DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD

• US 20110066964A1
• Filed: 04/07/2010
• Published: 03/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHEONG, Yun Gyung
• Granted Patent: US 9,448,774 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/154 Tree transformation for tree-structured or markup documents, e.g. XSLT, XSL-FO or stylesheets
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces

Abstract

A data processing and displaying apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus and method may visualize and display interactive contents to be easily recognized where a number of nodes is large or branches are complex for visualized graph-typed input data. The data processing apparatus and method may also selectively display a portion of nodes or conditions desired by a user based on a particular user input.

Claims

1. A data processing apparatus, comprising:

a data analyzer configured to analyze input data comprising a graph structure, and to verify at least one of a precondition and a post-condition of each node included in the input data;

an interface generator configured to allocate one or more interfaces comprising a different type of interface for each type of precondition and post-condition; and

a display unit configured to visualize and display the input data based on the one or more allocated interfaces.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the data analyzer is further configured to verify a predicate and a predicate object with respect to at least one of the precondition and the post-condition of each node included in the input data; and

the interface generator is further configured to allocate a different interface for each type of predicate and predicate object.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the interface generator is further configured to allocate a different color for each type of interface for each type of precondition and post-condition.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the interface generator is further configured to allocate an interface comprising a color comprising a low brightness to a condition comprising a high frequency.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the interface generator is further configured to allocate an interface comprising a color comprising a low saturation to a condition comprising a high frequency.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the interface generator is further configured to allocate a different shaped interface for each type of precondition and post-condition.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the interface generator is further configured to allocate an interface comprising a high complexity shape to a condition comprising a high frequency.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the display unit is further configured to visualize and display each node included in the input data; and

in response to a user input targeting a first node being detected, the display unit is further configured to visualize and display a node sharing the same condition as the first node to be distinguishable from other nodes.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the display unit is further configured to visualize and display each node included in the input data; and

in response to a user input targeting a first condition being detected, the display unit is further configured to visualize and display a condition comprising the same condition as the first condition to be distinguishable from other conditions.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the user input comprises a mouse cursor approaching a portion of the visualized and displayed first condition.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein, in response to the display unit visualizing and displaying a condition comprising the same condition as the first condition to be distinguishable from the other conditions, the display unit is further configured to perform a twinkling process for a visualized and displayed condition corresponding to the same condition as the first condition.

12. A data processing method of a data processing apparatus, the method comprising:

analyzing input data comprising a graph structure;

verifying at least one of a precondition and a post-condition for each node included in the input data;

allocating one or more interfaces comprising a different type of interface for each type of precondition and post-condition; and

visualizing and displaying the input data based on the one or more allocated interfaces.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the analyzing comprises:

verifying the at least one precondition and post-condition of each node included in the input data; and

verifying a predicate and a predicate object with respect to the at least one precondition and post-condition of each node included in the input data.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the allocating and the generating comprises allocating a different interface for each type of predicate and predicate object.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the allocating comprises allocating a different color for each type of interface for each type of precondition and post-condition.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the allocating comprises allocating an interface comprising a color comprising a low brightness to a condition comprising a high frequency.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the allocating comprises allocating a different shaped interface for each type of precondition and post-condition.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the allocating comprises allocating an interface comprising a high complexity shape to a condition comprising a high frequency.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the visualizing and the displaying comprises:

visualizing and displaying each node included in the input data;

visualizing and displaying a node sharing the same condition as a first node to be distinguishable from other nodes, when a user input targeting the first node is detected; and

visualizing and displaying the same condition as a first condition to be distinguishable from conditions of the other nodes, when a user input targeting the first condition is detected.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable instructions to cause a processor to implement a method, comprising:

analyzing input data comprising a graph structure;

verifying at least one of a precondition and a post-condition for each node included in the input data;

allocating one or more interfaces including a different type of interface for each type of precondition and post-condition; and

visualizing and displaying the input data based on the one or more allocated interfaces.