LOCATION-BASED SMART ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING RFID AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120109397A1
• Filed: 11/15/2010
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ezville Company Limited, Hanwha Solution & Consulting Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ezville Company Limited, Hanwha Solution & Consulting Company Limited
• Inventors: SHIM, Youn Min, Park, Heung-Soo
• Application Number:
  US12/946,508
• Publication Number:
  US 20120109397A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/295
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00004 characterised by the power network being locally controlled
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00028 involving the use of Internet protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/14 The load or loads being home appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/003 Load forecast, e.g. methods or systems for forecasting future load demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/12 Arrangements for remote connection or disconnection of substations or of equipment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/3225 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/50 in wire-line communication networks, e.g. low power modes or reduced link rate
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/20 End-user application control systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/221 General power management systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/222 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/242 Home appliances

Abstract

In a smart energy management system linked with home network devices respectively installed in a plurality of households to manage the use of energy for each household, a location detecting unit detects location information or entry/exit information of a household member through recognition of an RFID tag carried by the household member connected with an RFID receiving device. An energy recording unit receives energy use details of the household, inputted from the home network device, and records the received energy use details together with the location information or entry/exit information of the household member. A pattern analysis unit analyzes an energy use pattern for the energy use details. An energy management unit provides the energy use details through the home network device as a result obtained by comparing the energy use detailed for each household or so that the household member recognizes the energy use pattern.

Claims

1. A smart energy management system linked with home network devices respectively installed in a plurality of households to manage the use of energy for each household, the system comprising:

a location detecting unit to detect location information or entry/exit information of a household member through recognition of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag carried by the household member in connection to an RFID receiving device;

an energy recording unit to receive energy use details of the household in which the household member resides, inputted from the home network device, and to record the received energy use details together with the location information or entry/exit information of the household member;

a pattern analysis unit to analyze an energy use pattern for the energy use details based on the location information or entry/exit information; and

an energy management unit to provide the energy use details through the home network device as a result obtained by comparing the energy use detailed for each household or so that the household member recognizes the energy use pattern.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the energy recording unit records the energy use details for each household member with respect to a plurality of household members that reside in the household, and the pattern analysis unit manages energy use patterns for the plurality of household members by combining the energy use details recorded for each household.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein, when the energy use amount of the household exceeds a predetermined value and the household member does not operate a home appliance through the home network device due to a predetermined condition, the energy management unit directly controls the home appliance through the home network device.

4. A smart energy management method of a smart energy management system linked with home network devices respectively installed in a plurality of households to manage the use of energy for each household, the method comprising:

detecting location information or entry/exit information of a household member by recognizing an RFID tag carried by the household member through an RFID receiving device;

receiving energy use details of the household in which the household member resides, inputted from the home network device, and recording the received energy use details together with the location information or entry/exit information of the household member;

analyzing an energy use pattern for the energy use details based on the location information or entry/exit information; and

providing the energy use details through the home network device as a result obtained by comparing the energy use detailed for each household or so that the household member recognizes the energy use pattern.