Method for Region Delineation and Optimal Rendering Transform of Seismic Attributes
AssigneeExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
InventorsMark Dobin, Yao-chou Cheng, Patricia Montoya
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Abstract
Method for determining visualization rendering parameters for seismic data to heighten subtle differences. The full data volume and at least one sub-volume are processed in the inventive method (12). Statistics are extracted for the data or attributes of the data (13). Rendering parameters are derived based on comparing and computing the statistical information for the volume and sub-volumes (14).
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A method for determining rendering parameters, including mappings of transfer functions, for visualization and interpretation of all or part of a data volume of seismic or seismic attribute data representing a subsurface region, said method comprising:
- (a) selecting a sub-volume from the data volume, said sub-volume representing a sub-region of the subsurface region;
- (b) selecting a statistical measure;
- (c) computing, using a programmed computer, a corresponding statistical distribution for both the data volume and the sub-volume, based on the selected statistical measure;
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- (d) deriving rendering parameters for the sub-volume by comparing the computed statistical distribution for the sub-volume to that of the data volume, noting at least one difference, and constructing rendering parameters to emphasize the at least one difference.
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