KR101608328B1 - An apparatus for identifying device through analyzing power consumption pattern and the method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device recognition apparatus and method using power consumption pattern analysis, and more particularly, to a device recognition apparatus and method for analyzing a power consumption pattern of a device used in a home or office environment including various appliances including a refrigerator, a computer, a washing machine, A power consumption pattern for a specific device is registered by establishing a database by analyzing the power consumption pattern through the information collected by the device for measuring the power consumption, To a device recognition apparatus and method for recognizing characteristics of a product including a type, a model, a manufacturer, a normal power consumption amount, or a combination thereof based on a database established in the past.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus for recognizing a device through power consumption pattern analysis,

The present invention relates to a device recognition apparatus and method using power consumption pattern analysis, and more particularly, to a device recognition apparatus and method for analyzing a device used in a home or office environment including various appliances including a refrigerator, a computer, a washing machine, A device for measuring power consumption is proposed, a power consumption pattern is analyzed through information collected by the device for measuring power consumption, a power consumption pattern is registered for a specific device by building a database, The present invention relates to a device recognition apparatus and method for recognizing characteristics of a product including a type, a model, a manufacturer, a normal power consumption amount, or a combination of the devices based on an existing database when power consumption is measured.

Conventionally, it is common to use a watt-hour meter to measure the power consumption of devices including home appliances and lighting devices used in homes and offices. The watt-hour meter displays the total amount of power consumed by the device by displaying the accumulated absolute value of the amount of power consumed by each device. However, according to the conventional power consumption measuring method, only the overall power consumption amount used by each device can be known, information on the individual power consumption amount according to each device can not be obtained, and the type, And information on products including manufacturer and normal power consumption could not be obtained even more.

If the system for measuring the power consumption of each home appliance (hereinafter also referred to as a device) can provide information on the product including the type, model, manufacturer, and normal power consumption of the home appliance, Can be easily recognized whether or not they are operating normally while consuming power, and each manufacturer of household appliances can easily collect data including distribution status of their company products.

In recent years, home appliances having network communication functions have been introduced due to the development of information and communication technology. Ubiquitous systems are used to receive usage information from each home appliance or remotely control each home appliance. It was.

In addition, the smart grid, that is, the integrated control center of the electric power company through the intelligent power network, sensors installed in power plants, power transmission towers, electric poles and household appliances exchange information in real time in both directions. Production and consumption are becoming possible. For example, it is possible to control the washing machine in the night time when the electric power charge is high and the daytime air conditioning is relatively inexpensive and relatively cheap, and it is possible to control the electric power consumption .

The present invention proposes an apparatus for measuring the power consumption of various home appliances based on the above-described circumstances and technical background, and analyzes the consumption patterns of the measured power consumption to construct a database, A model, a manufacturer, a normal power consumption amount, or a combination thereof when the power consumption of the product is measured, and the information including the characteristics of the product is transmitted to the user, I would like to present a description of a new power measurement device that can be provided to government offices, policy makers, or home appliance manufacturers.

Next, a brief description will be given of the prior arts that exist in the technical field of the present invention, and technical matters which the present invention intends to differentiate from the prior arts will be described.

Korean Patent No. 1153133 (May 29, 2012) relates to an intelligent outlet for a power consumption pattern analysis system, and more particularly, to an intelligent outlet for collecting and storing power consumption from one or more intelligent outlets installed in individual consumers, In addition to monthly or real-time display of power consumption, it displays the converted amount of carbon dioxide, displays standby power consumption, monitors standby power and automatically or manually disconnects standby power to reduce power consumption and monitor power consumption. This paper presents a technique for analyzing the power consumption pattern and the intelligent outlet for the power consumption pattern analysis system connected through the wired / wireless communication network.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2012-0138753 (2012.12.26) relates to a device and method for identifying an electric device and its state in a network of electric devices, and more particularly, Discloses techniques for monitoring the detailed energy usage of electrical devices in a network of electrical devices such as offices.

In addition, Korean Patent No. 1313182 (Mar. 31, 2013) discloses a power consumption monitoring apparatus and method for monitoring power consumption of devices connected to a main power line And presents a description of the device and its method.

The above prior art documents individually measure the power consumption of electronic devices so that users can block or control only abnormal power consumption in the unit of individual electronic devices or block the standby power in total consumption of power consumption, The present invention proposes an apparatus for measuring the power consumption of a device used in a home or office environment including various home appliances including a refrigerator, a computer, a washing machine, and a TV, and a lighting device. By analyzing the power consumption patterns and constructing a database, when the power consumption of any new electronic device is measured, the consumption pattern is analyzed, the corresponding electronic device is automatically registered based on the existing database, Once the power consumption is measured, It recognizes the characteristics of a product based on the database, including its type, model, manufacturer, normal power consumption, or a combination of these, and provides the information of the electronic device to users, government offices, policy makers, The above prior art documents are different from the present invention in that they are not described in terms of technology.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a device for measuring the power consumption of a device used in a home or office environment including various appliances including a refrigerator, a computer, a washing machine, The purpose is to provide the method.

