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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2020
Applicants:
University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Dominion Energy Inc., Richmond, VA (US);
Inventors:
Assignees:
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Knoxville, TN (US);
DOMINION ENERGY INC., Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/329 (2019.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G05F 1/67 (2006.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/329 (2013.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G05F 1/67 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2639 (2013.01); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a photovoltaic module and a computation module that is coupled to the photovoltaic module and is configured to receive power therefrom, the computation module being configured to communicate an active message to a controller in response to the computation module transitioning to a power on state and configured to receive a task command from the controller in response to communicating the active message to the controller.