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Patent No.:

US 8949051 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 04, 2011

Apparatus and method for sub-metering of household devices

Applicants:

William Jerome Burke, Louisville, KY (US);

Robert Marten Bultman, Louisville, KY (US);

Inventors:

William Jerome Burke, Louisville, KY (US);

Robert Marten Bultman, Louisville, KY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:

GE Global Patent Operation

Marc A. Vivenzio

Primary Examiner:

Edward Cosimano

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 13/00 (2006.01); G01D 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/40 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G01D 4/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 4/002 (2013.01); G06F 17/60 (2013.01); H02J 13/00 (2013.01); G06F 11/3065 (2013.01); G06F 19/00 (2013.01); G06F 17/40 (2013.01); G01D 1/00 (2013.01); H02J 3/14 (2013.01); H02J 13/0062 (2013.01); H02J 13/0075 (2013.01); H02J 13/0079 (2013.01); H02J 2003/143 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3225 (2013.01); Y02B 90/241 (2013.01); Y04S 20/222 (2013.01); Y04S 20/32 (2013.01); Y04S 20/38 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3266 (2013.01); Y02B 90/2653 (2013.01); Y02B 90/2638 (2013.01); Y04S 20/242 (2013.01); Y04S 40/124 (2013.01); Y04S 40/126 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method for estimating resource consumption of a household device, e.g., an appliance. The method comprises determining a resource demand profile for a household device for a given time period, the resource demand profile associating, for the given time period, a device state of the household device with a total resource demand for the household. In one embodiment, the apparatus can be incorporated into an energy management system, where the apparatus collects data from each of the appliances in a household as well as from a resource meter.

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