Asset and Collision Visualisation
AssigneeSiemens Schweiz AG
InventorsOliver Hasler, Sandro Blatter
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Abstract
Various teachings herein include methods and arrangements for displaying devices (e.g. assets, controller, sensor, activator) located in an enclosure (building, train, vehicle, campus) on an output device (e.g. smartphone, tablet-computer, AR glasses) of a user. An an object model (e.g. BIM, IFC, CAD model) comprising the devices located and/or equipped in the enclosure is provided. A 3D engine configured to display a user defined area of the enclosure on the output device, wherein devices located and/or equipped in the user defined area are displayed on the output device is provided.
Claims14
A method for displaying devices located in an enclosure on an output device of a user, the method comprising:
- maintaining an object model comprising representations of the devices located and/or equipped in the enclosure;
- operating a 3D engine to display a user defined area of the enclosure on the output device;
- wherein devices located and/or equipped in the user defined area are displayed on the output device.
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An arrangement for displaying devices located in an enclosure on an output device of a user, the arrangement comprising:
- a processor programmed to provide an object model comprising representations of the devices located and/or equipped in the enclosure;
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- an output device comprising a 3D engine to display a user defined area of the enclosure on the output device;
- herein devices located and/or equipped in the user defined area are displayed on the output device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.