US 11,734,477 B2
Location-based VR topological extrusion apparatus
Ronald Punako, Jr., Johnstown, PA (US); David Ray Hockenberry, Friedens, PA (US); John Lee Wass, III, Addison, PA (US); Jeremy Adam Brougher, Johnstown, PA (US); and James David Luciew, Johnstown, PA (US)
Assigned to Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Johnstown, PA (US)
Filed by Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Johnstown, PA (US)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/296,931.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/640,241, filed on Mar. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0278882 A1, Sep. 12, 2019
Int. Cl. G06F 30/23 (2020.01); G06T 15/08 (2011.01); E04G 21/16 (2006.01); E04B 1/35 (2006.01); G09B 23/04 (2006.01); G09B 25/00 (2006.01); G09B 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 30/10 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 30/23 (2020.01) [E04B 1/3511 (2013.01); E04G 21/167 (2013.01); G06F 30/10 (2020.01); G06T 15/08 (2013.01); G09B 9/003 (2013.01); G09B 23/04 (2013.01); G09B 25/00 (2013.01); G06T 2215/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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10. A method of generating one or more temporary structures of a room layout, the method comprising:
generating a platform comprising a plurality of columns configured in an array;
generating a virtual grid of the platform, wherein a position of each column in the array corresponds to a column coordinate point;
generating a 3-dimensional (3-D) topology rendering of a real structure environment representative of the room layout, the 3-D topology rendering comprising real coordinate points of one or more structures of the real structure environment;
mapping the virtual grid to the real coordinate points of the 3-D topology rendering;
causing the plurality of columns to move in accordance with the mapped virtual grid to cause the plurality of columns to move until the column coordinate points co-register with the real coordinate points of the 3-D topology rendering so that the plurality of columns form the one or more temporary structures as a physical mock representation of the one or more structure of the real structure environment;
wherein the one or more temporary structures includes a floor, a wall, and an object that are physical mock representations of a floor, a wall, and an object of the real structure environment.