Energy monitor
First Claim
1. An energy monitor for individually monitoring first and second energy consuming devices which produce signals when operating, said devices having respective first and second rates of energy usage, said energy monitor comprising:
- a processor;
means associated with said processor for storing energy usage rate data, said data representing individual rates of energy consumption for each of said devices;
means associated with said processor and responsive to said signals for separately providing cumulative running time information for each of said devices;
means associated with said providing means and said storing means for separately producing cumulative energy consumption information for each of said devices; and
means associated with said producing means for separately indicating said energy consumption information for each of said devices.
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Abstract
An energy monitor for monitoring energy consumed by each of a plurality of energy consuming devices is disclosed. The energy monitor comprises a processor, a memory, means for storing energy usage rate data in the memory, the energy usage rate data representing a rate of energy consumed by each of the devices, means for determining when each of the devices is operating, means responsive to the storing means and the determining means for calculating energy consumption numbers representing a quantity of energy consumed by each device while each of the devices is operating and means for selectively displaying each of the energy consumption numbers.
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1. An energy monitor for individually monitoring first and second energy consuming devices which produce signals when operating, said devices having respective first and second rates of energy usage, said energy monitor comprising:
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a processor; means associated with said processor for storing energy usage rate data, said data representing individual rates of energy consumption for each of said devices; means associated with said processor and responsive to said signals for separately providing cumulative running time information for each of said devices; means associated with said providing means and said storing means for separately producing cumulative energy consumption information for each of said devices; and means associated with said producing means for separately indicating said energy consumption information for each of said devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An energy monitor for individually monitoring first and second energy consuming devices which produce individual operating signals, said devices having respective first and second rates of energy usage, said energy monitor comprising:
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input means for providing separate interface signals in response to said operating signals; computer means responsive to said interface signals for accumulating individual running time information for each of said devices, for storing energy usage rate data, said date representing individual rates of energy consumption for each of said devices, and responsive to said stored energy usage rate data and said accumulating running time information for generating separate cumulative energy consumption information for each of said devices; and output means for separately providing an indication of said energy consumption information for each of said devices. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method for individually monitoring first and second energy consuming devices which produce operating signals, said devices having respective first and second rates of energy uses, said method comprising:
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providing interface signals in response to said operating signals; accumulating separate running time information from said interface signals for each of said devices; storing energy usage rate data, said data representing individual rates of energy consumption for each of said devices generating separate cumulative energy consumption information for each of said devices; and providing an indication of said energy consumption information for each of said devices. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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