Interactive GUI for Construction Task Status Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Accessing and updating data in Building Information Models (BIM) for construction sites is complex due to the large and detailed nature of the data, making it difficult to accurately and easily retrieve or extract information related to construction tasks and site elements.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for generating an interactive GUI that uses images captured by mobile devices to select areas on a construction site, registers these images with a 3D model of the site, and adapts the GUI based on construction task status, allowing users to update data in real-time and improve monitoring and management of construction tasks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If detailed 3D model data is used to document construction task status, then measurement precision and data accuracy are improved, but device complexity and difficulty of operation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an interactive GUI as an intermediary layer between the user and the complex 3D model data. This GUI provides simplified access to construction task status information through intuitive visual interfaces, allowing users to query and update data without directly interacting with the complex BIM structure. The system mediates between the detailed 3D model and user operations, resolving the contradiction by maintaining data precision while reducing operational complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates simplified 2D representations and visual copies of the complex 3D model data through the GUI. Instead of requiring users to navigate the full complexity of the 3D BIM structure, the system generates accessible visual copies and summaries of construction task status, making the data easily queryable and updateable while preserving the underlying detailed information in the 3D model.
2Loss of information
If comprehensive construction data is accessed and updated, then information completeness is improved, but loss of time and productivity decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-loading and caching relevant construction data in the interactive GUI. Frequently accessed construction task status information is prepared in advance and made readily available through the simplified interface, reducing the time required to access and update comprehensive construction data while maintaining information completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from three-dimensional complex 3D model navigation to a two-dimensional simplified GUI interface. This dimensional reduction allows comprehensive construction data to be accessed and updated more efficiently through flat, intuitive visual displays, decreasing the time required for data operations while maintaining complete information access through the transformed interface.
3Reliability
If real-time construction task status monitoring is implemented, then reliability and traceability are improved, but use of energy and resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements partial monitoring by focusing computational resources on displaying and updating only the specific construction task status information that is currently relevant to the user's view in the GUI. Instead of continuously processing and displaying all possible construction data, the system selectively monitors and updates only the necessary portions, maintaining reliability and traceability while reducing overall system resource consumption.
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AI summary
A method of generating an interactive graphical user interface (GUI), comprising: receiving one or more images captured by an image sensor of a mobile device in a construction site, each image is associated with one or more positioning parameter indicative of the mobile device’s position when the respective image is captured, rendering the image(s) on a display, receiving user input indicating selection of an area in the image(s) depicting a corresponding area in the construction site, accessing a 3D model documenting construction task status relating to each of a plurality of elements in the construction site, registering the image(s) to the 3D model according to the positioning parameter(s) to identify, in the selected area, elements documented in the 3D model, retrieving a respective construction task status relating to the identified elements; and adapting a GUI presented in association with the selected area according to the respective construction task status.