IT202000016828A1 - METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR THE DISAGGREGATION OF DOMESTIC USE - Google Patents

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METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR THE DISAGGREGATION OF DOMESTIC USE.

The present invention relates to a method and a system for the unbundling of domestic users. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an apparatus for detecting data relating to water consumption. The growing development of home automation has made it more and more possible and necessary to control consumption and rationalize it. In particular, it is noted more and more? the need? to disaggregate domestic users to fully understand the reasons for consumption in the home, to try to minimize consumption.

To comply with these requests, there are known devices in the sector for detecting consumption with a plurality of of sensors, which detect a plurality? of parameters with reference to the consumption itself. Said devices allow communication with control units, which process the data to determine energy information about the house.

However, said apparatuses are mainly aimed at the detailed measurement of electricity or gas consumption. The devices for the control of the consumption of water, on the other hand, are not very precise and do not have the possibility of to connect to remote servers or other components integrated in the home automation system.

Furthermore, methods for unbundling utilities are also known in the art. Said methods are for example described in documents US2019370913A1, US2020005404A1 and US2013103215A1.

However, these methods have the drawback of not being precise. Furthermore, they are limited to specific users known to the unbundling system. Purpose of the present invention ? making available a method, an apparatus and a system which overcome the drawbacks of the prior art mentioned above. Said purpose ? fully achieved by the method, apparatus and system objects of the present invention , which is characterized by what is contained in the claims set out below.

According to one aspect of the present description, the present invention provides a method for disaggregating consumption deriving from domestic users. Does the method include one or more from a processor.

The method comprises a step of receiving user data, including first user data, representative of a first type of consumption. The method comprises a step of receiving second user data, representative of a second type of consumption, different from the first.

The method comprises a step of accessing reference combinations. The reference combinations are representative of combinations between the first user data and the second user data. The reference combinations identify a specific domestic user, which ? characterized by specific combinations of water, electricity and/or gas consumption.

The first user data relate to (at least) a first quantity, representative of the first type of consumption. The second user data relates to (at least) a second quantity, representative of the second type of consumption. ? also provided that the user data include third user data, relating to (at least) a third quantity, representative of a third type of consumption, different from the first and second type. The reference combinations can be representative of combinations of said first, second and third types of users.

For example, the first user data are representative of water (or electricity or gas) consumption; the second user data can be representative of the electricity (or water or gas) consumption; the third user data can be representative of the consumption of gas (or water or electricity).

In one example, does the data collected include a first plurality? of values of the first quantity, acquired to a corresponding plurality? of instants of time, and a second plurality? of values of the second quantity, acquired at respective instants of time of said plurality? of instants of time. For each type of user data acquired (received), the respective trends over time of the corresponding quantity are detected; preferably, these time patterns are mutually synchronized over time.

The method comprises a phase of comparison between the user data and the reference combinations.

The method comprises a step for determining the type of domestic user used on the basis of the comparison between the user data and the reference combinations. In other words, by evaluating the user data, in particular the first and second user data, the processor checks a match of the user data with the reference combinations and identifies a specific user on the basis of said match.

According to one embodiment, the phase of receiving the user data ? real-time reception. In the reception phase, the user data is associated with respective instants of time, to disaggregate consumption over time. There? allows you to evaluate at any time which utilities are in use.

According to one embodiment, the first user data are water data, representative of a water consumption of domestic users.

In one embodiment, the method comprises one or more? of the following stages:

- receipt of a reference domestic user, or rather receipt of a label which refers to a specific user (for example ?washing machine, oven, dishwasher?);

- generation (ie definition) of a reference combination, defined by an association between a specific combination of first and second user data;

- saving in the remote server of the reference combination, associated with the reference domestic user, among the reference combinations.

According to one embodiment of the method, the second user data are data identifying an electric energy consumption or a gas consumption. According to one embodiment, one or more? steps of the method are performed on an additional processor, residing on a remote server. In other words, the method runs partly on an on-premises processor and partly on a dedicated processor on a cloud or remote server. This feature allows you to have increased computing power, which allows you to perform more? the necessary calculations quickly.

