Drone-based systems combine with artificial intelligence (AI) to generate highly accurate predictions of wind patterns, thereby enhancing the potential for more effective and efficient renewable energy harvesting?
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While scientists have faced challenges in accurately forecasting wind conditions, a Japanese company is pioneering a breakthrough technology that could revolutionize our comprehension of atmospheric phenomena – by leveraging the potential of drones. The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently received a patent application from Japanese industry leader Mitsubishi Electric Co. Developing (serial #) for a pioneering unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based wind detection system that leverages the drone’s ability to navigate effortlessly along the windstream, gathering location, geodesic, and wind-speed data. This information is subsequently fed into a specially designed artificial intelligence (AI), enabling the creation of more accurate and predictive wind patterns.
The primary goal of this venture is to develop innovative methods for siting wind farms at their optimal locations, entailing a comprehensive, multi-stage survey process that incorporates detailed insights into both surface-level conditions and aerial perspectives. A drone equipped with appropriate sensors can significantly simplify the process of determining the optimal location for a turbine to maximize energy output, leading Mitsubishi to integrate unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into its comprehensive wind-prediction solution?
The patent’s comprehensive textual content delves into the technical intricacies of the model’s operation, but essentially, the drone leverages an AI-model to position itself and collect wind data, which is then fed back into the model, creating a self-learning wind prediction system empowered by UAVs. As we edge closer to harnessing this expertise in the near future, it’s plausible that drones could revolutionize the process by rendering wind’s notoriously erratic behavior predictable and manageable.
“A novel wind situation studying system is proposed, comprising an input module (32) that acquires training data sets, and a processing unit (34) equipped with artificial intelligence, which conducts learning operations based on the acquired training data.” One aspect of the coaching data package is a wind condition model value that adheres to an influence regulation on the inflow side, and the other side features average wind velocity, maximum wind velocity, turbulence intensity, or turbulence level in a simulated environmental area’s wind situation distribution.
Additional information regarding the patent, including its authors, is readily available.
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