Graphical User Control for Multidimensional Data Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Navigating and analyzing multidimensional datasets, especially in complex environments like underwater operations, is challenging due to the high computational intensity and disorientation issues when lacking visual references.
Innovation Solution
A graphical user control that includes a wireframe cube for three-dimensional data selection, a selector box for choosing data subsets, a visual indicator for the fourth dimension, and navigation buttons to maintain perspective and orientation, allowing users to interactively select and visualize data subsets efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If graphical rendering of multiple-dimension datasets is implemented to enable free user navigation, then user interaction capability and decision-making ability are improved, but computational resource requirements and system complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The control interface is segmented into distinct functional components: a data cube for spatial navigation, a fourth dimension indicator for temporal/parameter selection, and navigation buttons for view control. This segmentation allows each component to handle specific aspects of data exploration independently, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive user interaction capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary control interface that mediates between the user and the complex multidimensional dataset. Instead of directly rendering and navigating the full multidimensional data space, the user interacts with the simplified control elements (cube, indicator, buttons) which then translate user intentions into data queries and visualizations, thereby reducing computational burden.
2Ease of operation
If graphical rendering of multiple-dimension datasets is implemented to enable free user navigation, then user interaction capability is improved, but computational resource requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential navigation and selection functions from the full graphical rendering system. Instead of rendering all multidimensional data simultaneously, the system extracts and displays only the relevant portions based on user selections made through the control interface, significantly reducing computational resource requirements while maintaining effective user interaction.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements partial action by rendering and processing only the subset of data that is currently selected and relevant to the user's exploration, rather than processing the entire multidimensional dataset. The fourth dimension indicator allows users to select specific ranges or values, enabling the system to focus computational resources on partial data subsets.
3Ease of operation
If visual references are removed or minimized in underwater environments, then operational simplicity is improved, but user disorientation and loss of directional context increase
Solution Approach 1:
The fourth dimension indicator uses color changes and visual distinctions to encode different dimensions and data types. This visual encoding provides directional and contextual information without requiring complex visual references, maintaining operational simplicity while preventing user disorientation through intuitive visual cues.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a fourth dimension indicator that represents an additional dimension (such as time or a parameter) perpendicular to the three-dimensional data cube. This dimensional addition provides users with extra contextual information and orientation references without complicating the basic three-dimensional navigation, thereby maintaining operational simplicity while enriching directional context.
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AI summary
A user control is provided for use with a multidimensional dataset that allows a user to graphically set the bounds for one or more of the dimensions of data selected from the dataset. The graphical user control includes a wireframe cube representing the extent of data in the dataset and a selector box within the data cube. A user can indicate a selected perspective and orientation of the data by selecting a portion of an edge of the selector box, and a visual indication of the selected perspective and orientation is provided. The user further can select a desired portion of the data by changing a size and/or a position of the selector box within the data cube. The graphical user control further includes a visual indicator representing the fourth dimension of the dataset and one or more navigation buttons.