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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 06, 2023
Applicant:

Eagle View Technologies, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Ajai Sehgal, Woodinville, WA (US);

David Nilosek, Bothell, WA (US);

Daniel Rojas, La Union, CR;

George Chaves, Tambor, CR;

Pete Cleveland, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Eagle View Technologies, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/05 (2011.01); G06F 30/13 (2020.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/05 (2013.01); H02J 3/004 (2020.01); G06F 30/13 (2020.01); G06T 19/00 (2013.01); G06T 2210/56 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems are disclosed that automatically determine solar access values. In one implementation, a 3D geo-referenced model of a structure is retrieved in which geographic location on the earth of points in the 3D geo-referenced model are stored or associated with points in the 3D geo-referenced model. Object point cloud data indicative of object(s) that cast shade on the structure is retrieved. The object point cloud data may be generated from one or more georeferenced images and the object point cloud data is indicative of an actual size, shape, and location of the object(s) on the earth. The structure in the 3D geo-referenced model is divided into one or more sections, which are divided into one or more areas, each area having at least three vertices. Then, a solar access value for the particular vertex is determined.


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