US 12,106,434 B2
Generation of three dimensional geological model of geographic site
Yu Wang, Kowloon (HK); and Chao Shi, Kowloon (HK)
Assigned to City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon (HK)
Filed by City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon (HK)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/961,713.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/332,799, filed on Apr. 20, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0343029 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 17/05 (2011.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01)
CPC G06T 17/05 (2013.01) [G06F 18/2148 (2023.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for generating a 3D geological model of a subsurface volume of a geographic site, comprising:
processing, based on a machine-learning-based model,
(a) borehole data of a plurality of boreholes at the geographic site, the borehole data including data related to subsurface soil and/or rock information along at least part of each of the plurality of boreholes, and
(b) trusted geological data associated with the geographic site, wherein the trusted geological data includes data related to prior stratigraphic information associated with the geographic site that is representable as one or more 2D images of stratigraphic pattern associated with the geographic site,
to generate a plurality of geological cross-sections of the subsurface volume of the geographic site, each the plurality of geological cross-sections containing respective stratigraphic information;
applying the borehole data and the trusted geological data to a 3D coordinate system;
sequentially processing a plurality of slices for the subsurface volume in the 3D coordinate system based on the machine-learning-based model, to consecutively generate the plurality of geological cross-sections; and
forming the 3D geological model based on the generated geological cross-sections for display.