Visualization controls

• US 8,400,398 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2009
• Issued: 03/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Schlumberger NV)
• Original Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Schlumberger NV)
• Inventors: Schoen, Eric Jonathan, Passolt, Mark S., Muddimer, Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Edun, Muhammad N
• Application Number:
  US12/549,162
• Publication Number:
  US 20110050562A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,300 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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 relative one another, 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 an image representing the hand of the user on the display device.

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

displaying the image representing the hand of the user in a first color when the hand shape is recognized as being in an open shape and displaying the image representing the hand of the user in a second color when the hand shape is recognized as being in a closed shape.

6. The method of claim 3, further including:

recognizing a change in the hand 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 non-transitory 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 relative one another, 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, wherein the acts further comprise recognizing a plurality of points as corresponding to a hand of the user.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the acts further comprise:

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, wherein the acts further comprise:

recognizing a change in shape of the hand over time; and

accessing a second preset meaning associated with the change.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the acts further comprise:

displaying the hand; and

stimulating a cue to recognize the shape of the hand.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the acts further comprise 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, wherein the three dimensional position data comprises movement data for at least one of the two or more user-controlled points relative to at least another one of the two or more user-controlled points, wherein the two or more user-controlled points are movable simultaneously;

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.