APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUB-METERING OF HOUSEHOLD DEVICES
First Claim
1. An apparatus configured to monitor resource consumption of an appliance in a household, said apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
a memory coupled to the processor; and
one or more executable instructions stored on the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, the one or more executable instructions comprising instructions for;
determining a resource demand profile for a household device for a given time period, the resource demand profile associating, for the given time period, an operating state profile of the household device with a total resource demand profile for the household.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for estimating resource consumption of a household device, e.g., an appliance. The method comprises determining a resource demand profile for a household device for a given time period, the resource demand profile associating, for the given time period, a device state of the household device with a total resource demand for the household. In one embodiment, the apparatus can be incorporated into an energy management system, where the apparatus collects data from each of the appliances in a household as well as from a resource meter.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus configured to monitor resource consumption of an appliance in a household, said apparatus comprising:
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a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; and one or more executable instructions stored on the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, the one or more executable instructions comprising instructions for; determining a resource demand profile for a household device for a given time period, the resource demand profile associating, for the given time period, an operating state profile of the household device with a total resource demand profile for the household. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; and one or more executable instructions stored on the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, the one or more executable instructions comprising instructions for; receiving data from a household device and a resource meter that measures a total resource demand for the household; and applying a least squares method to the data to determine a resource demand profile for the household device, wherein the resource demand profile associates, for a given time period, an operating state profile for the household device and a total resource demand profile. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method, comprising:
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at a remote device comprising a processor and memory; determining a resource demand profile for a household device for a given time period, the resource demand profile associating, for the given time period, an operating state of the household device with a total resource demand profile for the household. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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