SNOW COVER DETERMINATION DEVICE, SNOW COVER DETERMINATION METHOD, AND SNOW COVER DETERMINATION PROGRAM

• Main Authors: TSUBOUCHI NATSUKO, ARIMORI KYOKO, MIURA TAKAHIRO, SASAGAWA TAKESHI, TAZOE YUSUKE, SAKAMOTO NAOYA, KAMATA YUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 07.03.2024
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; TESTING

To provide a snow cover determination device, a snow cover determination method and a program, which enable effective determination of a state of snow covering solar panels.SOLUTION: A snow cover determination system according to one embodiment comprises an acquisition unit for acquiring an image. The system also comprises a detection unit for detecting areas of a solar panel covered with snow from the image. The system further comprises a determination unit for determining a state of snow covering the solar panel according to the areas.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】太陽光パネル上に存在する積雪の状態を効果的に判定することが可能な積雪判定装置、積雪判定方法およびプログラムを提供する。【解決手段】一つの実施形態によれば、積雪判定システムは、画像を取得する取得部を備える。さらに、前記システムは、前記画像から、太陽光パネル上にて積雪が存在する領域を検出する検出部を備える。さらに、前記システムは、前記領域に基づいて、前記太陽光パネル上における積雪の状態を判定する判定部を備える。【選択図】図２