Smart Device Orientation for As-Built Feature Recreation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional methods for determining a geospatial position and direction are limited, as they often rely on artificial references like satellites and cell towers, and lack the ability to specify a direction of interest, which hinders the effectiveness of automated design tools and virtual reality models in accurately recreating and quantifying design features in real-world facilities.
Innovation Solution
The solution combines methods and apparatus for designating a geospatial location and direction using wireless transmissions to generate an angle of arrival and/or transmission, forming a directional line that intersects a smart device's space, allowing for the provision of content based on the location and direction of interest, incorporating time and date data, and utilizing augmented virtual models to enhance design and maintenance processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional triangulation techniques using satellites and cell towers are used to determine geospatial position, then location can be ascertained, but the ability to specify direction of interest is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from 2D triangulation (providing only position) to 3D spatial orientation by incorporating angle of arrival measurements from multiple antennas. This adds the directional dimension to the location data, enabling both position and direction of interest to be determined simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The system divides the spatial information into distinct components: position coordinates (x, y, z) and directional angles (azimuth, elevation). This segmentation allows independent processing and optimization of position determination and direction determination using different measurement techniques.
2Ease of manufacture
If automated design tools focus on generating design plans with detailed building aspects, then design capability is improved, but the ability to accurately recreate and quantify design features in real-world facilities is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a digital twin or virtual model of the physical facility by capturing precise spatial and directional data. This virtual copy accurately reproduces design features, materials, and placement, enabling comparison between the original design plan and the actual constructed facility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system measures and records multiple parameters including 3D coordinates, orientation angles, and spatial relationships of building features. By capturing these detailed parameters, the system can accurately quantify and recreate design features in the virtual model for comparison with original designs.
3Adaptability or versatility
If virtual reality models use user-selected vantage points, then model viewing flexibility is improved, but accurate recreation of design features requires indication of both location and direction which is currently lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enhances virtual reality models by incorporating full 3D spatial orientation data (position + direction) for each captured feature. This allows the virtual model to accurately represent not just where features are located but also their spatial orientation, enabling precise recreation of design features from any vantage point.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach enables accurate geolocation and direction determination, improving the recreation and quantification of design features, and enhances the functionality of automated design tools and virtual reality models by providing precise spatial and directional information, facilitating better design, deployment, and maintenance of infrastructure.
Implementation Method 1
Multiple wireless communications between Transceivers are used to generate a location and a direction of interest
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and apparatus for determining a generating a user interface based upon a location and an orientation of a smart device supported by an Agent in a structure. The interface may include “as built features” of the structure. A location of the Agent may be determined via wireless communications and a direction of interest based upon a directional sensor.