Structural design systems and methods for generating an actionable room index using modeling and simulation

Abstract

Systems and methods for analysis, segmentation, and indexing of architectural renderings are disclosed. The system may include at least one processor configured to perform operations that include accessing a floor plan demarcating a plurality of rooms and accessing architectural feature data associated with the plurality of rooms. The operations further include using the architectural feature data to perform a semantic enrichment process on the plurality of rooms in order to determine semantic designations for the plurality of rooms; associating, on the floor plan, the semantic designations with the plurality of rooms; and associating, in an index, the semantic designations with plurality of rooms. The operations further include updating the floor plan by using the index to enable an action to be applied to a group of rooms sharing a common semantic designation.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is based on and claims benefit of priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 897,159 filed Sep. 6, 2019; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 940,040 filed Nov. 25, 2019; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 980,932 filed Feb. 24, 2020; and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63 / 016,131 filed Apr. 27, 2020. The contents of the foregoing applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.BACKGROUNDTechnical Field[0002]The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for analysis, segmentation, and indexing of architectural renderings. Disclosed systems and methods may involve automatically indexing rooms in a floor plan such that actions may be implemented on a group of rooms sharing one or more characteristics.Background Information[0003]During the architectural planning process, it may be beneficial to apply actions in bulk, for example, to a group of rooms shar...

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Benefits of technology

This patent is about a system and method for selecting equipment for use in buildings. It involves accessing floor plans with information about the different rooms in a building, analyzing those floor plans to determine which equipment is needed for each room, and creating a manufacturer database that includes details about each room and the specific equipment needed for that room. This enables manufacturers to customize equipment for each room and display the room identifier on the equipment. Overall, this system makes it easier to select the right equipment for each room in a building.

Problems solved by technology

In many cases, identifying similar rooms on a floor plan may be challenging, especially when analyzing large numbers of rooms in many floor plans.

In other instances, the room names identified on the floor plan may not be structured, which may prevent bulk actions from being performed.

Further, information embedded in floor plans may be difficult to efficiently search or act upon.

For example, a search for “offices” in floor plans may require inefficient loading of large files that contain information not relevant to a search, such as image data.

Further, applying bulk actions to groups having shared characteristics may be difficult or impossible when working with floor plans directly.

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