ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,657, issued on June 17, was assigned to TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).

"Building data platform with augmented reality based digital twins" was invented by Erik S. Paulson (Madison, Wis.), Brian S. Otto (Menomonee Falls, Wis.), Todd Leister (Milwaukee) and Aureliu Maxim (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system can operate to receive an indication of a point in a space of an environment, wherein an augmented reality system is located in the space of the environment at a coordinate in a first coordinate system. The system can operate to query a digital twin for a coordinate of the point in a s...