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SLAVE SUITABLE FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

  • US 20150012233A1
  • Filed: 02/26/2013
  • Published: 01/08/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A slave suitable for energy management systems for collecting, from an energy meter for measuring an amount of electric energy supplied from a power source to a predetermined place through a distribution line, meter-reading data containing the amount of electric energy,the slave comprising:

  • a first interface unit configured to communicate with an upper device;

    a second interface unit configured to communicate with an electric appliance installed in the predetermined place;

    a third interface unit configured to communicate with a communication terminal; and

    a controller having;

    a function of obtaining the meter-reading data from the energy meter;

    a function of controlling the first interface unit to send the meter-reading data to the upper device; and

    a function of controlling the third interface unit to send the meter-reading data to the communication terminal, andthe second interface unit and the third interface unit being configured to perform wireless communication using electric waves in wireless communication schemes different from each other.

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