Methods and Devices for Adjusting Chart Magnification Asymmetrically

• US 20170010792A1
• Filed: 01/22/2015
• Published: 01/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tableau Software Incorporated (Salesforce.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Tableau Software Incorporated (Salesforce.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Stewart, Robin
• Granted Patent: US 10,521,092 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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 13/00 Animation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/40 Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting

Abstract

A method is performed at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display. The method includes displaying a chart on the display. The chart has a horizontal axis and a vertical axis. The horizontal axis includes first horizontal scale markers. The vertical axis includes first vertical scale markers. The method also includes detecting a first touch input at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a location on the display of the chart. The method further includes, while detecting the first touch input: horizontally expanding a portion of the chart such that a distance between first horizontal scale markers increases; and maintaining a vertical scale of the chart such that a distance between first vertical scale markers remains the same.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display;

displaying a chart on the display, wherein;

the chart has a horizontal axis and a vertical axis;

the horizontal axis includes first horizontal scale markers; and

the vertical axis includes first vertical scale markers;

detecting a first touch input at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a location on the display of the chart; and

while detecting the first touch input;

horizontally expanding a portion of the chart such that a distance between first horizontal scale markers increases; and

maintaining a vertical scale of the chart such that a distance between first vertical scale markers remains the same.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first touch input is a de-pinch gesture.

3. The method of claim 1, including, after horizontally expanding the portion of the chart such that the distance between first horizontal scale markers increases:

while continuing to detect the first touch input;

continuing to horizontally expand a portion of the chart;

displaying second horizontal scale markers, the second horizontal scale markers being at a finer scale than the first horizontal scale markers; and

continuing to maintain the vertical scale of the chart.

4. The method of claim 1, including, after horizontally expanding the portion of the chart such that the distance between first horizontal scale markers increases:

while continuing to detect the first touch input;

continuing to horizontally expand a portion of the chart;

replacing a first set of displayed data marks with a second set of displayed data marks, wherein for at least some of the data marks in the first set of data marks, an individual data mark in the first set of data marks corresponds to a plurality of data marks in the second set of data marks; and

continuing to maintain the vertical scale of the chart.

5. The method of claim 1, including:

after horizontally expanding the portion of the chart and maintaining the vertical scale of the chart while detecting the first touch input, ceasing to detect the first touch input; and

,

in response to ceasing to detect the first touch input, changing a vertical scale of the chart.

6. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch-sensitive surface;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs

including instructions for;

displaying a chart on the display, wherein;

the chart has a horizontal axis and a vertical axis;

the horizontal axis includes first horizontal scale markers; and

the vertical axis includes first vertical scale markers;

detecting a first touch input at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a location on the display of the chart; and

while detecting the first touch input;

horizontally expanding a portion of the chart such that a distance between first horizontal scale markers increases; and

maintaining a vertical scale of the chart such that a distance between first vertical scale markers remains the same.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the first touch input is a de-pinch gesture.

8. The device of claim 6, the one or more programs further including instructions for, after horizontally expanding the portion of the chart such that the distance between first horizontal scale markers increases:

while continuing to detect the first touch input;

continuing to horizontally expand a portion of the chart;

displaying second horizontal scale markers, the second horizontal scale markers being at a finer scale than the first horizontal scale markers; and

continuing to maintain the vertical scale of the chart.

9. The device of claim 6, the one or more programs further including instructions for, after horizontally expanding the portion of the chart such that the distance between first horizontal scale markers increases:

while continuing to detect the first touch input;

continuing to horizontally expand a portion of the chart;

replacing a first set of displayed data marks with a second set of displayed data marks, wherein for at least some of the data marks in the first set of data marks, an individual data mark in the first set of data marks corresponds to a plurality of data marks in the second set of data marks; and

continuing to maintain the vertical scale of the chart.

10. The device of claim 6, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

after horizontally expanding the portion of the chart and maintaining the vertical scale of the chart while detecting the first touch input, ceasing to detect the first touch input; and

,

in response to ceasing to detect the first touch input, changing a vertical scale of the chart.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a display, and a touch-sensitive surface, cause the device to:

display a chart on the display, wherein;

the chart has a horizontal axis and a vertical axis;

the horizontal axis includes first horizontal scale markers; and

the vertical axis includes first vertical scale markers; and

while detecting a first touch input at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a location on the display of the chart;

horizontally expand a portion of the chart such that a distance between first horizontal scale markers increases; and

maintain a vertical scale of the chart such that a distance between first vertical scale markers remains the same.

12. The storage medium of claim 11, wherein the first touch input is a de-pinch gesture.

13. The storage medium of claim 11, the one or more programs further including instructions for, after horizontally expanding the portion of the chart such that the distance between first horizontal scale markers increases:

while continuing to detect the first touch input;

continuing to horizontally expand a portion of the chart;

displaying second horizontal scale markers, the second horizontal scale markers being at a finer scale than the first horizontal scale markers; and

continuing to maintain the vertical scale of the chart.

14. The storage medium of claim 11, the one or more programs further including instructions for, after horizontally expanding the portion of the chart such that the distance between first horizontal scale markers increases:

while continuing to detect the first touch input;

continuing to horizontally expand a portion of the chart;

replacing a first set of displayed data marks with a second set of displayed data marks, wherein for at least some of the data marks in the first set of data marks, an individual data mark in the first set of data marks corresponds to a plurality of data marks in the second set of data marks; and

continuing to maintain the vertical scale of the chart.

15. The storage medium of claim 11, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

after horizontally expanding the portion of the chart and maintaining the vertical scale of the chart while detecting the first touch input, ceasing to detect the first touch input; and

,

in response to ceasing to detect the first touch input, changing a vertical scale of the chart.

16. A graphical user interface on an electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, a memory, and one or more processors to execute one or more programs stored in the memory, the graphical user interface comprising:

a chart on the display, the chart having a horizontal axis and a vertical axis, the horizontal axis including first horizontal scale markers, and the vertical axis including first vertical scale markers;

wherein;

while detecting a first touch input at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a location on the display of the chart, a portion of the chart is horizontally expanded such that a distance between first horizontal scale markers increases; and

,

while detecting the first touch input at the location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a location on the display of the chart, a vertical scale of the chart is maintained such that a distance between first vertical scale markers remains the same.

17. The graphical user interface of claim 16, wherein the first touch input is a de-pinch gesture.

18. The graphical user interface of claim 16, further comprising, after horizontally expanding the portion of the chart such that the distance between first horizontal scale markers increases:

while continuing to detect the first touch input;

a portion of the chart continues to horizontally expand;

second horizontal scale markers are displayed, the second horizontal scale markers being at a finer scale than the first horizontal scale markers; and

the vertical scale of the chart continues to be maintained.

19. The graphical user interface of claim 16, further comprising, after horizontally expanding the portion of the chart such that the distance between first horizontal scale markers increases:

while continuing to detect the first touch input;

a portion of the chart continues to horizontally expand;

a first set of displayed data marks are replaced with a second set of displayed data marks, wherein for at least some of the data marks in the first set of data marks, an individual data mark in the first set of data marks corresponds to a plurality of data marks in the second set of data marks; and

the vertical scale of the chart continues to be maintained.

20. The graphical user interface of claim 16, further comprising:

after horizontally expanding the portion of the chart and maintaining the vertical scale of the chart while detecting the first touch input, a vertical scale of the chart is changed in response to ceasing to detect the first touch input.