Construction Repair Guidance With Explainable Damage Basis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies struggle to provide a clear determination basis for automatically generated repair design information in construction maintenance, making it difficult for users to understand and trust the repair decisions made by AI systems.
Innovation Solution
A construction repair support apparatus and method that generates repair design information and presents the determination basis for this information, using a processor to acquire construction and damage data, generate repair design information, and display it alongside the determination basis, allowing for three-dimensional and local/overall views, and providing contribution percentages for transparency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a repair manager visits each construction site to provide repair assistance, then repair guidance can be provided directly to the worker, but the manager's time and travel resources are consumed and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a virtual copy of the repair manager's expertise through an AI assistant that processes images of the broken structure and provides repair guidance. The AI assistant replicates the knowledge and problem-solving capabilities of human managers, allowing multiple workers to receive simultaneous guidance without requiring physical presence of actual managers at each site.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of human managers physically traveling to sites with an automated information processing system. The AI assistant uses image recognition and natural language processing to analyze structure images and generate repair instructions, substituting human physical intervention with automated digital assistance.
2Loss of time
If repair information is stored in a database for workers to access, then response time can be improved, but workers must search through large amounts of information to find relevant repair guidance
Solution Approach 1:
The AI assistant implements feedback by analyzing the worker's uploaded images of broken structures and providing targeted repair guidance based on the specific condition detected. The system continuously refines its responses based on the interaction between the worker's queries and the actual structure conditions, delivering progressively more accurate and relevant information.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of providing generic repair information, the AI assistant delivers localized, context-specific guidance tailored to the particular broken structure shown in the uploaded images. The system identifies the specific type of structure and damage pattern, then provides customized repair instructions relevant only to that local condition, filtering out unnecessary general information.
3Manufacturing precision
If comprehensive repair information is provided to workers, then repair quality can be improved, but the amount of information to be stored and managed increases
Solution Approach 1:
The AI assistant applies partial action by providing only the specific repair information needed for the detected structure type and damage pattern, rather than overwhelming workers with comprehensive but irrelevant data. The system delivers precisely the right amount of information - enough to ensure accurate repair but not so much as to create management burden.
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AI summary
There are provided a construction repair support apparatus, a construction repair support method, and a construction repair support program with which repair design information for a construction can be automatically generated and the determination basis for the repair design information can be presented to the user. A construction repair support apparatus includes a processor, and the processor is configured to perform an information acquisition process of acquiring construction information concerning a construction, a repair design information generation process of generating repair design information concerning a repair of damage in the construction on the basis of the construction information and damage information concerning the damage in the construction, a determination basis generation process of generating information that contributes to generation of the repair design information, as determination basis information for the repair design information, and a display process of causing a display device to display the repair design information and the determination basis information.