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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:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01); H02J 3/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0063 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H02J 3/32 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0067 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for managing energy are disclosed herein. The apparatus for managing energy includes a State-of-Health (SOH) determination unit and an energy distribution unit. The SOH determination unit collects information about energy storage systems and energy facilities, and determines the SOH of each of the energy storage systems based on the information. The energy distribution unit distributes energy stored in the energy storage system to loads inside a building based on the information and the SOH.