Mobile panel cleaner

A mobile panel maintenance unit, comprising:

• a base supported for translational motion over a ground surface;
• a carriage arm movably mounted to said base;
• a panel maintenance assembly affixed in movable orientation to said carriage arm;
• a logic controller operable to control translational motion of said base over said ground surface;
• a global positioning system receiver operable to communicatively couple to a global positioning system;
• a real time kinematics receiver configured to communicatively coupled to a base station operable to broadcast a phase measurement of a carrier wave emitted by said global positioning system;
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• a global position signal analyzer operable to compare said phase measurement of said carrier wave received by said real time kinematics receiver of said apparatus with said phase measurement of said carrier wave received by said base station, said global position signal analyzer based on comparison of said phase measurement of said carrier wave calculates location coordinates of said mobile panel maintenance unit to said base station.

A mobile panel maintenance unit, comprising:

• a base supported for translational motion over a ground surface;
• a carriage arm movably mounted to said base;
• a panel maintenance assembly affixed in movable orientation to said carriage arm;
• a logic controller including a processor communicatively coupled to a non-transitory computer readable media containing a program code, said logic controller operable to control operation of said mobile panel maintenance unit;
• an electronic data exchanger communicatively coupled through a network to a panel array database including panel spatial information, including one or more of geographic panel location coordinates, location coordinates of panel dimensional boundaries, or location coordinates of panel plane orientation,
• said logic controller compares location coordinates of said mobile panel maintenance unit on said ground surface to said panel spatial information to position said mobile panel maintenance unit proximate a panel, wherein said logic controller identifies location coordinates of panel dimensional boundaries or location coordinates of panel plane orientation to position said panel maintenance assembly in relation to said panel surface.

A mobile panel maintenance unit, comprising:

• a base supported for translational motion over a ground surface;
• a carriage arm movably affixed to said base;
• a panel maintenance assembly affixed in movable orientation to said carriage arm;
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• a logic controller including a processor communicatively coupled to a non-transitory computer readable media containing a program code, said logic controller operable to control operation of said mobile panel maintenance unit;
• a fluid reservoir and a fluid flow generator carried by said base,
• said fluid flow generator operable to generate a fluid flow of said fluid from said fluid reservoir to one or more fluid ports;
• said panel maintenance assembly under control of said logic controller positions one or more fluid ports to deliver a fluid to a panel surface;
• a fluid temperature sensor disposed to sense fluid temperature of said fluid;
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• a fluid heater thermally coupled to said fluid, said logic controller operable to process fluid temperature sensor signals to operate said fluid heater to maintain a pre-selected fluid temperature.

A mobile panel maintenance unit, comprising:

• a base supported for translational motion over a ground surface;
• a carriage arm movably mounted to said base;
• a panel maintenance assembly affixed in movable orientation to said carriage arm, said panel maintenance assembly having one or more wipers;
• a logic controller including a processor communicatively coupled to a non-transitory computer readable media containing a program code, said logic controller operable to control operation of said mobile panel maintenance unit, said panel maintenance assembly under control of said logic controller positions said one or more wipers to contact a panel surface;
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• a fluid catch carried by said mobile base, said fluid catch disposed in spatial relation to a panel by movement of said base to catch a fluid flowing from said panel.

A mobile panel maintenance unit, comprising:

• a base supported for translational motion over a ground surface;
• a carriage arm movably mounted to said base;
• a panel maintenance assembly affixed in movable orientation to said carriage;
• and
• a logic controller including a processor communicatively coupled to a non-transitory computer readable media containing a program code, said logic controller operable to control translational motion of said base over said ground surface;
• a global positioning system receiver operable to communicatively couple to a global positioning system;
• a global positioning signal analyzer operable to analyze a global positioning system signal, and optionally, a real time kinematics receiver communicatively coupled to a base station operable to broadcast a phase measurement of the carrier wave associated with said global positioning system signal, said global position signal analyzer operable to compare said phase measurement of said carrier wave received by said real time kinematics receiver of said apparatus with said phase measurement of said carrier wave received by said stationary base station, said global position signal analyzer based on analysis of said global positioning signal or based on comparison of said phase measurement of said carrier wave determines location coordinates of said mobile panel maintenance unit;
• an electronic data exchanger operable to communicatively coupled directly, or indirectly through a network, to a client computing device,
• said logic controller operable to execute said program code to:
• access a map database including geographic spatial information to depict a visual representation of a geographic area;
• access a panel array database including panel array information to depict a visual representation of a panel array in said visual representation of geographic area;
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• access said global positioning system or said real time kinematics system to depict an origin location icon associated with origin location coordinates of said mobile panel maintenance unit on a client computing device.