KR20220087687A - 3d digital twin visualization system interlocked with real and virtual iot devices and the method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a three-dimensional digital twin visualization system and method in which real and virtual IoT devices are interlocked, and to collect real geospatial data from real Internet of Things (IoT) devices deployed in the real world, and to A virtual and real data collection unit that collects virtual geospatial data from virtual Internet of Things (IoT) devices created through self-routines, and an urban digital twin by integrating the real geospatial data and the virtual geospatial data; It includes a data processing unit that transmits to UDT) and a city digital twin unit that provides a simultaneous space of augmented reality for interaction based on the integrated data, and relays network packets generated for control from the tabletop. .

Description

3D digital twin visualization system and method interlocking real and virtual IoT devices

The present invention relates to a three-dimensional digital twin visualization system and method in which real and virtual IoT devices are linked, and more particularly, to a digital twin creation and visualization technology using a three-dimensional virtual city and real and virtual IoT devices. will be.

Although the need and demand for R&D to realize smart cities is increasing, adequate supply is still insufficient. It remains a difficult task to discover smart services for citizens in the early stages of service design when the Internet of Things (IoT) exists in cities, provide existing IoT data for city managers, and identify the necessary conditions for evolution into services. have.

Moreover, due to the increase in demand for smart cities, IoT sensors are not provided at the time of production of an Urban Digital Twin (UDT), so unnecessary time is required for development. Accordingly, there is a need for research on an IoT event generation system that serves to generate virtual signals, transmit data, and store data instead of hardware IoT sensors. In particular, in the digital twin development stage for the initial smart city service design, simulations using virtual IoT devices are used to minimize the waste of time and physical costs that may occur depending on the utilization of the IoT when building an actual IoT system. method is required.

In addition, when creating a digital twin based on 3D city spatiotemporal information, the lack of real-time data visualization and spatiotemporal information visualization technology is a frequently mentioned essential research topic, and visualization research is needed to support it.

In addition, the existing augmented reality HMD (AR Head Mounted Display) provides a basic user input method using the hand, such as an air gesture, but is inaccurate compared to other input methods such as a keyboard, mouse, and touch screen. Users unfamiliar with this technology may find it difficult to use. Therefore, a more sophisticated and effective user input tool is needed for a system such as a virtual city miniature that needs to quickly and accurately use the movement and zoom in/out functions within the map.

P. Milgram and F. Kishino, “A taxonomy of mixed reality visual displays,” IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems, vol. 77, no. 12, pp. 1321-1329, 1994.

It is an object of the present invention to reduce the time and physical costs that may occur depending on the utilization of the IoT by using a virtual IoT device to simulate the real IoT system in the initial digital twin development stage for smart city service design. We want to minimize waste.

In the 3D digital twin visualization system interlocking real and virtual IoT devices according to an embodiment of the present invention, real geospatial data is collected from real Internet of Things (IoT) devices deployed in the real world, and a server is installed in the virtual world. A virtual and real data collection unit that collects virtual geospatial data from virtual Internet of Things (IoT) devices created through the It provides a simultaneous space of augmented reality for interaction based on the data processing unit to transmit and the integrated data, and includes a city digital twin unit that relays the network packets generated for control from the tabletop.

In the 3D digital twin visualization method interlocking real and virtual IoT devices according to an embodiment of the present invention, real geospatial data is collected from real Internet of Things (IoT) devices deployed in the real world, and a server is installed in the virtual world. Collecting virtual geospatial data from a virtual Internet of Things (IoT) device generated through the method, integrating the real geospatial data and the virtual geospatial data; and providing a simultaneous space of augmented reality for interaction based on the integrated data, and performing a digital twin relaying network packets generated for control from a tabletop.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to build a digital twin in an initial stage in an environment where IoT device support is not possible. Physical costs can be minimized.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to simulate in advance using a virtual IoT device even in a state where various kinds of various IoT devices are not built, and the urban environment of a digital twin created based on a real city can be changed. It can be simulated and visualized.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, real-time monitoring is possible using the IoT data visualization function.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a foundation for digital twin production to various companies that are difficult to build IoT devices, and to provide city researchers with a visual tool using augmented reality to utilize various city information way to study it.

