3D Inspection Model Positioning for Construction Data Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing inspection systems in construction and civil engineering lack efficient methods for sharing inspection results and increasing inspection efficiency, as they primarily rely on conventional techniques that do not utilize advanced technologies for data management and information sharing.
Innovation Solution
An inspection processing system that utilizes circuitry to identify current positions, record inspection results in three-dimensional models, and display these results to users, allowing for efficient data management and information sharing among participants through virtual images and BIM technology.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional inspection techniques are used, then inspection can be performed, but inspection efficiency and information sharing are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple inspection results from different inspectors and timestamps into a single integrated three-dimensional model. This merging of data allows all stakeholders to access comprehensive inspection information simultaneously, resolving the contradiction between maintaining individual inspection processes and achieving efficient information sharing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from two-dimensional inspection records to three-dimensional visual models that can be viewed and analyzed from multiple angles. This dimensional enhancement allows inspectors and stakeholders to comprehensively examine inspection results spatially, improving both inspection efficiency and information accessibility without losing detail.
2Measurement precision
If detailed inspection results are recorded for each position, then inspection accuracy is improved, but data management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates visual copies of inspection data in the form of three-dimensional models that replicate the physical structure's geometry and inspection findings. These visual copies allow stakeholders to analyze detailed inspection results without requiring access to complex raw data structures, maintaining measurement precision while simplifying data management.
Solution Approach 2:
The three-dimensional model serves multiple functions simultaneously: it stores precise measurement data, provides visual representation, enables spatial analysis, and facilitates information sharing across different user roles. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate data management systems for different purposes.
3Loss of information
If inspection results are shared among all users, then information accessibility is improved, but data security and access control become more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements differentiated access rights where different user roles (inspectors, engineers, managers) can view and interact with specific portions or aspects of the three-dimensional model according to their responsibilities. This local quality approach allows broad information accessibility while maintaining security through role-specific permissions.
4Duration of action of stationary object
If multiple inspection results are accumulated over time, then inspection completeness is improved, but processing and analysis time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary organization and structuring of inspection data as it is collected, automatically associating each measurement with its corresponding three-dimensional model coordinates and metadata. This preliminary action eliminates the need for time-consuming data sorting and organization during later analysis, allowing complete inspection histories to be processed efficiently.
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AI summary
An inspection processing system identifies a current position, obtains an inspection result of an inspection subject of a structure on the current position, and records the inspection result in association with the position of the inspection subject in a three-dimensional model of the structure. The inspection processing system further identifies a user who views the three-dimensional model and a current position, and outputs, to an output unit, an inspection result in which the user is recorded in an inspection information memory as a related person of the inspection subject. The inspection result is attached on a virtual image according to a three-dimensional model corresponding to the current position.