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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
May. 23, 2012
Applicants:
Shen-ming Chung, Chiayi County, TW;
Hsiao-hui Lee, Tainan, TW;
Chin-chen Lee, Tainan, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 3/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/66 (2006.01); H01R 31/06 (2006.01); G01R 19/25 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/665 (2013.01); G01R 19/2513 (2013.01); H01R 31/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
A smart socket is provided. The smart socket has a set of power sockets, configured for a set of power pins of a smart plug to plug into, a driving pin and a set of detection pins, configured for forming a circuit with a set of feedback pins of a smart plug when the set of power pins is plugged into the power sockets, and an identification code module, configured for obtaining an identification code of an electric appliance, from the circuit, to which the smart plug belongs.