Remote Collaboration via 3D Model Visualization and Sensor Data Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional remote collaboration systems are limited in real-time interactive capabilities, often restricting communication to audio comments during video conferencing and limited to viewing a single user's location, lacking comprehensive multi-modal interactions.
Innovation Solution
A remote collaboration framework that includes a system framework supporting real-time data capture, management of a database asset model, and multi-modal communications, enabling remote experts to collaborate through a shared virtual workspace with features like 3D visualization, augmented reality, and sensor data integration, allowing for real-time interaction and annotation of physical assets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional video conferencing systems are used for remote collaboration, then communication between distant parties is enabled, but the interaction scope and level are limited to audio comments and viewing a single user's location
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple communication modalities (video, audio, 3D visualization, AR overlays, sensor data integration) into a unified remote collaboration platform. This merging enables comprehensive interactions including real-time 3D model visualization, multi-user spatial positioning, and collaborative annotation, thereby expanding interaction scope beyond traditional video conferencing while managing system complexity through integrated architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The remote collaboration system is designed to perform multiple functions simultaneously: video conferencing, 3D model rendering, augmented reality display, sensor data processing, and collaborative annotation. This multi-functionality allows a single system to address diverse collaboration needs, improving adaptability without requiring separate specialized systems for each function.
2Adaptability or versatility
If real-time multi-modal communications and 3D visualization are implemented, then comprehensive remote collaboration is enabled, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complex remote collaboration system into distinct functional modules: a communication module for multi-modal data exchange, a 3D visualization module for rendering models, an AR module for overlay display, and a coordination module for managing multiple users. This segmentation allows each module to be developed and optimized independently, managing overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive collaboration capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces intermediary components such as a shared virtual workspace that mediates between multiple users and the system resources. This virtual workspace acts as an intermediary layer that coordinates 3D model visualization, manages user positions, and facilitates collaborative interactions, thereby reducing the complexity burden on individual user devices and simplifying the overall system architecture.
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AI summary
A system, computer-readable medium, and a method including receiving, by a processor, sensor data related to a physical asset; obtaining, by the processor, at least a stored model of the physical asset from a data storage device; generating, by the processor, a visualization representation of the physical asset based on an integration of the sensor data related to the physical asset and the stored model of the physical asset; and presenting, by the processor in a shared virtual workspace accessible by a first user entity and at least one second user entity located remotely from the first user entity, the virtualization representation of the physical asset.