KR101199575B1 - Remote design & operation system and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a remote design management system and method thereof.

In the remote design management system of the present invention, a remote design is performed by data transmission and reception of a design terminal capable of designing and managing a specific structure or facility at a remote location through data transmission and reception with a system server managing specific data.

The design terminal requests user authentication to the system server, and requests the first design information data to the system server. Thereafter, the received first design information data is converted into first graphic information data, and then a specific structure or facility is designed using a graphic user interface (GUI) through the stored graphic information based on the first graphic information data. .

According to the present invention, by transmitting and receiving data between the design terminal and the system server through a specific data conversion, there is an effect to significantly reduce the traffic of the network, and improve the system processing speed. In addition, through the automatic upgrade of the system server and three-dimensional graphics file management there is an effect that can be efficient graphics work using the design terminal.

Remote, Design, XML, GUI, 3D Virtual, Upgrade

Description

Remote design management system and its method {REMOTE DESIGN & OPERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF}

1 is a block diagram illustrating a remote design management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating in detail a design terminal of a remote design management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a detailed block diagram illustrating a system server of a remote design management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a data flow diagram illustrating a remote design management method of a remote design management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a remote design management system and method, and more particularly, to a remote design management system and method for remotely designing and managing a specific structure or facility using a network-based three-dimensional virtual vector space. It is about.

Real-time three-dimensional graphics technology using a three-dimensional virtual vector space was initially used mainly in the field related to games.

3D graphics in the field of games delivers real-life images by delivering images similar to the real world, and the reaction of characters and screens in the game is rapidly developed by the user's key manipulation to deliver the screen in 3D virtual space. This was done effectively. However, there is a problem that high data processing speed and transmission speed are required due to the high screen frame number.

In the game field, 3D graphics technology displays structures such as landscapes, buildings, and bridges that appear in the game based on a pre-rendered screen. It provides very little editing capability of dimension objects.

On the other hand, by editing a specific graphic object, CAD (Computer Aided Design (CAD), Maya, 3D MAX) can be reflected in the design.

CAD is mainly used for two-dimensional design. After finishing two-dimensional plan, three-dimensional image is composed or rendered based on two-dimensional graphic image, and Maya or 3D MAX is used to edit objects on three-dimensional graphic interface. To use. CAD, Maya, and 3D MAX use wireframe processing or removing objects from the screen for real-time processing when there are more objects in data processing.

As described above, conventional three-dimensional graphics techniques can design any complex object in general, but can cause a large load on the system in the case of a large number of objects, and a lot of design time and cost are consumed by the load. A problem occurs.

As a technology using the conventional three-dimensional graphics technology, a "three-dimensional virtual space dynamic configuration method in the Internet web environment" is disclosed in Korean Patent Application No. 1997-55652. This conventional technology relates to a method for dynamically constructing a virtual space using 3D virtual reality. By dynamically implementing a desired model on a server using a web browser supporting a specific program, the 3D virtual space It has the advantage of reducing the load on the system for implementation and maximizing productivity and technical information through the implementation of virtual space.

However, this conventional technique generates a virtual space in a pre-rendered format that cannot be edited by two-dimensional or three-dimensional graphic data that has been created, rather than creating a virtual space that the user can edit in real time. There is a problem that cannot be edited.

Korean Patent Application No. 2002-11215 discloses a "three-dimensional virtual space design system and method using wired and wireless Internet" as a conventional three-dimensional design technology for solving the problem of real-time editing. This conventional technology is a technology that can process the editing of the three-dimensional graphics object in a very limited area in real time, the server calls out the three-dimensional object corresponding to the two-dimensional object based on the two-dimensional graphics data input from the user 3 It constructs a dimensional image and works with the quotation database to provide automatic quotation generation.

This conventional technique has the advantage that the editing of real-time three-dimensional graphics objects in a limited area, but the three-dimensional graphics processing occurs in the server, the problem of the server load and network load increases for the needs of a plurality of terminals. do. In addition, there is a limit in real-time editing because the load of the server and the network load increases, which slows down data processing.

The present invention is to provide a network-based remote design management system and method that can efficiently design and change the specific structures and facilities to solve such problems.

