METHOD FOR MOVING AND ALIGNING 3D OBJECTS IN A PLANE WITHIN THE 2D ENVIRONMENT

• US 20150332509A1
• Filed: 05/12/2015
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: West Texas Technology Partners LLC
• Original Assignee: Spaceview, Inc. (Atheer, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jovanovic, Milos
• Granted Patent: US 10,296,663 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04802 3D-info-object: information is displayed on the internal or external surface of a three dimensional manipulable object, e.g. on the faces of a cube that can be rotated by the user
• 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 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/00 Computer-aided design [CAD]
• 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: G06T 13/205 driven by audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/10 Geometric effects
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/20 Perspective computation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• 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 2215/12 Shadow map, environment map
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2215/16 Using real world measurements to influence rendering
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/004 Annotating, labelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/008 Cut plane or projection plane definition
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/012 Dimensioning, tolerancing
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/2004 Aligning objects, relative positioning of parts
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/2008 Assembling, disassembling
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/2012 Colour editing, changing, or manipulating; Use of colour codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/2016 : Rotation, translation, scaling
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/2024 : Style variation

Abstract

Example systems and methods for virtual visualization of a three-dimensional model of an object in a two-dimensional environment. The method may include moving and aligning the three-dimensional model of the object along a plane in the two-dimensional environment.

Claims

1. A method for visualizing a three-dimensional model of an object in a two-dimensional environment, the method comprising:

receiving, from a user, an import request to import the two-dimensional environment to be used as a background for the three-dimensional model;

importing, based on the import request, the two-dimensional environment;

receiving, from the user, a superimposing request to superimpose a three-dimensional model of an object onto the two-dimensional environment;

superimposing, the three-dimensional model of the object onto the two-dimensional environment based on the superimposing request; and

moving and aligning, the three-dimensional model of the object along a plane in the two-dimensional environment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plane is one of a wall plane, a ceiling plane, and a floor plane;

and

wherein the plane includes one or more properties including a total area property, an occupied area, and an unoccupied area.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the three-dimensional model of the object is one of a wall object, ceiling object, and floor object.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the three-dimensional model includes one or more parameters, the one or more parameters including one or more size dimensions of the object and one or more constraints to superimposing the three-dimensional model onto one or more planes of the two-dimensional environment.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a request to change a position of the three-dimensional model from a first plane of the two-dimensional environment to a second plane of the two-dimensional environment, wherein the first plane and the second plane border a threshold boundary.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising positioning the three-dimensional model on the second plane when the threshold boundary is crossed.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein positioning the three-dimensional model on the second plane includes changing the three-dimensional model from a first perspective defined by the first plane to a second perspective of the object defined by the second plane.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising blocking positioning of the object at a threshold boundary.

9. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving a request to change a position of the three-dimensional model from a first plane of the two-dimensional environment to a second plane of the two-dimensional environment;

receiving the one or more parameters of the three-dimensional model;

receiving the one or more properties of the second plane;

comparing the one or more parameters of the three-dimensional model to the one or more properties of the second plane; and

if one of the one or more parameters of the three-dimensional model does not match a corresponding property of the one or more properties of the second plane, then blocking positioning of the object at the threshold boundary.

10. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving a request to change a position of the three-dimensional model from a first plane of the two-dimensional environment to a second plane of the two-dimensional environment;

receiving the one or more parameters of the three-dimensional model, the one or more parameters including at least the one or more constraints to superimposing the three-dimensional model onto one or more planes of the two-dimensional environment;

receiving the one or more properties of each plane defined by the one or more constraints;

for each plane defined by the one or more constraints;

comparing the one or more parameters of the three-dimensional model to the one or more properties of the plane; and

if each of the one or more parameters of the three-dimensional model match a corresponding property of the one or more properties of the plane, displaying a visual indication on the plane, the visual indication indicating an allowable position for the three-dimensional model.

