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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2018
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Takashi Iwasaki, Osaka, JP;
Koji Mori, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Saito, Osaka, JP;
Kazushi Iyatani, Osaka, JP;
Yoshikazu Kogetsu, Osaka, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
This method for detecting a poor module-mounting-state in a concentrator photovoltaic apparatus includes: photographing a surface of an array by an imaging device; obtaining an image in which a virtual image, magnified through a condenser lens, of a light receiving portion including a cell and a vicinity thereof is formed, and a collection of pixels of the virtual image forms a composite virtual image of an entirety of the light receiving portion, the composite virtual image being projected over a plurality of modules; and detecting a poor module-mounting-state based on a form of the composite virtual image.