EV Charging App Interface With Co-Located Enterprise Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electric vehicle charging station mobile applications lack information about co-located commercial enterprises, leading to inefficient user interfaces, increased mileage, and wear and tear on vehicles due to separate searches for charging stations and commercial locations.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of user interfaces in EVCS mobile applications that display information about commercial enterprises co-located with charging stations, allowing users to view representations of these enterprises alongside charging station information, reducing the need for multiple searches and enhancing the efficiency of the user interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users search for commercial enterprises separately in a maps application and then search for charging stations in the EVCS mobile application, then they can find both locations, but this process increases user time consumption, device battery power consumption, and vehicle mileage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the charging station search function with commercial enterprise information display into a single integrated interface. When users search for charging stations, the system automatically identifies and displays representations of co-located commercial enterprises alongside the charging station information, eliminating the need for separate searches in different applications.
2Loss of information
If users perform separate searches for charging stations and commercial enterprises, then they can locate both, but this increases device battery power consumption due to excess browsing
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple information retrieval operations into a single query. By integrating commercial enterprise data with charging station data in one database and processing them together, the system reduces the number of separate data requests and rendering operations, thereby reducing device battery power consumption.
3Loss of information
If users search for charging stations and commercial enterprises separately, then they can find both locations, but this increases vehicle mileage and wear and tear
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates charging station locations with co-located commercial enterprise information in a single display interface. This allows users to identify charging stations that are conveniently located near their intended destinations without requiring separate searches, enabling more efficient trip planning and reducing unnecessary vehicle mileage.
Data Source
AI summary
A method is performed at an electronic device with a display. The method includes receiving a request from a user to display information about electric vehicle charging stations near a geographic location. The method further includes, in response to the request to display information about electric vehicle charging stations near the geographic location, for a respective charging station near the geographic location: identifying a commercial enterprise co-located with the respective electric vehicle charging station, and displaying, on the display, an indication of the respective electric vehicle charging station. The indication of the respective electric vehicle charging station includes a representation of the co-located commercial enterprise.