In one embodiment of the method, the first user data includes one or more? of the following information:

- water inlet temperature in a boiler;

- water outlet temperature from the boiler;

- temperature of a domestic environment and/or an external environment;

- instantaneous water flow;

- average water flow in a pre-established time interval.

These initial user data allow for a series of checks on domestic users to be carried out.

According to an aspect of the present description, the present invention provides a computer program including instructions for carrying out the steps of the method described in the present invention.

Furthermore, the present description provides an apparatus for detecting data relating to the water consumption of a user.

The apparatus includes a communication element, for the transmission of data relating to water consumption.

The apparatus comprises a flow meter, configured to detect flow data, representative of a water flow.

The apparatus includes one or more? temperature sensors, configured to detect temperature data, representative of a water temperature. The apparatus includes a unit? controller, connected to the flowmeter to receive flow data. The unit control ? connected to said one or more? temperature sensors to receive temperature data.

According to a preferred embodiment, the unit? control ? configured to send flow data and temperature data to a remote control unit, via the communication element. This feature therefore allows you to integrate a plurality? of data relating to water consumption (in particular flow rate and temperature data) in a control unit which also receives data relating to other users in order to be able to perform a refined and integrated analysis of the data received to carry out, inter alia, a disaggregation of consumption.

The unit of control of the? apparatus ? configured to process flow data and/or temperature data.

The unit control ? configured to compare the flow rate data with a reference trend, to check for the presence of massive leaks in the domestic water circuit. In particular, this analysis can also take place by comparing the flow rate data with further data relating to other consumptions that the unit? controller receives via the communication element. Alternatively, this integrated analysis of flow data with data relating to other consumption can be performed on the remote control unit.

The apparatus includes a terminal, which acts as a user interface and which allows you to view output data and enter input data.

The unit control ? configured to show an alert if it detects massive leaks.

In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a safety element, configured to inhibit a water supply.

In one embodiment, the unit? control ? configured to operate, in response to the detection of a (massive) leak, the safety element, which cuts off the water supply. This security element can be part of? the apparatus or can? be an element of external security, to which the? unit? of control of the? apparatus ? connected during the installation of the apparatus.

The unit control ? configured to detect any loss of flow based on the flow data and to activate the safety element if a loss of flow is detected.

In one embodiment, the unit? control ? configured to compare flow data with reference flow data, for a pre-set time interval. The unit control ? configured to generate a warning signal if the flow data deviates from the reference flow data for the entire pre-set time interval (if it detects a deviation between the flow data and the reference flow data for the entire set time).

This modality? of comparison allows the detection of losses of reduced entity?. In response to the identification of this deviation, the unit? control displays a message on the terminal suggesting that further checks be performed in order to identify the nature of the deviation.

In one embodiment, the flow data is representative of, inter alia, instantaneous water flow. The flow rate data is sent to the remote control unit for their analysis and for the execution of the consumption disaggregation algorithm.

In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises an accumulator (that is, a buffer battery), configured to supply a power supply to the apparatus for a predetermined time interval. There? allows the apparatus to be energetically independent for the pre-established time interval.

In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises an electrical energy generator. The electric energy generator preferably comprises a rotating element, set in rotation by the passing water flow. The rotation of the rotating element ? transformed into electricity, which is stored in the accumulator.

In one embodiment, the unit? control has access to data accumulation, representative of a quantity? average energy produced by the electricity generator. The unit control ? programmed to manage the use and recharging of the accumulator on the basis of the accumulation data.

In one embodiment, does the security element include a Rel? and a solenoid valve. The Relay module? ? configured to manage the solenoid valve, according to the command signals received from the unit? control.

In one embodiment, the communication element ? a Zwave module?.

