US 10,122,320 B2Granted

Solar panel personality engine

OwnerChristopher A. Estesinventor

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Abstract

A solar panel is disclosed that detects conditions triggered by operational events and then selects behavioral actions for the solar panel to execute in response to the operational events. Condition detection devices detect conditions that the solar panel is exposed to where each condition is triggered by an operational event that the solar panel is encountering. The condition detection devices generate condition data that provides information as to each of the conditions that the solar panel is exposed to and each operational event that triggered each of the conditions that the solar panel is encountering. A personality engine analyzes the condition data provided by the condition detection devices to determine a behavioral action that the solar panel is to execute in response to each operational event that the solar panel is encountering and executes the determined behavioral action to respond to each operational event that the solar panel is encountering.

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Dependent claims

A solar panel, comprising:

a plurality of condition detection devices configured to:
detect a plurality of conditions that the solar panel is exposed to, wherein each condition is triggered by an operational event that the solar panel is encountering, and
generate condition data that provides information as to each of the conditions that the solar panel is exposed to and each operational event that triggered each of the conditions that the solar panel is encountering;
and
a personality engine configured to:
analyze the condition data provided by each of the condition detection devices to determine a behavioral action from a plurality of behavioral actions that the solar panel is to execute in response to each operational event that the solar panel is encountering, and
execute the determined behavioral action so that each executed behavioral action is a response to each operational event that the solar panel is encountering,
wherein the personality engine is further configured to:
analyze the condition data provided by each of the condition detection devices to determine a type of operational event that generated each of the conditions detected by each of the condition detection devices;
and
categorize each of the conditions into an operational event category selected from a plurality of operational event categories based on the type of operational event that triggered each of the conditions,
wherein the personality engine is further configured to associate each of the behavioral actions to at least one operational event category so that each behavioral action associated with each operational event category that is executed by the personality engine responds to the operational event that the solar panel is encountering,
wherein the personality engine is further configured to:
randomly select a behavioral action associated with an operational event category that a condition detected by at least one condition detection device is categorized within;
and
execute the randomly selected behavioral action so that the solar panel responds to the operational event that the solar panel is encountering.

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A solar panel, comprising:

a plurality of condition detection devices configured to:
detect a plurality of solar energy conditions that the solar panel is exposed to as the solar panel is collecting energy from a light source, wherein each solar energy condition is triggered by an solar energy operational event that the solar panel is encountering as the solar panel is collecting energy from the light source, and
generate solar energy condition data that provides solar energy information as to each of the solar energy conditions that the solar panel is exposed to and each solar energy operational event that triggered each of the conditions that the solar panel is encountering as the solar panel is collecting energy from the light source;
and a personality engine configured to:
analyze the solar energy condition data provided by each of the condition detection devices to determine a behavioral action from a plurality of behavioral actions that the solar panel is to execute in response to each solar energy operational event that the solar panel is encountering as the solar panel is collecting energy from the light source, and
execute the determined behavioral action so that each executed behavioral action is a response to each solar energy operational event that the solar panel is encountering as the solar panel is collecting energy from the light source
wherein the plurality of condition detection devices comprises:
a three-dimensional compass configured to:
detect a position of the solar panel relative to a position of the light source, and
generate condition data that is associated with the position of the solar panel relative to the position of the light source;
and
a power meter configured to:
measure an amount of power stored by the solar panel as the solar panel collects energy from the light source, and
generate condition data that is associated with how the solar panel stores power as the solar panel collects energy from the light source.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/271,400Filed 21 Sep 2016 · continuation in part
Priority: 26 Oct 2012
Published: US 2017/0012581 A112 Jan 2017
Granted: 6 Nov 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

H02S 50/00
Monitoring or testing of pv systems
H02J 3/381
Arrangements for feeding a single network from two or more generators or sources in parallel; Arrangements for feeding already energised…
H02J 3/46
Arrangements for feeding a single network from two or more generators or sources in parallel; Arrangements for feeding already energised…
H02J 9/06
In which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source: with automatic change-over , e.g. UPS…

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Application61/719,140Us provisional application · filed 26 Oct 2012
Application13/843,573Parent of this continuation · filed 15 Mar 2013
Application15/260,477Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 9 Sep 2016
US 2017/0012581 A1Pre-grant publication · published 12 Jan 2017
US 9,444,397 B2Parent of this continuation
Application15/260,477Parent of this continuation
US 2014/0116492 A1Published application
US 2016/0380435 A1Published application
US 10,122,320 B2This patent

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