KR20190011186A - Web-based chart library system for data visualization - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment, the present invention relates to a web-based chart library system for data visualization, which is realized in a computing device based on an online environment. The web-based chart library system comprises: a data selecting unit which loads data and receives input of a user such that a database subject to visualization is selected; a variable selecting unit which extracts variables from the database, provides the variables to a client environment interface in the form of an input option, and receives input of the user such that chart generation variables for drawing a chart are selected from the variables; a chart generating unit which generates a chart library based on the database and the chart generation variables, provides the chart library to the client environment interface in the form of an input option, and provides the final chart selected from the chart library by receiving input of the user to the client environment interface; a variable setting unit which adds or deletes a chart generation variable composing the final chart based on the variables extracted from the database; and a visualization setting unit which extracts changeable graphical elements of the final chart, and includes an input option for changing the graphical elements by receiving input of the user. Therefore, the web-based chart library system for data visualization can allow a user to generate a chart for data visualization in a uniform method regardless of the type of chart, and can easily change the type of chart and visualization options by providing graphical input options.

Description

WEB BASED CHART LIBRARY SYSTEM FOR DATA VISUALIZATION FOR DATA VISUALIZATION

The present invention relates to a web-based chart library system for data visualization, and more particularly, to a graphical user interface system capable of generating a chart for data visualization in a uniform manner regardless of the type of chart, To a web based chart library system for data visualization that allows for easy modification of chart types and chart visualization options.

As the Internet is becoming more popular in countries around the world and the importance of the data delivered to them is becoming increasingly important, a variety of technologies are being developed rapidly to better utilize data.

In particular, recently, data visualization technology that processes data in tabular form such as spreadsheet in a chart format so that the user can check at a glance is attracting attention.

In this regard, in order to obtain data visualization data of high utility value, a chart must be generated that conforms to the structure or nature of the data.

There is also a need to provide a visualization tool that allows the user to quickly adapt to a visualization system and easily edit chart attributes and style elements.

However, conventional chart generation tools can not link the structure or nature of the data with charts, so users have to select charts suitable for visualization by relying on their knowledge or experience. Also, This had to be done.

Because of this, the generated charts were heavily dependent on the understanding and experience of each individual user's data visualization, and it also took a lot of time to edit the charts.

Accordingly, as a data visualization tool that enables a user to quickly adapt to the present invention without depending on his or her own knowledge or experience, a chart conforming to the structure and characteristics of data can be presented, , And it is necessary to provide a data visualization tool in which the subsequent addition of new charts can be done flexibly.

Japanese Published Patent Application No. 2008- 523473 (2008. 07. 03)

It is an object of the present invention to provide a graphical input option providing a graphical user interface that allows a user to generate a chart for data visualization in a unified manner regardless of the type of chart, To provide a web-based chart library system for data visualization that makes it easy to change chart types and chart visualization options.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a web-based chart library system for data visualization, which is implemented in a computing device and is based on an online environment, A data selection unit for selecting a database to be an object; A variable selection unit for extracting a variable from the database, providing the variable in the form of an input option to the client environment interface, receiving a user input and selecting a chart generation variable for drawing a chart among the variables; A chart library is generated on the basis of the database and the chart creation variables, the chart library is provided in the form of an input option to the client environment interface, the selected final chart is provided to the client environment interface A chart generating unit; A variable setting unit that can add or delete a chart generation variable configuring the final chart based on the variable extracted from the database; And a visualization setting unit including an input option for extracting a graphical element of the changeable final chart for the final chart and receiving an input of a user to change the graphical element .

In one embodiment, the database may be a web-based chart library system, which is formed of a collection of individual data stored on a cell-by-cell basis.

In one embodiment, the database may be a web-based chart library system that is configured by data parsing.

In one embodiment, the variable is categorized as a categorical variable representing a particular type and a numeric variable representing a numerical value, and the categorical variable and the numeric variable are distinguished from each other, Based chart library system, which is provided in the form of a web-based chart library system.

In one embodiment, the chart library includes a bar chart, a line chart, a scatter chart, a tree map chart, a pie chart, A Cartoian Coordinates, a Coordinates Map, a Heat Map Chart, a Word Cloud Chart, a Combo Chart combined with two or more different charts, And a graph of a function according to the web-based chart library system.

