Systems and methods for interacting with a digital map

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11567643-B2
Application number	US-202117159035-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2021
Priority date	Jan 26, 2021
Publication date	Jan 31, 2023
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023

Abstract

Systems and methods interacting with a digital map are provided herein. A system includes a display that is configured to display a digital map. The digital map includes a number of targets with which a user can interact and a number of actions that are available for each target. The system is configured to update a table of an individual profile account when the user performs an actions at one of the targets, use a role prediction model to predict a role based on the table of the individual profile account, and update the table of the individual account based on a table of a role profile account associated with the predicted role.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display system, comprising:
a tabletop display configured to display a digital map of a geographical location comprising a number of targets with which a user can interact and a number of actions that are available for each target, and a three-dimensional physical model that is configured to overlay the digital map on the tabletop display, wherein the three-dimensional physical model comprises a translucent material;
a mobile device that is separate from the tabletop display and is configured to perform an action in association with a target on the digital map displayed on the tabletop display, wherein the mobile device includes an input to select a digital object of the digital map when a cursor is over the digital object;
a processor;
a memory, comprising:
an individual profile account including a table of targets on the digital map that have been selected by the user and actions taken by the user with respect to the targets;
a role prediction model;
a role profile account; and
computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
selectively highlight a first set of three-dimensional objects in the three-dimensional physical model associated with the geographical location based on the table associated with the individual profile account;
update the table of the individual profile account when the user performs one of the actions at one of the targets;
update the table to increment a counter based on the user performing one of the actions at one of the targets;
use the role prediction model to determine a predicted role of the user within the geographical location based on the table of the individual profile account;
update the table of the individual profile account based on a table of the role profile account of the predicted role; and
selectively highlight a second set of three-dimensional objects in the three-dimensional physical model associated with the geographical location based on the predicted role and the counter.

2. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the target is at least one of a location, a digital object, and a link.

3. The display system of claim 1 , comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: recommend actions for the targets based on the table of the individual profile account.

4. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the memory includes a plurality of individual profile accounts and tables of a subset of the plurality of individual profile accounts that have the same role are combined to create the table of the role profile account.

5. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the table of the individual profile account provides values to an input layer of the role prediction model.

6. The display system of claim 1 , wherein an output of the role prediction model is a probability, for each of a number of roles, that values of the table of the individual profile account fit a role.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the predicted role includes at least one of: an engineer, a consultant, a government official, a citizen, and an urban planner.

8. A method, comprising:
selectively highlighting, on a digital map of a geographical location associated with a tabletop display, a first set of three-dimensional objects associated with a geographical region, wherein the first set of targets include targets that a user can interact with, wherein the first set of targets is selected based on a table associated with an individual profile account of the user, wherein the individual profile account includes a table of targets on the digital map that have been selected by the user and actions taken by the user with respect to the targets, wherein the tabletop display further comprises a three-dimensional physical model that is configured to overlay the digital map on the tabletop display, wherein the three-dimensional physical model comprises a translucent material, wherein the three-dimensional objects are included within the three-dimensional physical model;
updating the table of the individual profile account when the user performs one of a number of actions at one of a number of the first set of targets on the digital map;
updating the table to increment a counter based on the user performing one of the actions at one of the targets;
predicting, with a role prediction model, a role of the user within the geographical location based on the table of the individual profile account;
updating the table of the individual profile account based on a table of a role profile account that is associated with the predicted role; and
selectively highlighting, on the digital map, a second set of three-dimensional objects in the three-dimensional physical model associated with the geographical region based on the predicted role and the counter.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein a number of targets includes at least one of a location, a digital object, and a link.

10. The method of claim 8 , comprising adding a count to the table of the individual profile account when the user performs one of the number of actions at one of the number of targets on the digital map, wherein the table is updated based on the count, and wherein the second set of targets is displayed based on the count.

11. The method of claim 8 , comprising at least one of displaying and highlighting targets on the digital map based on the table of the individual profile account.

12. The method of claim 11 , comprising recommending actions for the targets based on the table of the individual profile account.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein tables of a subset of a plurality of individual profile accounts that have the same role are combined to create the table of the role profile account.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the table of the individual profile account provides values to an input layer of the role prediction model.

15. The method of claim 8 , wherein an output of the role prediction model is a probability, for each of a number of roles, that values of the table of the individual profile account fit a role.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
selectively highlighting, on a digital map of a geographical location associated with a tabletop display, a first set of three-dimensional objects associated with a geographical region, wherein the first set of targets include targets that a user can interact with, wherein the first set of targets is selected based on a table associated with an individual profile account of the user, wherein the individual profile account includes a table of targets on the digital map that have been selected by the user and actions taken by the user with respect to the targets, wherein the tabletop display further comprises a three-dimensional physical model that is configured to overlay the digital map on the tabletop display, wherein the three-dimensional physical model comprises a translucent material, wherein the three-dimensional objects are included within the three-dimensional physical model;
updating the table of the individual profile account when the user performs one of a number of actions at one of a number of the first set of targets on the digital map;
updating the table to increment a counter based on the user performing one of the actions at one of the targets;
predicting, with a role prediction model, a role of the user within the geographical location based on the table of the individual p

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Ma Jiaqi
• Collard Robert
• Melcher David
• Snow Jason
• Chen Yifan

Classifications

• G06F3/04842 Primary

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F9/451

  Execution arrangements for user interfaces · CPC title

• G09B29/106

  using electronic means · CPC title

• G06F3/03547

  Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title