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US6014671:
Interactive retrieval and caching of multi-dimensional data using view elements
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Castelli, Vittorio; White Plains, NY
Li, Chung-Sheng; Ossining, NY
Smith, John Richard; New Hyde Park, NY
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| Assignee: |
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY
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| Published / Filed: |
2000-01-11
/ 1998-05-15
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| Application Number: |
US1998000079986
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| IPC Code: |
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G06F 17/30;
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G09G 5/36;
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G06F17/30M9;
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Current:
707/101;
345/418;
345/419;
707/003;
707/100;
707/E17.031;
Original:
707/101;
707/003;
707/100;
345/419;
345/139;
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| Field of Search: |
707/003,100,101
345/419,139
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| Priority Number: |
| 1998-05-15 |
US1998000079986 |
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US1998000081654P |
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| Abstract: |
An apparatus and method for representing and retrieving multi-dimensional data such as large satellite images. Images are stored in forms that can be rapidly browsed and retrieved by remote client applications in a drill-down or roll-up fashion. The data can be represented and retrieved using a view element data structure that includes node elements and transition elements between nodes. The data is decomposed (in space or spatial-frequency to construct a tree-based or graph-based data structure) into view elements. A set of view elements is selected, compressed and stored without adversely impacting image view extraction or generation speed. View elements are placed into the node elements of the data structure and the transition elements indicate the processing to generate other view elements in the data structure. In a server-side view construction, the view elements are selectively retrieved from storage, decompressed, and processed to generate the views of the data. In a client-side progressive view construction, the client caches the view elements and processes them in combination with view elements retrieved from the server to generate views of the data. The data reuse at the client reduces data transmission in drill-down or roll-up browsing. Data can be ingested, read and written in units of spatial blocks and decomposed into view elements using the spatial block units. Thus, the ingestion, decomposition, compression, and view retrieval for large images can be done using computer devices that have limited storage and processing capabilities.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Jordan, Kevin M. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Black, Thomas G.; Coby, Frantz
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of a provisional application Ser. No. 60/081,654, filed on Apr. 14, 1998.
The present invention is related to co-pending patent application Ser. No. 09/079,662, entitled "Interactive Representation and Retrieval of Multi-dimensional Data Using View Elements," by Castelli et al., filed of even date herewith, IBM Docket No. YO998111. This co-pending application and the present invention are commonly assigned to the International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. This co-pending application is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety into the present application.
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What is claimed is:
1. A computerized method for constructing one or more views of multi-dimensional data using view elements, the method comprising the steps of:
- constructing a view element data structure which includes view elements connected by transition elements;
- communicating one or more requests for a view of the data;
- selecting a set of view elements from a view element data structure by examining said view in accordance with one or more node elements and the transition elements, in response to said one or more requests;
- retrieving selected view elements from storage;
- processing the selected view elements in accordance with a transition element of the view element data structure; and
- generating said view of the data, in response to said processing step.
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DERABS G2000-136381
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