Industrial Knowledge Graph Multi-View Hex Grid Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional industrial knowledge graphs suffer from excessive information density, overlapping visual elements, and rigid layouts, leading to poor user experience.
Innovation Solution
Implement a six-cornered grid layout with nodes positioned at the centers of hexagonal or quadrilateral grids, using connection lines such as straight, broken, or curved lines to display edges, and provide pseudo three-dimensional or three-dimensional views with progressive multiple views for enhanced user interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If conventional industrial knowledge graph layout is used, then information density is high, but visual elements overlap and user experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The knowledge graph is segmented into multiple hierarchical levels (global view, local view, focused view). Each level displays a subset of nodes and edges, preventing visual overlap while maintaining comprehensive information coverage. The graph is divided into visible portions and hidden portions that can be accessed through interaction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a temporal dimension through progressive disclosure and hierarchical viewing. Information is revealed in sequences rather than all at once, transforming the static 2D layout problem into a dynamic multi-temporal presentation that maintains clarity while preserving information density.
2Loss of information
If all nodes and edges are displayed simultaneously, then complete information is provided, but visual clutter increases and readability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary organization of nodes and edges into hierarchical groups before display. The global view pre-organizes all elements, then progressively reveals local views and focused views in a predetermined sequence, ensuring complete information is available but presented in manageable portions.
Solution Approach 2:
The display transitions from static to dynamic through user interaction. Nodes and edges dynamically appear and disappear as users navigate between global, local, and focused views. The hidden portion of the graph dynamically becomes visible through rotation and transformation operations.
3Device complexity
If fixed rigid layout is used, then structure is simple, but flexibility in navigation and focus is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The layout transforms from rigid to dynamic through multiple viewing modes. The knowledge graph can be displayed in global view showing overall structure, local views showing specific regions, and focused views highlighting particular nodes. Users can rotate and transform the graph to access different perspectives, providing navigation flexibility while maintaining structural organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system performs multiple functions through a unified interface: it maintains overall graph structure, enables local exploration, provides detailed node information, and allows rotational navigation. This multi-functional approach achieves versatility without proportionally increasing structural complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
Various embodiments include an industrial knowledge graph display method. An example includes: determining a six-cornered grid layout for an industrial knowledge graph, wherein a non-periphery grid is surrounded by six grids, and respective centers of the six grids form a hexagon; displaying a plurality of nodes in the industrial knowledge graph at respective centers of a plurality of grids in the six-cornered grid layout; and displaying a plurality of edges between the plurality of nodes based on a semantic relationship between the plurality of nodes by using at least one of the following connection lines: a straight line, a broken line, or a curve.