Core Sample Interpretation
CV detections → symbolic validation → confidence-aware report
Prototype (rules + model stubs)
1 · Problem & concept
Core Sample Interpretation & Validation System
What junior geologists do today
  • Visually scan long runs of drill-core photos and physical trays.
  • Mentally track fractures, veins, color changes, rock transitions and depth.
  • Transcribe free-text logs and qualitative impressions into spreadsheets.
  • Rely heavily on scarce senior review for consistency and plausibility checks.
Where this system helps
  • Turns raw core imagery into a structured, queryable representation.
  • Combines detection (fractures/veins/color change) with geological rules.
  • Produces confidence-aware interpretations that surface conflicts and uncertainty instead of hiding them.
  • Encodes institutional geological knowledge so junior teams can operate with higher baseline quality.
In one sentence: this is an AI-assisted logging copilot that sits between raw core photos and final human decisions, shouldering the repetitive detection and consistency checking work while keeping a geologist firmly in control.