Panoptic Visualization of Complex System Documents
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Solution Overview
Problem
Complex systems like aircraft maintenance documents are often spread across multiple pages and sources, making it time-consuming and difficult for users to comprehend the relationships between elements and components, as existing technologies fail to effectively organize and visualize this information in a cohesive manner.
Innovation Solution
A panoptic visualization system using a model viewer that arranges system-related documents in a logical layout, reflecting spatial, design, or functional relationships between elements, allowing users to view pages in a single interface and navigate complex systems more efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If documents are spread across multiple pages and sources to accommodate large amounts of information, then the information can be stored and organized, but the time required to review and comprehend the complex system increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional linear document navigation (one page at a time) to a two-dimensional panoptic view where multiple document pages are arranged spatially on a single display. This allows users to see multiple pages simultaneously in a grid or tiled layout, enabling comprehensive information review without sequentially switching between pages, thus reducing review time while maintaining information completeness
2Quantity of substance
If documents are distributed across multiple sources and pages, then information storage is achieved, but the difficulty in comprehending relationships between elements increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complex system information into distinct document pages or components, each representing a specific aspect or view of the system. These segmented pages are then arranged in a panoptic layout that preserves logical relationships, allowing users to comprehend the overall system by viewing organized segments rather than navigating through undifferentiated information
3Ease of operation
If traditional document navigation methods are used, then users can access individual pages, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to time-consuming navigation between pages and sources
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple document pages and sources into a single unified panoptic display interface. Instead of requiring users to switch between separate windows, tabs, or physical documents, all relevant pages are combined and arranged simultaneously on one display, enabling users to navigate efficiently by simply viewing or clicking between pages within the unified interface
Data Source
AI summary
A system is provided that includes a model viewer configured to receive selection of a point on a visual presentation of a digital 3D model of a complex system, and translate the point to a location within a coordinate system of the complex system. A search engine configured to identify a document component that depicts an element of the complex system at or within a volume about the location. The document component is from a collection for which at least some components depict elements of the complex system and have associated metadata that includes information reflecting the 3D geometry of at least some depicted elements. A layout engine configured to generate a layout of panoptically-arranged document components including the identified document component and other document component(s) identified according to the associated metadata for the identified document component, which further includes information identifying a link between the respective document components.