Patents Assigned to Autodesk, Inc.
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Patent number: 11875090Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product provide the ability to dynamically generate a digital building information model. Design data for various designs is received. The design data for each design is encoded into a graph. A knowledge base is maintained and defines a model of design intent while processing and storing the graph. First user input of a goal or constraint is received. The knowledge base generates solutions based on the input. Second user input based on the solutions is received and used to iteratively train the knowledge base. The solutions are then output.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: Michael S. Bergin, Chin-Yi Cheng, Mehdi Nourbakhsh
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Patent number: 11861461Abstract: In various embodiments, a stylization application generates designs that reflect stylistic preferences. In operation, the stylization application computes characterization information based on a first design and a trained machine-learning model that maps one or more designs to characterization information associated with one or more styles. The stylization application then computes a style score based on the characterization information and a target style that is included in the one or more styles. Subsequently, the stylization application generates a second design based on the style score, where the second design is more representative of the target style than the first design. Advantageously, because the stylization application can substantially increase the number of designs that can be generated based on the target style in a given amount of time, relative to more manual prior art techniques, the overall quality of the design ultimately selected for production can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: Hooman Shayani, Mark Thomas Davis
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Patent number: 11854260Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein combine computer vision with eye tracking by identifying, via computer vision, safety hazards in a video captured by a camera mounted on a pair of safety glasses, and generating an alert if a user wearing the safety glasses has not (recently) noticed the hazard. Whether the user has noticed the hazard is determined based on eye tracking information extracted from a video captured by another camera that is mounted on the safety glasses and points toward the user. As a result, safety hazards may be automatically detected and reported to the user. In addition, only those hazards that have not been (recently) noticed by the user cause an alert to be generated, so the user is not distracted with unnecessary notifications.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: Fraser Anderson, Jun Gong, George Fitzmaurice
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Publication number: 20230409771Abstract: A method and system provide a workflow for extracting building information model (BIM) elements for a floor plan drawing. A design drawing area of an image of the floor plan drawing is determined. Elements are extracted from the design drawing area. A synthetic floor plan design drawing dataset is obtained with known synthetic symbol labels and known synthetic symbol locations. Based on the extracted elements and the synthetic floor plan design drawing dataset, a symbol represented by the extracted elements is detected. Based on the symbol, a building information model (BIM) element is fetched and placed in the floor plan drawing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Autodesk, Inc.Inventors: Emmanuel Gallo, Yan Fu, Keith Alfaro, Manuel Martinez Alonso, Simranjit Singh Kohli, Graceline Regala Amour
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Patent number: 11847738Abstract: One embodiment of the invention disclosed herein provides techniques for voxelizing a mesh representation associated with a three-dimensional model to generate a volumetric model. A model filling engine associated with a voxelization system identifies a first voxel included in a voxel grid array that intersects with the mesh representation. The model filling engine selects a second voxel at an exterior boundary of the voxel grid array that is not identified as a boundary voxel. The model filling engine marks the second voxel as an exterior voxel. The model filling engine marks all unmarked voxels that are adjacent to the second voxel as exterior voxels. The model filling engine marks all remaining voxels as interior voxels. A model finishing engine associated with the voxelization system generates a volumetric model based at least in part on the first voxel.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: Martin Bisson, Olivier Dionne, Martin De Lasa
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Patent number: 11842262Abstract: A design application is configured to generate a latent space representation of a fleet of pre-existing vehicles. The design application encodes vehicle designs associated with the fleet of pre-existing vehicles into the latent space representation to generate a first latent space location. The first latent space location represents the characteristic style associated with the fleet of pre-existing vehicles. The design application encodes a sample design provided by a user into the latent space representation to produce a second latent space location. The design application then determines a distance between the first latent space location and the second latent space location. Based on the distance, the design application generates a style metric that indicates the aesthetic similarity between the sample design and the vehicle designs associated with the fleet of pre-existing vehicles. The design application can also generate new vehicle designs based on the latent space representation and the sample design.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: Danil Nagy, Daniel Noviello, James Stoddart, David Benjamin, Damon Lau
