# US 2013/0159327 A1 · Apparatus and method for visualizing data

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- Number: US 2013/0159327 A1
- Document ID: US20130159327A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/488,826
- Filed: 2012-06-05
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2011-12-15
- Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Inventors: Keon Woo Kim; Do Won Hong; Sung Kyong Un; Young Soo Kim; Woo Yong Choi; Sang Su Lee; Joo Young Lee; Su Hyung Jo; Youn Hee Gil
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130159327A1

## CPC

- G06Q 50/265: {Personal security, identity or safety}
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

Proposed is a data visualizing apparatus for visualizing data as effectual information using a correlation between forensic data collected from various sources. The proposed data visualizing apparatus may visualize, as effectual information, single-source single-data, single-source multi-data, and multi-source multi-data.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for visualizing data, comprising:
a single-data collecting unit to collect plural single-data having different formats;
a first multi-data generating unit to generate first multi-data using plural first single-data that is obtained from the collected plural single-data and has the same format;
a second multi-data generating unit to generate second multi-data using at least one of the plural first single-data, plural second single-data having a format different from the format of the plural first single-data, and the generated plural first multi-data; and
a data visualizer to visualize at least one of the collected plural single-data, the generated first multi-data, and the generated second multi-data.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the single-data collecting unit comprises:
a data obtaining unit to obtain plural data to be visualized among pre-stored plural data or to obtain plural data to be visualized from an external device;
a data parser to parse the obtained plural data;
a data generating unit to generate plural single-data by normalizing the parsed plural data; and
a format-based data collecting unit to collect plural single-data having different formats from the generated plural single-data.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the single-data collecting unit collects all the plural single-data having different formats from a single data collecting source, or designates a format to each data collecting source and then, collects only single-data having the designated format from each data collecting source.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first multi-data generating unit comprises:
a first data extracting unit to extract only plural single-data having any one format from among the collected plural single-data;
a first data relationship prescribing unit to prescribe a relationship between the extracted plural single-data by sorting the extracted plural single-data based on a predetermined criterion; and
a first data normalizing unit to generate the first multi-data by normalizing the relation-prescribed plural single-data.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The apparatus of claim 4, wherein when data to be visualized is parsed, the first data extracting unit collects the parsed data as plural single-data to be extracted.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the first data relationship prescribing unit prescribes the relationship between the plural single-data using a relationship between visualized plural data.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second multi-data generating unit comprises:
a second data extracting unit to extract only the generated plural first multi-data, to extract only the plural second single-data, or to mix and thereby extract at least two of at least one first single-data, at least one first multi-data, and at least one second single-data;
a second data relationship prescribing unit to prescribe a relationship between the extracted plural data by sorting the extracted plural data based on a predetermined criterion; and
a second data normalizing unit to generate the second multi-data by normalizing the relation-prescribed plural data.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The apparatus of claim 7, wherein when data to be visualized is parsed, the second data extracting unit collects the parsed data as plural single-data to be extracted.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the second data relationship prescribing unit prescribes a relationship between the plural single-data using relationship between visualized plural data.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data visualizer statically or dynamically visualizes data depending on whether user interaction exists.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The apparatus of claim 10, wherein when dynamically visualizing data, the data visualizer regenerates data to be visualized at predetermined time intervals and then, visualizes the regenerated data.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein data that the data visualizer is to visualize is forensic data.

### Claim 13

A method of visualizing data, comprising:
collecting plural single-data having different formats;
generating first multi-data using plural first single-data that is obtained from the collected plural single-data and has the same format;
generating second multi-data using at least one of the plural first single-data, plural second single-data having a format different from the format of the plural first single-data, and the generated plural first multi-data; and
visualizing at least one of the collected plural single-data, the generated first multi-data, and the generated second multi-data.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein the collecting of the single-data comprises:
obtaining plural data to be visualized among pre-stored plural data or obtaining plural data to be visualized from an external device;
parsing the obtained plural data;
generating plural single-data by normalizing the parsed plural data; and
collecting plural single-data having different formats from the generated plural single-data.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein the generating of the first multi-data comprises:
extracting only plural single-data having any one format from among the collected plural single-data;
prescribing a relationship between the extracted plural single-data by sorting the extracted plural single-data based on a predetermined criterion; and
generating the first multi-data by normalizing the relation-prescribed plural single-data.

### Claim 16 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein the generating of the second multi-data comprises:
extracting only the generated plural first multi-data, extracting only the plural second single-data, or mixing and thereby extracting at least two of at least one first single-data, at least one first multi-data, and at least one second single-data;
prescribing a relationship between the extracted plural data by sorting the extracted plural data based on a predetermined criterion; and
generating the second multi-data by normalizing the relation-prescribed plural data.

### Claim 17 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein the visualizing of the data statically or dynamically visualizes data depending on whether user interaction exists.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The method of claim 17, wherein the visualizing of the data regenerates data to be visualized at predetermined time intervals and then, visualizes the regenerated data when dynamically visualizing data.

### Claim 19 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein data to be visualized in the visualizing of the data is forensic data.