CPC E21B 49/005 (2013.01) [G01N 15/0227 (2013.01); G01N 15/1433 (2024.01); G01N 33/24 (2013.01); G06T 7/40 (2013.01); E21B 21/066 (2013.01); E21B 44/00 (2013.01); E21B 2200/20 (2020.05); G06T 2207/10004 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method, comprising:
calibrating, via an analysis and control system, one or more photographs that depict a plurality of cuttings;
identifying, via the analysis and control system, one or more individual cuttings of the plurality of cuttings depicted in the one or more calibrated photographs;
extracting, via the analysis and control system, morphological, color, texture, grain size, and grain distribution data from each individual cutting of the one or more individual cuttings;
performing, via the analysis and control system, lithological classification of the one or more individual cuttings at a plurality of hierarchical levels based at least in part on the extracted morphological, color, texture, grain size, and grain distribution data; and
presenting, via the analysis and control system, a consolidated results summary of the lithological classification of the one or more individual cuttings at the plurality of hierarchical levels via the analysis and control system.
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