448 results about "Floor plan" patented technology

A method for capturing building information includes capturing dimensions of a 360 degree image at a first location within a room of a building using a mobile device equipped with at least direction sensor and at least one motion sensor. The step of capturing dimensions is repeated within at least one additional room. The mobile device receives user input to connect the rooms to create a floor plan of the building and align the floor plans over each other to create a multi-level building map.

A method of registering distributed devices includes discovering a plurality of devices at a central panel or server, localizing the devices, and authorizing the devices with a mobile device communicating with the central panel or server. The method also includes registering the devices with the central panel. The model can include verifying link quality with each of the devices before registering the devices with the central panel by comparing signal quality between each device and a central panel with a pre-defined threshold level.

A system for converting a first digital representation of a graphical object defined in two dimensions, such as a floor plan of a building such as a house or an apartment, into a second digital representation of said graphical object, said second digital representation defined in three dimensions, said system comprising means for converting the first digital representation into a vector based representation by means of an computer implemented algorithm, and means for converting said vector based representation of the first digital representation into a three dimensional representation of the graphical object. Furthermore the invention relates to a system for secure administration and/or provision of protected data files in a computer network, such as the Internet or a local LAN, said computer network comprising at least one server and a plurality of clients. Finally the invention relates to a system that allows 3^rd party suppliers to be able to provide applications to be launched on a client.

A computer system for graphically indicating quality of Radio Frequency (RF) connection for a floor plan of a building is provided, A computer processor is configured to identify wall types and determine a wall property for a plurality of walls included in the floor plan, predict an RF signal strength from an RF transmitter positioned at a certain location on the floor plan, determine a prediction confidence level based on signal measurements, determine an RF connectivity level for respective RF receivers to be located in different areas of the floor plan based on analysis of the associated predicted RF signal strength, mounting inclination and orientation of the receiver devices, determined wall properties associated with walls located in expected paths of predicted RF signals, and an associated link margin, and provide a GUI on a computer display indicating a visualization of RF connectivity levels on areas of the floor plan.

A method of building construction includes designing a building with software for execution on a computer such that an envelope of the building principally comprises expanded polystyrene foam panels, and the software is used to automatically generate a plan with reference numbers that identify substantially all the component pieces of the building. The software and computer are coupled to a computer aided design (CAD) program for generating computer numerical controlled (CNC) milling commands for expanded polystyrene foam panels, and a cut-list for steel reinforcing studs to fit into matching slots milled into the expanded polystyrene foam panels. At least the expanded polystyrene foam panels and matching steel reinforcing studs are marked with identifying numbers corresponding to the reference numbers. The expanded polystyrene foam panels are milled with a CNC machine and panel cutter according to CNC milling commands from the CAD program.

A method for planning a building system includes incorporating user requirements into a floor plan accessed through a mobile device. An installation map is generated of locations for components corresponding to the user requirements. The placement of components is displayed on the floor plan based on specifications of the components and the user requirements.

The present premanufactured structures for constructing buildings comprises a construction system for an energy efficient multi-story building with a plurality of standard single or mixed units. The multi-story building is constructed using premanufactured structures comprising: a plurality of non-weight bearing walls, the plurality of non-weight bearing walls with finished exterior including all electrical, insulating, plumbing and communications components that are premanufactured at a site distant from a building site, and the plurality of non-weight bearings walls are attached to a plurality of floor and ceiling slabs and interfacing with each other to enclose the plurality of units of the building; a plurality of interior components that are premanufactured at the site distant from the building site to connect to inside portions of the non-weight bearing walls; and a plurality of exterior components that are premanufactured at the site distant from the building site to attach to exterior surfaces of the building. The plurality of non-weight bearing walls, the plurality of interior components, and the plurality of exterior components are installed and connected together to provide the energy efficient multi-story building with the plurality of units with different floor plans, and optionally, a retail level with underground parking.

A method for identifying, installing and commissioning building systems includes generating a floor plan of a building including selected components positioned on the floor plan. Association of the selected components is requested with a controller and the selected components are tested for functionality. The step of generating can include specifying mounting locations and configuration parameters of the selected components.

The invention relates to an interior decoration situational experience scene providing method and system. The method comprises the steps that modeling parameters of all building components of a building are extracted from a two-dimensional or three-dimensional building floor plan, or parameters of positions and three-dimensional sizes of all the building components are extracted from the three-dimensional building floor plan; a three-dimensional interior model is built according to the modeling parameters extracted from the two-dimensional building floor plan and the preset heights of all the building components, or the three-dimensional interior model is built according to the modeling parameters extracted from the three-dimensional building floor plan; input building component setup parameters are detected and applied to the three-dimensional interior model to build and display a corresponding three-dimensional situational experience scene, the building components or other decoration components which need to be attached and arranged are determined according to the preset position parameters of the selected decoration components, and arrangements are correspondingly achieved in the three-dimensional situational experience scene; interior decoration experience is rapidly and efficiently achieved, and the business efficiency is promoted.

