Sense Labs, Inc.

Ryan T Houlette

Michael Stuart Phillips

Christopher M Micali

Jeffrey N Marcus

Charles H Rutledge

Vanessa Lee MacAulay

Ghinwa Fakhri Choueiter

A power monitor may have more than one mode of operation to provide improved functionality for end users. For example, a first mode of operation may provide higher accuracy in determining information about devices but may also have higher latency in making determinations (e.g., identifying state changes of devices), and a second mode of operation may have lower accuracy but also lower latency to provide information more quickly to end users. The mode of operation of the power monitor may change depending on whether an end user is currently viewing information about devices. When a user is not viewing information about devices, the power monitor may operate in a first mode of operation (e.g., to improve accuracy), and when a user is viewing information about devices, the power monitor may operate in a second mode of operation (e.g., to provide updates more quickly).

Power monitor with multiple modes of operation

Electrical usage of devices in a building may be monitored to provide information about the operation of the devices to a user. The information communicated to a user may include historical information that is retrieved from a server and real-time information that is received from a power monitoring device. The historical information may be transmitted to the user device over a first network connection where the historical information is retrieved using an identifier received from the user device. The real-time information may be received from a power monitoring device and transmitted to the user device over a second network connection.

Communication of historical and real-time information about devices in a building

Electrical usage of devices in a building may be monitored to provide information about the operation of the devices to a user. The information communicated to a user may include historical information and real-time information. In determining the real-time information, it may be desired to provide the information quickly and use a smaller set of features that are available more quickly. In determining the historical information, it may be desired to provide more accurate information and use a larger set of features. A device may compute real-time information and historical information using different sets of features.

Determining information about devices in a building using different sets of features

Electrical usage of devices in a building may be monitored to assist a user in labeling devices. In some implementations, a user may provide information about a first device, and this information may be used to obtain a plurality of mathematical models that each correspond to a device or a class of devices. The mathematical models may be used to process an electrical signal, and a score may be generated for each mathematical model. A mathematical model may be selected from the plurality of mathematical models using the scores, such as selecting a mathematical model with a highest score. The first device may be associated with the selected mathematical model.

Assisted labeling of devices with disaggregation

Electrical usage of devices in a building may be monitored to assist a user in labeling devices. In some implementations, an electrical signal corresponding to devices may be processed with models to determine first information about a device, and this first information may be presented to a user to receive second information about the device from the user. The device may then be labeled using the second information from the user. In some implementations, a user may provide first information about a device, and the first information may be used to obtain models for processing an electrical signal. A model may be selected from the obtained models by comparing the obtained models to an electrical signal. The device may then be labeled using the selected model or the first information.

Electrical usage of devices in a building may be monitored to determine information about the operation of the devices in the building, and the information about the devices in the building may be used to provide notifications to a user. An electrical signal may be processed to determine a state change of a device. A notification score may then be determined using information about the state change of the device and a notification event model. A notification may then be sent to the user based at least in part on the notification event score.

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Ryan T Houlette