US 7,027,055 B2 · Data view of a modelling system

Abstract

An observation sub-system is described wherein in three-dimensional (3D) views of objects and their interactions over time are provided. Each different view is based on a fundamental visualization paradigm. Heavily interacting objects can be depicted as being located “close together”. Rules are created so as to define the position of objects not only from the perspective of whether interaction occurred, but also the amount of interaction, and the rate of interaction. Despite using proximity to show whether an object is interacting with another, further visual mechanisms are used for the user to be able to analyze the type of data interaction, and the current state of affairs of interaction within a specified time slice. There are two types of forces acting on objects in the data view universe, gravitational (as a result of the mass of an object) and electrostatic (as a result of the charge on an object).

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Dependent claims

A system for creating human observable objects in a modelling system consists of:

one or more representations of real or virtual objects;
one or more virtual universes wherein
a universe selection function determines whether a representation of a real or virtual object is presented as one or more virtual objects in one or more virtual universes;
and
a start position function determines the start position of a virtual object in a universe;
a mapping from a representation of a real or virtual object to a virtual object with one or more visual, aural or haptic attributes and force related properties such that the position of a virtual object in a universe is determined by the force-related properties of said virtual object and the relative position and force related properties of zero or more other virtual objects.

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Data view of a modelling system

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Abstract

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