Dynamic Number Sizing and Color Depth for Data Assessment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems struggle to provide a clear and quick assessment of large datasets with numerous numbers, as they often overwhelm users with varying values, making it difficult to discern important information.
Innovation Solution
A system that uses a processor to display numbers with dynamic sizing and color depth based on their values, allowing prominent display of higher values through increased size and color intensity, utilizing linear or non-linear functions to determine optimal display parameters.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a large number of data are displayed on the display, then the quantity of information is increased, but the ease of assessment and overview is deteriorated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by varying the visual properties (size, color depth, background color) of different numbers based on their individual values. High values are displayed with larger font sizes and deeper color saturation, while low values use smaller sizes and lighter colors. This allows each number to have differentiated visual characteristics that reflect its significance, enabling users to quickly assess the data without being overwhelmed by uniform presentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes color changes by adjusting the color depth and background color intensity based on numerical values. Numbers with higher values are displayed with deeper, more saturated colors and darker backgrounds, while lower values use lighter colors. This color differentiation creates a visual hierarchy that helps users rapidly identify and assess important data points among large datasets.
2Device complexity
If uniform size and color are used for all numbers, then the device complexity is reduced, but the ease of detecting and measuring important values is deteriorated
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of using uniform display properties for all numbers, the patent implements local quality by dynamically adjusting the size, color depth, and background color of each number based on its value. This creates visually distinct representations that make important values easily detectable while maintaining a relatively simple implementation through automated styling rules.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies parameter changes by varying multiple display parameters (font size, color saturation, background opacity) based on the numerical values. These parameter adjustments create a visual scale where the magnitude of numbers is directly reflected in their visual prominence, making it easy to identify and compare important values without complex manual formatting.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention is directed to a system comprising providing means for providing numbers to user, comprising display means for displaying said provided numbers, each number having a value, wherein the system furthermore comprises determination means which is adapted to calculate the size of the number dependent on said value and/or wherein the determination means is adapted to calculate the depth of the color of the number or the depth of the color of background of the number dependent on said value, wherein the determination means is further adapted to elect the size of the number the larger the larger the value of the number is and/or to elect the depth of the color the larger the larger the value of the number is, and wherein the display means is adapted to display the number in the determined size and/or to display the color in the determined depth.