A system and method automatically assists a consumer with space design and furnishing selection. The method receives information from a client about a space to be designed, the information including dimension and desired use; applies floor plan design rules to generate a floor plan that satisfies the dimension and use information, the floor plan including an arrangement of furnishings; receives preference information such as color palette, period/genre, budget, etc. from the client for the space; searches a furnishings database for a furnishing combination that substantially matches the arrangement of furnishings of the floor plan and the preference information; and presents the furnishing combination to the client. Embodiments of the present invention enable the floor plan design and furnishing combination alternatives to be based on the skill and experience of professional designers.

A computerized prefab architect design system (CPAD) and method for the fabrication of frame-structured buildings with all functions, including an integrating device for integrating building design elements including customer acknowledged floor plans, plumbing layouts, electricity wiring layouts and structure/strength parameters into an assembly drawing; a dividing device for forming segments and layouts of wall panels, floor/ceiling panels and roof panels, layouts of roof trusses, and segments and layouts of plumbing, wiring and jointers in accordance with a segmentation rule for buildings comprising a local building specification, segmentation based on a loading size of a shipping container, strength and structural requirements of buildings, requirements for convenient on-site work and flexible assembly lines at factories; a generating device for generating a polygon stencil for components of the prefab architect based on said segments and layouts, said stencil including building frames, functional boards to be mounted onto the frames and functional accessories and appliances; and an outputting device for forming data including a list of materials, an electronic guide display, CAM files, container loading plans and assembly drawings for on-site work in accordance with requirements for the fabrication in said stencil. This invention comprises also a computer controlled fabrication system and method, with CPAD system and method included, for all-functional prefab framed buildings, an all-functional prefab framed building structure fabricated by utilizing the described system and method, and a quick method to assembly on site the described all-functional prefab framed buildings.

A tool that a user may employ to assemble the components of a circuit in a floor plan design. The tool provides a user interface that displays the placement of blocks in a floor plan design, and the routing of wires among the blocks. When the designer moves the placement of a target block, the user interface automatically moves any adjacent blocks that would impede the movement of the target block and any block that would impede a block moved in response to the movement of the target block. The user interface may also respond to movement of a target block by showing how various features of the circuit will change as a result of the move. Thus, the user interface may show that moving one block closer to another block will create undesired wiring congestion in the circuit. The user interface also may show when moving a block will result in wiring connections that are too long to maintain a desired voltage level. The tool may also automatically move the placement of related blocks as a group, so that various attributes, such as a minimum distance between adjacent blocks, are maintained.

Provided is a process, including obtaining, with a robot, raw pixel intensity values of a first image and raw pixel intensity values of a second image, wherein the first image and the second image are taken from different positions; determining, with one or more processors, an overlapping area of a field of view of the first image and of a field of view of the second image by comparing the raw pixel intensity values of the first image to the raw pixel intensity values of the second image; spatially, with one or more processors, aligning values based on sensor readings of the robot based on the overlapping area; and inferring, with one or more processors, features of a working environment of the robot based on the spatially aligned sensor readings.

The invention provides a display method and display device for virtual house decoration. The display method comprises: acquiring a virtual article model required by house decoration; collecting a planar floor plan of a to-be-decorated house and generating a three-dimensional model of the house according to the planar floor plan; on the basis of a need instruction inputted by a user, carrying out decoration on the three-dimensional model by combining the virtual article model; and transforming the decorated three-dimensional model to form a VR scene model and displaying the VR scene model in aVR wearable device. According to the invention, decoration style selection and decoration part selection are carried out based on the VR scene and corresponding virtual decoration preview is realized,so that the user experience is improved effectively; and on the basis of establishment of the corresponding relationship between the VR scene model and the three-dimensional model, VR scenes at different visual angles are updated in real time, so that the fidelity and immersion of VR virtual decoration are enhanced.

A location system for locating and determining the motion and velocity of a wireless device. The methods include direct inferences about whether a device is in motion versus static based on a statistical analysis of the variation of radio signal strengths over time. The system is trained according to a sparse set of identified locations from which signal strengths are measured. The system uses the signal properties of the identified locations to interpolate for a new location of the wireless device. The system uses a probabilistic graph where the identified locations of the floor plan, expected walking speeds of pedestrians, and independent inference of whether or not the device is in motion are used to determine the new location of the device.

A system and method for providing assistance to emergency personnel that includes the apparatus and method for detecting the presence of personnel within a protected premises, apparatus for detecting an imminent threat selected from the group consisting of a fire, seismological and terrorist events and apparatus, responsive to the means for detecting, for displaying the location of personnel within protected premises. The apparatus for detecting an imminent threat may include an ionization-type detector or a photoelectric detector or temperature sensing and may utilize fuzzy logic or Boolean logic. The temperature sensing apparatus may utilize one or more thermistors. The apparatus for detecting the presence of personnel may include ultrasonic apparatus, microwave apparatus, or infrared sensing. The apparatus for displaying the location of personnel within protected premises includes a floor plan on which the locations are defined and may include wireless apparatus for remotely displaying the location of personnel within protected premises.