Dynamic Floor Selection Menu for Map Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current map applications require users to perform two separate steps to switch between floors, making it time-consuming and effortful to seamlessly navigate and select floor information within a building.
Innovation Solution
A map information display device and method that detects user input positions and displays a floor selection menu proximate to the input position, allowing users to seamlessly perform map operations and select floors without releasing their finger from the screen, by integrating input position detection, building determination, and floor selection menu display processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a fixed floor selection bar is displayed at a predetermined position on the screen, then the floor selection menu is always visible and accessible, but the user cannot seamlessly perform map operations and floor selection together, requiring two separate steps
Solution Approach 1:
The floor selection menu dynamically changes its display position based on the user's input position on the map. When the user touches or drags on the map, the menu follows the input position, allowing seamless transition between map operations and floor selection without requiring the user to release the finger or navigate to a fixed menu location
Solution Approach 2:
The floor selection menu is positioned in close proximity to the input position on the map display, creating a spatial relationship between the map interaction point and the menu. This allows the user to perform both map operations and floor selection within the same interaction zone, eliminating the need for separate interaction areas
2Ease of operation
If the floor selection menu is displayed in close proximity to the input position, then the user can seamlessly perform map operations and floor selection, but the menu position must dynamically adjust during map navigation
Solution Approach 1:
The floor selection menu dynamically changes its display position based on the user's input position on the map. When the user touches or drags on the map, the menu follows the input position, allowing seamless transition between map operations and floor selection without requiring the user to release the finger or navigate to a fixed menu location
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors the user's input position on the map and automatically adjusts the menu position in response. This feedback mechanism ensures the menu remains accessible near the user's interaction point without requiring complex manual position management
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AI summary
A map information display device includes a touch panel that displays map information and receives a user's touch operation, a touch position detection unit that detects a touch position on the touch panel, a building determination unit that determines whether there is a building whose inside information is displayable in the map information displayed on the touch panel, and a floor selection menu display processing unit that displays a floor selection menu having selection items corresponding to displayable floors in close proximity to the touch position on the touch panel when the building determination unit determines that there is a building whose inside information is displayable.