US 11,704,849 B2
Glyph scaffolds for generating unique glyphs to use as data marks in data visualizations
Matthew Michael Brehmer, Seattle, WA (US); Carmen Paige Hull, Calgary (CA); and Robert Kosara, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Tableau Software, LLC, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Tableau Software, LLC, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/553,052.
Application 17/553,052 is a continuation of application No. 17/139,922, filed on Dec. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,210,825.
Prior Publication US 2022/0207798 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 11/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 11/206 (2013.01) [G06T 2200/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for visualizing data, comprising:
at a computing device having a display, one or more processors, and memory storing one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors:
receiving user selection of a data set, the data set including a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows;
selecting a subset of the plurality of columns to be included in a data visualization for the data set, the data visualization including glyphs corresponding to rows in the data set;
generating a first plurality of glyphs for a first row in the data set, wherein:
(i) each glyph in the first plurality of glyphs comprises a respective plurality of visual marks;
(ii) each of the visual marks in the respective plurality of visual marks is defined by a respective set of one or more visual features;
(iii) each of the visual features is assigned to a respective column in the subset of columns; and
(iv) each of the visual features is displayed according to a corresponding visual property determined by a respective data value in the first row for the respective column;
receiving user specification of a specific visual feature for a first visual mark of a first glyph in the first plurality of glyphs; and
generating a second plurality of glyphs, wherein each glyph in the second plurality of glyphs includes a respective first mark with the specific visual feature.