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Patent number: 11823110Abstract: Various embodiments set forth systems and techniques for determining expandability of a budding design. The techniques include receiving a building geometry indicating a size of a building and a shape of the building; receiving building placement data indicating a placement of the building within a site; identifying one or more remaining spaces within the site based at least on the size of the building, the shape of the building, and the placement of the building within the site; for each remaining space of the one or more remaining spaces: determining whether the remaining space is a usable space; based on the determining whether the remaining space is a usable space, generating a space expansion value corresponding to the remaining space; and computing, based on space expansion values corresponding to the one or more remaining spaces, one or more aggregate expansion values associated with the building geometry and the building placement.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: David Benjamin, Damon Lau, James Stoddart, Lorenzo Villaggi, Rui Wang, Lindsey Wikstrom
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Patent number: 11823015Abstract: In various embodiments, a pattern-based recommendation subsystem automatically recommends workflows for software-based tasks. In operation, the pattern-based recommendation subsystem computes an expected distribution of frequencies across command patterns based on different distributions of frequencies across the command patterns. The expected distribution of frequencies is associated with a target user, and each different distribution of frequencies is associated with a different user. The pattern-based recommendation subsystem then applies a set of commands associated with the target user to a trained machine-learning model to determine a target distribution of weights applied to a set of tasks. Subsequently, the pattern-based recommendation subsystem determines a training item based on the expected distribution of frequencies and the target distribution of weights. The pattern-based recommendation subsystem generates a recommendation that specifies the training item.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: Tovi Grossman, Benjamin Lafreniere, Xu Wang
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Patent number: 11823588Abstract: One embodiment of the present application sets forth a computer-implemented method for remotely monitoring performance of a task in real time, comprising receiving, in real time from a first student computing device, first student data that includes a first set of actions performed in a first student application instance executing on the first student device, comparing a first student action included in the first set of actions to a first target action, in response to comparing the first student action to the first target action, identifying a first issue indicator associated with the first student action, determining a first remedy associated with at least one of the first target action and the first issue indicator, and performing a first remediation action associated with the first remedy.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: Tovi Grossman, Benjamin Lafreniere, George Fitzmaurice, Volodymyr Dziubak, Andrea Bunt
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Publication number: 20230367767Abstract: A method and system provide the ability to manage data. Property sets consisting of property set objects are created. A commit graph stores the property set objects and provides a topology of changes between states of the objects as commit nodes. Change sets represent a change between two commit nodes. Each change set specifies a basic operation that was applied on each state to get to a next state of the property set objects and each change set is reversible.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Autodesk, Inc.Inventors: Dov Amihod, Thiago daCosta, Arno Zinke, Sebastian Medan, Farzad Towhidi, Roland Arthur Ruiters-Christou
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Patent number: 11816396Abstract: A method and system provide the ability to design a terrain surface. A triangular surface mesh representative of an existing surface is obtained. One or more constraints to control the triangular surface mesh are specified. Drainage for the triangular surface mesh is automatically determined based on the constraints. The triangular surface mesh is optimized based on the drainage and one or more design options. The optimizing modifies the triangular surface mesh to define drainage flow for the drainage.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: Valentin R. Koch, Patrick A. Bergeron, Nicholas James Zeeben, Qing Xue, Weiwei Hu
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Patent number: 11815863Abstract: A control mechanism scheduler for a water resource infrastructure receives operating data and disturbance data, the operating data describing infrastructure components of the water resource infrastructure, the disturbance data comprising a disturbance signal describing a disturbance expected to disturb the water resource infrastructure. The control mechanism scheduler generates classes for disturbance signals, generates simulations of the water resource infrastructure, and generates schedules of setpoints for control mechanisms actuable to control the infrastructure components of the water resource infrastructure in accordance with approaching a predetermined objective.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2023Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: Thouheed Abdul Gaffoor, Megh Suthar, Yousra Hazem Khalil Helmy Mohamed
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Patent number: 11816397Abstract: A design simulator executes a rigid body simulation to position design elements within various design options according to configurations that meet design criteria while also promoting feasibility and desirability. The design simulator assigns physical properties to each design element, including a mass value and a velocity value. The design simulator then simulates rigid body interactions between design elements over a sequence of simulation steps. The design simulator stops the rigid body simulation when no collisions between design elements are detected or when other termination criteria are met. Once the rigid body simulation is complete, the final positions of each design element relative to one another represent a specific configuration of design elements for the corresponding design option.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: David Benjamin, Dale Zhao, Lorenzo Villaggi
