Patent ID: 8669509

Claim:
A mobile computing device, comprising: a camera; a display screen; an input mechanism; a processor; and a memory that comprises a plurality of components that are executed by the processor, the components comprising: an image capture component that receives an indication that a user has interacted with the input mechanism, the image capture component causes the camera to capture a first electronic image of an entity that receives solar radiation responsive to receiving the indication, the first electronic image comprising a first plurality of pixels having a first plurality of values assigned thereto; a receiver component that receives an image of the Sun, the image of the Sun comprising a second plurality of pixels having a second plurality of values assigned thereto; a calculator component that computes at least one of a value that is indicative of solar irradiance incident across a surface of the entity or a value that is indicative of glare emitted from the entity based at least in part upon the first plurality of values and the second plurality of values; and a display component that causes at least one graphic to be displayed on the display screen, the at least one graphic being based at least in part upon the value that is indicative of the solar irradiance incident across the surface of the entity or the value that is indicative of the glare emitted from the entity.