Road Navigation System Visual Code Activation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing road navigation systems require lengthy and cumbersome menu selections to launch and configure traffic navigation applications, especially in mobile situations, and often fail to provide optimal display settings, making it difficult for users to access accurate and easy-to-interpret data quickly.
Innovation Solution
A road navigation system that includes a map with visual codes for launching a digital application, a digital terminal with a microprocessor and visual code reading module, and an application server that optimizes the display based on geographical area and scale, allowing for automatic activation and configuration of the navigation application, reducing the need for user-driven menu navigation and optimizing data presentation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional menu selection methods are used to launch navigation applications, then users can access the application, but the process takes long minutes and is difficult to perform quickly in mobile situations
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-configures navigation applications with default settings and parameters before the user needs them. When a user scans a visual code, the application is automatically launched with pre-determined optimal settings for that specific location, eliminating the need for users to manually configure multiple parameters during mobile situations.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extracts the complex configuration process from the application launch process. Instead of requiring users to navigate through menus and set multiple parameters, the system separates the configuration step (done automatically in the background) from the launch step (triggered simply by scanning a code), allowing users to access navigation quickly without dealing with complex settings.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users manually configure application settings after launch, then the application can be adjusted, but this requires additional menu selection operations and trial and error
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-configuration by automatically detecting the user's location through visual code scanning and autonomously adjusting application settings, display parameters, and navigation preferences based on the specific geographical context. The application serves itself by programmatically configuring optimal settings without requiring user intervention in menu selections or parameter adjustments.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-determines optimal configuration settings for different geographical locations before the user arrives. By analyzing location data from visual codes and pre-calculating the best display and navigation parameters for each location, the system prepares configuration data in advance, so when the application launches, settings are already optimized for that specific context.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the application provides comprehensive configuration options, then users can customize settings, but this increases the complexity of menu selections and configuration steps
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different levels of configuration complexity to different user contexts. For automated scenarios (visual code scanning), the system provides comprehensive backend configuration capabilities with location-specific optimizations. For manual user scenarios, the interface presents only essential, simplified options. This local differentiation allows the system to maintain high adaptability through multiple configuration options in the backend while keeping the user interface simple and manageable.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a road navigation system (1) comprising: at least one road map (10) including a plurality of road segments (11) and location information (12), forming a cartographic representation of a plurality of given geographical areas; a digital terminal (20) comprising at least one microprocessor, a display screen, a set of instructions ordered such as to allow the implementation of a road navigation application and a visual code read module (23); and an application server (40) capable of operating a road navigation application that can be remotely activated by the digital terminal (20). According to the invention, the road map comprises: a plurality of visual codes (13) each related to a given geographical area, and identifiers that can automatically trigger the launch of the road navigation application related to the geographical area associated with the identifier of one of the codes of the map following the reading of said code using the read module. The invention also relates to the corresponding road map and a method for the automatic activation of a traffic information-type digital geographical application.