TY - GEN
T1 - Augmented reality for support decision on solar radiation harnessing
AU - Carmo, Maria Beatriz
AU - Cláudio, Ana Paula
AU - Ferreira, António
AU - Afonso, Ana Paula
AU - Redweik, Paula
AU - Catita, Cristina
AU - Brito, Miguel Centeno
AU - Silva, Silvana
AU - Meireles, Carolina
PY - 2017/2/10
Y1 - 2017/2/10
N2 - The use of mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, is widespread nowadays because they are portable, affordable, and offer a diversity of features. This type of equipment supports Augmented Reality (AR) applications, since they have all the necessary characteristics: good processing power, are equipped with cameras, sensors, such as accelerometers, magnetometers and gyroscopes, provide geo-location system and Web-connectivity. Having AR applications in this type of devices makes them available to a large audience. In particular, mobile AR applications can help disseminating the use of renewable energy, providing mechanisms to calculate the potential gains of its use. These applications can also be a valuable tool for technicians and researchers in this field. In the case of solar energy, the installation of photovoltaic modules is no longer limited to roofs, because there is specific equipment to install in walls or windows, surfaces that are suitable for presenting information in AR. Extending previous work on data visualization of solar radiation in RA, this article presents an application to simulate the installation of a photovoltaic module on the walls of a building. The user can control the module position on the wall by dragging its icon on the screen. When the module position is chosen, the application provides information about the amount of produced energy which, obviously, depends on the module position on the wall. A user study conducted with volunteers revealed a positive overall assessment of the application.
AB - The use of mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, is widespread nowadays because they are portable, affordable, and offer a diversity of features. This type of equipment supports Augmented Reality (AR) applications, since they have all the necessary characteristics: good processing power, are equipped with cameras, sensors, such as accelerometers, magnetometers and gyroscopes, provide geo-location system and Web-connectivity. Having AR applications in this type of devices makes them available to a large audience. In particular, mobile AR applications can help disseminating the use of renewable energy, providing mechanisms to calculate the potential gains of its use. These applications can also be a valuable tool for technicians and researchers in this field. In the case of solar energy, the installation of photovoltaic modules is no longer limited to roofs, because there is specific equipment to install in walls or windows, surfaces that are suitable for presenting information in AR. Extending previous work on data visualization of solar radiation in RA, this article presents an application to simulate the installation of a photovoltaic module on the walls of a building. The user can control the module position on the wall by dragging its icon on the screen. When the module position is chosen, the application provides information about the amount of produced energy which, obviously, depends on the module position on the wall. A user study conducted with volunteers revealed a positive overall assessment of the application.
KW - Augmented reality
KW - Data visualization
KW - Mobile devices
KW - Photovoltaic modules
KW - Solar radiation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85016010315&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/epcgi.2016.7851201
DO - 10.1109/epcgi.2016.7851201
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85016010315
T3 - 2016 23 Encontro Portugues de Computacao Grafica e Interacao, EPCGI 2016
BT - 23 Encontro Portugues de Computacao Grafica e Interacao, EPCGI 2016
A2 - Goncalves, G.
A2 - Bessa, M.
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 23 Encontro Portugues de Computacao Grafica e Interacao, EPCGI 2016 - 23rd Portuguese Meeting on Computer Graphics and Interaction, EPCGI 2016
Y2 - 24 November 2016 through 25 November 2016
ER -