Data visualization apparatuses, computer-readable mediums, computer data signals embodied in a transmission medium, data visualization methods, and digital computer data visualization methods
US6466211B1 · kind B1 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 22, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 22, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99948
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Data visualization apparatuses, computer-readable mediums, computer data signals embodied in a transmission medium, data visualization methods, and digital computer data visualization methods are provided. According to one aspect of the present invention, a data visualization apparatus includes an image device configured to provide a visual image; and digital processing circuitry coupled with the image device and configured to access data including a plurality of themes, to generate a thematic illustration corresponding to the themes and having a plurality of outer contour lines which are spaced at varying distances relative to a reference line, and to control the image device to depict the thematic illustration.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.