According to a first aspect of the present invention for solving the above technical problem, a design terminal capable of transmitting and receiving data with a system server managing specific data, and designing and managing a specific structure or facility in a remote place,

 An input module for receiving specific information from a user; A second database for storing design elements necessary for the design, including predetermined graphic images, textures, graphic elements, graphic data and associated information such as unit price information, manufacturers and structure versions; A conversion module for converting the first design information data received from the system server into the first graphic information data or the second graphic information data into the second design information data; And designing the specified structure or facility using design elements of the second database based on the first graphic information data received from the conversion module according to the specific information of the input module, and based on the designed graphic information, the second graphic information. Contains a design module for generating data.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a system server for transmitting and receiving data with a design terminal capable of designing and managing a specific structure or facility at a remote location, and managing a first database for storing specific data,

 A communication module including a communication interface for network communication and transmitting and receiving data with the design terminal; A management module for managing data upgrade of the design terminal; A central database management module for managing a first database, retrieving first design information data from a first database, and storing second design information data in a first database; And a control module managing a communication module, a management module, and a central database management module, controlling the central database management module according to a request of the design terminal, and controlling the design terminal data upgrade of the management module.

Here, the first design information data and the second design information data are graphic data which are converted into a predetermined XML (eXtensible Markup Language) format. The data information required for the three-dimensional design graphic-type, length, Graphic information, including thickness, height, coordinate values, and surface texture.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a remote design management method of a design terminal of a remote design management system capable of designing and managing a specific structure or facility at a remote location through data transmission and reception with a system server managing specific data,

a) requesting user authentication to the system server; b) receiving session allocation and data upgrade according to user authentication, and requesting the system server for first design information data for network transmission about a specific structure or facility at a remote site to be designed; c) receiving the requested first design information data and converting the first design information data into first graphic information data; d) designing a particular structure or facility using a graphical user interface (GUI) through stored graphical information based on the first graphical information data; And e) generating second graphic information data according to the design, converting the generated data into second design information data for network transmission, and transmitting the second graphic information data to the system server.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a remote design management method of a system server of a remote design management system through data transmission and reception with a plurality of design terminals capable of designing and managing a specific structure or facility at a remote location,

a) checking user authentication and data upgrade according to a user authentication request of the design terminal, and performing session allocation and data upgrade; b) first design information data of the design terminal—data for storing the first graphic information data converted into a predetermined XML (eXtensible Markup Language) format — retrieving the first design information data according to the request; c) transmitting the retrieved first design information data to the design terminal; And d) receiving and storing second design information data transmitted from the design terminal, the data storing second graphic information data converted into a predetermined XML (eXtensible Markup Language) format.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it can further include other components, without excluding other components unless specifically stated otherwise.

In addition, the term module described herein refers to a unit for processing a specific function or operation, which may be implemented in hardware or software, or a combination of hardware and software.

Now, a network-based remote design management system and method thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a remote design management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 1, the remote design management system according to an embodiment of the present invention is a system that can remotely design and manage a specific structure or facility using a network-based three-dimensional virtual vector space, design terminal, system Server, central database. Such a remote design management system can configure a specific structure or facility located in a remote place in the virtual vector space consisting of the actual measurement in three-dimensional graphics, at the same time graphic-based facility data according to the request of a plurality of design terminals 100 Provides real time editing and modification.

The design terminal 100 is a terminal capable of designing a specified structure or facility, and designs and stores the specified structure or facility using a user graphic interface (GUI). In addition, the design terminal 100 transmits and receives data with the system server through a specific conversion.

The system server 200 controls and manages the design terminal 100, performs a role of user authentication and automatic software upgrade of the design terminal 100, and in particular, data received from the design terminal 100. Manage them.

The central database 210 is connected to the system server 200 and systematically stores design information data in an XML format (hereinafter referred to as XML) received from the system server 200.

In addition, the central database 210 efficiently stores the specified design information data of the specified structure or facility, and is managed by the system server 200. Here, the specific design information data is data in XML format and includes data information necessary for the 3D design graphic of a specific structure or facility, and the data information includes types, lengths, thicknesses, heights, coordinate values, surface textures, and the like. Information needed for graphics.

Such a remote design management system according to an embodiment of the present invention has the advantage of significantly reducing the traffic of the network and improving the system processing speed by transmitting and receiving data between the design terminal and the system server through a specific data conversion. In addition, there is an advantage that can efficiently work graphics using the design terminal through the automatic upgrade of the system server and three-dimensional graphics file management.

Next, the design terminal of the remote design management system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

2 is a block diagram illustrating in detail a design terminal of a remote design management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The design terminal 100 of the remote design management system according to an embodiment of the present invention designs and stores a specified structure or facility using a user graphical interface (GUI), and the system server 200 of FIG. Send / receive data with

As shown in Figure 2, the design terminal 100 of the remote design management system according to an embodiment of the present invention is the input module 106, conversion module 102, design module 104, communication module 108, update Module 110, local database 112, and drawing output module 105.

