CREATING A DISPLAY PATTERN FOR MULTIPLE DATA-BOUND GRAPHIC OBJECTS

• US 20190114054A1
• Filed: 10/13/2017
• Published: 04/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: KERR, BERNARD JAMES
• Granted Patent: US 10,528,236 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/177 of tables; using ruled lines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/18 of spreadsheets form-filling G06F40/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]

Abstract

Computer-readable media, methods, and systems are provided for creating a display pattern for a plurality of graphic objects that are bound to at least one data variable. Data comprising a plurality of observations with variable values is received. A first graphic object is presented for display within a display area of a graphic user interface and is bound to the data such that the property value for one of the object'"'"'s visual property is determined by a variable value a corresponding data observation. A direction of expansion for the display area is received, and as the display area is expanded, a plurality of additional graphic objects also bound to the data are created and presented with the first graphic object to form a display pattern. The display pattern is determined, in part, by the order of the corresponding observations in the data set and the selected direction of expansion.

Claims

1. One or more computer storage devices storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving a data set having a plurality of observations, each observation comprising a plurality of variable values;

providing a first graphic object for display within a display area of a graphical user interface, the first graphic object having a property value of a visual property determined by a variable value from the data set, and the display area having one or more selectable controls around the display area;

receiving a selection of a direction of expansion;

expanding the display area in the direction of expansion; and

providing for display a plurality of additional graphic objects in the display area, wherein the plurality of additional graphic objects and the first graphic object each correspond to an observation in the data set and are arranged in a display pattern determined from the direction of expansion and an order of observations in the data set.

2. The one or more computer storage devices of claim 1, wherein receiving the selection of the direction of expansion comprises detecting one of the selectable controls has been moved by a user relative to the first graphic object in the direction of expansion.

3. The one or more computer storage devices of claim 2, wherein providing for display additional graphic objects in the display area comprises partially exposing the additional graphic objects as the user moves the selectable control.

4. The one or more computer storage devices of claim 1, wherein receiving the selection of the direction of expansion comprises receiving a selection of a direction icon on one of the selectable controls.

5. The one or more computer storage devices of claim 4, wherein providing for display additional graphic objects in the display area comprises simultaneously presenting the additional graphic objects.

6. The one or more computer storage devices of claim 5, wherein the first graphic object and the additional graphic objects comprise a number of displayed graphic objects, the number of displayed graphic objects being equal to a total number of observations in the data set.

7. The one or more computer storage devices of claim 1, wherein the direction of expansion comprises a vertical direction or a horizontal direction.

8. The one or more computer storage devices of claim 7, wherein when the direction of expansion is vertical, the graphic objects are arranged sequentially first in the vertical direction to create a plurality of rows.

9. The one or more computer storage devices of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises receiving a selection of a second direction of expansion, the second direction of expansion being the horizontal direction to create a plurality of columns.

10. The one or more computer storage devices of claim 9, wherein the graphic objects are arranged in a grid pattern with an order of the graphic objects displayed matching the order of corresponding observations in the data set.

11. The one or more computer storage devices of claim 10, wherein the first graphic object corresponding to a first observation is located in an upper-left corner of the grid pattern.

12. A computerized method for determining a display pattern for data-bound graphic objects, the method comprising:

creating a plurality of graphic objects with a visual property associated with a variable in a data set, each graphic object corresponding to an observation within the data set;

providing for display a first graphic object within a graphical user interface, the first graphic object having a property value for the visual property determined by a variable value for a first observation in the data set;

receiving a selection of a direction of expansion; and

providing for display additional graphic objects from the plurality of graphic objects, the first graphic object and the additional graphic objects being arranged in a display pattern determined by an order of observations within the data set and the direction of expansion.

13. The computerized method of claim 12, wherein the first graphic object is provided for display within a display area having one or more selectable controls presented around the display area.

14. The computerized method of claim 13, wherein the first graphic object and the additional objects are arranged in a grid pattern comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns.

15. The computerized method of claim 14, wherein a number corresponding to a number of columns in the display area is presented on the graphical user interface, and a number corresponding to a number of rows in the display area is presented on the graphical user interface.

16. The computerized method of claim 14, wherein the first graphic object corresponding to the first observation is presented within a starting corner of the grid pattern.

17. The computerized method of claim 16 further comprising:

receiving a selection of a new starting corner for the grid pattern;

determining a new display pattern based on the new starting corner; and

rearranging the first graphic object and the additional graphic objects based on the new display pattern, the first graphic object being presented in the new starting corner.

18. A computer system comprising:

one or more data stores;

a means for binding data to a set of graphic objects, at least one visual property for the set of graphic objects being associated with a variable in the data and each graphic object corresponding to an observation within the data; and

a means for displaying on a graphical user interface the set of graphic objects, the set of graphic objects being arranged on the graphical user interface in a display pattern determined from an order of observations in the data and a selection of a direction of expansion.

19. The computer system of claim 18, wherein a portion of the graphic objects are initially displayed in a display area of the graphical user interface and wherein, upon a user selecting the direction of expansion, additional graphic objects from the set of graphic objects are exposed in the display area, the additional graphic objects being arranged relative to the portion of graphic objects initially displayed in accordance with the display pattern.

20. The computer system of claim 18, wherein, when arranged in the display pattern, the graphic objects are sequentially arranged in the direction of expansion following an order corresponding to the order of observations in the data.