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Article of manufacturing for creating, testing, and modifying geological subsurface models

US6035255A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 1, 1997
Grant dateMar 7, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01V11/00
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An article of manufacture for use in connection with a computer, said article of manufacture comprising a computer-readable storage medium having a program recorded thereon that enables a user of a computer executing said program to interactively: display data obtained from a subsurface area; select an object from a plurality of different three-dimensional objects; place the selected three-dimensional object within a model of the subsurface area; and transform the selected three-dimensional object to better fit the data obtained from the subsurface area. The invention further involves related methods for interactive creation of a subsurface model.

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