Dynamic Travel Route Interface With Transit Time Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional map systems do not allow users to dynamically adjust travel routes based on transit time, limiting the ability to include or exclude points of interest along the route effectively.
Innovation Solution
A system that enables users to input a starting and destination location along with a specified transit time, allowing for the generation of travel routes that can be refined by adjusting the transit time to add or remove points of interest, with options to select or deselect points of interest based on user preferences or suggestions from social contacts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional map systems provide fixed travel routes, then route determination is simple, but users cannot dynamically adjust routes based on transit time or points of interest
Solution Approach 1:
The travel route system transitions from static to dynamic by allowing real-time adjustment of transit time parameters. Users can modify the transit time value, and the system automatically recalculates the route to include or exclude points of interest based on the new time constraint, making the route adaptable to changing user needs
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses parameter changes by allowing users to adjust the transit time parameter. When this parameter changes, the route calculation algorithm recalculates the optimal path by incorporating or excluding points of interest based on the updated time constraint, enabling flexible route customization without complex manual reconfiguration
2Ease of operation
If travel routes include multiple points of interest, then user experience is enhanced, but transit time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies partial action by selectively including only certain points of interest in the route based on the user's specified transit time constraint. Rather than including all possible points of interest or none at all, the system calculates an optimal subset that maximizes user experience while staying within the time budget
Solution Approach 2:
The route composition dynamically adjusts based on the transit time parameter. As users modify the transit time value, the system automatically recalculates which points of interest to include or exclude, creating a dynamic balance between enhanced user experience through more stops and the constraint of available travel time
3Adaptability or versatility
If users can freely adjust transit time to add or remove points of interest, then route flexibility is improved, but calculation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system manages calculation complexity through parameter changes by using the transit time value as a primary control parameter. When users adjust this parameter, the algorithm efficiently recalculates the route by evaluating which points of interest can be included within the new time constraint, providing flexible route adjustment without requiring completely new route planning each time
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a travel query, where the travel query comprises a starting location, a destination location, and a specified transit time; and using the starting location, destination location, and the specified transit time to provide a travel route for traveling from the starting location to the destination location within the specified transit time, wherein the travel route includes one or more points of interest.