Map Interface Segmentation for Navigation Visibility and Battery Efficiency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electronic devices face challenges in providing efficient user interfaces for navigating routes on maps, particularly in managing the display of navigation routes and physical objects, which can lead to increased user interaction time and battery consumption.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of techniques that allow electronic devices to present navigation routes from various perspectives, modify the display of physical objects in relation to navigation routes, and occluded route portions, enhancing user experience and reducing interaction time by optimizing the display on touch-sensitive devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If navigation routes and physical objects are displayed on map user interfaces, then users can view navigation information, but user interaction time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The map display is segmented into different zones: a first portion showing the navigation route and a second portion showing physical objects. This segmentation allows users to view navigation information and object information simultaneously without increasing interaction time, as both types of information are presented in distinct but concurrent display areas.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes spatial arrangement on the display by positioning the first portion and second portion in different regions of the map interface. This dimensional organization enables multi-information presentation without requiring sequential user interactions, effectively reducing interaction time while maintaining comprehensive information visibility.
2Loss of information
If navigation routes and physical objects are displayed on map user interfaces, then users can view navigation information, but battery power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the display into a first portion for navigation routes and a second portion for physical objects, the system optimizes rendering requirements. Each segment can be updated independently and at different frequencies, reducing overall processing load and battery consumption while maintaining full information visibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different display qualities and update frequencies to different portions of the map interface. The navigation route portion may receive higher update priority while physical object portions use optimized rendering, creating local quality variations that reduce overall energy consumption while preserving essential navigation information.
3Productivity
If map display is optimized to reduce interaction time, then user efficiency improves, but navigation route visibility may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The display is divided into a first portion dedicated to navigation routes and a second portion for physical objects. This segmentation ensures that navigation route visibility is maintained in the first portion while the second portion provides additional object information, achieving both efficiency and completeness without compromising either.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-organizes the display layout with navigation routes positioned in the first portion and physical objects in the second portion. This preliminary spatial arrangement allows users to immediately access navigation information without additional interactions, improving efficiency while maintaining route visibility through proactive display organization.
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AI summary
In some embodiments, an electronic device present navigation routes from various perspectives. In some embodiments, an electronic device modifies display of representations of (e.g., physical) objects in the vicinity of a navigation route while presenting navigation directions. In some embodiments, an electronic device modifies display of portions of a navigation route that are occluded by representations of (e.g., physical) objects in a map. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of (e.g., physical) objects in maps. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of (e.g., physical) objects in maps in response to requests to search for (e.g., physical) objects.