Image analysis and estimation of rooftop solar exposure via solar ray mapping

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) solar irradiation assessment system may automate several design parameters of solar panel design, cost and payoff estimations, and installation. The system models a structure and surrounding obstacles in a three-dimensional space. The system maps ray paths between ea...

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Hauptverfasser:	Gerszewski, Daniel, Loveland, Jim, Christiansen, Dan, Larson, Leif, Christiansen, Tad
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AEROPLANES AIRCRAFT AVIATION CALCULATING COLORIMETRY COMPUTING COSMONAUTICS COUNTING HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS HELICOPTERS MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT,POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED,VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT MEASURING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PRESENTATION OF DATA RADIATION PYROMETRY RECOGNITION OF DATA RECORD CARRIERS TESTING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) solar irradiation assessment system may automate several design parameters of solar panel design, cost and payoff estimations, and installation. The system models a structure and surrounding obstacles in a three-dimensional space. The system maps ray paths between each of a plurality of locations on a roof of a structure and modeled locations of the sun at various time intervals during a selected time period to determine the solar irradiance at various locations. Obstacles modeled in three-dimensional space that block the ray-paths during some or all of the various time intervals result in decreased solar irradiance values for the affected locations on the roof. A visual model of the roof may be shown with a heatmap of irradiance values and/or a graphical placement of solar panels.