Patents by Inventor Marianne Hartung

Marianne Hartung has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Prediction of solar obscuration events based on detection of spectral distribution shifts caused by approaching clouds
    Patent number: 9134458
    Abstract: A physical effect (optical effect), which may be observed in solar irradiance as shading due to a cloud passing overhead may be approaching a given location (e.g., a location at or proximate a solar power generator), has been discovered. This optical effect takes place prior to an occurrence of a solar obscuration event by the cloud, and thus this optical effect may be effectively sensed and processed in apparatuses, systems and methods to predict the occurrence of a solar obscuration of the power generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Oliver Gerhard Mayer, Christian M Heller, Marcus Zettl, Omar Stern, Mark Ronald Lynass, Eva Bernal Serra, Marianne Hartung, Michael Schmidt, Eike Mueggenburg, Yvonne Boose
  • Methods and systems for predicting cloud movement
    Patent number: 9007460
    Abstract: A prediction system for predicting solar irradiance based on cloud characteristics includes a sky imager that includes a customized lens configured to capture one or more substantially planar images of the sky. The prediction system further includes an image processor coupled to the sky imager and configured to process the one or more substantially planar images. Moreover, the prediction system includes a computing system coupled to the image processor and configured to detect cloud characteristics based on the one or more substantially planar images, and predict the solar irradiance based on the cloud characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Schmidt, Christian Maria Anton Heller, Oliver Gerhard Mayer, Marcus Zettl, Omar Ivan Stern Gonzalez, Yaru Najem Mendez Hernandez, Mark Ronald Lynass, Eva Bernal Serra, Marianne Hartung
  • PREDICTION OF SOLAR OBSCURATION EVENTS BASED ON DETECTION OF SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION SHIFTS CAUSED BY APPROACHING CLOUDS
    Publication number: 20140373893
    Abstract: A physical effect (optical effect), which may be observed in solar irradiance as shading due to a cloud passing overhead may be approaching a given location (e.g., a location at or proximate a solar power generator), has been discovered. This optical effect takes place prior to an occurrence of a solar obscuration event by the cloud, and thus this optical effect may be effectively sensed and processed in apparatuses, systems and methods to predict the occurrence of a solar obscuration of the power generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Oliver Gerhard Mayer, Christian M. Heller, Marcus Zettl, Omar Stern, Mark Ronald Lynass, Eva Bernal Serra, Marianne Hartung, Michael Schmidt, Eike Mueggenburg, Yvonne Boose
  • Methods and Systems for Predicting Cloud Movement
    Publication number: 20130258068
    Abstract: A prediction system for predicting solar irradiance based on cloud characteristics is presented. The system includes a sky imager that includes a customized lens configured to capture one or more substantially planar images of the sky. The prediction system further includes an image processor coupled to the sky imager and configured to process the one or more substantially planar images. Moreover, the prediction system includes a computing system coupled to the image processor and configured to detect cloud characteristics based on the one or more substantially planar images, and predict the solar irradiance based on the cloud characteristics. Methods and non-transitory computer readable medium configured to perform the method for predicting power output of one or more solar panels in a solar plant based on cloud characteristics are also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Schmidt, Christian Maria Anton Heller, Oliver Gerhard Mayer, Marcus Zettl, Omar Ivan Stern Gonzalez, Yaru Najem Mendez Hernandez, Mark Ronald Lynass, Eva Bernal Serra, Marianne Hartung