Patent Document ID: 9618639
Application ID: 13781277
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for performing image-guided fault extraction from a fault-enhanced seismic image using a computer having at least one processor and a display, the fault-enhanced seismic image comprising a plurality of image slices, the method comprising: displaying on the display of the computer a fault-enhanced seismic image; receiving a selection of a particular image slice of the plurality of image slices from a user; displaying on the display of the computer the particular image slice; receiving a first input designating a first fault point in the particular image slice and receiving a second input designating a second fault point in the particular image slice; defining a fault path between the first fault point and the second fault point that corresponds to a calculated least cost path that is determined by the processor of the computer, wherein the calculated least cost path between the first fault point and the second fault point is determined based on a comparison of Geodesic distances between data point pairs along each of a plurality of paths between the first fault point and the second fault point and a bias data corresponding to each of the data point pairs along the plurality of pairs; and generating the fault path for display on the display of the computer to show an extracted fault.