Street Map Image Display with Scroll Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current online directories and maps lack the ability to display images of physical locations, such as business storefronts and street views, which are essential for user understanding and navigation.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for collecting and displaying images of objects at geographic locations, using a vehicle-mounted camera and GPS system to associate images with geographic coordinates, allowing users to view maps with images of buildings and surroundings, and providing interactive features like scroll icons for navigating through images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If aerial or rooftop images are displayed for business locations, then location information is provided, but the images do not show businesses in the manner actually perceived by customers (ground or street level)
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the viewing angle parameter from aerial/rooftop perspective to ground-level street perspective. The image collection system captures images at ground level rather than from above, fundamentally changing the parameter of image acquisition height to match customer perception and provide more useful visual information about business locations.
2Loss of information
If multiple images are displayed for each location, then visual information is enhanced, but the interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the multiple images into two distinct filmstrip displays: a first filmstrip showing images from one side of the street and a second filmstrip showing images from the opposite side. This segmentation organizes the visual information into manageable, separately navigable sections, reducing interface complexity while preserving comprehensive location visual information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a spatial dimension to image organization by displaying images from both sides of the street in separate filmstrips. This dimensional approach to organizing visual information allows users to navigate through images systematically along the street corridor, enhancing location understanding without overwhelming interface complexity.
3Ease of operation
If scroll icons are added for navigating through images, then image navigation is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces scroll icons as intermediary elements that mediate between the user and the image filmstrips. These icons serve as simple, intuitive controls that enable navigation through images without requiring complex interactions, thereby improving ease of operation while adding minimal interface complexity.
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AI summary
Embodiments provide systems and methods for generating a street map that includes a position identifier that identifies a location on the street map. The method and system may also generate and display a plurality of images representative of the location of the position identifier. A user may interact with a position identifier or one of several scroll icons to view images of other locations on the street map and/or to obtain driving directions between two locations.