IP Library Granted Patent US 9,569,889
Granted Patent B2
US 9,569,889 · App. 15/139,851 · Granted Feb 14, 2017

Hardware management and reconstruction using visual graphics

Inventors: An Ding Chen (Shanghai, CN); Timothy G. McNamara (Fishkill, NY)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
G06T17/20G06F17/5086G06T13/20G06T19/003
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Patent No.
US 9,569,889
App. No.
15/139,851
Granted
Feb 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an approach for updating instructions of machine repairs to a user interface, a processor populates a quantity of machine components used to construct a machine model. A processor receives the machine model constructed from the quantity of machine components. A processor couples the machine model with a set of vital product data. A processor associates a set of instructions for a repair procedure with the machine model and the vital product data file. A processor generates a visual representation of the repair procedure specific to the machine model.

Claims (12)

1. A method for updating instructions of machine repairs to a user interface, the method comprising:

populating, by one or more processors, a quantity of machine components used to construct a machine model;

receiving, by the one or more processors, the machine model constructed from the quantity of machine components;

coupling, by the one or more processors, the machine model with a set of vital product data wherein the set of vital product data is a file associated with a specific machine;

indicating, by the one or more processors, an alert within the vital product data when a machine registers an error, wherein the machine is represented by the machine model and a component associated with the error is highlighted in a specific color;

detecting, by the one or more processors, a change to the set of vital product data;

responsive to detecting the change to the set of vital product data, updating, by the one or more processors, the quantity of machine components used to construct the machine model;

associating, by the one or more processors, a set of instructions and an alternate set of instructions for a repair procedure with the machine model and a file associated with the set of vital product data;

storing, by the one or more processors, the set of vital product data in the file and updating the file when the set of vital product data is modified;

generating, by the one or more processors, a three-dimensional visual representation and an alternate three-dimensional visual representation of the repair procedure, specific to the machine model, based on a set of animation sequences wherein one or more animation sequences are associated with one or more steps of the repair procedure;

augmenting, by one or more processors, the three-dimensional visual representation of the repair procedure to allow a user to change graphical perspective based on removing components from the three-dimensional representation obstructing relevant components and zooming in/out to give a better view of the relevant components; and

presenting, by one or more processors, a three-dimensional visual representation of the repair procedure specific to the machine model wherein the three-dimensional visual representation can be instructed to stop, rewind and fast forward.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2016
From: CHEN, AN DING; MCNAMARA, TIMOTHY G.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038542/0207 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14576337 · Dec 19, 2014
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