Navigation System Canonically Oriented Route Point Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current navigation systems for motor vehicles lack intuitive and user-friendly methods to display routes and prominent points of interest, such as destination points and points requiring driver attention, in a visually engaging and geographically accurate manner.
Innovation Solution
A navigation system that incorporates a display device capable of showing canonically oriented graphics or images of prominent route points in a map-type display, along with geographic information, using geocoding and image data stored in formats like EXIF, and allows for simultaneous display of multiple points, including destination points and points of interest, using a camera and geocoder to record and geocode environmental images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a navigation system displays routes using traditional map displays or direction indications, then the route information is provided, but the visual engagement and intuitive recognition of prominent route points is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent overlays a second, semi-transparent map layer with canonically oriented images of prominent route points onto the traditional map display. This dimensional overlay approach allows both the route information and the visually engaging canonical images to coexist in the same display space, enhancing intuitive recognition without losing geographic accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple display elements into a single integrated display: the traditional map display, direction indications, and canonically oriented images of prominent route points are merged into one unified visual presentation. This merging allows drivers to receive comprehensive navigation information in a single glance, improving ease of operation
2Loss of information
If multiple prominent route points are displayed simultaneously, then comprehensive route information is provided, but the display complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different visual properties to different prominent route points based on their importance and proximity. Canonically oriented images are displayed with varying opacity levels, sizes, or positional prominence, allowing the display to convey comprehensive information while maintaining visual clarity through differentiated local qualities
Solution Approach 2:
By overlaying canonical images in a semi-transparent second layer, the patent adds dimensional depth to the display without horizontally expanding complexity. Multiple route points are accommodated in the vertical dimension of the display hierarchy rather than competing for horizontal space
Data Source
AI summary
In a navigation system, e.g., for a motor vehicle, for determining the route from a location of the navigation system to a destination point, the navigation system includes a display device for displaying the route in a map display or a map-type display, and/or a direction indication that corresponds to the route, and it is possible to simultaneously display a canonically oriented graphic or image of a prominent route point with the aid of the display device.