Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Computer graphics processing
Patent
1996-01-31
1999-02-02
Vo, Cliff
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Computer graphics processing
G09F 1900
Patent
active
058671650
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to a device for the storage and display of visually represented information whereby visual information units are stored/displayed compactly in a consecutive manner and according to the sequence in which the information occurs. In a preferred embodiment consecutive items of such information can be made to appear sequentially at the same location. Additional information units can be appended in a simple, compact and infinite fashion.
The invention can be applied to any application whereby data items need to be stored consecutively i.e. in such a way where the order of the data items is important. For example, an ornithologist may want to keep a record of the first species of bird he sees each morning and record that bird species each day. A simple diary may be adequate for this purpose. If various trends need to be assessed then it would be desirable that each of the data items are presented next to each other in a chronological fashion. If one wanted to scan a whole year then this would entail having to flick through each page which is cumbersome. A yearly calender however, would enable all data items to be viewed at a glance. However in order to view a trend it is necessary to carefully follow each day in a chronological order, a requirement which requires the viewer to scan back and forth along the months, arranged in columns or rows, something which is liable to cause confusion and eye-strain of the viewer. An alternative is to use a long strip of paper. This can be impracticable if a large amount of visual data need to be stored consecutively.
Molecular models exist in the art whereby units representing atoms may be connected to form molecules. Although these may form any shape, the appended units represent a specified set of data i.e. atoms and do not represent any visual data. In addition these models do not represent chronologically ordered data.
Borruso, in UK patent specification GB 1239535 describes a three dimensional model of the periodic classification of elements, which is in the form of a helix. The purpose of this is as an instructional aid to display molecular relationships between the elements which are arranged in a predefined order. The helix can be made from a coil of paper. This patent however does not cater for continual increase in the amount of data to be stored, and in any case is made up from a set of predetermined units. The specification does not teach that the user that he can append data according to his choice.
Frames exist such a printing presses or abacuses type arrangements onto which data may be appended. These limit the data storage and display to linear or rather flat forms.
The invention overcomes these problems by allowing visual data to be arranged in a sequential order in any combination according to the sequence in which it occurs by means of a frame of three-dimensional shape or configuration onto which visual data may be appended, or by visual units having such shape that they connect to form a three-dimensional shape or configuration.
According to the invention is provided a diary device for the display and storage of visual data comprising a three dimensional body in which visual data are and/or may be incorporated in the form of identifiable visual data units.
The invention may comprise either a frame onto which data units can be appended, or be made up of sequential units which can be connected to form a certain shape or morphology. The information units could be located such that they form a snake pattern, a spiral a circle or even be flexible. The device may have the dual purpose of being a necklace or bracelet also.
In the most preferred embodiment of the invention the visual sequential data is stored and displayed as a helix or spiral (hereinafter both referred jointly as helix). This has technical advantages in that information can be stored and displayed very compactly and the helical form can be extended indefinately fairly simply.
In addition, a further technical advantage of having the data arranged as a helix, means that rotat
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