Further, the present invention measures the power consumption of the device at a low power by measuring the sampling frequency at a boot (startup) time of the device and lowering the sampling frequency at a normal time so that accurate measurement And an object thereof is to provide a possible power measurement device and a method thereof.

Further, the present invention measures the power consumption of various home appliances through the above-mentioned power consumption measuring device and analyzes the consumption pattern to construct a database. When the power consumption of an arbitrary home appliance is measured, The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a device recognition apparatus and a method thereof capable of recognizing characteristics of a product including a type, a model, a manufacturer, a normal power consumption or a combination thereof.

In addition, the present invention can guide the user to an operating method having an optimal power consumption pattern for the home appliance by using the information of the home appliance recognized as described above. If the home appliance deviates from the standard power consumption pattern, A user, or an administrator of a home appliance, so that a maker, a user, or an administrator can effectively manage the home appliance.

An apparatus for measuring power consumption of a device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a digital converter for measuring a signal including information on a current, voltage, or power consumed by a specific device from a sensor and converting the signal into digital data; A data processing unit for processing digital converted data and transmitting the result to a communication interface or storing the result in a memory; And a measurement period setting unit configured to set a measurement period to the digital conversion unit according to the setting inputted from the data processing unit.

In the apparatus for measuring power consumption of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the data processing unit may process a signal that is converted into a digital signal and input thereto, and may include an active power, a reactive power, a pager, an apparent power, Information is converted into information.

In the apparatus for measuring power consumption of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the data processing unit is configured to detect a start of a device from a device and set a measurement period to be higher.

Further, in the apparatus for measuring the power consumption of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention, detecting the start of the start of the device may be performed when input data changes to a predetermined value or more, And when it changes to a value larger than the predetermined value, the start of the start is detected.

Also, in the apparatus for measuring power consumption of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the measurement period setting unit may increase or decrease a measurement period at predetermined intervals for each device according to the judgment of the data processing unit or the measurement period setting unit . Also, the setting of the measurement period may be performed by transmitting a command for the measurement period through the network in the device recognition apparatus, and receiving the result of the measurement.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of measuring power consumption of a device, comprising: measuring a signal including information on a current, voltage, or power consumed by a specific device from a sensor and converting the signal into digital; Processing digital converted data and transmitting the result to a communication interface or storing the result in a memory; And a measurement period setting step of setting the measurement period in the step of converting the result into digital according to the input setting.

Also, in the method of measuring power consumption of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the processing of the data may be performed by converting a digital input signal into an active power, a reactive power, a pager, an apparent power, Detecting the start of the device from the device and increasing the measurement period from the device, and detecting the start of the start of the device, And when the input data suddenly changes to a predetermined value or more, the start of the start is detected.

In the method of measuring power consumption of a device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the measurement period setting step may include a step of setting a measurement period at a predetermined cycle for each device, .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device recognition apparatus for analyzing a power consumption pattern, comprising: a power consumption measurement value collection unit for collecting a result of measuring power consumption of at least one device including a home appliance; A power consumption pattern analyzer for analyzing the power consumption pattern during collection of the power consumption measurement value or using the stored power consumption measurement value; And a device recognition unit for recognizing the device in the power consumption pattern from the power consumption measurement value of the device, wherein measuring the power consumption for the device is performed such that the measurement frequency is set high during booting of the device, And the measurement frequency is set low.

Further, the device recognition apparatus through the analysis of the power consumption pattern according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a registration storage unit for storing the collected power consumption measurement value, the power consumption pattern, or a combination thereof, And a process of registering the power consumption pattern of the power consumption pattern.

Also, the device recognition apparatus through the analysis of the power consumption pattern according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a device recognition unit that recognizes a device including a type, a model, a manufacturer, an average power consumption, a maximum power consumption, And a device information providing unit for providing the information to the user.

In the device recognition apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the power consumption measurement value collection unit collects measurement values of power consumption of devices through a local wired / wireless communication network or a remote wired / wireless communication network do.

In addition, the device recognition apparatus through the analysis of the power consumption pattern according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a database, and the database may be connected through its own HDD, direct wiring, wired / wireless network, cloud networking, And is a storage means for storing data.

Also, in the device recognition apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the power consumption pattern analyzing unit may analyze power consumption patterns every predetermined analysis period while collecting power consumption measurement values for each device, The power consumption pattern is grouped and analyzed by accessing the measured and stored row data and by dividing the power consumption pattern by time, place, day of the week, month, season, year, period designated by the user, or combinations thereof.

In the device recognition apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the device recognition unit receives the power consumption pattern of the device, it compares the pattern with a previously stored power consumption pattern, And recognizes it as a device corresponding to the device.

