Alarm.com Incorporated

Alain Charles Briançon

Robert Leon Lutes

Ronald Byron Kabler

Marc Anthony Epard

Jerald Frederic Johnson

Curtis Scott Crawford

Christopher Allen Giacoponello

Victor Andres Jara-Olivares

John Berns Lancaster

Steven Jeffrey Goldberg

Scene and/or state information may be used to facilitate processing an input to separate one or more signals within the input, to shape the signal within the input, and/or for other processing of the input or signal(s) within the input. A scene determination may be made based upon location data, time data, data describing the received input, or other basis. A state determination may be made based upon the scene determination, properties of a signal itself, or other information such as location, time, etc. By determining an appropriate scene and/or state, processing of an input and/or a signal within an input may proceed in a fashion determined to provide the most valuable information for output. Systems and methods in accordance with the invention may be implemented in a wide variety of baseband processing systems, such as hearing aids and energy consumption monitoring systems.

Scene and state augmented signal shaping and separation

Systems and techniques enable monitoring one or more devices connected to an electrical power distribution system. In some implementations, a probe waveform is injected into a circuit of an electrical power distribution system. An output signal of the injected probe waveform is extracted from the circuit of the electrical power distribution system and, based on the extracted output signal of the injected probe waveform, dispersion values for the branch circuit are determined. The dispersion values indicate a variation of magnitude of an impedance of the branch circuit across different values of phase of the impedance. Based on the dispersion values for the branch circuit, at least one characteristic of a device connected to the branch circuit is determined. An association between the at least one characteristic of the device connected to the branch circuit and the corresponding dispersion values is stored in at least one computer memory.

Monitoring of electrical appliances based on dispersion of impedance

The operation of electrical appliances receiving electrical power from an electrical system may be indirectly monitored using monitoring units engaged with outlets on branch circuits of the electrical system. Electrical systems providing power to appliances to be monitored in accordance with the present invention may comprise split phase alternating current systems, tri-phase systems, or any other type of electrical system. Known loads may be applied to calibrate the monitoring system. The monitoring system may measure the power consumption of appliances operating on the electrical system and/or detect possible fault conditions. Fault conditions may be detected by comparing obtained voltage or power signatures of appliances to expected voltage or power signatures. Expected voltage or power signatures may be obtained, for example, using historical data, a database providing typical voltage or power signatures, or through other means.

Monitoring and fault detection of electrical appliances for ambient intelligence

The operation of electrical appliances receiving electrical power from an electrical system may be indirectly monitored using monitoring units engaged with outlets on branch circuits of the electrical system. Electrical systems providing power to appliances to be monitored in accordance with the present invention may comprise split phase alternating current systems, tri-phase systems, or any other type of electrical system. Known loads may be applied to calibrate the monitoring system. The monitoring system may measure the power consumption of appliances operating on the electrical system and/or detect possible fault conditions. The monitoring system may be distributed across multiple monitoring units and other computing devices. Output devices may be used to output a summary of the power consumption or other operation of monitored electrical appliances.

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Poolesville, MD, United States of America

Alain Charles Briançon