Virtual Environment Asset Placement via Environmental Simulation

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Solution Overview

Problem

The placement of assets within virtual environments is often a time-intensive process, particularly when the placement needs to change in response to modifications in the virtual environment's parameters.

Innovation Solution

The method involves simulating the virtual environment over a duration, recording attribute values at candidate locations, determining aggregate attribute values, and assigning assets based on these values and their attribute ranges.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If automated asset placement is implemented, then productivity is improved, but manufacturing precision deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveasset placement speedVSAvoidasset placement accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary simulation of environmental conditions (lighting, weather, seasonal changes) before asset placement to pre-determine suitable locations. This allows automated placement to maintain both speed and accuracy by having location suitability pre-calculated based on simulated conditions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses simulation feedback about environmental attributes at each location to guide automated asset placement decisions. The feedback loop ensures that automated placement maintains precision by continuously referencing simulated environmental conditions while achieving speed through automation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Adaptability or versatility

If simulation-based asset placement is used, then adaptability is improved, but loss of time worsens

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveresponse to environment modificationsVSAvoidplacement time

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary simulation of various environmental conditions and stores the results for rapid asset placement decisions. When environment modifications occur, the pre-simulated data allows quick adaptation without full re-simulation, reducing time loss while maintaining adaptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system simulates and adapts to changes in environmental parameters (lighting, weather, season) by using these parameter variations as input for automated placement decisions. This allows the system to maintain adaptability to environment modifications while managing placement time through efficient parameter-based decision making.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS12283015B2Virtual environment asset location assignment

Publication Date: 2025.04.22 THE WEATHER CO LLC

AI summary

Assets in a virtual environment are assigned to locations based on attributes of the locations, such as light level, temperature, etc. Attributes are determined based on simulating the virtual environment. The virtual environment can be simulated over a period of time, during which multiple attribute values can be recorded, resulting in an aggregated attribute value to better enable more immersive asset placement.