US 12,670,636 B2
Mapping color to data for data bound objects
Bernard Kerr, Sausalito, CA (US); Dmytro Baranovskiy, Sydney (AU); and Benjamin Farrell, Hayward, CA (US)
Assigned to Adobe Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Adobe Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/980,481.
Prior Publication US 2024/0153155 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/10 (2026.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G06T 11/26 (2026.01)
CPC G06T 11/10 (2026.01) [G06T 11/26 (2026.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving a first data set including data associated with a variable;
generating a first chart, including a first plurality of graphic objects, based on the variable of the first data set and a visual property of the first plurality of graphic objects;
determining a data type associated with the variable;
binning the data based at least on the data type into a plurality of bins;
assigning first colors and a color fill type to the first plurality of graphic objects based on the plurality of bins using a color binding, wherein the color binding associates each bin from the plurality of bins with a different color from the first colors and the color fill type;
generating a second chart, including a second plurality of graphic objects, based on a second data set including second data associated with a second variable;
receiving a first selection of the first chart;
retrieving the color binding associated with the first chart based on the first selection;
applying the color binding associated with the first chart to the second chart to assign the first colors and the color fill type to the second plurality of graphic objects;
receiving a second selection of second colors to be assigned to the first plurality of graphic objects; and
updating the first chart using the second colors.