CONTROL OF ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION

• US 20160216698A1
• Filed: 07/26/2013
• Published: 07/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: YOSHIDA, Naofumi, KURABAYASHI, Shuichi, TAKANO, Kosuke
• Application Number:
  US14/398,014
• Publication Number:
  US 20160216698A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 2204/12 Determination or prediction of behaviour, e.g. likely power consumption or unusual usage patterns
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 4/004 Remote reading of utility meters to a fixed location
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 22/061 Details of electronic electricity meters
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• 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 20/242 Home appliances
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/30 Smart metering, e.g. specially adapted for remote reading

Abstract

Technologies are generally described for an electric power consumption control scheme. In some examples, a method performed under control of a power control system may include measuring an electric power consumption of an electric device; obtaining a pattern of time-series change in the electric power consumption; and determining a type of the electric device based at least in part on the obtained pattern of time-series change in the electric power consumption.

Claims

1. A method performed under control of a power control system, comprising:

measuring an electric power consumption of an electric device;

obtaining a pattern of time-series change in the electric power consumption; and

determining a type of the electric device based at least in part on the obtained pattern of time-series change in the electric power consumption.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the obtained pattern of time-series change in the electric power consumption in a local memory of the power control system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the type of the electric device includes comparing the obtained pattern of time-series change in the electric power consumption with at least one reference power consumption pattern stored in a local memory of the power control system.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the obtained pattern of time-series change in the electric power consumption in a cloud data center that is communicatively coupled to the power control system.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the type of the electric device includes comparing the obtained pattern of time-series change in the electric power consumption with at least one reference power consumption pattern stored in a cloud data center that is communicatively coupled to the power control system.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a priority class of the electric device regarding a power consumption control based at least in part on the type of the electric device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

preparing a plurality of reference priority classes of the power consumption control, each reference priority class corresponding to each type of a plurality of electric devices,

wherein the determining of the priority class of the electric device is further based on the plurality of reference priority classes.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving a request to control the electric power consumption of the electric device; and

controlling the electric power consumption of the electric device based at least in part on the determined priority class of the electric device.

9. A power control system, comprising:

an electric power measuring unit configured to measure an electric power consumption of an electric device;

a power consumption pattern obtaining unit configured to obtain a pattern of time-series change in the electric power consumption; and

a device type determining unit configured to determine a type of the electric device based at least in part on the obtained pattern of time-series change in the electric power consumption.

10. The power control system of claim 9, further comprising:

a memory configured to store the obtained pattern of time-series change in the electric power consumption.

11. The power control system of claim 9, further comprising:

a memory configured to store at least one reference power consumption pattern,

wherein the device type determining unit is further configured to compare the obtained pattern of time-series change in the electric power consumption with the at least one reference power consumption pattern.

12. The power control system of claim 9, wherein the device type determining unit is configured to compare the obtained pattern of time-series change in the electric power consumption with at least one reference power consumption pattern stored in a cloud data center that is communicatively coupled to the power control system.

13. The power control system of claim 9, further comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit the obtained pattern of time-series change in the electric power consumption to a cloud data center that is communicatively coupled to the power control system.

14. The power control system of claim 13, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive at least one reference power consumption pattern from the cloud data center that is communicatively coupled to the power control system, and

wherein the device type determining unit is further configured to compare the obtained pattern of time-series change in the electric power consumption with the received at least one reference power consumption pattern.

15. The power control system of claim 9, further comprising:

a priority class determining unit configured to determine a priority class of the electric device regarding a power consumption control based at least in part on the type of the electric device.

16. The power control system of claim 15, further comprising:

a memory configured to store a plurality of reference priority classes of the power consumption control in association with each type of a plurality of electric devices,

wherein each reference priority class corresponds to each type of the plurality of electric devices, and

wherein the priority class determining unit is further configured to determine the priority class of the electric device further based on the plurality of reference priority classes.

17. The power control system of claim 15, further comprising:

a control unit configured to;

receive a request to control the electric power consumption of the electric device; and

control the electric power consumption of the electric device based at least in part on the determined priority class of the electric device.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a power control system to perform operations, comprising:

measuring an electric power consumption of an electric device;

obtaining a pattern of time-series change in the electric power consumption; and

determining a type of the electric device based at least in part on the obtained pattern of time-series change in the electric power consumption.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise:

preparing a plurality of reference priority classes regarding a power consumption control, each reference priority class corresponding to each type of a plurality of electric devices; and

determining a priority class of the electric device in the power consumption control based at least in part on the type of the electric device and the plurality of reference priority classes.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a request to control the electric power consumption of the electric device; and

controlling the electric power consumption of the electric device based at least in part on the determined priority class of the electric device.