Risk Visualization System Using Animated Impactor Objects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems fail to provide an effective visual analysis tool for comprehensively representing and analyzing uncertain risk, particularly in visualizing the cumulative adverse impacts on entities operating within systems, due to the complexity and randomness of adverse impactors and human biases.
Innovation Solution
A visualization system that generates and animates graphical objects representing entities and impactors as a function of confidence level, allowing users to intuitively understand the probabilistic effects of adverse impacts and the efficacy of impactor mitigators, by integrating specific rules and data models to present complex data in a simplified and intuitive manner.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If comprehensive visual analysis of cumulative adverse impacts is provided, then understanding of uncertain risk is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complex risk visualization into distinct graphical objects: entity graphical objects representing the target entity, impactor graphical objects representing adverse events, and impact mitigator graphical objects representing protective measures. Each graphical object type is rendered with specific visual characteristics that encode different risk parameters, allowing comprehensive risk analysis through organized visual separation rather than a monolithic complex display.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces graphical objects as intermediary representations between raw risk data and human perception. These graphical objects serve as mediators that translate complex probabilistic risk information into intuitive visual forms, enabling comprehensive risk understanding without requiring the user to directly process complex data structures or mathematical models.
2Measurement precision
If probabilistic data is visualized with high precision, then measurement precision of risk is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs color changes and visual encoding to represent probabilistic risk information. Different colors and visual intensities indicate different confidence levels and risk magnitudes, allowing users to quickly perceive precise risk measurements through intuitive color coding rather than numerical displays, thereby maintaining precision while improving ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms one-dimensional numerical risk data into multi-dimensional graphical representations. By encoding risk parameters across multiple visual dimensions (position, size, color, animation speed), the system presents precise probabilistic information in a way that is naturally easier for human operators to process and interpret.
3Ease of operation
If animation of impactor graphical objects is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamics by animating impactor graphical objects to move toward and interact with entity graphical objects. The animation speed, trajectory, and interaction effects are configured based on risk parameters such as impact probability and magnitude, providing intuitive visual feedback about risk characteristics while using standardized animation techniques to manage system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent maintains continuity of useful action through persistent graphical object rendering and smooth animations that continuously update risk visualizations. This allows users to follow risk evolution over time without interruption, improving intuitiveness while using efficient rendering techniques to avoid excessive computational complexity.
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AI summary
A visualization system includes one or more processors defining one or more process engines, a communications device in communication with at least one terminal device, and one or more memory devices. The one or more processors present, at the terminal device, a first visualization including one or more animated impactor graphical objects interacting with one or both of an entity type graphical object or one or more impactor mitigator graphical objects as a function of a confidence level index. In response to requested changes to the one or more impactor mitigator graphical objects, an entity visualization renderer can generate one or more alternate impactor mitigator graphical objects. A second visualization is then presented where the animated impactor graphical objects interact with one or both of the entity type graphical object or the one or more alternate impactor mitigator graphical objects as a function of the confidence level index.