Visual analytics for spatial clustering
US9292591B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 1, 2014 |
| Grant date | Mar 22, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 11, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/287
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computerized clustering method. The method comprises receiving a spatial point dataset comprising a plurality of spatial points in a space, heuristically calculating, using a processor, a plurality of α-shape based segmentations such that each of the plurality of α-shape based segmentations defines a plurality of polygonal areas that cluster the plurality of spatial points in a plurality of clusters which collectively bounds the plurality of spatial points, presenting to an operator in each sequential iteration of a plurality of sequential iterations another of the plurality of α-shape based segmentations, and selecting by the operator one or more of the plurality of α-shape based segmentations.
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