Construction Management System Real-Time Terrain Data Reflection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Construction efficiency on sites is reduced due to the lack of effective methods to accurately monitor and confirm progress in real-time.

Innovation Solution

A construction management system that includes a current terrain data creation unit, detection data acquisition unit, recognition unit, reflection unit, and output unit, which generates reflection data by integrating detection data into current terrain data, allowing for real-time monitoring of construction progress on a display device.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If construction progress monitoring is performed manually or with traditional methods, then the system complexity is low, but the measurement precision and real-time capability are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconstruction progress monitoring accuracyVSAvoidmonitoring system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a virtual copy of the construction site by generating three-dimensional terrain data that replicates the physical construction environment. Detection devices capture real-world terrain information, which is then processed into a digital three-dimensional model that mirrors the actual site conditions, enabling accurate progress monitoring without direct physical measurement

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual or mechanical monitoring methods with automated detection devices and information processing systems. Instead of physical measurement tools and human observation, the system uses detection devices to automatically capture terrain data, process it through computational algorithms, and generate three-dimensional visualizations for progress assessment

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

2Reliability

If real-time detection data is continuously integrated into terrain data, then the construction progress confirmation accuracy is improved, but the information processing time and computational load increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconstruction progress confirmation accuracyVSAvoiddata processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary processing of detection data by generating three-dimensional terrain data in advance and maintaining it as an updated baseline. Instead of processing all raw detection data from scratch each time, the system pre-processes terrain information and maintains it in a ready-to-use three-dimensional format, reducing the computational burden during progress monitoring

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent focuses processing efforts on specific construction areas of interest rather than uniformly processing the entire construction site. The detection devices and processing system concentrate on capturing and analyzing terrain changes in relevant zones, performing partial processing that suffices for progress confirmation without the overhead of complete site analysis

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS20240233048A9Construction management system, data processing device, and construction management method
Publication Date: 2024.07.11 KOMATSU LTD
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AI summary

A construction management system includes a current terrain data creation unit that creates current terrain data of a construction site on which a work machine operates, a detection data acquisition unit that acquires detection data of a detection device that detects the construction site, a reflection unit that generates reflection data in which the detection data is reflected in the current terrain data, and an output unit that outputs the reflection data on a display device.