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US 10,884,040 B2Granted
Power metering transducer system
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsJacky Liu, Kantol Khek
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Abstract
Devices, methods, systems, and computer-readable media for power metering are described herein. One or more embodiments include a power metering device, comprising a number of sensors configured to output pulses corresponding to a quantity of power consumed over a period of time, a first module configured to receive the pulses from the number of sensors, and meter power consumption using the output pulses. In addition the power metering device includes a second module configured to communicate with the number of sensors using a plurality of communication protocols.
Claims19
A power consumption metering device, comprising:
- a plurality of sensors each configured to output pulses at a frequency that corresponds to a quantity of power currently being consumed, wherein a number of output pulses outputted by each of the plurality of sensors provides an indication of power consumption measured by each of the plurality of sensors;
- a first device that is operably coupled to each of the plurality of sensors, and the first device including circuitry that:
- receives the output pulses from each of the plurality of sensors;
- uses the number of output pulses outputted by each of the plurality of sensors to determine a measure of power consumption measured by each of the plurality of sensors;
- stores the determined measure of power consumption in a memory;
- and
- a second device that is releasably securable to the first device, the second device includes a number of electrical contacts that electrically connect to a number of corresponding electrical contacts of the first device when the second device is releasably secured to the first device, the second device is configured to provide additional power consumption metering functionality to the power consumption metering device that is not provided by the first device including the second device communicating with one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors when the second device is releasably secured to the first device, wherein the first device remains functional in determining the measure of power consumption and storing the determined measure of power consumption both with and without the second device secured to the first device.
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A computing device for power consumption metering, comprising:
- a memory for storing a plurality of available communication protocols;
- and
- a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to:
- receive pulse outputs from each of a plurality of sensors, the pulse outputs are at a frequency that corresponds to a quantity of power currently being consumed, and wherein a number of the pulse outputs received from each of the plurality of sensors correspond to a quantity of power consumed as measured by the particular sensor of the plurality of sensors;
- determine power consumption using the received pulse outputs;
- determine diagnostic information;
- communicate with each of the number of sensors using a corresponding one of the plurality of available communication protocols;
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- display the power consumption and diagnostic information of the computing device via a user interface of the computing device.
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A system for power consumption metering, comprising:
- a plurality of sensors configured to output pulses at a frequency that corresponds to a quantity of power currently being consumed, wherein a number of output pulses outputted by each of the plurality of sensors provides an indication of power consumption measured by each of the plurality of sensors, and wherein the plurality of sensors comprise one or more of a split core sensor and a solid core sensor;
- a first device receiving the pulses from the plurality of sensors and determining a measure of power consumption based at least in part on how many pulses are received from each of the plurality of sensors;
- and
- a second device that is releasably detachable from the first device, the second device including a user interface, and a memory for storing a plurality of communication protocols, the second device communicating with each of the plurality of sensors using a corresponding one of the plurality of communication protocols and providing additional power consumption metering functionality.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.