KR101618547B1 - Military Information VIrtual Space System based on Web using a Pattern Comparison Method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to stratified military information visualization which displays situation information involved in a military document using a virtual space on an internet web browser on a three-dimensional space with a relationship between various objects in the relevant document, and can compare information in which a pattern is varied by each section. A system for visualizing military information comprises: a visualization information configuring module (102) for designating information to visualize from military information to configure relation information, and converting the information into an XML file type; a virtual visualization space managing module (106) for figuring out a position of XML file type information on a map, and building an information image on a relationship of an information object in a virtual visualization space based on a web browser; a time image managing module (110) for the XML file type information to display a change due to a time progress with an animation; and a conversion managing module (113) for zooming in when selecting a level of detail (LOD) function, when the XML file type information are converted from a two-dimensional graph to a three-dimensional graph or vice versa.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a web-based military information visualization system using pattern comparison techniques,

The present invention relates to a military information visualization system, and more particularly, to a system and method for implementing military information visualization using a virtual space on an Internet web browser. The system includes a plurality of objects (e.g., The present invention relates to a Web-based military information visualization system using a pattern comparison technique that is layered so as to be able to compare information that changes in a pattern in each time interval as well as in a three-dimensional space.

Generally, in military operations, the commander must be able to accurately and precisely grasp the situation awareness as well as to have accurate and rapid decision-making ability, so that the importance of the information analyst who deals with various military affairs and intelligence is inevitable.

It is important to know if there is a similar military movement in the past in analyzing information related to the new military movements from information targeted at information analysts. If you know the past record, you can predict how it will develop in the future and plan how to cope with it.

To this end, information analysts use databases to retrieve past stored information and find similar patterns. However, if new information is made up of a series of events and is related to a large number of people or organizations, Analysis of information that relies on information retrieval using an analyst's memory or database is difficult to guarantee reliability or accuracy and has a disadvantage in that real-time analysis is difficult.

(0001) Korea Patent No. 10-1338243 (December 1, 2013)

It is important to look for similarities between current and past relationships between information units rather than identifying fragmentary similarities between database information. Therefore, if the patterns of relationship between military information can be found, compared, and displayed visually, it can be useful for information analysis.

In order to accomplish this, a graph representing a relationship between military information objects, that is, a network, is shown, and a web-based system that utilizes a pattern comparison technique capable of visually grasping patterns in past cases and analysis targets And to provide a military information rectification system.

In order to accomplish the above object, a web-based military information visualization system utilizing the pattern comparison technique of the present invention has a function to grasp a map position related to the information in file type information, And information objects that include persons, organizations, facilities, weapons, and events included in the above information, and the relationship between the objects can be visualized on a web-based basis A visualization information configuration module 102 configured with information; A virtual visualization 3-dimensional space construction is performed by a virtual visualization space composed of a base surface for displaying the position of the information by a map image and a plurality of horizontal surface layers horizontally positioned on the base surface for displaying an information image about the relationship between the information objects Management module 106; A time image management module (110) for attaching the information image so that the information image can be expressed in the plurality of horizontal surface layers, and expressing the related state among the information objects as an animation in which a change with time progresses; And a conversion management module 113 for converting the information image from a two-dimensional graph to a three-dimensional graph, a three-dimensional graph to a two-dimensional graph, and zooming in on each of the information .

The file format is an XML file that can contain information and a relationship between various attributes of the information and information, and the virtual visualization three-dimensional space A is a web browser screen 116 of the Internet.

The visualization information configuration module 102 comprises a relationship information configuration component 103 for constructing relationship information between objects from the military information and converting the information into an XML file format; A detailed information providing component (104) configured and configured to provide detailed information of the objects included in the relationship information; And a pattern information storage management component 105 for storing and managing visualization information related to the time and the condition so as to be distinguished into a specific pattern.

The relationship information of the relationship information configuration component 103 is expressed by a relationship among various objects included in the subject of the military information expressing a situation among a person, an organization, a facility, an weapon, and an event.

The virtual visualization space management module 106 includes a virtual visualization space configuration component 107 for constructing the virtual visualization three-dimensional space A; An information related city component (108) for indicating a relationship between the information objects corresponding to the information subject; And displaying a specific object including position information in the map image on the basis of the relationship between the map image and the information position and displaying relationship information of objects in a specific time interval horizontally on the base surface, And an associated map component (109) which is displayed for each time period.

The overall relationship information image displayed in the information-related city component 108 is configured by inputting a time interval value, and inputting a detailed time interval to be separated within the entire interval range or selecting a mouse, And the detailed relationship information image is three-dimensionally displayed in a layered form that is horizontal with the map image of the two-dimensional and virtual space displayed by arranging the detailed relationship information images in a plane form, A portion of the detailed relationship information image that is different from the corresponding portion of the two detailed relationship information images is displayed separately.

