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AssigneesToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSongtao Wu, Debasish Banerjee, Brian K. Woods, Ryota Tomizawa, Shinya Iwasaki
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Systems described herein relate to forming a transparent surface having solar material that harvests energy according to multiple lenses directing light. In one embodiment, a system includes a first lens that directs incident light within a first angular range for absorption and a second angular range for transmission to an interior environment. The system also includes transparent material within predetermined areas associated with the first lens that transmit the incident light from the second angular range towards the interior environment. The system also includes absorption components being located outside the predetermined areas capturing energy from the incident light within the first angular range, the absorption components being hidden at the second angular range from an exterior view. The system also includes a second lens that is aligned with the transparent material and the absorption components, the second lens transmitting the incident light to the interior environment.
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