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US 2022/0101457 A1Published application
System to make consumers aware of electricity usage
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsNagaraja Sundaresh, Pradeep Shetty, Rajesh Ramesh, Chandrashekar Padubidri, Rangesa Arakere, Ananda Huchappa Shastry
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Abstract
Energy usage of a plurality of appliances is measured using a single meter. A pattern of energy usage with respect to the plurality of appliances is determined dependent upon the measured energy usage, appliance details of the plurality of appliances, and usage hours of the plurality of appliances. The pattern is provided to a user of the appliances.
Claims20
An energy usage awareness system comprising:
- an input device configured to receive and store device information about one or more energy consuming devices within a building from a user or users of the one or more energy consuming devices, the device information comprising:
- a type of each of the one or more energy consuming devices;
- a number of the one or more energy consuming devices of each type within the building;
- ratings information for each of the one or more energy consuming devices;
- a listing of typical hours of usage during a typical day for each of the one or more energy consuming devices;
- a single energy awareness meter that measures a sampled power magnitude at a mains of the building at specified intervals and for specified durations of time and stores the sampled power magnitudes;
- a memory that stores the device information about one or more energy consuming devices present within the building and the sampled power magnitudes;
- a processor coupled to the single energy awareness meter and to the memory, wherein the processor infers an energy usage pattern for one or more energy consuming devices using the sampled power magnitudes of the building and the device information;
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- a display configured to display energy usage patterns for the one or more energy consuming devices.
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An energy usage awareness system comprising:
- an energy awareness meter downstream of a building tariff meter, the energy awareness meter configured to sample a mains power consumed by one or more energy consuming devices within a building, wherein the energy awareness meter comprises a memory for storing the sampled power consumed, wherein the sampled power is stored as discrete samples of the mains power consumed within the building at specified intervals and for a specified duration of time;
- a processing apparatus coupled to the energy awareness meter accessible to a user or users of one or more energy consuming devices within the building, the processing apparatus comprising:
- a memory for storing input information received from the user or users of the one or more energy consuming devices within the building, wherein the input information received from the user or users comprises:
- a type of each of the one or more energy consuming devices;
- a number of the one or more energy consuming devices of each type within the building;
- ratings information for each of the one or more energy consuming devices;
- a listing of typical hours of usage during a typical day for each of the one or more energy consuming devices;
- a processor, wherein the processor infers an energy usage pattern for each of the one or more energy consuming devices using the sampled power consumed within the building and information input by the user;
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- a display configured to display the energy usage pattern to the user or users.
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An energy usage awareness system comprising:
- an input device configured to receive and store device information about one or more energy consuming devices within a building from a user or users of the one or more energy consuming devices, the device information comprising:
- a type of each of the one or more energy consuming devices;
- a number of the one or more energy consuming devices of each type within the building;
- ratings information for each of the one or more energy consuming devices;
- and
- a listing of typical hours of usage during a typical day for each of the one or more energy consuming devices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.