In addition, in the device recognition apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the device information providing unit may determine the device type, the manufacturer, the model, the average power consumption, the maximum power consumption, It is possible to provide a condition for optimizing the operation of each device in use in each home or to provide a distribution to a manufacturer or a user of a product type, a manufacturer, a model, or a combination thereof .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of recognizing a device through analysis of a power consumption pattern, the method comprising: collecting a result of measuring power consumption of at least one device including a home appliance; A power consumption pattern analysis step of analyzing the power consumption pattern during the collection of the power consumption measurement value or using the stored power consumption measurement value; And a device recognition step of recognizing the device in the power consumption pattern from a power consumption measurement value of the device, wherein measuring power consumption for the device is performed such that the measurement frequency is set high during booting of the device, And the measurement frequency is set low.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is further provided a method of recognizing a device through analysis of a power consumption pattern, the method comprising: a registration storing step of storing the collected power consumption measurement value, a power consumption pattern, or a combination thereof; And a step of registering a power consumption pattern of the device, and the product information including the type, model, manufacturer, average power consumption, maximum power consumption, or a combination thereof of the device recognized by the device recognition unit is provided to the user Wherein the power consumption measurement value collection step collects the power consumption measurement value of the device through the local wired / wireless communication network or the remote wired / wireless communication network.

In addition, in the device recognition method according to another embodiment of the present invention, the registering and storing step may include a step of registering and storing the device, which is connected through its own HDD, direct wiring, wired / wireless network, cloud networking, Means for registering and storing in the means.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of recognizing a device through analysis of a power consumption pattern, the analyzing step of analyzing the power consumption pattern includes a step of acquiring a power consumption pattern Or the power consumption patterns are grouped and analyzed by accessing the previously measured and stored row data and by dividing the power consumption patterns by time, place, day of the week, month, season, year, do.

Further, in the device recognition method according to another embodiment of the present invention, the device recognition step may include comparing a power consumption pattern of the device with a previously stored power consumption pattern, And recognizing and recognizing the device as a device corresponding to the power consumption pattern, wherein the device recognizing step recognizes the characteristics including the type of device, manufacturer, model, average power consumption, maximum power consumption, The present invention provides a condition for optimally operating each device in use in each home or provides a distribution to a manufacturer or a user of a product type, manufacturer, model, or combination thereof.

The present invention relates to a device recognition apparatus and method using power consumption pattern analysis, and more particularly, to a device recognition apparatus and method for analyzing a power consumption pattern of a device used in a home or office environment including various appliances including a refrigerator, a computer, a washing machine, And a database is constructed by analyzing the consumption pattern of the product, and the characteristics of the product including the type, the model, the manufacturer, the average power consumption, the maximum power consumption, or a combination thereof of the household appliance in the power consumption pattern of the specific household appliance The device recognizing device analyzes the power consumption pattern of the home appliances of each household even if a specific user does not register the home appliance used by the user, The type, model, manufacturer, average power consumption, maximum power consumption Has the effect that can be automatically registered in the characteristics of the products, including combinations thereof.

1 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a concept of a device recognition system through analysis of a power consumption pattern according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a concept of measuring the power consumption of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an apparatus for measuring power consumption of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flow diagram illustrating a procedure for measuring power consumption of a device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a block diagram for explaining a structure of a device recognition apparatus through analysis of a power consumption pattern according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a device recognition procedure through power consumption pattern analysis according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of a device recognition apparatus and method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention collects information on the power consumption of a device including home appliances installed in each home in the device recognition apparatus 100 and analyzes the power consumption pattern using the collected information to make a database, The average power consumption, the maximum power consumption, the power consumption spectrum at boot time, or a combination thereof, of each device type, model, and manufacturer, based on the power consumption pattern information of each device in the database The information including the information can be registered and registered.

The user can be informed of the operation method having the optimum power consumption pattern for the specific device by using the information of the devices recognized and registered as described above. If the corresponding home appliance deviates from the standard power consumption pattern, Allows users or administrators to effectively manage home appliances.

FIG. 1 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a concept of a device recognition system through analysis of a power consumption pattern according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the device recognition system through the analysis of the power consumption pattern of the present invention can be applied to at least one device including a refrigerator, a computer, a washing machine, a TV, (10) to measure the power consumption used in each device, and to use the measured power consumption measurement value using a wired or wireless communication method (20) including Bluetooth, NFC, Zigbee, WiFi, RFID or infrared communication method To a communication device 30 having an Ethernet communication interface including an access point (AP), a DSL modem, a gateway, a switch, and a router. The device recognition device collects the power consumption measurement values of each device through the communication device or directly transmits the measurement values to the device recognition device 100, Or recognizes the device on the basis thereof. Also, the user 40 may be directly connected to each of the home appliances (or devices) or the device recognition apparatus, or may be connected through a remote communication network.

As described above, the devices may have means for measuring power consumption by itself. However, in the case where such means are not provided, a separate plug type or adapter type measuring means is further provided .

In addition, it is preferable that the device includes a short-range communication means in order to reduce a waste of power required to transmit a measured value of power consumption. That is, it is natural that the local communication means has less power consumption than the local communication means provided with the remote high-speed communication means.

Further, the present invention can also be applied to electric devices, water treatment devices including a meter for measuring the amount of water used, gas devices using gas fuel including gas meters, and the like, It is not only possible to recognize home appliances as a pattern of power consumption of individual home appliances, but also to analyze patterns of water and gas usage, It is also possible to recognize the device.

In addition, since the present invention measures individual appliances at the device level, the distributed measurement data for each individual appliances allows housewives to better understand their consumption habits and to provide an easy and cost effective method of increasing energy efficiency Can be presented. This ultimately reduces overall power consumption.

