US 2003/0208342 A1 · Method and system for providing construction information service

Abstract

A method for providing construction information service about a structure is provided. The method comprises design data inputting step that inputs design data that comprises two-dimensional drawings that illustrate construction elements of the structure, design data analyzing step that comprises analyzing the drawings to extract geometrical data of the construction elements and reading engineering data of the construction elements, reference data retrieving step that retrieves reference data related to the construction elements from a database, information producing step that produces construction information from the geometrical data and the engineering data analyzed from the drawings and the reference data retrieved from a database, and information outputting step that outputs the construction information. The geometrical data of the structure comprise shapes and locations of the construction elements and the engineering data of the structure comprise materials, and processes for making the construction elements.

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A method for providing construction information service about a structure comprising:

a) inputting design data, wherein the design data comprises two-dimensional drawings that illustrate construction elements of the structure;
b) analyzing design data, wherein the analyzing step comprises analyzing the drawings to extract geometrical data of the construction elements and reading engineering data of the construction elements;
c) retrieving reference data related to the construction elements from a database;
d) producing construction information from the geometrical data and the engineering data analyzed from the drawings and the reference data retrieved from a database;
and
e) outputting the construction information;
wherein the geometrical data of the structure comprise numbers, shapes and locations of the construction elements and the engineering data of the structure comprise materials, and processes for making the construction elements.

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A computer system for providing construction information service about a structure comprising:

a) a data handling module that receives input data from users of the system and sends output data to the users;
b) a database;
and
c) an information process module;
wherein the input data are design data that comprise two-dimensional drawings that illustrate construction elements of the structure;
wherein the information process module comprises an analyzing module, a reference data retrieving module, and an information producing module;
wherein the analyzing module analyzes the drawings to extract geometrical data of the construction elements and to read engineering data of the construction elements;
wherein the reference data retrieving module retrieves reference data related to the construction elements from the database;
wherein the information producing module produces construction information from the geometrical data and the engineering data analyzed from the drawings and the reference data retrieved from the database;
and
wherein the geometrical data of the construction elements comprise numbers, shapes and locations of the construction elements and the engineering data of the construction elements comprise materials, and processes for making the construction elements;
and wherein the output data comprise the construction information produced by the information process module.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and system for providing construction information service

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