Hierarchical Context Tree for 3D Object Attribute Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current 3D computer graphics software systems face challenges in efficiently organizing, selecting, and manipulating thousands of objects due to their complexity, which hinders real-time image rendering and editing processes.
Innovation Solution
A method and device for organizing software objects using a hierarchical tree structure with global subcontexts and contextualization directories, allowing objects to inherit attribute values from higher-level contexts, enabling efficient display and editing of attributes across multiple objects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a hierarchical tree structure with global subcontexts and contextualization directories is implemented, then ease of operation and consistency of attribute values improve, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the management of attribute values by introducing contextualization directories that organize values hierarchically. This segmentation allows complex attribute management to be broken down into manageable contexts, where each context can independently define and inherit values, thereby improving ease of operation while systematically handling the complexity through structured division.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a hierarchical dimension to attribute management by implementing global subcontexts and contextualization directories. This dimensional change transforms flat attribute storage into a multi-level hierarchy, enabling efficient inheritance and consistency management across thousands of objects without linearly increasing operational complexity.
2Productivity
If attribute values are shared across multiple objects through contextualization directories, then productivity improves, but manufacturing precision may be affected
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms through the hierarchical context structure, where changes to attribute values in parental contexts automatically propagate to child contexts and objects. This feedback loop ensures that consistency is maintained across shared attributes, allowing productivity improvements through value sharing without sacrificing precision, as the hierarchy enforces coherent updates throughout the system.
Solution Approach 2:
The contextualization directories perform preliminary organization of attribute values before they are assigned to objects. By pre-structuring values in a hierarchical framework with defined inheritance relationships, the system ensures that consistency rules are established in advance, preventing precision issues before they occur while enabling efficient batch editing across multiple objects.
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AI summary
The method of organizing a system of software objects having attributes comprises:a step (405, 410, 425, 440) of forming a hierarchical tree of groups of objects called “contexts”, the tree comprising a root context in which all the other contexts and all the objects are found, each object of said tree being in a so-called context;a step (428) of forming, for at least one context, a so-called “global” subcontext so as to expose objects from a point of the tree of contexts;a step (430) of forming, for at least one context, a so-called “contextualization” directory of values of attributes for the objects of said context; anda step (450) of allocating, to each attribute of an object of the tree to be displayed, the value of the higher-rank attribute of the same name, of the same type and with the same modifiers, to which a value has been allocated in a contextualization directory.