Methods for solar access measurement
AssigneeSolmetric Corporation
InventorsWillard S. MacDonald, Robert MacDonald
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Abstract
A method for determining solar access at a position includes: obtaining an image of a horizon that includes a skyline; determining the azimuth orientation and the inclination of the obtained image; and determining solar access based on the skyline within the obtained image, the measured azimuth orientation and inclination of the obtained image, and a position associated with the image of the horizon. Other features and embodiments relating to solar access measurement are disclosed.
Claims9
A non-transitory computer-readable medium with an executable computer program comprising an ordered listing of executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the computer program, when executed, instructs a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
- obtaining an image of a horizon that includes a skyline, wherein said image is obtained by a virtual image sensor of a 3D CAD model digitally representing a real-world open area;
- determining the azimuth orientation and the inclination of the obtained image;
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- determining solar access based on the skyline within the obtained image, the measured azimuth orientation and inclination of the obtained image, and a position associated with the image of the horizon.
A method for determining solar access, comprising:
- within a computerized system comprising a 3D CAD model configured to obtain an image of a virtual horizon that includes a virtual skyline at a predetermined virtual position, wherein said virtual horizon corresponds to a real world horizon, said virtual skyline corresponds to a real world skyline, and said virtual position corresponds to a real world position:
- obtaining an image of the virtual horizon and the virtual skyline associated therewith;
- determining the azimuth orientation and inclination of the obtained image;
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- processing the obtained image to locate the skyline in the obtained image;
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- determining solar access based on the virtual skyline within the obtained image, the measured azimuth orientation and inclination of the obtained image, and the position associated with the image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.