KR20170142790A - Cloud network based data visualization method and apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus which visualizes data in a cloud network system. According to the present invention, the apparatus comprises: a database which stores raw data information received from one or more data provision apparatuses; a map generator which extracts hierarchy information, which shows the hierarchical relationship between items, and status information, which shows the status or event of each item, from the raw data to generate an object based on the extracted information, thereby generating map data integrated and realized in a visualization space; and a data distributor which distributes the generated map data to a connected client apparatus through a cloud network. The client apparatus and the data provision apparatus share a consistent form of map data through the cloud network. The present invention is to provide a data visualization method based on the cloud network and the apparatus thereof, which are able to visualize and provide data with focus on a decision maker.

Description

[0001] CLOUD NETWORK BASED DATA VISUALIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data visualization method and apparatus, and a method and apparatus for visualizing data in a user-friendly manner.

Generally, the data visualization method has a general display method according to the type of data. For example, in the case of one-dimensional data, the time-series data display method is used and the two-dimensional data is represented by data in the form of a map such as a plot chart. Data with three or more dimensions will change the color or size of the items in the chart in the two-dimensional data display method to display the three-dimensional data.

However, in order to apply this general display method, the size and the generation cycle of the data to be used by the current user are so large and rapid as to be incomparable to that of the past that the user feels difficult to visualize the data. In addition, the result of the visualization made by the suffering is confusing to the user and does not serve as useful information. The more visualized the data, the more difficult it is for the user to read and interpret the visualized data. This makes it difficult for users to achieve the original intent of data visualization to clarify data and effectively share information.

1 is a diagram showing a structure of a data visualization delivery system for documenting conventional data and transmitting the data to an upper information manager and a final decision maker.

Referring to FIG. 1, the data providing apparatus 110 establishes a report database through a document in a computing device of a person in charge (for example, a sales representative) who provides data to be actually processed or to be reported, It is common to report to the manager or verbally report. In particular, when the data is documented and reported to the upper information manager, the upper information manager that receives the data reports the new data according to the nature of the meeting, based on the low data base of the user of the data providing apparatus 110, There is a burden to create the visualization data, and when data that is finally visualized by the client device 120 (which may be a decision maker's computer device) is reported, the decision maker is not composed of the desired visualization data, There is a problem that it does not greatly contribute to the decision. That is, there is the inconvenience that the supplier-side data is provided so that the decision maker must understand the data through conferencing or reporting rather than the system.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method and an apparatus for visualizing data based on a decision-maker.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for visualizing data in a cloud network system, the apparatus including: a database storing raw data information received from at least one data providing apparatus; A map generator for extracting hierarchical information representing a relationship and state information representing a state or an event of each item, generating an object based on the extracted information, and generating map data integrally implemented in the visualization space, And a data distributor for distributing the data to the connected client device through the cloud network, wherein the client device and the data providing device can share map data of a consistent type through the cloud network.

The data distributor can identify the user of the connected client device and provide map data corresponding to the identified user to the client device.

The client device requests at least one of a request for status information of an item and a request for a specific level for a specific type of status, and the status information of the item for the specific type of status in response to the request, And return the generated map data to the requested client device based on the item status information.

The visualization space is composed of a plurality of layers, and the map data of the first layer may be arranged in a map form with state information of items corresponding to the first layer on the visualization space of the first layer.

The status type and level of the item corresponding to the user can be automatically or manually selected based on the identification information of the user of the client device, and map data corresponding to the selected type and level can be returned.

The map, the object, and the visualization space may be integrated with 4D data while having position information and time information, respectively.

The low data may include at least one of sales related data of a salesperson and data related to a customer's KPI (Key Performance Indicator) index managed by the salesperson.

The sales related data and the KPI index may change dynamically according to a user's low data input.

The data distributor can identify a user of a specific client device and distribute the generated map data based on the KPI index information of the customer corresponding to the user.

The KPI index of the customer can be compared with a preset threshold or the customer can be classified based on the inputted row data and the status of the classified customer can be visualized on one screen.

If the customer's KPI index is higher than a predetermined threshold value, the alarm can be activated and visualized.

When a request for enlargement / reduction of a specific item is requested by the client device, a consistent visualization space is created by using hierarchical information or connection information with an internal / external system on the basis of an item selected by the client device or at the center of the screen .

Extracting, based on hierarchical information or connection information related to the item, at least one of status information and additional information of a lower layer corresponding to the item when the client device requests enlarged interaction with the item, Can be displayed on the client device.

At least one of the status information and the additional information of the displayed lower layer includes at least one of customer basic information, customer organization chart, customer representative information, sales status by product, sales status by hour, KPI index trend information, sales history information, market information, And / or < / RTI >

The map is displayed such that two of three axes for displaying 3D data are represented by a 2D canvas and one axis is represented by a zoom level indicating a depth, and maps of the respective zoom levels have a time axis And can be visualized as map data of four dimensions.

The map generator may generate map data by additionally extracting connection information that enables each item to establish a relationship with the internal and external systems by interaction.

Wherein the data distributor comprises: a login manager for managing login of the cloud service based on authentication information of a client user; a request receiver for receiving a request from the client device; A map information receiving unit for requesting and receiving map data corresponding to the data analysis result, a screen configuring unit for constructing data to be displayed on the screen of the requested client apparatus based on the received map data, And a data transmission unit for transmitting data to be displayed on the screen to the client apparatus.

The screen configuration unit may configure a screen including an icon for sending mail to a person in charge associated with a specific item and control the display person to display a window for sending a work order mail when the mail sending icon is selected.

And may be coupled to an intranet network to provide chats between users of a plurality of client devices.

The screen configuration unit may control the screen configuration once divided into templates through the favorite function to be reconfigured according to a subsequent request.

In a plurality of maps, the state of the high-level item may be determined by reflecting the state value of the low-level item.

The map generator may receive GPS (Global Positioning System) information and control the real-time position of the item to be displayed on the map.

Data synchronization can be automatically performed between the viewer of the client device and the map data object model.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of visualizing data in a cloud network system, the method including storing row data received from at least one data providing device in a database, Extracting state information indicating a state or an event of each item, generating an object based on the extracted information, and generating map data integrally implemented in the visualization space, Distributing the generated map data to the connected client device through the cloud network, wherein the client device and the data providing device can share the map data in a consistent form through the cloud network.

According to the cloud-based data visualization method and apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, data that can be intuitively understood by a decision maker can be collected on one screen and data can be provided regardless of time and place, . ≪ / RTI >

