AI Digital Twins for Interactive Virtual Industry Premises
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional operational methods in industries face challenges due to limited digitalization, manual labor-intensive operations, inflexible paper-based record-keeping, restricted automation, and lack of remote work and digital collaboration, leading to suboptimal efficiency, productivity, and adaptability, particularly in situations requiring rapid response or adjustment.
Innovation Solution
A system and method utilizing digital twin technology and AI models to create interactive virtual industry premises with 3D replicas of physical assets, enabling dynamic data updates and user experiences tailored to user roles, facilitating seamless interaction and collaboration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional operational methods with manual labor and paper-based record-keeping are used, then implementation simplicity is maintained, but productivity and adaptability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual replicas (digital twins) of physical assets, processes, and environments. These virtual copies enable simulation, analysis, and optimization without interfering with physical operations, thereby improving productivity while keeping the physical system unchanged. The virtual model serves as a complementary system that provides enhanced capabilities without replacing core physical infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from two-dimensional paper-based records to immersive three-dimensional virtual environments. This dimensional leap enables intuitive interaction with data and processes, allowing users to navigate and analyze information in spatial contexts that mirror real-world layouts, thereby enhancing both productivity and understanding without adding physical complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If digital twin technology and AI models are implemented to create virtual industry premises, then adaptability and remote collaboration are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual industry premises platform serves multiple functions simultaneously: it enables remote collaboration, provides training environments, allows process optimization, supports decision-making through AI analytics, and facilitates maintenance planning. This multi-functionality achieves high adaptability across diverse use cases while consolidating capabilities into a single integrated system rather than requiring separate solutions for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces AI models and digital twins as intermediary layers between physical assets and users. These intermediaries translate complex physical data into actionable insights and virtual representations, enabling adaptability and remote interaction without requiring direct complexity management at the user interface level. The AI intermediary handles the computational burden, shielding users from underlying system complexity.
3Loss of time
If traditional on-premises operations with in-person inspections are maintained, then measurement precision is preserved, but loss of time and productivity deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates accurate virtual replicas of physical assets that preserve all measurement and inspection capabilities in digital form. Sensors and measurement devices in the physical world continuously feed data to their virtual counterparts, enabling precise inspection and monitoring without requiring physical presence. This copying approach eliminates travel and setup time while maintaining measurement fidelity through automated data collection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual in-person inspections with automated sensor networks and AI-driven virtual inspection systems. Physical measurements are captured by sensors and processed through AI models that can detect anomalies, predict failures, and provide insights beyond human capability. This substitution eliminates the time loss associated with manual inspection while enhancing measurement precision through automated, consistent, and scalable detection algorithms.
Data Source
AI summary
This disclosure relates to a method and system for providing an interactive user experience in a virtual industry premises. The method includes receiving information associated with a plurality of physical assets within a physical industry premises; and creating the virtual industry premises corresponding to the physical industry premises based on the information, using a digital twin technology and an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model. The virtual industry premises includes a plurality of Three-Dimensional (3D) virtual replicas of the plurality of physical assets. The method includes dynamically receiving data corresponding to the plurality of physical assets and updating the virtual industry premises based on the data. The method includes initiating a user experience in the virtual industry premises based on a user role, upon a successful verification of user credentials received from the user.