Electric appliance monitoring device
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a monitoring device (9) for an electric appliance (1), comprising electronic control means and data and/or information storage means. Said monitoring device (9) is typically connected to a first communication network (70A, 70B) through first interface means (7) and to a second communication network (80) through second interface means (8). Said first communication network (70A, 70B) is adapted to connect at least one sensing device (93, 94, 95, 96), being capable of measuring at least one value of at least one physical quantity related to the monitored electric appliance (1), to the monitoring device (9). According to the present invention, the monitoring device (9) receives the value of at least one physical quantity through the first interface means (7), and the electronic control means use said value of at least one physical quantity in order to obtain at least one piece of information related to the monitored electric appliance (1).
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48 Claims
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30. A monitoring device for use with a household electric appliance, the monitoring device comprising:
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i. a read and write memory; ii. a first interface means to connect to one or more sensors for measuring one or more physical quantities of the household electric appliance; iii. a means for measuring at least one electric quantity by measuring an electric current running through the monitoring device; iv. a microcontroller to process measurements of the one or more physical quantities and the at least one electric quantity to determine at least one piece of information relating to the household electric appliance; and v. a second interface means to send the at least one piece of information to a remote center. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A monitoring device for use with a household electric appliance, the monitoring device comprising:
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i. a read and write memory; ii. a first interface means to connect to one or more external sensors and one or more internal sensors for measuring one or more physical quantities of the household electric appliance, where the one or more internal sensors are connected to the first interface means through a communication means directly connected the one or more internal sensors; iii. a means for measuring at least one electric quantity by measuring an electric current running through the monitoring device; iv. a microcontroller to process measurements of the one or more physical quantities and the at least one electric quantity to determine at least one piece of information relating to the household electric appliance, where the at least one piece of information includes at least one of;
functional information, statistical information, and diagnostic information relating to the household electric appliance;v. an information storage means for storing the at least one piece of information in the read and write memory; and vi. a second interface means to send the at least one piece of information to a remote center. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A system for monitoring a household electric appliance, the system comprising:
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i. the household electric appliance; ii. one or more external sensors to measure one or more physical external quantities of the household electric appliance; iii. an electronic control means connected to one or more internal sensors, where the one or more internal sensors measure one or more physical internal quantities of the household electric appliance, the electronic control means configured to collect, store, and process measurements of the one or more physical internal quantities; iv. a communication means communicating with the electronic control means to transfer the measurements of the one or more physical internal quantities to a first interface means on a monitoring device; v. the monitoring device including, a. a read and write memory, b. the first interface means to connect to the one or more external sensors and the communication means to receive the measurements of the one or more physical external quantities and the one or more physical internal quantities, c. a means for measuring at least one electric quantity by measuring an electric current running through the monitoring device, d. a timing unit to associate an instant time with the measurements of the one or more physical quantities and the at least one electric quantity, e. a microcontroller to process the measurements of the one or more physical external quantities, one or more physical internal quantities, the at least one electric quantity, and the instant time, to determine at least one piece of information relating to the household electric appliance, where the at least one piece of information includes at least one of;
functional information, statistical information, and diagnostic information relating to the household electric appliance, andf. a second interface means to send the at least one piece of information to a remote center; and vi. the remote center to collect the at least one piece of information from one or more monitoring devices connected to respective household electric appliances and to extract statistical information about the household electric appliances being monitored. - View Dependent Claims (48)
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