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a structure of a data visualization delivery system for documenting conventional data and delivering it to an upper information manager and a final decision maker.
2 is a conceptual diagram schematically illustrating a concept of a cloud-based data visualization method according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a cloud-based data visualization apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram for explaining a concept of generating map data by integrating row data according to an embodiment of the present invention;
5 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a link relationship between an object of map data and a visualization space and each map,
FIG. 6A is a conceptual diagram illustrating a configuration for implementing and storing a time axis in map data according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 6B is a conceptual diagram illustrating a configuration in which a time axis is set in the z-axis of map data according to an embodiment of the present invention,
7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of generating map data according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8A is a diagram for explaining a link relation between maps in user experience-based content, FIG. 8B is a conceptual diagram for explaining a link relation between a map and an external domain,
FIG. 9 is a detailed block diagram specifically illustrating a configuration of a map generator of a cloud-based data visualization apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Figs. 10A and 10B are diagrams showing data in a hierarchical structure, Fig. 10C is a diagram exemplarily showing a predetermined method of displaying data,
FIG. 11 is a detailed block diagram specifically illustrating a configuration of a data distributor of a cloud-based data visualization apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
12 is a diagram illustrating a basic screen of a cloud-based data visualization apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a screen of a client apparatus showing a map showing a KPI index of each customer,
14 is a diagram showing a screen of a client device in which the client company 4 is enlarged and the detailed status is displayed,
15 is a diagram for explaining a method of distributing image data from a separate image receiving unit to a client according to another embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a display of image information provided on the dashboard screen according to the method of FIG. 15;
FIG. 17 is a diagram for explaining a process of performing a business instruction to another client via mail after identifying a problem situation; FIG.
FIG. 18 is a view showing a state in which the client company 6 classified as a preliminary client company is enlarged to check the detailed status on the screen of FIG. 14,
19 is a diagram showing an organization chart, a market, and competitor status information of a customer company 6,
FIG. 20 is a view showing a state in which an instruction is directly given to a person in charge of business by chatting on the screen of FIG. 19;
21 is a view showing a screen for monitoring the position of a salesperson by confirming GPS information of a salesperson,
22 is a view showing a state in which a KPI dashboard is generated through information input in an Excel file,
23A to 23C are views for explaining the details of the statuses of KPI indicators and the status of KPI component elements,
24 is a diagram for explaining a method of receiving a video data from a separate image receiving unit and distributing the video data to a client according to another embodiment of the present invention;
25 is a diagram for explaining a POD technique applicable to the map data visualization method of the present invention.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail.

It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component. And / or < / RTI > includes any combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between.

The terminology used in this application is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like are used to specify that there is a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component or a combination thereof described in the specification, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the relevant art and are to be interpreted in an ideal or overly formal sense unless explicitly defined in the present application Do not.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention, the same reference numerals are used for the same constituent elements in the drawings and redundant explanations for the same constituent elements are omitted.

In this specification, the following terms are defined as follows.

A map means integrated data that integrates an object into a visualization space. A map can be called map data. The map may include time information.

An object is a data object, which is an object of raw data so that it can appear on the map. For example, sales / sales related information including customer company information, customer contact person information, and the like. Since each piece of data can include time information, an object can also be implemented to include time information and mapped to a visualization space. The visualization space represents a display space for displaying an object, and a plurality of objects can be represented in the visualization space. The time information of the object may include information such as the time at which the data is input, the time at which the data was received, or the time information as status information in the data (for example, information corresponding to the period in the data status information And may include at least one.

A data providing device is a device for providing basic data to be visualized and includes a computing device of a salesperson in an enterprise.

The client device is a device for finally confirming the visualization data of the map format generated through the visualization device. For example, it includes a decision maker's device in the enterprise.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the data providing apparatus and the client apparatus can perform different roles at the same time in the same apparatus although they have different roles. That is, one device can provide the basic data to be visualized, and the visualization data generated through the data visualization device can be confirmed directly. The data providing apparatus and the client apparatus can share consistent map data through the cloud network.

Such a data providing apparatus and a client apparatus may include a portable unit or terminals incorporating an electronic product or a combination of these functions, which has a wired / wireless communication function and is capable of internet connection and browsing. A terminal may be a mobile station (MS), a user equipment, a user terminal, a wireless terminal, an access terminal, a fixed or mobile subscriber unit, a subscriber station (SS), a cellular telephone, (WTRU), a mobile node, a mobile station, a mobile station, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smart phone, a laptop, a netbook, a personal computer (PC) (CE) or some other terminology. In addition, various sensor devices and / or image providing devices may be data providing devices.

The raw data provided by the data providing apparatus may be textual data such as Excel CSV or may be data of various types such as a temperature sensor, a rotation sensor, a moisture sensor, a voltage / current sensor, a personnel sensor, a GPS sensor, , Earth sensor, etc.). In addition, the data providing apparatus may include an IP camera, a digital or analog camera, and a row data may include image data and the like from these image providing apparatuses.

An item is a subject of information extracted from raw data, and metadata can be added to the item to be an object when implemented in a map.

A canvas is a logical view, and the canvas can be divided into a plurality of regular or irregular cells. That is, the canvas is divided into cells, and the cells can also be divided into a plurality of cells. In each cell, map data and objects can be individually accommodated. A plurality of objects may be accommodated in each cell. In addition, a camera image may be accommodated in the cell.

The viewer is software for displaying map data on the display screen of the client device and the editor is software operating on the client for easily editing the screen configuration of the map data displayed through the viewer.

The contents are complete information including at least one map data, and can be provided in a storytelling format by putting the user's experience. A user can arbitrarily set a link relation between maps as a user's convenience or create a content based on a specific user experience by including a link between a map and external data.

2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a concept of a cloud-based data visualization method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a data providing device 210 (e.g., a sales representative's computing device) may share sales and / or sales related data with a close connection relationship with each other via a cloud-based network. Further, the upper information manager can also share information sent from the respective data providing apparatuses 210 through the device 215 of the upper information manager connected to the cloud network. The server device (not shown) of the cloud network can then generate visualization data in a consistent format based on the shared data. At this time, the generated visualization data can be provided to the client device 220 (for example, a computing device of a person who makes a decision by checking visualization data), and based on this, the decision maker in the enterprise can make quick and accurate decisions . The visualization service system using the cloud network in these companies enables quick decision making of decision makers and enables to derive specific strategies for achieving sales targets.

3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a cloud-based data visualization apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3, the data visualization server apparatus 300 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a receiver 320, a database 330, a map generator 340, and a data distributor 350 . Each component other than the database 330 may be implemented in one hardware processor or virtual computing environment, or may be implemented by a combination of a plurality of hardware processors or virtual servers performing different functions.

Referring to FIG. 3, a receiver 320 receives raw data from a data providing device or a data providing service 310. The receiver 320 may be implemented as a communications processor for communicating with a wired and wireless network. The receiver 320 may store the raw data received from the data providing device 310 in a database (the database may be implemented as a device or service)

The database 330 may store the raw data received by the receiver 320. The database 330 may be implemented as a hardware memory device or a server in a virtual environment, and may include a plurality of unit databases. Each unit database may store different information, each of which may be implemented as a different memory device, or may be implemented in a form having different directories in one memory device, or may be implemented as a plurality of database services. The database 330 may include a row data database storing raw data, a user accessing the server device 330 (e.g., a user of the data storage device 310 and / or a user of the client device 360) A user information database storing identification information, personal information, login data, and row data information corresponding to the user, and a map setting database storing various setting information necessary for map generation, etc. . The information stored in the unit database may be provided to the map generator 340 and / or the data distributor 350. Also, the database 330 may be controlled to retrieve and reflect the corresponding information by periodic or aperiodic search queries.

The map generator 340 may extract the state information and event information from the row data provided from the data providing unit 310 to generate integrated data based on the map data. The map generator 340 may generate metadata based on the extracted state information and event information (for example, sales / sales related information and alarm information corresponding thereto), and may generate metadata of the visualization space used as the background of the user interface Data can be integrated together with the data to form one storable map data. The metadata generated by the map generator 340 may include data extracted from the row data and data related to the display position, color, font, and background of the event data. A tile image (also referred to as a visualization space) that integrates with the raw data may include a dynamic tile image. Data integration can be performed using Intelligent Pixel Query (IPQ) and Pixel On Demand (POD) technology.

At this time, each cell included in the canvas can have a time axis, and data can be inquired according to time. The time axis can be implemented not only in the data objects included in each cell but also in the visualization space.

