Construction Image Capture Parameters from Electronic Records

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Solution Overview

Problem

The construction industry faces inefficiencies and cost overruns due to manual monitoring, analysis, and management of construction processes, leading to suboptimal quality and scheduling issues in construction projects.

Innovation Solution

A system comprising image sensors, processors, and communication devices that analyze construction site images to identify errors, determine concrete quality, detect discrepancies, and update records, enabling automated monitoring and management of construction processes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If manual monitoring and analysis of construction processes is used, then flexibility and adaptability are maintained, but efficiency and productivity are reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconstruction monitoring efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual mechanical monitoring with an automated electronic system that uses image sensors to capture construction site data, processors to analyze the images and identify construction errors, and communication devices to transmit information. This substitution of mechanical human monitoring with an electronic automated system directly resolves the contradiction by dramatically improving productivity while managing system complexity through modular architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Productivity

If automated image analysis systems are implemented, then productivity and efficiency are improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconstruction site monitoring productivityVSAvoidautomated system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The automated monitoring system is divided into distinct functional modules: image sensors for data capture, processors for image analysis and error identification, and communication devices for information transmission. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and simplifies the overall system architecture, resolving the contradiction between improved productivity and increased complexity by making the complex system manageable through modular design.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Measurement precision

If comprehensive image analysis is performed to identify all construction errors, then measurement precision is improved, but loss of time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconstruction error detection accuracyVSAvoidimage analysis time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs automated electronic image analysis systems that process construction site images rapidly using computer algorithms, replacing slow manual inspection methods. This electronic substitution enables comprehensive error detection with high precision while significantly reducing the time required for analysis, thereby resolving the contradiction between measurement precision and time loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS11303795B2Determining image capturing parameters in construction sites from electronic records
Publication Date: 2022.04.12 CONSTRU LTD
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AI summary

Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for determining image capturing parameters in construction sites are provided. For example, at least one electronic record may be accessed, the at least one electronic record may include information related to an object in a construction site. The information related to the object may be analyzed to determine at least one capturing parameter associated with the object. Further, the systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media may cause a capturing, at the construction site, of at least one image of the object using the determined at least one capturing parameter associated with the object.