Multi-View Digital Twin Framework for Synchronized Concurrent Viewing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing software packages for digital twins operate independently, requiring users to switch between applications to view different levels of detail, lacking a unified framework for concurrent display and interaction.
Innovation Solution
A multi-view framework (MVF) provides a single user experience and API for concurrent viewing and interaction with multiple digital twins generated by third-party content display generators, using bridge components to integrate disparate viewers into a unified component.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple independent software packages are used to view digital twins at different levels of detail, then each software package can provide specialized functionality for its specific view, but the user must switch between applications and cannot concurrently view multiple views
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple independent display content generators (GIS viewer, BIM viewer, game engine viewer) into a single unified application interface. Each generator continues to operate independently and generate its own display content, but they are merged into one cohesive viewing environment where multiple views can be displayed simultaneously in different regions of the same interface, eliminating the need to switch between separate applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified application interface serves multiple functions by integrating capabilities of multiple specialized software packages. A single application provides GIS viewing, BIM modeling, and game engine rendering simultaneously, allowing the system to perform multiple specialized functions through one universal interface rather than requiring separate specialized applications for each function.
2Ease of operation
If a unified framework integrates multiple third-party display content generators, then concurrent viewing of multiple digital twins is enabled, but the framework must manage complexity of interfacing with multiple independent services
Solution Approach 1:
The unified application interface acts as an intermediary layer between the user and multiple third-party display content generators. This mediator manages the complexity of interfacing with multiple independent services by providing a single point of control, handling communication with each generator separately while presenting a unified interface to the user, thus shielding the user from the underlying integration complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The framework segments the integration complexity by treating each display content generator as an independent module with its own interface and communication protocol. Each third-party service is integrated separately through defined interfaces, allowing the framework to manage complexity through modular segmentation rather than monolithic integration.
3Reliability
If disparate display content generators operate independently, then each generator maintains its own functionality and performance characteristics, but users cannot interact with multiple views simultaneously through a single interface
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple independently operating display content generators into a single unified interface presentation. Each generator maintains its independent operation and reliability characteristics, generating display content according to its own performance characteristics, while the unified interface combines these independent operations into a cohesive user experience where multiple views are accessible simultaneously through one interface.
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AI summary
According to aspects of the disclosed subject matter, a multi-view framework (MVF) is presented. Advantageously and according to aspects of the disclosed subject matter, an MVF operates as an executable service and provides a single user experience (UX) and application programming interface (API) for concurrent viewing and interaction with two or more digital twins, each digital twin being generated by a third-party content display generator unrelated to the MVF and other content display generators providing display content to the MVF for concurrent display. Still further, an MVF may be advantageously incorporated into a consumer software package and/or packaged as a consumer software package or provided as an online service.