The data distributor 350 distributes the integrated data based on the map data integrally generated by the map generator 340 according to the request or output condition of the client 360 and transmits the integrated data. The data distributor 350 can stream separately input video data to the client 360 via a link with the map data. That is, in the case of raw data that uses a large amount of disks such as images as well as video, the file can be located on a centralized disk that can be shared, and a link to the file can be used in a real map file. At this time, POD technology can be used to enhance the efficiency of network resources.

The client 360 can receive the map data-based integrated data transmitted from the data distributor 350 and display the integrated data on the user interface. Client 360 may be executed by a viewer and editor distributed from map generator 340 and / or data distributor 350. The viewer is software for visualizing the generated integrated map data. The viewer displays the integrated map data to the user of the client 360, and searches for and retrieves desired data, the number of cells in the canvas, the arrangement of cells, And the like. The editor provides an editing tool that allows the user of the client 360 to edit the visualization of the map data according to the user's convenience, such as content creation based on the user experience.

4 is a block diagram illustrating a concept of generating map data by integrating row data according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, a map generator (not shown) receives row data 410-1, 410-2, 410-3, 410-4, 410-5, 410-6, 410-7, 410-8, 410-9) to generate the metadata 420. The metadata 420 is generated by parsing the metadata 420, The received data 410-1, 410-2, 410-3, 410-4, 410-5, 410-6, 410-7, and 410-8, as described above, (410-2), text 410-3, graphic object 410-4 and GIS data 410-5 (Geographic Information Systems), sensor data 410-6, system data 410-7, And data 410-8. The server stores the received row data 410-1, 410-2, 410-3, 410-4, 410-5, 410-6, 410-7, and 410-8 in an arbitrary database (including temporary storage and large- ) In real time and / or non-real time. At this time, it is possible to indicate that specific row data is received at a specific time zone by including time information in the row data. In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, GPS (Global Positioning System) information is received and the position of a specific item (e.g., contact person) can be displayed on the map in real time. The GPS information can be received using a device of a specific person in charge.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the text data 410-3 in the row data may include Excel and / or CSV data including sales / sales related data. This may be data generated by a user of the data providing apparatus, and may be information displayed as a table and a chart. This can include Key Performance Indicator (KPI) index data for a customer that is managed by a specific line of business. It can have a dynamically changing value over time. Also, the sales / sales related data may include customer basic information, customer organization chart, customer company information, sales status information by product, sales status information by hour, KPI index trend information, sales history information, and market information.

The GIS data 410-5 may also be utilized as an element of the metadata 420 for generating the map data 440. [ Particularly, along with the GIS data, the real-time GPS position information of the data providing device of the salesperson is received and displayed at a corresponding position of the background tile image 430 so that the client device (not shown) Can be controlled.

The map generator generates metadata 420 required to integrate data of different attributes. The metadata 420 may include at least one of a displayed position (position displayed on the screen), color, font, and background information. If the map data 440 is stored in the form of a file, metadata about the physical file location (the physical location where the received data is stored in the form of a file) can be generated together. The map data 440 can be generated by combining the generated metadata 420 and the background tile image 430. [

With respect to the implementation of the integrated map data, in order to represent the conventional 3D data, a display method of displaying the 3D space in 2D was required. However, according to the embodiment of the present invention, The object and the visualization space itself may include the concept of time. However, the concept of the real-time time is not necessarily included, and the concept of the transition of the data (for example, the KPI index) according to the aperiodic input estimation through the time information of the input data may be included as a time concept.

Therefore, two of the existing 3D axes can be displayed on the 2D canvas and one axis can be represented as a zoom level indicating the depth. At this time, each of the zoom levels may be implemented to have a time axis. Consequently, a time axis can be implemented in the object and visualization space, and a special format for generating / storing such data can be called a map (map 440). The map data 440 includes metadata 420 such as a location of a physical file of heterogeneous data, a location on a user interface, a color, a font and a background, and metadata 420 of a tile image used as a final background of the user interface ) Can be integrated into one storable file or DBMS.

As described above, considering the IPQ and the POD in the integration of the map data 440 into the map data 440, not only high-quality video and image are implemented with a low bandwidth, but also a location on a local UI (User Interface) So that the position of the image can be synchronized and stored.

The map data 440 may be shared with the client through a data distributor, and a viewer (not shown) may be used to display the shared map data 440.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the object model of the map data 440 can be automatically synchronized with the viewer of the client device through data binding. Binding can mean conceptually linking an object with a UI element (e.g., a viewer) that interacts with the user. This may involve synchronization and / or format conversion. For example, changing a data table in a particular client may change all of the tables. That is, a client connected to a viewer of a specific client, and all the clients connected to the server can be synchronized to change the corresponding data. You can also perform format conversions automatically to ensure synchronization between data and the UI. It is synchronized with the data object connected to the UI element, and the attribute of the data object and the UI property can be actually bound. Therefore, when binding is performed, the UI is automatically updated when the data is changed, and when the UI is updated, the data can be automatically changed.

The feature of the map data 440 according to an embodiment of the present invention is as follows. i) In the case of a resource using a large capacity disk such as the image 410-1 and the video 410-2, the file is located on a centralized, centralized disk. In fact, in the map data 440, Can be used. Ii) If necessary, all the resources including the image 410-1 and the video 410-2 can be bundled and provided. Furthermore, iii) each object has visual information of the data itself to be displayed as well as the space in which the data is displayed, and iv) the object and the visualization space are local / global based on GIS and / / global) location information. Finally, v) all data may include POD technology.

5 is a diagram for explaining a link relationship between an object of map data and a visualization space and each map.

Referring to FIG. 5, the plurality of maps may have a link relationship with each other. Links between maps define the depth between levels and can define relationships between levels of specific data objects. The data object can be displayed in a predetermined format in the visualization space, and can display an event such as an anomaly detection in a blinking form. When the user 1 clicks (or zooms in) the country 1 in which the event is occurring in the map of the highest level 1 in FIG. 5, the map of level 1 and the map of level 2 that is the link (link 1) are displayed . The status information of the upper level item may be determined by reflecting the status information of the lower level item. In this embodiment, a more detailed area is set to be displayed in a lower level (for example, from level 1 to level 3). Level 1 indicates a worldwide sales network including various countries, level 2 indicates a specific Level 3 represents a number of clients located in the region.

The level 2 map includes the data objects and the visualization space of the lower hierarchy of the country 1, which includes regions 1 to 3. One higher-level object can be linked with a plurality of lower-level objects, and the link relation between each of these objects and the map can also be defined for each map. In addition, the position of the linked object may be different for different levels of the map. If you click on the area 1 where the event is occurring in the map of level 2, the map of level 3 can be displayed by link (link 2) of the level 2 and level 3 map, and the map of level 3 can be displayed. 1 and 2) may be included. By following the linked map in this way, the user of the client apparatus can confirm that an event is occurring in the client company 1 which is the lowest level object.

FIG. 6A is a conceptual diagram for explaining a configuration for implementing and storing a time axis in map data according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

Referring to FIG. 6A, the integrated map data may be implemented through three axes and separate time axes. That is, the object and the visualization space itself may include the concept of time in order to display the integrated map data. For this purpose, two of the existing three-dimensional three axes (x-axis and y-axis) are made up of spatial data of a map format based on the visualization space, and the plurality of map data are arranged in the z- It can be implemented by overlapping. Then, maps at different levels may include different time axes, and different objects in one map include different time axes so that a user can view a plurality of objects on different time axes . Further, the visualization space of one map may be divided into a plurality of portions, and the time axis may be separately set for each of the divided portions. By implementing such a different visualization space in a different visualization space, the user can increase the degree of freedom in searching and retrieving past data for a specific item in the future, and the user can visualize intuitive data as much as he or she follows his experience.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the concept of the time axis is not necessarily included, but the hierarchical information, the state information, and the connection information are extracted on the basis of the data of the inputted text form without the specific time axis, Can be configured.

