DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING INFORMATION FROM A DATABASE, AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTS

摘要

The invention relates to a device (30) and method for processing information from a database (5). The inventive device consists of means (33) which are used to pre-define at least one related area (Z, Z') in a representation space (40) comprising positions that can receive elements that are representative of data, said space including at least one complementary area (ZC) having no data representation. The invention also comprises means for specifying (34) at least one data bootstrapping element for each related area, positioning (35) the bootstrapping elements at bootstrapping positions (P, P') in the related areas, successively determining (36) new elements from the elements already positioned, in accordance with at least one proximity order relation based on the contents of the data, and successively positioning (37) new elements at positions adjacent to the positions occupied by the data elements already positioned.