83 results about "Smart plug" patented technology

A data multi-hop sensing and threat detecting network, including modular sensor devices, smart plug and portable sensor devices, and low power sub-sensor devices. A determination is made to alert when a sensed value is either (1) greater than a predetermined upper threshold value or the running average baseline value (whichever is greater) plus the upper fluctuation buffer value, or (2) less than a predetermined lower threshold value or the running average baseline value (whichever is less) less the lower fluctuation buffer value. The running average baseline is smoothed by applying large number numerology to the sensed values.

A smart load switch or smart plug incorporates a built-in circuit that can monitor a physical variable condition and compare that sensed condition to data stored in a memory. A controller receives input data from the measuring device, compares the data to the reference data in memory, and selectively controls the on / off condition of a switch and thus the device that is plugged into the switch.

A method and system for reducing demand on a power grid through demand side management includes receiving assigned priorities from a customer for smart appliances and for appliances plugged into sockets of one or more smart plugs of the customer, the assigned priorities indicative of a customer-preferred sequence for disconnection of, or adjustment of power to, the appliances from the power grid. The system determines whether to disconnect or adjust power to at least one of the appliances of the customer; and selects at least one of the appliances according to the assigned priorities to reduce demand on the power grid. The system sends one or more commands, the one or more commands indicative to the one or more smart plugs to disconnect or adjust power to the selected at least one of the appliances based on selecting at least one of the appliances.

In some preferred embodiments, a smart socket adapter is utilized. The male plug on the towed end of the wiring harness is unplugged from the female tow port that is part of the towed vehicles wiring package. A smart socket adapter is inserted into the towed unit's female tow port and the wiring harness male plug is then plugged into the new adapter. Preferred embodiments of this adapter have smart circuits that transmit wireless signals to a verification device that is located in the towing unit. Advantages of the present invention include facilitation of a safer tow operation, because the towing operator will know at all times if the integrity of the tow connections and replication of signals has been maintained. In another embodiment, a wireless transmitting smart plug is plugged onto a standard wiring socket on the towing unit and a wireless receiving smart plug is plugged into a standard wiring socket on the towed unit. Replication of the command signal at the receiving unit is accomplished by utilization of the receiving unit's existing wiring in conjunction with the addition of a power source to run the lights. Verification of receiver unit signal activation is accomplished by utilization of the same additional power source. In yet another embodiment, command signal replication and verification is accomplished by replacing brake, turning signal, and running light bulbs in both the command and the receiving units with smart bulbs that communicate with each other. In still another embodiment, command replication and verification is accomplished by the addition of smart bulb sockets in both the command and the receiver units that communicate with each other. In yet a further embodiment, signal replication and verification can be accomplished by utilizing the receiving unit's existing wiring with no additional power source. In such embodiments, an identification chip may further be integrated therein.

The invention relates to a smart home system for integrating power supply with communication on the basis of the Internet of Things, comprising an ONU (Optical Network Unit) used for accessing in an optical fiber composite cable; ONU output is connected with a bus; each lead terminal of the bus is connected with at least one smart socket for plugging in a smart plug; the smart plug is an electrical appliance plug provided with an electronic label; the smart socket is provided with a socket electrical information measurement unit, a socket coding information unit, a socket electronic label identification unit corresponding to the intelligent socket and a socket electric power Modem used for modulating power carrier on the bus; and the socket electronic label identification unit is used for reading the electronic label coding of a plugged smart plug. According to the scheme disclosed by the invention, the optical fiber and the cable are integrally accessed into a user family, communication and power supply are integrated into the smart socket by the power line carrier communication after the optical fiber and the cable are accessed into the user family, and the purpose of communicating during electrifying can be realized.

The invention relates to a panoramic electricity consumption information intelligent home system based on internet of things. The intelligent home system comprises a power bus-bar, wherein each leading wire end of the power bus-bar is connected with at least one intelligent socket available for plugging of an intelligent plug, and the intelligent plug is an electric appliance plug provided with an electronic label; an electric information measuring unit, an encoded information unit and an electronic label identification unit corresponding to the intelligent plug are arranged on the intelligent socket; the outer wiring end of an intelligent home gateway is in communicated connection with a backstage monitoring system; and the intelligent socket is used for transmitting codes of the intelligent socket per se, electronic label codes of the plugged intelligent plug and measured electric information to the backstage monitoring system through a communication port. According to the invention, by applying an internet of things technology to the intelligent home system and considering the socket and electric appliances as object-object connected terminals, on the one hand, identity identification and information acquisition for the terminals are realized and on the other hand, free alteration and combination convenience of the terminals is ensured.