FIG. 6B is a conceptual diagram illustrating a configuration in which a time axis is set in the z-axis of map data according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6B, map data of two visual axes are implemented on three axes, and z axis is set as a time, so that map data is visualized so that single level map data is realized according to time . By implementing such a visualization method at a plurality of levels, map data of a level requested by a user's request can be returned and visualized.

In storing data for integrated visualization of data, hierarchical information, status information, and link information can be periodically stored and a map can be automatically or manually generated. The client can play back by adjusting the time axis of the stored information. In addition, the hierarchical information, the status information, and the link information may be collected at different collection periods, and the period for generating the map may be set differently from those information.

Particularly, in the embodiment of the present invention, the time information according to the real time or the specific period is excluded, and based on the non-real-time or non-periodic data input from the data providing apparatus, Dimensional map data can be generated based on the three-dimensional map data.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of generating map data according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the map generator collects or inputs row data (S710). Generally, input row data may have correlation. For example, representative information, organization chart information, and sales status information for the same customer can be exemplified. The data having mutual correlation can be integrated into one object, and the map generator can classify the mutual correlation through the state type information of the input data. In addition, the status type of the data is also associated with the authority information that can open the corresponding information. The map generator determines whether the data can be verified based on the connection relation between the data and the user identification information and the authority information of the identified user, The map data can be generated by separately extracting data that can be viewed by the user. For example, if the executive 1 has authority to check the sales / sales data of the customers 1 to 5, when the executive 1 is connected to the system, the map generator provides the map data generated based on the sales / sales data of the customers 1 to 5 . In addition, it is possible to control to generate a map with only information on some state classes selected based on some state classes of sales / sales data. Even if there is no special correlation, the integrated map data may be the target of the integrated map data, and the inputted row data may include all the regular / unstructured data other than the image and the text, as described above.

The map generator extracts the layer information and the status / event information from the input raw data (S720). The map generator can extract hierarchical information and state / event information from the input data. The layer information is information indicating a hierarchical structure of the row data. For example, the lower layer data of row data 1 is row data 2 and 4, and the lower data 2 is lower layer data 5, and so on, may be included in the layer information. The status information may mean information indicating the status of the target equipment (item). This can be displayed as an actual number. The status information may also include image data. An item may have a plurality of status information. That is, status information such as sales amount, organization chart, target sales amount, sales status, achievement status relative to goal, and monitoring image of a specific target client company may exist for one item (for example, customer). The event information is information indicating that a specific event (situation) occurs. For example, if a sales target of a specific item is 5 billion, a critical sales amount is about 2 billion, a warning event should be displayed when the sales amount is lower than the critical sales amount, and information indicating a general condition when the sales amount is less than the critical sales amount Should be displayed. The information indicating the occurrence of such an event is event information. That is, the map generator can extract the layer information and the state / event from the input raw data. Alternatively, external link data may be extracted as occasion demands.

Then, the attribute of the map object is generated based on the extracted data (S730). The attribute of the map object refers to the above-mentioned metadata, and refers to metadata including the extracted state / event data and the physical file position, display position, color, font and background of the external link data, Location templates, and the like.

Then, based on the extracted object attribute information (metadata), the map can be generated by merging with the data of the tile (background) (S740). Based on the display position of the attribute information of the object, the position where the status / event information is to be displayed can be determined. For example, the map can be generated by determining the position of a specific image or specific text, the display position of a specific object on the GIS, the display size, and the like in the visualization space. This location information can be managed by location template information and rule script. The server can generate the integrated map data at high speed by implementing the time axis in each object and the visualization space. Also, the user who views the map data can retrieve information according to the time of the object of the map through a convenient interface. The user of the client device can select the desired items from the map data through the user interface and change the pop-up method or another template to check the related detailed state information. Also, the image included in the map data can be enlarged with the same resolution regardless of magnification through the POD method.

FIG. 8A is a diagram for explaining a link relation between maps in user experience-based content, and FIG. 8B is a diagram for explaining a link relation between a map and an external domain.

Referring to FIG. 8A, basically, a map may have a hierarchical structure in which hierarchical links included in row data are set with sequential and cyclic hierarchy. At this time, the user of the client apparatus or the data providing apparatus can set the specific contents to include the own storytelling based on the user's experience. The user can regenerate the map link setting in the order in which he wants to visualize the various maps. That is, the hierarchical structure of the user's convenience can be reentered out of the sequential structure of the hierarchy. For example, a level 1 map can be set to move to level 4 with one mouse operation, and when a specific item is clicked, items other than lower layer items of the item can be linked. This can be done by the user resetting the map link setting, the flow of this particular type of content can be made into a template, and then visualized with this content again.

In the embodiment of FIG. 8B, a map and an external link are established based on the user experience. In response to a mouse operation on the map, a specific external link (for example, a web page) can be opened. The external link may link not only the web page but also the multimedia additional information such as the moving picture, the sound, and the flash, etc. with the text.

FIG. 9 is a detailed block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a map generator of a cloud-based data visualization apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, the data visualization apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: A data extracting unit 920, a map generating unit 930, and a data distributor 950. The receiving unit 910, the data extracting unit 920,

9, the receiving unit 910 can receive various data received from a data providing apparatus (not shown). The receiving unit 910 may include a communication processor and / or an antenna for receiving data. The receiving unit 810 receives the row data from the data providing apparatus and transmits the row data to the data extracting unit 920.

The data extracting unit 920 can extract three pieces of information, that is, the layer information 922, the status information 924, and the external link information 926 from the raw data. The layer information 922 may include information indicating a hierarchical relationship between each row data. This will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 10A to 10C.

FIGS. 10A and 10B are diagrams showing data in a hierarchical structure, and FIG. 10C is a diagram exemplarily showing a predetermined method of displaying data.

Referring to FIG. 10A, the layer information defines a structure of row data according to each level. For example, the sales / business information of a specific country may be included in level 1, and the information of the territory included in the country may be included in level 2 and level 3, respectively. The subtree structure for levels 2 and 3 may be included in level 3 to level 4. Levels are not necessarily limited to level 4. That is, the hierarchical information includes logical / physical connection relationships between upper and lower data of data having a structure, and is general information expressing the logical / physical connection relationships. This allows a basic linking relationship between the maps to be defined. The upper level state information may be determined by reflecting the lower level state information.

Data in a hierarchical relationship can be displayed as shown in FIG. 10B. As described above, data for each level is displayed for two axes, one axis represents a level depth, data for each level has a separate time axis, and time axis information for each level is inquired at a time of data integration .

Referring to FIG. 10C, in the case of a single item that does not have a top-to-bottom connection, the level can be extracted and visualized. Structured data ranging from root (meaning root) to leaf (meaning lower level data) can be extracted and visualized at the requested level of data. At this time, only one level of data may be displayed (1010), and only one level may be displayed (1020), and data of several levels may be structured and displayed (1030). The manner of structuring the data according to the specific level can be changed by changing the user setting by utilizing the visualization device and / or the client user interface.

9, the data extracting unit 920 can extract the state information 924 in addition to the layer information 922. [ The status information 924 may be information indicating the status of the item, and may be information indicating an event. In some cases, image information may also be included.

