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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Minato-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Altfried Dilly, Stuttgart, DE;
Ben Eitel, Gaertringen, DE;
Thomas Kemp, Esslingen am Neckar, DE;
Stefan Uhlich, Renningen, DE;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 21/00 (2006.01); H04B 3/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 21/00 (2013.01); H04B 3/54 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5445 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5458 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for analyzing appliances in a power line network comprises obtaining an electrical characteristic of the power line network, using a sensor that is connected to the power line network, extracting a line-neglecting feature from the electrical characteristic of the power line network, and detecting an appliance connected to the power line network based on the extracted line-neglecting feature.