1 and 2 are diagrams showing the configuration of a digital twin visualization system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating internal components of a real Internet of Things (Real IoT) area according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 illustrates internal components of a virtual Internet of Things (Virtual IoT) area according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 shows the internal components of an urban digital twin server (UDT Server) according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 illustrates internal components of an interaction system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7A and 7B show the results of visualization of a data set according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a diagram illustrating a result of indoor visualization based on 360 images according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a view showing a visualization result of the interaction of the tabletop according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a digital twin visualization method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but will be embodied in various different forms, and only these embodiments allow the disclosure of the present invention to be complete, and common knowledge in the art to which the present invention pertains It is provided to fully inform those who have the scope of the invention, and the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing the embodiments, and is not intended to limit the present invention. In this specification, the singular also includes the plural unless specifically stated otherwise in the phrase. As used herein, "comprises" and/or "comprising" refers to the presence of one or more other components, steps, operations and/or elements mentioned. or addition is not excluded.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein may be used with the meaning commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. In addition, terms defined in a commonly used dictionary are not to be interpreted ideally or excessively unless specifically defined explicitly.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numerals are used for the same components in the drawings, and repeated descriptions of the same components are omitted.

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a digital twin creation and visualization technology using a three-dimensional virtual city and real and virtual IoT devices, and the gist of the present invention is to simulate using real and virtual IoT devices.

Embodiments of the present invention manufacture a system designed with layers such as IoT system (or virtual and real data collection unit), cloud system (or data processing unit), digital twin (or urban digital twin unit), and each It constitutes the components of a layer and the relationships between the components. The system according to an embodiment of the present invention builds a virtual IoT based on an actual IoT dataset, and the constructed virtual IoT data is visualized based on an augmented reality tool together with a digital twin.

The present invention demonstrates that the system can effectively visualize and show digital twin and IoT data by applying the technology to real urban space.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 10 .

1 and 2 are diagrams showing the configuration of a digital twin visualization system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, the digital twin visualization system according to an embodiment of the present invention creates and visualizes a digital twin using a three-dimensional virtual city and real and virtual IoT devices.

To this end, the digital twin visualization system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a virtual and real data collection unit 110 , a data processing unit 120 , and a city digital twin unit 130 .

The virtual and real data collection unit 110 (IoT System Layer) includes a real data collection unit 112 that collects data from a real IoT device (RI) deployed in the real world and data from a virtual IoT device (VI) in the virtual world. includes a virtual data collection unit 111 that collects It collects virtual geospatial data from virtual Internet of Things (IoT) devices created through At this time, the actual data collection unit 112 includes a storage device (DB) for storing the actual geospatial data. In addition, the virtual data collection unit 111 includes a game engine, and may be created and managed by an administrator.

The real data collection unit 112 collects real geospatial data about real IoT devices from companies and institutions in the real world, and not only real geospatial data, but also location information data, human/IoT sensing data, and data through web services. And it may store at least any one or more data of the authoring data (authoring data).

In this case, the actual data collection unit 112 may convert the actual geospatial data into a JSON format and transmit it to the data processing unit 120 .

The virtual data collection unit 111 generates virtual geospatial data through a self-routine of the server in the virtual world, and at least among geospatial information data, recorded environment data, and authoring data through a game engine on a 3D geographic map. Any one or more data can be combined to create virtual geospatial data.

In this case, the virtual data collection unit 111 may convert the virtual geospatial data into a JSON format and transmit it to the data processing unit 120 .

The data processing unit 120 (Cloud System Layer) integrates real geospatial data and virtual geospatial data and transmits them to an Urban Digital Twin (UDT).

The data processing unit 120 may receive and integrate real geospatial data and virtual geospatial data obtained from real and virtual IoT devices in the data platform area. Thereafter, the data processing unit 120 serves to transmit data to the urban digital twin unit 130 using a TCP/IP network.

The urban digital twin unit 130 (Digital Twin Layer) forms a simultaneous space of augmented reality for interaction based on the integrated data, and relays the network packets generated for control from the tabletop.

The urban digital twin unit 130 includes a tabletop for interaction and an augmented reality head mounted display (HMD) for 3D rendering, and displays a 3D map of the urban space of augmented reality with the screen of the tabletop and Objects in augmented reality maps of buildings, vehicles, notice/event boards and graphs can be displayed in synchronization with location.