Measured power consumption for each distributed device is beneficial to residents, institutions, policy makers, and home appliance manufacturers, so it is possible to provide this at the business level. For example, it is possible to recognize the device by measuring the usage amount of electricity, gas, water, or a combination thereof for an electric appliance, a lighting appliance, a cooking appliance, and the like to a specific user of a resident or a business.

For example, techniques for detecting distributed energy data include: 1) direct sensing methods that require each device or home appliance to measure its energy consumption, which is accurate and high-cost because it measures directly. It also takes a long time to install and is difficult to maintain. However, the procedure for calibrating the measuring instrument is simple. 2) Next, there is a single point detection method that checks for voltage only when an event occurs, such as when the appliance is turned on and off. In this case, a pattern recognition algorithm is used. 3) There is also an intermediate sensing method between direct sensing and single point sensing. It can be installed in a smart breaker device, i. E. A circuit breaker panel in the home, to provide inter-circuit analysis of power consumption, and to measure according to the design of the circuit layout in the home. If each circuit supplies power to only one home appliance, it is possible to measure each individual home appliance. However, if a plurality of household appliances are connected to one circuit, it is difficult to grasp the power consumption relationship between the home appliances have.

In the present invention, such an energy sensing technique can be applied without particular limitation. However, when the energy consumption is measured, the power consumption pattern of each device is different for every device such as human fingerprint. In particular, the power consumption pattern at the initial stage when the device is booted can be said to be the same as human DNA.

Therefore, by measuring the power consumption of each home appliances and building a database in advance, the database is stored. When the power consumption of an arbitrary electronic product is measured, the power consumption pattern is analyzed and information You can get detailed information about your cognitive model name. In this way, the electronic products used by the users are registered, and the power consumption patterns of the registered electronic products are analyzed and converted into a database. Then, other users do not register the electronic product, the power consumption pattern is transmitted to the server, and if it is the same as the electronic product registered by the user, it can notify the related user or the manufacturer, and the information about the device can be updated.

The device recognition apparatus 100 analyzes the power consumption patterns of the devices using the measured power consumption values of the devices collected from the measurement devices attached to the respective devices as described above, and converts them into a database. At this time, the device recognition apparatus 100 registers the product information including the type, the model, the manufacturer, the normal power consumption, or a combination of the devices, and registers the product information together with the power consumption pattern in the database 50) can be constructed. Of course, the power consumption may be provided by the manufacturer or actually measured.

Even if the power consumption measurement value is received from the unregistered device 10 based on the database 50 thus constructed, the power consumption pattern is analyzed using the corresponding power consumption measurement value, and the power consumption pattern stored and registered in the database It is possible to automatically register the device with the device having the most similar power consumption pattern by recognizing it as the device in comparison with the power consumption pattern of the devices.

In addition, the device recognition apparatus 100 of the present invention provides product information including a type, a model, a manufacturer, a normal power consumption, or a combination thereof of the device recognized and registered as described above to a user, Use and control.

2 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a concept of measuring power consumption of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the present invention, the information to be converted into a database for device recognition includes information such as an effective value (watt) and reactive power (var), apparent power through measurement of AC current, harmonic component through measurement of AC power, initial value through measurement of AC current, Parameters including the absolute value of the AC voltage, a transition voltage noise signature, a continuous voltage noise signature, or a combination thereof.

In the present invention, a method for increasing the recognition rate of a device to be used is used. Hereinafter, this will be described with reference to FIG.

First, in recognizing each device using the difference in power consumption data between devices, in order to increase the recognition rate, a basic measurement value necessary for the above-described parameter analysis should be measured and collected at a high frequency. However, when collecting data at such a high frequency, there is a problem that the CPU or the DSP is heavily loaded, and the amount of collected data also rapidly increases. This increased amount of data has the problem of increasing the traffic load on the carrier when sending data from the device to the server and increasing the size of the database to the server.

In order to solve such a problem, the present invention collects measurement data in the following manner.

1) That is, when each device turns on the relay, the data is measured by raising the sampling frequency only for a predetermined time, and when the relay device is in the normal state, the sampling frequency is lowered again. That is, the relay is turned on by measuring the initial power data that drives the device in the standby power interval of the device. As can be seen in FIG. 2 (a), it can be seen that the power consumption is somewhat irregular and includes a lot of noise in the startup (boot) period. In this case, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), a precise data set must be generated by capturing the signal in detail by increasing the sampling frequency t. Next, when the boot-up period has passed, the next step is to reduce the amount of data or traffic for accuracy by lowering the sampling interval.

2) On the other hand, if the current and voltage exceed the predetermined threshold momentarily, the sampling frequency is raised to measure the data for a predetermined time, and the frequency is again lowered. This is a method for detecting when the device is powered on in the standby power state and collecting the initial power data of the standby power and the initial power data when the device is powered on. By comparing the power data of the two sections in this way, it is possible to recognize the correct device and to minimize the load of the CPU / network / database.

3) In addition to the method of setting the threshold value, it is also possible to measure data according to the power level. If the level is exceeded, the sampling frequency is increased to measure the data for a certain fixed time, and the frequency is lowered again. A number of levels can be used to invert the state of the current device as well as recognize the device. For example, in case of air conditioner, power data is different according to temperature. If different current and voltage data are measured according to the operating condition, it is possible to predict the operation state of the device more accurately.

