US 2012/0059610 A1 · ENERGY METERING SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD

Abstract

Disclosed is an energy metering system, apparatus and method that enables an energy meter to reduce power consumed in communication when remotely inspecting the energy meter under an energy pricing system changed depending on time. To this end, the energy meter transmits information on energy consumption at only a changed time of energy price, and operates in a power saving mode except the changed time. If the information on the energy consumption is transmitted at the changed time, the information on the energy consumption in each period having the same energy price is secured, and therefore, a central server has no difficulty in calculating an energy consumption rate. Thus, it is possible to minimize power consumed in communication while transmitting all the information on the energy consumption, required in the central server. Particularly, a battery is used longer in an environment using the battery, thereby reducing maintenance/repair cost.

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Dependent claims

An energy metering system, comprising:

a metering component configured to meter energy consumption;
a bidirectional communication component configured to transmit information on the energy consumption to a metering data collector in connection with the metering component and receive a control signal from the metering data collector;
the metering data collector configured to receive and collect the information on the energy consumption, transmitted by the bidirectional communication component, and then transmit the collected information to a central server, and transmit the control signal to the bidirectional communication component based on information on an energy pricing system, received from the central server;
and
the central server configured to transmit the information on the energy pricing system, changed depending on production and consumption situations of energy, to the metering data collector, and receive the information on the energy consumption, collected from the metering data collector,
wherein the bidirectional communication component determines a time at which the information on the energy consumption is to be transmitted, based on the control signal.

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Energy metering system, apparatus and method

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