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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2012
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Jusuke Shimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 5/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/02 (2006.01); H02J 7/35 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/02021 (2013.01); Y02E 10/58 (2013.01); H02J 7/35 (2013.01); Y02E 10/542 (2013.01); Y02E 10/566 (2013.01); Y10S 323/906 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a solar cell system including: a solar cell; a load controller connected to the solar cell, the load controller being capable of controlling a load applied to the solar cell; an output measuring unit for measuring a power generation output of the solar cell; and an output predicting unit for predicting a value to be reached by the output on a basis of transient response of the output measured by the output measuring unit, wherein the solar cell system has a function of controlling the load controller so as to maximize the value to be reached.