102 results about "Smart objects" patented technology

System and methods are described for assisting a contractor in managing information associated with a construction project. The amount of information relating to labor, materials, scheduling and billing and the number of individuals accessing the information can be overwhelmingly large for even a simple construction project. As such, the system and methods described are particularly useful for gathering, maintaining and disseminating the voluminous amount of information associated with a construction project. In one method, a drawing from a construction project is provided that has one or more intelligent objects. Information is then gathered relating to labor, materials and schedules for the project. The information is associated with the respective intelligent object and visually represented on the drawing. The drawing is displayed and certain aspects associated with the intelligent objects can be quickly identified. In addition, reports may be generated that quickly and efficiently organize information according to any number of user selected criteria. In some embodiments, emissive tags, such as RFID tags, associated with construction items are used in the data gathering process.

System and methods are described for assisting a contractor in managing information associated with a construction project. The amount of information relating to labor, materials, scheduling and billing and the number of individuals accessing the information can be overwhelmingly large for even a simple construction project. As such, the system and methods described are particularly useful for gathering, maintaining and disseminating the voluminous amount of information associated with a construction project. In one method, a drawing from a construction project is provided that has one or more intelligent objects. Information is then gathered relating to labor, materials and schedules for the project. The information is associated with the respective intelligent object and visually represented on the drawing. The drawing is displayed and certain aspects associated with the intelligent objects can be quickly identified. In addition, reports may be generated that quickly and efficiently organize information according to any number of user selected criteria.

An intelligent object tracking and gestures sensing input device is operative to translate hand gestures of a user into data and commands for operating a computer or various machines. It is provided with video web cameras video vision camera, sensors. A logical vision sensor program in the device measures movements of the user's hand gesture into X, Y and Z dimension definitions. It defines a working space spaced therefrom into virtual space mouse zone, space keyboard zone, and hang sign language zone. It automatically translates the change of coordinates of the user's hand in puzzle cell positions in the virtual working space into the data and commands. Objects having enhance symbols, colors, shape, and illuminated lights are attachable on the user's hand to provide precision input.

A method for managing a local cache. The method includes receiving an object from a back end server at a local cache for access by one or more users at a local site. The method includes attaching an eviction policy parameter value to the object. The method includes storing the object in the local cache. The method includes evaluating at the local cache the eviction policy parameter value. The method includes evicting the object from the local cache based on the eviction policy parameter.

Embodiments of the invention include a virtual reality system that includes an instrumented device used to present a virtual shopping environment to a simulation participant. The participant's interactions with the virtual shopping environment may be used to conduct market research into the consumer decision making process. The virtual shopping environment may include one or more smart objects configured to be responsive to participant interaction. The virtual shopping environment may recreate a real-world shopping environment.

The invention belongs to the warehouse operation intellectualization technical field, and more specifically relates to a warehouse intelligent operation execution system and method. The warehouse operation execution system based on intelligent objects comprises RFID labels attached to cargos, trays and warehouse goods allocations and used for respectively identifying and storing cargo, tray and goods allocation information; RFID reader-writers arranged at inlets and outlets of fork trucks and warehouses and used for reading information stored in the RFID labels; and a fork truck intelligent terminal rear end system used for performing information interaction with the RFID reader-writers, storing RFID label information read by the RFID reader-writers in a database, distributing storage locations for the trays, and distributing tasks for fork trucks. The warehouse operation execution system and method can manage warehouse cargo incoming and outgoing operation processes, reduce manual intervention and increase work efficiency.

The invention discloses a multi-source electronic commerce data processing platform and method for heterogeneous data. The platform comprises an intelligent object layer for collecting a large number of goods data through an intelligent object, a communication layer for transmitting the large number of goods data collected by the intelligent object, a service layer for receiving and storing the large number of goods data transmitted by the communication layer, processing the large number of goods data and providing storage services for an application layer, and the application layer for providing enterprise ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and a multi-source electronic commerce platform with an unified data interface to access the application layer and providing basic data management application, order management application, merchandise management application, warehouse management application and financial management application. By means of the multi-source electronic commerce data processing platform and method for heterogeneous data, goods information and sales orders of ERP, the multi-source electronic commerce platform and the multi-source electronic commerce data processing platform are synchronized, so that enterprise financial management is performed easily.

Embodiments of the invention include a virtual reality system that includes an instrumented device used to present a virtual shopping environment to a simulation participant. The participant's interactions with the virtual shopping environment may be used to conduct market research into the consumer decision making process. The virtual shopping environment may include one or more smart objects configured to be responsive to participant interaction. The virtual shopping environment may recreate a real-world shopping environment.

Embodiments of the invention include a virtual reality system that includes an instrumented device used to present a virtual shopping environment to a simulation participant. The participant's interactions with the virtual shopping environment may be used to conduct market research into the consumer decision making process. The virtual shopping environment may include one or more smart objects configured to be responsive to participant interaction. The virtual shopping environment may recreate a real-world shopping environment.

