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Computer method and apparatus for creating visible graphics by using a graph algebra

  • US 6,492,989 B1
  • Filed: 04/20/2000
  • Issued: 12/10/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/21/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for creating with a computer quantitative aesthetic graphics from data comprising the steps of:

  • indexing the data to form a data set;

    converting the data set into a variable data structure, where the variable data structure comprises an index set, a range, and a function, and wherein the converting the data set into a variable data structure further comprises monitoring the range of each variable to detect within the data set a value that is out of range so that errors in the data set are trapped;

    converting the variable data structure into a variable set by using at least one of a blend step, a cross step, and a nest step;

    mapping the variable set into a set of points; and

    mapping the set of points into an aesthetic representation.

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