06T 17/05: Geographic models - G01V 11/00: Prospecting or detecting by methods combining techniques covered by two or more of main groups G01V1/00 - G01V9/00 - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - G01V: GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS (means for indicating the location of accidentally buried, e.g. snow-buried, persons A63B29/02) ## Abstract A method for presenting measurements of properties of a subsurface material to a user includes: conveying a carrier through a borehole penetrating the subsurface material; performing a plurality of measurements of multiple properties of the subsurface material at multiple depths in the borehole using a plurality of downhole tools disposed at the carrier; constructing, with a processor, a three-dimensional mathematical model of the subsurface material using the plurality of measurements, the model having data from the plurality of measurements of the multiple properties; receiving, with the processor, an input from a user directing the processor to generate a three-dimensional image of the subsurface material as seen from a virtual viewer-window viewing the model, the input having a three-dimensional position and three-dimensional viewing direction of the virtual-viewer window within the model; generating the three-dimensional image with the processor; and displaying the generated three-dimensional image on a display. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for presenting measurements of properties of a subsurface material to a user, the method comprising: conveying a carrier through a borehole penetrating the subsurface material; performing a plurality of measurements of multiple properties of the subsurface material at multiple depths in the borehole using a plurality of downhole tools disposed at the carrier; constructing, with a processor, a three-dimensional mathematical model of the subsurface material using the plurality of measurements, the model comprising data from the plurality of measurements of the multiple properties; receiving, with the processor, an input from a user directing the processor to generate a three-dimensional image of the subsurface material as seen from a virtual viewer-window viewing the model, the input comprising a three-dimensional position and three-dimensional viewing direction of the virtual-viewer window within the model; generating the three-dimensional image with the processor; and displaying the generated three-dimensional image on a display. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: calculating, with the processor, a physical motion of the subsurface material using the plurality of measurements; generating, with the processor, a moving three-dimensional image of the subsurface material; and displaying on the display the generated moving three-dimensional image. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the laws of physics are used to calculate the physical motion of the subsurface material. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the moving subsurface material is a solid. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the moving subsurface material is a liquid. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the moving subsurface material is a gas. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the three-dimensional image comprises a display of data from the plurality of measurements or the calculated physical motion of the subsurface material being displayed in the image. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the display of data comprises alphanumeric characters, a color, a texture, or a flashing of the image or a portion of the image. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the flashing comprises a change in light intensity, a change in color, a change in texture, or a change in flashing frequency. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, playing a sound correlated to data from the plurality of measurements or the calculated physical motion of the subsurface material using a speaker. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the moving three-dimensional image portrays the subsurface material entering the borehole through a perforation in a casing lining the borehole. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising playing a sound received downhole to the user using a speaker. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the input comprises instructions that cause the virtual viewer-window to move continuously from a first position to a second position. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to interpolate between measurements of the same property at different borehole depths to provide a continuous three-dimensional mathematical model. ### Claim 15 An apparatus for presenting measurements of properties of a subsurface material to a user, the apparatus comprising: a carrier configured to be conveyed through a borehole; a plurality of downhole tools disposed at the carrier, the plurality of downhole tools being configured to perform a plurality of measurements of multiple properties of the subsurface material; a processor configured to (a) construct a three-dimensional mathematical model of the subsurface material using the plurality of measurements, the model comprising data from the plurality of measurements of the multiple properties and (b) generate from a virtual viewer-window perspective a three-dimensional image of the subsurface material using the model; an input device configured to provide input to the processor from the user directing the processor to generate the three-dimensional image of the subsurface material, the input comprising a position and three-dimensional viewing direction of the virtual-viewer window perspective within the subsurface material; and a display configured to display the three-dimensional image to the user. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to: calculate a physical motion of the subsurface material using the plurality of measurements; and generate a moving three-dimensional image of the subsurface material. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the physical motion is calculated according to the laws of physics. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the moving three-dimensional image portrays the subsurface material moving through the borehole. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the input device is a joystick. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the plurality of downhole tools comprise a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a galvanic resistivity tool configured to transmit and receive electric current to and from the subsurface material, an induction resistivity tool configured to transmit and receive electromagnetic energy to and from the subsurface material, an acoustic tool configured to transmit and receive acoustic energy to and from the subsurface material, a radiation detector, a neutron tool comprising a neutron source configured to irradiate the subsurface material with neutrons and to detect radiation resulting therefrom, a borehole caliper tool, a multi-finger borehole caliper tool, a magnetic field sensor, a spectrometer configured to identify chemical elements, a camera, an acoustic microphone, a flow sensor, a flow velocity sensor, a density tool, a porosity tool, a formation fluid tester configured to withdraw and test a fluid sample from a formation, a flexural mechanical resonator configured to sense viscosity or density of a liquid, a nuclear magnetic resonance tool, a pH sensor, a sensor for sensing a type of gas diffused out of a formation fluid sample, or some combination thereof. ### Claim 21 (depends on 15) The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the input device comprises at least one vibrating joystick controller.