Concurrent Retail Map Display with Segmented Layouts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional indoor maps for retail environments are inefficient and incomplete, providing a restricted perspective when zoomed in, which increases navigation difficulty for consumers in large retail stores.
Innovation Solution
A system that presents a Picture-in-Picture configuration on mobile devices, showing a first map with the entire retail facility layout alongside a second zoomed-in map proximate to the user's location, allowing for detailed views while maintaining an overview of the facility, including contextual information like product locations and amenities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the map is zoomed in to provide detailed view of specified area, then the detail information is improved, but the perspective of the store as a whole is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The map display is segmented into two separate maps: a first map showing the entire store layout and a second map showing a zoomed-in portion. This segmentation allows each map to fulfill its specific function - the first map maintains the overall perspective while the second map provides detailed information about a specific area.
Solution Approach 2:
The solution transitions from a single-dimensional map view to a two-dimensional display space by showing multiple maps simultaneously. The first map and second map are displayed in a Picture-in-Picture configuration, utilizing the display's two-dimensional space to present both overall and detailed views concurrently.
2Measurement precision
If the map is zoomed in to focus on specified area, then the focus on specific location is improved, but the contextual information is obscured
Solution Approach 1:
The information display is segmented across two maps: the second map provides focused location information while the first map preserves contextual information about the entire store. This segmentation ensures that neither detailed focus nor contextual information is lost.
Solution Approach 2:
The first map serves as a copy or overview representation of the entire store layout, maintaining contextual information that would otherwise be lost in the zoomed-in second map. Users can reference the first map to understand their position within the overall store context.
3Area of stationary object
If a single map is used to show entire store layout, then the overview perspective is improved, but the detailed view of specific area is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The mapping function is segmented into two separate displays: the first map shows the entire store layout providing overview perspective, while the second map shows a zoomed-in portion providing detailed view. This segmentation resolves the trade-off between overview and detail.
Solution Approach 2:
The solution utilizes the two-dimensional display space to present multiple map views simultaneously in a Picture-in-Picture configuration, allowing both overview and detailed views to be accessible at the same time rather than requiring separate display dimensions.
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques related to concurrent presentation of retail facility maps are disclosed. The techniques involve acquiring tracking data relating to a location of a mobile device in a retail facility and acquiring, using for a search engine module, map data relating to a layout of the retail facility. A first map based on the map data is presented on a display of the mobile device. The first map comprises an entirety of the layout. A second map based on the map data and tracking data is concurrently presented on the display of the mobile device. The second map comprises a zoomed-in portion of the layout that is proximate to the location of the mobile device.