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Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2010
Applicants:

Mario E. Berges Gonzalez, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Ethan J. Goldman, Berlington, VT (US);

Luciio Soibelman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Burton W. Andrews, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Diego S. Benitez Meijia, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

H. Scott Matthews, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Michael Hoynck, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Inventors:

Mario E. Berges Gonzalez, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Ethan J. Goldman, Berlington, VT (US);

Luciio Soibelman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Burton W. Andrews, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Diego S. Benitez Meijia, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

H. Scott Matthews, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Michael Hoynck, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G01D 4/00 (2006.01); G01R 19/25 (2006.01); H02J 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/0428 (2013.01); G01D 4/004 (2013.01); G01R 19/2506 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2639 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2642 (2013.01); H02J 3/14 (2013.01); H02J 2003/143 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3241 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3266 (2013.01); Y02B 90/242 (2013.01); Y02B 90/245 (2013.01); Y04S 20/227 (2013.01); Y04S 20/242 (2013.01); Y04S 20/322 (2013.01); Y04S 20/38 (2013.01); Y04S 20/40 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus and method including acquiring a signal indicative of power consumption; detecting a transient in the signal; extracting a feature indicative of the transient, wherein extracting the feature includes: fitting a plurality of models to the transient, selecting one of the plurality of models as a model for the transient, and defining the feature indicative of the transient based on at least one parameter of the model for the transient; and classifying the transient based on the feature.


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