Apparatus, systems, and methods for providing three-dimensional instruction manuals in a simplified manner
AssigneeThe Parari Group, LLC
InventorsJames T. Crawford, Andrew Tietz
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Abstract
Interactive, electronic guides for an object may include one or more 3D models, and one or more associated tasks, such as how to assemble, operate, or repair an aspect of the object. A user electronic device may scan an encoded tag on the object, and transmit the scan data to an electronic guide distribution server. The server may receive an electronic guide generated by an electronic guide generator having a 3D model repository and a task repository, the guide associated with the encoded tag. Guide managers may add or modify 3D models and/or tasks to broaden the available guides, and tag producers may generate encoded tags using new and/or modified 3D models and tasks and apply tags to objects.
Claims20
A system for disseminating electronic guides, the system comprising:
- a database having a 3D model repository with a plurality of 3D models, each 3D model associated with a physical object and an encoded tag, and a task repository having a plurality of tasks, each task associated with at least one physical object and at least one encoded tag, the task having instructions relating to the at least one physical object;
- an electronic guide generator configured to generate an electronic guide having at least one 3D model from the 3D model repository and at least one task from the task repository in response to receiving a generation instruction from an electronic guide distribution server;
- the electronic guide distribution server in electronic communication with the electronic guide generator and configured to receive from a first user electronic device a first encoded tag data associated with a first physical object, transmit a first generation instruction the electronic guide generator associated with the first encoded tag data, receive a first generated electronic guide from the electronic guide generator associated with the first physical object and the first encoded tag data, transmit the first generated electronic guide to the first user electronic device, and receive a first transmitted usage data from the first user device;
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- an electronic guide manager configured to improve the first generated electronic guide by at least one of adding a new task to the task repository and modify an existing task in the task repository in view of the first received usage data.
A system for disseminating electronic guides, the system comprising:
- a database having a 3D model repository with a plurality of 3D models, each 3D model associated with a physical object and an encoded tag, and a task repository having a plurality of tasks, each task associated with at least one physical object and at least one encoded tag, the task having instructions relating to the at least one physical object;
- an electronic guide generator configured to generate an electronic guide having at least one 3D model from the 3D model repository and at least one task from the task repository in response to receiving a generation instruction from an electronic guide distribution server;
- the electronic guide distribution server in electronic communication with the electronic guide generator and configured to receive from a first user electronic device a first encoded tag data associated with a first physical object, transmit a first generation instruction the electronic guide generator associated with the first encoded tag data, receive a first generated electronic guide from the electronic guide generator associated with the first physical object and the first encoded tag data, transmit the first generated electronic guide to the first user electronic device, and receive a first transmitted usage data from the first user device;
- an encoded tag producer configured to generate new encoded tags associated with at least one physical object, at least one 3D model, and at least one task;
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- an electronic guide manager configured to improve the database by at least one of adding a new task to the task repository and modifying an existing task in the task repository in view of the first received usage data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.