Traffic Digital Twin Update Cycle Control for Bandwidth-Limited Services

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems face challenges in maintaining the accuracy of traffic digital twins due to limitations in data reception frequency and communication bandwidth, which can disrupt service provision.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device that dynamically adjusts the data reception and update cycles of a traffic digital twin based on service provision information, optimizing communication resources and ensuring uninterrupted service delivery.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If the update cycle of the traffic digital twin is shortened to improve accuracy, then the degree of completion (accuracy) of the traffic digital twin is improved, but communication band compression and increase in communication amount occur

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedegree of completion (accuracy) of traffic digital twinVSAvoidcommunication amount
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The update cycle is made dynamic rather than fixed. The determination unit adjusts the update cycle based on the degree of completion of the traffic digital twin and service requirements. When the digital twin reaches sufficient accuracy for service provision, the update cycle is extended to reduce communication volume, while maintaining high accuracy when needed for service operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameter of update cycle based on the degree of completion and service status. By dynamically adjusting this parameter, the system achieves high accuracy when necessary while minimizing communication overhead during stable operation phases, thus resolving the contradiction between accuracy and communication volume.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Measurement precision

If the update cycle of the traffic digital twin is shortened to improve accuracy, then the degree of completion (accuracy) of the traffic digital twin is improved, but communication band compression occurs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedegree of completion (accuracy) of traffic digital twinVSAvoidcommunication band compression
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The update cycle is dynamically adjusted based on the degree of completion and service requirements. When the digital twin achieves sufficient accuracy for service provision, the system extends the update cycle, thereby reducing communication band compression while maintaining the necessary level of accuracy for ongoing services.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically changes the update cycle parameter according to the degree of completion and service status. This parameter adjustment allows the system to maintain high accuracy when needed while minimizing communication band compression during periods when the digital twin is stable and sufficient for service operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Quantity of substance

If the update cycle is extended to reduce communication amount, then communication amount is reduced, but the degree of completion (accuracy) of the traffic digital twin deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication amountVSAvoiddegree of completion (accuracy) of traffic digital twin
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The determination unit continuously monitors the degree of completion of the traffic digital twin and the status of service provision. Based on this feedback, the system dynamically adjusts the update cycle. When the digital twin maintains sufficient accuracy for service operations, the update cycle is extended to reduce communication amount, while automatically shortening it when accuracy deteriorates below service requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The update cycle is made dynamic and adaptive based on real-time assessment of digital twin accuracy and service needs. This dynamic adjustment allows the system to extend the update cycle and reduce communication amount when the digital twin is sufficiently accurate, while preventing accuracy deterioration by shortening the cycle when needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

4Loss of energy

If the update cycle is extended to reduce communication band compression, then communication band compression is reduced, but service provision may be interrupted

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication band compressionVSAvoidservice provision continuity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The determination unit uses feedback from service status and digital twin completion degree to dynamically adjust the update cycle. The system extends the update cycle to reduce communication band compression only when the digital twin maintains sufficient accuracy for uninterrupted service provision, thereby preventing service interruption while achieving communication efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The update cycle parameter is dynamically changed based on service requirements and digital twin accuracy. This ensures that communication band compression is reduced only when it does not compromise service continuity, maintaining reliability while optimizing communication resource usage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS12474918B2Information processing device and system
Publication Date: 2025.11.18 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
  • US12474918B2 patent drawing
  • US12474918B2 patent drawing
  • US12474918B2 patent drawing

AI summary

An information processing device for constructing a traffic digital twin synchronized with a real space in a virtual space based on data received from a plurality of devices, the information processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires information on service provision from an application; a setting unit that sets an update cycle for updating the traffic digital twin based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a communication unit that receives data from the plurality of devices according to the update cycle set by the setting unit.