ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,340, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to TotalEnergies SE (Courbevoie, France).
"Method for determining areas of land compatible with the installation of photovoltaic panels" was invented by Emmanuel Le Borgne (Chatillon, France), Gilles Poulain (Antony, France), Theo Vanneuville (Croissy-Sur-Seine, France) and David Benhaiem (Viroflay, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for determining areas of land, called candidate areas, distinct from buildings and compatible with the installation of photovoltaic panels, the method comprising the following steps: the reception of images seen from the sk...