APPARATUS FOR VERIFYING AND MANAGING CONSUMPTION ELECTRIC POWER DATA IN A GREEN HOME ELECTRIC POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120165998A1
• Filed: 12/22/2011
• Published: 06/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: CHOI, Chang-Sic, HAN, Jinsoo, PARK, Wan Ki, LEE, Jeong In, LEE, Il Woo
• Application Number:
  US13/334,641
• Publication Number:
  US 20120165998A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/286
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 2204/125 Utility meter reading systems specially adapted for determining the environmental impact of user behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 2204/14 Displaying of utility usage with respect to time, e.g. for monitoring evolution of usage or with respect to weather conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 4/02 Details
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/34 Smart metering supporting the carbon neutral operation of end-user applications in buildings
• 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 apparatus for verifying and managing consumption electric power data in a green home electric power management system includes: an electric management object structure configured according to an outlet of home, an electric power sensor node of a hole of the outlet, a device and a device; and a consumption electric power data management apparatus for storing a consumption electric power data transmitted from an electric power measuring module embedded outlet and a time information table in the electric management object structure and managing consumption electric power information. The apparatus further includes a verifying apparatus for generating a simulation consumption electric power data.

Claims

1. An apparatus for verifying and managing consumption electric power data in a green home electric power management system, comprising:

an electric management object structure configured according to an outlet at home, an electric power sensor node of a hole of the outlet, a device and an equipment;

a consumption electric power data management apparatus for storing a consumption electric power data transmitted from an electric power measuring module embedded outlet in forms of an object management table and a time information table in the electric management object structure to manage consumption electric power information; and

a verifying apparatus for generating simulation consumption electric power data for verifying the consumption electric power data management apparatus.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electric management object structure includes:

a home outlet table for managing information for whole outlets installed at home;

an outlet information table having at least one of an outlet ID (OID) of each of the outlets, a room location, a specific location of the each of the outlets, an instantaneous electric power and an accumulated electric power quantity for each of the outlets installed at the home;

a device information table having at least one of a Node ID (NID) of the electric power sensor node, an instantaneous electric power, and an accumulated electric power for each hole forming an outlet, and a device ID (DID) of a device connected to the each hole; and

an equipment information table having at least one of a heating and cooling device, a lighting device, a audio and video (AV) device, an information device and home equipment information for classifying and managing devices at the home according to a function and a usage,

wherein the tables are related to each other.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the consumption electric power quantity data management apparatus includes:

a node information analysis unit for outputting consumption electric power information for each outlet, each device, each equipment, a time slot through an analysis when the node information analysis unit receives the consumption electric power information of each device at the home, the consumption electric power information having at least one of a sensor node ID (NID), an instantaneous electric power, an accumulated electric power and time information;

an outlet information control unit for managing the outlet information table and the outlet hole information table by using information transmitted from the node information analysis unit;

a device information control unit for managing the device information table and the equipment information table by using information transmitted from the node information analysis unit; and

an electric power quantity statistic information control unit for managing the time information table by using information transmitted from the node information analysis unit.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the time information table includes:

an annual accumulated electric power quantity table for managing information on an annual total electric accumulated electric power quantity and an annual electric accumulated electric power quantity of each device;

a monthly accumulated electric power quantity table for managing information of a monthly total electric accumulated electric power quantity and a monthly electric accumulated electric power quantity of each device;

a daily accumulated electric power quantity table for managing information of a daily total electric accumulated electric power quantity and a daily electric accumulated electric power quantity of each device;

a day for a week accumulated electric power quantity table for managing information of a total electric accumulated electric power quantity for a day for a week and an electric accumulated electric power quantity of each device for the day for a week; and

a time-slot accumulated electric power quantity table for managing information of a total electric accumulated electric power quantity for a time slot and an electric accumulated electric power quantity of each device for the time slot.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the verifying apparatus extracts node and device ID information from an outlet information table, outlet hole information and device information table in the electric power management object structure;

extracts a simulation generation information based on a consumption electric power quantity, an operation time and an electrical power consumption pattern of each device, and verification period;

generates simulation consumption electric power data by operating a simulator based on the node and device ID information; and

transmits the generated simulation consumption electric power data to the consumption electric power data management apparatus.

6. A method for verifying and managing consumption electric power data in a green home electric power management system, comprising:

receiving a consumption electric power data transmitted from a consumption electric power measuring module embedded outlet of a consumption electric power quantity data management apparatus; and

storing and managing the received consumption electric power data in forms of an object management table and a time information table in an electric power management object structure.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

generating simulation consumption electric power data for verifying the consumption electric power quantity management apparatus by a verifying apparatus.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the generating the simulation consumption electric power data includes:

extracting node and device ID information from an outlet information table, an outlet hole information table, and a device information table in the electric power management object structure;

extracting simulation generation information based on a consumption electric power quantity, an operation time and an electrical power consumption pattern of each device, and a simulation electric power verification period of each device;

generating a simulation consumption electric power data by operating a simulator based on the node and device ID information; and

transmitting the generated simulation consumption electric power data to the consumption electric power quantity management apparatus.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the electric power management object structure includes:

a home outlet table for managing information for whole outlets installed at home;

an outlet information table having at least one of an outlet ID (OID), a room location, a specific location of each of the outlets, an instantaneous electric power and an accumulated electric power quantity for each of the outlets installed at the home;

a device information table having at least one of a Node ID (NID) of the electric power sensor node, an instantaneous electric power, and an accumulated electric power for each hole constituting an outlet, and a device ID (DID) of a device connected to the each hole; and

an equipment information table having at least one of a heating and cooling device, a lighting device, a audio and video (AV) device, information device and home equipment information for classifying and managing devices at the home according to a function and a usage,

wherein the tables are related to each other.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the managing the received consumption electric power data includes:

outputting a consumption electric power information, in a node information analysis unit, for each outlet, each device, each equipment, a time slot through an analysis when the node information analysis unit receives the consumption electric power information of each device at the home, the consumption electric power information having at least one of a sensor node ID (NID), an instantaneous electric power, an accumulated electric power and time information.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the managing the received consumption electric power data further includes:

managing the outlet information table and the outlet hole information table by using information transmitted from the node information analysis unit by an outlet information control unit;

managing the device information table and the equipment information table by using information transmitted from the node information analysis unit by a device information control unit; and

managing the time information table by using information transmitted from the node information analysis unit by an electric power quantity statistic information control unit.

12. The method of claim 6, wherein the time information table includes:

an annual accumulated electric power quantity table for managing information of an annual total electric accumulated electric power quantity and an annual electric accumulated electric power quantity of each device;

a monthly accumulated electric power quantity table for managing information of a monthly total electric accumulated electric power quantity and a monthly electric accumulated electric power quantity of each device;

a daily accumulated electric power quantity table for managing information of a daily total electric accumulated electric power quantity and a daily electric accumulated electric power quantity of each device;

a day for a week accumulated electric power quantity table for managing information of a total electric accumulated electric power quantity for a day for a week and an electric accumulated electric power quantity of each device for the day for a week; and

a time-slot accumulated electric power quantity table for managing information of a total electric accumulated electric power quantity for a time slot and an electric accumulated electric power quantity of each device for the time slot.