ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,036, issued on July 29, was assigned to ONSIGHT TECHNOLOGY INC..

"Machines and methods for monitoring photovoltaic systems" was invented by Derek Chase (Folsom, Calif.), John Shepard (Folsom, Calif.) and Graham Ryland (Folsom, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application describes machines and methods that leverage enabling technologies such as robotics, sensing, machine learning, and wireless internet coverage (e.g., 5G cell coverage) in order to monitor photovoltaic systems such as solar sites. Machines according to the present disclosure can be operated remotely by users to traverse a solar site and perform a seri...