Automated 3D Virtual Place Modeling for Affordable Space Planning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies face barriers in using computer modeling for space planning, educational tools, and event viewing due to affordability, computer skills, and geographic distance, limiting their widespread use in residential real estate, news reporting, and live event attendance.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for creating and using virtual 3-D models of physical places, enabling remote access and interaction, including image processing, object manipulation, and telepresence, using robotic devices and virtual environments for real-time events and space configuration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If professional computer modeling tools are used for space planning, then space utilization planning capability is improved, but cost and computer skills requirement increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a simplified copy of professional computer modeling capabilities through automated image processing. The system automatically generates 3D models from standard photographs, copying the functionality of complex professional tools without requiring users to learn or operate the underlying complex software systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by automatically processing user-uploaded photographs to generate 3D models without requiring manual intervention or specialized skills. The automated algorithms handle the complex tasks of image processing, geometry extraction, and model generation, freeing users from the need to operate complex modeling software.
2Ease of operation
If professional computer modeling services are hired, then space configuration planning is improved, but affordability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replicates professional modeling services through automated image processing technology. Instead of requiring users to hire expensive professionals, the system copies the output quality of professional services by automatically generating accurate 3D models from standard photographs, making the service affordable for ordinary consumers.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces expensive professional services with an affordable automated solution. The technology uses inexpensive image processing algorithms and standard photographs to generate models that would otherwise require costly professional intervention, making space planning accessible to users with limited budgets.
3Reliability
If physical attendance at live events is pursued, then direct experience of event is improved, but geographic distance and mobility constraints worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the physical event environment through 3D modeling. Users can experience events remotely by interacting with accurate 3D representations of the event space, copying the visual and spatial experience of physical attendance without requiring travelers to overcome geographic distance or mobility constraints.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions the event viewing experience from a single physical dimension to multiple virtual dimensions. Users can access the event through a 3D virtual environment that replicates the physical space, allowing them to view the event from various angles and positions without being constrained by physical geography or mobility limitations.
4Reliability
If limited seats near action are occupied, then viewing quality is improved, but availability for other attendees decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of premium viewing seats within the 3D model. Users can occupy virtual seats that replicate the excellent viewing quality of premium physical seats without consuming actual physical seating capacity, allowing unlimited users to experience high-quality viewing perspectives simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The system moves the viewing experience from a constrained physical 2D seating arrangement to a 3D virtual environment. Multiple users can simultaneously occupy different virtual positions around the event space, including premium viewing angles, without being limited by the physical number of seats available in the actual venue.
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AI summary
An apparatus, method and system facilitate efficient creation of virtual places and provide tools for using the virtual places. The virtual places include a virtual real estate listing, newsworthy place and a virtual box seat. Tools are provided including an automatic declutter tool and a staging tool.