In more detail, the urban digital twin unit 130 includes a UDT (Urban Digital Twin, urban digital twin) server, and connects a tabletop (Tabletop, 132) and an augmented reality HMD (AR HMD, 131) for interaction. Thus, it searches urban space with the augmented reality HMD 131 and serves to relay the network packet generated for control from the tabletop 132 of the interactive part. After that, the 3D augmented reality map of the city scale model synchronizes the screen and location of the tabletop 132 to display objects of the augmented reality map such as buildings, vehicles, notice/event boards and graphs. In addition, the indoor augmented reality scene can visualize the monitoring function based on the actual view by 360 images.

In addition, the urban digital twin unit 130 may perform a control for moving or zooming a specific location map in the augmented reality urban space through the tabletop 132 , and the tabletop 132 and the augmented reality HMD 131 may be used to provide an air gesture such as a drag and drop and a selection function by a user's selection input.

3 is a diagram illustrating internal components of a real IoT area according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating internal components of a virtual IoT area according to an embodiment of the present invention. will be. In addition, FIG. 5 shows the internal components of an urban digital twin server (UDT Server) according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 shows internal components of an interaction system according to an embodiment of the present invention. will be.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the interrelationship of the components forming the real Internet of Things area is data through location information data (Geo-Location), human/IoT sensing data (IoT Sensing, Human Sensing), and web services (Web Services). And it includes a storage device (Data Storage) for storing the authoring data (authoring data). After that, the final information is converted into JSON format and transmitted to a data platform.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the interrelationship of the components forming the virtual Internet of Things area includes geographic information data (Geo-Information) through a game engine on a 3D visualization map, and recorded environment data. (Data Generator) and authoring data are combined. After that, the final information is converted into JSON format and transmitted to a data platform.

Referring to Figure 5, the UDT server connects the tabletop system for interaction and the UDT system to explore urban space with an augmented reality HMD, uses HoloLens2 as an augmented reality HMD, and also controls from the tabletop of the interaction part It plays a role of relaying the network packet generated for After that, the 3D AR City Maniature of the miniature city model synchronizes the location with the screen of the tabletop to display objects on the augmented reality map such as buildings, vehicles, notice/event boards and graphs. In addition, the indoor augmented reality scene can visualize the monitoring function based on the actual view by 360 images.

Referring to FIG. 6 , moving or zooming a specific location map of a reduced city model in UDT (Urban Digital Twin) is a tabletop area used by a control tower manager, and a single object is selected and tracked. In addition, in-air gestures such as Drag&Drop Interaction and Touch Interaction are supported by both the augmented reality HMD and the tabletop. The tabletop's 2D Menu Interface is used to select a specific object that the view of the augmented reality HMD tracks, and is particularly useful for showing a specific object out of view of the augmented reality HMD.

7A and 7B show results of visualization of a data set according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 7A shows real geospatial data and virtual geospatial data sets for vehicle movement and visualization results thereof, and FIG. 7B is a visualization of building energy consumption using color changes and graphs of buildings. the results are shown.

Augmented reality city scale model according to an embodiment of the present invention can observe and view the city space from a huge perspective. Here, the present invention applies vehicle movement information and building energy consumption.

In the present city, there is a service that tells you the arrival time of public transport buses at the nearest station. However, it does not provide real-time information on the number of bus passengers.

Accordingly, if the number of passengers can be known using IoT devices, the use of public transportation can be more diversified. However, the data received by the real IoT server (or the real data collection unit) is received at 1-minute intervals, and the type of data is longitude and latitude generated by the real IoT part as shown in FIG. 7A . represents two-dimensional coordinates composed of Real geospatial data acquired by real IoT devices are expressed as undirected points, and the number of passengers is created virtually on the data platform.

A virtual IoT server (or virtual data collection unit) generates simulation data of a bus tram that can be serviced in the future. In addition, as shown in FIG. 7A , the virtual IoT server updates the vehicle position once per second to generate the vehicle direction as a vector by linking the current position and the previous position.

The present invention visualizes augmented reality (AR) that can be used for remote control towers and observatories. As an example, there are several scenarios in which a city manages tracking and data in a city control tower. For example, consider security data such as closed circuit television (CCTV), energy data consumed by city buildings, and fine dust concentration in densely populated areas.

The present invention receives real geospatial data, which is real Internet of Things data on electricity consumption of buildings recorded in units of 24 hours per hour, from a real city building manager. In this case, the electricity consumption data may be provided as a readable file (eg, csv). This file is linked to a virtual IoT server in real time, which is represented in FIG. 7B . In FIG. 7B, (a) is a graph showing energy consumption when a specific building is selected, and (b) shows the selected building and power usage status. Also, (c) shows all buildings for which data is provided from the minimum value of white to the maximum value of red.

