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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2012
Applicant:
Asim Mumtaz, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventor:
Asim Mumtaz, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
SolarCity Corporation, San Mateo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/383 (2013.01); H02J 13/002 (2013.01); Y02E 10/563 (2013.01); Y02E 40/72 (2013.01); Y04S 10/123 (2013.01);
Abstract
For an array of installed energy harvesting devices, a method of gathering information about individual devices in the array and generating a layout or map of the installed devices based on the gathered information is provided. A communications gateway or a base station gathers the information and determines the positions of individual micro-inverters. The gathered information is used to generate a topological or geometrical map of the installed devices.