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Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2022
Applicant:

Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jacob Wachman, San Francisco, CA (US);

Terrence Brown, San Jose, CA (US);

Bradley Folta, San Jose, CA (US);

Deepesh Makkar, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

SUNPOWER CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 50/15 (2014.01); G06V 10/74 (2022.01); G06V 10/98 (2022.01); G06V 20/70 (2022.01); G06V 30/42 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 50/15 (2014.12); G06V 10/761 (2022.01); G06V 10/993 (2022.01); G06V 20/70 (2022.01); G06V 30/42 (2022.01);
Abstract

Remotely surveying a photovoltaic system site includes receiving a photograph uploaded by a user device; analyzing the photograph using a trained machine learning model; receiving a confidence score from the trained machine learning model; determining if the photograph includes predetermined information, the predetermined information being used to perform a remote photovoltaic (PV) system site survey remotely; and in response to a determination that the photograph does not include the predetermined information, provide specific instructions regarding the missing information, wherein the specific instructions include guidance on how to retake the photograph to capture the predetermined information.


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