Computer controlled energy monitoring system
First Claim
1. An apparatus for monitoring and displaying energy consumption comprising:
- at least one communications channel;
at least one group of remote stations connected to a respective communications channel, each remote station comprising a plurality of information channels and addressable means for selectively connecting an addressed one of said plurality of information channels to said respective communications channel;
at least one energy consumption sensor connected to a respective information channel of a remote station;
at least one display device connected to a respective information channel of a remote station; and
a central station connected to each communications channel and comprising means for selectively addressing the information channels at said remote stations, means for receiving the output of said sensor during the period the information channel connected thereto is addressed and connected to a respective communications channel, means responsive to the output of said sensor for computing energy consumption data, and means for sending a signal representative of said energy consumption data to said display device during the period the information channel connected to said display device is addressed and connected to a respective communications channel, said display device displaying said energy consumption data.
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Abstract
Apparatus for monitoring and displaying energy consumption which comprises at least one communications channel, at least one group of remote stations each comprising a plurality of information channels and connected to a respective communication channel, and a central station connected to the communication channels and capable of addressing the information channels at the remote stations. The central station addresses an energy consumption sensor connected to an information channel at a remote station, and receives energy consumption data from the sensor, computes an actual energy consumption, and sends a signal representative of the computed energy consumption to a display device connected to an information channel of a remote station to display the same.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus for monitoring and displaying energy consumption comprising:
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at least one communications channel; at least one group of remote stations connected to a respective communications channel, each remote station comprising a plurality of information channels and addressable means for selectively connecting an addressed one of said plurality of information channels to said respective communications channel; at least one energy consumption sensor connected to a respective information channel of a remote station; at least one display device connected to a respective information channel of a remote station; and a central station connected to each communications channel and comprising means for selectively addressing the information channels at said remote stations, means for receiving the output of said sensor during the period the information channel connected thereto is addressed and connected to a respective communications channel, means responsive to the output of said sensor for computing energy consumption data, and means for sending a signal representative of said energy consumption data to said display device during the period the information channel connected to said display device is addressed and connected to a respective communications channel, said display device displaying said energy consumption data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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