AI Virtual Assistant Adaptation via Digital Twin Simulation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing AI virtual assistants face challenges in adapting to deployment environments that differ from development environments, particularly in scenarios with multiple users, movement, and varying noise levels, leading to failures in executing commands.

Innovation Solution

A system that receives digital models associated with users, identifies their characteristics, executes simulations of movements and activities, and provides commands to AI virtual assistants, recommending corrective actions when commands cannot be executed, thereby testing and customizing the assistant for specific deployment environments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If AI virtual assistants are deployed in environments different from development environments, then the system can serve more diverse users and scenarios, but command execution failures increase due to environmental variations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenvironmental adaptabilityVSAvoidcommand execution reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary simulation testing in a virtual environment before actual deployment. Digital twins of users are created and used to simulate various movements, activities, and command scenarios in advance. This preliminary action identifies potential command execution failures before the AI virtual assistant is deployed to the actual second environment, allowing corrective actions to be taken proactively.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates digital twin copies of users that replicate their physical characteristics, movements, and activities. These digital models are used in simulation to test command execution without affecting real users. The digital twin approach allows the system to copy and analyze user behaviors in a controlled virtual environment to improve reliability in the actual deployment environment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Reliability

If simulation testing is performed for multiple user scenarios, then command execution reliability improves, but computational resources and time consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommand execution reliabilityVSAvoidsimulation testing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs simulation testing on a selected subset of critical scenarios rather than exhaustively testing all possible user interactions. By identifying and prioritizing the most important command scenarios and user movements, the system achieves sufficient reliability improvement without the prohibitive time cost of complete scenario coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs simulation testing in advance during the deployment preparation phase, so that reliability validation is completed before actual deployment. This preliminary timing allows sufficient testing to be performed without delaying the operational deployment, as the simulation results are used to optimize the system before it goes live.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If digital models for multiple users are created and simulated, then customization and performance improvement are achieved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser customization capabilityVSAvoidsystem architecture complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system creates simplified digital twin copies of users that capture essential characteristics for simulation purposes. These digital models replicate key user attributes such as movement patterns, activity types, and interaction behaviors without requiring complete fidelity to the original users. This copying approach enables customization for multiple users while maintaining manageable system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The simulation system is designed to handle multiple user types and scenarios using a unified digital twin framework. The same simulation infrastructure and digital model approach can be applied across different users, environments, and command types, reducing overall system complexity through universalization rather than requiring separate specialized systems for each user scenario.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20230063227A1Auto-adaptation of ai system from first environment to second environment
Publication Date: 2023.03.02 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

An embodiment for automatically adapting an artificial intelligence (AI) system from a first environment to a second environment is provided. The embodiment may include receiving a digital model associated with each user of a plurality of users. The embodiment may also include identifying one or more characteristics of the digital model. The embodiment may further include executing a simulation of movements and activities for the digital model. The embodiment may also include creating a set of commands to be asked by the digital model. The embodiment may further include providing the set of commands to an AI virtual assistant. The embodiment may also include in response to determining the AI virtual assistant is not able to execute each command, identifying the digital model for each user whose command was not able to be executed. The embodiment may further include recommending one or more corrective actions.