Sun Position Detection API
Sun Position Detection API - SolarisUPV (also known as Sun Position Recognition API or Sun Position Detector API) is a cross browsers REST API which get a JSON input with a still photo
(as base64 encoded string), containing sun on the sky and returns
a JSON string which contains a base64 encoded string photo with sun within boundingbox, confidence score, timestamp, vertices for bounding boxes of sun, position of the boundingbox,
also pan angle and tilt angle that the solar photovoltaic panel must be rotated and/or tilted with, in order to have the sun centered in the photo and in that way the yield
of the solar photovoltaic panel is maximum.
The goal of this API is to detect sun position in a photo taken by a camera relative to the center of the photo and calculate the pan angle and the tilt angle
of the solar photovoltaic panel so that rotating and /or tilting the solar panel with these angles the sun will be centered in the photo. Since the camera is positioned on the center
of a solar photovoltaic panel as you may see in our example sketches here it may command a single solar panel or an entire farm of solar photovoltaic panels
to rotate and/or tilt with the calculated angles so that the entire farm of panels will achieve a maximum yield because the panels are facing the sun with proper angles.
The neutral position of the solar panels should be placed towards south if the location is in the northern hemisphere, or towards north if the location of the panels is in the
southern hemisphere.
Of course, there are some limitations in order to get a higher accuracy. We recommend properly exposed, unobstructed JPEG photos at 1920x1080 (full HD resolution) where ratio between height of the sun position
and height of entire picture should be at least 1:15. For ratios like 1:16, 1:17, 1:18 and so on the accuracy is lower and the AI algorithm may not see and read the sun position.
Filter may be applied on camera. We do not store pictures. Also, the quality and the angles of the camera are very important and it contribute to a higher reading accuracy.
It should have varifocal lenses, high shutter speed, full HD resolution. Please see our example sketches here.
Allthough this Sun Position Detection API (currently we do not offer a Sun Position Detection sdk) is intended for software development and therefore developers, we have also here an
Sun Position Detection online application that may be used to check the input and output JSONs of the API.
The necessary steps are written below, basically for this real time Sun Position Detection API you send an authorized POST request
in JSON format to the API endpoint and you get as JSON response the output as described below through parameters and examples.
This Sun Position Detection API is useful for a photovoltaic solar panels domain like: automatic adjustment position of one or more photovoltaic panels by taking input photos
from time to time (usually at each half an hour, or each our) from just a single camera.
You own the commercial copyright of the resulted JSON with no additional fee meaning you may use it in your own apps for sale.
For using our Sun Position Detection API and/or APP you must create an account (free of charge, no card required),
activate it from your received email, login and then start your TRIAL package with no fees as you can see at our pricing packages.
After you have tested the API and/or APP and you are satisfied, you may buy a paid package. You will always see at your Admin Console page the real resources
consumption in real time, your invoices, you may see/edit/delete your profile or export log consents as GDPR instructed, you may read our FAQs.
Sun Position Detection APP
solarisupv Online Video Presentation
Sun Position Detection API, SolarisUPV is in the video presentation below.
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Please choose one of the below pricing packages for start using our Sun Position Detection API and online APP!
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* Prediction - on the input photo may exist many predictions, each of it with certain amount of probability of detected sun position(s).
Even we filter the output predictions to those with probability score greater than 20%, for the input photo all predictions are counted.