Virtual Space Management with Sensor-Tracked Real-World Changes

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing virtual space systems fail to effectively immerse users by reflecting the change over time of real-world targets, limiting user engagement and connection to the virtual environment.

Innovation Solution

A management system that includes sensors to observe real-space targets, a server to calculate and reflect the degree of change, and a user apparatus to display the updated virtual space, allowing dynamic representation of target changes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If a virtual space system displays only static weather conditions, then the system is simple to implement, but user immersion is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser immersionVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies the Dynamics principle by transforming the static virtual weather display into a dynamic system that continuously updates to reflect real-time weather changes. The server receives weather data from sensors and automatically updates the virtual space representation, making the virtual environment dynamically responsive to real-world conditions without requiring complex manual intervention

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements the Feedback principle by establishing a closed-loop system where sensors continuously monitor real-world weather conditions, transmit data to the server, and the server updates the virtual space accordingly. This feedback mechanism ensures the virtual space accurately reflects current weather states, enhancing user immersion through realistic and responsive environmental representation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If the virtual space reflects detailed changes over time, then user immersion improves, but data processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvechange detection accuracyVSAvoiddata processing power
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSPower

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies the Taking out principle by extracting only the essential weather parameters (temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind speed) from the complex real-world environment. The server processes only these specific metrics rather than all possible environmental data, reducing computational burden while maintaining sufficient accuracy for effective user immersion

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements the Parameter changes principle by monitoring and updating specific weather parameters over time. The system tracks changes in temperature, humidity, precipitation, and wind speed, updating the virtual space only when these parameters change beyond predefined thresholds. This approach balances detailed change detection with efficient data processing by avoiding unnecessary updates

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP4586054A1Management system, server, method, and program
Publication Date: 2025.07.16 SHIMADZU CORP
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AI summary

A management system (1000) that provides a virtual space to a user (Url) includes a user apparatus (200) used by the user (Ur1), a sensor (11) configured to observe change over time of a target (Tr1) present in a real space, and a server (100) configured to transmit information for providing the virtual space to the user apparatus (200). The server (100) is configured to obtain a detection result by the sensor (S101), calculate a degree of change of the target based on the detection result (S104), and arrange in the virtual space, an object (Ob1) representing the target on which the degree of change is reflected (S105).