System and Method of Providing Accessibility to Visualization Tools

Patent №

US 11,526,558

Granted

2022-12-13

Filed 2020

Owner

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC

AI components

3

speech · kr · planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

17107632

A method and system for providing accessibility to a visualization graph may include receiving a request to begin navigating the visualization graph, the visualization graph displaying a plurality of items of information, each item of information being displayed as a node and the visualization graph representing a connection between two nodes with a connecting line, identifying a central node in the visualization graph, determining a navigation order for the visualization graph based on at least one of a strength of the connection and a type of the connection between an item of information associated with the central node and items of information associated with non-central nodes, starting to navigate the visualization graph at the central node, continuing to navigate the visualization graph to non-central nodes in accordance with the determined navigation order, and providing an audio output during the navigation to provide accessibility to the visualization graph for visually impaired individuals.

SpeechKnowledge representationPlanningG06F 16/904G06N 5/022G06F 16/9024G06F 16/9038G09B 21/006G06N 20/00

AI classification

Knowledge representation0.99
Speech0.94
Planning0.54
Natural language0.23
AI hardware0.09
Vision0.04
Evolutionary computation0.02
Machine learning0.00

Ownership

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC

assignment · 544950901

Assignors

DUONG, THUY THANH, TOVAR GARCIA, LUIS CARLOS, GRADEL, ERIC DAVID

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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