Power monitoring system and a reduced impedance method for the power monitoring system

• US 9,658,633 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2014
• Issued: 05/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elifeconnection Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Elifeconnection Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hsu, Cheng-Tsuen
• Primary Examiner(s): Everett, Christopher E
• Application Number:
  US13/999,853
• Publication Number:
  US 20150045980A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,152 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G05F 1/66 Regulating electric power
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0263 High current adaptations, e.g. printed high current conductors or using auxiliary non-printed means; Fine and coarse circuit patterns on one circuit board H05K1/0293 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10287 Metal wires as connectors or conductors
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/10 in which conductive material is applied to the insulating support in such a manner as to form the desired conductive pattern
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49155 Manufacturing circuit on or in base

Abstract

A power monitoring system comprises an input module, a plurality of switches, a plurality of power supply ports, a detecting module, a control module, and a wireless transmission module. The each switch was set in between the input module, and each switch has an address. The detecting module generates a power loading value by set in between the input module and each power supply port. The control module connects to switches, the detecting module and the wireless transmission module, thus, the control module can read the power loading values from the detecting module, and control each switch which corresponds to the address by a preset rule or a command from the wireless transmission module. It will not only save energy but also improve the electricity security for the household.

Claims

1. A power monitoring system including a plurality of power supply ports, and comprising:

an input module being provided for receiving a voltage;

a plurality of switches being electrically connected to the input module, and each switch having an address, wherein each of said plurality of power supply ports is configured for controlling the voltage conducted with the corresponding power supply ports, and each of said plurality of power supply ports comprises;

a first switch being electrically connected between each corresponding of the plurality of power supply ports and the input module, wherein the first switch is a solid state relay; and

a second switch being electrically connected between each corresponding of the plurality of power supply ports and the input module, wherein the second switch is an electromechanical relay; and

a control module being electrically connected with the plurality of switches for controlling each of the plurality of switches according to a power consumption value that is corresponding to each the plurality of power supply ports,

wherein when the power consumption value is lower than a preset threshold value, the control module conducts the first switch and does not conduct the second switch;

when the power consumption value is higher than the preset threshold value, the control module conducts the second switch and does not conduct the first switch.

2. The power monitoring system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a detecting module being electrically connected to the input module and the power supply ports for measuring the power consumption value that is corresponding to each the plurality of power supply ports.

3. The power monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein the detecting module is connected to each of the plurality of power supply port and the input module through a multitasking unit.

4. The power monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein the control module controls each the plurality of switches by a preset rule, and the preset rule comprises acts of:

reading the power consumption value from the detecting module and receiving the address to each of the plurality of switches which is corresponding to the power consumption value;

comparing the power consumption value with the preset threshold value;

when the power consumption value is higher than the preset threshold value, each of the corresponding switches are switched to a high power efficiency mode according to the addresses; and

when the power consumption value is lower than the preset threshold value, each of the corresponding switches are switched to a low power consumption efficiency mode according to the addresses.

5. The power monitoring system according to claim 2, further comprising

a wireless transmission module being electrically connected with the control module and being communicated with a remote server by a wireless network, wherein the remote server is communicated with the control module through the wireless transmission module by the wireless network to read each the power consumption value corresponded to the address of each of the plurality of switches, and instructs the control module to control the corresponding address of each of the plurality of switches.

6. The power monitoring system according to claim 5, wherein the wireless transmission module is in compliance with IEEE802.11 or IEEE 802.15.4 standard communication transmission module.

7. The multi-ports power monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein when the first switch is conducted and the second switch is not conducted, the plurality of switches is in a low power consumption efficiency mode;

when the first switch is not conducted and the second switch is conducted, the plurality of switches is in a high power efficiency mode; and

when both the first switch and the second switch are not conducted, the plurality of switches is in a turned off mode.

8. The multi-ports power monitoring system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first low resistance unit being electrically connected to the input module and the plurality of switches for lowering a impedance between the input module and each of the plurality of switches; and

a second low resistance unit being electrically connected to the input module and each the plurality of power supply ports for lowering a impedance between the input module and each the plurality of power supply ports.

9. The multi-ports power monitoring system according to claim 8, wherein the first low resistance unit and the second low resistance unit respectively comprises:

a conducting line; and

a conductor being overlapped on one surface of the conducting line, wherein the conducting line and the conductor are in parallel and are electrically connected to each other.