Patent ID: 8553035

Claim:
A method for visualizing power generated by an array of solar panels comprising: displaying a plurality of image areas on a display, where each image area corresponds to a specific solar panel in the array; coloring each image area in the plurality of image areas in accordance with a color having at least one of a hue, saturation, or intensity representing an amount of power being generated by each specific solar panel corresponding to the image area; generating a linear scale for the amount of power ranging from a minimum power value to a maximum power value; mapping both color saturation levels for the hue and color intensity levels for the hue on the linear scale by: (i) representing an increase on the linear scale from the minimum power value up to a predetermined value as an increase in the color intensity levels while maintaining a first color saturation level for the hue, and (ii) further representing an increase on the linear scale beyond the predetermined value up to the maximum power value as a decrease in the color saturation levels while maintaining a first color intensity level for the hue; coloring the image areas further comprising combined changes in levels of color saturation and color intensity for the hue are based on the linear scale; and periodically updating the image areas with the amount of power from corresponding solar panels.