Video-supported planning of equipment installation and/or room design
First Claim
1. A room planning and design system, comprising:
- a virtual room space comprising a virtual representation of a physical room space;
an object library of virtual objects, said virtual objects comprising virtual representations of equipment, machines, and objects that may be placed in a room;
a user interface comprising;
a first user interface component for selecting said virtual objects from said virtual library and positioning them in said virtual room space;
a second user interface component for manipulating the positions and orientations of said virtual objects within said virtual room space;
a workspace comprising a physical model of said physical room space;
physical marker objects substantially scaled to said workspace for manual placement and orientation of said markers objects in said workspace;
one or more detectors for detecting information regarding the positioning of said marker objects in said workspace and transmitting said information to a visualization module; and
said visualization module adapted to receive said information from said detectors and utilize said information for positioning said virtual objects within said virtual room space.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a room planning and design system, comprising a virtual room space comprising a virtual representation of a physical room space, an object library of virtual objects, said virtual objects comprising virtual representations of equipment, machines and objects that may be placed in a room, a user interface comprising a first user interface component for selecting said virtual objects from said virtual library and positioning them in said virtual room space, a second user interface component for manipulating the positions and orientations of said virtual objects within said virtual room space, a workspace comprising a physical model of said physical room space, physical marker objects substantially scaled to said workspace for manual placement and orientation of said markers objects in said workspace, one or more detectors for detecting information regarding the positioning of said marker objects in said workspace and transmitting said information to a visualization module, and said visualization module adapted to receive said information from said detectors and utilize said information for positioning said virtual objects within said virtual room space.
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16 Claims
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1. A room planning and design system, comprising:
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a virtual room space comprising a virtual representation of a physical room space; an object library of virtual objects, said virtual objects comprising virtual representations of equipment, machines, and objects that may be placed in a room; a user interface comprising; a first user interface component for selecting said virtual objects from said virtual library and positioning them in said virtual room space; a second user interface component for manipulating the positions and orientations of said virtual objects within said virtual room space; a workspace comprising a physical model of said physical room space; physical marker objects substantially scaled to said workspace for manual placement and orientation of said markers objects in said workspace; one or more detectors for detecting information regarding the positioning of said marker objects in said workspace and transmitting said information to a visualization module; and said visualization module adapted to receive said information from said detectors and utilize said information for positioning said virtual objects within said virtual room space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of room planning and design, comprising:
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obtaining a virtual room space comprising a virtual representation of a physical room space; loading an object library comprising virtual objects; selecting an virtual object; receiving positioning information from a user through a workspace comprising a physical model of said physical room space; positioning said virtual object in said virtual room space in accordance with said positioning information; and wherein said receiving of positioning information from a workspace comprises receiving from a detector the positioning of marker object manually positioned within said workspace by the user. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A program storage device, readable by machine, tangible embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for room planning and design, said method steps comprising:
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obtaining a virtual room space comprising a virtual representation of a physical room space; loading an object library comprising virtual objects; selecting an virtual object; receiving positioning information from a user through a workspace comprising a physical model of said physical room space; positioning said virtual object in said virtual room space in accordance with said positioning information; and wherein said receiving of positioning information from a workspace comprises receiving from a detector the positioning of marker object manually positioned within said workspace by the user. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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Specification