INDOOR GEOSPATIAL SITE BUILDER ENGINE

• US 20180130254A1
• Filed: 11/09/2016
• Published: 05/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Crawley, Philip, Reed, Shawn, Brabrand, Doug, Alexander, Ricardo
• Application Number:
  US15/347,206
• Publication Number:
  US 20180130254A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/05 Geographic models
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/20 Finite element generation, e.g. wire-frame surface description, tesselation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/04 Architectural design, interior design

Abstract

Systems and techniques for an indoor geospatial site builder engine are presented. A system can convert facility artifacts into geospatially-defined indoor space geometry and provides a rich user experience to visualize the facility'"'"'s indoor space identifying important landmarks as well as providing controls to navigate the indoor space. The system can also provide the ability to record and change the location of fixed assets at run time as well as verify the location of fixed assets in indoor space in real-time. Similarly, geometries can be updated in real-time. The system further provides the geospatial capability to determine precise distances between assets, devices and other points of interest that are defined independently in separate geo-referenced maps that represent space in various facilities across the globe. The location validation component provides for validation of system device locations over time with the actual device location.

Claims

1. An indoor geospatial site builder system, comprising:

a memory that stores computer executable components;

a processor that executes computer executable components;

a site builder component that imports facility plans, transforms the facility plans into Geogrphic Information System (GIS) geometry, and creates maps with one or more layers;

an indoor space visualization component that renders a map containing polygons and GIS coordinates, allows for the definition of metadata;

an asset management and visualization component that creates a visualization of a floor plan using GIS coordinates; and

a location validation component that determines descrepancies between actual location movements of one or more assests and detected location movements of the one or more assests, wherein the actual location movements are stored in travel logs captured by a user and the detected location movements are detected by a real-time location system.

2. The indoor geospatial site builder of system of claim 1, wherein the site builder component stores GIS coordinates.

3. The indoor geospatial site builder system of claim 1, wherein the indoor space component provides that ability to create regions, associate polygons and assign logistical information to each of the polygons.

4. The indoor geospatial site builder system of claim 1, wherein the asset management and visualization component displays the GIS location and asset information associated with one or more assets that are detected by the real-time location system as the one or more assets appear on the facility map.

5. The indoor geospatial site builder system of claim 1, wherein the asset management and visualization component can determine and provide the mechanical and/or physical properties of the asset.

6. The indoor geospatial site builder system of claim 1, wherein the location validation component generates a notification of the discrepencies.

19. The indoor geospatial site builder system of claim 1, wherein the location validation component presents the discrepencies by displaying a chart in which the actual location movements and the detected location movements are overlaid.

7. A method, comprising:

importing, by a system comprising a processor, facility plans;

transforming, by the system, the facility plans into GIS geometry;

creating, by the system, maps with one or more layers;

rendering, by the system, a map containing polygons and GIS coordinates;

creating, by the system, metadata associated with the polygons;

creating, by the system, a visualization of a floor plan using GIS coordinates; and

determining, by the system, descrepancies between actual location movements of one or more assests and detected location movements of the one or more assests, wherein the actual location movements are stored in travel logs captured by a user and the detected location movements are detected by a real-time location system.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising storing, by the system, data associated with the transformed GIS geometry.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the creating maps comprises creating regions, associating polygons and assigning logistical information to each of the polygons.

10. The method of claim 7, where in the rendering comprises displaying the GIS location and asset information associated with one or more assets that are detected by the real-time location system as the one or more assets appear on the facility map.

11. The method of claim 7, where in the creating metadata comprises determining and providing the mechanical and/or physical properties of the asset.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising generating an alert of the discrepencies.

20. The method of claim 7, further comprising presenting the discrepencies by displaying a chart in which the actual location movements and the detected location movements are overlaid.

13. A computer readable storage device comprising instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

importing facility plans;

transforming the facility plans into GIS geometry;

creating maps with one or more layers;

rendering a map containing polygons and GIS coordinates;

creating metadata associated with the polygons;

creating a visualization of a floor plan using GIS coordinates; and

determing descrepancies between actual location movements of one or more assests and detected location movements of the one or more assests, wherein the actual location movements are stored in travel logs captured by a user and the detected location movements are detected by a real-time location system.

14. The computer readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the wherein the transformed GIS geometry is stored onto a server.

15. The computer readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the creating maps comprises creating regions, associating polygons and assigning logistical information to each of the polygons.

16. The computer readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the rendering comprises displaying the GIS location and asset information associated with one or more assets that are detected by the real-time location system as the one or more assets appear on the facility map.

17. The computer readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the creating metadata comprises determining and providing the mechanical and/or physical properties of the asset.

18. The computer readable storage device of claim 13, wherein generating the display of asset movement further comprises generating an alert of discrepencies.