Patent ID: 11900277
Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A method, comprising:
defining, on a system comprising a processor based on configuration input data, a digital twin that defines an industrial asset in terms of hierarchical elements, wherein the digital twin comprises data tags that correspond to data items maintained on devices of the industrial asset;
performing, by the system, artificial intelligence (AI) analysis on the digital twin;
identifying, by the system based on a result of the AI analysis, a key variable indicative of a quality of operation of the industrial asset, related variables that determine a value of the key variable, and a functional relationship between the key variable and the related variables;
adding, by the system, AI fields to a data tag, of the data tags, that corresponds to the key variable, wherein the AI fields identify the related variables and the functional relationship between the key variable and the related variables;
collecting, by the system, process data from the data items of the industrial asset;
augmenting, by the system, the process data with calculated asset behavior data generated by applying the process data to the digital twin; and
determining, by the system, whether the digital twin models an aspect of the industrial asset within a defined degree of accuracy based on a result of an AI validation analysis performed on the digital twin, the process data, and the calculated asset behavior data.