US 11,868,685 B2
Generating a digital twin, method, system, computer program product
Lutz Keferstein, Dorsten (DE)
Assigned to SIEMENS INDUSTRY SOFTWARE NV, Leuven (BE)
Appl. No. 18/037,607
Filed by Siemens Industry Software NV, Leuven (BE)
PCT Filed Oct. 21, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/079198
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 18, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/106142, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20208992 (EP), filed on Nov. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0325553 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 30/20 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 30/20 (2020.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer implemented method of generating a digital twin comprising:
providing a digital twin modular system, wherein the digital twin modular system comprises digital-twin-modules configured for to digital twin features, wherein the digital twin features are related to at least one of: calculation properties, scope of simulation, model architecture, communication safety, accessibility, data storage, encryption functions, resource allocation, hardware requirements;
providing a tuning module, wherein the tuning module comprises a tuning module parameter-set, wherein the tuning module parameter-set comprises tuning module parameters respectively corresponding to at least one of the digital twin features;
receiving a user's configuration through a user interface, the user's configuration comprising an assignment of some of the tuning module parameters to a group of fixed tuning module parameters and an assignment of others of the tuning module parameters to a group of free tuning module parameters;
determining tuning module parameters for the free tuning module parameters; and
generating a digital twin by selecting, configuring, and combining digital-twin-modules of the digital twin modular system based at least in part on the tuning module parameters and user's configuration to increase adaptability of the digital twin in different environments.