A data multi-hop sensing and threat detecting network, including modular sensor devices, smart plug and portable sensor devices, and low power sub-sensor devices. A determination is made to alert when a sensed value is either (1) greater than a predetermined upper threshold value or the running average baseline value (whichever is greater) plus the upper fluctuation buffer value, or (2) less than a predetermined lower threshold value or the running average baseline value (whichever is less) less the lower fluctuation buffer value. The running average baseline is smoothed by applying large number numerology to the sensed values.

A method according to an embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for automatically mapping a smart plug and an electronic device connected thereto in a home gateway. The method may comprise the steps of: deleting pre-stored mapping information when a signal received from the smart plug satisfies a condition requiring remapping to the electronic device; configuring a mapping candidate group on the basis of data included in the signal received from the smart plug and information stored for the electronic device when a status change notification signal is received from a predetermined electronic device within a preconfigured time; and when it can be determined that one particular electronic device from among the configured candidate group has been mapped to the smart plug, automatically mapping the corresponding electronic device and the smart plug in a state that the corresponding electronic device is connected to the smart plug.

A method of increasing the maximum offset distance for underwater sensors, the method including the steps of: providing at least one sensor on a sensor bus, and emulating at least one additional sensor on the sensor bus. This has the effect of lowering the total network resistance, which increases the maximum possible offset distance. The additional sensor(s) by be emulated by one of: a smart plug-in module, a printed circuit board assembly, and a virtual sensor.

The present invention is directed to a lockable, wireless (Wi-Fi or Bluetooth) enabled smart plug for monitoring and controlling usage of electronic devices. The smart plug of the present invention includes a housing unit, an electrical contact on a rear surface of the housing unit, an electrical receptacle on the surface opposite that of the electrical contact, and a cover configured to close over the electrical receptacle. Also included is a locking mechanism configured to secure the cover to the housing unit, a measuring device configured to monitor usage of the electrical receptacle, and a secure communication protocol to control the unit remotely.

A smart plug system includes, in an embodiment, a smart plug that may be securable to an electrical outlet by way of an anti-theft device. The anti-theft device may include in an embodiment: a body securable to the electrical outlet; and a protrusion that extends from the body and which may extend into an aperture of the smart plug to secure the smart plug to the electrical outlet when the smart plug is plugged into an electrical outlet. In an embodiment, the smart plug may be configured to be customizable in appearance by including a plurality of different covers that may be secured to a face of the smart plug.

A smart load switch or smart plug incorporates a built-in circuit that can monitor a physical variable condition and compare that sensed condition to data stored in a memory. A controller receives input data from the measuring device, compares the data to the reference data in memory, and selectively controls the on / off condition of a switch and thus the device that is plugged into the switch.

The invention discloses a power source line device with an intelligent plug and belongs to the power source line technical field. The objective of the invention is to solve problems such as functional singularity and incapability of realizing intelligent control. The power source line device with the intelligent plug comprises a power source line; one end of the power source line is provided with connection terminals for connecting the power source interface of an electrical appliance; the other end of the power source line is connected with the intelligent plug; and a controller, a communication module connected with the controller and a circuit on-off control device are arranged in the intelligent plug, wherein the communication module is in communication connection with an intelligent terminal and / or a server. With the power source line device with the intelligent plug of the invention adopted, intelligent thing-networking can be realized through the communication module; a user can intuitively know electricity utilization information acquired by an electric energy acquisition device through the intelligent terminal and / or the server; on-off of the power source line can be realized; and operation and control can be also realized at a place far away from the electrical appliance. The power source line device with the intelligent plug has the advantages of convenient use, safety, reliability and energy-saving performance.

A smart plug system includes, in an embodiment, a smart plug that may be securable to an electrical outlet by way of an anti-theft device. The anti-theft device may include in an embodiment: a body securable to the electrical outlet; and a protrusion that extends from the body and which may extend into an aperture of the smart plug to secure the smart plug to the electrical outlet when the smart plug is plugged into an electrical outlet. In an embodiment, the smart plug may be configured to be customizable in appearance by including a plurality of different covers that may be secured to a face of the smart plug.

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for sensing an event occurring from a target device in a smart plug installed on a supply route of power applied to the target device. To this end, a power measurement unit which comprises the smart plug measures power supplied to the target device, and an event determination unit predicts an event occurring from the target device on the basis of a power signal characteristic of the supplied power measured by the power measurement unit. The power signal characteristic indicates a variation characteristic of the supplied power caused by the occurrence of the event on the basis of supplied power before the event occurs from the target device.

