Localized weather prediction through utilization of cameras
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving an image pertaining to a geographic region;
based at least in part upon the image, predicting at least one weather condition for the geographic region at a future point in time;
based at least in part upon the at least one weather condition for the geographic region at the future point in time, utilizing a processor to predict an amount of electrical power that will be output at the future point in time by a power source that utilizes renewable energy to generate electrical power, wherein the power source is in the geographic region; and
managing computing resources at a data center based at least in part upon the amount of electrical power that is predicted to be generated by the power source at the future point in time, wherein the data center is in the geographic region.
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Abstract
Described herein are various technologies pertaining to predicting an amount of electrical power that is to be generated by a power system at a future point in time, wherein the power system utilizes a renewable energy resource to generate electrical power. A camera is positioned to capture an image of sky over a geographic region of interest. The image is analyzed to predict an amount of solar radiation that is to be received by the power source at a future point in time. The predicted solar radiation is used to predict an amount of electrical power that will be output by the power system at the future point in time. A computational resource of a data center that is powered by way of the power source is managed as a function of the predicted amount of power.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving an image pertaining to a geographic region; based at least in part upon the image, predicting at least one weather condition for the geographic region at a future point in time; based at least in part upon the at least one weather condition for the geographic region at the future point in time, utilizing a processor to predict an amount of electrical power that will be output at the future point in time by a power source that utilizes renewable energy to generate electrical power, wherein the power source is in the geographic region; and managing computing resources at a data center based at least in part upon the amount of electrical power that is predicted to be generated by the power source at the future point in time, wherein the data center is in the geographic region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising a plurality of computer-executable components, the components comprising:
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a receiver component that receives an image of the sky above a particular geographic region, wherein the image of the sky is generated by a camera that is pointing upwards from earth; a weather predictor component that predicts at least one weather condition for the particular geographic region at a future point in time, wherein the weather predictor component predicts the at least one weather condition based at least in part upon the image received by the receiver component; a power predictor component that predicts an amount of electrical power to be output by a power source at the future point in time based at least in part upon the at least one weather condition predicted by the weather predictor component, wherein the power source utilizes a renewable energy resource go generate electrical power, and wherein the power source is in the particular geographic region; and a manager component that manages at least one computing resource at a data center based at least in part upon the amount of electrical power predicted by the power predictor component to be output at the future point in time, wherein the data center is powered by the power source. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19)
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18. A computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
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receiving an image from a camera, wherein the image is of the sky above a particular geographic region captured from earth, wherein the geographic region is less than ten square miles, and wherein the geographic region comprises the camera, a data center, and a power source that provides electrical power to the data center, wherein the power source comprises at least one solar panel; predicting an amount of solar radiation that will be received by the solar panel at a time in the future based at least in part upon the image received from the camera; predicting an amount of electrical power that will be output at the time in the future based at least in part upon the predicting of the amount of solar radiation that will be received by the solar panel at the time in the future; and managing at least one computational resource in the data center based at least in part upon the predicting of the amount of electrical power that will be output by the power source at the time in the future. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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