2003 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis 2003) Constant Density Displays Using Diversity Sampling Seattle, Washington October 20-October 21 ISBN: 0-7695-2055-3
The Informedia Digital Video Library user interface summarizes query results with a collage of representative keyframes. We present a user study in which keyframe occlusion caused difficulties. To use the screen space most efficiently to display images, both occlusion and wasted whitespace should be minimized. Thus optimal choices will tend toward constant density displays. However, previous constant density algorithms are based on global density, which leads to occlusion and empty space if the density is not uniform. We introduce an algorithm that considers the layout of individual objects and avoids occlusion altogether. Efficiency concerns are important for dynamic summaries of the Informedia Digital Video Library, which has hundreds of thousands of shots. Posting multiple queries that take into account parameters of the visualization as well as the original query reduces the amount of work required. This greedy algorithm is then compared to an optimal one. The approach is also applicable to visualizations containing complex graphical objects other than images, such as text, icons, or trees..
Index Terms:
Algorithms, Human Factors, Information Visualization, Collage
Citation:
Mark Derthick, Michael G. Christel, Alexander G. Hauptmann, Howard D. Wactlar, "Constant Density Displays Using Diversity Sampling," ieee_infovis, pp.18, 2003 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis 2003), 2003 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||