Extensible Power Meter
AssigneeLeviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorsStephen Edmund Herzog, Steven M. Lewis, Andrew B. Levy
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Abstract
An embodiment of an electronic assembly may include a power meter, a network interface, and a processing unit to log data received from the power meter and upload the data through the network interface, wherein the processing unit operates an extensible run-time environment for add-on software modules. Another embodiment of an electronic assembly may include a meter interface, a network interface, and a processing unit to perform power calculations on signals received at the meter interface, log meter data from the power calculations, and upload the meter data through the network interface, wherein the processing unit operates an extensible run-time environment for add-on software modules.
Claims24
An electronic assembly comprising:
- a power meter;
- a network interface;
- and
- a processing unit to log data received from the power meter and upload the data through the network interface;
- wherein the processing unit operates an extensible run-time environment for add-on software modules.
An electronic assembly comprising:
- a meter interface;
- a network interface;
- and
- a processing unit to perform power calculations on signals received at the meter interface, log meter data from the power calculations, and upload the meter data through the network interface;
- wherein the processing unit operates an extensible run-time environment for add-on software modules.
A method comprising:
- interfacing an electrical apparatus to an electronic assembly through a metering interface on the electronic assembly;
- interfacing the electronic assembly to a communication network through a network interface on the electronic assembly;
- performing metering calculations at the electronic assembly on signals received at the metering interface;
- logging data from the metering calculations at the electronic assembly;
- uploading the logged data through the network interface;
- and
- operating an extensible run-time environment for add-on software modules at the electronic assembly.
A method comprising:
- interfacing an electrical apparatus to an electronic assembly through a metering interface on the electronic assembly;
- interfacing the electronic assembly to a cellular communication network;
- performing metering calculations at the electronic assembly on signals received at the metering interface;
- logging data from the metering calculations at the electronic assembly;
- and
- uploading the logged data through the cellular communication network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.