POWER SUPPLY DOCK WITH WIRELESS NETWORK AND POWER MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS

• US 20130339766A1
• Filed: 07/09/2012
• Published: 12/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Guo-Yuan Wang, Jiann-Jyh Chen
• Original Assignee: Guo-Yuan Wang, Jiann-Jyh Chen
• Inventors: CHEN, Jiann-Jyh, WANG, Guo-Yuan
• Application Number:
  US13/543,889
• Publication Number:
  US 20130339766A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/300
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/266 Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips

Abstract

A power supply dock with wireless network and power management functions, comprising an enclosure, a wireless base station module and a control unit disposed in the enclosure, and a plurality of power supply sockets disposed on the enclosure. The wireless base station module communicates with an external first electric appliance via a wireless network. The power supply sockets are electrically connected to and supply power to the first electric appliance or an external second electric appliance. The power supply dock is connected with the utility power to power the wireless base station module so that the wireless network can be deployed quickly, and the coverage of the wireless network can be quickly enlarged through disposition of a plurality of such power supply docks.

Claims

1. A power supply dock with wireless network and power management functions, comprising:

an enclosure, having a power supply cable electrically connected to an external power supply end;

a wireless base station module disposed in the enclosure and electrically connected to the power supply cable, being configured to transmit/receive a network signal and use the network signal for wireless network communication with an external first electric appliance via a network communication protocol;

a control unit disposed in the enclosure and electrically connected to the wireless base station module and the power supply cable; and

a plurality of power supply sockets disposed on the enclosure respectively and electrically connected to the control unit, wherein the power supply sockets are configured to be electrically connected to and supply power to the first electric appliance or an external second electric appliance, and the wireless base station module is controlled by the network signal to drive the control unit to turn on or off the power supply sockets for powering the first electric appliance or the second electric appliance; and

the power supply dock powers the wireless base station module via the power supply cable to quickly deploy a wireless network so that the coverage of the wireless network can be quickly enlarged through disposition of a plurality of power supply docks, and the first electric appliance and the second electric appliance can be turned on or off through remote control by using the network signal to control power supply statuses of the power supply sockets.

2. The power supply dock with wireless network and power management functions of claim 1, further comprising a network input port disposed on the enclosure and electrically connected to the wireless base station module, wherein the network input port is configured to be electrically connected to an external modem, and the wireless base station module transmits/receives the network signal via the modem so that the first electric appliance performs network communication via the modem.

3. The power supply dock with wireless network and power management functions of claim 1, further comprising at least one network output port disposed on the enclosure and electrically connected to the wireless base station module, wherein the network output port is configured to be electrically connected to the first electric appliance, and the wireless base station module uses the network signal for wired network communication with the first electric appliance via the network communication protocol so that the first electric appliance performs network communication via the modem.

4. The power supply dock with wireless network and power management functions of claim 1, wherein the control unit is a programmable logic controller (PLC), and the wireless base station module is controlled by the network signal to drive the PLC to control power supply scheduling of the power supply sockets so that the first electric appliance and the second electric appliance operate periodically.

5. The power supply dock with wireless network and power management functions of claim 1, wherein the network signal that controls the wireless base station module is transmitted by the first electric appliance.

6. The power supply dock with wireless network and power management functions of claim 1, wherein the wireless base station module comprises a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) transmission chip.

7. The power supply dock with wireless network and power management functions of claim 1, further comprising an antenna unit disposed on the enclosure and electrically connected to the wireless base station module, wherein the antenna unit is configured to receive the network signal that has been processed by the wireless base station module and transmit the network signal outwards.

8. The power supply dock with wireless network and power management functions of claim 1, further comprising a USB port disposed on the enclosure and electrically connected to the wireless base station module, wherein the USB port is used for accessing the network signal and for power supplying.