The input module 106 transmits the information received from the user to the design module 104 and the communication module 108.

The conversion module 102 is connected to the communication module 108, the design module 104, and the update module 110, and converts graphic information data into design information data in XML format or converts design information data in XML format into graphic information data. It converts to. Here, the design information data is data in XML format and includes data information necessary for 3D design graphic, and the data information is in 3D virtual vector space such as type, length, thickness, height, coordinate value of polygon, surface texture, etc. Refers to the information necessary for the graphic implementation, and the information is set by the XML protocol predefined by the administrator.

Here, the design information data in the XML format is generated according to a predetermined XML convention at the time of system implementation.

Here, the graphic information data includes graphic information matched with a user graphic interface (GUI).

The design module 104 is connected to the conversion module 102, the local database 112, the input module 106, and the drawing output module 105, based on the 3D graphic information data transmitted from the conversion module 102. Design specific structures or facilities using specific data in local database 112. Here, the design module 104 uses a design graphical user interface (GUI) specified at the time of design.

In addition, the design module 104 may calculate the price of the design based on the unit price information of the local database 112 based on the specific data designed.

The communication module 108 transmits and receives data to and from the system server 200 shown in FIG. 1, including a communication interface for network communication, and input module 106, a conversion module 102, and an update module 110. Connected. In addition, the user information including the information received from the user received from the input module 106 and the update module 110 and the information of the design terminal 100 is generated and transmitted to the system server 200.

The update module 110 is connected to the communication module 108, the conversion module 102, the design module 104 and the local database 112, the design terminal 100 obtained by inspecting the system of the design terminal 100 It provides information to the communication module 108 and updates the data of the design module 104 or the local database 112 based on the upgrade data received from the conversion module 102. In this case, the information of the design terminal 100 includes system version information of the design terminal 100.

The local database 112 is connected to the design module 104 and the update module 110, and standardized information composed of standardized two-dimensional graphic images, textures, and several graphic elements, and specified structures or facilities. Graphics data and information associated with each other (eg, unit price, manufacturer, structure version, etc.) are stored.

The drawing output module 105 retrieves two-dimensional graphic data for drawing from the local database 1120 based on the graphic information received from the design module 104, constructs a specific drawing for construction, and transmits the drawing to the design module 104.

Such a design terminal of the remote structure design management system according to an embodiment of the present invention by designing the structure or facility based on the specified design information data for designing the specified structure or facility received from the system server of FIG. In addition, the network-based efficient real-time remote design is possible, and the specified data conversion can reduce the load of the system server as much as possible.

Next, a system server of a remote design management system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

3 is a detailed block diagram illustrating a system server of a remote design management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the system server 200 of the remote design management system according to an embodiment of the present invention serves to control and manage the plurality of design terminals 100 illustrated in FIG. 1. In addition, the system server 200 includes a communication module 206, a control module 202, an authentication module 204, a management module 209, and a central database management module 208.

The communication module 206 transmits and receives data to and from the design terminal 100, including a communication interface for network communication, and is connected to the control module 202 and the management module 209.

The control module 202 controls and manages the module of the system server 200, and transmits the control module 202 to the authentication module 204 and the management module 209 based on the user's information input from the communication module 206. .

The authentication module 204 is connected to the control module 202 and performs user authentication based on the user's information received from the design terminal 100 under the control of the control module 202.

The management module 209 is connected to the control module 202 and the communication module 206 and upgrades data based on the information of the design terminal 100 received from the design terminal 100 under the control of the control module 202. To the communication module 206. Here, the data upgrade information includes graphic data or system upgrade information newly added to the system server.

The central database management module 208 is connected to the control module 202 and controls and manages the central database 210 illustrated in FIG. 1. In addition, the central database is searched by the control of the control module.

Such a system server of a remote design management system according to an embodiment of the present invention efficiently manages specific design information data received from a design terminal, and controls and manages the design terminal, thereby significantly reducing the load of the design terminal. Changes to the design of a particular structure or facility will have immediate advantages.

Next, a remote design method of a remote design management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

4 is a data flow diagram illustrating a remote design management method of a remote design management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

 The remote design management system according to an embodiment of the present invention remotely designs and manages a specific structure or facility by using a network-based three-dimensional virtual vector space. Such a method for remote design management of the remote design management system is performed through transmission and reception of design information data (XML data) between the design terminal 100 and the system server 200.