An apparatus for characterising the permeability of a formation surrounding a wellbore, comprising:a drillstem test (DST) tool comprising, a packer for isolating a zone of the wellbore, a valve for controlling fluid into and out of the zone via the drill string of the tool and, a pressure gauge for detecting the pressure in the zone;wherein the apparatus further comprises an array of at least two antennas arranged on the tool above the packer such that when in use each antenna of the array aligns with a corresponding pressure sensor placed in the formation to obtain pressure measurements and therefore allow horizontal and vertical permeability to be determined.

The invention belongs to the field of power sockets, and relates to an intelligent plug device of an artificial intelligence charging system. The intelligent plug device of the artificial intelligence charging system is matched with an intelligent socket which does not belong to the invention. The intelligent plug device of the artificial intelligence charging system comprises a power source detecting charging device, a radio emitting device, a microcomputer unit, a machine arm and the like. When the power source detecting charging device detects that an intelligent machine or a robot needs to be charged, the microcomputer unit instructs the radio emitting device to emit a radio signal automatically and triggers the intelligent socket mounted on a wall face to emit a radio locating signal, an infrared light wave locating signal and a laser beam locating signal, after the intelligent plug device follows the locating signals, a power mechanism of the intelligent machine or the robot is driven to move to a position in front of the intelligent socket, and then the machine arm is driven to accurately locate a power plug on the intelligent plug device and a power socket on the intelligent socket, the power plug is accurately inserted into the power socket for charging, and the purpose that the power socket is automatically found for automatic charging is achieved. The intelligent plug device of the artificial intelligence charging system is good in performance, high in reliability, good in stability, simple in structure, low in cost, and meanwhile safe, reliable and easy to achieve.

The invention belongs to the field of power sockets, and relates to an intelligent socket of an artificial intelligence charging system. The intelligent socket of the artificial intelligence charging system is matched with an intelligent plug device which does not belong to the invention. The intelligent socket of the artificial intelligence charging system comprises a trigger signal receiving channel, a control circuit unit, a radio emitting device, an infrared light wave emitting unit and a laser generator. The control circuit unit is communicated with the radio emitting device and the infrared light wave emitting unit to emit a radio locating signal and an infrared light wave locating signal according to a I signal decoded after the trigger signal receiving channel receives a radio carrier signal of the intelligent plug device, the intelligent plug device is guided to move to a position in front of the intelligent socket to be located, the control circuit unit is communicated with the laser generator to emit the laser beam locating signal according to a II signal, the intelligent plug device is guided to insert a power plug into a power socket, and the purpose of automatic charging is achieved, the control circuit unit stops emitting of all the locating signals according to a III signal, and charging is completed. The intelligent socket of the artificial intelligence charging system is good in performance, high in reliability, good in stability, simple in structure, low in cost, and meanwhile safe, reliable, easy to achieve and suitable for popularization and application.

A smart plug that is partitioned into a plurality of printed circuit boards (PCBs) in a three dimensional manner to reduce its size. Aspects consider the effect of the possible increased internal temperature as the size of the smart plug is reduced. For example, thick metal foils connect various components of a smart plug to reduce heat dissipation within the smart plug. Also, a metal foil may transfer heat from contact metal on a PCB to a side wall of a plastic housing of the smart plug. The smart plug may comprise a computing device that obtains information identifying the attached electrical device and accesses device data about the time duration during which the attached electrical device exhibits transient characteristics. The computing device then uses the accessed data to effectively control the attached electrical device.

Described are methods and systems for identifying an electrical load device electrically coupled to a smart plug device. In some embodiments, a server receives, from the smart plug device, a plurality of power properties associated with the electrical load device. The server inputs the plurality of power properties into a plurality of nodes of an artificial neural network (ANN) graph to generate a predicted device ID. The server queries a database for a device ID that is within a threshold of the predicted device ID. Based on querying the database to determine that the device ID exists, the server identifies the electrical load device as a device associated with the device ID.

An audio system testing arrangement includes a controller coupled to a communication. bus of a motor vehicle. The controller runs test scripts via the communication bus. The test scripts are for testing features of an audio system within the vehicle. A fault of the audio system is determined dependent upon results of the test scripts, a display and / or speaker annunciates the determined fault of the audio system.

The invention relates to an IOT (Internet of Things) intelligent plug, and is used for quick design, development and production of IOT electrical products. The plug comprises a metal pin, an intelligent hardware module, a relay, a power line, a data connection line, and a power connection line. The metal pin is connected with an external socket, and supplies power to an electrical product through a power line. The intelligent hardware module can cut off the power supply of the electrical product through controlling the relay and disconnecting the power line. The intelligent hardware module takes electricity from the electrical product through the power line, and the electricity is used for the operation of the intelligent hardware module. The data communication of the electrical product is achieved through the data line, and the intelligent hardware module achieves the function control and status inquiry of electrical equipment, receives fault and alarm information sent by the electrical equipment, and achieves the firmware upgrading of the electrical equipment. Moreover, the electrical product is connected with the external data network through wireless connection. The plug has functions of data collection, analysis, transmission and storage, and achieves the control and detection of the electrical equipment.

