SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPEED-ADJUSTABLE MODEL NAVIGATION

• US 20150135143A1
• Filed: 11/11/2014
• Published: 05/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (SLB)
• Original Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (SLB)
• Inventors: Dysvik, Bjarte, Hoekstra, Edo Vincent, Repin, Dmitriy Gennadyevich, Salman, Nader, Fu, Qiang, van der Hoff, Guido, Zimina, Olesya
• Granted Patent: US 9,869,785 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/848
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 1/345 Visualisation of seismic data or attributes, e.g. in 3D cubes
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 2210/64 Geostructures, e.g. in 3D data cubes

Abstract

Systems and methods for speed-adjustable model navigation are provided. In aspects, a model platform includes a model engine and a speed tool that operates with the model engine to generate a graphical view of a geological model. Various features of the geological object may be encoded or reflected in the geological model, including the composition, pressure, temperate, structure, fracture lines, and other aspects of a hydrocarbon deposit, cavity, or other geological structure. The user may operate the speed tool to examine the histogram of color or intensity of the pixels or voxels of regions of the model view, and set a speed curve to control how quickly or slowly a cursor or other control may move through or traverse a region, based on the color, intensity, or other value. Regions of interest may be explored more efficiently and accurately.

Claims

1. A method of navigating a geological model, comprising:

accessing a model engine to generate a view of the geological model;

identifying a set of speed settings for navigating the view of the geological model based on at least one characteristic of the view of the geological model;

receiving user input for navigating the view of the geological model; and

controlling a speed of the navigating based at least partially on the set of speed settings and a value of the at least one characteristic at a user-selected location in the view.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the view of the geological model comprises at least one of a two-dimensional view or a three-dimensional view.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one characteristic comprises at least one of:

a brightness value for a pixel or voxel of the view,

a color value for a pixel or voxel of the view, or

an intensity value for a pixel or voxel of the view.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one characteristic is encoded in a histogram.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the set of speed settings comprises a speed curve indicating a speed of the navigating as a function of a histogram value.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the set of speed settings comprises a reduction in the speed as the histogram value decreases.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input comprises at least one of:

user-controlled cursor input,

touchpad input, or

keyboard input.

8. A system, comprising:

an interface to a display configured to display a view of a geological model; and

a processor, communicating with the display via the interface, the processor being configured to;

identify a set of speed settings for navigating the view of the geological model based on at least one characteristic of the view of the geological model,

receive user input for navigating the view of the geological model; and

control a speed of the navigating based at least partially on the set of speed settings and a value of the at least one characteristic at a user-selected location in the view.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the view of the geological model comprises at least one of a two-dimensional view or a three-dimensional view.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the at least one characteristic comprises at least one of:

a brightness value for a pixel or voxel of the view,

a color value for a pixel or voxel of the view, or

an intensity value for a pixel or voxel of the view.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one characteristic is encoded in a histogram.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the set of speed settings comprises a speed curve indicating a speed of the navigating as a function of a histogram value.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the set of speed settings comprises a reduction in the speed as the histogram value decreases.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the user input comprises at least one of:

user-controlled cursor input,

touchpad input, or

keyboard input.

15. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to perform operations comprising:

accessing a model engine to generate a view of a geological model;

identifying a set of speed settings for navigating the view of the geological model based on at least one characteristic of the view of the geological model;

receiving user input for navigating the view of the geological model; and

controlling a speed of the navigating based at least partially on the set of speed settings and a value of the at least one characteristic at a user-selected location in the view.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the view of the geological model comprises at least one of a two-dimensional view or a three-dimensional view.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the at least one characteristic comprises at least one of:

a brightness value for a pixel or voxel of the view,

a color value for a pixel or voxel of the view, or

an intensity value for a pixel or voxel of the view.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the at least one characteristic is encoded in a histogram.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the set of speed settings comprises a speed curve indicating a speed of the navigating as a function of a histogram value, and wherein the set of speed settings comprises a reduction in the speed as the histogram value decreases.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the user input comprises at least one of:

user-controlled cursor input,

touchpad input, or

keyboard input.