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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2019
System and methods for automatic solar panel recognition and defect detection using infrared imaging
Applicant:
General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc., Fairfax, VA (US);
Inventors:
Glen P. Abousleman, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Xiang Gao, Tempe, AZ (US);
Eric Munson, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Jennie Si, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc., Fairfax, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/32 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/3233 (2013.01); G06K 9/4638 (2013.01); G06T 7/001 (2013.01); G06T 7/0008 (2013.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for detecting a defect in a solar panel. The method includes initially imaging, via an infrared camera, a group of solar panels. Then, identifying, via a computer system configured for solar panel defect detection, the individual solar panels in the group of solar panels. Finally, identifying, via evaluation of an infrared image obtained by the infrared camera, a defect in at least one of the group of solar panels.