Augmented Reality Headgear for As-Built Data Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Virtual reality headgear has limited practical use due to difficulties in providing relevant content and accurately recreating design features in the field, as existing methods lack a direction of interest and precise location data, limiting their effectiveness in construction and maintenance tasks.
Innovation Solution
The use of AV Headgear that determines a user's geospatial location and direction of orientation to automatically display relevant content, such as step-by-step directions and maintenance records, through transceivers and sensors, enabling improved modeling and data capture of structures, including As Built and Experiential Data for virtual reality models.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional automated design tools are used to generate design plans, then design specifications and building aspects can be defined, but the design plan lacks direction of interest and precise location data for field implementation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an augmented reality headset as an intermediary device that bridges the gap between design plans and field implementation. The headset receives location data from transceivers and displays directional information and design features overlaid on the physical environment, enabling workers to accurately locate and identify building features without manually interpreting complex design documents.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical methods of measuring and locating building features (such as physical tapes, transits, and manual blueprint reading) with an electronic system comprising transceivers, sensors, and an augmented reality headset. This substitution enables automatic determination of direction of interest and precise location data through electronic signal processing and digital display.
2Adaptability or versatility
If VR headgear is used for entertainment purposes, then immersive experience is provided, but practical utility for construction and maintenance tasks is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by tailoring the augmented reality display content to the specific needs and location of the user. The system determines the user's precise location and direction of interest, then displays only the relevant design features, building aspects, and directional information appropriate to that specific context, rather than providing generic or overwhelming amounts of information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback by continuously monitoring the user's location through transceivers and adjusting the displayed content in real-time. The system provides directional guidance that updates as the user moves, and displays design features that are relevant to the user's current position and orientation, creating an interactive and adaptive information delivery system.
3Manufacturing precision
If design plans are created without direction of interest data, then design specifications can be established, but accurate recreation of design features in the field becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-calculating and storing direction of interest data and design feature information during the design planning phase. This data is embedded in the design plan and made available to the augmented reality headset before field implementation, enabling workers to accurately recreate design features by following directional guidance and displayed information without performing complex calculations or interpretations in the field.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods for presenting an augmented virtual model of a physical building. A headgear on an Agent is used to scan a physical building and capture aspects of the building at respective locations. The aspects are stored a As Built Data. A portion of the As Built Data is associated with a location in the physical building. A user interface includes a representation of an agent position and presents the portion of the As Built Data in a position relative to the agent location.