Vehicle Route Visual Summary Without Geographic Map
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle navigation systems often rely on geographic maps, which can be overwhelming for drivers and do not provide a concise visual summary of a trip.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle method that uses computer processors to display a visual summary of a defined route on a user interface, including start and end indicators, a timeline, and a progress indicator, without showing a geographic map.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a geographic map is displayed in the vehicle navigation system, then comprehensive route information is provided, but the driver interface becomes overwhelming and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential route information elements from the complete geographic map display. It displays a simplified linear representation showing only the start location, end location, and key route segments, removing unnecessary geographic details while retaining critical navigation information.
Solution Approach 2:
The navigation interface is segmented into distinct functional components: a linear route summary showing progress, separate detailed map views accessible on demand, and individual route segment displays. This segmentation allows the main interface to remain simple while providing comprehensive information through modular access.
2Device complexity
If a simplified linear route summary is displayed without geographic map, then interface complexity is reduced, but spatial context information is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses an intermediary detailed map view that can be accessed from the simplified linear summary. This intermediary provides the missing spatial context when needed, while the primary interface remains simple. The intermediary acts as a bridge between the simplified display and comprehensive geographic information.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface is dynamic, allowing users to switch between the simplified linear summary and detailed geographic maps based on their current needs. The system adapts the level of detail displayed, providing simplicity when navigating and detailed context when planning or encountering issues.
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AI summary
One or more computer processors may be communicatively coupled with a display of a vehicle and may process data. Using the processed data a vehicle system may display, on one or more user interfaces displayed on the display of the vehicle, a visual summary of a defined route for a trip. The visual summary may include a start indicator representing a starting location of the defined route, an end indicator representing an end location of the defined route, timeline drawn between the start indicator and the end indicator, and a progress indicator displayed on a location between the start indicator and the end indicator corresponding with a time-based completion percentage of the trip. In some cases the timeline may be depicted as a straight line. In some cases the one or more user interfaces may exclude a geographic map. The one or more user interfaces may exclude a distance indicator.