Orbital Path Visualization With Synchronized Graph Views
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current visualization systems for tracking space objects, such as satellites, face challenges in effectively displaying and managing vast amounts of data, including historical and real-time orbital data, which can be overwhelming and difficult to interpret due to the high dimensionality of the data sets.
Innovation Solution
A system is developed that includes a visualization interface capable of receiving and processing real-time and historical data, using a network configuration with various modules to generate interactive graphs like longitude-time, scalar-time, and longitude-latitude graphs, allowing users to pan, zoom, and synchronize axes for better data interpretation and management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If vast amounts of orbital data are displayed in traditional visualization systems, then data completeness is improved, but data interpretability deteriorates due to high dimensionality and overwhelming complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments orbital data into multiple synchronized graph views (longitude-time, scalar-time, longitude-latitude graphs), each displaying specific parameters. This allows comprehensive data representation while organizing information into manageable, interpretable sections that users can navigate independently.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a temporal dimension by synchronizing multiple graph views across different time points. Users can pan and zoom through time while maintaining synchronized views across different parameter spaces, transforming static high-dimensional data into an interactive temporal exploration experience.
2Device complexity
If traditional visualization interfaces are used for orbital data, then system simplicity is improved, but interaction capability deteriorates when handling high-dimensional data sets
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal synchronized graph interface that handles multiple types of orbital data (longitude, latitude, scalar parameters) across multiple time points using a single consistent interaction model. Users interact with all views through the same panning, zooming, and synchronization mechanisms, providing versatility without increasing operational complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a synchronization mechanism as an intermediary that coordinates multiple graph views. This mediator automatically adjusts display parameters across all views based on user interactions with any single view, enabling complex multi-parameter exploration through simple localized user actions.
3Loss of information
If comprehensive orbital parameters are displayed simultaneously, then information completeness is improved, but visual clarity deteriorates due to data density
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides comprehensive orbital parameters into separate synchronized graph views, each dedicated to specific parameter types (spatial coordinates, scalar values, temporal relationships). This segmentation prevents visual clutter while maintaining complete information availability across the synchronized views.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses the temporal dimension to separate information display across different time points while maintaining synchronization. Users can explore complete parameter sets at different moments in time, distributing information density across the time dimension rather than compressing it into a single overwhelming view.
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AI summary
A display system can be configured to receive, via a user interface, a first identifier associated with a first space object and determine a first maneuver of the first space object. The first maneuver can include a perturbation of the path of the first space object. Based on the first identifier and the first maneuver, the display system can identify one or more path parameters associated with a path of the first space object and generate a display interface. The display interface can include a longitude-time graph having a longitude axis spanning from a lower-longitude limit to an upper-longitude limit and a time axis spanning from the lower-time limit to the upper-time limit and an indication of the one or more path parameters.