Virtual Resource Graphical Display for Visual Noise Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional graphical representations of performance data in virtualized computing environments, such as those using VMware vSphere, often fail to effectively highlight relevant data in an efficient and easy-to-understand manner, making it challenging to visualize and analyze resource usage effectively.
Innovation Solution
A process is introduced to enhance graphical representations by identifying and joining overlapping resource usage data series, reducing empty regions, and applying enlargement and reduction factors to data and empty regions respectively, to create a more interpretable chart that emphasizes utilized resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional graphical representations are used to display performance data, then all data series are displayed, but relevant data is not highlighted efficiently and empty regions create visual noise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes empty or non-informative regions from the graphical representation, keeping only the portions that contain meaningful performance data. This extraction process eliminates visual noise while preserving all relevant information, directly addressing the contradiction between displaying complete data and ensuring ease of understanding.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of displaying the complete graphical representation as conventionally done, the patent inverts the approach by displaying only the inverted or complementary portion—that is, the relevant data portions while omitting empty regions. This inversion resolves the contradiction by making relevant data stand out without losing information.
2Loss of information
If all resource usage data series are displayed in conventional graphs, then complete data coverage is achieved, but overlapping series create confusion and empty regions reduce clarity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential information from overlapping data series by removing redundant or empty portions. This extraction maintains complete data coverage while simplifying the visual representation, thereby reducing complexity without losing information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies an inverted display approach where instead of showing all data series in their conventional overlapping arrangement, it presents the data in an inverted format that separates overlapping series and eliminates empty regions, reducing visual complexity while preserving data completeness.
3Loss of information
If conventional graphical representations are used, then data coverage is complete, but visual noise from empty regions makes analysis challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes empty regions that create visual noise, keeping only the portions containing performance data. This extraction maintains complete data coverage while improving measurement precision by eliminating distracting empty spaces that interfere with accurate analysis.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent inverts the conventional display by presenting only the relevant data portions in an inverted arrangement, excluding empty regions. This inversion preserves data coverage while enhancing measurement precision by removing visual noise that complicates performance analysis.
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AI summary
A method to present information associated with a group of virtual components in a virtualized environment includes collecting a first resource usage data and a second resource usage data associated with a virtual component of the group of virtual components. In response to a region of the graphical representation associated with a difference between the first resource usage data and the second resource usage data exceeding a threshold, the method also includes collecting first graphical representation rendering information to render the first resource usage data as a first graphic in the graphical representation, collecting second graphical representation rendering information to render the second resource usage data as a second graphic in the graphical representation, and collecting third graphical representation rendering information including a reduction factor to reduce the region in the graphical representation to a third graphic in the graphical representation.