Building Interior Visualization Using Coordinated 3D Models
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies face challenges in effectively displaying and integrating visual information about building interiors at remote locations, making it difficult for users to understand layouts and details without physical presence, especially for as-built buildings rather than design plans.
Innovation Solution
The use of computing devices to generate and present a graphical user interface (GUI) with a 3D, 2.5D, or 2D computer model of a building's interior, along with coordinated additional information such as images, videos, and interactive tours, allowing simultaneous and integrated presentation of various types of data related to the building's interior and surroundings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional 2D floor plans and static images are used to display building interiors, then device complexity is reduced, but information completeness and user understanding deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional 2D floor plans to three-dimensional virtual reality models, allowing users to navigate and view building interiors from multiple angles and perspectives. This dimensional enhancement provides comprehensive spatial information while maintaining accessibility through standard computing devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The system integrates multiple information types (visual models, measurements, material data, cost estimates) into a single unified platform that serves multiple functions: navigation, analysis, estimation, and decision-making, replacing multiple separate tools with one comprehensive system.
2Loss of information
If users physically travel to and enter buildings to view interiors, then information accuracy is improved, but time consumption and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates accurate digital copies of building interiors through laser scanning and photogrammetry, capturing as-built conditions without requiring physical presence. These virtual models preserve precise spatial relationships, dimensions, and material information while eliminating travel requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
Building interior documentation is captured and stored in advance through scanning technologies, creating ready-to-view virtual models before users need the information. This preliminary data collection eliminates the need for users to physically visit sites for measurement or visualization purposes.
3Loss of information
If multiple separate tools and methods are used to gather building information, then information depth is improved, but computational effort and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges spatial mapping, material identification, measurement calculation, and cost estimation functions into a single integrated platform. The virtual reality model serves as a central hub that coordinates all information types, reducing the need for separate computational tools and simplifying the overall system architecture.
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AI summary
Techniques are described for using computing devices to perform automated operations related to providing visual information of multiple types in an integrated manner about a building or other defined area. The techniques may include generating and presenting a GUI (graphical user interface) on a client device that includes a computer model of the building's interior with one or more first types of information (e.g., in a first pane of the GUI), and simultaneously presenting other types of related information about the building interior (e.g., in additional separate GUI pane(s)) that is coordinated with the first type(s) of information being currently displayed. The computer model may be a 3D (three-dimensional) or 2.5D representation generated after the house is built and showing the actual house's interior (e.g., walls, furniture, etc.), and may be displayed to a user of a client computing device in a displayed GUI with various user-selectable controls.