Storage Space Guidance via Digital Twin and Mixed Reality
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Solution Overview
Problem
Individuals face challenges in determining whether purchased items will fit in their available storage space, leading to inefficiencies and potential waste, as existing technologies lack real-time analysis and visualization tools for optimizing storage space utilization.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing IoT sensors and digital twins to model storage spaces, combined with mixed reality, identifies suitable storage areas and alerts users about space availability, recommending item selection or reorganization to ensure optimal storage fit.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If users manually check storage space availability before purchasing items, then they can avoid buying items that won't fit, but this process is time-consuming and lacks real-time accuracy
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-modeling the storage space with digital twins and pre-calculating available capacity before the user makes a purchasing decision. This allows real-time verification of whether an item will fit without requiring manual measurement or estimation during the shopping process.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates digital twin copies of physical storage spaces that replicate the exact geometry and current contents. These digital models enable virtual placement and measurement of items to be tested against actual storage capacity, providing accurate predictions without physical intervention.
2Productivity
If users purchase more items to maximize storage utilization, then storage efficiency improves, but items may not fit and waste increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides immediate feedback to users about storage capacity availability and item compatibility. By comparing item dimensions against the digital twin model of available space, the system informs users whether an item will fit before they complete the purchase, preventing waste from buying items that cannot be stored.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary verification of storage compatibility before the purchase is finalized. This advance checking ensures that only items that can actually be accommodated are added to the user's inventory, maximizing storage utilization while preventing waste.
3Volume of stationary object
If users reorganize existing items to make space for new items, then storage capacity is optimized, but this requires time and effort to manually rearrange items
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses digital twin copies to simulate various reorganization scenarios virtually. By modeling different arrangements of existing items in the digital space, the system can identify optimal configurations that maximize available volume without requiring users to physically experiment with rearrangements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary analysis of reorganization opportunities by evaluating the current digital twin model and identifying potential space optimizations. This advance planning provides users with actionable insights about how to rearrange items before they even begin the physical reorganization process.
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AI summary
According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for managing a physical storage system of a user is provided. The present invention may include identifying a physical item that a user has selected for acquisition; selecting one or more storage areas of a plurality of storage areas comprising the physical storage system to store the item in based on a category associated with the item; determining an amount of storage space required to store the item based on dimensions of the item; comparing the determined amount of storage space against a current amount of free storage space within the one or more selected storage areas; and responsive to identifying that the determined amount of storage space exceeds the current amount of free space based on the comparing, generating an alert to the user.