Data visualization methods
AssigneeNew BIS Safe Luxco S.à r.l
InventorsAndrew John CARDNO, Peter Stewart INGHAM, Bart Andrew LEWIN, Ashok Kumar SINGH
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Abstract
A method of creating a graphical representation of data points in the form of a heatmap wherein the heatmap represents a plurality of multi-directional flow values between the data points, the method including the steps of: positioning data points on a heatmap for graphical representation, calculating bi-directional flow values between at least a first and second data point, determining the intensity and direction of a predominant flow from the bi-directional flow values, and graphically representing the predominant flow and bi-directional flows between the data points in the heatmap.
Claims22
A method of creating a graphical representation of data points in the form of a heatmap wherein the heatmap represents a plurality of multi-directional flow values between the data points, the method including the steps of:
- positioning data points on a heatmap for graphical representation;
- calculating bi-directional flow values between at least a first and a first and second data point;
- determining the intensity and direction of a predominant flow from the bi-directional flow values;
- calculating weighted heat values for an area on the heatmap based on the bi-directional flow values near the area, the distance the bi-directional flow values are from the area and flow start values for the data points;
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- graphically representing the predominant flow, the bi-directional flows between the data points and the calculated weighted heat values in the heatmap.
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A graphical computing system for creating a graphical representation of data points in the form of a heatmap wherein the heatmap represents a plurality of multi-directional flow values between the data points, the system including:
- a node determination module arranged to position data points on a heatmap for graphical representation;
- a flow determination module arranged to calculate bi-directional flow values between at least a first and second data point;
- a heat determination module arranged to calculate the intensity and direction of a predominant flow from the bi-directional flow values and further arranged to calculate weighted heat values for an area on the heatmap based on the bi-directional flow values near the area, the distance the bi-directional flow values are from the area, and flow start values for the data points;
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- a rendering module arranged to graphically representing the predominant flow, bi-directional flows between the data points and the calculated weighted heat values in the heatmap.
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