8 is a diagram illustrating a result of indoor visualization based on 360 images according to an embodiment of the present invention.

360 indoor scene visualization is a cost-effective process compared to modeling high-quality 3D objects because it is based on images captured by a camera without a separate production process. Accordingly, the present invention implements 360 image-based indoor visualization in a visualization component city digital twin server (UDT, or urban digital twin unit) that adds realism.

The present invention designs a user interface that jumps to a 360 visualization component while hovering over a 360 sphere over a building of a city digital twin server with a gesture click event. The game engine of this visualization component maps the 360 image to the sphere, and the software camera is placed on the sphere and renders the camera's field of view image. Furthermore, novel-view compositing is used to synthesize a new view image, giving freedom of movement to deviate from the camera capture path.

Fig. 8(a) shows a UI system using a 360 sphere in a city digital twin server, and the UI system can jump to a 360 visualization scene connected by a manual gesture click event. In addition, FIG. 8(b) shows a 360 visualization scene, allowing people to look around the actual indoor space and walk inside the scene.

9 is a view showing a visualization result of the interaction of the tabletop according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention can control the augmented reality city scale model by using the touch and drag-and-drop functions of the tabletop digital screen.

The tabletop system connects the city digital twin server, and the city digital twin server transmits the sophisticated data received from the data platform to the tabletop system. The tabletop system displays 2D information on the screen by combining the object list with the location and status data of vehicles and buildings. Items selected from the on-screen menu are transmitted to an augmented reality (AR) city scale model through a digital twin server. Accordingly, the augmented reality (AR) city scale model shows city information in 3D visualization on HoloLens 2.

9( a ) shows an example in which a user uses a touch function of the tabletop system. The geographic map under the 2D menu can be dragged and dropped, and the location of the 2D map can be enlarged and reduced by synchronizing the location with the augmented reality (AR) city scale model.

Fig. 9(b) shows a building directly selected by a user using the ray-casting function of HoloLens2.

10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a digital twin visualization method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The method of FIG. 10 is performed by a digital twin visualization system according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 .

Referring to FIG. 10 , in step S1010, real geospatial data is collected from a real Internet of Things (IoT) device deployed in the real world, and virtual generated through a self-routine of the server in the virtual world Collect virtual geospatial data from Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

Step S1010 collects real geospatial data about real IoT devices from companies and institutions in the real world, and not only real geospatial data, but also location information data, human/IoT sensing data, data and authoring data through web services (authoring) data) may store at least any one or more data.

In addition, step S1010 generates virtual geospatial data through the self-routine of the server in the virtual world, and at least any one or more of geographic information data, recorded environment data, and authoring data through a game engine on a 3D geographic map Data can be combined to create virtual geospatial data.

In this case, in step S1010, the actual geospatial data and the virtual geospatial data may be converted into JSON format and transmitted to step S1020.

In step S1020, the real geospatial data and the virtual geospatial data are integrated.

In step S1030, a simultaneous space of augmented reality for interaction is formed based on the integrated data, and a network packet generated for control is relayed from the tabletop.

Step S1030 includes a tabletop for interaction and an augmented reality head mounted display (HMD) for 3D rendering, and synchronizes a 3D map of an augmented reality urban space with the tabletop screen and location to build a building , vehicles, notice/event boards and graphs of augmented reality maps can be displayed.

Step S1030 may perform a control for moving or zooming a specific location map in the augmented reality urban space through the tabletop, and drag and drop ( Air gestures such as drag and drop and selection functions can be provided.

The system or apparatus described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component, and/or a combination of the hardware component and the software component. For example, devices and components described in the embodiments may include, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable gate array (FPGA). , a programmable logic unit (PLU), microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions, may be implemented using one or more general purpose or special purpose computers. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications executed on the operating system. A processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to execution of the software. For convenience of understanding, although one processing device is sometimes described as being used, one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the processing device includes a plurality of processing elements and/or a plurality of types of processing elements. It can be seen that can include For example, the processing device may include a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as parallel processors.

Software may comprise a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more thereof, which configures a processing device to operate as desired or is independently or collectively processed You can command the device. The software and/or data may be any kind of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage medium or apparatus, to be interpreted by or to provide instructions or data to the processing device. , or may be permanently or temporarily embody in a transmitted signal wave. The software may be distributed over networked computer systems and stored or executed in a distributed manner. Software and data may be stored in one or more computer-readable recording media.

