SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING POWER CONSUMPTION DATA

• Main Author: BIEGANSKI PAUL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.08.2009
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVEREDIN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS,e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USERAPPLICATIONS; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES HAVING AN IMPACT ONOTHER TECHNOLOGY AREAS; MEASURING; MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES; MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORKOPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FORIMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION,DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TESTING; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

Systems and methods for producing power consumption data enabling up-to-the-minute automatic collection and transmission of real-time energy flow information are described. Energy consumption from a source of electricity by an electrical device may be measured. This measured data may then be stored for later transmission on a wireless network. Additionally, energy consumption data from another measurement device may be received and stored or retransmitted until it reaches a gateway where it is harvested. The harvested data may be stored and organized for display to a user. Embodiments may allow for a low-cost high precision integrated power meter IC in combination with a low-cost radio transceiver chip to control part count and cost of power monitoring node implementation to provide for internet-based power monitoring, management and analysis at any level of granularity. Other embodiments are described and claimed.