Cloud observation device, cloud observation method, and program

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PATENT NO 11989907
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To provide a cloud observation device capable of reducing calculation cost and predicting sunshine probability by a simple method. A cloud observation device includes an image acquisition module which acquires an image in which a camera photographs the sky, a cloud extraction module which extracts clouds in the image, a sun position determination module which determines a sun position in the image, a sunshine probability calculation area setting module which sets a sunshine probability calculation area having the sun position as a base point in the image, and a sunshine probability calculation module which calculates a sunshine probability after a predetermined time has elapsed based on the sunshine probability calculation area and the extracted clouds.

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FURUNO ELECTRIC CO LTD9-52 ASHIHARA-CHO NISHINOMIYA HYOGO 662-8580

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Minowa, Masahiro Nishinomiya, JP 83 1564
Okumura, Shigeaki Nishinomiya, JP 8 5
Takashima, Yuya Nishinomiya, JP 10 15

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