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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1999
Susan L. Havre, Richland, WA (US);
Elizabeth G. Hetzler, Kennewick, WA (US);
Lucy T. Nowell, Richland, WA (US);
Paul D. Whitney, Richland, WA (US);
Feng Gao, Old Lyme, CT (US);
James J. Thomas, Richland, WA (US);
Louis M. Martucci, Richland, WA (US);
W. Michelle Harris, Alexandria, VA (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
Data visualization apparatuses, computer-readable mediums, computer data signals embodied in a transmission medium, data visualization methods, and digital computer data visualization methods are provided. According to one aspect of the present invention, a data visualization apparatus includes an image device configured to provide a visual image; and digital processing circuitry coupled with the image device and configured to access data including a plurality of themes, to generate a thematic illustration corresponding to the themes and having a plurality of outer contour lines which are spaced at varying distances relative to a reference line, and to control the image device to depict the thematic illustration.