US Patent Issued to Beijing Normal University on Oct. 27 for "Measurement device of zenith angle" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,059, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Beijing Normal University (Beijing).

"Measurement device of zenith angle" was invented by Yujun Yi (Beijing) and Kebing Chen (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a measuring device of zenith angle, which relates to the technical field of angle measurement and is used to measure solar zenith angle. A light receiving member includes solar panels, a support frame with a regular pyramid structure, and a first counterweight member. Light intensity processing circuits are electrically connected to the solar panels and determine a rotation angle of the...