The invention discloses a smart plug and socket assembly which comprises a plug body and a socket body. The plug body comprises a rear casing body and a front casing body fixed on the front end of therear casing body. Two conductive strip assemblies which are symmetrically arranged left and right are arranged in the plug body. Two conductive sockets are arranged inside the socket body. A circuitboard is fixed inside the socket body. A control module, a Hall sensor, a first relay, a second relay and a power supply module are arranged on the circuit board. One of the conductive sockets in thesocket body is connected in series with a normally open switch in the first relay and electrically connected with a phase line in a bus. The other conductive socket in the socket body is connected inseries with a normally open switch in the second relay and electrically connected with a neutral line in the bus. The Hall sensor is attached to the inner top of the socket body. A magnetic block is embedded in the middle of the lower end face of the rear casing body. According to the invention, electric shock accidents can be effectively avoided, and hidden dangers are eliminated.

In the maintenance of rack system, a computing device may implement a plurality of smart plugs and a communication bus in a system. A smart plug may be plugged into a server node for communication between a management node and a designated server node. The communication bus may be coupled to the smart plugs for transmitting I2C packets. A server node may be associated with a corresponding smart plug that includes a unique address on the communication bus. The smart plug may be configured to receive a message via the communication bus. The smart plug is configured to determine whether the request is addressed to a unique address associated with the smart plug. Upon determining that the message is addressed to the unique address, the smart plug may reformat the request compatible with server node port using the local address. Reformatting request may depend on types of server node ports.

A method and system for reducing demand on a power grid through demand side management includes receiving assigned priorities from a customer for smart appliances and for appliances plugged into sockets of one or more smart plugs of the customer, the assigned priorities indicative of a customer-preferred sequence for disconnection of, or adjustment of power to, the appliances from the power grid. The system determines whether to disconnect or adjust power to at least one of the appliances of the customer; and selects at least one of the appliances according to the assigned priorities to reduce demand on the power grid. The system sends one or more commands, the one or more commands indicative to the one or more smart plugs to disconnect or adjust power to the selected at least one of the appliances based on selecting at least one of the appliances.

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for detecting, from a smart plug, an electronic device connected to the smart plug, and more specifically, to a method and an apparatus for detecting a change in an electronic device connected to a smart plug. A method, according to one embodiment of the present invention, is the method for detecting a connected electronic device from the smart plug and comprises the steps of: inspecting whether pre-trained data is present when the an electronic device is connected; inspecting whether the connected electronic device and the pre-trained data match when the pre-trained data is present; a training step of obtaining information on valid power, invalid power, and power factor when the connected electronic device and the pre-trained data do not match; and saving trained data after the training is complete.

The invention discloses a safety protection intelligent plug. The plug comprises a shell, a working cavity with a rightward opening is formed in the shell, a power adapter is fixedly arranged on the end face of the left side of the working cavity, and a heat dissipation cavity with a downward opening and used for dissipating heat of the power adapter is formed in the inner top wall of the working cavity; the inner bottom wall of the working cavity is provided with a thermosensitive cavity used for temperature detection and a judgment cavity located on the right side of the thermosensitive cavity. According to the invention, the fan is utilized to cool the power adapter during working, external air is collected to judge the air humidity, and when the air humidity is too high or the working abnormal temperature of the power adapter is too high or the current is too high due to circuit overload, the plug is automatically separated from the socket to power off the electric appliance. And when the power adapter works abnormally and the temperature is too high, the connection line of the plug and the electric appliance is disconnected, so that the potential safety hazard that the electric appliance is on fire due to the fire caused by high temperature along the electric wire is avoided.

A method according to an embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for automatically mapping a smart plug and an electronic device connected thereto in a home gateway. The method may comprise the steps of: deleting pre-stored mapping information when a signal received from the smart plug satisfies a condition requiring remapping to the electronic device; configuring a mapping candidate group on the basis of data included in the signal received from the smart plug and information stored for the electronic device when a status change notification signal is received from a predetermined electronic device within a preconfigured time; and when it can be determined that one particular electronic device from among the configured candidate group has been mapped to the smart plug, automatically mapping the corresponding electronic device and the smart plug in a state that the corresponding electronic device is connected to the smart plug.