Scaffold Data Encoding for Mobile Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for digital project planning and visualization of scaffolding are hindered by large framework files that are difficult to transmit wirelessly to mobile computer units, making efficient data transfer challenging.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that encode scaffolding data using a database containing field and component codes, allowing for the transmission of a character string that can be decoded on a mobile device to provide a digital scaffolding view, utilizing standardized coding and decoding rules to simplify data transfer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If complete scaffolding specifications are transmitted to mobile computing unit, then digital project planning and visualization can be provided, but transmission time and data transfer requirements become excessively large
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential identification data (scaffolding object ID, bay ID, component ID) from the complete scaffolding specifications, transmitting only this condensed information to the mobile computing unit while retaining the full specifications in the central system for on-demand retrieval
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a simplified copy of the scaffolding data structure that contains only identification references rather than complete specifications, allowing the mobile device to work with lightweight reference data while the full data resides centrally
2Loss of information
If complete scaffolding specifications are transmitted to mobile computing unit, then comprehensive digital representation is achieved, but data transfer size becomes unmanageable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential identification data (scaffolding object ID, bay ID, component ID) from the complete scaffolding specifications, transmitting only this condensed information to the mobile computing unit while retaining the full specifications in the central system for on-demand retrieval
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the scaffolding data into hierarchical levels (scaffolding object, bay, component) and transmits only the necessary identification segments rather than the complete data structure, reducing overall data volume while maintaining information integrity
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method for encoding, transmitting, and decoding scaffold data, comprising: providing at least one scaffold database containing at least scaffold bay codes for predefined scaffold bays, component codes for predefined scaffold components, and information about the geometry of the scaffold bays and scaffold components; providing scaffold data for a scaffold, comprising information on the scaffold bays provided in the scaffold and the scaffold components provided in the respective scaffold bays; assigning scaffold bay codes from the scaffold database to the scaffold bays of the scaffold; assigning component codes from the scaffold database to the scaffold components provided in the respective scaffold bays, wherein the component codes of a respective scaffold bay are linked to the scaffold bay code of the respective scaffold bay;Transmitting the respective scaffold bay codes and the associated component codes to a mobile computing unit, wherein the mobile computing unit has access to at least one scaffold database; providing a digital scaffold view by decoding the transmitted scaffold bay and component codes and by accessing at least one scaffold database.