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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
May. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/20 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06T 7/277 (2017.01); G06T 7/292 (2017.01); H02S 20/32 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/248 (2017.01); G06T 5/002 (2013.01); G06T 5/20 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06T 7/277 (2017.01); G06T 7/292 (2017.01); H02S 20/32 (2014.12); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30181 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a sun position tracking method based on a black sun effect of an image sensor, a computer program including commands for causing a computer system to perform the method, and a solar sensor using the method. The sun position tracking method includes processing a plurality of images captured using a plurality of image sensors installed to capture a plurality of images of the sun irrespective of the position of the sun to estimate the center point of the black sun and track the position of the sun.