Collaborative Navigation System with Anomaly Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional navigation methods, such as GPS devices and smartphone applications, are cumbersome and lack the granular guidance and real-time collaboration that human expertise provides, especially in unfamiliar areas, leading to miscommunication and distraction during navigation.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for real-time collective and collaborative navigation using distributed communication and context sharing among group members through navigation objects on computing devices, which include anomaly detection and alert mechanisms to ensure safe and efficient navigation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional GPS navigation devices and smartphone applications are used for individual navigation, then basic navigation functionality is provided, but the navigation lacks granular guidance and real-time collaboration capability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple navigation functions (route guidance, real-time communication, collaboration tools) into a single integrated navigation system. The system merges individual navigation with group collaboration capabilities, allowing users to receive both automated GPS guidance and real-time human expertise through a unified interface, thereby reducing information loss while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The navigation system acts as an intermediary between automated GPS navigation and human experts. It facilitates real-time communication between the navigator and local experts, transmitting navigation requests and receiving granular guidance information. This intermediary role enables the system to provide comprehensive navigation support without requiring users to manually switch between multiple applications.
2Loss of information
If multiple applications are used to receive navigation information, then comprehensive navigation data is obtained, but the user experiences distraction and reduced productivity
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges map display, route guidance, real-time messaging, and collaboration tools into a single integrated navigation application. Users can access all navigation information and communication features through one interface rather than switching between multiple applications, thereby maintaining information completeness while improving navigation efficiency by eliminating context switching.
3Reliability
If phone calls and text messages are used for navigation assistance, then real-time human expertise is available, but miscommunication and distracted driving occur
Solution Approach 1:
The navigation system serves as an intermediary that manages communication between the driver and local experts. It provides structured communication channels within the navigation interface, allowing drivers to request specific navigation information without needing to make phone calls or send text messages. This reduces miscommunication by providing context-aware guidance and minimizes distracted driving by keeping all interactions within the navigation application.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments navigation information into specific, actionable categories (turn-by-turn instructions, local expertise, real-time updates). By organizing communication and guidance into discrete, focused segments rather than continuous conversation, the system maintains high reliability of navigation guidance while reducing the cognitive load and distraction risk for drivers.
Data Source
AI summary
A technique includes providing real-time collective and collaborative navigation for one or more users to navigate to a destination. Each computing device associated with a member includes navigation objects that is pooled in a server and updated on each client device of users as one or more users navigate to a destination. A set of navigation objects may be created and distributed to the members within the group for the session, whereby the navigation objects are data structures that may be managed by a server. Based on a contextual trigger, the navigation object may be created or modified and used to provide a context to the navigation session. Navigation objects may continuously analyze user context and user situations to detect anomalies for one or more members in the group.