MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641042252 A) filed by Chennai Institute Of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on April 2, for 'lighttracker: esp32 based smart solar tracking system for enhanced photovoltaic efficiency.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. S. Pavithra; Mr. G. Muthupandi; Mrs. S. Nishanthini; Ms. T. Keerthana; Mr. Nandhakumar D; Mr. Manuprasad M B; and Mr. Vishnu B.
The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "LightTracker: ESP32-Based Smart Solar Tracking System to Increase the Photovoltaic Efficiency is related to the automatic single-axis solar tracking device that is developed to maximize the energy output of the photovoltaic solar panels by having them always face the sun. Photovoltaic panels are most effective when the sunlight is directly facing them, however, as they are permanently mounted, they never generate their full power a large portion of the day and therefore do not generate their full power. An Espressif Systems 32-bit microcontroller (ESP32) is used in the invention together with multiple light-dependent resistors (LDRs) to measure the variation in the intensity of sunlight at different directions. The ESP32 interprets the information it receives at the local area to find the most optimal location of the solar panel. A TowerPro SG90 servo motor can be adopted to make sure that the panel is moved in one direction in a smooth movement depending on the processed information such that the panel."
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