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公开(公告)号:US20250023358A1
公开(公告)日:2025-01-16
申请号:US18438699
申请日:2024-02-12
Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Yukinori MURAKAMI
Abstract: Solar modules including a solar panel, a sensor for acquiring a power generation state of the solar panel, and a power generation control unit for controlling power generation of the solar panel based on the power generation state are connected to each other. A scan control device for controlling a scan process for scanning an output voltage of each solar panel executed by each power generation control unit to search for a maximum power point includes a determination unit for determining whether or not a power generation state of each solar panel satisfies a predetermined condition, and an instruction unit for instructing a power generation control unit of a solar panel to be controlled based on a result of a scan process in a specific solar module when there is a solar module to be controlled whose power generation state of the solar panel does not satisfy the predetermined condition.
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公开(公告)号:US12181879B2
公开(公告)日:2024-12-31
申请号:US17224391
申请日:2021-04-07
Applicant: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Inventor: Cong Zhao , Minjian Pang , Rui Li , You Zhou , Zhe Liu , Guyue Zhou
IPC: H04N23/00 , G01S3/786 , G05D1/00 , G06T7/20 , G06T7/246 , G06T7/70 , G06V20/10 , G06V20/13 , G06V20/17 , H04N23/68 , H04N23/695 , B64U101/31 , H04N23/60
Abstract: A method for controlling target tracking includes determining whether a tracking mode of a movable object is a manual tracking mode or an automatic tracking mode; when it is determined that the tracking mode is the manual tracking mode, determining a target for the movable object from one or more images based on a user input; when it is determined that the tracking mode is the automatic tracking mode, having the movable object determine the target automatically; and directing the movable object to track a target object using the target.
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公开(公告)号:US20240426961A1
公开(公告)日:2024-12-26
申请号:US18754718
申请日:2024-06-26
Applicant: Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
Inventor: Meir Adest , Guy Sella , Lior Handelsman , Yoav Galin , Amir Fishelov , Meir Gazit , Tzachi Glovinsky , Yaron Binder
IPC: G01S3/786 , H02J3/38 , H02J3/46 , H02J13/00 , H02M1/00 , H02M1/08 , H02M1/44 , H02M3/04 , H02M7/44 , H02M7/493 , H02S40/22
Abstract: A distributed power system wherein a plurality of power converters are connected in parallel and share the power conversion load according to a prescribed function, but each power converter autonomously determines its share of power conversion. Each power converter operates according to its own power conversion formula/function, such that overall the parallel-connected converters share the power conversion load in a predetermined manner.
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公开(公告)号:US12164046B2
公开(公告)日:2024-12-10
申请号:US17872762
申请日:2022-07-25
Applicant: NEXTRACKER LLC
Inventor: Jérôme Arliaud , Madyan Michotte De Welle
Abstract: A method for controlling the orientation of a solar module including a single-axis solar tracker orientable about an axis of rotation, and a photovoltaic device supported by said tracker and having upper and lower photoactive faces, including: measurement of a distribution of the solar luminance called incident luminance originating from the incident solar radiation coming from the sky to reach the upper face, said distribution being established according to several elevation angles; measurement of a distribution of the solar luminance called reflected luminance originating from the albedo solar radiation corresponding to the reflection of the solar radiation on the ground to reach the lower face, said distribution being established according to several elevation angles; determination of an optimum orientation considering the measurements of said distributions of the incident and reflected solar luminance; and servo-control of the orientation of the module on said optimum orientation.
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公开(公告)号:US12157585B2
公开(公告)日:2024-12-03
申请号:US17560798
申请日:2021-12-23
Applicant: Blue Origin, LLC
Inventor: Brian Jay Tillotson
Abstract: Systems and methods for pointing photovoltaic arrays for optimal power generation. One or more methods among a plurality of methods for pointing an array may be used by a spacecraft control system to point the array. Example methods to use to point the photovoltaic array relate to analyzing current output, analyzing image data, and analyzing computational knowledge of reflective bodies or light sources. The spacecraft may be further controlled to reduce shadow by re-orienting, receiving light reflected off spacecraft, and orienting a photovoltaic array relative to incoming light sources based on topographic properties of the array such as cell grooves.
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公开(公告)号:US20240372025A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-07
申请号:US18509200
申请日:2023-11-14
Applicant: LaserMotive, Inc.