Embodiments of the invention include a virtual reality system that includes an instrumented device used to present a virtual shopping environment to a simulation participant. The participant's interactions with the virtual shopping environment may be used to conduct market research into the consumer decision making process. The virtual shopping environment may include one or more smart objects configured to be responsive to participant interaction. The virtual shopping environment may recreate a real-world shopping environment.

System and methods are described for assisting a contractor in managing information associated with a construction project. The amount of information relating to labor, materials, scheduling and billing and the number of individuals accessing the information can be overwhelmingly large for even a simple construction project. As such, the system and methods described are particularly useful for gathering, maintaining and disseminating the voluminous amount of information associated with a construction project. In one method, a drawing from a construction project is provided that has one or more intelligent objects. Information is then gathered relating to labor, materials and schedules for the project. The information is associated with the respective intelligent object and visually represented on the drawing. The drawing is displayed and certain aspects associated with the intelligent objects can be quickly identified. In addition, reports may be generated that quickly and efficiently organize information according to any number of user selected criteria. In some embodiments, emissive tags, such as RFID tags, associated with construction items are used in the data gathering process.

The invention relates to an image shielding method. The image shielding method comprises that when a monitoring platform receives a video obtaining request sent by a video access terminal, an integrated virtualization manager (IVM) forwards the video obtaining request to an intelligent video unit (IVU) / an intelligent envelop unit (IEU); the IVU / the IEU obtains corresponding original video information from the monitoring platform; the IVU / the IEU conducts extraction of background images and a foreground target to the original video information, and image semantic analysis of the foreground target is conducted; the IVU / the IEU enables obtained target semantic description information to be matched with preset shielding rules or a preset shielding standard model base, whether image shielding is required is identified, if the image shielding is required, shielding of partial areas or whole areas of the foreground target in the original video information is conducted through the IVU / the IEU, and video information after the image shielding is obtained; and the IVU / the IEU returns the video information after the image shielding to the video access terminal through the monitoring platform. According to the image shielding method and an image shielding system, intelligent object recognition technology is utilized to enable content in video images to be automatically analyzed and made out, the target is analyzed, then the image shielding is conducted, and therefore, workload of workers is reduced.

Embodiments of the invention include a virtual reality system that includes an instrumented device used to present a virtual shopping environment to a simulation participant. The participant's interactions with the virtual shopping environment may be used to conduct market research into the consumer decision making process. The virtual shopping environment may include one or more smart objects configured to be responsive to participant interaction. The virtual shopping environment may recreate a real-world shopping environment.

An optimization system for networks that use multiple different devices having different combinations of hardware and software (i.e., platforms). The system accurately assesses, controls and optimizes performance of such networks. The invention provides an efficient user interface for installing, configuring and operating various features of the optimization system. Intelligence objects operate at the server node level to dynamically analyze system processes at each server node. The analysis of system processes is extensive and includes hardware, software, operating system and communications. One feature allows an object to generate a number representing a local utilization value. The local utilization value is a measure of one or more performance factors in the platform hosting the object. The local utilization value can be passed to another platform system hosting a second intelligence object. The second intelligence object can generate its own local utilization value or can combine its local utilization value with the passed value to create a composite utilization value that reflects performance of both platforms. Where different values are from different platforms, the system resolves, adjusts, or normalizes the values to achieve a composite value.

A network optimization system that uses multiple devices having different combinations of hardware and software (i.e., platforms). The system assesses, controls and optimizes network performance , providing an efficient interface for installing, configuring and operating various features of the optimization system. Intelligence objects operate at the server node level to dynamically analyze system processes at each server node. One feature allows an object to generate a number representing a local utilization, a measure of one or more performance factors in the platform hosting the object. The local utilization value can be passed to another platform system hosting a second intelligence object, generating its own local utilization value or combining its local utilization value with the passed value to create a composite utilization value that reflects performance of both platforms. Where different values are from different platforms, the system resolves, adjusts, or normalizes the values to achieve a composite value.

The invention discloses a knowledge representation facing industrial big data and an automation application method thereof. The method comprises the steps that: 1) an intelligent object of a corresponding type for each type of knowledge resource in an industrial enterprise is created, and an intelligent object database is obtained; 2) corresponding various determination conditions and calculation models for each set service problem are defined, and a knowledge automation rule is established; 3) according to the knowledge automation rule and a service logic of the service problem, a service flow of the service problem is created; 4) according to the configuration of a start node of the service flow, event data to be processed from real-time information data of the industrial enterprise is determined, and then according to the event data, event statements are generated and sent to an event engine; and 5) according to the received event statements, the event engine searches the service flow for a matched node or intelligent object for carrying out processing, and a processing result is stored. According to the invention, the deposition, inheritance and automation application of service experiences are realized, and the service processing efficiency is improved.

