Airport Gate Visual Docking Guidance Digital Twin for Rapid Recovery
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Solution Overview
Problem
The deployment and recovery of visual docking guidance systems in airports is time-consuming due to system failures, software upgrades, and maintenance, leading to significant downtime and operational costs, especially when configuration details are not maintained or updated in central computing systems.
Innovation Solution
A visual docking guidance system digital twin structure is implemented to capture and maintain system configuration details, enabling rapid recovery by restoring parameters from a digital twin agent, reducing downtime to minutes from hours.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If visual docking guidance system hardware is replaced after failure, then system reliability is improved, but recovery time increases significantly due to manual configuration requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically capturing and storing configuration parameters, calibration data, and system state information before failures occur or during normal operation. This preliminary data collection enables rapid restoration of system configuration after hardware replacement without requiring manual reconfiguration, thus reducing recovery time while maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention creates a digital copy of the visual docking guidance system's configuration and operational state. This copy includes all necessary parameters, calibration data, and system settings that can be instantly deployed to replacement hardware, eliminating the need for manual configuration and significantly reducing system downtime during failures.
2Ease of operation
If configuration data is manually maintained in central computing system, then system control is improved, but configuration accuracy deteriorates due to manual updates and potential errors
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically capturing, storing, and managing its own configuration parameters and calibration data without requiring manual intervention from operators. The system self-monitors its state and maintains accurate configuration records, eliminating human errors associated with manual updates while preserving operator control through automated interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention implements feedback mechanisms where the system continuously monitors its own configuration state and provides automated updates to the central computing system. This closed-loop feedback ensures configuration accuracy is maintained through automated verification and synchronization, preventing manual errors while preserving operational control.
3Reliability
If redundant servers are deployed for central computing system, then system availability is improved, but system complexity increases due to additional hardware and configuration requirements
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of deploying redundant physical servers, the invention creates a digital copy (digital twin) of the central computing system's configuration and operational state. This virtual replica can be instantly deployed to replacement hardware without requiring duplicate physical infrastructure, thereby maintaining high system availability while avoiding the complexity of redundant hardware deployment and configuration.
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AI summary
Airport gate visual docking guidance system digital twin methods, systems, and devices are described herein. One method includes: identifying that a device of the visual docking guidance system is non-responsive, determining which device is non-responsive, initiating start-up of one visual docking guidance system program selected from: a visual docking guidance system software program, a central computing system program, or an operating station program, selecting a digital twin data set corresponding to the device of the visual docking guidance system that was non-responsive, wherein the set includes parameter data that was customized by a user of the visual docking guidance system and is particular to the device of the visual docking guidance system that was non-responsive, and sending the digital twin parameter data to the device of the visual docking guidance system that was non-responsive to update one or more parameters stored in association with the visual docking guidance system program.