The time image management module 110 may include a related image city component 111 for setting an image period to be visualized to compare patterns according to a change in time and selecting an image to be displayed on each horizontal plane layer; And a temporal change expression component (112) in which the change of the relationship between the information objects is represented by an animation over a set time progression, and the time interval setting of the related image component (111) is made by a mouse.

The conversion management module 113 includes a 2D / 3D conversion component 114 for converting an information image from a two-dimensional graph to a three-dimensional graph or from a three-dimensional graph to a two-dimensional graph; And a Level of Detail (LOD) function are implemented and the LOD (Level of Detail) management component 115 in which the type of information is specifically displayed can be displayed.

The present invention provides a tool to visually judge whether the situation and information expressed in the network graph related to the specific information are represented in the Internet web browser and whether the military information has been repeated in the past, Even in the environment, the commander can quickly grasp accurate situation awareness and make decisions, and especially the information analyst has the ability to improve the analytical ability by searching for patterns between many and complex information.

Further, the present invention easily finds a past similar situation of an enemy military situation, thereby making it possible to anticipate the way of proceeding in the future, so that an appropriate and effective countermeasure can be taken.

Also, the present invention can compare graphically the relationship between objects in a time interval desired by a user, so that it is possible to visually easily grasp a pattern to be analyzed.

1 is a configuration of a web-based three-dimensional military information visualization system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an illustration of a Web-based three-dimensional military information visualization screen utilizing the pattern comparison technique according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a screen in which FIG. 2 is converted into two dimensions.
4 is an example of a graph comparison analysis screen.
5 is an example of a graph comparison analysis result screen.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present invention. The present invention is not limited to these embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a web-based military information visualization system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The military information visualization system 100 is configured to utilize a three-dimensional virtual space on an Internet web browser.

To this end, the military information visualization system 100 includes a visualization information configuration module 102 for converting the relationship information between objects based on the military information 101 generated during a predetermined period into a visualizable form and providing the visualization information configuration module 102, A virtual visualization space management module 106 for constructing a three-dimensional virtual space by placing a map on a map and horizontally arranging a plurality of surfaces in parallel on the map, an image setting and information-related object And a conversion management module 113 for switching from a two-dimensional graph to a three-dimensional graph or from a three-dimensional graph to a two-dimensional graph.

The visualization information configuration module 102 includes a relationship information configuration component 103, a detailed information provision component 104, and a pattern information storage management component 105, and each component is responsible for its own functions.

For example, the relationship information configuration component 103 may generate military information corresponding to conditions to be visualized from the military information 101 (for example, an enemy trend report of an information topic including a nuclear experiment, a shell launch and a missile launch) (Eg, person, organization, facility, weapon, event, etc.) included in the content and the objects in order to describe the military situation information contained in each document, And converts it into an XML file.

Then, the detailed information providing component 104 inquires and delivers the detailed information about the respective objects included in the relationship information from the military information 101.

The pattern information storage management component 105 stores visualization information corresponding to a specific period condition that can be distinguished by a specific pattern by a user and provides visualization pattern information so that various different patterns can be easily compared later.

In addition, the visualization information configuration module 102 can graphically display military information data in order to visualize the military information 101 in a graph form together with information of a file type input to the virtual visualization space management module 106 Basic information is provided. The form of data for this is an XML file type that can contain information and the relationship between the various attributes of the information and the information.

The virtual visualization space management module 106 is comprised of a virtual visualization space configuration component 107, an information related city component 108, and an associated map city component 109, and each component is responsible for its own functions.

In one example, the virtual visualization space component 107 constructs a three-dimensional virtual space by placing a map on the floor and horizontally placing a plurality of faces on the map.

The information-related city component 108 displays the relationship of the objects related to the information by showing the context information of the military information reports as relations among the objects such as person, organization and the like.

In addition, the total relationship information image displayed by the information-related city component 108 is configured by inputting a time interval value, and by inputting a detailed time interval or selecting a mouse within the entire time interval range Each detailed relationship information image can be displayed and compared in layers.

In addition, in the information-related city component 108, the detailed relationship information image may include two-dimensional (2D) images displayed in a planar form and three-dimensional The two parts of the detailed relationship information image are distinguished from each other by the mouse selection, thereby making it easy to compare them.

The related map component (109) is displayed in association with a map image and the information position within a virtual visualization space, and displays a specific object including position information in the map image on the base plane, Relational information is displayed horizontally on the base and displayed on the map for each time interval.

The temporal image management module 110 comprises an associated image city component 111 and a temporal change expression component 112,

For example, the related image component 111 sets a time interval of an image to be visualized in order to compare patterns according to a change of time, and displays the time interval on each layer of the horizontal plane. In particular, the relationship images for each floor can be set by inputting or selecting time conditions on a web page, and each floor image can be displayed or removed by selecting with a mouse.

