Interactive threshold setting for pie charts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9569082-B1
Application number	US-201615183886-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jun 16, 2016
Priority date	Jan 15, 2016
Publication date	Feb 14, 2017
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017

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 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 computer readable storage media for execution by one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to provide one or more displayed pie charts comprising a plurality of pie chart slices;
program instructions to provide threshold-setting flags, wherein the 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 pie chart, and wherein the 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 a respective 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, wherein the user controls the range flag by a directional dragging motion, and wherein a lower threshold can be set by a leftwards dragging motion or an upper threshold can be set by a rightwards dragging motion;
program instructions to update the displayed percentage value based on the set threshold;
program instructions to display, at a display device, the set threshold as a virtual slice associated with the pie chart, wherein the virtual slice is displayed as an extension of the pie chart, wherein 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;
program instructions to receive 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.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

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

Classifications

• G06T11/26

  Drawing of charts or graphs · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · 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

• G06F3/04883

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

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title