For example, it is possible to roughly grasp the type of the electrical product through the distribution of the sizes of the active power and the reactive power. That is, since the power consumption differs depending on whether the load is resistive, capacitive or inductive, it is possible to determine the type of the load by measuring the corresponding active power and reactive power and calculating the absolute value of the power consumption from the measured power Do. It is also possible to calculate the phase through the validity and ineffective components of current, voltage, and power, and extract the type of load from it. Referring to FIG. 2 (c), the concept of phase can be confirmed.

Also, in the present invention, the measured values of current, voltage, and power are compared not only in the time domain but also in the frequency domain, thereby obtaining more practical analysis results. In other words, the measured values of voltage, current, and electric power consumes a lot of power at the time when the electric appliance is in the standby power state and starts to operate, and the characteristic components constituting the electric appliance are operated. To understand the characteristic pattern generated by the operation, it may be influenced by the inherent operating frequency of each component rather than the data in the time domain or the operation state of the digital component by the DC voltage. Therefore, it is difficult to grasp the characteristics of the products only by measuring AC voltage, AC current, and AC power.

Accordingly, in the present invention, the frequency characteristics of the electronic components of each electric product are grasped and the frequency characteristics of the electric components are accurately and precisely utilized for recognizing the devices through the characteristics of the corresponding products. For example, the present invention includes extracting a more accurate power consumption pattern by sampling a signal including noise of an electronic device at a high frequency in a specific section and extracting the power consumption pattern in the frequency domain.

Further, the device recognition apparatus of the present invention collects power consumption measurement values from time-to-time registration devices. The power consumption measurement values collected for each device may be accumulated for a predetermined period of time, or the power consumption measurement values collected in real time may be stored in the device recognition device itself by time zone.

The device recognition apparatus of the present invention can analyze the daily power consumption pattern for each device using the collected power consumption measurement value of each device by time. The analyzed power consumption pattern for each device is stored in the database. Also, the device recognition apparatus of the present invention can collect the power consumption measurement value by time from the unregistered device, and analyze the daily power consumption pattern of the unregistered device. The power consumption pattern of the unregistered device thus analyzed is compared with the power consumption pattern of the registered device stored in the database and recognized as the same product as the registered device having the most similar pattern.

For reference, it is relatively difficult to recognize the device by analyzing the steady state power consumption pattern, and there may be a lot of errors in recognizing the device from this. Therefore, in the present invention, it is preferable that the device is recognized by analyzing the power consumption pattern during the start-up of the device, and it is also important to analyze the consumption flow in the time domain in analyzing the power consumption. However, Recognizing consumption patterns is a way to improve accuracy.

In order to analyze the power consumption pattern in the time domain, a procedure for synchronizing the operation for each device is needed. This means that the devices of the same type must start operating at the same time with each other so that they have similar patterns. If the operating points are different from each other, they will show different power consumption patterns even if they are the same device. In the time synchronization method, it is necessary to make the time for starting the operation of the device the same, and to make the operation time period equal. Therefore, when the power consumption data of a specific device is measured, the time at which the measurement is made should be recorded.

In addition, in order to synchronize the time domain, a means for recording time information or specifying the same operating environment of the device is required. That is, it may be necessary to allow the device recognizing device to give an operation start command to the device through bi-directional communication or to be able to specify the time to be activated in the standby power mode.

However, in the case of extracting the power consumption pattern in the time domain, when extracting based on the power consumed in the process of booting (starting) the specific device, it is less influenced by the environmental variables or the operating time period. It is most effective to analyze the power consumption pattern of the system.

In the frequency domain, it is also most effective to analyze the power consumption pattern in the boot section. In order to analyze the power consumption pattern in the time domain or the frequency domain, the sampling frequency should be taken to be at least twice the frequency at which the pattern changes, considering that the pattern of power consumption suddenly varies in the booting period . This is because sampling is performed so as to satisfy the Nyquist rate, and no aliasing occurs.

3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an apparatus for measuring power consumption of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The consumed power measuring apparatus 10 according to the present invention may be designed as a built-in type built in each device or may be designed as an external type such as a plug or an adapter.

As shown in FIG. 3, a sensor including an ammeter, a voltmeter, a power meter, or a combination thereof is converted into digital data by an analogue signal by a digital converter 11. In the digital conversion, the sampling frequency can be determined by a user's setting or a preset parameter, and digital data is generated accordingly. The converted result is transmitted to the data processing unit 13 and processed so that the user can recognize the corresponding signal. That is, the phase and the power can be calculated by using the current and the voltage, and the reactive power and the active power are also derived. Depending on the distribution of the ineffective component and the effective component, the type and characteristics of the device are different, and the device can be recognized through this. The processed data is temporarily or permanently stored in the memory 14 or transmitted to the outside through the communication interface 15. [

Meanwhile, the user command or setting information inputted from the outside can be received by the data processing unit 13 through the communication interface 15. Among them, the measurement period setting information transmitted from the user is measured through the data processing unit 13 And is transmitted to the periodic configuration section 12 to determine the sampling frequency at the digital converter 11. [

Of course, the measurement period may be set through a network in a device recognition apparatus through analysis of power consumption pattern.

