VR Situational Handling for Package Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complex process of goods shipment faces challenges in tracking and managing environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, and acceleration, which can damage goods, and requires efficient location identification and remedial actions during shipping and storage.
Innovation Solution
A procurement system integrates sensor data from packages with a cloud platform and virtual reality (VR) applications to provide real-time location tracking and visualization, enabling notifications and remedies such as reordering or communicating with suppliers, using temperature, GPS, and accelerometer data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional tracking methods are used for goods shipment, then the system complexity is low, but the location identification efficiency and visualization capability are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the physical storage location and goods using VR technology. The virtual view replicates the physical environment, allowing users to interact with and navigate the storage space digitally, thereby improving location identification efficiency without adding physical complexity to the tracking system
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from traditional 2D screen displays to 360-degree immersive VR environments. By adding the spatial dimension and enabling panoramic viewing, the system provides superior location visualization and identification capabilities while maintaining manageable system complexity through software-based solutions
2Reliability
If real-time sensor monitoring is implemented for environmental conditions, then goods damage prevention is improved, but the measurement and data processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates multiple sensor types (temperature, humidity, acceleration) into a unified monitoring system that handles diverse environmental conditions through a single platform. This multi-functional approach improves goods protection by comprehensively tracking various parameters while managing measurement complexity through centralized data processing
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a cloud-based procurement system as an intermediary between sensors and users. This mediator collects, processes, and correlates data from multiple sensor sources, simplifying the complexity of direct sensor monitoring while enabling reliable goods damage prevention through centralized analysis and notification
3Loss of information
If VR application is used for location tracking, then visual information quality is improved, but the use of energy and computational resources increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-processes and structures spatial data before transmitting it to VR applications. By preparing virtual environment data in advance and caching location information, the system delivers high-quality visual information while reducing real-time computational energy requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces heavy client-side rendering with server-side virtual environment generation. The procurement system creates and maintains the virtual storage location environment on servers, reducing the energy consumption of mobile devices while maintaining high visual information quality through optimized data transmission
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, methods, and computer programmable products are described herein for situational handling using a virtual reality application. A procurement system receives an order including one or more goods and a situation. A cloud platform receives sensor data of a package containing the one or more goods. A scanner scans the package and a storage location of the package. The procurement system provides the storage location to an virtual reality (VR) application for display and a notification of the situation once it occurs.