Public Transport Strategy Display Automation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current public transportation route determination methods require users to perform multiple steps, leading to low operation efficiency and high user requirements due to complex public transportation systems with numerous routes and intertwining routes.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that automatically determine and display a public transportation traveling strategy by acquiring and displaying a traveling strategy based on preset ranges, traveling habits, and current location, including route information, arrival times, and traffic conditions, reducing user effort and improving efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users manually input starting and terminating locations and select travelling modes in a third-party map application, then a public transportation route can be determined, but the operation efficiency is low and user requirements are high due to multiple manual steps

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser operation simplicityVSAvoidoperation efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically detects user location and retrieves public transportation routes without requiring manual input. The electronic device performs self-service by autonomously acquiring location information, determining the user's home or work location, and fetching route data from a server, thereby eliminating the need for users to manually enter locations or select travel modes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-establishes the user's home and work locations and stores them in advance. When the user needs navigation, the system automatically selects the appropriate location based on the current time and location, without requiring the user to input these details each time. This preliminary setup significantly reduces operational steps.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If the system provides comprehensive public transportation route information including multiple routes and transfer options, then route accuracy and completeness are improved, but the system complexity increases due to numerous intertwining routes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveroute information accuracyVSAvoidpublic transportation system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the essential route information needed by the user, such as the starting location, terminating location, and key transfer points, from the complex public transportation network. By filtering out unnecessary details and presenting only the most relevant routes, the system maintains high information accuracy while reducing the perceived complexity for the user.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The public transportation route is divided into multiple segments or sections, with each segment representing a specific leg of the journey (e.g., from starting point to first transfer, from transfer to destination). This segmentation allows the system to manage and present complex routes in a structured, easy-to-follow manner, reducing the cognitive load on users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Productivity

If the system automatically acquires and displays public transportation travelling strategies based on current location and travelling habits, then operation efficiency is improved and user effort is reduced, but the automation extent increases requiring more system intelligence

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperation efficiencyVSAvoidautomatic route determination
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSExtent of automation

Solution Approach 1:

The system incorporates user feedback mechanisms where user preferences, historical travel patterns, and satisfaction with provided routes are collected and used to improve future route recommendations. This feedback loop enables the system to learn from user behavior and automatically adjust its recommendations, enhancing automation while maintaining relevance to user needs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system autonomously monitors user location, compares it with stored travel habits, and automatically generates route recommendations without requiring user initiation. This self-service approach maximizes automation efficiency by having the system proactively provide services based on detected user needs rather than waiting for manual requests.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentEP3715789B1Method, apparatus for displaying travelling strategy based on public transportation and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.01.01 BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for displaying a travelling strategy based on public transportation and a storage medium, and belongs to the technical field of computers. When the user appears in a first preset range of the starting public station, the first public transportation travelling strategy can be automatically acquired and displayed on the designated interface for the user's reference. The user does not need to take the initiative to perform multiple steps to check the travelling strategy displayed on the designated interface, which can have lower requirements on the user and can improve the operation efficiency.