VISUALIZATION CONTROLS

• US 20110050562A1
• Filed: 08/27/2009
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Schlumberger NV)
• Original Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Schlumberger NV)
• Inventors: MUDDIMER, ANDREW, SCHOEN, ERIC JONATHAN, PASSOLT, MARK S.
• Granted Patent: US 8,400,398 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 1/34 Displaying seismic recordings or visualisation of seismic data or attributes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0308 comprising a plurality of distinctive and separately oriented light emitters or reflectors associated to the pointing device, e.g. remote cursor controller with distinct and separately oriented LEDs at the tip whose radiations are captured by a photo-detector associated to the screen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0325 using a plurality of light emitters or reflectors or a plurality of detectors forming a reference frame from which to derive the orientation of the object, e.g. by triangulation or on the basis of reference deformation in the picked up image

Abstract

Implementations of visualization controls are described. Some techniques described herein enable a user to interact with a geoscience object on display. In one possible embodiment, simultaneous movements of two or more user-controlled points are tracked using a motion monitoring system, such as cameras. The movement of the points is then interpreted as an interaction with the geoscience object and results in a corresponding alteration of the display of the geoscience object. One example interaction includes a compound manipulation (i.e. translation, rotation, scaling and/or skewing) of the geoscience object.

Claims

1. A method of allowing a user to interact with a geoscience object displayed using a display device comprising:

tracking simultaneous movement of two or more points, wherein movement of at least one of the points is controlled by a user;

interpreting the simultaneous movement of the two or more points as an interaction with the geoscience object; and

altering a display of the geoscience object based on the interaction.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the tracking includes monitoring at least one of the two or more points with at least one camera.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the interpreting further includes:

associating a plurality of the two or more points with a hand of the user; and

utilizing shape recognition on the plurality of points to distinguish a hand shape having a first preset meaning.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the interpreting further includes:

displaying the hand on the display device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the displaying further includes:

displaying the hand in a first color when it is recognized as being in an open shape and displaying the hand in a second color when it is recognized as being in a closed shape.

6. The method of claim 3, further including:

recognizing a change in shape of the hand over time and associating the change with a second preset meaning.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the interpreting includes:

receiving a user interaction with a menu presented on the display device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the interpreting includes:

recognizing a first point of the two or more points as a pivot point around which the geoscience object can be rotated.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the altering further comprises enabling the user to effect a customized manipulation of the geoscience object based on a user input preset.

10. A computer-readable medium having a set of computer-readable instructions residing thereon that, when executed, perform acts comprising:

receiving data associated with simultaneous movement of two or more user-controlled points, wherein the data includes information regarding movement of at least one of the user-controlled points in three space;

processing the data to infer an interaction with a geoscience object being displayed; and

enabling compound manipulation of a display of the geoscience object based on the interaction.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 having a set of computer-readable instructions that, when executed, perform acts further comprising recognizing a plurality of points as corresponding to a hand of the user.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 having a set of computer-readable instructions that, when executed, perform acts further comprising:

processing positions of the plurality of points to determine a shape of the hand; and

accessing a first preset meaning associated with the shape.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 having a set of computer-readable instructions that, when executed, perform acts further comprising:

recognizing a change in shape of the hand over time;

accessing a second preset meaning associated with the change.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 having a set of computer-readable instructions that, when executed, perform acts further comprising:

displaying the hand; and

stimulating a cue to recognize the shape of the hand.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 having a set of computer-readable instructions that, when executed, perform acts further comprising allowing the user to select a portion of the geoscience object by interacting with the portion using the hand.

16. A method comprising:

receiving three dimensional position data of two or more user-controlled points from one or more cameras;

reviewing the three dimensional position data to detect an interaction with a geoscience object being displayed; and

spatially manipulating a display of the geoscience object based on the interaction.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the receiving includes receiving the three dimensional position data from two cameras.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the receiving includes receiving the three dimensional position data from a camera having sensitivity to depth of field.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the reviewing includes detecting a user'"'"'s selection of a portion of the geoscience object.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the spatially manipulating includes allowing a user to effect compound manipulations of the geoscience object.