The measurement period varies depending on whether the device is in the booting phase or in a stable operating phase. The measurement period setting unit 12 measures data such as voltage, current, and power according to a given period in accordance with a command from the data processing unit 13. [ The communication signal output through the communication interface 15 is connected to the outside through a channel including Bluetooth, NFC, zigbee, WiFi, serial, or RFID.

In the present invention, a measurement cycle (sampling frequency) can be variably set according to the type of the device. The variable setting can be set by a user transmitting an instruction from outside through a network, setting it through a serial interface, , Or it is possible to select one of several numerical values from the beginning and conveniently select one when operating.

It is also possible to compress or store or transmit the measured value because the measured value may affect other measured values if the quantity is too large. Also, since the time for storing data depends on the amount of memory, the size of the memory can be designed to be variously installed or held according to the boot time of the device.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for measuring a consumed power of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, a sensing signal including a current, a voltage, a power, or a combination thereof is converted into digital data at a measurement cycle set in a predetermined measurement cycle (S110). The converted data is processed to generate valid, reactive power, phase, and spectral data (S120). Here, the spectrum can detect a more accurate power consumption pattern by sensing and observing the sensing data in the frequency domain. Next, the generated data is stored in a memory, and if the user requests it, the extracted data can be transmitted or transmitted directly through the network (S130). If a new measurement period is to be set during operation of the measurement apparatus (S140), a new measurement period is set (S150). Otherwise, a sensing signal including current, voltage, power, (S110). If the boot interval is detected (S160), the measurement period (sampling frequency) is increased (S170) and the measurement is continued at the set measurement period (S110).

The device recognition apparatus through the power consumption pattern analysis of the present invention recognizes each device and provides various useful information to the user. In the description of the present invention, description will be given of providing information of a device recognized by an application program to a smart terminal of a user including a smart phone and a tablet PC as one embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention allows a user to directly register device information including a product, a company, and a model name for the device after connecting the plug or adapter to the device. The device thus registered is displayed with device information such as the registered product, company and model name.

 For example, when a device connected to a plug or an adapter is registered by inputting the air conditioner (product), company name, and model name as device information, the device displayed by the application program is registered as an air conditioner Name, model name) of a specific product, manufacturer, or model name.

Also, even if the user does not directly register the device information as described above, the device recognition apparatus 100 of the present invention analyzes the power consumption pattern and recognizes and registers the device automatically.

The devices thus registered are displayed as product information. When the user selects the corresponding device menu, information on power consumption including the power consumption amount of the corresponding device, the standby power use amount, and the power consumption cost per hour is provided. And provides a menu for shutting off or controlling the power supply of the battery.

In addition, the device recognition apparatus 100 of the present invention may notify a user through an alarm when a power consumption state of a specific device is out of a normal state, may provide a customized power consumption guide for each device, And may provide an individual use guide and an integrated usage guide for each device registered to the user so that the electric charge can be minimized to the user.

The information provided to the user by the device recognition apparatus 100 of the present invention is merely an example, and the user can use the database constructed through the device recognition apparatus 100, It will be possible to provide the user with information about the user.

5 is a block diagram for explaining a structure of a device recognition apparatus through analysis of a power consumption pattern according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5, the device recognition apparatus 100 through the power consumption pattern analysis of the present invention includes a power consumption measurement value collection unit 110, a registration storage unit 120, a power consumption pattern analysis unit 130 A device recognition unit 140, and a device information providing unit 150.

The power consumption measurement value collection unit 110 collects power consumption measurement values for at least one or more devices including various appliances including a refrigerator, a computer, a washing machine, and a TV. The power consumption measurement value collection unit 110, Methods for collecting power consumption measurements for each device use a wired or wireless scheme, which includes at least Bluetooth, NFC, Zigbee, WiFi, or a near-field wireless scheme including an infrared communication scheme. It is also possible that the device recognition apparatus 100 does not receive the power consumption measurement value directly from the measurement data collection device 10 but can also receive the power consumption measurement value via the AP and a local area network such as Ethernet.

The registration storage unit 120 stores the power consumption measurement values of various devices collected by the power consumption measurement value collection unit 110 and the normal power consumption including the type, model, manufacturer, average power consumption, Or a combination thereof and stores the power consumption pattern analyzed by the power consumption pattern analyzing unit 130 together with the product information together with the product information including the combination of the product information and the power consumption pattern, .

Meanwhile, the database 200 may be embodied in a storage unit installed in the device recognition apparatus 100 through the power consumption pattern analysis, or may be implemented as a separate storage unit connected with an electric or optical cable, (E. G., A database system). ≪ / RTI > The connection structure between the device recognition apparatus 100 and the database can be implemented as a cloud system through server virtualization and storage virtualization. That is, as the information to be collected by the device recognizing apparatus 100 becomes vast, the database can be virtualized and the capacity thereof can be further enlarged.