The data extraction unit 920 can extract status / event information for all items from the root to the leaf. The event information can be generated by comparing the state information with a threshold value (which can be changed later) preset by the user. A plurality of threshold values may be set and various events may be configured according to the state information. Visualized on a user interface by a traffic light or other display method. For example, it can be set to display an error if it is a red color, a normal state if it is green, and a warning if it is yellow.

In addition to the status information, a metrics table is used to display an actual numerical value of the status information (for example, an actual sales amount value (12,300,000 won in the case of sales amount related information) and a KPI (Key Performance Indicator) Can be extracted together.

The data extracting unit 920 can extract the link information 926 in addition to the layer information 922 and the state information 924. [ Link information 926 is connection information that allows each item to be associated with an internal or external system. For linking with the information of the internal system, the link information between the information which is not set in the hierarchical information and which is not logical / physical upper and lower relation is defined in the link information 926, and information of the customer 4 Etc. can be used to form the map data as the link information 926. [ In addition, this may include information provided for extracting an external linked URL and mapping it to each item for connection with an external system.

The map generation unit 930 integrates the extracted row data based on the location template 932, the tile information 934, the project setting 942, the rule script 944, and the execution scheduler 946, Can be generated.

The location template information 932 may include a plurality of types of cell placement information. For example, it may contain various type information of the arrangement of a plurality of cells in one canvas. Further, the template information may include link relationship information between maps based on the user experience. For example, a predetermined type of template that is mapped to the specific layer information 922 extracted from the row data can be determined. For example, when there are four hierarchical information 922, it is determined which type of position template belongs to the four-tier hierarchy through the held position template information 932 (the default type can be set) For example, type 3), and a template having a link relation between maps can be defined. Thus, if a user creates a template of a specific type desired by the user, the same template can be rearranged and the same screen configuration can be easily rearranged in the future. In addition, setting information for constructing and visualizing a table and a chart, not map-type data, from the specific layer can also be stored as the location template information 932 and used for generating map data later.

The tile information 934 stores background information of the user interface. That is, background information appearing as a background in the user interface screen is stored, and when the map generating unit 930 generates map data, it is visualized as the background of the collected data.

The project setting 942 information includes various setting information of the project for generating the dynamic content in the map generating unit 930.

The rule script 944 defines basic layout information of various objects displayed on the map, colors of fonts to be displayed on the map, fonts and the like. The configuration information of the rule script 944 can be managed by the rule system such as creation, storage, and deletion of a new setting.

Also, since the period of the received row data may be always different, the map generator 930 has an execution scheduler 946, and automatically or manually changes the cycle of the received data according to the defined schedule to perform data integration . The execution scheduler 946 includes work order information from data extraction to map generation.

The map data generated through the map generating unit 930 can be controlled through the data distributor 950. The data distributor 950 may send a display related signal to the client in response to a request from the client.

The map generator 900 and the data distributor 950 may be implemented as one server device, or may be separately provided as separate servers.

The data distributor 950 may implement a viewer and an editor for visualizing the generated map data. The viewer implements a zoom in / out method by moving multiple levels, and implements a panning function to view only what is needed at one level.

In the case of the panning function, when a plurality of cells are partially displayed in the integrated map data, the cells in other areas can be biased toward one direction due to panning. When the output condition is changed in this manner, the data distributor 950 can provide the temporary map data that partially satisfies the changed output condition to the user interface of the client apparatus. In other words, since the data distributor 950 is provided with the entire map data, it is possible to configure the changed view shifted to one side and provide it to the client at any time.

In other words, the data distributor 950 can reconfigure as many views as needed by the user in real time and provide them to the client viewer or editor.

In the data visualization method of the present invention, each item on the displayed screen is implemented to automatically update status information through a dynamic status alarm, and detailed information such as KPI can be viewed through a popup function Can be implemented. In addition, a URL link function can be implemented for linking with an external system. In addition, it is possible not only to implement enlargement / reduction by a simple operation of an input system such as a mouse or a touch device, but also to display items of the next level associated with the item when a specific item is enlarged.

11 is a detailed block diagram illustrating a data distributor of a cloud-based data visualization apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 11, it includes a login management unit 1110, a request reception unit 1120, a data analysis unit 1130, a map information reception unit 1140, a screen configuration unit 1150, and a data transmission unit 1160 .

Referring to FIG. 11, the login management unit 1110 may process a login operation for a user of a connected client device for a cloud-based data visualization service in cooperation with the user information database 1182. FIG. The login management unit 1110 can process the login operation so that only authenticated users can access based on the user authentication information (e.g., ID and password, etc.) stored in the user information database 1182. [ The login management unit 1110 receives the user authentication information from the client device, compares it with the stored authentication information, and performs login based on the comparison. The user who first accesses the service can generate the user identification information and the authentication information through the membership subscription procedure and initialize the service according to the authentication of the service authentication device.

The request receiving unit 1120 receives a request from the client apparatus. For example, when the client apparatus transmits a visualization request using the viewer and / or editor software through the user interface, the request receiving unit 1120 receives the visualization request. For example, the client device may select and transmit a desired type of status information to receive map data based on a particular type of status information. That is, when the sales amount is selected from among various status information, a request for generating the map data related to the sales amount is received, and the data analysis unit 1130 receives the map data You can control the module. The request from the client may include selection for this particular kind of status information, request for configuration of the visualized form of the map data, and the like. When there is no special request at the time of login, map data of a default defined type can be generated and provided to the user of the client device.

The data analyzer 1130 analyzes the request received from the request receiver 1120 and analyzes data required to return information corresponding to the request. That is, the data analysis unit 1130 analyzes a plurality of pieces of information necessary for generating map data corresponding to the request from the user based on the user information database 1182 and / or the sales network database 1184, ). For example, the type of detailed state information related to the sales is analyzed in response to the map data generation request according to the sales amount. With respect to the sales amount, the list of the customer or the person in charge of the company related to the user can be extracted from the user information database 1182 based on the identification information of the user of the client device. Also, based on the sales network database 1184 related to the person in charge, customer information and sales related information managed by the person in charge can be extracted. The client information thus extracted may be provided to the map information receiving unit 1140 so that the map information receiving unit 1140 can receive map data corresponding to the request of the client.

Also, according to another embodiment of the present invention, rank or position information corresponding to the user may exist based on the identification information of the authenticated user. The data analyzer 1130 can classify threshold lines of information permitted to be displayed according to a DRM (Digital Right Management) technology set based on the user's rank or position, and based on the data, So that map data can be displayed on the basis of the corresponding data. That is, in the case of "exaggeration", the data of the upper two levels can not be displayed, but in the case of the "director" of the higher grade, it is possible to set the map data of higher level which can not be seen in the "exaggeration" grade. This map is combined with the state information of the data for map generation in the map generator, so that only the map data generated by extracting only the state information allowed in a specific grade can be displayed to the user of the corresponding grade.

The map information receiving unit 1140 can request and receive corresponding map data according to the data analysis result. That is, in order to generate data suitable for the user of the client device, the map generator is requested to have map information corresponding to the contact person information of the corresponding company and / or customer and the sales related information of the customer company managed by the contact person, have.