The temporal change expression component 112 displays information with temporal information and related objects variably over time, and expresses a change according to time as an animation.

In particular, the animation represented in the temporal change expression component 112 further includes a time setting function and a time filtering function.

The time setting function sets a start time and an end time to be visualized at a time in order to display the corresponding object on the map according to the flow of time when an object can be displayed according to time, To set the speed.

The time filtering function is a function for displaying the object in accordance with the time according to the flow of time not appearing at the time before the time when the relevant object occurs.

The conversion management module 113 includes a 2D / 3D conversion component 114 and a LOD (Level of Detail) management component 115, and each component is responsible for its own functions.

For example, the 2D / 3D conversion component 114 shows a process of changing from a two-dimensional graph to a three-dimensional graph and changing from a three-dimensional graph to a two-dimensional graph. In order to increase the readability along with the utilization of the space, It shows the process of mutual conversion of dimension graph continuously. This is because the space is flat and the utilization of the space is low. However, the advantage of the two-dimensional graph having high readability and the readability of the three-dimensional space are not good compared with the two-dimensional graph. Can be utilized.

The Level of Detail (LOD) management component 115 displays each information by using an LOD (Level of Detail) function. When the information indicated by one point is zoomed in at a distance, the LOD (Level of Detail) .

Meanwhile, the military information visualization system 100 may be connected to an internet web browser screen 116 and a web browser UI (User Interface) 117, thereby making the military information visualization function utilizing the web-based virtual space more efficient.

The Internet Web browser screen 116 is a Web browser screen of the Internet in which a three-dimensional virtual space is expressed, and the Web browser UI (User Interface) 117 allows the analyst to control the three- It is a UI function of a web browser. Therefore, the analyst can control the internet web browser screen 116 in accordance with the information he / she desires by using the web browser UI 117.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary screen of military information visualization and pattern comparison utilizing the web-based virtual space according to the present embodiment. The illustrated virtual visualization space is generated by the virtual visualization space configuration component 107 using the relational data of the military information 101 input from the visualization information configuration module 102 to the virtual visualization space management module 106. The illustrated virtual visualization space form is a virtual visualization three-dimensional space (A-1) consisting of each layer (A-1) constituting a plurality of planes horizontally positioned above the map together with a basal plane (A- A).

The relationship information image (A-1) of each horizontal plane layer illustrated in FIG. 2 is an image of an object (person, organization, facility, weapon, event, etc.) related to information appearing in reports by the information- In particular, the degree of the relation is represented by the line thickness, and the objects are represented by the image icon representing the object. The layers are classified according to each period and expressed by the color of the line.

The map image A-2 is displayed on the base plane A-2 in the virtual visualization three-dimensional space A by the associated map city component 109 and displayed on the map image A- It provides map location and zoom in / out functions through the navigation interface.

The time image management interface (A-3) is an interface for setting a time interval of relation information divided into layers, and can control the progress of time by changing the width of the period.

The conversion management interface A-4 provides a function of converting the screen into two-dimensional or three-dimensional by the 2D / 3D conversion component 114, and a function of storing, dividing, and refreshing a specific layer .

3 is a screen in which the conversion management interface A-4 is two-dimensionally converted by the 2D / 3D conversion component 114. The 2D /

The graph comparison analysis screen (C) illustrated in FIG. 4 is a screen for displaying and simultaneously comparing two-dimensionally parallel screens by the information-related city component 108. The screen for each section contains relationship information (C-1) for a specific period which is a network graph representing a situation within a specific period.

The two most interesting screens from among the arranged two-dimensional network screens can be selected to automatically compare the graphs, and the computer informs the similarity of the network graph using a one-to-one comparison algorithm.

The graph comparative analysis result screen (D) illustrated in FIG. 5 shows a result of comparing two-dimensional parallel screen images by the information-related city component 108. The screen (D-1) for each section shows relationship information of a specific period indicated by yellow in the other party and the other party.

As described above, the web-based military information visualization system utilizing the pattern comparison technique according to the present embodiment forms a network graph between objects in information based on military information generated during a predetermined period, And a network graph having a pattern similar to an analysis object of interest is divided. At this time, in order to easily visually compare the similarities of the graphs, the same information units (nodes) exist in different periods and are fixed to the same position on the map even though they belong to different network graphs.

In particular, the network graph forms a network between nodes within a predetermined period through a search, and the graph is displayed on a map of a two-dimensional web browser screen. A node, such as a facility or unit with a specified location and latitude / longitude, is fixed on the map. A node such as a person whose position is not specified moves the position, and the network graph proceeds with an optimization algorithm to make the distance between the nodes similar to each other so that the graph does not form a biased or twisted shape on one side.