As shown in FIG. 4, the design terminal 100 of the remote design management system transmits the user's information including its ID and password and information of the design terminal to the system server 200 to make an authentication request (S100). . In this case, the information of the design terminal 100 includes system version information of the design terminal 100.

According to the authentication request from the design terminal 100, the system server 200 determines whether to authenticate, upgrades the system of the design terminal 100 upon successful authentication, and assigns a design and management session to the design terminal 100. (S102). At this time, when authentication fails, the system server 200 releases the connection with the design terminal 100.

The design terminal 100 requests specific design information data of a 3D facility or structure to be designed by the system server 200 (S104). Herein, the design information data is data in XML format and includes data information necessary for graphic implementation of a specific 3D facility or structure. At this time, data information refers to information necessary for graphic implementation in 3D virtual vector space such as type, length, thickness, height, coordinate value of polygon, surface texture, etc., and these information are information set by the XML protocol predefined by administrator. to be.

The design terminal 100 may include data request information of a plurality of specific facilities or structures for designing a specific facility such as a transmission network in specific design information data.

The system server 200 receiving the specific design information data request of the design terminal 100 requests specific design information based on the data of the central database 210 in which the specific design information data of a plurality of structures or facilities is stored. The data is retrieved (S106), and the retrieved specific design information data is transmitted to the design terminal 100 (S108).

Here, if there is no specific design information data requested in the central database 210, the system server 200 notifies the design terminal 100 that there is no specific design information data. In addition, the design terminal 100 that has received no specific design information data performs a new design of the corresponding structure or facility through the GUI based on the graphic information stored in the local database 210 to perform the step S112 below. .

The design terminal 100 converts specific design information data received from the system server 200 into graphic information data (S110). Here, in the conversion of the specific design information data, the design terminal 100 interprets the specific design information data and retrieves the corresponding graphic information data from the local database 112 of the design terminal 100 and converts it. Here, the graphic information data includes graphic information displayed at the design terminal by the user graphic interface (GUI).

The design terminal 100 designs a specific structure or facility using a graphical user interface (GUI) based on the graphic information data converted according to the user's selection information received from the input module (S112), and the designed graphic The information data is stored in the local database 112 (S114).

Here, the system server 200 receives the design information data of the same structure or facility by the plurality of design terminals 100, or when a predetermined time for automatic update by the administrator has elapsed, the design terminal 100 In order to update the data stored in the data transmission information in real time to the design terminal 100 is transmitted (S124), the design terminal 100 converts and stores the data received from the system server 200 (S126, S128).

Then, the design terminal 100 converts the graphic information data into specific design information data (S116), and transmits the specific design information data to the system server 200 (S118).

The system server 200 receives specific design information data from the design terminal 100 and stores it in the central database 210 (S120).

Such a remote design management method of the specified structure or facility is designed by the design terminal based on the specific design information data received from the system server to design the specified structure or facility, and converts the designed graphic information into the specific design information data system server It is made by storing as much as possible to reduce the load of the system server to the maximum has the great advantage that it is possible to design a specific structure or facility efficient.

The above-described embodiments of the present invention are not implemented only through the apparatus and the method, but may be implemented through a program for realizing a function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded. Implementation may be easily implemented by those skilled in the art from the description of the above-described embodiments.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, It belongs to the scope of right.

By the above-described configuration, the remote design management system transmits and receives data between the design terminal and the system server through specific data conversion, thereby significantly reducing network traffic and improving system processing speed.

In addition, through the automatic upgrade of the system server and three-dimensional graphics file management there is an effect that can be efficient graphics work using the design terminal.

In addition, by converting the designed graphic information into the specific design information data to be stored in the system server, while reducing the load of the system server to the maximum, there is an effect that a large number of terminals can be efficiently designed for a specific structure or facility remotely.

Claims (16)