In one embodiment, the variable setting unit distinguishes the variable extracted from the database by a categorical variable representing a specific type and a numeric variable representing a numerical value, and is provided in the form of an input option in the client environment interface Based chart library system.

In one embodiment, the visualization setting unit may include a chart type changing unit for changing the type of the final chart to another type of chart included in the chart library.

In one embodiment, the graphical element comprises a form, an arrangement, a color, a size and an interval between the chart elements of the chart elements constituting the final chart. have.

In one embodiment, the graphical element comprises an axis setting option of the final chart, a background grid of the final chart, and text that can be visually displayed on the final chart. Lt; / RTI >

In one embodiment, the visualization setting unit may include an initialization unit for returning the graphical element to a default setting value.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a chart library can be created in which a database is visualized by a simple selection of a user, without depending on an understanding or experience of data visualization.

In the generated chart library, it is possible to easily select a chart suitable for the purpose that the user wants to utilize.

In addition, as a variable setting unit and a visualization setting unit, which are unified style editing modules, the editing of variables according to the selected chart type, the change of the chart type, and the graphical change of the chart are made.

Furthermore, the subsequent addition of new charts is flexible.

It should be understood that the effects of the present invention are not limited to the above effects and include all effects that can be deduced from the detailed description of the present invention or the configuration of the invention described in the claims.

1 is a block diagram of a web-based chart library system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows an exemplary screen implemented in a computing device based on an online environment of a data selection unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 shows an exemplary screen implemented in a computing device based on an on-line environment of a variable selecting unit and a chart generating unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 shows an exemplary screen in which a variable setting unit according to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented in a computing device based on an online environment.
FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary screen in which a visualization setting unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is implemented in a computing device based on an online environment.
FIG. 6 shows an exemplary screen implemented in a computing device based on an on-line environment according to another embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "indirectly connected" . Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements, not excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

Embodiments will be described as program modules in a general situation that are executed in conjunction with an application running on an operating system of a computing device, but those skilled in the art will recognize that aspects may also be implemented in conjunction with other program modules.

Generally, program modules include routines, programs, components, data structures, and other types of structures that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. Those skilled in the art will also appreciate that embodiments may be practiced with other computer system configurations, including handheld devices, multiprocessor systems, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics, minicomputers, mainframe computers, . Embodiments may also be implemented in a distributed computing environment where tasks are performed by a remote processing device that is linked through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote memory storage devices.

Embodiments may be embodied in a computer-implemented process (method), a computing system, or an article of manufacture such as a computer program product or a computer-readable medium. The computer program product may be a computer storage medium readable by a computer system and encoding a computer program containing instructions for causing a computer or a computing system to perform the exemplary process (es). The computer readable storage medium is a computer readable memory device.

The computer-readable storage medium may be implemented, for example, via one or more of volatile computer memory, non-volatile memory, hard drive, flash drive, floppy disk or compact disk, and a comparable hardware medium.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual block diagram of a web-based chart library system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows an exemplary screen implemented in a computing device based on an online environment of a data selection unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary screen implemented in a computing device based on an online environment, and FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a variable setting unit and a chart generating unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary screen implemented in a computing device based on an on-line environment according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary screen The visualization setting unit according to another embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in a computing device The screen shows an example, Figure 7 is a block diagram of an example computing operating environment in which one embodiment of the present invention may be implemented.

1 to 7, the chart library system 1000 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be a web-based chart library system 1000 based on an online environment.

The fact that the chart library system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention is based on an online environment may mean that it is implemented in an Internet environment based on a network.

The network may be configured without regard to its networking aspects, such as wired and wireless. For example, the communication network may be composed of various communication networks such as a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN) It can consist of the Internet connected with the countries of the world.

A network may include any topology of a server, a client, an Internet service provider, and a communications medium. A system according to embodiments described herein may have a static or dynamic topology. The network may include a secure network, such as a corporate network, an unsecure network, such as a wireless open network, or the Internet. The network may also coordinate communications over other networks, such as a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) or a cellular network. The network may also include a short-range wireless network such as Bluetooth or the like. The network provides communication between the configurations described herein. For example, the network may include wireless media such as acoustic, RF, infrared and other wireless media.

