Method and System for Associating Data with Figures
OwnerThomas Lembergerinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for associating data with figures is disclosed. The system comprises a figure storage database and one or more data files storing a plurality of data items associated with the plurality of figures. The system provides a curation tool that enables the association of the plurality of data items with legends on the figures and a computer-readable representation of the figure and enables searches of underlying data.
Claims17
A system for associating data with figures comprising
- a figure storage database for storage of a plurality of figures;
- one or more data files storing a plurality of data items associated with one of more of the plurality of figures or panels;
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- a curation tool adapted to access the figure storage database and the one or more data files in order to create links between elements of the plurality of figures and at least one set of the plurality of data items.
A method for creation of a figure representation database comprising
- identifying one or more legends associated with a figure;
- accessing a plurality of data items associated with the figure;
- associating the plurality of data items with at least one of the one or more legends;
- creating links between the at least one figure and at least one of the plurality of data items.
A method of deriving a graph from a figure representation database comprising accessing one or more metadata items in the figure representation database;
- associating one or more nodes of the graph metadata items representing components;
- associating one or more directed edges of the graph with the metadata items representing connections between the components;
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- displaying the graph on a display device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.