US 12,131,431 B2
Method for arranging functional elements in a room
Marc Oliver Eckert, Bodenkirchen (DE); Roger Paul Rieger, Landshut (DE); and Ulrich Spohde, Bodenkirchen (DE)
Assigned to BULTHAUP GMBH & CO. KG, Bodenkirchen (DE)
Filed by BULTHAUP GMBH & CO. KG, Bodenkirchen (DE)
Filed on Apr. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/298,222.
Application 18/298,222 is a continuation of application No. 17/047,061, granted, now 11,704,875, previously published as PCT/EP2019/059844, filed on Apr. 16, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 108 991.0 (DE), filed on Apr. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0252742 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06T 17/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 19/006 (2013.01) [G06T 17/10 (2013.01); G06T 2210/04 (2013.01); G06T 2210/56 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2004 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of arranging one or more functional elements in a room, comprising the steps:
a) three-dimensional acquisition of the room or of part of the room by means of a scanner;
b) definition of a grid of the room based on the acquisition in accordance with step a);
c) definition of grid points of the room in the grid prepared in accordance with step b);
d) definition of a plurality of grid points of a functional element, wherein the plurality of grid points are positioned on a plurality of outer surfaces of the functional element, and wherein one or more grid points of the plurality of grid points is spaced away from edges of the plurality of outer surfaces; and
e) virtual arrangement of a functional element or elements in the room at at least one point at which at least one grid point of the room and at least one grid point of the functional element coincide;
wherein the definition of the grid of the room comprises defining a first grid dimension on ceilings and floors of the room and defining a second grid dimension different from the first grid dimension on walls of the room.