System and Method for Provisioning Energy Systems
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Abstract
The invention provides systems and methods for provisioning a site with an energy system such as a solar energy system. A system according to an embodiment of the invention comprises a user interface module providing a graphical user interface for receiving information from a user, for example a potential purchaser. The information includes location information for the site to be provisioned. An image retrieval module is coupled to the user interface module and to a source of geographical information. The image retrieval module retrieves at least one image of the site corresponding to the location provided by the user. A sizing module is configured to enable a user to measure an installation surface represented in the image. Energy system components are selected based on the measurements.
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87 Claims
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1-68. -68. (canceled)
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69. A system for measuring a real world structure to be provisioned with solar panels by measuring an image including the structure, the system comprising:
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a display unit configured to display the image including the structure; metadata for the image representing a scale of the image with respect to the real world; a displayable, user-adjustable indicator, the indicator calibrated in accordance with the scale such that user adjustment of the indicator with respect to the displayed image of the structure provides a measurement of the real world structure. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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80. A method for measuring a real world structure for installation of solar panels comprising:
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displaying an image of the structure on a display device; providing an interactive indicator for display on the display device; displaying the interactive indicator on the display device; enabling a human operator to manipulate the interactive indicator with respect to the displayed image of the structure to indicate a dimension of the displayed image; providing a measurement of the real world structure based on the indicated dimension of the displayed image. - View Dependent Claims (81, 82, 83, 84, 85)
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86. A method for rapidly provisioning a structure with solar panels comprising:
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receiving structure location information from a first human operator system;
selecting an image of the structure for display to a second human operator on a first display device;displaying an interactive indicator on the first display device and enabling the second human operator to generate measurements of the structure by manipulating the displayed interactive indicator with respect to the displayed image of the structure; evaluating the structure for provisioning with solar panels based, at least in part on the measurements. - View Dependent Claims (87)
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