ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,460, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).
"Method for engineering and simulating an automation system via digital twins" was invented by Benjamin Lutz (Pfinztal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for engineering an automation system that is usually tested before being put into operation, wherein a "twin" or a virtual component is generated and loaded onto a server for each real component to perform the function of the real components in a simulated manner in place of said real components, such that it is thus possible for a user to replace various real components with virtual components during the engin...