Patent ID: 9279602
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: F24S,G06F,G06Q,Y02B,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A system for measuring a real world structure to be provisioned with solar panels using images including the real world structure, the system comprising: a display unit configured to display a first image and a second image including the real world structure; metadata for the first image representing a scale of the first image with respect to the real world; a displayable, user-adjustable measuring tool capable of providing measurements adequate for installing a solar panel, the measuring tool calibrated in accordance with the scale such that user adjustment of the measuring tool with respect to the displayed first and second images of the real world structure provides a measurement of the real world structure, wherein the user adjustment of the measuring tool includes at least one of positioning, rotating, and scaling the measuring tool to match at least a portion of the real world structure in both the displayed first and second images when the adjusted measuring tool is superimposed over the real world structure in the displayed first and second images, wherein the second image is of a different direction than the first image.