Methods and systems for solar shade analysis

摘要

Some embodiments include a method of operating a computing device for performing solar shading analysis. The method can include: receiving a multimedia message from a mobile device, the multimedia message including a photograph of an image of sky reflected off of a reflective dome attached to an apparatus platform; identifying an unobstructed sky area and an obstructed sky area in the photograph; computing a shading percentage based on relative portions of the unobstructed sky area and the obstructed sky area; and generating a solar analysis report including the shading percentage, in response to receiving the multimedia message.

主权项

1. A computer server system comprising:
a computer processor configured by executable instructions to: receive a multimedia message from a mobile device over a network that is at least partially wireless, the multimedia message containing a photograph of sky reflected off of a solar reflection apparatus; extract a location of the photograph from the mobile device; identify a compass in the photograph to determine an orientation of the solar reflection apparatus; determine a sun path based on the extracted location and the determined orientation; compute solar capacity at the location based on image analysis of the photograph by comparing the photograph to the sun path; and generate a solar analysis report including the solar capacity based on the sun path to provide for the mobile device.