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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2007
Janet Jzx Jin, Shanghai, CN;
Zhang Zyj Yajun, Shanghai, CN;
Thomas A. Plocher, Hugo, MN (US);
Rui Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Enyi Chen, Beijing, CN;
Janet JZX Jin, Shanghai, CN;
Zhang ZYJ Yajun, Shanghai, CN;
Thomas A. Plocher, Hugo, MN (US);
Rui Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Enyi Chen, Beijing, CN;
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method, system and program product for distinctively displaying selected floors with sufficient details in a three-dimensional building model includes graphical metaphors that permit a selected or highlighted floor and their respective elements to be absolutely clear and distinct from the floors immediately above and below. The graphically displayed metaphors comprise 'drawers', 'wireframe', “expansion/compression”, “projected floor”, “sliding unselected floors”, “turning the pages”, “big map-small map”, and “fisheye” graphical configurations. Such graphically displayed metaphors can be utilized to highlight a selected floor, separate it from adjacent floors, and provide a graphical effect of depicting the floor's vertical position within a building.