Inventor: Jordin T. Kare , Thomas J. Nugent, JR. , David Bashford
IPC: H01L31/054 , F21S11/00 , G01S3/78 , G01S3/786 , G02B3/08 , G02B5/00 , G02B17/08 , G02B19/00 , G02B21/04 , G02B27/09 , H01L31/0232 , H01L31/042 , H01L31/052 , H02S20/00 , H02S20/32
Abstract: A device for converting electromagnetic radiation into electricity comprises an expander that includes a conical shape having an axis and a curved surface that is configured to reflect electromagnetic radiation away from the axis to expand a beam of the electromagnetic radiation; and one or more energy conversion components configured to receive a beam of electromagnetic radiation expanded by the expander, and to generate electricity from the expanded beam of electromagnetic radiation. With the expander's curved surface, a beam of electromagnetic radiation that is highly concentrated—has a large radiation flux—may be converted into a beam that has a larger cross-sectional area. Moreover, one can configure, if desired, the curved surface to provide a substantially uniform distribution of radiation across the expanded cross-sectional area. With such an expanded beam the one or more energy conversion components can efficiently convert some of the electromagnetic radiation into electricity.
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公开(公告)号:US20240345198A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-17
申请号:US18757280
申请日:2024-06-27
Applicant: ULTRAHAPTICS IP TWO LIMITED
Inventor: David HOLZ
CPC classification number: G01S3/7864 , G06T7/70 , G01S17/46
Abstract: A method and system determines object orientation using a light source to create a shadow line extending from the light source. A camera captures an image including the shadow line on an object surface. An orientation module determines the surface orientation from the shadow line. In some examples a transparency imperfection in a window through which a camera receives light can be detected and a message sent to a user as to the presence of a light-blocking or light-distorting substance or particle. A system can control illumination while imaging an object in space using a light source mounted to a support structure so a camera captures an image of the illuminated object. Direct illumination of the camera by light from the light source can be prevented such as by blocking the light or using a light-transmissive window adjacent the camera to reject light transmitted directly from the light source.
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公开(公告)号:US12117546B1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-15
申请号:US18647246
申请日:2024-04-26
Applicant: Samsara Inc.
CPC classification number: G01S3/7861 , F24S50/20 , H02S20/32
Abstract: A management server in communication with one or more object tracking devices is disclosed. The management server may receive location information, configuration information, and orientation information associated with the one or more object tracking devices. Based at least in part on the location information, the management server may receive weather information associated with the locations of the one or more object tracking devices. Based at least in part on the location information, the weather information, the configuration information, and the orientation information, the management server can determine power generated and power consumed by the one or more object tracking devices, which then can be used to determine estimated operation time for the one or more object tracking devices.
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公开(公告)号:US20240111027A1
公开(公告)日:2024-04-04
申请号:US17936342
申请日:2022-09-28
Applicant: The Aerospace Corporation
Inventor: Matthew C. Britton
CPC classification number: G01S7/4816 , G01S3/7867 , G01S7/4817
Abstract: Analyzing electro-optical imagery from a telescope observing one or more satellites includes capturing one or more images of a plurality of stars and the one or more satellites, and sequentially or randomly selecting each one of a plurality of diagonal lines of pixels in the one or more images. The plurality of diagonal lines of pixels represent one of the plurality of stars in the one or more images. Additionally, a moving average filter is applied to the selected one of the plurality of diagonal lines of pixels to find a location of one of the plurality of start on an x- and y-axis coordinate. Furthermore, the location of the one of the plurality of stars is provided in the one or more captured images to be cross referenced with angular coordinates and radiometric quantities in stellar catalogs.
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公开(公告)号:US11914404B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-27
申请号:US17268939
申请日:2019-08-28
Applicant: NEXTRACKER LLC
Inventor: Yudong Ma , Francesco Borrelli , Yang Liu , Allan Daly
CPC classification number: G05D3/105 , G01S3/7861 , H02S20/32 , H02S40/38 , G01W1/00
Abstract: A solar tracking system comprises multiple solar panel modules forming a grid of solar panel modules, wherein the multiple solar panel modules are movable relative to a solar source independently of each other; and a control system configured to orient each of the multiple solar panel modules to the solar source independently of each other based on a performance model to optimize an energy output from the grid of solar panel modules, wherein the performance model predicts an energy output from the grid of solar panel modules based on a topography of the area containing the grid of solar panel modules and weather conditions local to each of the solar panel modules.
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