IP Library Granted Patent US 8,849,596
Granted Patent B2
US 8,849,596 · App. 13/209,400 · Granted Sep 30, 2014

Identification detection system for power consumption of electric appliance

Inventors: Roy Ting (New Taipei, TW); Max Li (New Taipei, TW)
Assignees: Max Li; Roy Ting
G01D4/002Y02B70/3266H01R24/28Y04S20/32Y04S20/242H01R2103/00Y04S20/38Y02B90/241
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Patent No.
US 8,849,596
App. No.
13/209,400
Granted
Sep 30, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An identification system for power consumption of electric appliance has multiple electric appliances, each electric appliance having a dedicated identification transmission circuit connected to a power-connecting loop; multiple power sockets mounted within a power supply region, each power socket having at least one identification receiver for receiving identification transmission signals from the corresponding electric appliance and obtaining a corresponding identification code; multiple energy management units respectively mounted in the power sockets to connect with the corresponding identification receivers, recognize the respective electric appliances by determining the identification codes, and record power consumption information of the corresponding electric appliances; and an energy management server connected to the energy management units and the identification receivers to communicate therewith in a wired or wireless manner. Individual and overall power consumption of all the electric appliances within the power supply region can be collected, recorded and calculated as the reference for future power management.

Claims (28)

1. An identification system for power consumption of electric appliances comprising:

multiple electric appliances, each electric appliance having:

a dedicated identification transmission circuit connected to a power-connecting loop; and

a power plug;

wherein multiple power sockets are mounted within a power supply region, each power socket having at least one identification receiver for receiving identification transmission signals transmitted from a corresponding plugged electric appliance and obtaining a corresponding identification code;

multiple energy management units are respectively mounted in the power sockets to connect with the corresponding identification receivers, recognize the respective electric appliances by determining the identification code, and record power consumption information of the corresponding electric appliances; and

an energy management server is connected to the energy management units respectively mounted on the power sockets so as to communicate with the energy management units and the identification receivers in a wired or wireless manner;

whereby individual and overall power consumption of all the electric appliances within the power supply region can be collected, recorded and calculated as a reference for future power management.

2. The identification system for power consumption of electric appliances as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the energy management server stores information.

3. The identification system for power consumption of electric appliances as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the identification transmission circuit is an RFID tag chip directly mounted on the power plug of a corresponding electric appliance.

4. The identification system for power consumption of electric appliances as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the identification transmission circuit is a standalone film having an RFID tag chip detachably mounted on the power plug of a corresponding electric appliance.

5. The identification system for power consumption of electric appliances as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the identification transmission circuit is a binding strip having an RFID tag chip and mounted around the power plug of a corresponding electric appliance.

6. The identification system for power consumption of electric appliances as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each power socket has:

at least two sets of plug holes; and

an identification receiver connected to the at least two sets of plug holes.

7. The identification system for power consumption of electric appliances as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the power socket has one of the identification receivers mounted therein in collaboration with a processor as a corresponding energy management unit and a Zigbee-based wireless transmission terminal module to constitute an intelligent energy socket; and

the energy management server has a Zigbee coordinator, a Wi-Fi wireless network adapter and an ADSL internet to constitute an intelligent energy management system.

8. The identification system for power consumption of electric appliances as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the power consumption information contains a plug-in position, a power consumption value, an operating time and an operating frequency.

9. The identification system for power consumption of electric appliances as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the energy management server renames the electric appliances based on the identification codes.

10. The identification system for power consumption of electric appliances as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the identification transmission circuit is an RFID tag chip directly mounted on the power plug of a corresponding electric appliance.

11. The identification system for power consumption of electric appliances as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the identification transmission circuit is a standalone film having an RFID tag chip detachably mounted on the power plug of a corresponding electric appliance.

12. The identification system for power consumption of electric appliances as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the identification transmission circuit is a binding strip having an RFID tag chip and mounted around the power plug of a corresponding electric appliance.

13. The identification system for power consumption of electric appliances as claimed in claim 9 , wherein each power socket has:

at least two sets of plug holes; and

an identification receiver connected to the two sets of plug holes.

14. The identification system for power consumption of electric appliances as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the power socket has at least one of the identification receivers mounted therein in collaboration with a processor as a corresponding energy management unit and a Zigbee-based wireless transmission terminal module to constitute an intelligent energy socket; and

the energy management server has a Zigbee coordinator, a Wi-Fi wireless network adapter and an ADSL internet to constitute an intelligent energy management system.

15. The identification system for power consumption of electric appliances as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the power consumption information contains a plug-in position, a power consumption value, an operating time and an operating frequency.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2015
From: TING, ROY; LI, MAX
To: TING, ROY; LI, MAX; FANG, YUNG-CHE
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Continuity (1)
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