According to one embodiment, said one or more? Temperature sensors include an inlet temperature sensor, configured to detect a set of temperature data representative of an inlet water temperature to a boiler (i.e. an inlet water temperature in the domestic water circuit).

Said one or more? Temperature sensors include an outlet temperature sensor, configured to sense a set of temperature data representative of a boiler outlet water temperature.

Access to the boiler inlet and outlet temperature value makes it possible to define the thermal efficiency of the boiler, by comparing a gas and electricity consumption value with the heat difference transferred to the water. There? therefore allows you to have greater control over this value of efficiency, to evaluate a trend and choose, in a more? aware, when ? necessary to maintain or replace the boiler. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a room temperature sensor, configured to detect a set of temperature data representative of an air temperature in the domestic environment. This temperature measurement allows for better management of heating and heat exchange with the home?s environment.

In one embodiment, the accumulator ? a safety energy accumulator, to power the apparatus.

According to one aspect of the present description, the present invention provides a system for detecting domestic consumption and for the unbundling of domestic users.

The system comprises a first detector, for detecting initial user data pertaining to a first type of consumption deriving from domestic users in use.

The system includes a second detector, for detecting second user data relating to a second type of consumption deriving from the domestic users in use.

The system comprises a remote server, including reference combinations, representative of combinations between the first and second user data and identifying a specific domestic user.

The system includes a control box. The control box includes a processor, programmed to receive the first and second user data.

Advantageously, the processor ? programmed to compare the combination of the first and second user data with the reference combinations, to determine the type of home user in use.

In a preferred embodiment, the first detector ? an apparatus for detecting data relating to the water consumption of a user according to any of the characteristics described in the present invention with reference to said apparatus.

This and other characteristics will become more evident from the following description of a preferred embodiment, illustrated purely by way of non-limiting example in the attached drawings, in which: - figure 1 schematically illustrates the phases of a method for disaggregating the consumption deriving from from domestic users;

figure 2 schematically illustrates an embodiment of the method of figure 1;

figure 3 illustrates an apparatus for detecting data relating to the water consumption of a user;

- Figure 4 illustrates a system for detecting domestic consumption and for the unbundling of domestic users.

The present invention provides a method for disaggregating consumption deriving from domestic users.

In particular, with reference to the attached figures, yes ? indicated by F1 a user data reception phase. The phase of receiving user data ? a phase in which a processor receives data that are representative of one or more? Household utilities. In particular, the processor receives a user signal from one or more? measuring devices, each used to detect specific domestic consumption, such as water, gas and electricity.

According to one embodiment, the phase of receiving user data F1 comprises a phase F11 of receiving first user data 101 and a phase F12 of receiving second user data 102.

The first 101 and second 102 user data are representative of a first and a second type of consumption, respectively. For example, the first user data 101 and/or the second user data 102 are representative of one or more? of the following consumptions:

- house water consumption over time;

- electricity consumption of the house over time;

- thermal energy consumption of the house over time;

- consumption of fossil fuel (gas) of the house over time.

Furthermore, the user data (i.e. the first and/or second user data) are representative of other physical parameters which can still be used in the energy evaluations of the house. For example, but not limited to, are the user data (i.e. the first and/or second user data) representative of one or more? of the following information:

- water inlet temperature in a boiler;

- water outlet temperature from the boiler;

- temperature of a domestic environment and/or an external environment;

- instantaneous water flow;

- average water flow in a pre-established time interval.

When the processor receives the first and second user data 101, 102 it saves them in a remote server SR. The processor communicates with the remote SR server via a wireless connection.

The method comprises an access step F2 to reference combinations CR. In particular, the processor accesses the remote server SR (or more generally any data memory) and reads reference combination values CR (ie reference consumption). The reference combinations CR (i.e. the reference consumption) are specific combinations of user data associated with a specific domestic user. Therefore, the reference combinations are pairs of first 101 and second 102 user data which identify a specific user, for example a washing machine, a toilet drawer, etc.

