3D Geometric Interface for Dynamic Data Facet Rotation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current graphical user interfaces often suffer from information overload and inefficiency in data display and manipulation, leading to poor data comprehension due to static or cumbersome designs, which fail to effectively manage complex data sets and provide dynamic filtering capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A geometric graphical user interface is introduced that allows dynamic rotation of a three-dimensional interface, with two-dimensional sides or cross-sections displaying different facets of data, enabling users to select filters and drill down through multiple levels, maintaining filtration consistency across sections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a static graphical user interface is used to display data, then the interface structure is simple and easy to implement, but the data comprehension efficiency is poor and the interface cannot dynamically manipulate multiple facets of data
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a traditional two-dimensional static interface to a three-dimensional interface that can be rotated to display multiple facets of data. This dimensional change allows users to explore data from different perspectives (different facets) without requiring multiple separate static views, thereby improving data comprehension efficiency while maintaining a unified interface structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface incorporates dynamic rotation capability that allows users to interactively change the viewing angle and access different facets of the same data set. This dynamic behavior enables efficient data manipulation and comprehension by presenting relevant information in context, resolving the contradiction between simplicity and functionality.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a three-dimensional interface with multiple facets is implemented, then dynamic data manipulation and multiple viewing angles are achieved, but the interface complexity and implementation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The three-dimensional interface serves multiple functions within a single unified structure: it displays different facets of data, maintains contextual relationships between facets, provides rotation and navigation capabilities, and preserves filter states across facet transitions. This multi-functionality achieves high adaptability without requiring multiple separate systems or complex workarounds.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface employs a hierarchical structure where filters and data illustrations are nested within the three-dimensional context. The filter state is maintained at a higher level and automatically applies across different facets (nested levels), reducing the complexity of managing multiple independent views while preserving comprehensive data manipulation capability.
3Ease of operation
If filters are applied to each facet independently, then each facet can be customized, but the interface becomes cumbersome and filter management becomes inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges filter management into a unified system that operates across all facets simultaneously. A single filter selection is applied consistently to multiple facets of the data, eliminating the need to independently configure filters for each facet. This combining of filter operations simplifies the interface and improves operational efficiency while maintaining the ability to customize data views.
Data Source
AI summary
System and methods are provided for displaying dynamic content on a graphical user interface. A first data illustration of a first facet of data is displayed in a first two-dimensional interface, wherein the first two-dimensional interface corresponds to a side or cross-section of a three-dimensional interface, and the first two-dimensional interface displays a plurality of filters for the first data illustration. A selection for one of the plurality of filters and a selection to display a second facet of data are received from a user. A dynamic rotation of the three-dimensional interface to a second side or cross-section that corresponds to a second two-dimensional interface is displayed, wherein a second data illustration of the second facet of data is displayed in the second interface, the second data illustration being filtered according to the selected filter.