Construction Equipment Environment Data Filtering

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Solution Overview

Problem

Construction equipment automation systems face challenges in accurately generating environment data around the equipment, as existing sensors often include the equipment itself in the data, leading to noise and inefficiencies in processing and trajectory planning.

Innovation Solution

An apparatus comprising a member position data generating module, an environment data generating module, and a data processing module that converts sensor data into relative coordinates to exclude the construction equipment's own data, generating accurate environment data by defining three-dimensional areas centered on equipment members and removing unnecessary data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If sensors are used to generate environment data around construction equipment, then environment data can be acquired, but the data includes the equipment itself causing noise and processing inefficiency

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenvironment data accuracyVSAvoiddata processing efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and removes data representing the construction equipment itself from the environment data acquired by sensors. The data processing module identifies and excludes self-represented data points, keeping only the surrounding environment data, thereby eliminating noise and improving both measurement precision and processing efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Loss of information

If sensors capture environment data around construction equipment, then surrounding environment information is obtained, but data representing the equipment portion needs to be removed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenvironment information completenessVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the necessary environment information while removing equipment self-data. The data processing module filters out points representing the equipment while preserving surrounding environment data, maintaining information completeness without requiring complex manual processing

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The construction equipment uses its own sensor data to automatically identify and remove its self-representation from the environment data. The system performs self-identification and self-filtering, reducing the need for external intervention and simplifying the overall processing complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If environment data includes the construction equipment, then complete sensor data is captured, but trajectory planning and automation are affected by noise

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrajectory planning accuracyVSAvoiddata volume
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The data processing module extracts and removes equipment self-data from the complete sensor dataset, reducing data volume while improving trajectory planning reliability. Only relevant environment data is retained for automation and navigation decisions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the sensor data into two categories: equipment self-data and surrounding environment data. By separating these segments, the system can process only the necessary environment portion, reducing data volume while maintaining high reliability for trajectory planning

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentEP3757299B1Apparatus for generating environment data around construction equipment and construction equipment including the same
Publication Date: 2022.03.30 HD HYUNDAI INFRACORE CO LTD
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AI summary

Disclosed is an environment data generating apparatus for generating environment data representing environment around a construction equipment. The environment data generating apparatus includes a member position data generating module which generates member position data including the coordinate of the member of the construction equipment, an environment data generating module which generates first environment data representing the environment around the construction equipment, and a data processing module which generates second environment data representing the environment around the construction equipment excluded the member of the construction equipment by excluding data representing the member of the construction equipment among the first environment data based on the member position data.