Travel Management Map Display for Multi-Visit Route Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional collection and delivery service management devices fail to intuitively display the number of scheduled visits to each point by a vehicle, as they do not account for multiple visits to the same location, leading to incomplete order representation.
Innovation Solution
A traveling management device and method that acquires traveling plan information and generates display data to superimpose information on a map, using figures or icons to indicate the number of scheduled visits at each point, allowing users to visually distinguish single and multiple visits, with optional inclusion of visit records and scheduled arrival times.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional collection and delivery service management devices display only basic route information on a map, then the display is simple and easy to understand, but the number of scheduled visits to each point cannot be intuitively identified
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color changes by displaying points with different colors or shades based on the number of scheduled visits. Points with multiple scheduled visits are displayed in distinct colors or with enhanced visual markers compared to single-visit points, enabling intuitive identification of visit frequency without complicating the overall display structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds another dimension to the map display by superimposing visual indicators (such as icons, markers, or layered information) that represent the number of scheduled visits. This dimensional addition allows the display to convey visit frequency information without fundamentally restructuring the base map interface.
2Loss of information
If the system displays detailed information about each point including visit records and scheduled arrival times, then complete order representation is achieved, but the map display becomes cluttered and harder to read
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments information display by separating point identification (based on number of scheduled visits) from detailed information (visit records, scheduled arrival times). The map shows segmented visual indicators for visit frequency, while detailed information is either minimized, shown on demand, or displayed in a structured format that maintains map readability while providing complete order representation.
3Ease of operation
If the display shows all visiting points without distinction, then the map remains clean and simple, but points with multiple visits cannot be distinguished from single-visit points
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making specific visual modifications only at locations where multiple scheduled visits occur. Instead of uniformly modifying all points, the system applies distinctive markers, colors, or icons selectively to points with multiple visits, maintaining map simplicity for single-visit points while ensuring accurate identification of multi-visit locations through localized visual enhancements.
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AI summary
A travel management device includes: a travel plan information acquisition unit that acquires travel plan information pertaining to travel of a vehicle to a plurality of locations; and a display data generation unit that generates display data for use in displaying by a display device. The display data includes a superimposition information set to be superimposed on positions on a map respectively corresponding to the locations on the basis of the travel plan information. The superimposition information set includes information having a display mode in which distinction can be made between a location that the vehicle is scheduled to visit once and a location that the vehicle is scheduled to visit a plurality times.