In order to execute the chart library system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention, access to the Internet environment may be performed through a web browser.

The web browser is a program for displaying various information provided on the internet through a web page. For example, the web browser can be installed in the memory of each client environment when installing the operating system such as 'Internet Explorer' &Quot;, < / RTI > < RTI ID = 0.0 > and / or < / RTI >

The chart library system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a data selection unit 100, a variable selection unit 200, a chart generation unit 300, a variable setting unit 400, and a visualization setting unit 500 .

The data selection unit 100 can retrieve the data D and receive the input of the user C to select a database to be visualized.

The device receiving the input of user C may be a hardware including a camera, a microphone, a touch-activated screen, a keyboard, a mouse, and the like.

A device receiving the input of user C may communicate with external resources, such as a cloud-hosted platform, to retrieve data D. [ The cloud host platform may include remote resources including a data store and a content server.

In addition to the touch-driven device, the device receiving the input of the user C may also include other input such as optical gesture capture, gyroscope input device, mouse, keyboard, eye tracking input, and software and / Mechanism can be achieved.

The input operation of the user C may be to click or drag a part of the area on the data D and this part area may be a single area or an area including a plurality of data cells.

Thereby, the database for visualization can be easily configured by the input operation of the simple user (C).

A database according to an embodiment of the present invention may be formed of a set of individual data D stored in units of cells.

Data (D) stored in each cell can be categorized into a predetermined type, such as sex (male and female), class (such as sick, sick, sick, Weight, and so on.

A database according to an embodiment of the present invention can be configured by data parsing.

The parsing of data D implies a parsing process in which a computing device serving as a parser classifies a string of sentences into a token that is considered to be meaningful and reconstructs it into a parse tree . In the parsing process, a series of strings, which are only codes, are translated into machine language and become meaningful units.

On the other hand, parsing is a task of separating semantic units from sentences listed in a series of letters, and may include hierarchical classification and classification of such semantic units as being the central element or the stalled element.

This makes it possible to easily construct a database for chart generation by allowing the user C to select only the data D to be visualized without directly understanding the variable type of the data D. [

2, the data selection unit implementation screen 110 as an example screen implemented in the computing device based on the online environment of the data selection unit 100 includes a description unit 111, a data download unit 112 , A database display section 113, a database sheet selection section 114, a database original viewing section 115, an automatic data area extraction section 116, a data area direct selection section 117, and a visualization creation section 118 do.

The description part 111 of the database provides the user C with brief information on the database.

The data downloading unit 112 can transmit the database to the local storage of the computing device by the input operation of the user C. [

The database display unit 113 can display the currently selected database so that the user C can visually recognize the database.

The database sheet selection unit 114 can provide a function of selecting a specific sheet when the database is configured in a plurality of spreadsheet formats.

The database original viewing unit 115 can display data D based on the database so that the user C can visually recognize the data D. [

The automatic data region extracting unit 116 can automatically extract only the area where data visualization is possible from the database by the selection of the user C. [

The data area direct selection unit 117 allows the user C to select an area for direct visualization with respect to the database.

The visualization creating unit 118 may provide a function of terminating the user C operation in the data selection unit implementation screen 111 and moving to the next step.

The variable selection unit 200 extracts a variable from the database, provides the variable in the form of an input option to the client environment interface, receives the input of the user C, and selects a chart generation variable for drawing the chart among the variables have.

According to an embodiment, the variable selecting unit 200 may extract variables from the database by reading each variable in a cell unit in the database and extracting the most-frequent variable in units of rows and columns in the database.

According to another embodiment, the variable selecting unit 200 extracts variables from the database by extracting the variables of the data D stored in the first cell of each row in the database into the header of the row, The variables of the data D stored in the first cell may be extracted as the header of the column and the header of each row and the header of each column may be provided as variables of the database in the form of an input option to the client environment interface.

On the other hand, a client environment can execute an engine that performs the chart library system 1000 described in the detailed description of the present invention.

In one embodiment, the client environment may obtain data D from a local or remote storage device such as a memory, server, Internet, or the like.

In another embodiment, data D may be generated in a client environment using an application program running in a client environment.

The client environment may be configured to receive input or feedback from a user (C) or other entity and apply it. Feedback can be interpreted in the client environment to understand the preferences of the user (C) or other entity for the output.

