| 摘要 |
Various mechanisms are provided for navigating among visualizations of quantitative data. At least one relationship is defined among a plurality of visualizations. A virtual multi-faceted shape is constructed, having a plurality of surfaces, some or all of which may correspond to visualizations. Visualizations may be presented, for example, by projecting or texture mapping the visualizations on corresponding surfaces of the shape. In at least one embodiment, surfaces are spatially oriented with one another in a manner that represents a relationship between the corresponding two visualizations. The user can interact with the virtual shape, for example by causing it to rotate, zoom, move, or the like. Such interactions cause different visualizations to be displayed. |
| 主权项 |
1. A computer-implemented method for navigating among a plurality of pre-generated two-dimensional visualizations representing quantitative data, comprising:
at a processor, obtaining at least one defined relationship among the plurality of pre-generated two-dimensional visualizations, wherein at least two of the two-dimensional visualizations represent different quantitative data from one another; at the processor, constructing a virtual multi-faceted shape having a plurality of surfaces in at least three dimensions; at the processor, assigning at least two of the two-dimensional visualizations to different surfaces of the virtual multi-faceted shape by: assigning a first two-dimensional visualization to a first surface of the virtual multi-faceted shape, and assigning a second two-dimensional visualization to a second surface, that is vertically adjacent to the first surface, of the virtual multi-faceted shape, wherein the positioning of the first two-dimensional visualization and the second two-dimensional visualization on the vertically adjacent surfaces represents a hierarchical relationship between the quantitative data represented by the first two-dimensional visualization and the quantitative data represented by the second two-dimensional visualization; at an output device, displaying the virtual multi-faceted shape; and at the output device, displaying the first two-dimensional visualization on the first surface of the displayed virtual multi-faceted shape, wherein displaying the first two-dimensional visualization comprises displaying the first two-dimensional visualization, representing first data, on the first surface of the displayed virtual multi-faceted shape; at an input device, receiving input to rotate the virtual multi-faceted shape; responsive to the received input indicating rotation along a vertical axis: at the output device, rotating the virtual multi-faceted shape along the vertical axis, to reveal the second surface of the virtual multi-faceted shape, and at the output device, displaying, on the second surface, the second two-dimensional visualization corresponding to the second surface, the second two-dimensional visualization representing second data different than the first data; responsive to the received input indicating rotation along a horizontal axis: at the output device, rotating the virtual multi-faceted shape along the horizontal axis, to reveal a third surface of the virtual multi-faceted shape, and at the output device, displaying, on the third surface, a third two-dimensional visualization corresponding to the third surface, the third two-dimensional visualization having a peer-level relationship with the first two-dimensional visualization and representing third data different than the first data; wherein the peer-level relationship is different from the hierarchical relationship. |
