Map Interface Interaction with Demarcated Range Filtering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current map search and display technologies are imperfect, leading to a degraded user experience due to the inability to effectively filter search results based on a demarcated range, resulting in unnecessary information being displayed and resource wastage.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for map interaction, search, and display that determine a demarcated range and target object based on user input, displaying only relevant search results within that range, allowing users to intuitively see distance relationships and saving system resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If map search displays all possible search results without filtering by range, then completeness of search results is improved, but user experience deteriorates due to unnecessary information and resource wastage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the search results by spatial location, dividing them into different ranges based on distance from a reference point. This allows the system to filter and display only results within specified distance ranges, improving user experience by eliminating unnecessary information while maintaining completeness of relevant results.
2Loss of information
If map search displays all search results regardless of distance, then information completeness is improved, but system resource consumption increases due to displaying unnecessary information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary filtering of search results based on distance criteria before displaying them. By pre-calculating distances and filtering results that fall outside the specified range, the system reduces the quantity of data that needs to be processed and displayed, thereby conserving system resources while maintaining information completeness for relevant results.
3Measurement precision
If map search provides detailed distance information for all results, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing detailed distance measurements only for search results that fall within the specified range, while excluding results outside the range. This selective approach maintains measurement precision for relevant results without unnecessarily increasing system complexity by processing and displaying distance information for all results.
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AI summary
Techniques for map interface interaction are described. One example method includes receiving user input specifying a map search operation, the map search operation including a first location and a distance determining point each specifying a location in a set of map data representing a physical area; determining a selected distance between the first location and the distance determining point, wherein the selected distance represents a physical distance between the physical locations represented by the first location and the distance determining point; determining a demarcated range based on the first location and the selected distance, the demarcated range representing a subset of the physical area; and displaying one or more target objects in the demarcated range as a search result set, each target object associated with a physical location in the subset of the physical area represented by the demarcated range.