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USING PERSPECTIVE TO VISUALIZE DATA

  • US 20170046872A1
  • Filed: 08/11/2015
  • Published: 02/16/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2015
  • Status: Active Application
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1. A system for allowing a user to visualize data, comprising:

  • a computing device comprising a display device; and

    a computer program having program modules executable by the computing device, the computing device being directed by the program modules of the computer program to,receive a dataset of data items comprising a plurality of data types wherein each data item is associated with a 2D region in a 2D arrangement of the data items,receive a request to visualize the dataset in three dimensions,generate a three-dimensional (3D) visualization of the dataset based on said request,said 3D visualization adding a third dimension to at least some of the data items of said 2D arrangement of data items, the extent of the third dimension for a data item being commensurate with the type and a value of the data item,said 3D visualization comprising an initial depiction of the dataset which is generated from a point of view that is specified by said request, anddisplay the initial depiction of the dataset on the display device in lieu of the dataset itself.

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