IP Library Granted Patent US 12,380,746
Granted Patent B2
US 12,380,746 · App. 17/334,013 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Digital twin systems and methods for transportation systems

Inventors: Charles Howard Cella (Pembroke, MA); Andrew Cardno (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Assignee: STRONG FORCE TP PORTFOLIO 2022, LLC
G07C5/0808
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Patent No.
US 12,380,746
App. No.
17/334,013
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for updating one or more properties of one or more transportation system digital twins includes receiving a request to update the one or more transportation system digital twins; retrieving the one or more transportation system digital twins to fulfill the request from a digital twin datastore; and retrieving one or more dynamic models to fulfill the request from a dynamic model datastore. The method further includes selecting data sources from a set of available data sources for one or more inputs for the one or more dynamic models; retrieving data from the selected data sources; running the one or more dynamic models using the retrieved data as input data to determine one or more output values; and updating the one or more properties of the one or more transportation system digital twins based on the one or more output values of the one or more dynamic models.

Claims (20)

1. A system for monitoring navigational route data through a transportation system having real-world elements disposed therein, comprising:

a digital twin datastore and one or more processors;

wherein the digital twin datastore includes a transportation system digital twin corresponding to the transportation system and a worker digital twin corresponding to a respective worker of a set of workers within the transportation system;

wherein the one or more processors are configured to maintain, via the digital twin datastore, the transportation system digital twin to include contemporaneous positions for the set of workers within the transportation system, monitor movement of each worker in the set of workers via a sensor array,

determine, in response to detecting the movement of the respective worker, navigational route data for the respective worker, update the transportation system digital twin to include indicia of the navigational route data for the respective worker, and move the worker digital twin along a route of the navigational route data, and

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine existence of a conflict between the navigational route data and the transportation system digital twin, alter, in response to determining accuracy of the transportation system digital twin via the sensor array, the navigational route data for the respective worker, and

update, in response to determining inaccuracy of the transportation system digital twin via the sensor array, the transportation system digital twin to thereby resolve the conflict.

2. The system for monitoring navigational route data through a transportation system of claim 1 wherein the one or more processors are further configured to update, in response to representing the movement of the respective worker, navigational route data for remaining workers in the set of workers.

3. The system for monitoring navigational route data through a transportation system of claim 1 wherein the navigational route data includes a route for collecting vibration measurements from one or more machines in the transportation system.

4. The system for monitoring navigational route data through a transportation system of claim 1 wherein the navigational route data is automatically transmitted to the system by one or more individual-associated devices.

5. The system for monitoring navigational route data through a transportation system of claim 4 wherein the individual-associated device is a mobile device that has cellular data capabilities.

6. The system for monitoring navigational route data through a transportation system of claim 4 wherein the individual-associated device is a wearable device associated with at least one worker of the set of workers.

7. The system for monitoring navigational route data through a transportation system of claim 1 wherein the navigational route data is determined via environment-associated sensors.

8. The system for monitoring navigational route data through a transportation system of claim 1 wherein the navigational route data is determined using historical routing data stored in the digital twin datastore.

9. The system for monitoring navigational route data through a transportation system of claim 8 wherein the historical routing data was obtained using the respective worker.

10. The system for monitoring navigational route data through a transportation system of claim 8 wherein the historical routing data was obtained using another worker of the set of workers.

11. The system for monitoring navigational route data through a transportation system of claim 8 wherein the historical routing data is associated with a current task of the worker.

12. The system for monitoring navigational route data through a transportation system of claim 1 wherein the digital twin datastore includes the transportation system digital twin.

13. The system for monitoring navigational route data through a transportation system of claim 1 wherein the transportation system digital twin is updated using collected data transmitted from the respective worker.

14. The system for monitoring navigational route data through a transportation system of claim 13 wherein the collected data includes proximity sensor data, image data, or combinations thereof.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2022
From: CELLA, CHARLES HOWARD; CARDNO, ANDREW
To: STRONG FORCE INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 062045/0225 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2022
From: STRONG FORCE INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL, LLC
To: STRONG FORCE TP PORTFOLIO 2022, LLC
Reel/Frame 062045/0368 →
Continuity (10)
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Continuation PCTUS2019053857 · Sep 30, 2019
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