The method according to the embodiment may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be specially designed and configured for the embodiment, or may be known and available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and magnetic such as floppy disks. - includes magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine language codes such as those generated by a compiler, but also high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

As described above, although the embodiments have been described with reference to the limited embodiments and drawings, various modifications and variations are possible from the above description by those skilled in the art. For example, the described techniques are performed in an order different from the described method, and/or the described components of the system, structure, apparatus, circuit, etc. are combined or combined in a different form than the described method, or other components Or substituted or substituted by equivalents may achieve an appropriate result.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are also within the scope of the following claims.

Claims (13)

In a three-dimensional digital twin visualization system that interlocks real and virtual IoT devices,
a virtual and real data collection unit that collects real geospatial data from real Internet of Things (IoT) devices deployed in the real world, and collects virtual geospatial data from virtual Internet of Things (IoT) devices generated through a server in the virtual world;
a data processing unit that integrates the real geospatial data and the virtual geospatial data and transmits them to an Urban Digital Twin (UDT); and
A city digital twin unit that provides a simultaneous space of augmented reality for interaction based on the integrated data and relays the network packets generated for control from the tabletop
Digital twin visualization system that includes. The method of claim 1,
The virtual and real data collection unit
A real data collection unit for collecting the real geospatial data for the real IoT device from companies and institutions in the real world,
A digital twin visualization system that stores at least one of location information data, human / IoT sensing data, data through a web service, and authoring data. 5. The method of claim 4,
The actual data collection unit
a storage device for storing the actual geospatial data;
The virtual and real data collection unit
A digital twin visualization system that converts the real geospatial data and the virtual geospatial data into JSON format and transmits it to the data processing unit. The method of claim 1,
The virtual and real data collection unit
A virtual data collection unit for generating the virtual geospatial data through a self-routine of a server in a virtual world,
A digital twin visualization system for generating the virtual geospatial data by combining data of at least any one of geographic information data through a game engine on a 3D geographic map, recorded environment data, and authoring data. The method of claim 1,
The city digital twin
It includes the tabletop for interaction and an augmented reality head mounted display (HMD) for 3D rendering, and synchronizes the 3D map of the urban space of the augmented reality with the screen and location of the tabletop to create a building , a digital twin visualization system that displays objects in augmented reality maps of vehicles, notice/event boards and graphs. 6. The method of claim 5,
The city digital twin
A digital twin visualization system for performing a control for moving or zooming a specific location map in the augmented reality urban space through the tabletop. 6. The method of claim 5,
The city digital twin
A digital twin visualization system that provides air gestures such as drag and drop and selection functions by a user's selection input using the tabletop and the augmented reality HMD. In the 3D digital twin visualization method interlocking real and virtual IoT devices,
collecting real geospatial data from real Internet of Things (IoT) devices deployed in the real world, and collecting virtual geospatial data from virtual Internet of Things (IoT) devices generated through a server in the virtual world;
integrating the real geospatial data and the virtual geospatial data; and
Providing a simultaneous space of augmented reality for interaction based on the integrated data, and performing a digital twin relaying network packets generated for control from a tabletop
A digital twin visualization method comprising 9. The method of claim 8,
The collecting step
collecting the real geospatial data for the real IoT device from enterprises and institutions in the real world;
A digital twin visualization method for collecting the actual geospatial data of at least one of location information data, human/IoT sensing data, data through a web service, and authoring data. 9. The method of claim 8,
The collecting step
generating the virtual geospatial data through a self-routine of a server in a virtual world;
A digital twin visualization method of generating the virtual geospatial data by combining data of at least any one of geographic information data, recorded environment data, and authoring data through a game engine on a 3D geographic map. 9. The method of claim 8,
The digital twin step is
It includes the tabletop for interaction and an augmented reality head mounted display (HMD) for 3D rendering, and synchronizes the 3D map of the urban space of the augmented reality with the screen and location of the tabletop to create a building , a digital twin visualization method that displays objects in augmented reality maps of vehicles, notice/event boards and graphs. 12. The method of claim 11,
The digital twin step is
A digital twin visualization method for performing a control for moving or zooming a specific location map in the augmented reality urban space through the tabletop. 12. The method of claim 11,
The digital twin step is
A digital twin visualization method for providing air gestures such as drag and drop and selection functions by a user's selection input using the tabletop and the augmented reality HMD.

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