Patent Document ID: 10162071
Application ID: 16119863
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer system, comprising: at least one computer interoperably coupled with a memory storage and configured to: selecting plural attributes for annotating images generated from, and for interpretation of, seismic amplitude volume; generating plural images from a set of layers of a seismic cube, each image generated using a different attribute of the plural attributes; blending the plural images, using customized palettes and initial parameters for each of the plural images, the blending creating a blended image that illuminates discontinuities in the set of layers; iteratively determining optimal parameters for automatic derivation of fault discontinuities on an interpreter-selected edge-enhanced sub-volume, wherein iterations are controlled and terminated based on inputs from an interpreter; applying the optimal extraction parameters to an entire edge-enhanced volume; isolating important extracted fault discontinuities using commercial filtering tools; refining extracted fault patches based on received manual interpretation from the interpreter; and converting patch results to traditional fault objects for further interpretation and refinement.