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US 10,409,238 · App. 15/222,939 · Granted Sep 10, 2019

Smart power socket and smart home system

Inventors: Ye Zhang (Huizhou, CN); Meng Koo Chan (Singapore, SG); Ze Chen (Wenzhou, CN)
Assignee: Ze Chen
G05B15/02H02H11/002H02J13/0006H02J2003/143Y02B70/3266Y04S20/242
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Patent No.
US 10,409,238
App. No.
15/222,939
Granted
Sep 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Smart power socket comprising an MCU, a power supply circuit connected to the MCU, a wireless module circuit, and a drive switch control circuit, where the power supply circuit is connected to a low voltage power line, the wireless module circuit is connected to an external control device by means of wireless communication, and the drive switch control circuit is controlled by the MCU to implement controlling of on and off states of the smart power socket. Further, a smart home system comprising a remote control terminal and the smart power socket, where the smart power socket constitutes a LAN and is connected to Internet by means of a smart home gateway, and the remote control terminal is connected to the smart power socket by means of Internet to implement remote controlling of a household appliance plugged into the smart power socket.

Claims (38)

1. A smart power socket, comprising,

an MCU,

a power supply circuit connected to the MCU,

a wireless module circuit, and

a drive switch control circuit,

wherein the power supply circuit is connected to a low voltage power line for delivering power to the power supply circuit, the wireless module circuit is connected to an external control device via wireless communication, and the drive switch control circuit is controlled by the MCU to implement controlling of on and off states of the smart power socket; and

wherein the drive switch control circuit comprises

a leakage grounding detection circuit,

an application-specific leakage signal amplifying circuit,

a power supply indicating circuit,

a tripping actuator circuit,

a power-up drive signal generating circuit, and

an inverse connection detecting and executing circuit, and

wherein the application-specific leakage signal amplifying circuit, the power supply indicating circuit, the tripping actuator circuit, and the power-up drive signal generating circuit are respectively connected to the MCU, the leakage grounding detection circuit is connected between the low voltage power line and the application-specific leakage signal amplifying circuit, and the power-up drive signal generating circuit is connected to the inverse connection detecting and executing circuit and drives the circuit into action.

2. The smart power socket of claim 1 , further comprising

a manual detection circuit,

wherein the manual detection circuit is connected to the MCU to implement manual detection of the smart power socket.

3. A smart home system, comprising

a remote control terminal, and

a smart power socket,

wherein the smart power socket comprises

an MCU,

a power supply circuit connected to the MCU,

a wireless module circuit, and

a drive switch control circuit,

wherein the power supply circuit is connected to a low voltage power line for delivering power to the power supply circuit, the wireless module circuit is connected to an external control device via wireless communication, and the drive switch control circuit is controlled by the MCU to implement controlling of on and off states of the smart power socket;

wherein the wireless module circuit is connected to an external control device by means of wireless communication, and the drive switch control circuit is controlled by the MCU to implement controlling of on and off states of the smart power socket; and

wherein the drive switch control circuit comprises,

a leakage grounding detection circuit,

an application-specific leakage signal amplifying circuit,

a power supply indicating circuit,

a tripping actuator circuit,

a power-up drive signal generating circuit,

an inverse connection detecting and executing circuit, and

wherein the application-specific leakage signal amplifying circuit, the power supply indicating circuit, the tripping actuator circuit, and the power-up drive signal generating circuit are respectively connected to the MCU, the leakage grounding detection circuit is connected between the low voltage power line and the application-specific leakage signal amplifying circuit, and the power-up drive signal generating circuit is connected to the inverse connection detecting and executing circuit and drives the circuit into action; and

the smart power socket constitutes a LAN and is connected to Internet by means of a smart home gateway, and the remote control terminal is connected to the smart power socket by means of Internet to implement remote controlling of a household appliance plugged into the smart power socket.

4. The smart home system of claim 3 , wherein the remote control terminal is a mobile control terminal or a personal computer.

5. The smart home system of claim 4 , wherein the mobile control terminal is a smart mobile phone, a notebook computer, or a mobile tablet computer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2016
From: ZHANG, YE; CHAN, MENG KOO
To: CHEN, ZE
Reel/Frame 039286/0749 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2015 1 0466724 · Jul 31, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170033602A1 · Feb 2, 2017
Cited By (1)
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