3D Map Platform Module for Object Recognition and Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic devices provide limited information about the appearance and objects within surrounding spaces, mainly offering topographical and indoor maps without detailed architectural or object-specific data, which restricts their functionality and user experience.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device equipped with a map platform module that captures and processes image sets to create three-dimensional maps, allowing for object recognition and information association, enabling enhanced map services and object control functionalities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional topographical and indoor maps are provided from service providers, then basic map data is available, but detailed information about appearance of surrounding spaces and objects is missing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from conventional 2D topographical and indoor maps to 3D maps that incorporate spatial depth and object appearance information. This dimensional enhancement allows the map to include detailed visual data about surrounding spaces and objects while maintaining a structured format suitable for electronic devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The map system is designed to serve multiple functions: providing basic navigation information, displaying detailed object appearance, enabling object recognition, and supporting communication with external devices. This multi-functionality allows a single map structure to address various information needs without requiring separate systems.
2Adaptability or versatility
If image sets are captured and processed to create 3D maps with object information, then detailed map services and object control are enabled, but processing complexity and resource requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The map platform module is divided into distinct functional units: image capture, image processing, 3D map generation, object recognition, and communication modules. This segmentation allows each component to handle specific tasks efficiently, reducing overall system complexity while enabling sophisticated map services and object control capabilities.
3Adaptability or versatility
If communication connection is established with external devices for object control, then service functionality is expanded, but communication overhead and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The map platform module serves as an intermediary between the electronic device and external devices. It processes image data, generates 3D maps, identifies objects, and then communicates with external devices through established protocols. This intermediary role simplifies communication by handling data processing and object recognition centrally, reducing the complexity burden on individual communication components.
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AI summary
Provided is an electronic device and method for providing three-dimensional (3D) map processing and a 3D map service. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store an image set and a map platform module which is functionally connected with the memory and is implemented with a processor. The map platform module is configured to obtain an image set comprising a plurality of images for a path on an external space surrounding the electronic device, to determine an area corresponding to an object included in the external space from at least one of the plurality of images, to obtain information about the object based on whether the object is configured to communicatively connect with the electronic device, and to display the information in association with the area through a display functionally connected with the electronic device. Other embodiments are also possible.