Touchscreen POI Card Navigation via Gesture Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing navigation applications require numerous user interactions and sustained attention, leading to increased driving distances while users are distracted from the road, as they need to repeatedly tap on a touchscreen to find and select desired Points of Interest (POIs) amidst a cluttered and moving map interface.
Innovation Solution
The system enhances user interaction by making a single POI in-focus at a time, allowing users to 'flip through' POIs using gestures or voice commands, reducing the need for repeated tapping and minimizing attention span through prominent display and coordinated focal responses, thereby simplifying navigation and reducing interaction with the map view.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the navigation application displays multiple POI objects on the map and requires users to tap on each one to view information, then users can find desired POIs, but the number of user interactions and attention time required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the POI information display by creating an interactive menu with individual POI cards separate from the map view. Each POI card contains complete information about a specific POI, allowing users to review multiple POIs without repeatedly interacting with the map interface. This segmentation reduces the number of tapping operations required while maintaining comprehensive POI information access.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the navigation application requires users to repeatedly tap on the touchscreen to review POI information and make selections, then users can navigate through options, but the number of touchscreen interactions increases leading to driving distractions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements gesture-based navigation that works universally across different POI selection scenarios. A single swipe gesture can navigate between POI cards, zoom the map, or select POIs, replacing multiple specific tap operations. This multi-functional gesture system reduces the complexity of interaction while maintaining versatile navigation control capabilities.
3Loss of information
If the map interface displays multiple POI objects and allows panning and zooming, then users can explore the geographical area, but the interface becomes cluttered and requires sustained attention
Solution Approach 1:
The patent moves POI information display from the two-dimensional map surface to a separate interactive menu dimension. POI cards are displayed in an overlay menu that can be navigated independently of map panning and zooming operations. This dimensional separation allows comprehensive POI information to be accessible without cluttering the map interface, reducing cognitive load and sustained attention requirements.
Data Source
AI summary
A method of receiving a user-command by a processor includes displaying on a touchscreen a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI includes a map view and an interactive menu. The map view has displayed thereon a map of a geographical area, and a route. The route has at least two Points of Interest (POIs) sequentially located along the route. A first one of the POIs is an in-focus one. A second one of the POIs is an out-of-focus one. The interactive menu has displayed thereon a first POI card associated with the first POI. The first POI card is changeable with a second POI card, which is associated with the second POI. In response to a user interaction with the interactive menu, focus is changed from the first POI card to the second POI card, and from the first POI to the second POI.