Patent ID: 11921215
Assignee: NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 12:
13. A system for optical assessment of a heliostat, comprising: a heliostat comprising a plurality of mirrored facets;
an imaging sensor to capture a point cloud of the heliostat; and
a computing apparatus configured to:
process the point cloud representing an image of the heliostat;
isolate the heliostat data;
filter the isolated heliostat data;
fit the filtered heliostat data to a bounding box;
translate the heliostat data to a plane;
segment a plurality of facets of the heliostat;
fit each of the segmented facets to a respective plane;
generate normal vectors characterizing each of the plurality of facets; and
calculate a canting angle associated with each respective facet of the plurality of facets.