US 12,225,887 B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for controlling one or more assemblies of an energy generation system
Nicholas G. J. de Vries, Alameda, CA (US); and Michael Baute, Whites Creek, TN (US)
Filed by Silicon Ranch Corporation, Nashville, TN (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/885,083.
Application 17/885,083 is a division of application No. 17/357,526, filed on Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/043,132, filed on Jun. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0393639 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 3/00 (2006.01); H02S 20/32 (2014.01); H02S 50/00 (2014.01)
CPC A01K 3/00 (2013.01) [H02S 20/32 (2014.12); H02S 50/00 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An energy generation system, comprising:
livestock paddocks disposed in a plurality of regions;
one or more energy generation assemblies located in each of the plurality of regions, each of the energy generation assemblies comprising:
at least one solar cell configured to capture solar energy,
a panel actuator configured to manipulate the position of the at least one solar cell within a range of angles from parallel to a ground surface,
a communication module configured to receive the control signal from the computing device, and
a processor configured to control the panel actuator to manipulate position of the at least one solar cell; and
a computing device for selectively controlling the one or more energy generation assemblies the computing device configured to:
designate one or more current use regions from among the plurality of regions wherein the one or more current use regions correspond to regions associated with current or expected use by livestock, and
generate respective control signals to each of the one or more energy generation assemblies to place each energy generation assembly in either:
a standard tracking mode if the generation assembly is disposed outside of the one or more current use regions, wherein the panel actuator of the generation assembly is configured to position the at least one solar cell at any angle within the range of angles from parallel to the ground surface or
a grazing mode if the generation assembly is disposed within the one or more current use regions, wherein the panel actuator of the generation assembly is configured to restrict the position of the at least one solar cell to +/−20 degrees from parallel to the ground.