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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2025
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, SA;
Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (Sdaia), Riyadh, SA;
Mohamed Mohandes, Dhahran, SA;
Hambal Tella, Dhahran, SA;
Bo Liu, Dhahran, SA;
Ali Al-Shaikhi, Dhahran, SA;
Shafiqur Rehman, Dhahran, SA;
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, SA;
Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), Riyadh, SA;
Abstract
A method and a system for detecting defects in solar panels. The method includes collecting an image dataset of infrared images of the at least one mounted and operational solar panel; applying the image dataset to a YOLOS-PV convolutional neural network; converting the image dataset to a set of patches; applying position embedding to each patch and generating a set of position embedded patches; applying the set of position embedded patches to a transformer block encoder; generating a set of detection tokens; applying the set of detection tokens to an array of multi-layer perceptron (MLP) heads; classifying defects in the position embedded patches; setting, by the MLP heads, a plurality of Bpred bounding boxes for each of the set of position embedded patches; and identifying a solar panel in need of repair based on the defects in the set of position embedded patches and the plurality of Bpred bounding boxes.