US 12,443,770 B2
Solar panel system generation
Miltos Vratimos, San Jose, CA (US); Christos Voutsaras, San Jose, CA (US); and Crystal Rochlitz, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Unirac, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed by Unirac, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/183,364.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/980,862, filed on Feb. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0264071 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 30/13 (2020.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); H02S 20/25 (2014.01); G06F 113/04 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 30/13 (2020.01) [G06Q 30/0623 (2013.01); H02S 20/25 (2014.12); G06F 2113/04 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for a solar panel system proposal, comprising:
receiving an image of a potential installation site;
creating one or more solar panel system layout designs, wherein creating one or more solar panel system layout designs includes creating a custom solar panel system layout design, wherein creating the custom solar panel system layout design includes:
receiving an input of a first shape drawn on at least a portion of the image to cover at least a roof of a building, wherein the first shape drawn to cover at least the roof of the building indicates a selection of the roof of the building for which the custom solar panel system layout design is being created;
adjusting an estimated energy offset representing a portion of electricity usage the custom solar panel system layout design can meet for the potential installation site for a time period, wherein the estimated energy offset is adjusted in response to a click and drag of a second shape on the image; and
automatically generating the custom solar panel system layout design based on the input;
selecting a first solar panel system layout design from the one or more solar panel system layout designs, wherein the first solar panel system layout design is associated with the custom solar panel system layout design;
selecting a second solar panel system layout design from the one or more solar panel system layout designs;
generating a third solar panel system layout design by combining the first solar panel system layout design with the second solar panel system layout design;
in response to a user interaction, expanding the third solar panel system layout design to display the first solar panel system layout design and the second solar panel system layout design; and
generating a solar panel system proposal based on the third solar panel system layout design.