Use of constructed three-dimensional geometries to efficiently represent time varying Cartesian data
US8471847B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 25, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jun 25, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 25, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T17/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computing device configured to render time-varying geographic data or other Cartesian data, for example on a map. The computing device includes a memory device, and processing hardware configured to access, from the memory device, data defining a three-dimensional object representing time-varying geographic data, the three-dimensional object defined in a three-dimensional coordinate space; to determine a two-dimensional plane in the three-dimensional coordinate space, the two-dimensional plane corresponding to a time value of interest; and to render, on a map, a shape defined by an intersection of the two-dimensional plane with the three-dimensional object.
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