APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NON-INTRUSIVE LOAD MONITORING (NILM)
First Claim
1. A non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) apparatus comprising:
- a sensor unit configured to collect information about power consumed by an appliance;
a controller configured to acquire a power consumption pattern of the appliance based on the collected power information, and to identify the appliance based on the power consumption pattern;
a display unit configured to display a result of the identification so as for a user to determine whether the result of the identification based on the power consumption pattern is correct; and
database configured to store the result of the identification if it is determined that the result of the identification displayed on the display unit is correct.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM). The NILM apparatus is aimed at updating reference data of a storage unit established by a generalized method to increase reliability of the storage unit. The NILM apparatus includes: a sensor unit configured to collect information about power consumed by an appliance; a controller configured to acquire a power consumption pattern of the appliance based on the collected power information, and to identify the appliance using the power consumption pattern; a display unit configured to display the result of the identification so as for a user to determine whether the result of the identification using the power consumption pattern is correct; and storage unit configured to store the result of the identification if it is determined that the result of the identification displayed on the display unit is correct.
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27 Claims
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1. A non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) apparatus comprising:
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a sensor unit configured to collect information about power consumed by an appliance; a controller configured to acquire a power consumption pattern of the appliance based on the collected power information, and to identify the appliance based on the power consumption pattern; a display unit configured to display a result of the identification so as for a user to determine whether the result of the identification based on the power consumption pattern is correct; and database configured to store the result of the identification if it is determined that the result of the identification displayed on the display unit is correct. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23)
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15. A non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) method comprising:
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collecting information about power consumed by an appliance; acquiring a power consumption pattern of the appliance based on the collected power information; identifying the appliance based on the power consumption pattern; displaying a result of the identification; determining whether the result of the identification based on the power consumption pattern is correct by a user; and storing the result of the identification in database if it is determined that the result of the identification displayed on the display unit is correct. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24)
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25. A power supply system comprising:
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an external power source; a panel board to receive power from the external power source; at least one electric outlet to connect to at least one appliance to transfer the power to the at least one appliance; a non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) apparatus to collect power consumption information by the at least one appliance comprising; a sensor unit configured to collect information about power consumed by an appliance; a controller configured to acquire a power consumption pattern of the appliance based on the collected power information, and to identify the appliance based on the power consumption pattern; and database configured to store a result of the identification; and a display unit configured to display the result of the identification, wherein a user determines whether the displayed result of the identification based on the power consumption pattern is correct, and the determined result of the identification is stored in the database. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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