METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AND ARRANGING DATA 3-DIMENSIONALLY

• US 20110122125A1
• Filed: 10/29/2010
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jin-Ho Yoon
• Original Assignee: Jin-Ho Yoon
• Inventors: YOON, Jin-Ho
• Application Number:
  US12/915,845
• Publication Number:
  US 20110122125A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/358 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs

Abstract

A three-dimensional data displaying method includes: rendering a three-dimensional matrix image by arranging meta information representing data entries at coordinates composed of a horizontal axis component, a vertical axis component, and an azimuth component, based on arrangement information, with respect to structured data entries including the meta information and the arrangement information; and displaying the three-dimensional matrix on a screen. The meta information may include a topic word and a visual display, and the arrangement information may include a first classification attribute corresponding to the horizontal axis component, a second classification attribute corresponding to the vertical axis component, and a third classification attribute corresponding to the azimuth component.

Claims

1. A three-dimensional data displaying method comprising:

rendering a three-dimensional matrix image by arranging meta information representing data entries at coordinates composed of a horizontal axis component, a vertical axis component, and an azimuth component, based on arrangement information, with respect to structured data entries including the meta information and the arrangement information; and

displaying the three-dimensional matrix on a screen.

2. The three-dimensional data displaying method of claim 1, wherein the meta information comprises a topic word and a visual display, and the arrangement information comprises a first classification attribute corresponding to the horizontal axis component, a second classification attribute corresponding to the vertical axis component, and a third classification attribute corresponding to the azimuth component.

3. The three-dimensional data displaying method of claim 2, further comprising:

searching data; and

processing the searched data into the structured data entries, based on the classification attributes of the searched data.

4. The three-dimensional displaying method of claim 3, wherein the processing of the structured data entries comprises:

extracting at least three classification attributes with respect to the searched data;

extracting common upper-level concepts with respect to the extracted classification attributes;

setting the classification attributes, which belong to two most common upper-level concepts among the extracted upper-level concepts, as first classification attributes corresponding to a horizontal axis component and second classification attributes corresponding to a vertical axis component; and

setting the classification attributes, which belong to a plurality of partially common upper-level concepts among the remaining classification attributes, as a third classification attribute corresponding to an azimuth component.

5. The three-dimensional data displaying method of claim 2, wherein the three-dimensional matrix is visualized so that visual information among the meta information is disposed at the coordinates, and the three-dimensional data displaying method further comprises displaying visual information and a topic word among the meta information on an auxiliary display area with respect to coordinates a user selects in the three-dimensional matrix.

6. A three-dimensional data displaying system comprising:

a matrix generation unit configured to allocate coordinates composed of a horizontal axis component, a vertical axis component, and an azimuth component, based on arrangement information, with respect to structured data entries including meta information and the arrangement information; and

a three-dimensional display unit configured to render a three-dimensional matrix image by arranging the meta information representing the data entries at the coordinates.

7. The three-dimensional data displaying system of claim 6, wherein the meta information comprises a topic word and a visual display, and the arrangement information comprises a first classification attribute corresponding to the horizontal axis component, a second classification attribute corresponding to the vertical axis component, and a third classification attribute corresponding to the azimuth component.

8. The three-dimensional data displaying system of claim 7, further comprising an entry database including the structured data.

9. The three-dimensional data displaying system of claim 7, further comprising:

a search database; and

a data structuring unit configured to process the searched data into the structured data entries, based on the classification attributes of the data searched from the search database.

10. The three-dimensional displaying system of claim 9, wherein the data structuring unit is configured to extract at least three classification attributes with respect to the searched data, extract common upper-level concepts with respect to the extracted classification attributes, set the classification attributes, which belong to two most common upper-level concepts among the extracted upper-level concepts, as first classification attributes corresponding to a horizontal axis component and second classification attributes corresponding to a vertical axis component, and set the classification attributes, which belong to a plurality of partially common upper-level concepts among the remaining classification attributes, as a third classification attribute corresponding to an azimuth component.

11. The three-dimensional data displaying system of claim 7, wherein the three-dimensional matrix is visualized so that visual information among the meta information is disposed at the coordinates, and the three-dimensional data displaying system further comprises a two-dimensional display unit configured to display visual information and a topic word among the meta information on an auxiliary display area with respect to coordinates a user selects in the three-dimensional matrix.

12. A three-dimensional data displaying system comprising:

a server including a matrix generation unit configured to allocate coordinates composed of a horizontal axis component, a vertical axis component, and an azimuth component, based on arrangement information, with respect to structured data entries including meta information and the arrangement information; and

a three-dimensional display unit configured to render a three-dimensional matrix image by arranging the meta information representing the data entries at the coordinates.