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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2012
Michael Schmidt, Bavaria, DE;
Christian Maria Anton Heller, Bavaria, DE;
Oliver Gerhard Mayer, Bavaria, DE;
Marcus Zettl, Aying, DE;
Omar Ivan Stern Gonzalez, Bavaria, DE;
Yaru Najem Mendez Hernandez, Bavaria, DE;
Mark Ronald Lynass, Bavaria, DE;
Eva Bernal Serra, Bavaria, DE;
Marianne Hartung, Bavaria, DE;
Michael Schmidt, Bavaria, DE;
Christian Maria Anton Heller, Bavaria, DE;
Oliver Gerhard Mayer, Bavaria, DE;
Marcus Zettl, Aying, DE;
Omar Ivan Stern Gonzalez, Bavaria, DE;
Yaru Najem Mendez Hernandez, Bavaria, DE;
Mark Ronald Lynass, Bavaria, DE;
Eva Bernal Serra, Bavaria, DE;
Marianne Hartung, Bavaria, DE;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A prediction system for predicting solar irradiance based on cloud characteristics includes a sky imager that includes a customized lens configured to capture one or more substantially planar images of the sky. The prediction system further includes an image processor coupled to the sky imager and configured to process the one or more substantially planar images. Moreover, the prediction system includes a computing system coupled to the image processor and configured to detect cloud characteristics based on the one or more substantially planar images, and predict the solar irradiance based on the cloud characteristics.