Dynamic Route Editing on Wireless Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current navigation systems lack user interaction and route editing capabilities, limiting their functionality beyond providing a map from a starting point to a destination, which undermines user engagement.
Innovation Solution
A mobile device system that allows users to input starting and ending locations, track positions, generate routes, and edit routes in real-time, associating references for easy retrieval and modification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If navigation systems provide multiple routes for user selection, then route options are improved, but user interaction capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The navigation system transitions from static route selection to dynamic route editing. Users can modify routes in real-time by adding waypoints, adjusting path segments, and reconfiguring navigation parameters during operation, making the system adaptive to changing user needs while maintaining ease of interaction
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides continuous feedback mechanisms that allow users to interact with and modify routes based on real-time navigation state. Users receive feedback about route modifications and can adjust parameters iteratively, creating an engaging interactive loop that enhances both route versatility and user interaction
2Ease of operation
If navigation systems allow route editing, then user engagement is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The route editing functionality is segmented into discrete, manageable operations such as adding waypoints, modifying individual path segments, and adjusting navigation parameters. This modular approach allows users to engage with specific editing tasks without being overwhelmed by the overall system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary layer of route parameters and configuration options that mediates between user input and complex navigation computations. This abstraction layer simplifies user interaction while managing the underlying system complexity through standardized interface mechanisms
Data Source
AI summary
A user input is received on a wireless device specifying a starting location. The position of the wireless device is tracked from the starting location in response to the user input. A user input is received on the wireless device specifying an ending location, and a route is generated from the tracking of the wireless device from the starting location to the ending location. A first reference is associated with the route, wherein the route is retrievable by a selection of the first reference.