Building Data Management System for Interactive 3D Model Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Building managers face complexity and time-consuming processes when troubleshooting issues in multi-faceted building systems due to the integrated and spread-out nature of building components, making it difficult to identify root causes of problems like inadequate air conditioning.
Innovation Solution
A building data management system that generates interactive three-dimensional models of building systems, overlaying structural components with asset and system level components, allowing for hierarchical relationship visualization and access to digital resources like service manuals, facilitating quicker issue identification and resolution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If building managers perform onsite investigation to troubleshoot issues, then they can identify root causes, but the process becomes time-consuming and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a digital twin or virtual model of the building system that replicates the physical system's structure and relationships. This digital copy allows managers to investigate and troubleshoot issues virtually, obtaining the same diagnostic information without physical onsite inspection, thus reducing time while maintaining identification accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from physical three-dimensional space to digital virtual space, adding the dimension of digital representation. This allows simultaneous viewing of dispersed building systems in a unified virtual environment, enabling quick comprehension of system relationships without physical traversal of the building.
2Adaptability or versatility
If building systems are spread out throughout the building across multiple floors and locations, then system functionality is distributed, but troubleshooting complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges dispersed building systems into a unified digital model that consolidates information from multiple floors and locations into a single virtual interface. This allows managers to view and analyze all system components together, reducing the complexity of troubleshooting distributed systems while preserving their physical distribution for operational versatility.
3Volume of moving object
If building components are located within ceiling structures, walls, or hidden areas, then space utilization is optimized, but accessibility for inspection decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a digital model as an intermediary between the physical hidden components and the building manager. The digital model contains information about components located in concealed areas, allowing managers to access and analyze component status, relationships, and diagnostic data without physically accessing hidden locations, thus maintaining space utilization while improving accessibility.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments include an interface processing system for displaying interrelated hierarchical building system models. The interface processing system can include memory and a processor allocation to load an executable asset from a data store to instantiate an instance of a building management service that can receive from a client application executing an operator interface on a client device, a request to display a visual representation of an asset located in a building. The service can query an asset database including structured data associated with the asset. Location data can be used to generate a digital model of a building system location associated with the asset. The building management service can retrieve structured model data for the asset and system level components and extract, from a set of asset schemas, a hierarchical relationship between the asset, locations and the system level components to generate an interactive visual representation of the building system location.