NANOMANIPULATOR TOWARD AN IDEAL INTERFACE TO SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPES

我们致力于为扫描探头提供理想的用户界面 显微镜. 我们继续改进这两个系统的能力 和用户界面。 我们已经实现了几种技术， 在PixelFlow上以真实的时间可视化呈现多个数据集。 这些包括斑点噪声纹理，斑点纹理中的阿尔法混合， 凹凸贴图纹理，双向反射函数着色器和 其他先进的可视化技术。 所有这些着色器都具有 已集成到可视化系统中，允许用户 将任何输入数据集映射到任何输出通道。 我们已经开始 与心理学家一起帮助确定哪些是 有用的技术。 计算机之间的密切日常协作 科学家是工具的制造者，物理科学家是工具的使用者 继续确保构建正确的工具， 在我们的设施外可用。 该系统已提交 在计算机科学和物理会议上， 用户界面工作和使用系统完成的科学。 报告 发表在会议记录和国际演讲中 向更广泛的科学界传播该系统的有用性 社区 SIGGRAPH '97现场展示工作系统 电动花园展会提供了额外的联系点 与公众和科学家。

We work towards an ideal user interface for scanned-probe microscopes. We have continued to improve both system capabilities and user interface. We have implemented several techniques for the visual presentation of multiple data sets in real time on PixelFlow. These include a spot-noise texture, alpha-blending in a spot texture, bump-mapped textures, a bidirectional reflectance function shader and other advanced visualization techniques. All of these shaders have been integrated into a visualization system that allows the user to map any input data set to any output channel. We have begun working with a psychologist to help determine which are the most perceptually useful techniques. Close, daily collaboration between computer scientists as tool builders and physical scientists as tool users continues to ensure that the right tools are built, and that the tools become available outside our facility. The system has been presented at both computer science and physics conferences, describing both the user interface work and the science done using the system. Reports published in the proceedings and international speaking engagements spread word of the system usefulness to the broader scientific community. Live display of the working system at the SIGGRAPH '97 Electric Garden exhibition provided an additional point of contact with the public and scientists.