ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,521, issued on April 21, was assigned to DIGS INC. (Vancouver, Wash.).
"Generation of a digital twin from construction information" was invented by Ryan R. Fink (Ridgefield, Wash.) and Ty Frackiewicz (Ridgefield, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for creating a digital twin of a structure, including facilitating communications during construction and during the structure's lifetime. Building documents such as construction plans along with vendor and contractor specifications and information may be ingested and used to automatically create a digital model of the structure. The digital model may be used to facil...