Augmented Reality Map Tag Clustering for Navigation Clutter
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional maps are cumbersome due to the need for orientation and registration, often cluttered with data, and hinder efficient navigation as users must pause to interpret them, rather than interact with their environment.
Innovation Solution
An augmented reality mapping system and method that uses a user device with sensors and a backend system to determine the user's location and display relevant points of interest, areas of interest, and collections of interest as tags within the user's field of view, clustering and hiding tags based on distance to reduce clutter and enhance navigation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional maps present comprehensive data, then information completeness is improved, but map usability deteriorates due to clutter and small display area
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments map data into hierarchical levels (e.g., regions, cities, neighborhoods, streets) that can be dynamically displayed or hidden. This allows comprehensive information to be organized in manageable segments, improving usability while maintaining information completeness when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic map display that automatically adjusts the level of detail based on user interaction, zoom level, and context. The map transitions between different data presentation modes, showing only relevant information at each moment, thus maintaining usability while preserving access to complete information.
2Loss of information
If traditional maps display all locations and data, then data comprehensiveness is improved, but navigation efficiency deteriorates as users must pause to interpret the map
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by displaying different levels of detail in different regions of the map interface. Areas relevant to the user's current location or destination receive detailed display, while other areas are simplified or hidden. This allows comprehensive data to be available selectively without requiring user pause for interpretation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-calculating and pre-positioning navigation guidance elements (such as turn-by-turn directions, route highlights, and contextual information) before the user needs them. This eliminates the need for users to pause and interpret map data during navigation, maintaining both comprehensiveness and efficiency.
3Measurement precision
If maps require orientation and location registration, then positional accuracy is improved, but ease of use deteriorates due to the complexity of aligning user position with map coordinates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by automatically performing location registration and orientation alignment without requiring user intervention. The system uses GPS, compass, and accelerometer data to automatically orient the map to the user's current position and heading, maintaining high positional accuracy while eliminating the complexity of manual alignment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical orientation (physically rotating a paper map or manually adjusting digital map orientation) with automated electronic systems including GPS receivers, digital compasses, and inertial measurement units. This substitution maintains precise positional accuracy while dramatically improving ease of use.
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AI summary
Systems and methods of augmented reality mapping are disclosed. Tags associated with collections of interest, areas of interest, and/or points of interest may be superimposed over a video feed of a user device. In response to movement of the user device a single tag associated with a collection of interest may replace a plurality of tags associated with a plurality of points of interest within the collection of interest.