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US 12,027,855 B2Granted
Systems and methods for monitoring and controlling outlet power
AssigneeTyco Fire & Security GmbH
InventorsTimothy C. Gamroth, Joseph Piccolo, III
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Abstract
A power outlet control device includes at least one electrical outlet and a processing circuit comprising a processor and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations include monitoring external power supplied to the power outlet control device, detecting one or more powerline events based on the external power supplied to the power outlet control device, and automatically controlling an amount of power supplied to the at least one electrical outlet based on the one or more powerline events.
Claims19
A power outlet control device, comprising:
- at least one electrical outlet;
- and
- a processing circuit comprising a processor and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- monitoring external power supplied to the power outlet control device;
- detecting one or more powerline events based on the external power supplied to the power outlet control device;
- automatically controlling an amount of power supplied to the at least one electrical outlet based on the one or more powerline events;
- and
- restoring power to the at least one electrical outlet based on a power restoration schedule, the power restoration schedule determined based on an amount of power consumption of a device that consumes the power supplied to the at least one electrical outlet, the power restoration schedule comprising a sequence in which power is restored to the device and one or more other devices which arranges the device and the one or more other devices in ascending order of power consumption.
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A power outlet control device, comprising:
- at least one electrical outlet;
- and
- a processing circuit comprising a processor and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- determining an amount of power consumption of a device receiving power from the at least one electrical outlet;
- determining that the power supplied to the device via the at least one electrical outlet is disabled;
- communicating with one or more other power outlet control devices configured to supply power to one or more other devices;
- obtaining a power restoration schedule defining a sequence in which the power outlet control device and the one or more other power outlet control devices restore power supplied to the at least one electrical outlet and one or more other electrical outlets of the one or more other power outlet control devices, the sequence determined based on the amount of power consumption of the device relative to amounts of power consumption of the one or more other devices such that power is restored to the device prior to restoring power to the one or more other devices if the amount of power consumption of the device is lower than the amounts of power consumption of the one or more other devices;
- and
- automatically restoring power supplied to the at least one electrical outlet in coordination with the one or more other power outlet control devices based on the power restoration schedule.
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A method for operating a power outlet control device comprising at least one electrical outlet, the method comprising:
- determining an amount of power consumption of a device receiving power from the at least one electrical outlet;
- determining that the power supplied to the device via the at least one electrical outlet is disabled;
- communicating with one or more other power outlet control devices configured to supply power to one or more other devices;
- obtaining a power restoration schedule defining a sequence in which the power outlet control device and the one or more other power outlet control devices restore power supplied to the at least one electrical outlet and one or more other electrical outlets of the one or more other power outlet control devices, the sequence determined based on the amount of power consumption of the device relative to amounts of power consumption of the one or more other devices such that power is restored to the device prior to restoring power to the one or more other devices if the amount of power consumption of the device is lower than the amounts of power consumption of the one or more other devices;
- and
- automatically restoring power supplied to the at least one electrical outlet in coordination with the one or more other power outlet control devices based on the power restoration schedule.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.