3D Visual Programming Interface for Smart Object Networks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional two-dimensional interface environments fail to effectively manage and visualize the spatial relationships and logical connections between smart objects in a networked environment, making it difficult for users with limited programming skills to program, debug, and understand the operations of connected devices.
Innovation Solution
A three-dimensional visual programming interface that displays a virtual environment representing real-world objects, allowing users to create and modify logic nodes and links between them, enabling easy programming and data flow visualization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If conventional two-dimensional interface environments are used, then device complexity is reduced, but the ability to visualize spatial relationships and logical connections between smart objects deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a two-dimensional interface to a three-dimensional virtual environment that mirrors the physical spatial arrangement of smart objects. This dimensional expansion allows users to visualize both spatial relationships and logical connections simultaneously, resolving the contradiction by adding visual information capacity without increasing operational complexity.
2Ease of operation
If conventional two-dimensional interface environments are used, then ease of operation is maintained, but the ability to understand and debug logical connections between objects deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a virtual copy of the physical smart object network in three-dimensional space, preserving both spatial relationships and logical connections. This virtual replica enables intuitive programming through drag-and-drop operations while simultaneously providing comprehensive debugging capabilities by visually displaying data flow and object interactions without adding operational complexity.
3Device complexity
If conventional two-dimensional interface environments are used, then device complexity is reduced, but the ability to visualize data connections between objects deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The three-dimensional virtual environment utilizes the additional spatial dimension to simultaneously display both physical object arrangements and logical data connections. Connection lines and data flow visualizations can be rendered in 3D space without obscuring the underlying spatial relationships, enabling comprehensive visualization of the entire smart object network architecture.
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AI summary
Approaches for generating virtual representations of smart objects in a 3D visual programming interface. The interface displays a 3D virtual environment containing virtual objects that represents a real-world environment containing smart objects. The 3D virtual environment displays virtual objects in a manner that is spatially accurate relative to the physical objects in the real-world environment. For each virtual object representing a physical object, a logic node (port node) is displayed, the port node representing the set of functions associated with the physical object. The interface enables users to create, delete, or modify different types of logic nodes (representing functions) and create, delete, or modify links (representing data connections) between logic nodes within the 3D virtual environment. The authoring of the logic nodes and links produces an executable program. Upon executing the program, data flows between the logic nodes are visually represented as particles moving between the logic nodes.