Dynamic Floor Plan Surface Animation via 3D Intersection Highlighting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for creating floor plans from surface scans, such as those using LiDAR, struggle to accurately transform point clouds into understandable two-dimensional representations, particularly in complex environments like buildings.
Innovation Solution
The solution involves an apparatus and method that uses a processor and display to receive user inputs associated with surfaces of structures, generating two-dimensional representations of floor plans with line segments representing surfaces. These line segments define geometric planes in three dimensions, allowing for the determination of three-dimensional elements and gradual highlighting of surfaces where these planes intersect with the three-dimensional elements, presented as a graphical animation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional point cloud scanning methods are used to create floor plans, then three-dimensional surface data can be captured, but the transformation into understandable two-dimensional representations becomes extremely complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary processing layer that transforms complex three-dimensional point cloud data into simplified two-dimensional floor plan representations. This intermediary system acts as a mediator between the raw scan data and the final visual output, automatically performing the complex transformation process that would otherwise be extremely difficult to execute directly.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a simplified two-dimensional copy or representation of the three-dimensional space. Instead of working directly with the complex point cloud data, the system generates a planar floor plan that copies the essential spatial relationships in a more manageable format, making the data understandable and usable for floor plan purposes.
2Reliability
If detailed three-dimensional surface data is captured, then accurate floor plan information can be obtained, but the visual understanding and interpretation of surfaces becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms three-dimensional surface data into a two-dimensional representation, effectively changing the dimensionality to improve visual interpretability. By projecting the complex 3D point cloud onto a 2D plane, the system maintains accurate spatial relationships while making the data much easier to visualize and understand for floor plan creation.
3Device complexity
If static floor plan representations are used, then simplicity is maintained, but dynamic surface interactions and intersections cannot be visualized
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces dynamic visual elements to the floor plan representation system. Instead of static images, the system uses animated highlights and visual indicators that dynamically respond to user interactions and automatically update to show surface intersections and relationships, providing real-time visual feedback without overwhelming complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs color changes and visual highlighting techniques to convey information about surface intersections and relationships. By using different colors and highlight intensities, the system encodes additional information about the three-dimensional geometry and surface interactions within the two-dimensional floor plan representation.
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AI summary
Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for surface animation during dynamic floor plan generation. An apparatus includes a display configured to receive touch input, a processor coupled to the display, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to receive a user input associated with a surface of a structure presented on the display, generate, in response to the user input, a two-dimensional representation of the floor plan comprising a line segment representing the surface of the structure, determine at least one three-dimensional element associated with the line segment representing the surface on the two-dimensional representation of floor plan, and gradually highlight the surface shown on the display where the geometric plane that the line segment defines intersects with the at least one three-dimensional element associated with the line segment.