It should be noted that the present invention is not intended necessarily to be limited to the presence, in the reference combinations CR, of two different types of users (ie the necessary presence of the first and second user data). In fact, in some cases, the consumption related to a specific user could include only one type of consumption, such as water, electricity or gas. Therefore, in such cases, the CR reference combinations (i.e. reference consumptions) are values of a specific consumption.

It is also observed that, in general, the processor ? configured to receive a plurality? of sets of user data (the first 101 and second 102 user data are part of said plurality), each of which corresponds to a respective type of consumption.

Therefore, also the reference combinations CR can include a plurality? of combined consumption, which identify a specific user. For example, a reference combination that identifies the use of the washing machine could be a combination of electricity consumption for powering the washing machine, gas for heating the water and water for washing the products being washed.

As a result of what has been said, purely by way of example, we observe that the reference combinations include one or more? of the following types of data:

- house water consumption over time;

- electricity consumption of the house over time;

- thermal energy consumption of the house over time;

- consumption of fossil fuel (gas) of the house over time.

- combination of water consumption and/electricity consumption and/or thermal energy consumption and/or gas consumption over time by the house.

The method comprises a comparison step F3, in which the processor, after having accessed the reference combinations CR, compares the user data with the reference combinations CR (reference consumption). In particular, the processor compares the combination between the first 101 and second 102 user data received with the reference combinations CR to which it has access, to check for any correspondence.

The method comprises a phase F4 for determining the domestic user. In this phase, when it detects a correspondence between the user data in use and the user data of the reference combination CR, the processor recovers the value of the domestic user associated with the corresponding reference combination CR.

The processor ? configured to verify a correspondence between the received user data and the sum of the user data of one or more? reference combinations, to check if said sum corresponds to the user data received. There? indicates that there are one or more? domestic utilities in use. So, in this case, if it detects a match due to the sum of one or more? reference combinations CR, the processor recovers each domestic user associated with said one or more? CR reference combinations.

At this point, having identified the domestic user in use, the processor can? perform one or more of the following phases:

- sending of information about the home user in use to a visual terminal to show a user the home user or home users in use;

- saving in the SR remote server of the domestic user or domestic users in use in association with the time interval for which they remain active; There? allows you to make statistics on the consumption of each user over time to try to optimize the overall energy consumption of the house.

- compare the domestic users identified with a reference consumption plan, set by a user and including one or more? of the following constraints: time constraints, including a maximum time use of a user or a time slot within which ? usable a user, combination constraints, including combinations of domestic users allowed and combinations of domestic users not allowed, energy constraints, including a maximum value that can be reached by a given consumption in a pre-established time interval.

This phase of confrontation ? very advantageous as it allows the user to prepare a consumption plan and to receive warnings, warnings, suggestions, modification proposals from the processor based on the real consumption it detects.

In one embodiment of the method, the processor receives the user data (i.e. the first 101 and second 102 user data) in real time.

There? allows you to have real-time awareness of consumption and utilities in use.

It is observed in the following, a more description? detailed method for the disaggregation that ? just one example of application among the many that can be developed to perform the above phases.

The method comprises a phase of waiting F100 user data, in which the processor ? listening for any user data that may come from the measuring devices.

When the processor receives the user data, does it perform a F101 verification of the contemporaneity? with another type of consumption. In other words, the processor verifies that the first and second user data 101, 102 are present. be performed for all types of consumption on which the processor ? scheduled. Therefore, the processor, in one embodiment, executes a plurality of of verification phases F101, each aimed at verifying the contemporaneity? of consumption between the first type of user received and the other types of user that ? prepared to check.

Upon the positive outcome of each of said verification phases F101, the processor carries out a phase of comparison F102 of profiles compatible with the contemporaneity? verified. In other words, the processor compares the contemporary consumptions with the reference combinations CR which are saved in the remote server SR.

Does the processor then perform an F102 match check? and if it finds a match, it supplies the value of the domestic user in use and the consumption associated with it as an output.

