POWER SYSTEM, POWER RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND POWER TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD

• US 20120010760A1
• Filed: 06/08/2011
• Published: 01/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: YAMASHITA, Kei, Noma, Hideki, Kawashima, Hiroshi, Saito, Junko, Honjo, Ryoki, Tanaka, Kayoko, Kimura, Masaya
• Granted Patent: US 8,577,513 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/297
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 22/066 Arrangements for avoiding or indicating fraudulent use
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00002 characterised by monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00007 using the power network as support for the transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/24 of photovoltaic origin
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/381 Dispersed generators
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/35 with light sensitive cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/56 Power conversion systems, e.g. maximum power point trackers
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 40/70 Smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the energy generation sector
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/123 the energy generation units being or involving renewable energy sources
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/30 State monitoring, e.g. fault, temperature monitoring, insulator monitoring, corona discharge
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/121 using the power network as support for the transmission

Abstract

There is provided a power system including a power transmitting apparatus and a power receiving apparatus. The power transmitting apparatus includes: a power generating unit generating power using renewable energy; a first power measuring unit measuring a power amount generated in a specified period; and a power transmitting unit transmitting the generated power in the specified period and information on the measured power amount to the power receiving apparatus. The power receiving apparatus includes: a power receiving unit receiving the power and the information on the power amount from the power transmitting apparatus; a second power measuring unit measuring a power amount received in the specified period; a determining unit comparing the received power amount and the measured power amount and determining whether such amounts match; and a power reception control unit operable when the amounts do not match, to stop reception of the power and the information.

Claims

1. A power system comprising a power transmitting apparatus and a power receiving apparatus,

wherein the power transmitting apparatus includes:

a power generating unit generating power using renewable energy;

a first power measuring unit measuring a power amount of power generated by the power generating unit in a specified period; and

a power transmitting unit transmitting the power generated by the power generating unit in the specified period and information on the power amount measured by the first power measuring unit to the power receiving apparatus, and

the power receiving apparatus includes;

a power receiving unit receiving the power transmitted from the power transmitting apparatus and receiving the information on the power amount transmitted from the power transmitting apparatus;

a second power measuring unit measuring a power amount of the power received by the power receiving unit in the specified period;

a determining unit comparing the information on the power amount received by the power receiving unit and information on the power amount measured by the second power measuring unit and determining whether the two power amounts match; and

a power reception control unit operable when the determining unit has determined that the two power amounts do not match, to stop the power receiving unit from receiving the power and from receiving the information.

2. The power system according to claim 1,

wherein the power transmitting apparatus further includes:

an appliance information acquiring unit acquiring appliance information including connected appliance information from the power receiving apparatus;

a validity confirming unit confirming the validity of the appliance information acquired by the appliance information acquiring unit;

a certificate exchanging unit operable when the validity has been confirmed by the validity confirming unit, to exchange certificates with the power receiving apparatus shown by the connected appliance information included in the appliance information; and

a session establishing unit establishing an encrypted communication path for communication with the power receiving apparatus using the certificates exchanged by the certificate exchanging unit,

wherein the power transmitting unit is operable when an encrypted communication path has been established with the power receiving apparatus by the session establishing unit, to transmit the information on the power amount measured by the first power measuring unit to the power receiving apparatus via the encrypted communication path.

3. The power system according to claim 2,

wherein the power transmitting unit is operable when validity of the appliance information was not confirmed by the validity confirming unit or when the encrypted communication path has not been established by the session establishing unit, to transmit neither the power generated by the power generating unit nor the information on the power amount measured by the first power measuring unit to the power receiving apparatus.

4. The power system according to claim 1,

wherein the power receiving apparatus further includes:

a power storing unit storing power received by the power receiving unit;

a third power measuring unit measuring a power amount of power discharged from the power storing unit; and

an external communication unit transmitting information on the power amount measured by the third power measuring unit to an issuing apparatus for securities granted in keeping with a power amount of power generated from renewable energy.

5. The power system according to claim 1,

wherein the power transmitting apparatus includes:

a plurality of power generating modules that include the power generating unit and the first power measuring unit; and

a power amount totaling unit calculating a total power amount by totaling, for each power generating module out of the plurality of power generating modules, the power amount measured by the first power measuring unit included in the power generating module, and

the power transmitting unit transmits the power generated by the power generating unit included in each power generating module and information on the total power amount calculated by the power amount totaling unit to the power receiving apparatus.

6. The power system according to claim 1,

wherein the power transmission apparatus further includes:

an appliance information acquiring unit acquiring appliance information including connected appliance information from the power receiving apparatus;

a validity confirming unit confirming the validity of the appliance information acquired by the appliance information acquiring unit;

a session establishing unit operable when validity has been confirmed by the validity confirming unit, to establish an encrypted communication path for communication with the power receiving apparatus according to an authentication method that uses a shared key, and

wherein the power transmitting unit is operable when an encrypted communication path has been established with the power receiving apparatus by the session establishing unit, to transmit the information on the power amount measured by the first power measuring unit to the power receiving apparatus via the encrypted communication path.

7. A power receiving apparatus comprising:

a power receiving unit receiving power transmitted from a power transmitting unit of a power transmitting apparatus and receiving information on a power amount transmitted from the power transmitting unit, the power transmitting apparatus including a power generating unit generating the power using renewable energy, a first power measuring unit measuring the power amount of the power generated by the power generating unit in a specified period, and the power transmitting unit transmitting the power generated by the power generating unit in the specified period and the information on the power amount measured by the first power measuring unit to the power receiving apparatus;

a second power measuring unit measuring a power amount of the power received by the power receiving unit in the specified period;

a determining unit comparing the information on the power amount received by the power receiving unit and information on the power amount measured by the second power measuring unit and determining whether the two power amounts match; and

a power reception control unit operable when the determining unit has determined that the two power amounts do not match, to stop the power receiving unit from receiving the power and from receiving the information.

8. A power transmission control method comprising:

generating, by a power transmitting apparatus, power using renewable energy;

measuring, by the power transmitting apparatus, a power amount of the power generated in a specified period;

transmitting, by the power transmitting apparatus, the power generated in the specified period and information on the power amount measured by the power transmitting apparatus to a power receiving apparatus;

receiving, by the power receiving apparatus, the transmitted power and receiving the transmitted information on the power amount;

measuring, by the power receiving apparatus, a power amount of the power received in the specified period;

comparing, by the power receiving apparatus, the information on the power amount received by the power receiving apparatus and information on the power amount measured by the power receiving apparatus and determining whether the two power amounts match; and

stopping, by the power receiving apparatus when it has been determined that the two power amounts do not match, reception of the power and reception of the information.

9. A power transmission control method comprising:

receiving power transmitted from a power transmitting unit of a power transmitting apparatus and receiving information on a power amount transmitted from the power transmitting unit, the power transmitting apparatus including a power generating unit generating the power using renewable energy, a first power measuring unit measuring the power amount of the power generated by the power generating unit in a specified period, and the power transmitting unit transmitting the power generated by the power generating unit in the specified period and the information on the power amount measured by the first power measuring unit to a power receiving apparatus;

measuring, by the power receiving apparatus, a power amount of the power received in the specified period;

comparing the information on the received power amount and information on the power amount measured by the power receiving apparatus, and determining whether the two power amounts match; and

stopping, when it has been determined that the two power amounts do not match, reception of the power and reception of the information from the power transmitting apparatus.