ELECTRIC POWER SOCKET CONTROL SYSTEM

• US 20160181805A1
• Filed: 12/23/2014
• Published: 06/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chia-Hua Lin
• Original Assignee: Chia-Hua Lin
• Inventors: LIN, Chia-Hua
• Granted Patent: US 9,667,067 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

An electric power socket control system comprises a cloud server, a wireless network sharer, at least an electric power socket device including a wireless network interface circuit and an electric quantity detection circuit, and a handheld device, wherein the electric power socket device can connect to the cloud server through the wireless network of the wireless network sharer and receive instructions for controlling the electric power socket device via the cloud server. In addition, the handheld device includes a built-in control software allowing to connect to the cloud server, in which the control software can be used to build the basic data of the electric power socket device and further select that, during a time interval, the system can perform power supply/power break operations to the electric power socket device automatically and randomly at non-fixed time.

Claims

1. An electric power socket control system, comprising:

a cloud server, including a built-in database module;

a wireless network sharer, used to provide a wireless network capable of connecting to external networks;

at least an electric power socket device, which includes a wireless network interface circuit and an electric quantity detection circuit, and is able to connect to the wireless network sharer by means of the wireless network interface circuit so as to connect to the cloud server through the wireless network of the wireless network sharer and receive instructions for controlling the electric power socket device via the cloud server;

a handheld device, having a build-in control software for connections to the cloud server, the control software including;

an operation interface unit, used to provide multiple user interfaces in order to operate the control software on different user interfaces;

a wireless connection unit, connected to the operation interface unit such that the control software connects to the electric power socket device on a wireless connection interface, thereby, after connection, allowing to enter into a main page operation interface to perform settings on different items;

a control mode building unit, connected to the main page operation interface and the operation interface unit, in which the control mode building unit can configure the basic data of the electric power socket device on a control mode building interface, the control mode building unit including;

a name input module, used to input a name defining the electric power socket device;

a country selection module, allowing to select the country where the electric power socket device is located;

a zip code input module, used to input the zip code of the area in the country where the electric power socket device is located;

an icon display module, capable of forming a control switch module on the main page operation interface, in which the control switch module shows the name and connection mode of the electric power socket device, and, in addition, the power supply status and electric power consumption quantity status of the electric power socket device can be uploaded to the database module of the cloud server, the power supply status of the electric power socket device can be displayed on the control switch module in real-time, and the control switch module can be pressed down so that the press-down status can be uploaded to the cloud server in order to change the power supply status of the electric power socket device in real-time;

a power supply time switch selection unit, connected to the main page operation interface and the operation interface unit, in which the power supply time switch selection unit can set up the power supply time data of the electric power socket device on a power supply time selection interface, the power supply time switch selection unit including;

a regular power supply time setting module, used to set up the power supply and power break times of the electric power socket device in any days, in which the regular power supply time setting module can form a regular power supply start module on the power supply time selection interface so that the regular power supply start module can be pressed down in order to initiate setting operations;

a random power supply time setting module, used to select or input the control time interval of the electric power socket device for each day and perform random power supply or power break operations within the control time interval, in which the random power supply time selection module can form a random power supply start module on the power supply time selection interface so that the random power supply start module can be pressed down in order to initiate setting operations;

a sunrise/sunset power supply selection module, used to configure whether to perform power supply/power break operations of the electric power socket device in each day;

a data upload unit, connected to the control mode building unit, the power supply time switch selection unit and the sunrise/sunset power selection unit, and used to upload the basic data, power supply time data and the sunrise/sunset power supply data of the electric power socket device to the database module of the cloud server and generate a data file with the basic data of the electric power socket device such that the power supply status and the electric power consumption quantity status uploaded by the electric power socket device can be stored in the data file;

an electric power consumption quantity display unit, connected to the main page operation interface and the operation interface unit and capable of configuring and displaying the electric power consumption data of the electric power socket device on an electric power consumption quantity display interface, the electric power consumption quantity display unit including;

an electricity charge collection method setting module, used to configure the electricity charge collection mode for the electric power socket device;

an electricity charge collection time setting module, used to configure the time range of the electricity charge collection for the electric power socket device;

a real-time electric power consumption quantity display module, capable of accessing the electric power consumption quantity status of the electric power socket device from the database module of the cloud server and displaying the electric power consumption quantity on the electric power consumption quantity display interface with different colors in accordance with the electric power consumption quantity data;

a real-time electricity charge display module, capable of calculating the electricity charge amount in accordance with the electric power consumption quantity status, the electricity charge collection mode and the time range for electricity charge collection, and displaying the amount on the electric power consumption quantity display interface.

2. The electric power socket control system according to claim 1, wherein the connection mode between the control software in the handheld device and the electric power socket device is of a remote control mode and a direct control mode, in which the remote control mode indicates that the handheld device needs to transfer power supply/power break instructions to the electric power socket device through the cloud server, and the direct control mode means the handheld device transfers power supply/power break instructions to the electric power socket device directly by way of the wireless network.

3. The electric power socket control system according to claim 1, wherein if the electric power socket device is connected to the cloud server, then the control switch module of the electric power socket device can be displayed on the main page operation interface, and if the electric power socket device is not connected to the cloud server, then the control switch module can not be pressed down to control power supply/power break operations to the electric power socket device.

4. The electric power socket control system according to claim 1, wherein the control software can configure with respect to different electric power socket devices and generate different control switch modules, and different control switch modules displayed on the main page operation interface can be shown with sliding and moving actions.

5. The electric power socket control system according to claim 1, wherein the database module of the cloud server further comprises the sunrise/sunset standard data corresponding to different counties and zip codes such that the cloud server can calculate based on the configured sunrise/sunset power supply data in conjunction with the sunrise/sunset standard data and transfers power supply/power break instructions to the electric power socket device.

6. The electric power socket control system according to claim 1, wherein the database module of the cloud server further comprises the electricity charge standard data corresponding to different counties and zip codes such that the cloud server can calculate the electricity charge amount based on the configured electric power consumption data in conjunction with the electricity charge standard data and transfer it to the control software of the handheld device thereby displaying the electric power consumption quantity power supply/power break instructions on the electric power consumption quantity display interface.

7. The electric power socket control system according to claim 1, further comprising an electric power socket name modification unit which is connected to the main page operation interface and the operation interface unit and is used to modify the contents of the configured basic data.

8. The electric power socket control system according to claim 1, wherein the sunrise/sunset power supply selection module further includes a daylight saving time power supply setting module, in which the daylight saving time power supply setting module sets up the power supply/power break time of the electric power socket device in each day based on the daylight saving time, and the daylight saving time power supply setting module can form a daylight saving time power supply start module on the sunrise/sunset power supply selection interface so the daylight saving time power supply start module can be pressed down to initiate setting operations.

9. The electric power socket control system according to claim 1, wherein the cloud server can calculate the power factor based on the electric power consumption status of the electric power socket device and transfer it to the control software of the handheld device so as to be displayed on the electric power consumption quantity display interface.

10. The electric power socket control system according to claim 1, wherein the regular power supply time setting module further comprises interfaces including Countdown Timer (countdown timer for power supply and power break time), Programmable Timer (regular power supply time setting), Astronomic Time (sunrise/sunset power supply and power break time), Holiday Random (power supply time on holiday) etc.