The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2012
Dong Hun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Dong Soo Shin, Seoul, KR;
Sung Dong Yang, Seoul, KR;
Young Han Choi, Seoul, KR;
Jae Seok Noh, Seoul, KR;
Dong Hun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Dong Soo Shin, Seoul, KR;
Sung Dong Yang, Seoul, KR;
Young Han Choi, Seoul, KR;
Jae Seok Noh, Seoul, KR;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for monitoring power consumption of an appliance includes a processor in communication with a memory, the memory including program instructions for execution by the processor to determine a first stable power consumption state of the appliance, record a power consumption of the appliance during the first stable power consumption state, determine an unstable power consumption state of the appliance, suspend recording of the power consumption of the appliance during the unstable state, determine a second stable power consumption state of the appliance, resume recording of the power consumption of the appliance when the appliance is in the second stable power consumption state, and estimate a value of a power consumed during the unstable power consumption state as a factor of the recorded power consumption of the appliance during the first stable power consumption state and the second stable power consumption power state.