Patents by Inventor Christopher I.E. Mesiku

Christopher I.E. Mesiku 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).

  • Solar irradiation modeling and forecasting using community based terrestrial sky imaging
    Patent number: 10692013
    Abstract: Solar irradiation may be predicted based on input terrestrial sky images comprising cloud images, the terrestrial sky images taken from a plurality of geographic locations by a plurality of devices; for example, wherein the terrestrial sky images are crowd sourced from the plurality of devices. A model may be generated that predicts solar irradiation in a geographic area based on the input terrestrial sky images and the geographic locations from where the terrestrial sky images were taken. A signal representing the solar irradiation predicted by the model is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mani Abedini, Rahil Garnavi, Timothy M. Lynar, Christopher I. E. Mesiku, John M. Wagner
  • SOLAR IRRADIATION MODELING AND FORECASTING USING COMMUNITY BASED TERRESTRIAL SKY IMAGING
    Publication number: 20170351970
    Abstract: Solar irradiation may be predicted based on input terrestrial sky images comprising cloud images, the terrestrial sky images taken from a plurality of geographic locations by a plurality of devices; for example, wherein the terrestrial sky images are crowd sourced from the plurality of devices. A model may be generated that predicts solar irradiation in a geographic area based on the input terrestrial sky images and the geographic locations from where the terrestrial sky images were taken. A signal representing the solar irradiation predicted by the model is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Mani Abedini, Rahil Garnavi, Timothy M. Lynar, Christopher I.E. Mesiku, John M. Wagner