11. A system for visualization of a three-dimensional model of an object in a two-dimensional environment, the system comprising:

a receiving module configured to receive one or more requests from a user, the requests including one or more of an import request, a scale data request, a superimposing request, and a moving request;

an importing module configured to import, based on the import request of the user, the two-dimensional environment; and

a superimposing module configured to superimpose, based on the superimposing request, the three-dimensional model of the object onto the two-dimensional environment; and

a moving module configured to move the three-dimensional model of the object along a plane in the two-dimensional environment, based on the moving request.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the plane is one of a wall plane, a ceiling plane, and a floor plane;

and

wherein the plane includes one or more properties including a total area property, an occupied area, and an unoccupied area.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the three-dimensional model of the object is one of a wall object, ceiling object, and floor object.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the three-dimensional model includes one or more parameters, the one or more parameters including one or more size dimensions of the object and one or more constraints to superimposing the three-dimensional model onto one or more planes of the two-dimensional environment.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the receiving module is configured to receive a request to change a position of the three-dimensional model from a first plane of the two-dimensional environment to a second plane of the two-dimensional environment, wherein the first plane and the second plane border a threshold boundary.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the moving module is configured to position the three-dimensional model on the second plane when the threshold boundary is crossed.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein positioning the three-dimensional model on the second plane includes changing the three-dimensional model from a first perspective defined by the first plane to a second perspective of the object defined by the second plane.

18. The system of claim 14, further comprising a visualization module configured to, upon receiving a request to change a position of the three-dimensional model from a first plane of the two-dimensional environment to a second plane of the two-dimensional environment:

receive the one or more parameters of the three-dimensional model;

receive the one or more properties of the second plane;

compare the one or more parameters of the three-dimensional model to the one or more properties of the second plane; and

if one of the one or more parameters of the three-dimensional model does not match a corresponding property of the one or more properties of the second plane, then block positioning of the object at the threshold boundary.

19. The system of claim 14, further comprising a visualization module configured to, upon receiving a request to change a position of the three-dimensional model from a first plane of the two-dimensional environment to a second plane of the two-dimensional environment:

receive the one or more parameters of the three-dimensional model, the one or more parameters including at least the one or more constraints to superimposing the three-dimensional model onto one or more planes of the two-dimensional environment;

receive the one or more properties of the each plane defined by the one or more constraints;

for each plane defined by the one or more constraints;

compare the one or more parameters of the three-dimensional model to the one or more properties of the plane; and

if each of the one or more parameters of the three-dimensional model match a corresponding property of the one or more properties of the plane, display a visual indication on the plane, the visual indication indicating an allowable position for the three-dimensional model.

20. A system for visualization of a three-dimensional model of an object in a two-dimensional environment, the system comprising:

a receiving module configured to receive one or more requests from a user, the requests including one or more of an import request, a scale data request, a superimposing request, and a moving request;

an importing module configured to import, based on the import request of the user, the two-dimensional environment, wherein the two-dimensional environment includes one or more planes, each of the one or more planes including one or more properties including; and

a superimposing module configured to superimpose, based on the superimposing request, the three-dimensional model of the object onto the two-dimensional environment, wherein the three-dimensional model includes one or more parameters including one or more size dimensions of the object and one or more constraints to superimposing the three-dimensional model onto one or more planes of the two-dimensional environment;

a visualization module configured to;

receive the one or more parameters of the three-dimensional model;

receive the one or more properties of one or more planes of the two-dimensional environment;

compare the one or more parameters of the three-dimensional model to the one or more properties of each of the one or more planes;

if one of the one or more parameters of the three-dimensional model does not match a corresponding property of the one or more properties of the second plane, then block the moving module from positioning the three-dimensional model at a threshold boundary between the one or more planes;

if each of the one or more parameters of the three-dimensional model match a corresponding property of the one or more properties of the plane, display a visual indication on the plane, the visual indication indicating an allowable position for the three-dimensional model; and

a moving module configured to move the three-dimensional model of the object along a plane of the one or more planes in the two-dimensional environment, based on the moving request.