APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRIC DEVICES
First Claim
1. An apparatus for energy management of electric devices, the apparatus comprising:
- an energy related information display component attached to an outside or circumference of an individual electricity device;
an estimation component configured to estimate an individual energy consumption amount based on an energy variation depending on time using a meter;
an analysis component configured to analyze a power consumption amount of the individual electric device by analyzing a consumption time of the individual electric device;
a first reception component through which the energy related information display component attached to the outside or circumference of the individual electric device receives individual energy related information of the individual electric device from the estimation component and the analysis component; and
a switch component configured to determine whether or not an electric device is operated in the vicinity of the energy related information display component.
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Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for energy management of electric devices, which individually displays various pieces of energy related information, such as consumption time, power consumption amount, current electricity rate and future electricity rate, in an apparatus provided to each electric device and controls the presence of operation of an individual electric device so as to make more effective use of limited energy resources in commercialized smart grid and smart meter technologies in which the energy price is changed depending on time. To this end, the operating state of each of the electric devices is estimated based on a variation in total energy consumption amount detected by a meter.
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1. An apparatus for energy management of electric devices, the apparatus comprising:
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an energy related information display component attached to an outside or circumference of an individual electricity device; an estimation component configured to estimate an individual energy consumption amount based on an energy variation depending on time using a meter; an analysis component configured to analyze a power consumption amount of the individual electric device by analyzing a consumption time of the individual electric device; a first reception component through which the energy related information display component attached to the outside or circumference of the individual electric device receives individual energy related information of the individual electric device from the estimation component and the analysis component; and a switch component configured to determine whether or not an electric device is operated in the vicinity of the energy related information display component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for energy management of electric devices, the method comprising:
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displaying energy related information at an outside or circumference of an individual electricity device; estimating an individual energy consumption amount based on an energy variation depending on time using a meter; analyzing a power consumption amount of the individual electric device by analyzing a consumption time of the individual electric device; receiving individual energy related information of the individual electric device from the estimating and the analyzing in the displaying of the energy related information at the outside or circumference of the individual electric device; and determining whether or not an electric device is operated in the vicinity of the energy related information display component. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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