The screen configuration unit 1150 may configure data to be displayed on the screen of the requested client apparatus based on the received map data. The screen configuration unit 1150 is information on how map data is to be displayed on the client apparatus. The map data may include such a configuration basically, but since the data distributor 1100 is a component for further processing the map data, Lt; / RTI > That is, if the map generator 1105 selects the display screen configuration of the map data specialized for the client on the basis of the screen configuration database 1186 and the additional information database 1188, this component can be omitted. The screen configuration database 1186 may store setting information (e.g., screen configuration template information, favorite information) for a screen configuration specific to each user. Further, in the additional information database 1188, detailed information, such as a table, a chart, and text information, which are additionally displayed on the specific map data, may be separately stored. Accordingly, when the user of the client apparatus needs related information and additional information other than the map data, it is a storage for appropriately providing the information. The request may be received by the request receiving unit 1120, and the screen forming unit 1150 receiving the request may additionally provide additional information corresponding to the request to the screen of the client apparatus. The screen configuration unit 1150 generates a map data display screen corresponding to the corresponding client user based on the screen configuration database 1116 and the additional information database 1150 and provides the generated map data display screen to the data transfer unit 1160.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the screen configuration unit 1150 can generate and display collection data such as the overall business status desired by the user of the client apparatus. For example, when not wanting to display data of one customer but displaying the entire nationwide business status of a specific person in charge, it receives the request and cumulatively calculates the total sales based on the business status of the customer under the control of the person in charge It is also possible to calculate the achievement status of the target by calculating the ratio with the set target value. Also, in the case of the sales status by a specific region, it is possible to collect and analyze the sales data of the customer having the local attribute based on the classified local attribute, and to control the result to be displayed on the client screen.

The data transmission unit 1160 may transmit the client display data generated by the screen configuration unit 1150 to the client apparatus.

In addition, the data distributor 1100 can provide additional functions performed on a network such as a mail function and a chat function in cooperation with a cloud network (not shown) including an intranet 1170, the Internet and / or a wired / wireless network.

In this embodiment, each of the unit databases 1182, 1184, 1186, 1188 may be included in one database (not shown) to provide information to map generator 1105 and / or data distributor 1100 , And may be distributed over a plurality of databases to provide information to the map generator 1105 and / or the data distributor 1100.

12 is a view showing a basic screen of a cloud-based data visualization apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the embodiment of FIG. 12, the level-related information of the map currently shown in a part of the screen of the client apparatus through the cloud-based data visualization system can be displayed. In the embodiment of FIG. 12, the part indicated by "South Korea" in the upper left corner indicates that the level of the map is the national level, and the visualization space represents Korea. This level of the screen can be switched to another visualization space map (e.g., Japan, USA) by clicking the left and right arrows, and can be switched to a higher level of the global map through zoom scrolling, (E.g., Seoul City, etc.).

In addition, there is a part of the screen of the client device which indicates the state type of the item to be displayed mainly in the current map data. In FIG. 12, when the upper left corner of the map portion is viewed, there is a portion marked as a sales customer and a prospective customer, where the current sales customer is displayed. At this time, when the sales customer data is selected, the items on the map are displayed as objects based on the data of the customers who are generating sales. That is, the user can view the overall business status of the category desired by the user through the map, and can view detailed sales figures by selecting the country (in this embodiment, Korea). In addition, the status information of each item to be displayed can be collected, and the total business status, the achievement status relative to the entire target, and the status of the on-off work for each region can be calculated and displayed. Such calculations may be made in the map generator and / or the data distributor. In addition, the arrangement and kind of the displayed data may be set in advance by default, and may be changed to another configuration through the user interface of the client in the future.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when a user selects a specific item status type, map data generated based on status information of each item corresponding to the status rectification is displayed on the screen, and specific status information is displayed on the screen Can display the event occurrence. That is, according to the embodiment of FIG. 12, the map data of the sales customer of the nationwide sales network in Korea is displayed, and the user of the client device can immediately grasp the trouble occurrence situation through the generated alarm. Through this, it is possible to find intuitive problems of users and to find solutions.

13 is a diagram showing a screen of a client apparatus showing a map showing a KPI index of each client company. FIG. 13 is an enlarged view (zoomed-in) of an area in order to confirm the contents when an alarm part is generated in the embodiment of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 13, it can be confirmed that the level display portion of the map data at the upper left corner is changed to " Region 1 " to be map data of customers included in Region 1, . It can be known that customer companies 1 to 6 are present on the map of the area 1 to be displayed first and that the alarm events are generated in the customer companies 3 and 4. The alarm condition can be set according to the user's convenience. For example, an alarm may be generated at a customer who does not meet the sales target.

Also, as a whole, the business index of each customer can be displayed simply as a gauge. This may be the KPI index of current sales to target. The representative KPI index to be displayed briefly for each item may be set in advance or may be arbitrarily determined by the user through user setting. Also, it is possible to display the approximate information of a specific customer on the corresponding screen by a simple click. This can be accomplished by receiving a representative information display request through a screen click from the client device in the request receiver of the data distributor, and then transmitting the request to the screen configuration unit so that related information can be displayed. The screen configuration unit can control the display of information to be displayed as rough information about the customer. At this time, with the order setting information for information display, it is possible to control so that different information can be displayed according to successive clicks on the client apparatus.

Also, according to the embodiment of FIG. 13, each customer is classified as a strategic customer, a general customer, and a backup customer, which may be classified by the user as basic information of the customer. For example, a strategic customer can be classified as a customer who is currently generating sales, a general customer is a sales customer, but a customer with a slightly lower priority, and a prospective customer is classified as a customer who is expected to generate future sales. Such a classification can be arbitrarily set by the user, but when the classification information is displayed on one screen, the decision maker who confirms the classification information can more easily grasp the current sales situation corresponding to the tendency and tendency of each customer. At this time, the type of detailed contents to be displayed when enlarged according to the classification of the customer can be set differently.

In this embodiment, since the customer 4 has generated an alarm, it can be expanded to check the detailed status.

14 is a diagram showing a screen of the client device in which the client company 4 is enlarged and the detailed status is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 14, as detailed status data for the customer 4, basic information of the customer 4, sales status of each product, monthly sales status and sales history can be displayed in the form of tables and charts. The tables and graphs related to the sales status may indicate the trend of the KPI index or additional information over time. In addition, by inputting a sales history by a user of the data providing apparatus, a history of what kind of person in charge of the company and what kind of person in charge of the customer the customer has met can be recorded, and such input data is used as status information And analyzed in the form of a table.

As described above, the type of information displayed on the screen of the client device may be set to default, and the user may change the information through the editor. To display other information, the additional information display icon may be displayed by pressing the additional information display icon And is configured to be requested by a data distributor.

In the present embodiment, when the customer examines the problem based on the current sales status by product, it can be confirmed that only one kind of product (product A) is sold as the customer, and the sales are steadily decreased Can be confirmed. In order to further analyze these problems, it may be necessary to confirm other additional information including images and the like. The user can click the dashboard view icon at the bottom left to see additional information.

FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining a method in which a data distributor according to another embodiment of the present invention receives image data from a separate image receiving unit and distributes the image data to a client.

15, the data distributor 1510 receives image information from a separate image receiving unit 1505 that receives image information (e.g., video information), and receives image information from the client apparatus 1520 -1 to 1520 ~ N). For example, an image related to a specific item of map data may be placed on an actual map. Alternatively, the image data may be separately received from the image receiving unit 1505 and linked to the item. The user can stream the video through a link to the item. In this case, it is possible to maximize the efficiency of the storage space by storing the image and video data occupying a large capacity disk in the database and storing the actual map file in the local storage. In addition, through this, the efficiency of the interaction of the clients 1520-1 to 1520-N can be enhanced.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a display of the image information provided on the dashboard screen according to the method of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 16, the dashboard may provide image information to a part or all of the screen through the additional information view of the dashboard. This may be video information obtained through in-house CCTV. At this time, in addition to the video information, various tables and graphs necessary for decision making can be displayed together with the CCTV image, and the displayed table and the graph information can be arranged together with the information related to the image or the information selected by the user.