The power consumption pattern analyzer 130 recognizes the device according to the power consumption pattern. The power consumption pattern analyzer 130 analyzes the power consumption pattern in real time using the power consumption measurement value collected by the power consumption measurement value collection unit 110, Or analyzes the power consumption pattern using the power consumption measurement value stored in the registration storage unit 120. [

The analysis of the power consumption pattern in the power consumption pattern analysis unit 130 may be performed by analyzing the power consumption pattern every predetermined analysis period during the collection of the power consumption measurement value for each device, The power consumption pattern can be grouped and analyzed by time, place, day of the week, month, season, year, period designated by the user, or combinations thereof.

When the power consumption pattern of any device analyzed by the power consumption pattern analysis unit 130 is input, the device recognition unit 140 recognizes the device according to the power consumption pattern, And recognizes it as a device corresponding to the most similar power consumption pattern and registers it.

The device information providing unit 150 provides the user with product information including normal power consumption including the type, model, manufacturer, average power consumption and maximum power consumption of the devices recognized and registered as described above, or combinations thereof, It is also possible to provide the device manufacturer with product distribution and usage data including the registered area and the number of each device product.

As described above, the device recognition apparatus 100 of the present invention analyzes a power consumption pattern of a new device based on a pre-established database 200, automatically recognizes the device, and provides various information of the device to the user, Thereby enabling the user to operate the device more efficiently. In addition, each device manufacturer can perform feedback on market research of its products, field errors of its products, etc. based on the information provided from the device recognition apparatus 100 of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a device recognition procedure through power consumption pattern analysis according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, the device recognition method using the power consumption pattern analysis of the present invention first acquires a power consumption measurement value for at least one device including various appliances including a refrigerator, a computer, a washing machine, and a TV (S201).

The product information including the measured power consumption value of each device and the type, model, manufacturer, normal power consumption or a combination of the collected devices is stored in the database (S202). After analyzing the power consumption pattern using the measured power consumption measurement or the power consumption measurement value stored in the database (S203), the analysis result is stored in the database (S204).

Thereafter, when the power consumption measurement value of the unregistered new device is collected, the power consumption pattern is analyzed using the collected power consumption measurement value of the device (S205). Based on the database thus constructed, A consumption pattern is compared with a power consumption pattern of an existing registered device to search for a device having the same power consumption pattern (S206).

If a device having the same power consumption pattern is found in the above process, the new device is recognized as the same device as the device having the same power consumption pattern and registered (S207).

Product information including normal power consumption including a type, a model, a manufacturer, an average power consumption and a maximum power consumption of a device recognized and registered based on the database, or a combination thereof, is provided to a user, And distribution data including usage data, location, number, and the like are provided to the manufacturer (S208).

As described above, the device recognition method through the analysis of the power consumption pattern of the present invention makes the database of power consumption patterns of devices including various appliances including a refrigerator, a computer, a washing machine, and a TV into a database, recognizes and registers a new device based on the pattern , A normal power consumption including a type, a model, a manufacturer, an average power consumption and a maximum power consumption for each of the devices, or a combination thereof, so that users can efficiently manage power consumption for each device . In addition, by allowing the device manufacturer to confirm the device usage information including the power consumption measurement value and the analyzed power consumption pattern collected by the device recognition device and the distribution information of each device, It is possible to perform the feedback by grasping the facts and the like.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be taken by way of limitation, I will understand. Accordingly, the technical scope of the present invention should be defined by the following claims.

10: Measuring device 20: Network
30: Access point 40: User
50: database 100: device recognition device
11: digital converter 12: measurement bookkeeping unit
13: data processor 14: memory
15 communication interface 110: power consumption measurement value collection unit
120: registration storage unit 130: power consumption pattern analysis unit
140: device recognition unit 150: device information providing unit
200: Database

Claims (21)

