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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Esolar, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Inventors:
Adam Azarchs, Paris, FR;
Alexander Sonn, Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 3/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices for determining an unsafe region and a safe target in a central receiver solar power plant by projecting the geometry of the central receiver onto a plane image using a perspective transform as seen from the perspective of a heliostat, dilating the geometry of the central receiver in the plane image by a safety margin, and selecting a set of safe target points for the heliostat.