Interactive threshold setting for pie charts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10048849-B2
Application number	US-201614996295-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2016
Priority date	Jan 15, 2016
Publication date	Aug 14, 2018
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018

Abstract

In an approach to threshold setting for pie charts, a computing device displays one or more pie charts. The computing device receives an instruction to enter Threshold-Setting Mode. The computing device displays one or more threshold-setting flags associated with one or more pie chart slices and one or more indicators associated with the one or more pie chart slices. The computing device receives an instruction to set a threshold associated with a slice. The computing device updates a percentage displayed on an indicator associated with the threshold. The computing device displays the threshold as a virtual slice.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for pie chart threshold setting, the method comprising:
providing, by one or more computer processors, one or more displayed pie charts wherein the one or more pie charts comprise more than one slice:
providing, by the one or more computer processors, one or more threshold-setting flags, wherein the one or more threshold-setting flags are associated with each slice and comprise one or more range flags that can be controlled via a user interface to set a threshold, wherein the threshold is associated with a slice of the one or more pie charts, and wherein the one or more threshold-setting flags can be viewed and controlled by a user in a Threshold-Setting Mode;
providing, by the one or more computer processors, one or more indicators, wherein the one or more indicators are associated with each slice and display a percentage value associated with the threshold, and wherein the one or more indicators can be viewed in the Threshold-Setting Mode;
receiving, by the one or more computer processors, an instruction to enter the Threshold-Setting Mode;
receiving, by the one or more computer processors, an instruction to set the threshold, based on the user controlling a range flag of the one or more range flags or inputting a value via an indicator of the one or more indicators in the Threshold-Setting Mode;
updating, by the one or more computer processors, the displayed percentage value based on the set threshold; and
displaying, by the one or more computer processors, the set threshold as a virtual slice associated with the one or more pie charts wherein multiple overlapping virtual slices associated with a plurality of pie chart slices are displayed, based on the user having set at a plurality of thresholds, and wherein the multiple overlapping virtual slices are differentiated amongst themselves based on one or more of color and height.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the user controls the range flag of the one or more range flags by a directional dragging motion.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein a lower threshold can be set by a leftwards dragging motion and an upper threshold can be set by a rightwards dragging motion.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the one or more computer processors, an instruction to exit the Threshold-Setting Mode; and
hiding, by the one or more computer processors, responsive to the instruction to exit the Threshold-Setting Mode, the one or more threshold-setting flags and the one or more indicators.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the virtual slice is displayed as an extension of the one or more pie charts.

6. A computer program product for pie chart threshold setting, the computer program product comprising:
one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to provide one or more displayed pie charts;
program instructions to provide one or more threshold-setting flags, wherein the one or more threshold-setting flags comprise one or more range flags that can be controlled via a user interface to set a threshold, wherein the threshold is associated with a slice of the one or more pie charts, and wherein the one or more threshold-setting flags can be viewed and controlled by a user in a Threshold-Setting Mode;
program instructions to provide one or more indicators, wherein the one or more indicators display a percentage value associated with the threshold, and wherein the one or more indicators can be viewed in the Threshold-Setting Mode;
program instructions to receive an instruction to enter the Threshold-Setting Mode;
program instructions to receive an instruction to set the threshold, based on the user controlling a range flag of the one or more range flags or inputting a value via an indicator of the one or more indicators in the Threshold-Setting Mode;
program instructions to update the displayed percentage value based on the set threshold; and
program instructions to display the set threshold as a virtual slice associated with the one or more pie charts wherein multiple overlapping virtual slices associated with a plurality of pie chart slices are displayed, based on the user having set at a plurality of thresholds, and wherein the multiple overlapping virtual slices are differentiated amongst themselves based on one or more of color and height.

7. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the user controls the range flag of the one or more range flags by a directional dragging motion.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein a lower threshold can be set by a leftwards dragging motion and an upper threshold can be set by a rightwards dragging motion.

9. The computer program product of claim 6 , further comprising:
program instructions to receiving an instruction to exit the Threshold-Setting Mode;
and program instructions to hide, responsive to the instruction to exit the Threshold-Setting Mode, the one or more threshold-setting flags and the one or more indicators.

10. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the virtual slice is displayed as an extension of the one or more pie charts.

11. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the one or more pie charts comprises more than one slice, and wherein the one or more threshold-setting flags and the one or more indicators are associated with each slice.

12. A computer system for pie chart threshold setting, the computer system comprising:
one or more processors;
one or more computer readable storage media; and
program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to provide one or more displayed pie charts;
program instructions to provide one or more threshold-setting flags, wherein the one or more threshold-setting flags comprise one or more range flags that can be controlled via a user interface to set a threshold, wherein the threshold is associated with a slice of the one or more pie charts, and wherein the one or more threshold-setting flags can be viewed and controlled by a user in a Threshold-Setting Mode;
program instructions to provide one or more indicators, wherein the one or more indicators display a percentage value associated with the threshold, and wherein the one or more indicators can be viewed in the Threshold-Setting Mode;
program instructions to receive an instruction to enter the Threshold-Setting Mode;
program instructions to receive an instruction to set the threshold, based on the user controlling a range flag of the one or more range flags or inputting a value via an indicator of the one or more indicators in the Threshold-Setting Mode;
program instructions to update the displayed percentage value based on the set threshold; and
program instructions to display the set threshold as a virtual slice associated with the one or more pie charts wherein multiple overlapping virtual slices associated with a plurality of pie chart slices are displayed, based on the user having set at a plurality of thresholds, and wherein the multiple overlapping virtual slices are differentiated amongst themselves based on one or more of color and height.

13. The computer system of claim 12 , wherein the user controls the range flag of the one or more range flags by a directional dragging motion.

14. The computer system of

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Jin Ying
• Liao Jun
• Shao Ying
• Yin Gang
• Zheng Jing

Classifications

• G06T11/26

  Drawing of charts or graphs · CPC title

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title

• G06F3/04847 Primary

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title