Patents by Inventor Dean WITTE

Dean WITTE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11704748
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for automatically correlating geologic tops. The system receives well logs from different well bores and each of the picks is added to a priority queue ordered by each pick's quality measure. User selected picks are assigned the highest level of quality measure. The system performs correlation by selecting a window of well log data about a pick selected from the top of the priority queue and then finding the best optimal match with a corresponding window in a neighboring wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Enverus, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian W. Grant, Stefan Compton, Dean Witte
  • Publication number: 20210150638
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for automatically correlating geologic tops. The system receives well logs from different well bores and each of the picks is added to a priority queue ordered by each pick's quality measure. User selected picks are assigned the highest level of quality measure. The system performs correlation by selecting a window of well log data about a pick selected from the top of the priority queue and then finding the best optimal match with a corresponding window in a neighboring wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Christian W. Grant, Stefan Compton, Dean Witte
  • Patent number: 10853893
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for automatically correlating geologic tops. The system receives well logs from different well bores and each of the picks is added to a priority queue ordered by each pick's quality measure. User selected picks are assigned the highest level of quality measure. The system performs correlation by selecting a window of well log data about a pick selected from the top of the priority queue and then finding the best optimal match with a corresponding window in a neighboring wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Drilling Info, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian W. Grant, Stefan Compton, Dean Witte
  • Patent number: 10776967
    Abstract: A system and method for well log vectorization are described that assist geologists or other technicians to rapidly and accurately vectorize well log curves that are visually evident in a raster well log image. The resulting digital well log curves are instrumental for qualitative interpretation and quantitative analysis of geologic information measured along well bores. The system and method simplifies and makes more efficient and accurate the process of vectorizing well log curves that are displayed in a digital raster log image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Drilling Info, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Witte, Isaac Witte, Ran Xuan
  • Publication number: 20180253873
    Abstract: A system and method for well log vectorization are described that assist geologists or other technicians to rapidly and accurately vectorize well log curves that are visually evident in a raster well log image. The resulting digital well log curves are instrumental for qualitative interpretation and quantitative analysis of geologic information measured along well bores. The system and method simplifies and makes more efficient and accurate the process of vectorizing well log curves that are displayed in a digital raster log image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Dean Witte, Isaac Witte, Ran Xuan
  • Publication number: 20180225778
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for automatically correlating geologic tops. The system receives well logs from different well bores and each of the picks is added to a priority queue ordered by each pick's quality measure. User selected picks are assigned the highest level of quality measure. The system performs correlation by selecting a window of well log data about a pick selected from the top of the priority queue and then finding the best optimal match with a corresponding window in a neighboring wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Christian W. Grant, Stefan Compton, Dean Witte
  • Patent number: 9911210
    Abstract: A system and method for well log vectorization are described that assist geologists or other technicians to rapidly and accurately vectorize well log curves that are visually evident in a raster well log image. The resulting digital well log curves are instrumental for qualitative interpretation and quantitative analysis of geologic information measured along well bores. The system and method simplifies and makes more efficient and accurate the process of vectorizing well log curves that are displayed in a digital raster log image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: DRILLING INFO, INC.
    Inventors: Dean Witte, Isaac Witte, Ran Xuan
  • Publication number: 20140316706
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for automatically correlating geologic tops. The system receives well logs from different well bores and one or more user seed picks identifying a well top to be correlated. Each of the seed picks is added to a priority queue ordered by each pick's confidence. User selected picks are assigned the highest level of confidence. The system performs correlation by selecting a window of well log data about a user's manual pick, selected from the top of the priority queue, and then finding the best optimal match with a corresponding window in a neighboring wellbore. That new pick is then estimated in the target well using a correlation function. A quality value and a confidence value may then be calculated for each pick using some correlation function, for example dynamic time warping, and added to the priority queue according to the confidence value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Drilling Info, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Grant, Dean WITTE