SYSTEM FOR MEASURING ELECTRICAL POWER
First Claim
1. A system for measuring power consumption of an electrical appliance, the system comprises:
- a sensing module for sensing physical phenomenon related to the power consumption of the electrical appliance;
said sensing module is located externally to the electrical appliance;
a transmitter for transmitting information related to the power consumption of the electrical appliance, said information represents the physical phenomenon sensed by the sensing module;
a power device.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The claimed subject matter discloses a system for measuring power consumption of an electrical appliance. The system comprises a sensing module for sensing physical phenomenon, located externally to the electrical appliance. The system further comprises a transmitter for transmitting information representing the physical phenomenon sensed by the sensing module and a power device. The physical phenomenon sensed by the sensing module provides indication on whether the electrical appliance is ON or OFF and whether the power consumption of the electrical appliance increased or decreased. In some cases, the indication is one or more scalars representing the sensed physical phenomena.
34 Citations
19 Claims
-
1. A system for measuring power consumption of an electrical appliance, the system comprises:
-
a sensing module for sensing physical phenomenon related to the power consumption of the electrical appliance; said sensing module is located externally to the electrical appliance; a transmitter for transmitting information related to the power consumption of the electrical appliance, said information represents the physical phenomenon sensed by the sensing module; a power device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
-
-
12. A system for determining power consumption of an electrical appliance, the system comprising:
-
a first receiving unit for receiving information from a sensing module located externally to the electrical appliance; a second receiving unit for receiving information from a power meter that stores power consumption of a plurality of electrical appliances, at least one of the plurality of electrical appliances is associated with a sensing module that sends information representing the physical phenomenon sensed by the sensing module and transmitted to the first receiving device; a processor for determining the power consumption of the electrical appliance as a function of the information received at the first receiving unit and at the second receiving unit. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
-
-
15. A method of measuring power consumption of electrical appliances, the method comprising:
-
receiving information from a power meter that stores power consumption of a plurality of electrical appliances; receiving an indication from a sensing apparatus associated with an electrical appliance of the plurality of electrical appliances, said indication provides information representing physical phenomenon sensed by a sensing module located externally to the electrical appliance and externally to the power cable transferring power to the electrical appliance; determining the power consumption of the electrical appliance as a function of the information received from the power meter and the information received from the sensing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
-
Specification