Survey Information Managing System with Electronic Marker and Eyewear
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Solution Overview
Problem
The management of survey information for measurement points in civil engineering and construction is complicated, as it involves three-dimensional position data, photographs, and notes, requiring post-processing and evidence management by administrators.
Innovation Solution
A survey information managing system that includes an electronic marker with a position sensor, posture sensor, communication section, and marker operation buttons, an eyewear device with imaging and display capabilities, and an arithmetic device for synchronizing and processing data, allowing for the storage of three-dimensional position data and additional handwritten data as evidence.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If survey information including photographs and notes is managed separately from three-dimensional position data, then completeness of survey evidence is improved, but management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges three-dimensional position data, photographs, and handwritten notes into a single integrated database structure. Each measurement point is associated with multiple types of data through a unified identification system, allowing administrators to manage all survey evidence together rather than separately, thus reducing management complexity while maintaining information completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The survey information management system is designed to handle multiple types of data (spatial coordinates, images, text notes) through a single universal interface and database structure. The system provides unified functions for storing, retrieving, and managing diverse survey evidence types, eliminating the need for separate management systems for each data type.
2Measurement precision
If administrators check multiple types of survey information manually, then accuracy of post-processing is improved, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides automated feedback mechanisms where the arithmetic device processes and validates survey data upon acquisition. Handwritten notes are automatically recognized through OCR, and data consistency is checked automatically, reducing the need for manual verification while maintaining accuracy. The system feeds back processed results to administrators for confirmation rather than requiring manual processing of all data.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual administrative work with automated computational processes. The arithmetic device automatically performs OCR recognition on handwritten notes, validates data formats, and organizes information into the database structure. This substitution of mechanical manual checking with automated digital processing significantly reduces time consumption while maintaining or improving accuracy through consistent automated validation.
3Ease of operation
If handwritten data is captured and processed through OCR, then ease of data entry is improved, but processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service data entry where workers can directly write notes using the electronic marker's button group, and the system automatically performs OCR recognition and converts the handwritten data into structured text. This eliminates the need for workers to manually type data or for administrators to manually transcribe notes, as the system serves itself by automatically processing the handwritten input through integrated OCR functionality.
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AI summary
A managing system includes an electronic marker to be used near a measurement point, including a position sensor, a posture sensor, a communication section, and a marker operation button group, an eyewear device to be worn on the head of the worker, including a display, an imaging section, a position sensor, a posture sensor, and a communication section, an arithmetic device for synchronizing positions and postures of the electronic marker and the eyewear device, displaying a handwritten data synthesized image obtained by synthesizing the handwritten data written at coordinates of a tip end port of the electronic marker of the marker operation button group with an image imaged by the imaging section, and applying OCR processing to the handwritten data synthesized image, and a storage device for storing the handwritten data synthesized image and text data extracted by the OCR processing as additional data of the measurement point.