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US 9,788,748 B2Granted
Method of using human physiological responses as inputs to hydrocarbon management decisions
AssigneeExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
InventorMark W. Dobin
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Abstract
A method of analyzing hydrocarbon-related data is disclosed. Data representative of a hydrocarbon entity is presented. A physiological response of a viewer of the data is sensed. The physiological response is associated with the data. The data and a representation of the associated physiological response is outputted.
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A method comprising:
- presenting, with a processor, a subsurface image of a hydrocarbon entity, wherein the hydrocarbon entity includes hydrocarbons that consist of hydrogen and carbon;
- sensing, with a sensor, a physiological response of a viewer of the subsurface image of the hydrocarbon entity;
- associating, with the processor, the physiological response with a localized region, which includes the hydrocarbons, of the subsurface image of the hydrocarbon entity, the localized region being less than an entirety of the subsurface image of the hydrocarbon entity, and the localized region being responsible for the physiological response;
- outputting, with the processor, the subsurface image of the hydrocarbon entity and a representation of the associated physiological response to the localized region, which includes the hydrocarbons;
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- using the processor and the representation of the associated physiological response to identify a location for a new well or to identify a previously uninterpreted geological feature in the localized region of the subsurface image.
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An apparatus for analyzing hydrocarbon-related data, comprising:
- a sensor that measures a physiological response of a user viewing a subsurface image of a hydrocarbon entity, wherein the hydrocarbon entity includes hydrocarbons that consist of hydrogen and carbon;
- a processor that associates the physiological response with a localized region, which includes the hydrocarbons, of the subsurface image of the hydrocarbon entity, the localized region being less than an entirety of the subsurface image of the hydrocarbon entity, and the localized region of the subsurface image of the hydrocarbon entity being responsible for the physiological response;
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- an output mechanism that stores a spatial link between the physiological response and the localized region, which includes the hydrocarbons, responsible for the physiological response,
- wherein the processor uses the representation of the associated physiological response to identify a location for a new well or to identify a previously uninterpreted geological feature in the localized region of the subsurface image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.