POI Display De-overlapping Using Cylindrical Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile devices face challenges in presenting multiple points of interest (POIs) in perspective displays due to information overload, where representations overlap and clutter the limited screen space, making it difficult for users to interact with the information effectively.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that determine rendering locations for POI representations based on location information, employing grouping and de-overlapping techniques to optimize the display, such as converting geographic coordinates to polar coordinates, mapping onto a surface like a cylinder, and using algorithms like global and slicing de-overlapping to minimize overlap and maximize visible information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple POIs are rendered in the perspective display, then the information completeness is improved, but the display becomes cluttered with overlapping representations
Solution Approach 1:
The display area is segmented into multiple regions or zones, and POIs are distributed across these segments. This allows multiple POIs to be displayed simultaneously while maintaining spatial separation, preventing overlap and improving user interaction capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms the two-dimensional display space into a three-dimensional perspective view by converting geographic coordinates to polar coordinates and mapping onto a cylindrical surface. This dimensional transformation allows POIs to be arranged in depth, reducing overlap and improving visibility while displaying more information.
2Manufacturing precision
If POI representations are displayed at their original geographic locations, then the spatial accuracy is improved, but overlapping occurs consuming display area
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dimensional transformation by converting flat geographic coordinates into three-dimensional polar coordinates and mapping them onto a cylindrical surface. This allows POIs to maintain their relative spatial relationships while being distributed in 3D space, preventing overlap and improving display area utilization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a cylindrical or curved surface for mapping POIs instead of a flat plane. This curvature allows better spatial distribution of POIs, maintaining their geographic relationships while preventing overlap and maximizing the use of available display area.
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AI summary
An approach is provided for grouping and de-overlapping items in a user interface. A display manager determines one or more items for rendering in a user interface. The display manager then causes, at least in part, a determination of one or more rendering locations for one or more representations of the one or more items based, at least in part, on location information associated with the one or more items. The display manager further causes, at least in part, a grouping, a de-overlapping, or a combination thereof of the one or more representations based, at least in part, on an overlapping of the one or more rendering locations. The display manager also causes, at least in part, a rendering of the one or more representations in the user interface based, at least in part, on the grouping, the de-overlapping, or a combination thereof.