# US 2018/0322608 A1 · Distributed and parallelized visualization framework

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- Number: US 2018/0322608 A1
- Document ID: US20180322608A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/037,561
- Filed: 2018-07-17
- Published: 2018-11-08
- Earliest claimed: 2017-01-23
- Assignees: Kinetica DB, Inc.
- Applicants: Kinetica DB, Inc.
- Inventors: Amit Vij; Nima Negahban; Eli Glaser; Byungil Jeong
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180322608A1

## CPC

- G06T 1/20: Processor architectures; Processor configuration, e.g. pipelining
- G06F 7/08: Sorting, i.e. grouping record carriers in numerical or other ordered sequence according to the classification of at least some of the information they carry (by merging two or more sets of carriers in ordered sequence G06F7/16)
- G06F 7/14: Merging, i.e. combining at least two sets of record carriers each arranged in the same ordered sequence to produce a single set having the same ordered sequence
- G06F 16/2246: {Trees, e.g. B+trees}
- G06F 16/2282: {Tablespace storage structures; Management thereof}
- G06F 16/26: Visual data mining; Browsing structured data
- G06T 1/60: Memory management
- G06T 2210/12: Bounding box
- G06T 2210/36: Level of detail
- H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
- G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

A technique for rendering database data in visualized form using a distributed computer system including a plurality of networked worker nodes each including a graphics processing unit (GPU) is disclosed. The technique includes receiving, at a head node, a user request to render data, forwarding the request to the worker nodes, processing, in parallel, by the worker nodes, chunks of respective shards of data to be rendered. The technique also includes merging, in parallel, by each of the worker nodes, initial images formed by the processing within respective shards, to form a plurality of integrated images, merging, in parallel, respective integrated images to form worker node images, and transmitting respective worker node images to the sink node. The technique also includes merging the worker node images to form a final image, converting the final image to an output image, and providing the output image to the user.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of rendering database data in visualized form using a distributed computer system as shown and described.