The input or feedback can be obtained in response to one or more prompts that can be obtained directly from the user C or other entity and / or generated by the client environment. Based on this input or feedback, the client environment can generate job direction information.

While the subject matter described herein is presented in the general context of program modules that are implemented in connection with the execution of an operating system and an application program on a client environment, those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that other implementations It will be appreciated that the examples may be performed.

Generally, program modules include routines, programs, components, data structures, and other types of structures that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data (D) types.

Further, a person skilled in the art will appreciate that the subject matter described herein may be applied to a communication device that can be connected to an external server via a network, such as a desktop PC, a tablet PC, a laptop PC, an IPTV including a set- A handheld-based wireless communication device, a multiprocessor system, a microprocessor-based system that can be connected to an external server through a network such as a cellular phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player) Based or programmable consumer electronics, minicomputers, mainframe computers, and the like.

Furthermore, the client environment interface is an interface for interacting and exchanging information between a machine and a user (C, human), in particular a human-computer interaction (HCI) or a man-machine interface interface, and these client environment interfaces can largely provide two methods of input and output.

The input may be a means for the user C to define how the system is operated and the output may be means for the user C to present the results generated by the system according to the operation. The client environment interface according to an embodiment of the present invention can be designed so that the user C can easily find and use the elements required by the user C based on psychology and physiology and can easily obtain accurate results.

The client environment interface according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be configured such that the program includes all of the graphic, text, and voice information displayed to the user C and the interaction method for the user (C) control sequence in which the user C controls the program .

The client environment interface types include a graphical user interface (GUI), a web user interface (WUI), a command-line interface (CLI), a batch interface, touch interface, and voice user interface.

Providing the extracted variables in the form of input options means that the client environment interface can be configured so that, for example, the user C can select through an operation such as clicking.

According to one embodiment, the variable may be categorized into a categorical variable representing a specific type and a numeric variable representing a numerical value, and the input of the input to the client environment interface in a state where the categorical variable and the numeric variable are distinguished May be provided in the form of options.

Thus, the user C intuitively grasps the nature of the variable and can easily visualize the data.

3, a variable selection unit implementation screen 210 as an example screen implemented by a variable selection unit 200 in a computing device based on an online environment includes a variable display unit 211, a chart generation variable display unit 212, .

The variable display unit 211 can provide the variables extracted from the database in the form of input options in the client environment interface.

In one embodiment, the variable display unit 211 can provide one or more variables extracted from the database into a numerical variable and a categorical variable.

The chart generating variable display unit 212 may display the chart generating variable selected by the input of the user C through the client environment interface so that the chart generating variable can be visually recognized.

In one embodiment, the chart generation variable display 212 may display the selected chart generation variable in a different color than the unselected variable.

Thus, the result of input by the user C is provided in real time, so that the user C can intuitively generate and utilize the chart.

The chart generating unit 300 generates a chart library based on the database and the chart generating variables, provides the chart library in the form of an input option to the client environment interface, receives the input of the user C from the chart library, The final chart can be provided to the client environment interface.

In one embodiment, providing the chart library in the form of an input option to the client environment interface comprises configuring a graphical user interface (GUI) with the generated chart, displaying the graphical user interface on the electronic device containing the display .

Visualized charts may include three-dimensional (3D) representations, graphics, images, video, and the like, and are not limited to formats that can be represented in a database.

The user C can obtain the visualized data of the desired database through the chart library thus displayed.

In addition, the chart generating unit 300 may provide a form of an input option by which the user C can select one or more of two or more charts.

That is, the chart generating unit 300 may be configured to allow the user C to select an optimal chart suitable for data utilization after comparing the plurality of charts.

According to one embodiment, the chart library may include a bar chart, a line chart, a scatter chart, a tree map chart, a pie chart, Cartoian Coordinates, Coordinates Map, Heat Map Chart, Word Cloud Chart, Combo Chart combined with two or more different charts, A function graph, and the like.

According to one embodiment, the minimum condition for generating a bar chart is that the chart generating variable is a categorical variable. In this case, a chart in the form of a histogram using the data frequency can be generated.

