Industrial Digital Avatar Templates for IIoT Model Complexity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Domain experts and modeling experts face challenges in developing software for creating unique and replicable implementation models for sophisticated industrial devices or systems in an IIoT environment due to increasing system and data complexities.
Innovation Solution
A digital avatar platform is provided that creates a digital representation of industrial assets by using an avatar template and operational data, allowing for simulation and model version control, data workflow management, and user interface support for model and simulation management, enabling efficient monitoring and optimization of industrial assets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If domain experts and modeling experts develop custom software for creating implementation models for sophisticated industrial devices, then the models can be unique and replicable, but the complexity of system and data management increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an avatar template as an intermediary component that bridges the gap between complex industrial devices and simplified digital representations. The template pre-structures the modeling process, allowing domain experts to create accurate models without managing the underlying system complexity directly. This intermediary layer handles data integration and model generation automatically.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the complex modeling task into manageable components: avatar templates define the structure, operational data provides the input, and the simulation engine processes everything automatically. This segmentation allows experts to work with simplified elements rather than the entire complex system at once, maintaining model accuracy while reducing perceived complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If custom software is developed for each industrial device to create unique models, then the models can be tailored to specific devices, but the effort and time required for model development increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-configuring avatar templates with the necessary structure, data requirements, and simulation parameters before actual device modeling begins. These templates are prepared in advance and can be reused across multiple devices, allowing rapid customization without starting from scratch each time. The template already contains the framework for adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses copying by allowing avatar templates to be replicated and adapted for different devices. Once a template is created and validated for one device type, it can be copied and modified for similar devices, dramatically reducing development time while maintaining the ability to customize each model to its specific requirements through parameter adjustment.
3Reliability
If digital avatars are maintained over time with updated operational data, then the digital representations remain accurate and useful, but continuous monitoring and updates require ongoing resources
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the simulation system continuously monitors operational data from industrial devices and automatically updates the digital avatar models. This closed-loop feedback ensures that digital representations remain accurate and synchronized with physical devices without requiring manual intervention, maintaining reliability while preserving operational efficiency through automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies self-service by enabling the digital avatar platform to automatically ingest operational data, update models, and regenerate simulations without continuous human intervention. The platform serves itself by autonomously maintaining the accuracy of digital representations, reducing the ongoing resource requirements while preserving model reliability through automated data processing and model updating.
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AI summary
A platform is provided for implementing a digital representation of a particular industrial asset. The platform is configured to create an avatar corresponding to the particular industrial asset from at least one model and an avatar template, wherein the avatar template refers to or incorporates the at least one model or part thereof, and the avatar is created from the avatar template and refers to or incorporates the avatar template or part thereof: execute a simulation that refers to or incorporates the avatar or part thereof, wherein execution of the simulation uses the at least one model of the avatar template referenced or incorporated by the avatar along with operational data corresponding to the particular industrial asset to generate a digital representation of the particular industrial asset.