Map Display Customization by Transport Mode
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Solution Overview
Problem
Service providers and device manufacturers face challenges in delivering customized map presentations to users, as the vast amount of map-related information exceeds display capabilities and user comprehension, requiring new mechanisms to highlight relevant information based on the user's mode of transport.
Innovation Solution
A system that determines the user's mode of transport and selectively renders map display characteristics, such as line widths, colors, and icons, to prioritize relevant information, reducing clutter and enhancing visibility of valuable map elements based on the transport mode, context information, and user preferences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If all available map elements and detailed information are displayed, then the completeness of information is improved, but the display area and user comprehension ability are exceeded causing information overload
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by customizing map display characteristics based on the user's mode of transport. Different map elements are emphasized or de-emphasized according to their relevance to the specific transport mode (e.g., highlighting pedestrian pathways for walking mode, showing highway exits for driving mode). This selective rendering ensures that the most relevant information is prominently displayed while less relevant information is minimized, resolving the contradiction between information completeness and user comprehension.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically changes display parameters such as line widths, colors, and icon sizes based on the determined mode of transport. For example, roads relevant to the current transport mode are rendered with thicker lines and more prominent colors, while irrelevant roads are rendered with thinner lines or muted colors. This parameter adjustment allows all map information to remain available while organizing it by relevance, thus maintaining information completeness while improving user comprehension.
2Adaptability or versatility
If map display characteristics are customized based on mode of transport, then the relevance of displayed information is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal mode determination mechanism that automatically identifies the user's mode of transport and applies corresponding display characteristics. Rather than requiring separate customization interfaces for each transport mode, the system provides a single automated solution that adapts the map display to any mode of transport. This multi-functional approach achieves high adaptability while minimizing the added system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by automatically determining the mode of transport and selecting appropriate map display characteristics without requiring manual user input. The system monitors transport mode changes and dynamically adjusts the map rendering accordingly, eliminating the need for complex user interfaces or manual configuration while maintaining high adaptability to different transport scenarios.
3Loss of information
If detailed map information is rendered, then the information availability is improved, but the display area is exceeded causing clutter
Solution Approach 1:
The system resolves this contradiction by dynamically changing visual parameters of map elements based on their relevance to the current mode of transport. Relevant map elements (such as roads, pathways, or routes applicable to the current transport mode) are rendered with prominent visual characteristics including thicker lines, brighter colors, and larger icons. Irrelevant elements are rendered with subdued characteristics such as thinner lines, muted colors, or smaller icons. This parameter-based organization allows all information to remain available on the display while preventing clutter through visual hierarchy.
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AI summary
An approach is provided for customizing map presentations based on mode of transport. A map customizing platform determines a mode of transport with respect to a mapping service. The map customizing platform then selects one or more characteristics for rendering a map display of the mapping service based, at least in part, on the mode of transport and causes, at least in part, rendering of the map display based, at least in part, on the characteristics.