In addition, the web-based military information visualization system utilizing the pattern comparison technique according to the present embodiment divides the entire period of the network graph into several sections and divides them into several graphs. In this way, it is possible to compare the graphs of each section or to change the section of the graph, and to find the specific relationship, behavior, and situation in which the links between the nodes of the graph are generated. Therefore, the analytical ability to improve and analyze the pattern of the object can be greatly improved visually.

100: Military information visualization implementation system
101: Military information
102: visualization information configuration module
103: Relationship information configuration component
104: Details providing component
105: pattern information storage management component
106: Virtual visualization space management module
107: Virtual visualization space configuration component
108: Information-related city component
109: Related map city components
110: Time image management module
111: Related image city components
112: Time varying expression component
113: conversion management module
114: 2D / 3D conversion component
115: Level of Detail (LOD) management component
116: Internet web browser screen
117: Web browser UI (User Interface)
A: Virtual visualization 3D space
A-1: Relation information image of each horizontal plane layer
A-2: Basis (map)
A-3: Time image management interface
A-4: Conversion management interface
B: Virtual visualization 2-D space
C: Pattern comparison for each period
C-1: Relationship information for a specific period
D: Difference between specific patterns
D-1: Match information between two graphs and display different information

Claims (11)

Information on a map position related to the information is grasped in the file type information, and the information is classified into an information subject including a nuclear test, an attack launch and a missile launch, and a person, organization, facility, A visualization information organizing module 102 for organizing the relationship between objects into information that can be visualized on a web-based basis;
A virtual visualization 3-dimensional space construction is performed by a virtual visualization space created by a plurality of horizontal surface layers positioned horizontally on the base surface to display an information image of the relationship between the information objects, Management module 106;
A time image management module (110) for attaching the information image so that the information image can be expressed in the plurality of horizontal surface layers, and expressing the related state among the information objects as an animation in which a change with time progresses; And
And a conversion management module 113 for converting the information image from a two-dimensional graph to a three-dimensional graph, or from a three-dimensional graph to a two-dimensional graph, and zooming in on each of the information,
The virtual visualization space management module 106 includes a virtual visualization space configuration component 107 in which the virtual visualization three-dimensional space is constructed;
An information relation city component (108) for displaying a relationship between the information objects corresponding to the information topic; And
A specific object including positional information in the map image is displayed on the basal plane and the interrelationship information of objects in a specific time interval is horizontally displayed on the basal plane, An associated map component (109), which is displayed for each section,
Wherein the total relational information image displayed in the information related city component (108) is configured by inputting a time interval value or by mouse selection, and wherein each of the detailed relational information images for the total relational information image The system for visualizing military information visualization using web based pattern comparison technique.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the file type information is in the form of an XML file that can contain information and a relationship between various attributes of the information and information, and the virtual visualization three-dimensional space is a web browser screen 116 of the Internet. A Web - based Military Information Visualization System.
The method according to claim 1,
The visualization information configuration module 102 configures relationship information between objects from the military information and converts the information into an XML file;
A detailed information providing component (104) configured and configured to provide detailed information of the objects included in the relationship information; And
And a pattern information storage management component (105) for storing and providing visualization information related to the time and the condition so as to be distinguished by a specific pattern. The web-based military information visualization system .
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the relationship information of the relationship information configuration component 103 is represented by a relationship among various objects included in a subject of the military information representing a situation among a person, an organization, a facility, an apparatus, and an event. A Web - based Military Information Visualization Implementation System.
delete delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the detailed relationship information image is three-dimensionally displayed in a layered form that is horizontal with a map image of two-dimensional and virtual space arranged and displayed in a planar form, and two detailed relationships among the detailed- And displaying a part of the sex image corresponding to a different part different from that of the sex information image.
The method according to claim 1,
The time image management module 110 includes an associated image city component 111 for selecting an image to be displayed on each horizontal plane layer with a time interval setting of an image to be visualized to compare patterns according to a change in time; And
And a temporal change expression component (112) in which the change of the relationship between the information objects is represented by an animation in accordance with a set time. The web based military information visualization system using the pattern comparison technique.
9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the time interval setting of the associated image component (111) is set by a selection of a mouse. A system for implementing a web-based military information visualization utilizing a pattern comparison technique.
9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the animation of the temporal change expression component (112) comprises a time setting function in which a time interval to be displayed is set and an animation rate is set to compare changes over time; And
And a time filtering function that is displayed in accordance with a set time when no context information indicating the relation between the information objects is included in the set start time and end time and is not displayed. A Web - based Military Information Visualization System.
The method according to claim 1,
The transformation management module 113 includes a 2D / 3D transformation component 114 that converts an information image from a two-dimensional graph to a three-dimensional graph or from a three-dimensional graph to a two-dimensional graph; And
And a Level of Detail (LOD) management component 115 in which a level of detail (LOD) function is implemented and the type of information is displayed in a zoomed-in manner. Visualization system.

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