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Patent No.:

US 12315137 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2021

Cuttings imaging for determining geological properties

Applicant:

Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Inventor:

Simone Di Santo, Dhahran, SA;

Assignee:

SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Attorney:

Jeffrey D. Frantz

Primary Examiner:

Emily C Terrell

Assistant Examiner:

Amanda H Pearson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); E21B 21/06 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/27 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/001 (2013.01); E21B 49/005 (2013.01); G01N 21/27 (2013.01); G01N 33/24 (2013.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); E21B 21/066 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30164 (2013.01);
Abstract

Digital image processing a digital image of sample drill cuttings retrieved from a geological formation and related methods include identifying individual zones in the image that depict at least a predetermined minimum heterogeneity of a first physical property, extracting particles in each identified zone that depict a second physical property within a predetermined quantitative range, and measuring a third physical property of each extracted particle. The first physical property may be texture, size, color, or spectral response within the zone. The second physical property may be brightness, color, contrast, hue, saturation, or wavelet energy. The third physical property may be size or color.

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Di Santo, Simone. (2025). Cuttings imaging for determining geological properties (U.S. Patent No. 12315137). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12315137

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