Power Management Apparatus for Smart Socket Registration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The widespread adoption of smart electric devices for power management is hindered by high installation costs and long lifetimes of existing electric devices, making it difficult for households to effectively utilize power at low prices during peak load management.
Innovation Solution
A power management apparatus that includes a display, input unit, and controller to register, change, and release smart sockets, generating a Personal Area Network identification number (PAN ID) and transmitting it to the smart socket, allowing for communication and scheduling of electric device operations based on power rate information and consumption patterns.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If smart electric devices are installed in every home for effective power management, then power utilization efficiency is improved, but installation cost and time requirement increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a power management apparatus as an intermediary device that manages multiple smart sockets without requiring each electric device to be individually controlled. This central化管理 approach reduces the complexity of installing smart devices in every home while maintaining effective power management capabilities through the mediator apparatus that coordinates power distribution and monitoring.
Solution Approach 2:
The power management apparatus provides universal functionality by managing multiple different types of electric devices through a single system. The apparatus can handle various smart sockets and electric devices with different power requirements, making the system adaptable to diverse household configurations without requiring device-specific management solutions.
2Loss of energy
If demand management is implemented to restrict peak load, then power consumption cost is reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The power management apparatus implements feedback mechanisms by monitoring power consumption patterns and providing information to users about peak load periods and cost implications. This feedback enables users to adjust their behavior and shift consumption to off-peak periods, achieving demand management goals through information-based control rather than complex automated restrictions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service demand management by allowing users to autonomously make decisions about when to operate their devices based on power rate information and consumption patterns provided by the apparatus. Users independently optimize their power usage without requiring complex centralized control systems, reducing overall system complexity while achieving cost reduction.
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AI summary
A method for controlling a power management system includes if a registration mode of a smart socket is performed in a power management apparatus, displaying a second code of the power management apparatus; acquiring a code image of the second code on the power management apparatus using a terminal acquiring a code image from a first code assigned to the smart socket to recognize each other; receiving information of an electric device to be coupled to the smart socket; and pairing the smart socket corresponding to the first code by reading the code image with the electric device information, transmitting the paired information to the power management apparatus corresponding to the second code, and storing the paired information in the power management apparatus corresponding to the displayed code.