Apparatus storing a presentation of topological structures and methods of building and searching the representation
US5694534A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 13, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 2, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 13, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/5854
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A data storage medium storing a representation of a topological structure having topological features, on which is stored a digital data base including a plurality of carrier blocks of data representing the topological features t a given level of detail, each one of the carrier blocks being a representation of a carrier which is a closed set containing in its interior a given topological object. Also disclosed are methods for building the carrier blocks, for building a hierarchy of carrier blocks, and for searching the digital data base at all hierarchical levels.
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