Navigation POI Alert Filtering for Driver Distraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Navigation devices often provide information about points of interest (POIs) that are not easily reachable or within the driver's line of sight, leading to unnecessary alerts and resource consumption, which can distract drivers and increase fuel usage.
Innovation Solution
A notification platform determines whether a POI is easily reachable and within the driver's line of sight by analyzing route information and POI location, only providing alerts for relevant POIs to conserve resources and reduce distractions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If navigation devices provide information about all POIs along the route, then drivers receive comprehensive information, but drivers experience unnecessary distractions and resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by evaluating each POI individually based on its specific characteristics (reachability, visibility, relevance to current location) rather than treating all POIs uniformly. The system selectively provides information about POIs that meet specific criteria while filtering out irrelevant ones, thereby reducing driver distraction while maintaining comprehensive coverage of actually relevant POIs.
2Loss of information
If navigation devices provide information about all POIs along the route, then drivers receive comprehensive information, but resource consumption and fuel usage increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system evaluates each POI's specific attributes (distance from route, accessibility, relevance) and selectively processes only those meeting predefined criteria. This localized quality assessment prevents unnecessary processing and communication resources from being wasted on irrelevant POIs, thereby reducing fuel consumption associated with data transmission and device operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements partial action by providing information about only a subset of POIs that are deemed relevant based on specific criteria (reachability, visibility, proximity to route). Rather than providing excessive information about all POIs, the system performs a selective partial action that suffices for safe and efficient navigation while conserving energy resources.
3Loss of information
If navigation devices provide information about POIs not easily reachable or visible, then drivers receive complete POI data, but the information becomes irrelevant and distracting
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by assessing each POI's specific characteristics (visibility from current location, ease of access, relevance to immediate route) and selectively providing information only for POIs that meet these criteria. This ensures that the information provided is locally relevant to the driver's current situation rather than universally comprehensive.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-evaluating POIs based on reachability and visibility criteria before providing information to the driver. The system performs this filtering action in advance, so that only POIs meeting the criteria are included in the information set presented to the driver, thereby maintaining driver focus without sacrificing necessary information.
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AI summary
A device can determine route information associated with a route of a vehicle, identify a point of interest (POI) based on the route information, and identify a portion of the route that has a shortest distance to the POI. The device can determine one or more paths from the POI, and determine whether the portion of the route is included in an initial portion of a path of the one or more paths. The device can determine whether the POI is located to a right of the portion of the route, and perform one or more actions to cause the route information and information regarding the POI to be provided to a user device associated with the vehicle based on whether the portion of the route is included in the initial portion of the path, and whether the POI is located to the right of the portion of the route.