Customized Navigation Routes With Vehicle Anonymization

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for electronic devices to provide efficient user interfaces and mechanisms for viewing customized navigation routes based on vehicle characteristics, while also protecting user privacy and reducing processor and battery power usage.

Innovation Solution

The electronic device displays customized navigation routes by receiving information on vehicle characteristics from external sources, anonymizing vehicle identifiers, and using resource-efficient methods to generate suggested routes, thereby reducing user interaction time and protecting privacy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the electronic device displays customized navigation routes based on vehicle characteristics, then the user experience is improved and navigation accuracy is enhanced, but the processor power usage and battery consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser experienceVSAvoidbattery power consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by receiving and processing vehicle characteristic information in advance, storing it for later use. This allows the navigation route customization to be performed efficiently without real-time processing overhead, reducing battery consumption during actual navigation while maintaining personalized route recommendations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If the electronic device processes and displays customized navigation routes, then the navigation accuracy is improved, but the user interaction time increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenavigation accuracyVSAvoiduser interaction time

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-processes vehicle characteristic data and pre-generates customized navigation routes based on received information. By having routes prepared in advance with high accuracy, the user can quickly view and select from pre-computed options without waiting for real-time calculations, thus maintaining navigation precision while reducing interaction time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If the electronic device receives vehicle information from external sources, then the customization capability is improved, but the privacy security risks increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecustomization capabilityVSAvoidprivacy security risks

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces an intermediary mechanism for receiving vehicle information from external sources. This intermediary layer processes and validates the incoming data, filtering out potentially harmful information while extracting useful vehicle characteristics for customization. This allows the system to maintain versatility in accepting external data sources while protecting against privacy security risks through controlled information exchange.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20240094017A1User interfaces for customized navigation routes

Publication Date: 2024.03.21 APPLE INC

AI summary

In some embodiments, an electronic device displays suggested routes based on the characteristics of respective vehicles. In some embodiments, an electronic device receives data for respective vehicles from a source external to the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device anonymizes a vehicle identifier and determines customized suggested routes using the anonymized vehicle identifier. In some embodiments, Starting Charge Maps and/or Buffer Maps are generated and/or utilized for route generation or suggestion.