Hardware management and reconstruction using visual graphics

• US 9,569,889 B2
• Filed: 04/27/2016
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, An Ding, McNamara, Timothy G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Perveen, Rehana
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran, Loc
• Application Number:
  US15/139,851
• Publication Number:
  US 20160225185A1
• Time in Patent Office: 293 Days
• Field of Search: 703/1, 703/2, 703/3
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/17 Mechanical parametric or variational design
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/20 3D [Three Dimensional] animation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/20 Finite element generation, e.g. wire-frame surface description, tesselation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/003 Navigation within 3D models or images
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/20 Editing of 3D images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/04 involving 3D image data
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/2004 Aligning objects, relative positioning of parts
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/2016 Rotation, translation, scaling
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/003 Repetitive work cycles; Sequence of movements
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip

Abstract

In an approach for updating instructions of machine repairs to a user interface, a processor populates a quantity of machine components used to construct a machine model. A processor receives the machine model constructed from the quantity of machine components. A processor couples the machine model with a set of vital product data. A processor associates a set of instructions for a repair procedure with the machine model and the vital product data file. A processor generates a visual representation of the repair procedure specific to the machine model.

Claims

1. A method for updating instructions of machine repairs to a user interface, the method comprising:

populating, by one or more processors, a quantity of machine components used to construct a machine model;

receiving, by the one or more processors, the machine model constructed from the quantity of machine components;

coupling, by the one or more processors, the machine model with a set of vital product data wherein the set of vital product data is a file associated with a specific machine;

indicating, by the one or more processors, an alert within the vital product data when a machine registers an error, wherein the machine is represented by the machine model and a component associated with the error is highlighted in a specific color;

detecting, by the one or more processors, a change to the set of vital product data;

responsive to detecting the change to the set of vital product data, updating, by the one or more processors, the quantity of machine components used to construct the machine model;

associating, by the one or more processors, a set of instructions and an alternate set of instructions for a repair procedure with the machine model and a file associated with the set of vital product data;

storing, by the one or more processors, the set of vital product data in the file and updating the file when the set of vital product data is modified;

generating, by the one or more processors, a three-dimensional visual representation and an alternate three-dimensional visual representation of the repair procedure, specific to the machine model, based on a set of animation sequences wherein one or more animation sequences are associated with one or more steps of the repair procedure;

augmenting, by one or more processors, the three-dimensional visual representation of the repair procedure to allow a user to change graphical perspective based on removing components from the three-dimensional representation obstructing relevant components and zooming in/out to give a better view of the relevant components; and

presenting, by one or more processors, a three-dimensional visual representation of the repair procedure specific to the machine model wherein the three-dimensional visual representation can be instructed to stop, rewind and fast forward.