APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENERGY DISPLAY

• US 20120232816A1
• Filed: 02/16/2012
• Published: 09/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LSIS Co. Ltd. (LS Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LSIS Co. Ltd. (LS Corporation)
• Inventors: OH, Jung Hwan, PARK, Jae Seong, SON, Dongmin
• Granted Patent: US 9,116,014 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/62
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 2204/24 Identification of individual loads, e.g. by analysing current/voltage waveforms
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 2204/45 Utility meters networked together within a single building
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 4/004 Remote reading of utility meters to a fixed location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• 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 10/50 Systems or methods supporting the power network operation or management, involving a certain degree of interaction with the load-side end user applications
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/30 Smart metering, e.g. specially adapted for remote reading

Abstract

The present disclosure enables comparison of an energy consuming propensity of each energy consumer with that of other energy consumers. To this end, energy usage information of each energy consumer and comparison conditions (size of house, the number of families, energy consuming regions) are collected, and energy consuming propensities of other energy consumers are compared with energy consuming propensity of each energy consumer similar in terms of living environment, and the comparison is shown. A variety of statistical information for comparison is provided through an IHD (In-Home Display) installed at each house, whereby the energy consumers can easily and conveniently evaluate his own energy consuming propensity. An objective evaluation of his or her position related to energy consumption of other energy consumers promotes more active energy conservation and more rational energy consumption by being stimulated by the energy consumption of other energy consumers.

Claims

1. An energy display apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

a smart meter detecting an energy-related data of an energy user;

input means receiving a comparison condition from the energy user for comparing energy-related data of other energy users;

statistics information processing means receiving and processing the energy related data of other energy users in response to the inputted comparison condition; and

an IHD (In Home Display) displaying a result of the statistics information processing means.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the comparison condition is selectively applied according to a selection of a size of a house, the number of families, and an energy consumption region.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the input means is positioned at the IHD.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the input means is positioned at the smart meter.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the statistical information processing means is positioned at a data concentration device, wherein the data concentration device is a device relaying data transmission and data reception between smart meters in a predetermined region and a smart metering system server comprehensively controlling the smart meters.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the statistical information processing means is positioned at the smart metering system server comprehensively controlling the smart meters.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the IHD displays an energy usage rate of a relevant energy user in relation to an energy usage rate distribution of other energy users.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the IHD displays an average value of energy usage rates of other energy users and the energy usage rate of a relevant energy user.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the IHD displays an energy usage amount of a relevant energy user in relation to an energy usage amount distribution of other energy users.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the IHD displays an average value of energy usage amount of other energy users and the energy usage amount of a relevant energy user.

11. An energy display method, the method comprising:

detecting an energy-related data of an energy user;

receiving a comparison condition from the energy user for comparing energy-related data of other energy users;

receiving and processing the energy related data of other energy users in response to the inputted comparison condition (statistical information processing step); and

displaying a result of the statistics information processing step (display step).

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the comparison condition is selectively applied according to a selection of a size of a house, the number of families, and an energy consumption region.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the comparison condition is inputted through an IHD.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the comparison condition is inputted through a smart meter.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the statistical information processing step is performed by a data concentration device, wherein the data concentration device is a device relaying data transmission and data reception between smart meters in a predetermined region and a smart metering system server comprehensively controlling the smart meters.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the statistical information processing step is performed by the smart metering system server comprehensively controlling the smart meters.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the display step displays an energy usage rate of a relevant energy user in relation to an energy usage rate distribution of other energy users.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the display step displays an average value of energy usage rates of other energy users and the energy usage rate of a relevant energy user.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the display step displays an energy usage amount of a relevant energy user in relation to an energy usage amount distribution of other energy users.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the display step displays an average value of energy usage amount of other energy users and the energy usage amount of a relevant energy user.