A digital converter for measuring a signal including information on a current, voltage or power consumed by a specific device from a sensor and converting the signal into digital;
A data processing unit for processing digital converted data and transmitting the result to a communication interface or storing the result in a memory; And
And a measurement period setting unit configured to set a measurement period in the digital conversion unit according to the setting inputted from the data processing unit,
Wherein the data processing unit detects the start of the device from the device and sets the period of the measurement more precisely to improve the accuracy of recognizing the power consumption pattern of the device,
And a power consumption pattern of the recognized device is provided to a user so that product information including a type of device, a model, a manufacturer, an average power consumption, a maximum power consumption, or a combination thereof is recognized from the power consumption pattern Device for measuring the power consumption of a device. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the data processing unit comprises:
Converted into digital and converted into information including an active power, a reactive power, a phasor, an apparent power, or a combination thereof by processing an input signal. delete The method according to claim 1,
Detecting the start to the start of the device,
When the input data changes to a predetermined value or more, or when the input data suddenly changes to a predetermined value or more, the start of the start-up is detected. The method according to claim 1,
The measurement period determiner may include:
And the measurement period is increased or decreased at a predetermined period for each device according to the judgment of the data processing unit or the measurement period setting unit. Measuring a signal from the sensor, which includes information on the current, voltage or power consumed by the specific device, and converting the signal to digital;
Processing digital converted data and transmitting the result to a communication interface or storing the result in a memory;
A measurement period setting step of setting a measurement period in the step of converting the result into digital according to the input setting; And
Detecting a start of the device from the device and increasing the accuracy of recognizing the power consumption pattern of the device by making the period of the measurement finer than other times,
And a power consumption pattern of the recognized device is provided to a user so that product information including a type of device, a model, a manufacturer, an average power consumption, a maximum power consumption, or a combination thereof is recognized from the power consumption pattern A method for measuring power consumption of a device. The method of claim 6,
Processing the data includes:
Converting the digital signal into an input signal and converting the signal into information including active power, reactive power, phasor, apparent power, or a combination thereof,
Detecting the start to the start of the device,
When the input data changes more than a predetermined value, or when the input data suddenly changes to a predetermined value or more, the start of the startup is detected. The method of claim 6,
Wherein the measurement period setting step comprises:
Wherein the measurement period is increased or decreased at a predetermined cycle for each device according to a determination based on the processing of the data or the setting of the measurement period. A power consumption measurement value collection unit for collecting a result of measuring power consumption for at least one device including a home appliance;
A power consumption pattern analyzer for analyzing the power consumption pattern during collection of the power consumption measurement value or using the stored power consumption measurement value;
A device recognition unit for recognizing the device from the power consumption pattern from a power consumption measurement value of the device; And
A device information providing unit for providing the user with product information including a type, a model, a manufacturer, an average power consumption, a maximum power consumption, or a combination thereof of the devices recognized by the device recognition unit,
Wherein measuring the power consumption for the device increases the accuracy of recognizing the power consumption pattern of the device by allowing the measurement period to be more precisely set during the booting of the device than other times, Device recognition device. The method of claim 9,
And a registration storage unit for storing the collected power consumption measurement value, the power consumption pattern, or a combination thereof, and further registering a power consumption pattern of the device, Lt; / RTI > delete The method of claim 9,
Wherein the power consumption measurement value collecting unit comprises:
Wherein the power consumption measurement value of the device is collected through the local wired / wireless communication network or the remote wired / wireless communication network. The method of claim 9,
Further comprising a database,
Wherein the database is storage means connected through its own HDD, direct wiring, wired / wireless network, cloud networking, or a combination thereof. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the power consumption pattern analyzer comprises:
By analyzing the power consumption pattern for each predetermined analysis cycle during the acquisition of the power consumption measurement value per device, or by accessing the already measured and stored raw data, it can be accessed by time, location, day of the week, month, season, Wherein the power consumption pattern is grouped and analyzed according to a time period or a combination thereof. The method of claim 9,
The device recognizing unit,
Wherein the power consumption pattern of the device is input and compared with a previously stored power consumption pattern to determine and recognize a device corresponding to the nearest power consumption pattern. The method of claim 9,
The device information providing unit,
It is necessary to identify the characteristics including the type of device, manufacturer, model, average power consumption, maximum power consumption, or a combination thereof in each home, to suggest conditions for optimally operating each device in use in each home, Wherein the distribution of the type of the product, the manufacturer, the model, or a combination thereof is provided to the manufacturer or the user. A power consumption measurement value collection step for collecting a result of measuring power consumption for at least one device including a home appliance;
A power consumption pattern analysis step of analyzing the power consumption pattern during the collection of the power consumption measurement value or using the stored power consumption measurement value;
A device recognition step of recognizing the device in the power consumption pattern from a power consumption measurement value of the device; And
A device information providing step of providing product information including a type of device, a model, a manufacturer, an average power consumption, a maximum power consumption, or a combination thereof recognized by the device recognition step; / RTI >
Wherein measuring the power consumption for the device increases the accuracy of recognizing the power consumption pattern of the device by allowing the measurement period to be more precisely set during the booting of the device than other times, Device recognition method. 18. The method of claim 17,
A device recognition method using the power consumption pattern analysis,
And a registration storing step of storing the collected power consumption measurement value, the power consumption pattern, or a combination thereof,
A process of registering a power consumption pattern of the device is separately provided,
The power consumption measurement value collection step may include:
Wherein the power consumption measurement value of the device is collected through the local wired / wireless communication network or the remote wired / wireless communication network. 19. The method of claim 18,
Wherein the registering step includes:
Wherein the device is registered and stored in a storage means connected via its own HDD, direct wiring, wired / wireless network, cloud networking, or a combination thereof. 18. The method of claim 17,
The step of analyzing the power consumption pattern may include:
By analyzing the power consumption pattern for each predetermined analysis cycle during the acquisition of the power consumption measurement value per device, or by accessing the already measured and stored raw data, it can be accessed by time, location, day of the week, month, season, Wherein the power consumption patterns are grouped and analyzed by periods or combinations thereof. 18. The method of claim 17,
The device recognition step may include:
When the power consumption pattern of the device is input, it is compared with a previously stored power consumption pattern to determine and recognize a device corresponding to the nearest power consumption pattern,
It is necessary to identify the characteristics including the type of device, manufacturer, model, average power consumption, maximum power consumption, or a combination thereof in each home, to suggest conditions for optimally operating each device in use in each home, Wherein the distribution of the product type, manufacturer, model, or combination thereof is provided to a manufacturer or a user.

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