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US 11,385,609 B2Granted
Smart electricity monitor and energy management system including same
AssigneeSaw Capital Partners LLC
InventorNana Wilberforce
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Abstract
Smart electricity monitors with unique identities placed at individual power outlets within a building communicate frequent power measurements to a service which determines, from this power usage data, which outlets are associated with occupied seats within the building. This occupancy information can be used to update an occupancy model for the building that is used to forecast the building's occupancy. Based on present occupancy, projected occupancy, and other data, in some instances, the building's thermostats can be controlled and unoccupied seats can be assigned dynamically.
Claims10
A smart electricity monitor comprising:
- a housing;
- a power switch disposed on the housing;
- an AC/DC converter disposed within the housing;
- a power cord extending from the housing and terminating in a plug configured to engage with an AC outlet, the power cord electrically connected, within the housing, to the power switch and the AC/DC converter, the power switch and the AC/DC converter being electrically connected in parallel;
- a plurality of AC outlets disposed on the housing and electrically connected to the power switch by a protection circuit and a relay circuit arranged in series between the plurality of AC outlets and the power switch;
- the protection circuit including a surge protector, an overload protector, or a short circuit protector;
- a heat sensor disposed on the housing;
- a motion sensor disposed on the housing;
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- a communication module disposed within the housing and configured to communicate wirelessly in an ad hoc network, the module being in electrical communication with an AC current sensor and the relay circuit, and wherein the heat sensor, the motion sensor, and the module are all electrically connected in parallel to the AC/DC converter to receive DC power therefrom.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.