Routing Diagram Highlighting for Cross-Diagram Wire Tracing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wiring diagrams, whether printed on paper or displayed on computing devices, face challenges in efficiently highlighting multi-segmented wires that extend across different diagrams, requiring manual selection of each segment for highlighting, which complicates tracing and increases complexity as the diagram's complexity increases.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for displaying routing diagrams that allow automatic highlighting of entire routable components upon selection of a connectable component, including multiple segments across interconnected diagrams, using a computing system to transmit and receive routing diagrams with highlighted portions based on component selection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a wiring diagram displays multiple segments of wires across different diagrams, then the completeness of the routing information is improved, but the complexity of tracing and selecting segments increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the selection and highlighting operations across multiple wiring diagrams into a single unified operation. When a user selects a connectable component in one diagram, the system automatically highlights all corresponding wire segments across all related diagrams, eliminating the need to manually select each segment individually while maintaining complete routing information visibility
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides immediate visual feedback by automatically highlighting wire segments in response to selecting a connectable component. This feedback mechanism guides the user through the tracing process by visually indicating which segments are selected, reducing the cognitive load and operational complexity of tracking wires across multiple diagrams
2Ease of operation
If a computing device provides highlighting within a single wiring diagram, then the ease of highlighting is improved, but the capability to highlight across multiple diagrams is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal highlighting mechanism that functions both within single diagrams and across multiple diagrams. The same user interaction (selecting a connectable component) triggers highlighting behavior that automatically adapts to the context, whether the wire exists in one diagram or spans multiple diagrams, thereby achieving both ease of operation and cross-diagram capability
3Measurement precision
If manual selection of each wire segment is required, then the precision of selection is improved, but the time required for tracing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically selecting and highlighting all wire segments associated with a connectable component before the user needs to trace the routing. When a user selects a connectable component, the system pre-highlights all relevant wire segments across all diagrams, so the user does not need to manually select each segment, significantly reducing tracing time while maintaining precise identification of the correct segments
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AI summary
A method, computing system and memory containing program instructions executable by a processor to cause a computing system to cause multiple routable components, such as electrical circuits, within a routing diagram to be highlighted in response to selection of a connectable component in the diagram. The diagram is received in response to a request that includes a vehicle identifier including at least model year and manufacturer identifiers, and a textual search criterion, and then displayed on a display. Displaying the diagram includes showing representations of the connectable component and the multiple routable components on the display. The representations of the connectable component and the multiple routable components are selectable via a graphical user interface. In response to receiving a selection of the representation of the connectable component shown on the display, the diagram is displayed on the display with the representations of the multiple routable components highlighted.