Displaying arbitrary relationships in a tree-map visualization
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorRobert Thomas Uthe
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Abstract
A treemap visualization system can include a treemap configured to visualize a set of nodes. The treemap visualization system also can include an event handler programmed to process a proximity event associated with a specific portion of the treemap. The event handler can process the proximity event by visually coupling selected nodes which are inter-related to a node associated with the proximity event. The system further can include logic for displaying a direction for each inter-relationship between the selected nodes and the node associated with the proximity event. In this regard, the proximity event can include a mouse-over event, a mouse-click event, and a keyboard selection event.
Claims23
A method, within a treemap visualization hardware system, for presenting inter-related nodes in a treemap, the treemap comprising hierarchical information to a rectangular 2-D display in a space-filling manner in which the entirely of a designated display space is utilized, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting, by the treemap visualization hardware system, a proximity event about a representation for a node in the treemap;
- determining through said representation at least one inter-related node;
- and,
- highlighting said nodes and drawing a linkage in said treemap between said nodes.
A treemap, the treemap comprising hierarchical information to a rectangular 2-D display in a space-filling manner in which the entirely of a designated display space is utilized, visualization hardware system comprising:
- a treemap configured to visualize a set of nodes;
- and a processor including an event handler programmed to process a proximity event associated with a specific portion of said treemap by visually coupling selected nodes which are interrelated to a node associated with said proximity event.
A machine readable storage having stored thereon a computer program for presenting inter-related nodes in a treemap, the treemap comprising hierarchical information to a rectangular 2-D display in a space-filling manner in which the entirely of a designated display space is utilized, the computer program comprising a routine set of instructions for causing the machine to perform the steps of:
- detecting a proximity event about a representation for a node in the treemap;
- determining through said representation at least one inter-related node;
- and, highlighting said nodes and drawing a linkage in said treemap between said nodes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.