Image based rock property tensor visualization of a geocellular grid in a dynamic 3d environment
AssigneeLandmark Graphics Corporation
InventorsTravis St. George RAMSAY, Burns BOAZ
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Abstract
A visualization module of an imaging system having a 3D geocellular model generated for illustrating rock types within a subterranean formation. The visualization module can determine that cells of the 3D geocellular model are visible to a field of view for a viewing user. For each cell determined to be visible, the visualization module can determine a rock type for the cell and that one or more faces of the cell are visible. For each face determined to be visible, the visualization module can determine an orientation of the face; determine that an image corresponds to the determined orientation and determined rock type; and apply the image to the face of the cell in the 3D geocellular model.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a visualization module configured to:
- capture a set of images of a core sample from a subterranean formation, each image of the set of images comprising a representation of at least a cross-section of the core sample;
- determine a three-dimensional (3D) geocellular model characterization for depicting one or more rock types within the formation;
- determine that one or more cells of the 3D geocellular model are visible to a field of view for a viewing user;
- for each of the one or more cells determined to be visible:
- determine a rock type for the cell;
- determine that one or more faces of the cell are visible to the field of view;
- for each of the one or more faces determined to be visible, determine an orientation of the face;
- determine that an image of the set of images corresponds to the determined orientation and determined rock type for the cell;
- and
- apply the image to the face of the cell in the 3D geocellular model.
A method, comprising:
- determining a three-dimensional (3D) geocellular model characterization for illustrating one or more rock types within a formation;
- determining that one or more cells of the 3D geocellular model are visible to a field of view for a viewing user;
- for each of the one or more cells determined to be visible:
- determining a rock type for the cell;
- determining that one or more faces of the cell are visible to the field of view;
- for each of the one or more faces determined to be visible, determining an orientation of the face;
- determining that an image of a set of images corresponds to the determined orientation and determined rock type, the image comprising a representation of at least a cross-section of a core sample extracted from the formation;
- and
- applying the image to the face of the cell in the 3D geocellular model.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
- determine a three-dimensional (3D) geocellular model characterization for visualizing one or more rock types within a formation;
- determine that one or more cells of the 3D geocellular model are visible to a field of view for a viewing user;
- for each of the one or more cells determined to be visible:
- determine a rock type for the cell;
- determine that one or more faces of the cell are visible to the field of view;
- for each of the one or more faces determined to be visible, determine an orientation of the face;
- determine that an image of a set of images corresponds to the determined orientation and determined rock type for the cell, the image comprising a representation of at least a cross-section of a core sample extracted from the formation;
- and
- apply the image to the face of the cell in the 3D geocellular model.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.