On the other hand, the optimum conditions for generating the bar chart is that the chart generating variable is one categorical variable and one numeric variable. In this case, the categorical variable can form one axis, and the numeric variable can form the chart height according to the aggregated data (D).

According to one embodiment, the minimum condition for generating a line chart is that the chart generating variable is a categorical variable. In this case, a chart in the form of a histogram using the data frequency can be generated.

On the other hand, the optimum condition for generating a line chart is that a chart generating variable is a categorical variable and a numeric variable. In this case, the categorical variable can form one axis, and the numeric variable can form the chart height according to the aggregated data (D).

In addition, a line can be added whenever N categorical variables and corresponding numeric variables are added.

According to one embodiment, the minimum and optimum conditions for the scatter chart to be generated are that the chart generating variable is two numeric variables.

In addition, each time one numeric variable is added, the size of the basic figure forming the scatter chart shape can be added by one unit, and each time a categorical variable is added, a different color can be formed for each basic graphic.

According to one embodiment, the minimum condition for generating a tree map chart is that the chart generating variable is one categorical variable. In this case, a chart in the form of a tree map using the data frequency can be generated.

On the other hand, the optimal condition for generating the tree map chart is that the chart generating variable is one categorical variable and one numeric variable. In this case, the categorical variable can form the basic figure of the tree map chart, and the numeric variable can form the basic figure size according to the aggregated data (D).

Also, whenever N categorical variables are added, a basic figure representing a sub-concept can be added.

According to one embodiment, a minimum condition for generating a pie chart is that the chart generating variable is one of the categorical variables. In this case, a pie chart using the data frequency can be generated.

On the other hand, the optimum conditions for generating the bar chart is that the chart generating variable is one categorical variable and one numeric variable. In this case, the categorical variable can form a pi, and the numeric variable can form an angle separating the inside of the pie chart according to the aggregated data (D).

According to one embodiment, the minimum condition for generating a parallel coordinate chart is that the chart generating variable is two numeric variables. In this case, the position of the data (D) value can be displayed with each of the numeric variables as an axis and the individual values as a line.

You can also add a categorical variable to aggregate individual lines by category.

Further, when N categorical variables are added, N axes can be additionally formed.

According to one embodiment, a minimum condition for generating a coordinate map chart is that the chart generating variable is a categorical variable. In this case, a basic figure such as a bubble, which can indicate coordinates at a specific position coordinate value position, can be formed when the data D indicates a specific position.

On the other hand, the best conditions for creating a bar chart are two chart-generating variables. In this case, each of the categorical variables can represent the position along each axis of the coordinate map.

In addition, when one numeric variable is added, not only the data D position value but also the data D amount can be expressed.

According to one embodiment, the minimum and optimal conditions for generating a heat map chart are two categorical variables and one numeric variable.

In this case, two categorical variables can be axes. Then, the data (D) value of the numeric variable at the intersection where the data (D) of the two axes meet can be output as a visual graphic form of a thermal distribution form.

According to one embodiment, the minimum condition for generating a word cloud chart is one categorical variable. In this case, the larger the frequency of the specific data (D) is referred to, the larger the size of the word corresponding to the data (D) value can be expressed.

According to one embodiment, a combo chart may be formed in which two or more different charts are combined.

That is, a combo chart that can be generated by the variable selected in the variable selecting unit 200 can be automatically generated and provided in the form of an input option to the client environment interface.

3, the chart generating unit 300 includes a chart library display unit 311, a chart display unit 311a, and a chart display unit 311, And a selection unit 312 are included.

The chart library display unit 311 can display one or more charts generated by the chart generation unit 300 and the chart display unit 311a can configure an area for displaying one chart in the chart library display unit 311 .

The selecting unit 312 may receive an input from the user and perform an operation of completing one chart selection in the chart library.

Thus, the result of input by the user C is provided in real time, so that the user C can intuitively generate and utilize the chart.

The variable setting unit 400 may add or delete chart generating variables that constitute the final chart, based on the variables extracted from the database.

According to one embodiment, the variable setting unit 400 may provide a variable extracted from the database as a categorical variable indicating a specific type and a numeric variable indicating a numerical value, and may be provided in the form of an input option to the client environment interface .

This can improve the user's understanding of the chart visualization process of the data table.

