公开(公告)号：US11195324B1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-07

申请号：US16540835

申请日：2019-08-14

申请人： CertainTeed LLC

发明人： Brice Dubost ,  Sizhu You ,  Rachel Z. Pytel

IPC分类号： G06T15/50 ,  G06T15/00 ,  G06T15/20 ,  G06F30/20

摘要： Methods and systems for real-time visualization of building structures are disclosed. A computing system may calculate physical illumination characteristics for each of a plurality of predefined virtual external building-surface elements layered in simulation at specified surface locations of a virtual three-dimensional (3D) model of a building structure, wherein the virtual 3D model is constructed based on data descriptive of the building structure. Each of the plurality of predefined virtual external building-surface elements may be associated with its calculated illumination characteristics in a database. A spatially-manipulable rendered image of the building structure may displayed on an interactive display in real-time based on the virtual 3D model. On the interactive display device, one or more of the plurality of the predefined virtual external building-surface elements may be rendered in real-time at respectively specified locations on the rendered image. On the interactive display device, illumination of each of the one or more of the plurality of the predefined virtual external building-surface elements may be simulated in real-time based on its associated calculated illumination characteristics, its respectively specified location on the rendered image, and a specification of environmental illumination conditions.

公开(公告)号：US11498357B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-15

申请号：US16906112

申请日：2020-06-19

申请人： CertainTeed LLC

发明人： Timothy Briggs ,  Brice Dubost

IPC分类号： E04F13/08 ,  E04F13/14 ,  B44C3/12 ,  E04F15/022

摘要： The present disclosure relates generally to surface panels for covering a building surface. The disclosure relates more particularly to a surface panel kit and system including a set of panels for attaching to a support structure. Each of the panels includes opposing ends, and each end includes one of a group of end configurations. A first end configuration is mateable with a first portion of the group and is unmateable with a second portion of the group, and a second end configuration is mateable with a third portion of the group and is unmateable with a fourth portion of the group. The set of panels includes at least three panel types including a first panel type with the first and second end configurations, a second panel type with the first and without the second end configurations, and a third panel type with the second and without the first end configurations.

公开(公告)号：US20220237858A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-28

申请号：US17543837

申请日：2021-12-07

申请人： CertainTeed LLC

发明人： Brice Dubost ,  Sizhu You ,  Rachel Z. Pytel

IPC分类号： G06T15/50 ,  G06T15/00 ,  G06T15/20 ,  G06F30/20

摘要： Methods and systems for real-time visualization of building structures are disclosed. A computing system may calculate physical illumination characteristics for each of a plurality of predefined virtual external building-surface elements layered in simulation at specified surface locations of a virtual three-dimensional (3D) model of a building structure, wherein the virtual 3D model is constructed based on data descriptive of the building structure. Each of the plurality of predefined virtual external building-surface elements may be associated with its calculated illumination characteristics in a database. A spatially-manipulable rendered image of the building structure may displayed on an interactive display in real-time based on the virtual 3D model. On the interactive display device, one or more of the plurality of the predefined virtual external building-surface elements may be rendered in real-time at respectively specified locations on the rendered image. On the interactive display device, illumination of each of the one or more of the plurality of the predefined virtual external building-surface elements may be simulated in real-time based on its associated calculated illumination characteristics, its respectively specified location on the rendered image, and a specification of environmental illumination conditions.

公开(公告)号：US11162884B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-02

申请号：US16286478

申请日：2019-02-26

申请人： CertainTeed LLC

发明人： Aldo Glean ,  David Knutson ,  Jean-Philippe Ndobo-Epoy ,  Phillip Evans ,  Timothy Briggs ,  Jonathan Wilson ,  Brice Dubost

IPC分类号： G01N9/02 ,  E04B1/76 ,  E04G23/00

摘要： The present disclosure relates to devices and methods for determining the density of insulation. For example, one aspect of the disclosure is a device that includes a sound generator and one or more sound sensors configured to detect sound that is generated by the sound generator and transmitted through the insulation to the one or more sound sensors. The device also includes a control system configured to cause the sound generator to generate the sound and use the sound detected by the one or more sound sensors to generate output that represents the density of the insulation. Another aspect of the disclosure is a method for using the device to determine the density of insulation.