AR Overlay for Construction Machinery Site Compatibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge in acquiring construction equipment online is the difficulty in determining whether the machinery would fit within the intended site and function properly, due to lack of physical access and expertise in assessing site boundaries and obstacles, leading to potential financial losses and project delays.
Innovation Solution
The system allows dynamic interaction with an augmented reality environment, enabling users to analyze site boundaries, detect obstacles, and visualize machinery operation within the site using an augmented reality device, determining if the machinery is suitable and recommending alternatives if necessary.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If online acquisition of construction equipment is used, then convenience and accessibility are improved, but the ability to physically inspect and test equipment is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the construction equipment and site environment in an augmented reality system. Users can interact with this digital replica to simulate equipment operation, inspect details, and assess site compatibility without physical contact. This virtual copying bridges the gap between online convenience and the need for physical inspection.
Solution Approach 2:
The augmented reality system acts as an intermediary between the user and the actual equipment/site. It mediates the acquisition process by providing simulated physical interaction capabilities through virtual overlays, allowing users to assess equipment and site compatibility online while maintaining the convenience of remote operation.
2Measurement precision
If detailed site analysis is performed to ensure machinery suitability, then accuracy of equipment selection is improved, but time and complexity of the acquisition process increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary site analysis by automatically capturing environment data and generating augmented reality representations before the user makes an equipment selection decision. Site boundaries, obstacles, and compatibility metrics are pre-calculated and displayed, eliminating the need for time-consuming manual measurements and on-site assessments later in the process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical site measurement and assessment processes with automated digital environmental scanning and analysis. Sensors and cameras capture site data, which is then processed by the augmented reality system to automatically determine equipment suitability, substituting time-intensive human measurement activities with rapid computational analysis.
3Loss of information
If virtual visualization of machinery operation is provided, then understanding of site compatibility is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The augmented reality system is designed to perform multiple functions within a single platform: capturing environment data, generating site representations, simulating equipment operation, analyzing compatibility, and providing recommendations. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise require separate systems into one unified solution, managing complexity while delivering comprehensive site compatibility understanding.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and systems are provided for dynamic interaction with an augmented reality environment. In some embodiments, the systems and methods are directed at dynamically interacting with machinery within the augmented reality environment via an augmented reality device. The method involves analyzing a site in which the machinery is to be operated to capture environment data; displaying on the augmented reality device an augmented reality representation of the machinery as an overlay of a portion of an augmented reality environment; receiving an interaction request for interacting with the augmented reality representation of the machinery; determining whether the interaction request can be completed in respect of the machinery within the site; and in response to determining that the interaction request can be completed, displaying the augmented reality representation of the machinery in accordance with the interaction request, otherwise, indicating that the interaction request cannot be completed within the site.