Patent Document ID: 9563963
Application ID: 13894029
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of processing geological information on a formation intersected by a borehole, the method comprising: obtaining data signals representative of the formation and generated by an image logging tool operated in the borehole to energize the formation, the data signals being processable to create an image of the formation including a plurality of pixels; identifying sinusoidal geological characteristics in the data signals corresponding to a length of a borehole by: employing a relatively computationally simple technique for analyzing the data signals corresponding to selected ones of said pixels to identify the presence of sinusoids among detected edge features; and subsequently applying a relatively computationally complex technique for determining the parameters of the sinusoids identified using the relatively computationally simple technique, including disregarding the sinusoids extending over less than a predetermined proportion of a width of the image; and determining, from the identified sinusoidal geological characteristics, planar geological features of the formation intersected by the borehole.