OCCUPANT CENTRIC CAPTURE AND VISUALIZATION OF BUILDING PERFORMANCE DATA

• US 20120296610A1
• Filed: 05/17/2011
• Published: 11/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
• Inventors: Hailemariam, Ebenezer, Khan, Azam, Attar, Ramtin, Tessier, Alexander, Kurtenbach, Gord
• Granted Patent: US 9,292,972 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/00 Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/04 Architectural design, interior design

Abstract

A computer implemented method for 3-D visualization of a building module and building related data includes receiving attributes of a plurality of building modules from a building information model and receiving data inputs from a plurality of sensors located in at least a subset of the plurality of building modules. The building related data is calculated for each of the plurality of building modules based on the data inputs. A 3-D visualization data of a selected building module in the plurality of building modules is generated for display on a computer screen.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of 3-D visualization of a building module and building related data, comprising:

receiving attributes of a plurality of building modules from a building information model;

receiving data inputs from a plurality of sensors located in at least a subset of the plurality of building modules;

calculating the building related data for each of the plurality of building modules based on the data inputs; and

generating a 3-D visualization of a selected building module in the plurality of building modules based on the attributes of the selected building module for display on a computer screen.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the calculating includes generating simulated data based on the data inputs.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the data inputs are transformed before the calculating.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further including determining locations of at least the subset of the plurality of sensors, wherein the locations includes X, Y and Z coordinates of each of the subset of the plurality of sensors and the locations of at least the subset of the plurality of sensors are determined through triangulation method.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further including determining locations of at least the subset of the plurality of sensors, wherein the locations includes X, Y and Z coordinates of each of the subset of the plurality of sensors and wherein the X, Y and Z coordinates of each of the subset of the plurality of sensors are received from the building information model.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the selected building module is selected by a user from a hierarchical list of the plurality of building modules.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the calculating is based on a quality of data inputs based on proximity of one or more of the plurality of sensors from to be visualized parts of the selected building module.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the 3-D visualization includes at least one of a graphical visualization of heat sources, a graphical visualization of heat sinks, a visualization of light sources and a visualization real time power usage.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 8, wherein the graphical visualization of heat sources and the graphical visualization of heat sinks includes using arrow in a 3-D space to indicate sources and sinks.

10. A computer generated visualization dashboard, comprising:

a drill-down user interface that includes a hierarchy of a plurality of building modules, wherein each node in the hierarchy is selectable by a user; and

a 3-D image of a selected building module, the 3-D image including geometrical features of the selected building module and a display of building related data pertaining to the selected building module.

11. The computer generated visualization dashboard of claim 10, wherein the building related data is derived from a plurality of sensors located at least in a subset of the plurality of building modules.

12. The computer generated visualization dashboard of claim 10, wherein the building related data includes simulated data.

13. The computer generated visualization dashboard of claim 10, wherein the building related data includes transformed data that is generated based on data inputs from the plurality of sensors.

14. The computer generated visualization dashboard of claim 10, wherein data collection confidence levels in the plurality of building modules are factored the building related data.

15. The computer generated visualization dashboard of claim 10, wherein the 3-D image further includes geometrical features of a second selected building module.

16. A method of generating a 3-D representation of a building module, comprising:

selecting the building module from a plurality of building modules through a user interface displayed on a computer screen, wherein the user interface includes a drill-down user interface for displaying a hierarchical list of the plurality of building modules;

providing input, through the drill-down user interface, to cause the computer screen to display a 3-D representation of the building module, the 3-D representation including geometrical features of the building module; and

providing input, through the drill-down user interface, to cause the computer screen to display a graphical representation of building related data of the selected building module in the 3-D representation.

17. The method of claim 16, further including selecting a second building module from the plurality of building module and providing input, through the user interface, to display a 3-D representation of the second building module side-by-side.

18. The method of claim 16, further including providing input, through the user interface, to cause the computer screen to display a graphical representation of a second environment element.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the graphical representation of the environment element and the graphical representation of the second environment element are displayed through overlapping layers.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the graphical representation of the environment element and the graphical representation of the second environment element are displayed using different shades or texture or color.