In the design terminal that transmits and receives data with a system server that manages specific data, and can design and manage a specific structure or facility in a remote location, An input module for receiving specific information from a user; A second database for storing design elements necessary for the design, including predetermined graphic images, textures, graphic elements, graphic data and associated information such as unit price information, manufacturers and structure versions; A conversion module for converting first design information data received from the system server into first graphic information data or converting second graphic information data into second design information data; And Designing a specified structure or facility using a design element of the second database based on the first graphic information data transmitted from the conversion module according to the specific information of the input module, and based on the designed graphic information, the second graphic. Design module for generating information data Design terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, The first design information data and the second design information data store graphic information converted into a predetermined XML (eXtensible Markup Language) format. Data information required for 3D design graphics-type, length, thickness of graphics. And design information, including graphic information including height, coordinate values, and surface textures. 3. The method of claim 2, A communication module including a communication interface for network communication, the data communication module transmitting and receiving data with the system server; And An update module connected to the communication module to update data of the design module and the second database in real time based on data upgrade information received from the system server, including newly added graphic data and system upgrade information. Design terminal further comprising a. 3. The method of claim 2, And a drawing output module configured to configure two-dimensional graphics using design elements of the second database based on the second graphic information data received from the design module. 5. The method of claim 4, The design module is a design terminal that can calculate the design price based on the design elements of the second database using the graphic information of the specific structure or facility designed. 3. The method of claim 2, The design module is a design terminal, characterized in that for designing a specific structure or facility using only the design elements of the second database, and generating the second graphic information data based on the designed graphic information. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, The first graphic information data and the second graphic information data are graphic data displayed at the design terminal by a graphic user interface (GUI), and the second graphic information data is the design terminal based on the first graphic information data. Design terminal, characterized in that the data modified by. In the system server for transmitting and receiving data with a design terminal that can design and manage a specific structure or facility of a remote site, and manages a first database for storing specific data, A communication module including a communication interface for network communication and transmitting and receiving data with the design terminal; A management module for managing data upgrade of the design terminal; Manage the first database, retrieve the first design information data requested from the design terminal through the communication module in the first database and transmit to the design terminal through the communication module, and through the communication module A central database management module for storing second design information data received from a design terminal in the first database; And A control module for managing the communication module, the management module, and the central database management module, controlling the central database management module according to a request of the design terminal, and controlling data upgrade of the management module; The second design information data is converted from the second graphic information data generated at the design terminal, and the second graphic information data converts the first graphic information data converted from the first design information data by the design terminal. And a system server converted from the designed graphic information of the specified structure or facility using the design elements stored in the design terminal as a basis. The method of claim 8, The first design information data and the second design information data store graphic information converted into a predetermined XML (eXtensible Markup Language) format. Data information required for three-dimensional design graphics—type, length, thickness of graphics. A system server that contains graphical information, including heights, coordinates, and surface textures. The method of claim 9, And an authentication module for performing user authentication based on information of a user received from the design terminal under the control of the control module, including information received from the user and system information of the design terminal. 11. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 10, The first graphic information data and the second graphic information data are graphic data displayed at the design terminal by a graphic user interface (GUI), and the second graphic information data is the design terminal based on the first graphic information data. System server, characterized in that the data modified by. In the remote design management method of the design terminal of the remote design management system that can design and manage a specific structure or facility of a remote place by transmitting and receiving data with a system server that manages specific data, a) requesting user authentication to the system server; b) receiving session allocation and data upgrade according to the user authentication, and requesting the system server for first design information data for network transmission for a specific structure or facility at a remote site to be designed; c) receiving the requested first design information data and converting the first design information data into first graphic information data; d) designing a specific structure or facility using a graphical user interface (GUI) through the stored graphical information based on the first graphical information data; And e) generating second graphic information data according to the design, converting the generated data into second design information data for network transmission, and transmitting the second design information data to the system server; Remote design management method comprising a. 13. The method of claim 12, The first design information data and the second design information data store graphic information converted into a predetermined XML (eXtensible Markup Language) format. Data information required for three-dimensional design graphics—type, length, thickness of graphics. Remote design management methods, including graphical information, including height, coordinate values, and surface textures. 14. The method of claim 13, In the step a), the user authentication remote design management method comprising the system information of the design terminal for data upgrade. In the remote design management method of the system server of the remote design management system through the data transmission and reception with a plurality of design terminals that can design and manage a specific structure or facility of a remote site, a) checking whether user authentication and data upgrade are performed according to a user authentication request of the design terminal, and performing session allocation and data upgrade; b) first design information data of the design terminal—data for storing the first graphic information data converted into a predetermined XML (eXtensible Markup Language) format — retrieving the first design information data according to the request; c) transmitting the retrieved first design information data to the design terminal; And d) receiving and storing second design information data received from the design terminal, data storing second graphic information data converted into a predetermined XML (eXtensible Markup Language) format; The second design information data is converted from the second graphic information data generated at the design terminal, and the second graphic information data converts the first graphic information data converted from the first design information data by the design terminal. Remote design management method is converted from the designed graphic information of the specified structure or facility using the design elements stored in the design terminal on the basis. The method of claim 15, The first graphic information data and the second graphic information data are graphic data displayed at the design terminal by a graphic user interface (GUI), and the second graphic information data is the design terminal based on the first graphic information data. Remote design management method, characterized in that the data modified by.

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