Method and system for a building database manipulator

• US 20050131619A1
• Filed: 01/28/2005
• Published: 06/16/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Roger R. Skidmore, Theodore S. Rappaport
• Original Assignee: Roger R. Skidmore, Theodore S. Rappaport
• Inventors: Rappaport, Theodore S., Skidmore, Roger R.
• Application Number:
  US11/044,005
• Publication Number:
  US 20050131619A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/101
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/50 of still image data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/13 Architectural design, e.g. computer-aided architectural design [CAAD] related to design of buildings, bridges, landscapes, production plants or roads
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/915 Image
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/921 Spatial
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/922 Communications
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/955 Object-oriented
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/957 Multidimensional
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/959 Network
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99956 File allocation

Abstract

A Building Database Manipulator to build databases for a variety of physical environments including definitions of buildings, terrain and other site parameters, by scanning in or rapidly editing data. Raster scans may be entered or object files in various formats may be used as input. Detailed information is stored in the drawing database about the object'"'"'s location, radio frequency attenuation, color, and other physical information such as electrical characteristics and intersections of the object with the ground, floors, ceilings, and other objects when objects are formatted in a drawing. The formatting process is strictly two-dimensional in nature, but the resulting drawing is a true three-dimensional environment. The user sees the three-dimensional building structure by altering the views. The resulting database may be used in a variety of modeling applications, but is especially useful for engineering, planning and management tools for in-building or microcell wireless systems.

Claims

1-12. -12. (canceled)

13. A computerized apparatus for formatting, editing, or entering data that represents radio attenuation characteristics of at least one or more of walls, floors, partitions, obstructions, and building perimeter walls within one or more buildings that are will be used with one or more wireless communications systems, comprising:

a computer or network of computers; and

a computer implemented program operating on said computer or network of computers which either receives input for, uses or contains radio attenuation characteristics of said at least one or more walls, floors, partitions, obstructions, and building perimeter walls, and which provides radio performance computations for a wireless communication management application.

14. The computerized apparatus of claim 13 wherein said radio performance computations use either two dimensional or three dimensional information about said one or more buildings.

15. The computerized apparatus of claim 13 further comprising a display, and wherein said at least one or more of walls, floors, partitions, obstructions, and building perimeters are rendered on said display as either a two dimensional or three dimensional view.

16. The computerized apparatus of claim 15 wherein said two dimensional or three dimensional view includes at least a portion of at least one floor plan of at least one of said one or more buildings.

17. The computerized apparatus of claim 13 wherein said computer implemented program can be used to modify, delete or add said radio attenuation characteristics for one or more of said walls, floors, partitions, obstructions, and building perimeter walls, and wherein said radio performance computations consider modifications, deletions or additions of said radio attenuation characteristics.

18. The computerized apparatus of claim 13 wherein said computer implemented program can be used to modify, delete or add data for one or more wireless communication components which are associated with or to be used in said one or more wireless communications systems, and wherein said radio performance computations consider modifications, deletions or additions of said data for said one or more wireless communications components.

19. The computerized apparatus of claim 18 wherein said data includes performance attributes or settings.