3D Real Estate Model Virtual Observer Field of View Context
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional real estate sales methods, including offline paper-based advertising and online content delivery, lack efficiency and context, requiring physical visits for detailed property knowledge and providing uncontextualized textual descriptions.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for displaying a 3D model of a real estate property that determines a virtual observer's field of view and displays feature information from a corresponding floor plan, enriching the user experience by providing contextual information intuitively.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If conventional online real estate advertising is used to deliver property information, then the timeliness and audience reach are improved, but the information remains uncontextualized and requires physical visits for detailed knowledge
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a 3D virtual model that replicates the physical property space, allowing users to explore detailed features remotely. The system maps real-world spatial relationships and visual characteristics into a virtual environment, enabling comprehensive property examination without physical presence. This copying approach preserves both spatial context and visual details that would otherwise require on-site viewing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from 2D images and text descriptions to a 3D virtual reality representation. By adding the third dimension, the system provides immersive spatial context and depth perception that flat images cannot convey. Users can navigate through rooms, view furniture arrangements from multiple angles, and understand spatial relationships intuitively, eliminating the need for physical visits while maintaining full contextual information.
2Ease of operation
If 3D model with contextual information is displayed to improve user experience, then the need for physical visits is reduced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a unified 3D virtual model that serves multiple functions: spatial navigation, visual inspection, contextual information display, and virtual touring. Rather than separate systems for each function, the single 3D environment integrates all property exploration needs, reducing overall system complexity while enhancing user experience. The model can simultaneously provide visual context, dimensional data, and navigational capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a virtual reality system as an intermediary between the physical property and the user. This intermediary layer translates complex spatial and visual information into an intuitive virtual representation, simplifying the user's interaction while preserving all necessary property details. The VR system mediates the information delivery, presenting contextual data in an easily digestible format without requiring users to process raw architectural plans or coordinate systems.
3Loss of information
If field of view determination is implemented to display relevant feature information, then the information presentation becomes more intuitive, but the processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by determining the virtual observer's field of view and selectively displaying feature information only for objects within that FOV. Rather than providing all property information uniformly throughout the 3D model, the system adapts information display to the user's current viewing context. This approach delivers relevant contextual information intuitively while minimizing processing requirements by focusing computational resources only on visible elements.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) model of a real estate property are disclosed. An exemplary system may include a display device, a memory storing computer-readable instructions and at least one processor. The processor may execute the computer-readable instructions to perform operations. The operations may include determining a field of view (FOV) of a virtual observer of the 3D model based on a view point of the virtual observer in the 3D model. The FOV may cover a subset of the 3D model. The operations may also include determining, based on a floor plan corresponding to the 3D model, feature information of a functional space that at least partially fall within the FOV or connect to the subset of the 3D model covered by the FOV. The operations may further include controlling the display device to display the subset of the 3D model along with the feature information.