4, a variable setting unit implementation screen 410 as an example screen implemented by the variable setting unit 400 on a computing device based on an online environment includes a categorical variable display unit 420 and a numeric variable display unit 430).

The categorical variable display unit 420 includes a categorical variable display unit 421 that allows the user C to visually recognize the categorical variable of the currently selected chart and a categorical variable display unit 421 that is not included in the currently selected chart, And an individual categorical variable adding unit 422 for adding other extracted variables.

Meanwhile, the numeric-type variable display unit 430 includes an individual numeric-type variable display unit 431 for visually recognizing the numeric-type variable of the currently selected chart, and a variable numeric-type variable display unit 431, And an individual numeric variable adding unit 432 for adding other extracted variables.

The variable setting unit implementation screen 410 includes a chart grouping unit G capable of grouping charts by tagging the classification of the currently selected chart, a layout setting unit L capable of changing the configuration of the chart presentation screen, And a chart storage unit S capable of storing a screen in a local storage.

The visualization setting unit 500 includes an input option for extracting a graphical element of the last chart that can be changed for the final chart and receiving the input of the user C to change the graphical element.

The visualization setting unit 500 further includes a chart type changing unit for changing the type of the final chart to another type of chart included in the chart library.

The chart type change unit may provide a menu for selecting other charts that can be created with the chart generating variables for the currently selected chart.

When the user C selects a different type of chart in the chart type change part, the currently selected chart can be automatically changed to another selected type.

Therefore, even if the user C does not repeat the series of steps for data selection, variable selection and variable setting for chart creation, the type of the chart can be easily changed by a simple chart type selection operation.

On the other hand, the graphical elements include the shape, arrangement, color, size, and the spacing between the chart elements of the chart elements constituting the final chart.

Furthermore, graphical elements can be automatically presented as one or more of the chart element's type, arrangement, color, size, and spacing between chart elements, depending on the type of chart.

The graphical elements include the axis setting options of the final chart, the background grid of the final chart, and text that can be visually displayed on the final chart.

Thus, even if the user C does not know the changeable options for visualization through the graphical elements automatically provided according to the chart type, the graphical elements of the final chart can be unified through the visualization setting unit 500 And can be manipulated and changed in the environment.

Thus, the data visualization can be made very intuitively and easily, and furthermore, the user C can improve the understanding of the data visualization in the process of generating the data visualization.

The visualization setting unit 500 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an initialization unit I for returning a graphical element to a default setting value.

This allows you to return to the originally programmed default value with a simple operation and to easily initialize errors that occur during chart editing.

5, in one embodiment in which the final chart is a scatter diagram, the visualization setting unit implementation screen 510 as an example screen implemented by the visualization setting unit 500 in the computing device includes a chart type display unit 511, A color display unit 512, an axis display unit 513, a chart component size display unit 514, and other option display unit 515.

The chart type display unit 511 can provide a function to display and change the chart type.

The chart component color display 512 may provide a function to display and edit the color of a chart component.

The axis display unit 513 can indicate an axis setting, and the axis setting includes an X axis label, a Y axis label, an X axis range, and a Y axis range.

The chart component size display portion 514 may indicate the size of a point that is a chart component.

The other option display unit 515 may provide a function of selecting whether or not to output text, which selects whether to output the corresponding value of the chart component, which is another option that can be changed in the scatter chart.

Referring to FIG. 6, in one embodiment in which the final chart is a line chart, the visualization setting unit implementation screen 520 as an example screen implemented by the visualization setting unit 500 in the computing device includes a chart type display unit 521, An element type display unit 522, a chart component color display unit 523, an axis display unit 524, a chart component size display unit 525, and other option display unit 526.

The chart type display section 521 can provide a function of displaying and changing the chart type.

The chart component type display section 522 can provide an option as to how to perform the line form, which is a chart constituent constituting the line chart.

The chart component color display unit 523 can provide a function of displaying and editing the color of a chart component.

Axis display 524 may indicate an axis setting, and the axis settings include an X axis label, a Y axis label, and a Y axis range.

The chart component size display unit 525 can display the thickness of a line that is a chart component.

The other option display unit 526 includes a grid output selection function 526a for selecting whether to display a grid on the chart background screen, which is another option that can be changed in the line chart, whether to display the bending point of the line as a chart component And a text output selection function 526c for selecting whether to output a corresponding value of the chart component.

