WIPO PUBLISHES PATENT OF SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES FOR "CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM, TRACKING ERROR DETECTION METHOD, TRACKING ERROR CORRECTION METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE, TRACKING ERROR DETECTION PROGRAM AND TRACKING ERROR CORRECTION PROGRAM" (JAPANESE INVENTORS)

GENEVA, Nov. 29 -- Publication No. WO/2015/177920 was published on Nov. 26.

Title of the invention: "CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM, TRACKING ERROR DETECTION METHOD, TRACKING ERROR CORRECTION METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE, TRACKING ERROR DETECTION PROGRAM, AND TRACKING ERROR CORRECTION PROGRAM."

Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (JP).

Inventors: Takashi Iwasaki (JP), Kenichi Hirotsu (JP), Hideaki Nakahata (JP), Seiji Yamamoto (JP) and Naoki Ayai (JP).

According to the abstract* posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization: "A concentrator photovoltaic system comprises: a concentrator photovoltaic panel; a drive device for allowing the concentrator photovoltaic panel to perform the operation of tracking the sun; and a control device for detecting a variation pattern repeatedly occurring in the aging variation of the power generated in the concentrator photovoltaic panel, comparing the detected variation pattern with a form specific for an azimuth error and a form specific for an elevation error, thereby detecting the presence or absence of a tracking error."

The patent was filed on May 23, 2014 under Application No. PCT/JP2014/063677.

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http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2015177920

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