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US 2010/0061593 A1Published application
Extrapolation system for solar access determination
OwnerWillard S. MacDonald, Mark B. Galliinventors
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Abstract
An extrapolation system includes acquiring a first orientation-referenced image at a first position, acquiring a second orientation-referenced image at a second position having a vertical offset from the first position, and processing the first orientation-referenced image and the second orientation-referenced image to provide an output parameter extrapolated to a third position that has an offset from the first position and the second position.
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A method, comprising:
- acquiring a first orientation-referenced image of a first skyline at a first position;
- acquiring a second orientation-referenced image of a second skyline at a second position that has a vertical offset from the first position;
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- processing the first orientation-referenced image and the second orientation-referenced image to provide an output parameter extrapolated to a third position having an offset from the first position and the second position, wherein the output parameter includes at least one of a solar access referenced to the third position, a detected skyline referenced to the third position, and a mapping of one or more points that are present in both the first image and the second image, to corresponding one or more points that each have a corresponding azimuth angle and a corresponding elevation angle referenced to the third position.
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A method, comprising:
- acquiring a first orientation-referenced image at a first position, wherein at least one point in the first orientation-referenced image is mapped to a corresponding first azimuth angle and first elevation angle that are referenced to the first position;
- acquiring a second orientation-referenced image at a second position having a vertical offset from the first position, wherein the second orientation-referenced image includes the at least one point in the first orientation-referenced image, wherein the at least one point is mapped to a corresponding second elevation angle and to a corresponding second azimuth angle that is equal to the first azimuth angle, and wherein the second elevation angle and the second azimuth angle are referenced to the second position;
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- processing the first orientation-referenced image and the second orientation-referenced image to provide a mapping of the at least one point to a corresponding third azimuth angle and third elevation angle that are referenced to a third position that is offset from the first position and the second position.
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A method, comprising:
- acquiring a first orientation-referenced image of a first skyline with a measurement system located at a first position;
- acquiring a second orientation-referenced image of a second skyline with the measurement system located at a second position having a vertical offset from the first position;
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- processing the first orientation-referenced image and the second orientation-referenced image with the measurement system to provide an output parameter extrapolated to a third position that is offset from the first position and the second position, wherein the output parameter includes at least one of a solar access referenced to the third position, a detected skyline referenced to the third position, and a mapping of one or more points that are present in both the first image and the second image, to corresponding one or more points that each have a corresponding azimuth angle and a corresponding elevation angle each referenced to the third position.
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