Process for segmenting reservoir pores
US4727498A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 31, 1984 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2004 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2015/0846
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Light transmitted through a thin section of reservoir rock whose pores are filled with blue-dyed epoxy is passed sequentially through red, blue and green filters and the density levels in the filtered images thereafter converted into pixels. The intensity, hue and saturation are then calculated from the red, blue and green components in each scene pixel. From the calculated values of intensity, hue and saturation, the pixels representative of pores and pores underlain by mineral are separated from the non-pore representative pixels.
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