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Patent number: 11809160Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for integrating control and operation of multi-tooltip processes with computer-aided manufacturing and/or design software and systems include method(s) including: obtaining toolpaths for manufacturing a physical structure and process control constraints, each of the toolpaths corresponding to a respective tooltip of a computer-controlled tool of a manufacturing system, each of the toolpaths designates a respective path for the respective tooltip within a workspace, and the process control constraints define capabilities of each of the respective tooltips within the workspace; defining a main toolpath and metadata defining operational parameters for the toolpaths based on the process control constraints; simulating manufacturing of the physical structure using the main toolpath and the metadata; and providing at least the main toolpath and the metadata for use in manufacturing the physical structure by the computer-controlledType: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.Inventor: Fikret Kalay
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Patent number: 11809678Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: Barrett Ens, Fraser Anderson, George Fitzmaurice, Tovi Grossman
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Patent number: 11809681Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to perform multiple actions based on a reality captured image. An adjustable splitter splits a viewport into viewing panes with the ability to freely adjust the splitter angle. A sphere represents a view of a scene from a viewpoint and used to render an interactive preview of the view without moving to the viewpoint. A series of 2D images may be used to simulate the navigation of a 3D model in an expedited manner. A 3D mesh error scroll bar is used navigate unsorted errors resulting from mesh creation. An interactive gradient map can be used to select a points based on a range of values for non-geometric parameters. An irregularly shaped mesh selection boundary can be directly modified by stretching. An elevation slice of a 3D model can be defined and isolated for viewing/manipulation.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: Mason J. Foster, Damian Paul Stephen Willcox
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Patent number: 11803771Abstract: In various embodiments, a task-based recommendation subsystem automatically recommends workflows for software-based tasks based on a trained machine-learning model that maps different sets of commands to different distributions of weights applied to a set of tasks. In operation, the task-based recommendation subsystem applies a first set of commands associated with a target user to the trained machine-learning model to determine a target distribution of weights applied to the set of tasks. The task-based recommendation subsystem then performs processing operation(s) based on at least two different distributions of weights applied to the set of tasks and the target distribution to determine a training item. Subsequently, the task-based recommendation subsystem generates a recommendation that specifies the training item. Finally, the task-based recommendation subsystem transmits the recommendation to a user to assist the user in performing a particular task.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: Tovi Grossman, Benjamin Lafreniere, Xu Wang
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Patent number: 11803674Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system provide the ability to conduct a dynamic simulation in a computer-aided design (CAD) application. A CAD model is acquired on a server. On the server, a proxy object is created for the CAD model. The proxy object is a voxel-based representation of the CAD model and fully encompasses a simulation mesh of the CAD model. The proxy object is transmitted to the client. The transmitted proxy object includes extents of a voxel domain, of the voxel-based representation, in three (3) directions, minimum and maximum coordinates in each of the three directions, and a number of voxel divisions in the three directions. the proxy object is processed on the client and enables dynamic interactive rendering operations. The simulation mesh is processed on the server and the proxy object on the client is replaced with a real polygonal rendering from the simulation mesh.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: Justin Nicholas Hallet, Nandakumar Santhanam, Jerran Schmidt
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Patent number: 11798521Abstract: One embodiment of the present application sets forth a method for simulating an audio output of a three-dimensional object that includes a resonant cavity. The method includes receiving an input mesh of a three-dimensional shape and a hole configuration. The input mesh has an outer surface and an internal cavity, and the hole configuration includes one or more holes. The method further includes adding the one or more holes to the three-dimensional shape based on the hole configuration to generate a modified three-dimensional shape having a resonant cavity. The resonant cavity includes the one or more holes and the internal cavity. The method further includes determining an air pressure coefficient matrix for the resonant cavity. The method further includes computing a minimum non-zero eigenvalue for the air pressure coefficient matrix. The method further includes determining an output resonant frequency for the resonant cavity based on the minimum non-zero eigenvalue.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2017Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventor: Nobuyuki Umentani
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Patent number: 11789429Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for computer aided design of physical structures include: obtaining a density-based representation of a modeled object, the density-based representation comprising multiple different subsets of elements, each subset having a starting element at a milling depth, which is one of three or more milling depths for three or more corresponding discrete layers that are each perpendicular to a milling direction for the modeled object; and reassigning milling depths of at least a portion of the multiple different subsets of elements, the reassigning for a current starting element in a current layer for an element subset comprising moving the milling depth for the element subset of the current starting element when an angular difference between other starting elements, which are associated with the current starting element and are located in a different layer, meets or exceeds a threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.Inventors: Nam Ho Kim, David Jon Weinberg