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US 10,539,456 B2Granted
Combi-sensor systems
AssigneeView, Inc.
InventorsErich R. Klawuhn, Douglas S. Silkwood, Jason Zedlitz, Stephen Clark Brown, Dhairya Shrivastava
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Abstract
Certain aspects pertain to a combination sensor comprising a set of physical sensors facing different directions proximate a structure, and configured to measure solar radiation in different directions. The combination sensor also comprises a virtual facade-aligned sensor configured to determine a combi-sensor value at a facade of the structure based on solar radiation readings from the set of physical sensors.
Claims22
A combination sensor comprising:
- a set of two or more physical sensors facing different directions proximate a structure, and configured to measure solar radiation in different directions;
- and
- a virtual sensor configured to determine a combi-sensor value at a facade of the structure based at least in part on solar radiation readings from the set of physical sensors, the facade lacking a physical sensor operable to measure solar radiation in a direction of the facade.
A method comprising:
- determining solar radiation readings taken by a set of two or more physical sensors facing different directions proximate a structure;
- and
- determining a combi-sensor value of a virtual sensor at a facade of the structure based at least in part on the solar radiation readings taken by the set of physical sensors, the facade lacking a physical sensor operable to measure solar radiation in direction of the facade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.