Energy consumption evaluation system having reduced energy consumption
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1. A method for optimizing a transmission rate between a status sensing device and a consumption evaluation device for determining power consumption of an electrical device, the method comprising:
- (a) setting an initial transmission rate for the status sensing device to transmit a status signal indicative of an on/off status of the electrical device to the consumption evaluation device;
(b) receiving, at the consumption evaluation device, the status signal at the initial transmission rate;
(c) learning at least one of consumption characteristics and consumption habits of the electrical device; and
(d) reducing the initial transmission rate to an optimized transmission rate as the at least one of the consumption characteristics and the consumption habits of the electrical device are learned.
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Abstract
There is described a system for measuring energy consumption of individual electrical devices amongst a plurality of electrical devices. The system is adapted to determine in real time energy consumption while reducing its own consumption of energy by adjusting a transmission rate to between status sensing devices and a consumption evaluation device. The transmission rate is adjusted as a function of learned energy consumption habits and/or consumption characteristics of individual electrical devices.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for optimizing a transmission rate between a status sensing device and a consumption evaluation device for determining power consumption of an electrical device, the method comprising:
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(a) setting an initial transmission rate for the status sensing device to transmit a status signal indicative of an on/off status of the electrical device to the consumption evaluation device; (b) receiving, at the consumption evaluation device, the status signal at the initial transmission rate; (c) learning at least one of consumption characteristics and consumption habits of the electrical device; and (d) reducing the initial transmission rate to an optimized transmission rate as the at least one of the consumption characteristics and the consumption habits of the electrical device are learned. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 24)
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12. A system for determining individual power consumption from a plurality of electrical devices, the system comprising:
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a plurality of status sensing devices for transmitting status signals indicative of on/off status of the electrical devices; a global energy measurement device for transmitting a global energy consumption signal indicative of a global energy consumption for the plurality of electrical devices; and a consumption evaluation device adapted to receive the global energy consumption signal, and receive the status signals at an initial transmission rate, and configured for learning at least one of consumption characteristics and consumption habits of the electrical devices and reducing the initial transmission rate to an optimized transmission rate as the at least one of the consumption characteristics and the consumption habits are learned. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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