Digital Twin Host Configuration for Faster Component Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
System integrators face challenges in integrating third-party products due to lack of adequate documentation and fundamental design differences, leading to increased time and expense in model-based system engineering.
Innovation Solution
A configurable host application generates digital twins using personality profiles that define behaviors and interfaces, allowing for early integration and testing of system components by emulating their functions without requiring unique software code.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If third-party MBSE models are used directly, then model-based system engineering capability is provided, but translation and integration time increases due to fundamental design differences
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a digital twin that is a virtual copy of the physical system component, capturing its behavior and interfaces. This digital replica can be used for testing and validation without requiring physical integration, thereby reducing integration time while maintaining system engineering capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The host application serves as an intermediary layer between the third-party MBSE models and the system integrator's environment. It translates and adapts external models into the required format, eliminating the need for manual translation and reducing integration complexity
2Ease of operation
If adequate documentation is provided prior to delivery, then system integration is simplified, but documentation preparation time and expense increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-documentation by automatically extracting behavior and interface information from the MBSE models during the digital twin creation process. This eliminates the need for separate documentation preparation activities, as the documentation is generated automatically as part of the model transformation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs model translation and digital twin creation before physical delivery and integration. By preparing the digital representation in advance with all necessary behavioral and interface information, the system enables early testing and validation, reducing subsequent integration efforts
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are provided for generating a digital twin of a system component from a configurable host application. A personality profile defining a set of behaviors and interfaces associated with a system component associated with a system is generated and provided to an instance of a host application to configure the instance of host application to operate as a digital twin of the system component. The host application includes an input interface, an output interface, and a library of functions. The digital twin is used in a testing or operational environment in place of the system component.