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US 2003/0194116 A1Published application
Visualization of information with an established order
AssigneeBattelle Memorial Institute
InventorsPak Chung Wong, Harlan P. Foote, James J. Thomas, Kwong-Kwok Wong
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Abstract
Among the embodiments of the present invention is a system including one or more processors operable to access data representative of a biopolymer sequence of monomer units. The one or more processors are further operable to establish a pattern corresponding to at least one fractal curve and generate one or more output signals corresponding to a number of image elements each representative of one of the monomer units. Also included is a display device responsive to the one or more output signals to visualize the biopolymer sequence by displaying the image elements in accordance with the pattern.
Claims76
A method, comprising:
- selecting a biopolymer sequence of at least 100,000 monomer units;
- displaying an image to represent the sequence, the image including at least 100,000 image elements spatially ordered in correspondence to monomer unit order of the sequence, the elements each representing at least one of the monomer units and varying in color in correspondence to variation in monomer unit type;
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- adjusting one or more color parameters of the image as a function of the elements to visually distinguish different segments of the sequence.
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A method, comprising:
- selecting a biopolymer sequence of at least 100,000 monomer units, the monomer units each being one of a number of different types;
- providing an visualization image including at least 100,000 image elements to represent the sequence, the image elements each representing at least one of the monomer units with one of a number of appearances that vary in accordance with variation of monomer unit type;
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- spatially ordering the image elements in the visualization image in accordance with monomer unit order of the sequence.
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A method, comprising:
- generating a first visualization of a biopolymer sequence of monomer units;
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- representing the sequence of the monomer units in the first visualization with a first sequence of image elements spatially ordered in accordance with a repeating folded line segment pattern.
A method, comprising:
- displaying an image including several image elements to visualize a biopolymer sequence of monomer units, the image elements each representing at least one of the monomer units and varying in color relative to variation of monomer unit type;
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- arranging the image elements in a spatial order that progresses relative to a turning path, one portion of the path progressing in a first direction and another portion of the path progressing in a second direction opposite the first direction.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a device carrying instructions executable with computer equipment to:
- access data corresponding to a biopolymer sequence of at least 100,000 monomer units;
- represent the sequence with at least 100,000 image elements each corresponding to one of the monomer units and varying in color in correspondence to variation of monomer unit type;
- and display an image including the image elements arranged in a repeating folded line segment pattern to visualize the sequence.
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A system, comprising:
- one or more processors operable to access data representative of a biopolymer sequence of monomer units and generate one or more output signals corresponding to a pattern of image elements each representative of at least one of the monomer units with color of the image elements varying to correspond to variation in monomer unit type, the pattern spatially ordering the image elements in correspondence to monomer unit order of the sequence, the pattern corresponding to a repeating folded line segment;
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- a device responsive to the one or more output signals to display the image elements in accordance with the pattern to visualize the biopolymer sequence.
A system, comprising:
- means for accessing information having an a priori order, the information corresponding to at least one of time-series data and a polymer sequence of monomer units of different types;
- means for determining a sequence of image elements in correspondence to the order of the information;
- means for filtering as a function of the image elements;
- means for adjusting one or more color parameters of the image elements;
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- means for displaying the image elements in accordance with a pattern corresponding to a fractal with a fractal dimension of at least two.
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A method, comprising:
- selecting a display pattern to represent a biopolymer sequence, the display pattern corresponding to a fractal with a fractal dimension of at least two;
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- at least partially filling a matrix of display locations in accordance with the display pattern to visualize the biopolymer sequence.
A method, comprising:
- selecting a sequence of nucleotide bases;
- providing a visualization of the sequence of nucleotide bases with a corresponding sequence of image elements, the image elements each corresponding to at least one of the bases and varying in color with variation of different nucleotide base types;
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- wherein the visualization includes a first area with one coloration surrounded by a second area of a different coloration, the first area representing one sequence segment of at least 1000 nucleotide bases and the second area representing one or more other sequence segments of the nucleotide bases.
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The method of claim 66, wherein the image elements are each in the form of one or more pixels, and said providing includes adjusting the color of at least a portion of the image elements in correspondence with an equalization histogram.
A method, comprising:
- displaying a first visualization including a first image element sequence to represent a nucleotide base sequence defining a first genome;
- displaying a second visualization including a second image element sequence to represent another nucleotide base sequence defining a second genome;
- comparing the first visualization and the second visualization;
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- realigning one of the first image element sequence and the second image element sequence based on said comparing.
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A method, comprising:
- displaying a first visualization including a first image element sequence to represent a nucleotide base sequence defining a first genome;
- displaying a second visualization including a second image element sequence to represent a second nucleotide base sequence defining a second genome;
- displaying a third visualization including a third image element sequence to represent a third nucleotide base sequence defining a third genome;
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- wherein said displaying the first visualization, said displaying the second visualization, and said displaying the third visualization occur simultaneously for a period of time on a graphic computer monitor display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.