FIG. 17 is a diagram for explaining a process of performing a business instruction to another client via mail after a problem situation is grasped.

Referring to FIG. 17, after identifying a problem situation, the client device can utilize an external URL link or an email transmission function by clicking a link icon in the upper right corner. The e-mail transmission feature can open a memo window for sending e-mails, and you can e-mail specific job instructions to the relevant sales representatives to achieve your sales goals. The data distributor can forward the created e-mail to the input e-mail address in cooperation with the intra-company intranet.

FIG. 18 is a view showing a state in which a customer 6 classified as a preliminary customer is enlarged on the screen of FIG. 14 to check the detailed status.

Referring to FIG. 18, after confirming the details of the customer 4 who generated the alarm, when the decision to achieve the sales target of the customer is completed, the customer can return to the area map again to extract another sales possibility. After returning to the map data of the region 1 in Fig. 18, a customer with a high degree of visibility can be selected from among the prospective customers and can enter details through enlargement control.

FIG. 19 is a view showing an organization chart, a market, and competitor status information of the customer company 6 displayed.

Referring to FIG. 19, the status information of the preliminary customer may include organization chart, market and competition status information. For preliminary customers, it may be effective to indicate at a glance that the task progress status timeline, organizational chart and market and competitive status information for preliminary customers so far, unlike strategic and general customers, can be confirmed at a glance. In addition, the task progress status timeline can be displayed separately from the completed task contents and the current task contents. Organizational chart information can be displayed in a tree structure by group or by rank within the customer company. The market and competition status can include a table that summarizes the contents of the market competition in the market with a specific customer representative in order of update date.

In particular, in the progress status timeline, when a task in progress is clicked, detailed sales history information can be displayed as detailed information, and the sales progress status can be confirmed through this. In addition, when a specific person in charge (for example, an officer in charge) is clicked on the organization chart of the customer, it is possible to control so that the characteristics, tendencies, etc. of the persons in charge are displayed. For example, a favorable feeling of the person in charge of the product, history information in the past industry, and the like may be displayed. In addition, by understanding the market and competitors' status, it is possible to grasp the information that competitors are currently competing at a lower price compared to the customer's products, and help to make accurate decisions.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a state in which an instruction is directly given to a person in charge of business by chatting on the screen of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 20, a business instruction can be issued to a salesperson through a chat on the screen of the client device. That is, the data distributor can launch the chat window 2010 through the interface for selecting the additional function. According to the embodiment of the present invention, the data distributor can support the chat function with the salesperson in the team in cooperation with the intranet or the Internet. In this way, the decision maker can communicate with the person in charge through the chat window 2010 so that the decision maker can make a quick decision while viewing the displayed information.

21 is a view showing a screen for monitoring the position of the salesperson by confirming the GPS information of the salesperson.

21, when the user of the client device wants to check the real-time position of the salesperson related to himself / herself on the screen, the user of the client device can select the position check function to display the contact person information related to the user of the client device and / Based on the salesperson information of the customer on the current map data, map data including the current position information of the correspondingperson. At this time, the person in charge of requesting the position information can be directly designated, or, in case of giving a work instruction, the person who received the work instruction request within the standard time can be automatically designated.

The map generator can receive the GPS position information of the device of the person in charge (the data providing device) by using the device of the person in charge who is requested to display the current location information. Then, the changed GPS position information can be included in the map data, and the salesperson can support the real time monitoring of the possible appearance toward the customer on the screen of the client device.

22 is a diagram showing a state in which a KPI dashboard is generated through information input in an Excel file.

22, a salesperson inputs information according to each level through a user interface (e.g., a touch screen, a keyboard, and / or a mouse) of a data providing apparatus, and inputs a name and status of a KPI index Information can be entered in the form of text such as Excel. At this time, a plurality of hierarchical levels can be input for one item, and a plurality of status information can be input. The map generator receives these input data and can distinguish levels between items. According to the embodiment of FIG. 22, level 1 comprises medical revenues, level 2 comprises the type of revenue constituting the medical revenues, level 3 includes the client's revenue information on revenues of level 2, And / or a logical top-down relationship. Status information such as KPI index, current sales revenue, and target revenue of each customer of level 3 can be input on the Excel file, and the map generator can generate map data based on the status information. In this way, the map generator can generate map data only by inputting a simple Excel in the data providing device, and in particular, can generate a dashboard for displaying the KPI index. In addition, various screen configurations can be considered depending on the configuration of the excel data to be input.

FIGS. 23A to 23C are diagrams for explaining the details of the main KPI index and the process of checking the KPI component status.

FIG. 23A is a diagram for confirming the main KPI index and confirming the detailed KPI status of each hospital. Referring to FIG. 23A, the KPI index is a KPI index on the left side, which includes a productivity index, a patient health index, and a health index. At this time, it is possible to generate an event based on the criteria such as the current operating income relative to the target. The upper level indicator can be determined by reflecting the result value of the lower level indicator. For example, after the values of all the lower level indicators are summed, it is possible to determine whether the alarm of the upper level indicator is generated based on whether the average value exceeds the threshold value in comparison with the target value.

According to the present embodiment, an alarm event occurs in the productivity index among the main KPI items. The user of the client device can enter the item where the alarm occurred and check the details.

Referring to the right side of FIG. 23A, the detailed KPI status of each hospital related to the productivity index can be confirmed. That is, at the point where the alarm occurs, it is possible to grasp the detailed alarm occurrence status of the point with respect to the index. Based on the low-level index, it can be determined whether or not the event of the level 2 detail item is generated. Currently, the "Gangnam A Hospital" in the per-capita outpatient index, the "Daegu A Hospital" An alarm is generated in the event that the decision maker intuitively grasps the problem.

FIG. 23B shows a screen for confirming the KPI status and KPI component status of each hospital clinic. Referring to the left side of FIG. 23B, the KPI status of the "Kangnam A Hospital" where an alarm has occurred can be confirmed for each hospital clinic. At the lower level of the "Gangnam A Hospital" item, there are "Internal Medicine", "Internal Medicine", "Internal Medicine", "Internal Medicine", "Infection Internal Medicine", "Rheumatic Internal Medicine", "Allergy Internal Medicine" Hematologic tumor medicine ", and the like. Here, it can be confirmed that an alarm event is generated in "circulatory organ medicine "," rheumatic medicine medicine ", and " This can be interpreted as the occurrence of the specialist per capita outpatient index being lower than the threshold, and the actual index can also be displayed together. Here, it is possible to zoom in once into the group in which the alarm has occurred.

Referring to the right drawing of FIG. 23B, it is possible to check which element among the elements constituting the corresponding KPI has occurred. According to the embodiment of FIG. 23B, "circulatory organ medicine" indicates that there is a problem based on the status information of the "number of outpatients" The data distributor can display the occurrence of alarm events for the items of each level as an overall tree structure. That is, it is displayed so as to confirm at a glance whether or not an alarm event of an item from the "productivity index" to the "number of outpatient patients"

FIG. 23C is a diagram showing a screen for confirming the KPI transition of the department according to the selection of the selected department in the tree structure of FIG. 23B. Referring to the left drawing of FIG. 23C, the user of the client device can check the KPI trend according to the time of the medical care department by clicking the medical care section where the alarm occurs, that is, the "internal medicine_circulatory medicine internal medicine" item on the alarm event display screen of the tree structure have. Referring to the right side of FIG. 23C, KPI trends can be displayed in the form of tables, graphs, and / or texts based on time-based status information (for example, KPI index information) of raw data inputted for each time zone.