In this way, depending on the type of the final chart, it is possible to automatically change the visualization settings in the chart, so that the user (C) can create charts using a uniform tool and change the visual options of the chart have.

Figure 7 is a block diagram of an exemplary computing operating environment in which one embodiment of the invention may be implemented.

The computing device 900 may include at least one processing unit 920 and a system memory 910.

The computing device 900 may also include a plurality of processing devices that collaborate upon program execution. Depending on the exact configuration and type of computing device, the system memory 910 may be volatile (e.g., RAM), non-volatile (e.g., ROM, flash memory, etc.), or some combination of the two.

The system memory 910 typically includes, but is not limited to, an operating system 911 suitable for controlling the operation of a platform such as WINDOWS (R) or WINDOWS PHONE (R) operating system from Microsoft, It can be UNIX, Linux, IRIX, AIX, HP-UX.

Software that controls the hardware and manages the environment of the computing device 900, facilitates use of the computing device 900, facilitates the performance of the program modules 912, and acts as an intermediary between the user and the hardware Are all included in the operating system 911.

The system memory 910 may also include one or more software, such as a program module 912, a chart library system 1000,

The chart library system 1000 may detect interactions interacting with the displayed chart. Further, the interaction can be classified into one of an input operation, an update operation, a removal operation, a turning operation, and a click operation, and can be converted into an attribute assigned to each operation.

Then, the chart library system 1000 can retrieve the data, receive the user's input, and select the database to be visualized.

Further, the chart library system 1000 extracts a variable from a database, provides the variable in the form of an input option to the client environment interface, receives a user's input and selects a chart generating variable for drawing the chart among the variables A chart library is generated based on the database and the chart creation variable, the chart library is provided to the client environment interface in the form of an input option, and the selected final chart is received from the client environment interface Based on the variable extracted from the database, a chart generating variable configuring the final chart may be added or deleted, and for the final chart, a graphical element of the changeable final chart may be extracted And You can provide an input option to receive input from the user and change the graphical element.

The computing device 900 may have additional features or functionality. For example, the computing device 900 may also include additional data storage devices (removable and / or non-removable), such as magnetic disks, optical disks, or tapes. This additional storage is shown in FIG. 5 as removable storage 950 and non-removable storage 960.

Computer-readable storage media can include volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data .

The computer readable storage medium is a computer readable memory device. System memory 910, removable storage 950, and non-removable storage 960 are all examples of computer readable storage media. The computer-readable storage medium may be any type of storage medium such as RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, digital versatile disk (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cassette, magnetic tape, Devices, or any other medium that can be used to store the desired information and which can be accessed by computing device 900.

Any such computer-readable storage medium may be part of the computing device 900. The computing device 900 may also have input device (s) 930, such as a keyboard, a mouse, a pen, a voice input device, a touch input device, and an input device comparable thereto.

Output device (s) 940, such as a display, a speaker, a printer, and other types of output devices. These devices are all well known in the art and will not be discussed here long.

The computing device 900 also includes a communication connection 970 that allows the device to communicate with other computing devices 980, for example, via a wireless network, a satellite link, a cellular link, and similar mechanisms in a distributed computing environment do.

Other devices 980 may include a computing device (s) for executing a communication application, a storage server, and an apparatus comparable thereto. The communication connection unit 970 is an example of a communication medium. Communication media may include computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal, such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism, and may include any information delivery media. The term "modulated data signal" means a signal that has one or more of its characteristics set or changed to encode information in the signal. By way of example, and not limitation, communication media includes wired media such as a wired network or direct-wired connection, and wireless media such as acoustic, RF, infrared, and other wireless media.

Exemplary implementations also include methods. These methods may be implemented in any number of ways including those described herein. One such method is by machine operation of a device of the type described herein.

Another optional method is one or more of the individual operations of the method are performed and one or more human operators perform a portion thereof. These human operators do not have to be in the same position with each other, but merely have to be in the same machine as each other performing part of the program.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention.

1000: Chart Library System
100: Data selection unit
200: Variable selector
300: chart generating unit
400: variable setting section
500: visualization setting unit
D: Data
E: Client environment
C: User

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Invention according to the present invention.

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