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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Samarth Bharadwaj, Bangalore, IN;
Ramachandra Kota, Bangalore, IN;
Pankaj Dayama, Bangalore, IN;
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, Bangalore, IN;
Pratyush Kumar, Bangalore, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products for cloud coverage estimation by dynamic scheduling of a distributed set of cameras are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes transmitting one or more instructions to each of multiple spatially-distributed cameras in a pre-determined geographic area, wherein the one or more instructions cause each of the spatially-distributed cameras to change a context from (i) a pre-determined task to (ii) capturing one or more spatio-temporal measurements of cloud coverage; tracking the one or more spatio-temporal measurements of cloud coverage captured by the multiple spatially-distributed cameras; obtaining one or more meteorological measurements from one or more non-camera sources; and generating a cloud coverage forecast for the pre-determined geographic area based on (i) the one or more spatio-temporal measurements of cloud coverage captured by the multiple spatially-distributed cameras and (ii) the one or more meteorological measurements from the one or more non-camera sources.