Event data visualization tool
US8803884B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 24, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 6, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T11/206
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for visually depicting complex events. Software agents are preferably employed to assist the human operator by collecting, enriching, selecting, aggregating, and analyzing data so that patterns of interest can be visually flagged or otherwise emphasized in the visual display. Events are depicted as an “event flow” from a source surface to a destination surface. Intervening surfaces may also be defined. The point of origin on the source surface reveals some information about the event flow, as does the point of impact on the destination surface. The event flow may be mapped to one or more intervening surfaces in order to visually depict other characteristics of the event. The entire depiction is rendered in a simulated three-dimensional view. The user is preferably given the ability to pan, zoom, and reorient the vantage point from which the user “views” the depiction on the computer display.
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