Measurement/acquisition system for electric information

• US 20060190198A1
• Filed: 02/18/2005
• Published: 08/24/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cimx Corporation
• Original Assignee: Cimx Corporation
• Inventors: Saito, Katsuaki, Ishi, Tadashi
• Application Number:
  US11/062,250
• Publication Number:
  US 20060190198A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/60
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 4/002 Remote reading of utility meters
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/2513 Arrangements for monitoring electric power systems, e.g. power lines or loads; Logging
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 22/06 by electronic methods
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 22/063 related to remote communication
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/30 Smart metering, e.g. specially adapted for remote reading

Abstract

An electric-information measurement/acquisition system comprising a sensor unit, a measurement unit, and an acquisition unit. The sensor unit includes sensors for detecting properties such as the voltage, current, temperature, and moisture,. The measurement unit includes: an A/D conversion unit for performing A/D conversion of the properties thus obtained at a predetermined first cycle; a first computing unit for performing computation at the predetermined first cycle and a predetermined second cycle so as to obtain intermediate data including the accumulated values of the averages of the properties including power-consumption data; and a transmission/reception unit for transmitting the intermediate data according to a request from the acquisition unit at a predetermined third cycle. The acquisition unit performs computation processing and correction processing for the intermediate data obtained from the multiple measurement units, thereby obtaining the properties thereof in a final format.

Claims

1. A measurement/acquisition system for electric information comprising:

at least one sensor unit for detecting analog signals from a plurality of apparatuses representing selected properties with regard to power consumption;

at least one measurement unit for converting said analog signals to digital signals, and performing first computation so as to obtain intermediate data; and

an acquisition unit for acquiring said intermediate data from said measurement unit(s);

wherein said sensor unit detects the voltage and current corresponding to power consumption of each of said apparatuses in the form of analog voltage signals vv and vi proportional to said voltage and current,

and wherein said measurement unit includes

an A/D conversion unit for converting said analog voltage signals vv and vi into output signals VV and VI, respectively, in the form of digital signals, at a predetermined first cycle,

a first computing unit for computing the squares of said output signals VV and VI, and computing the product of VV and VI, so as to obtain VV2, VI2, and power consumption P, computing the averages thereof at a predetermined second cycle, and extracting the square roots of the averages of VV2 and VI2,

a first accumulation unit for accumulating said values, and storing intermediate data formed of the accumulated values thus obtained and the number of accumulations N,

a transmission/reception unit for transmitting said intermediate data to said acquisition unit according to a transmission request signal from said acquisition unit, and

resetting means for removing said intermediate data stored in said first accumulation unit after transmission of said intermediate data,

and wherein said acquisition unit includes

a transmission/reception control unit for transmitting an intermediate-data transmission request signal to each of said plurality of measurement units at a predetermined third cycle, and receiving said intermediate data,

a second computing unit for dividing each of said accumulated values by said number of accumulations N based upon the said intermediate data so as to calculate and correct the averages (average voltage, average current, and average power consumption) in a period of time between the previous and current transmission request signals, and

a second accumulation unit for storing the computation results.

2. A measurement/acquisition system for electric information according to claim 1, wherein said sensor unit has functions for detecting the temperature and moisture with regard to said apparatuses in the form of analog signals vt and vh proportional to said temperature and moisture;

and wherein said measurement unit further includes

an A/D conversion unit for obtaining the output signals VT and VH in the form of digital signals corresponding to said analog voltage signals vt and vh at said predetermined first cycle, and

a first computing unit for computing the averages of said output signals VT and VH, and accumulating each of said averages thus obtained, so as to obtain the accumulated values thereof, at said predetermined second cycle;

and wherein said intermediate data further contains said accumulated values of averages of VT and VH.

3. A measurement/acquisition system for electric information according to claim 1 wherein said predetermined first cycle is 1.25 msec cycle, or a cycle obtained by dividing 1.25 msec by an integer;

and wherein said predetermined second cycle is an 80 msec cycle (in a case wherein said apparatuses employ a 50-Hz power system), or a 1/960 sec cycle (in a case wherein said apparatuses employ a 60-Hz power system);

and wherein said predetermined third cycle is no shorter than said predetermined second cycle.

4. A measurement/acquisition system for electric information according to claim 2 wherein said predetermined first cycle is a 1.25 msec cycle, or a cycle obtained by dividing 1.25 msec by an integer;

and wherein said predetermined second cycle is an 80 msec cycle (in a case wherein said apparatuses employ a 50-Hz power system), or a 1/960 sec cycle (in a case wherein said apparatuses employ a 60-Hz power system);

and wherein said predetermined third cycle is no shorter than said predetermined second cycle.

5. A measurement/acquisition system for electric information according to claim 1 wherein said measurement unit further includes means which allow the user to perform settings of the mode thereof including setting of the power-supply mode (single phase, three wire, 120/240V;

single phase, three wire, 100/200V;

three phase, three wire 200V;

three phase, four wire 120/208V wye-connected;

three phase four wire 120/240 V delta-connected) and/or setting of the temperature/moisture measurement mode for each apparatus.

6. A measurement/acquisition system for electric information according to claim 2 wherein said measurement unit further includes means which allow the user to perform settings of the mode thereof including setting of the power-supply mode (single phase, three wire, 120/240V;

single phase, three wire, 100/200V;

three phase, three wire 200V;

three phase, four wire, 120/208V wye-connected;

three phase, four wire 120/240 V delta-connected) and/or setting of the temperature/moisture measurement mode for each apparatus.

7. A measurement/acquisition system for electric information according to claim 1, wherein data transmission between said acquisition unit and said transmission/reception unit of said measurement unit is performed by serial transmission.

8. A measurement/acquisition system for electric information according to claim 2, wherein data transmission between said acquisition unit and said transmission/reception unit of said measurement unit is performed by serial transmission.

9. A measurement/acquisition system for electric information according to claim 3, wherein data transmission between said acquisition unit and said transmission/reception unit of said measurement unit is performed by serial transmission.

10. A measurement/acquisition system for electric information according to claim 4, wherein data transmission between said acquisition unit and said transmission/reception unit of said measurement unit is performed by serial transmission.