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AssigneeBoard of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the Desert Research Institute
InventorsHampden Kuhns, Peter R. Edwards, George Nikolich, Morien W. Roberts
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Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, and devices for monitoring one or more utilities consumed within a monitored area. At least certain disclosed methods include detecting an amount of a first utility consumed by a load associated with a device. An amount of a second utility consumed by a load associated with the device is detected. The identity of the device is determined based on the amount of the first and second utility consumed. In further disclosed methods, a utility monitoring method is disclosed that includes measuring an amount of a utility consumed by a first device at a first time and an amount of a utility consumed by a second device at a second time. The identity of the first device is determined based on the measured consumption of the first and second devices at the first and second time. In certain implementations, the electricity meter uses an effective variance analysis of the conductance waveform on an electrical circuit to identify specific appliances.
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A utility monitoring method comprising:
The utility monitoring method of claim 1, wherein determining the identity of the first device based on the utility amounts consumed by the first and second devices at the first and second times, comprises:
The utility monitoring method of claim 1, wherein the utility amount consumed by the first device is an amount of a first utility consumed by the first device, further comprising measuring an amount of second utility consumed by the first device.
The utility monitoring method of claim 1, wherein the utility amount consumed by the second device is an amount of a first utility consumed by the second device, further comprising measuring an amount of a second utility consumed by the second device.
The utility monitoring method of claim 1, further comprising measuring an amount of a utility consumed by the first device at a third time, which may be the same as the second time if the second time is different than the first time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.