Solar cell module, building material with solar cell module, solar cell module framing structure, and solar power generation apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshihiko Mimura
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Abstract
A solar cell module includes an electrical parameter detection unit including an operating current detector unit for a solar cell element and a communication unit for communicating an output from the operating current detection unit, thereby providing a solar cell module capable of easily specifying a malfunctioning solar cell module.
Claims29
A first solar cell module operable in an array together with a second solar cell module, said first solar cell module comprising:
- a solar cell element;
- an electrical parameter detection unit for the solar cell element;
- and
- a communication unit for performing communication in accordance with an output from said electrical parameter detection unit,
- wherein said first solar cell module contains ID information and the communication unit is adapted to transmit said ID information in accordance with the output from said electrical parameter detection unit, and
- wherein the ID information for the first solar cell module is different from ID information for the second solar cell module.
A building member comprising:
- a first solar cell module operable in an array together with a second solar cell module and comprising a solar cell element;
- an electrical parameter detection unit for the solar cell element;
- and
- a communication unit for performing communication in accordance with an output from said electrical parameter detection unit,
- wherein said first solar cell module contains ID information and the communication unit is adapted to transmit said ID information in accordance with the output from said electrical parameter detection unit, and
- wherein the ID information for the first solar cell module is different from ID information for the second solar cell module.
A solar cell module framing structure comprising:
- a first solar cell module operable in an array together with a second solar cell module and comprising a solar cell element;
- an electrical parameter detection unit for the solar cell element;
- a communication unit for performing communication in accordance with an output from said electrical parameter detection unit, and
- a display unit responding to a signal from said communication unit, said display unit being arranged in a nonsolar cell member, wherein said first solar cell module contains ID information and the communication unit is adapted to transmit said ID information in accordance with the output from said electrical parameter detection unit, and
- wherein the ID information for the first solar cell module is different from ID information for the second solar cell module.
A solar cell module framing structure comprising:
- a first solar cell module operable in an array together with a second solar cell module and comprising a solar cell element;
- an electrical parameter detection unit for the solar cell element;
- a signal generation unit for generating a signal in accordance with an output from said electrical parameter detection unit;
- a superposing unit for superposing the signal on an electrical output from said first solar cell module;
- a signal separation unit for separating the signal superposed on the electrical output from the electrical output;
- and
- a display unit responding to a signal from said signal separation unit, said display unit being arranged in a nonsolar member,
- wherein said first solar cell module contains ID information and the signal generation unit is adapted to transmit said ID information in accordance with the output from said electrical parameter detection unit, and
- wherein the ID information for the first solar cell module is different from ID information for the second solar cell module.
A solar power generation apparatus having a plurality of solar cell modules, comprising a signal generation unit in each of the plurality of solar cell modules, wherein the plurality of solar cell modules have pieces of ID information, respectively, and
- wherein the pieces of ID information are different frequency signals generated by each signal generation unit, respectively or are pulse signals having different patterns generated by each signal generation unit, respectively.
A first solar cell module operable in an array together with a second solar cell module, said first solar cell module comprising:
- (a) a solar cell element which generates an electrical output;
- and
- (b) a signal generation unit adapted to generate a signal in accordance with the electrical output from the solar cell element,
- wherein the signal which is a piece of ID information for the first solar cell module is different from a signal which is a piece of ID information for the second solar cell module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.