3D Building Story Segmentation from Image Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies fail to effectively segment and display individual stories of a three-dimensional model of a multi-story structure based on captured image data, making it difficult for users to distinguish and navigate between different levels of a building.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that analyzes three-dimensional models generated from captured image data to identify and separate features associated with each story, using geometric components like floors, walls, and ceilings, and generates a graphical user interface to visually distinguish and interact with individual stories, allowing seamless navigation between them.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a three-dimensional model of a multi-story structure is generated from captured image data, then the structure can be visualized in three dimensions, but individual stories cannot be clearly distinguished and navigated between
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the three-dimensional model into separate story levels by identifying horizontal surfaces (floors, ceilings) and classifying geometric components into distinct story groups. This segmentation allows users to navigate between individual stories while maintaining clear visual distinction between them, resolving the contradiction between ease of navigation and story differentiation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a vertical dimension for story separation in the three-dimensional model, using horizontal surfaces to define boundaries between stories. By organizing stories along the vertical axis and providing separate viewing perspectives for each story, the system enables clear distinction and navigation without occlusion, addressing both navigation ease and information preservation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If features of different stories are mixed in a single three-dimensional model, then the model provides a complete representation of the structure, but it becomes difficult to identify and interact with specific stories
Solution Approach 1:
The patent maintains the complete three-dimensional representation while segmenting it into story-specific groups. Each story is identified through horizontal surfaces and associated geometric components are classified into separate story groups, allowing complete structure representation while enabling easy identification and interaction with specific stories through the graphical user interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a graphical user interface as an intermediary layer between the complete three-dimensional model and the user. The GUI displays stories separately and provides interaction controls, mediating between the complete model representation and the need for specific story identification, thus maintaining both completeness and ease of operation.
3Area of stationary object
If stories are displayed together in a single view, then the overall structure is visible, but individual stories are occluded by other stories
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display into separate story views while maintaining the ability to see the overall structure. By providing separate graphical representations for each story and allowing selective viewing, the system eliminates occlusion of individual stories while preserving overall structure context, resolving the contradiction between overall visibility and individual story visibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses vertical dimension separation to display stories without occlusion. By organizing stories along the vertical axis and providing separate viewing perspectives, the system enables all stories to be visible simultaneously without blocking each other, while still maintaining the ability to view the overall three-dimensional structure.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are provided for automatically separating and reconstructing individual stories of a three-dimensional model of a multi-story structure based on captured image data of the multi-story structure. In an aspect, a system is provided that includes an analysis component configured to analyze a three-dimensional model of structure comprising a plurality of stories generated based on captured three-dimensional image data of the structure and identify respective stories of the plurality of stories to which features of a three-dimensional model are associated. The system further includes a separation component configured to separate the respective stories from one another based on the features respectively associated therewith, and an interface component configured to generate a graphical user interface that facilitates viewing the respective stories as separated from one another.