POWER USAGE CONTROL SYSTEM

• US 20140074309A1
• Filed: 09/10/2012
• Published: 03/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: I-Shou University
• Original Assignee: Chiung-Chang Hsieh, Chun-Hui Ho, Chun-Wei Tseng, Rong-Ching Wu
• Inventors: Wu, Rong-Ching, Tseng, Chun-Wei, Ho, Chun-Hui, Hsieh, Chiung-Chang
• Application Number:
  US13/608,859
• Publication Number:
  US 20140074309A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/297
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 2204/12 Determination or prediction of behaviour, e.g. likely power consumption or unusual usage patterns
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00004 characterised by the power network being locally controlled
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00007 using the power network as support for the transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/14 The load or loads being home appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/00 Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/3225 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• 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 20/222 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/30 Smart metering, e.g. specially adapted for remote reading
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/121 using the power network as support for the transmission

Abstract

A power usage control system includes a transmission medium for transmitting power. A management module is coupled to the transmission medium. A control module is coupled to the transmission medium and at least one controlled apparatus. The management module and the control module communicate with each other through the transmission medium. The management module monitors an operation status of the at least one controlled apparatus through the control module. The management module controls the at least one controlled apparatus through the control module.

Claims

1. A power usage control system comprising:

a transmission medium for transmitting power;

a management module coupled to the transmission medium; and

a control module coupled to the transmission medium and at least one controlled apparatus,

wherein the management module and the control module communicate with each other through the transmission medium, the management module monitors an operation status of the at least one controlled apparatus through the control module, the management module controls the at least one controlled apparatus through the control module.

2. The power usage control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmission medium is a power line.

3. The power usage control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one controlled apparatus is a wireless controlled apparatus.

4. The power usage control system as claimed in claim 1, with the at least one controlled apparatus is a wire controlled apparatus.

5. The power usage control system as claimed in claim 1, with the management module including a carrier unit, a measuring unit, a processing unit, an input unit, and an output unit, with the carrier unit and the measuring unit coupled to the transmission medium, with the processing unit electrically connected to the carrier unit, the measuring unit, the input unit, and the output unit.

6. The power usage control system as claimed in claim 1, with the control module including a first control module, with the first control module including a carrier unit, a processing unit, an input unit, a remote control unit, and an output unit, with the carrier unit coupled to the transmission medium, with the processing unit electrically connected to the carrier unit, the input unit, the remote control unit, and the output unit, with the remote control unit coupled to a first controlled apparatus of the at least one controlled apparatus.

7. The power usage control system as claimed in claim 6, with the control module further including a second control module, with the second control module including a carrier unit, a processing unit, an input unit, an electrical control unit, and an output unit, with the carrier unit of the second control module coupled to the transmission medium, with the processing unit of the second control module electrically connected to the carrier unit, the input unit, the electrical control unit, and the output unit of the second control module, with the electrical control unit coupled to a second controlled apparatus of the at least one controlled apparatus.

8. The power usage control system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the first controlled apparatus is an air conditioner, a television, a stereo, or a security apparatus.

9. The power usage control system as claimed in claim 1, with the control module including a wire control module, with the wire control module including a carrier unit, a processing unit, an input unit, an electrical control unit, and an output unit, with the carrier unit of the wire control module coupled to the transmission medium, with the processing unit of the wire control module electrically connected to the carrier unit, the input unit, the electrical control unit, and the output unit of the wire control module, with the electrical control unit coupled to a wire controlled apparatus of the at least one controlled apparatus.

10. The power usage control system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the second controlled apparatus is an illumination device, an electrical heating device, or a water pump.

11. The power usage control system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the wire controlled apparatus is an illumination device, an electrical heating device, or a water pump.

12. The power usage control system as claimed in claim 1, with the management module including a management program, with the management program producing at least one control command to control the control module.

13. The power usage control system as claimed in claim 12, with the management program including at least one operation threshold, with the management program undergoing a load management procedure when an actual operation value of the at least one controlled apparatus is higher than the at least one operation threshold, with the control command sent to the control module to shut down a portion or all of the at least one controlled apparatus after an unloading time.