Device and method for a lattice display
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsJacquelyn Martino, Nevenka Dimitrova, Kaushal Kurapati
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Abstract
Information nodes are dynamically organized and information related to each node is displayed in dependence upon a user's indicated reference node. The information related to the reference node is displayed prominently, and information items related to the other nodes are displayed with a prominence that reflects each node's degree of separation from the user selected reference node. Both size and position are used to indicate prominence. To present a consistent interface regardless of the user's point of reference, recursive techniques, such as fractal based algorithms, are used in a preferred embodiment.
Claims19
A display system comprising:
- a means for selecting a reference node from a plurality of nodes,
- a link distance determinator that determines a relational distance of each node of the plurality of nodes to the reference node,
- a layout generator that partitions a display area into a plurality of partitions, each partition of the plurality of partitions having a display prominence,
- a layout prominence allocator that allocates the plurality of nodes to the plurality of partitions in dependence upon the relational distance of each node to the reference node and the display prominence of each partition,
- wherein the layout generator is a fractal generator.
A method for displaying information related to a plurality of related nodes, comprising the steps of:
- creating a plurality of partitions, each partition of the plurality of partitions having a display prominence,
- selecting a reference node from the plurality of related nodes,
- allocating each partition of the plurality of partitions to each node of the plurality of related nodes in dependence upon the display prominence of each partition and a relational distance between each node and the reference node, and
- displaying the information related to each node of the plurality of related nodes at the partition allocated to each node,
- wherein the step of creating the plurality of partitions includes a generation of a fractal pattern.
A computer program stored on a computer readable medium for presenting information for display, comprising:
- a means for selecting a reference node from a plurality of nodes,
- a means for determining a relational distance of each node of the plurality of nodes to the reference node,
- a means for partitioning a display area into a plurality of partitions, each partition of the plurality of partitions having a display prominence,
- a means for allocating the plurality of nodes to the plurality of partitions in dependence upon the relational distance of each node to the reference node and the display prominence of each partition,
- wherein the means for partitioning the display area includes a fractal generator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.