Method and apparatus for augmented virtual models and orienteering

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11054335-B2
Application number	US-201916549503-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 20, 2019
Priority date	Feb 22, 2017
Publication date	Jul 6, 2021
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021

Abstract

The present invention provides Augmented Virtual Models accessible via Orienteering using a smart device. The smart device is operative to identify a position within a building and use fine-grain location monitoring to guide a user to a desired location. Upon reaching the desired location, the user can point the smart device at a wall or component and learn, query, or supplement technical details and other information about the wall or component. Technical details and other information are stored in an augmented virtual model of the building.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for guiding a user to a location of a monitored condition of a structure and orienting the user, the method comprising the steps of:
a) affixing two or more wireless transceivers to reference positions within the structure, wherein the reference positions refer to established locations;
b) securing a sensor to a sensor position within the structure, said sensor capable of wireless communication with the two or more wireless transceivers;
c) wirelessly communicating between the two or more wireless transceivers and the sensor to generate a data set;
d) generating a first set of positional coordinates for the sensor based upon the data set; and
e) displaying on a display screen, a user interface indicating a location of the sensor represented upon a visual display representation from an augmented virtual model referenced to the first set of positional coordinates within the structure, wherein the first set of positional coordinates comprise X, Y and Z coordinates;
f) generating a first table comprising conditions present in the structure precedent to deployment of the structure;
g) with the sensors, transducing a physical condition in the structure to a digital representation;
h) recording a time registration in a controller, the time registration indicating when the physical condition within the structure was transduced into the digital representation;
i) operating the controller to compare the digital representation of the physical conditions within the structure with a condition present in the structure precedent to deployment of the structure;
j) registering a smart device to a first user;
k) communicating the first set of positional coordinates to the first user;
l) displaying on the display screen, a user interface indicating how the condition present in the structure at a given time compares with the condition present in the structure precedent to deployment of the structure;
m) determining a second set of positional coordinates of the first user, said second set of positional coordinates quantifying a position of the first user;
n) providing instruction to guide the first user to the first set of positional coordinates from the second set of positional coordinates;
o) receiving from the first user a direction of interest when the first user is at a region of the first set of positional coordinates; and
p) displaying on the display screen a user interface comprising visible and hidden structural components retrieved from a virtual model of the structure based on the first set of positional coordinates and the direction of interest.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the positional coordinates additionally designate a position relative to a home position.

3. The method of claim 1 additionally comprising the step of receiving into a controller respective transmissions from multiple disparate sensors each transmission comprising a digital value of a respective physical condition transduced by the multiple disparate sensors.

4. The method of claim 3 additionally comprising the step of determining whether conditions precedent to deployment are present in the structure based upon a comparison of the values of the multiple conditions measured within the structure and the conditions present in the structure precedent to deployment of the structure.

5. The method of claim 4 additionally comprising the step of transmitting location coordinates of a sensor measuring a condition within the structure that has not met a condition precedent to deployment included in the first table.

6. The method of claim 5 additionally comprising generating a second table comprising a remedial action that may be taken to address a condition within the structure.

7. The method of claim 6 additionally comprising the step of transmitting why the condition within the structure compares with a condition precedent to deployment included in the table.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the first Table comprises building codes.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein the first Table comprises ANSI standards.

10. The method of claim 6 wherein the first Table comprises engineering specifications comprising an amount of pressure.

11. The method of claim 6 wherein the first Table comprises engineering specifications comprising an amount of heat.

12. The method of claim 6 wherein the first Table comprises engineering specifications comprising an amount of vibration.

13. The method of claim 6 wherein the first Table comprises engineering specifications comprising an amount of movement.

14. The method of claim 6 wherein the first Table comprises variables of an appraisal report.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the sensor comprises a biosensor.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the condition within the structure comprises a human biometric.

17. A method of guiding a user to a location of a sensed physical state of a structure, the method comprising the steps of:
a) generating with a controller a first table comprising values pertaining to conditions within the structure and an alphanumeric scaled rating for different ranges of the values pertaining to conditions within the structure;
b) generating in the controller a second table comprising measured values of the conditions within the structure, wherein the measured values are generated via the steps of:
i) affixing multiple wireless transceivers to reference positions within the structure;
ii) securing a sensor to a position within the structure;
iii) wirelessly communicating between the sensor and the multiple wireless transceivers to generate a data set;
iv) with the controller, generating a first set of positional coordinates for the sensor based upon the data set;
v) with the sensor, generating measured values of a condition within the structure via transducing of a sensor state to a digital value;
vi) recording a time registration in the controller indicating when each of the measured values of the condition within the structure was measured;

c) with the controller, associating a respective alphanumeric scaled rating from the first table with each of the measured values of the condition within the structure;
d) with the controller, generating an aggregate alphanumeric scaled rating for the structure based upon a weighted combining of the respective alphanumeric scaled ratings associated with each measured value;
e) registering a smart device to a first user;
f) communication the generated set of positional coordinates to the first user;
g) determining a second set of positional coordinates, said second set of positional coordinates quantifying a position of the first user;
h) providing instruction to guide the first user to the first set of positional coordinates from the second set of positional coordinates;
i) receiving from the first user a direction of interest when the first user is at a region of the first set of positional coordinates;
j) displaying on a display screen a user interface comprising visible and hidden structural components retrieved from a virtual model of the structure based on the first set of positional coordinates and the direction of interest;
k) identifying a remedial action to be taken; and
l) displaying on a visual display screen a user interface comprising the aggregate alphanumeric scaled rating for the structure.

18. The method of claim 17 additionally comprising the step of generating a collateral value based upon the aggregate alphanumeric scaled rating.

19. The method of claim 17 additionally comprising t

Assignees

• Middle Chart Llc

Inventors

• Santarone Michael S
• Duff Jason E
• Wodrich Michael

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