US 7,539,578 B2
	VH signal integration measure for seismic data
Erik Hans Saenger, Zürich (Switzerland)
Assigned to Spectraseis AG, Zurich (Switzerland)
Filed on Jul. 02, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/772,344.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/806455, filed on Jun. 30, 2006.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/938497, filed on May 17, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2008/0021656 A1, Jan. 24, 2008
Int. Cl. G01V 1/30 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 702—14  [702/16; 367/9; 367/47]

12 Claims

1. A set of application program interfaces embodied on a computer readable medium for execution on a processor in conjunction with an application program for determining an V/H integration-measure for displaying a hydrocarbon potential indicator determined from seismic data comprising: a first interface that receives data to determine a frequency spectrum for three component seismic data; a second interface that receives a selected minimum amplitude value; a third interface that receives a ratio of a vertical component of the seismic data to the merged horizontal component to obtain a V/H ratio; and a fourth interface that receives a V/H integration-measure from the integration of the V/H_ratio for an area bounded by the selected minimum-amplitude value and the amplitude values greater than the selected minimum-amplitude value.