发明名称 |
Producing Visualizations of Elements in Works of Literature |
摘要 |
A visualization of literary elements of a work of literature, such as a novel or short story, is generated from meta-data records representing a digital work of literature including literary elements (humor, drama, adventure, etc.), characters, and plot devices related to a position within the work of literature where each appears. A significance level is determined for each of the elements, characters and plot devices at each position within the work of literature, and these are plotted into a sequential graph having position (e.g. timeline) axis and a significance level axis. The sequential graph is then output for printing or display. Human-generated and machine-generated meta-data may be ingested equally well by the method. Colors, line thickness, and a broken line patterns may be employed for greater visual meaning. And, the sequential graph may be annotated according to segments (e.g. chapters, sections) and dominant genre within each segment. |
申请公布号 |
US2016379392(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.12.29 |
申请号 |
US201615263703 |
申请日期 |
2016.09.13 |
申请人 |
International Business Machines Corporation |
发明人 |
Allen Corville O.;Carrier Scott Robert;Woods Eric |
分类号 |
G06T11/20;G06F17/30;G06F17/24 |
主分类号 |
G06T11/20 |
代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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主权项 |
1. A method for visualizing literary elements as a graph comprising:
receiving, by a computer system, a set of meta-data records representing the contents of an existing digital work of literature, wherein each meta-data record comprises a significance value for a literary element and a relationship of the literary element to one or more items selected from the group consisting of a character, and a literary plot device, and a position where the literary element occurs within a literary plot of the work of literature; graphing, by a computer system, the literary elements, characters and plot devices in a sequential graph having a first axis corresponding to a progression of the literary plot within the work of literature, a second axis orthogonal to the first axis corresponds to significance level, and a plurality of points located within the sequential graph as a function of the occurrence position and significance level for each literary element; and rendering, by a computer system, the sequential graph to an output of the computer system. |
地址 |
Armonk NY US |