ES2126507A1 - Direction sensor based on photovoltaic effect - Google Patents

Direction sensor based on photovoltaic effect

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ES2126507A1
ES2126507A1 ES09700009A ES9700009A ES2126507A1 ES 2126507 A1 ES2126507 A1 ES 2126507A1 ES 09700009 A ES09700009 A ES 09700009A ES 9700009 A ES9700009 A ES 9700009A ES 2126507 A1 ES2126507 A1 ES 2126507A1
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photovoltaic
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Garcia Ramon Ferreiro
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S3/00—Direction-finders for determining the direction from which infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic, or electromagnetic waves, or particle emission, not having a directional significance, are being received
    • G01S3/78—Direction-finders for determining the direction from which infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic, or electromagnetic waves, or particle emission, not having a directional significance, are being received using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves
    • G01S3/782—Systems for determining direction or deviation from predetermined direction
    • G01S3/785—Systems for determining direction or deviation from predetermined direction using adjustment of orientation of directivity characteristics of a detector or detector system to give a desired condition of signal derived from that detector or detector system
    • G01S3/786—Systems for determining direction or deviation from predetermined direction using adjustment of orientation of directivity characteristics of a detector or detector system to give a desired condition of signal derived from that detector or detector system the desired condition being maintained automatically
    • G01S3/7861—Solar tracking systems
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S50/00—Arrangements for controlling solar heat collectors
    • F24S50/20—Arrangements for controlling solar heat collectors for tracking
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S3/00—Direction-finders for determining the direction from which infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic, or electromagnetic waves, or particle emission, not having a directional significance, are being received
    • G01S3/78—Direction-finders for determining the direction from which infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic, or electromagnetic waves, or particle emission, not having a directional significance, are being received using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves
    • G01S3/782—Systems for determining direction or deviation from predetermined direction
    • G01S3/783—Systems for determining direction or deviation from predetermined direction using amplitude comparison of signals derived from static detectors or detector systems
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/40—Solar thermal energy, e.g. solar towers
    • Y02E10/47—Mountings or tracking

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Sustainable Development (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Radar, Positioning & Navigation (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Sustainable Energy (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Thermal Sciences (AREA)
  • Length Measuring Devices By Optical Means (AREA)
  • Photometry And Measurement Of Optical Pulse Characteristics (AREA)

Abstract

Direction sensor based on photovoltaic effect. The present invention relates to the detection of angular position adopted by the support of the sensor with respect to a light source. The detection of direction with respect to the said light source is due to the potential difference generated by the photovoltaic sensor when the light is incident on both of its faces. It consists alternatively of two or of four photovoltaic cells arranged in a pyramid shape, such that the photovoltaic energy generated by each two opposed faces is compared by a differential amplifier, the result of which is a voltage indicating the angular offset of the light source with respect to the bisector formed by the plane of symmetry which joins the vertex to the pyramid base. The voltages from both differential amplifiers indicate the coordinates, in two degrees of freedom, of the position of the light-emitting focus or the offset of the focus with respect to the trajectory normal to the base which passes through the vertex of the photo- detecting photovoltaic pyramid. The characteristic of the present invention lies in the fact that each photo-detector panel generates an electrical voltage proportional to the light picked up, and the light picked up is a function of the direction of the cells with respect to the light focus.
ES009700009A 1997-01-03 1997-01-03 DIRECTION SENSOR BASED ON PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECT. Expired - Lifetime ES2126507B1 (en)

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Cited By (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
ES2134730A1 (en) * 1997-07-22 1999-10-01 Univ De A Coruna System for guiding autonomous vehicles by a photovoltaic offset sensor

Citations (8)

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US4242580A (en) * 1979-06-11 1980-12-30 Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Solar-radiation collection apparatus
US4760772A (en) * 1986-12-03 1988-08-02 Hitachi, Ltd. Vehicle air-conditioning control apparatus
US4786795A (en) * 1985-03-29 1988-11-22 Kyocera Corporation Sun tracking device floating upon liquid surface
US5072105A (en) * 1989-09-29 1991-12-10 Zexel Corporation Solar radiation detecting device and automobile air-conditioner using the same
DE4116894A1 (en) * 1991-05-23 1992-11-26 Michael Brod Tracking signal input control for solar collector - uses photodiodes at corners of perpendicular cross carried by surface at right angles to incident radiation
DE4306656A1 (en) * 1993-03-03 1993-12-16 Georg Linckelmann Automatic sun tracking appts. - has solar panels set at angles on block and with opposite polarities to generate control voltage characteristic
DE4423778A1 (en) * 1994-06-30 1996-01-04 Christian Steinbrucker Four-quadrant photodetector sensor detecting light source direction
WO1996035959A1 (en) * 1995-05-08 1996-11-14 Simrad Optronics Asa Radiation sensor determining the direction of incidence

Patent Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4242580A (en) * 1979-06-11 1980-12-30 Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Solar-radiation collection apparatus
US4786795A (en) * 1985-03-29 1988-11-22 Kyocera Corporation Sun tracking device floating upon liquid surface
US4760772A (en) * 1986-12-03 1988-08-02 Hitachi, Ltd. Vehicle air-conditioning control apparatus
US5072105A (en) * 1989-09-29 1991-12-10 Zexel Corporation Solar radiation detecting device and automobile air-conditioner using the same
DE4116894A1 (en) * 1991-05-23 1992-11-26 Michael Brod Tracking signal input control for solar collector - uses photodiodes at corners of perpendicular cross carried by surface at right angles to incident radiation
DE4306656A1 (en) * 1993-03-03 1993-12-16 Georg Linckelmann Automatic sun tracking appts. - has solar panels set at angles on block and with opposite polarities to generate control voltage characteristic
DE4423778A1 (en) * 1994-06-30 1996-01-04 Christian Steinbrucker Four-quadrant photodetector sensor detecting light source direction
WO1996035959A1 (en) * 1995-05-08 1996-11-14 Simrad Optronics Asa Radiation sensor determining the direction of incidence

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
ES2134730A1 (en) * 1997-07-22 1999-10-01 Univ De A Coruna System for guiding autonomous vehicles by a photovoltaic offset sensor

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