Identifying devices using power data and network data
AssigneeSense Labs, Inc.
InventorsJonah Wyman Petri, Christopher M. Micali, Michael S. Phillips
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Abstract
Devices in a building may be identified using a combination of power monitoring and network monitoring. Power monitoring may be performed by obtaining a power monitoring signal and processing the power monitoring signal with models to determine information about one or more devices in the building. Network monitoring may be performed by receiving network packets transmitted by devices in the building and processing the data of the network packets to determine information about one or more devices in the building. For some devices and some implementations, information about a device may be determined by using both power monitoring and network monitoring.
Claims22
A computer-implemented method for identifying devices, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- obtaining a power monitoring signal by measuring an electrical property of a power line;
- processing a first power event in the power monitoring signal with one or more power models to generate one or more scores;
- determining first information about a first device powered by the power line using the one or more scores;
- receiving a network packet via a network device, wherein the network packet corresponds to a network transmission by a second device powered by the power line;
- and
- determining, using data of the network packet and the first information, second information about the second device.
An electrical meter comprising:
- a sensor for measuring an electrical property of an electrical main;
- a network interface;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- obtain a power monitoring signal from the sensor;
- process a first power event in the power monitoring signal with one or more power models to generate one or more scores;
- determine first information about a first device powered by the electrical main using the one or more scores;
- receive a first network packet via a network device, wherein the first network packet corresponds to a network transmission by a second device powered by the electrical main;
- and
- determine, using data of the first network packet and the first information, second information about the second device.
An electrical panel comprising:
- a sensor for measuring an electrical property of an electrical main;
- a network interface;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- obtain a power monitoring signal from the sensor;
- process a first power event in the power monitoring signal with one or more power models to generate one or more scores;
- determine first information about a first device powered by the electrical main using the one or more scores;
- receive a first network packet via a network device, wherein the first network packet corresponds to a network transmission by a second device powered by the electrical main;
- and
- determine, using data of the first network packet and the first information, second information about the second device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.