24 is a view for explaining a method of distributing data to a client apparatus by receiving image data from a separate image receiving unit according to another embodiment of the present invention.

24, the data distributor 2410 receives image information from a separate image receiving unit 2405 that receives image information (e.g., video information), links the map data generated by the map generating unit, . For example, an image related to a specific item of map data may be placed on an actual map, but the image data may be separately received from the image receiving unit 2405 and linked to the item. The user can stream the video through a link to the item. In this case, it is possible to maximize the efficiency of the storage space by storing the image and video data occupying a large capacity disk in the database and storing the actual map file in the local storage. Also, the efficiency of the interaction of the clients 2420-1 to 2420-N can be enhanced.

25 is a diagram for explaining a POD technique applicable to the map data visualization method of the present invention. POD technology is disclosed in Korean Patent Publication KR10-2002-0052190 (2002.02.02) and US Patent Publication No. 10110680 (Dec. 19, 2002).

25, when a plurality of images 2510 and 2520 are to be integrated and displayed on the screen of the client 2540, the data distributor 2530 must be integrated through the resolution information of the display screen in the client 2540 The integrated image can be efficiently transmitted to the client 2540 without reducing the bandwidth by changing the resolution of the plurality of images 2510 and 2520. This technique is called POD. In the embodiment of FIG. 25, in the environment where the video 1 (2510) and the video 2 (2520) are both Full HD and transmitted at 5 Mbps in a resolution of 1920 x 1080, Lt; / RTI > The data distributor 2530 transcodes the two images 2510 and 2520 based on the image quality information on the display screen of the client 2540. That is, when a single image is transcoded to have a resolution of 1920 x 540 and then integrated, a full HD image of 1920 x 1080 is generated, and the same bandwidth (5 Mbps) It is possible to provide an image integrated with bandwidth.

The IPQ technology applicable to the map data visualization method of the present invention is disclosed in Korean Patent Publication Nos. KR10-2003-0092955 (2002.07.02) and U.S. Published Patent Application No. 10345432 (Feb.

IPQ is a technology capable of freely editing heterogeneous data such as video image, satellite map, and status information through a predetermined software (editor), and real-time monitoring and integrated control scenarios are established and integrated monitoring and control contents can be edited . This can be implemented such that only the data of the selected local region of the entire region is transmitted rapidly, and the enlarged and reduced movement of the image data having a large capacity is facilitated. In addition, if there is a separate status board, it can provide perfect synchronization with the status board, and can provide a complete alarm function by linking the camera screen, sound warning, and connected external equipment control. Also, it is possible to save free screen configuration and contents through editor, and it provides real time alarm processing function. In addition, an editing function such as positioning a video image in a GIS map can be incorporated.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the inventions as defined by the following claims It will be understood that various modifications and changes may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims (24)

An apparatus for visualizing data in a cloud network system,
A database storing raw data information received from at least one data providing device;
Hierarchical information indicating the vertical relationship between items from the raw data, state information indicating the state of each item or event, generating an object based on the extracted information, and generating map data integrated in the visualization space Map generator; And
And a data distributor for distributing the generated map data to a connected client device through a cloud network,
Wherein the client device and the data providing device share map data in a consistent form through the cloud network. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the data distributor identifies a user of the connected client device and provides map data corresponding to the identified user to the client device. The method according to claim 1,
The client device requesting at least one of a request for status information of an item and a request for a particular level for a particular kind of status,
And returns the map data generated based on the item status information of the specific type of status and the item status information of the specific level to the requested client device in response to the request. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the visualization space is composed of a plurality of layers, and the map data of the first layer has state information of items corresponding to the first layer arranged in a map form on the visualization space of the first layer. Visualization device. The method according to claim 1,
Based on the identification information of the user of the client apparatus, the status type and level of the item corresponding to the user are automatically or manually selected, and map data corresponding to the selected type and level is returned. Device. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the map, the object, and the visualization space are integrated with the position information and the time information, respectively, and are implemented as 4D data. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the low data includes at least one of sales related data of a salesperson and data related to a customer's KPI (Key Performance Indicator) index managed by the salesperson 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the sales related data and the KPI index dynamically change according to a user's input of a low data. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the data distributor identifies a user of a specific client device and distributes the generated map data based on KPI index information of the customer corresponding to the user. 9. The method of claim 8,
Based on the customer data, visualizing the status of the classified customer on one screen by comparing the customer's KPI index with a preset threshold or classifying the customer based on the inputted row data, Device. 11. The method of claim 10,
And activates and visualizes an alarm when the KPI index of the customer is higher than a preset threshold value. 12. The method of claim 11,
When a request for enlargement / reduction of a specific item is requested by the client device, a consistent visualization space is created by using hierarchical information or connection information with an internal / external system on the basis of an item selected by the client device or at the center of the screen Wherein the cloud visualization device is a cloud-based data visualization device. 13. The method of claim 12,
Extracting, based on hierarchical information or connection information related to the item, at least one of status information and additional information of a lower layer corresponding to the item when the client device requests enlarged interaction with the item, And displaying the data on the client device. 14. The method of claim 13,
At least one of the status information and the additional information of the displayed lower layer includes at least one of customer basic information, customer organization chart, customer representative information, sales status by product, sales status by hour, KPI index trend information, sales history information, market information, And the image data associated with the cloud network. The method according to claim 1,
In the map, two of three axes for displaying 3D data are displayed as a 2D canvas, and one axis is displayed as a zoom level indicating a depth,
Wherein maps of the respective zoom levels are implemented to have a time axis and are visualized as four-dimensional map data. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the map generating unit generates map data by additionally extracting connection information for allowing each item to establish a relationship with the internal and external systems by interaction. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data distributor
A login manager for managing login of the cloud service based on authentication information of a client user;
A request receiver for receiving a request from the client device;
A data analyzer for analyzing the data required to analyze the request and return information corresponding to the request;
A map information receiving unit for requesting and receiving map data corresponding to the data analysis result;
A screen configuration unit for configuring data to be displayed on a screen of the requested client apparatus based on the received map data; And
And a data transmitter for transmitting data to be displayed on the screen to the client device. 18. The method of claim 17,
Wherein the screen forming unit forms a screen including an icon for sending mail to a person in charge associated with a specific item and controls to display a window for sending a work order mail to the person in charge when the mail sending icon is selected Data visualization device based on cloud network. 19. The method of claim 18,
Wherein the network is connected to an intranet network to provide chatting between users of the plurality of client devices. 19. The method of claim 18,
Wherein the screen configuration unit controls the screen configuration divided once to be a template through a favorite function and to be reconfigured according to a subsequent request. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein in the plurality of maps, the state of the upper level item is determined by reflecting the state value of the lower level item. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the map generator receives GPS (Global Positioning System) information and controls the real-time position of the item to be displayed on the map. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein data synchronization is automatically performed between a viewer of the client device and a map data object model. A method for visualizing data in a cloud network system,
Storing raw data information received from at least one data providing device in a database;
The map generator extracts hierarchical information indicating the vertical relationship between items from the row data, state information indicating the state of each item or event, generates an object based on the extracted information, and maps the map data integrated in the visualization space ≪ / RTI > And
Distributing the generated map data to the connected client device through the cloud network,
Wherein the client device and the data providing device share map data in a consistent form through the cloud network.

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