The invention discloses a smart household control system which at least includes a smart object module, an easy module, and a timing module. The smart object module includes available smart household appliance devices. The timing module includes a countdown function which, based on working hours corresponding to the selected one or more than one smart household appliance devices and the time when a user arrives at a smart home, conducts countdown on the starting time of the smart household appliance device or devices. The smart object module and / or the smart household devices, the easy module, and the timing module that are available for selection therein sets and are selection-operatably displayed in an internet-connectable smart device terminal. The internet-connectable smart device terminal is connected to the smart household, and controls the smart household. According to the invention, the smart household control system can determine the starting time of the smart household in a more precise manner in accordance with the distance between a user and the smart household, which increases intelligence of the smart household and is much closer to user's life.

A system for managing complex projects with a plurality of participants and entities including people and objects comprises a server device with a processing element and associated memory element. The processing element executes a server application which includes a common database interface, a common object model, a plurality of profiles, and a role-based intelligent object model. The common database interface receives first data from software applications of each participant. The common object model includes a plurality of base terms, wherein each base term is associated with at least one property corresponding to at least one participant. There is one profile for each entity involved in the project, wherein the profile defines at least one relationship with at least one other entity and includes second data related to the project. The role-based intelligent object model sends a message to other entities when the second data for one entity changes.

Embodiments of the invention include a virtual reality system that includes an instrumented device used to present a virtual shopping environment to a simulation participant. The participant's interactions with the virtual shopping environment may be used to conduct market research into the consumer decision making process. The virtual shopping environment may include one or more smart objects configured to be responsive to participant interaction. The virtual shopping environment may recreate a real-world shopping environment.

Embodiments of the present application provide an object transfer system for transferring an object from a source address to a destination address through nodes across one or more geographical areas, the system comprising an intelligent object distribution platform and a plurality of nodes each located in a respective geographical area. The platform, the nodes and users can communicate with each other in a wired manner or in a wireless manner. The platform is configured to associate nodes located in each geographical area to form a number of tree structures with respective roots of said trees being connected with each other; and said roots in each geographical area are all connected to one of other nodes which are not part of any tree structure and which in turn are connected to each other. The platform is further configured to select a route associated with for the object, instruct the nodes on the selected route to transport the object; wherein in response to receiving a message from a node that an object has arrived at the node, the platform sends a message to inform the node of the next node in the unique shortest route for the object, and sends a message to inform the next node there will be an object arriving at.

A method and an apparatus for interactively manipulating a shape of an object, comprises selecting an object to be manipulated and rendering the object in dependence of a manipulation type. The method provides a smart object adapted interaction, manipulation and visualization scheme in contrast to previous display driven schemes. The method allows efficient shape manipulation by restricting the degrees of freedom for the manipulation to the meaningful ones for a given object or object part, thus allowing to reduce e.g. a 3D interaction to a 2D interaction.

Approaches for generating virtual representations of smart objects in a 3D visual programming interface. The interface displays a 3D virtual environment containing virtual objects that represents a real-world environment containing smart objects. The 3D virtual environment displays virtual objects in a manner that is spatially accurate relative to the physical objects in the real-world environment. For each virtual object representing a physical object, a logic node (port node) is displayed, the port node representing the set of functions associated with the physical object. The interface enables users to create, delete, or modify different types of logic nodes (representing functions) and create, delete, or modify links (representing data connections) between logic nodes within the 3D virtual environment. The authoring of the logic nodes and links produces an executable program. Upon executing the program, data flows between the logic nodes are visually represented as particles moving between the logic nodes.

Using various embodiments, methods and systems for generating three-dimensional (3D) digital smart objects for use in various 3D environments to collect data related to user interaction or viewability with the 3D digital smart object are described. In one embodiment, a system can generate a 3D digital smart object by presenting a 3D placeholder to a publisher or developer of the 3D environment, receive an asset, receive asset data including asset category and asset type associated to the asset and a minimum and maximum asset polygon count value. The system can also receive standard asset size information of the asset including an X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis dimension of the asset, and receive an asset positioning information, including an anchor location and an asset orientation of the asset. The data received can then be stored to generate the 3D digital smart object that can be placed within a 3D environment.

Using various embodiments, methods and systems for displaying digital smart objects in 3D environments are described. In one embodiment, a system receives a request to present the 3D digital smart object in a game development environment of a game engine. The system can be configured to retrieve 3D digital smart object data from an asset repository, transmit the 3D digital smart object data to the game development environment of the game engine, receive a position location for the 3D digital smart object in the game, receive scaling information related to the 3D digital smart object, and store, into the asset repository, the position location, and scaling information related to the 3D digital smart object displayed in the game. Thereafter, the 3D digital smart object can be displayed at the position location when a player is interacting with the game at the game scene.

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to assist with the provision of timely emergency services. In the context of a method, an indication of an emergency condition is received and, following receipt of the indication of the emergency condition, a request is then received for temporary access to and control of the one or more smart objects. Following receipt of the request for temporary access and in response to a determination that temporary access is authorized, the method includes proxying access commands to the one or more smart objects.