Patent Document ID: 9829591
Application ID: 13735926
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of processing seismic input data obtained using one or more seismic sensors to generate higher resolution imaging of stratigraphic features contained within a portion of a subsurface, the data having a plurality of seismic traces, the method comprising: selecting a first center trace from among the plurality of traces; assigning a first cluster of the traces to a left image and a second cluster of the traces to a right image, the first cluster comprising one or more of the plurality of traces disposed to the left of the selected first center trace, and the second cluster comprising one or more of the plurality of traces disposed to the right of the selected first center trace; and calculating a symmetry value using one or more processors, the symmetry value representing a degree of symmetry, about the first center trace, between the left and the right images; selecting a second center trace from among the plurality of traces; shifting the first and second clusters of traces so that the first cluster comprises one or more of the plurality of traces disposed to the left of the selected second center trace, and the second cluster comprising one or more of the plurality of traces disposed to the right of the selected second center trace; and calculating a second symmetry value using the one or more processors, the symmetry value representing a degree of symmetry, about the second center trace, between the left and the right images; wherein the first and second symmetry values reveal one or more stratigraphic features of the portion of the subsurface to create higher resolution imaging of the one or more stratigraphic features within a seismic image of the subsurface.