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Image space display method and apparatus

US6853374B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 15, 2002
Grant dateFeb 8, 2005
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Expiry dateJul 25, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F18/40
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image space display method facilitates a user to grasp a feature space by assigning each feature to a respective one of dimensional axes of a display space. The image-space display method extracts features from images, hierarchically divides a feature space of the features, virtually converts the images into a tree structure, divides a display space according to the tree-structure, and displays the image space by displaying the images on each of the divided display spaces. In the method a tree-structure is generated for each of the features. Dimension data corresponding to a number of the features is generated by mapping each tree structure in one-dimension. The dimension data is displayed on the corresponding divided display spaces as display coordinate-axis data.

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