US 11,755,034 B1
Collaborative solar power generation
Akash U. Dhoot, Pune (IN); Shilpa Bhagwatprasad Mittal, Pune (IN); Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN); and Shailendra Moyal, Pune (IN)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/655,809.
Int. Cl. G05D 1/02 (2020.01); H02S 20/32 (2014.01); B60L 8/00 (2006.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.01); H02S 10/40 (2014.01)
CPC G05D 1/0293 (2013.01) [B60L 8/003 (2013.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.02); G05D 1/0278 (2013.01); H02S 10/40 (2014.12); H02S 20/32 (2014.12); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:
identifying relative positions of co-located electric autonomous vehicles (EAVs) within a group;
identifying solar power generation metrics for each EAV of the group;
determining whether at least two EAVs of the group have a same side unexposed to direct sunlight based the solar power generation metrics for each EAV;
in response to determining at least two EAVs of the group have a same side unexposed to direct sunlight, identifying a direction and an angle of solar light impacting the group; and
based on the relative positions and the direction and angle of solar light, instructing a collaborative movement among the group such that solar light is reflected from an exterior surface of at least one EAV to an exterior surface of at least one other EAV which was unexposed to direct sunlight.