With the negative outcome of each F101 verification phase, the processor goes on to execute the next verification phase, until all the contemporaneity checks? they are finished.

If also the last phase of verification F101 of contemporaneity? fails, the processor performs a single-user comparison phase F103, in which it compares the user data (which we know at this point to be representative of a single type of consumption) with compatible single-user consumption profiles. In other words, the processor compares the user data with the reference consumption previously introduced, to verify a match.

Does the processor then perform an F103 match check? and if it finds a match, it supplies the value of the domestic user in use and the consumption associated with it as an output. If the match is not verified, the method is repeated and the user is signaled that the home user in use corresponds to a user other than those saved and identified in the remote server SR.

According to one embodiment of the method, the processor ? configured to send user data to the remote server SR, which also includes a remote processor. The remote processor receives the user data. The remote processor accesses the reference combinations CR stored in the remote server SR. The remote processor verifies a correspondence between the user data and the reference combinations CR. The remote processor determines, on the basis of the comparison between the user data and the reference combinations CR, one or more? domestic utilities in use.

This embodiment of the method allows to allocate, on a remote processor having capacity? of increased calculation, the entire phase of comparison and selection of the domestic user in use, avoiding overloading the processor (primary, local).

In one embodiment, the method comprises a learning step F00. The learning phase F00 ? aimed at creating a data archive that provides the processor with the possibility? to identify the type of domestic user in use. In particular, the learning phase F00 allows to create a file including pairs of values which are defined by reference user data and by a reference domestic user, associated with the reference user data.

In the learning phase F00, the processor receives an external input which identifies the domestic user in use, so that the processor knows which reference domestic user to associate with the user data it receives. The processor then receives the user data (that is, a profile of the user data over time). In one embodiment, in which the home user is multi-consumption, the processor receives the first and second user data 101, 102. In one embodiment, the learning phase comprises a reception phase, for each reference domestic user, of a corresponding consumption profile. In other words, according to an embodiment, even in the case of a single-consumption domestic user (such as for example the toilet tank), the processor receives the gas and electricity consumption profile corresponding to said domestic user which, as ? obvious to deduce, sar? a constant function at zero value.

In other words, having received the identification of the reference home user from the user, the processor associates the user data it receives from the home measurement devices with said reference home user. Said measurement data preferably include the data of all consumption supervised by the processor, even if these are not actually involved in the specific domestic user.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, at the end of the learning phase, the remote server SR includes, for each domestic user, the consumption profile for each type of consumption (water, electricity, gas).

The association between the reference domestic user and the corresponding consumption profiles defines a reference combination CR which will be subsequently used for the disaggregation of consumption.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, the present invention provides a computer program including instructions for executing one or more of the steps of the method described above. In other words, the present invention also intends to protect the instructions and the code which allow the processor to perform the disaggregation described in the present invention.

According to one aspect of the present description, the present invention provides an apparatus 1 for detecting data relating to the water consumption of a user.

The apparatus 1 comprises a unit? controller 10, configured to regulate the apparatus 1 and to allow the apparatus to communicate with other hardware. The apparatus 1 comprises a flow meter 11. The flow meter 11 ? configured to detect the flow of water entering the house. The flowmeter 11 ? configured to generate a flow rate signal 111, representative of information about the water flow rate. Said information about the flow of water may include information about the instantaneous flow or the average flow over a predetermined time interval. The flowmeter 11 ? connected to the unit? control 10 to send the flow rate signal 111.

In one embodiment, the flowmeter 11 is a pulse flow meter.

The apparatus 1 comprises a first temperature sensor 12, configured to detect a water temperature. In particular, according to an embodiment, the first temperature sensor 12 is placed upstream of a water heating boiler, to measure the temperature of the water entering the house and the boiler. In particular, the first temperature sensor 12 ? configured to generate a first temperature signal 121, representative of an instantaneous temperature of the water entering the house or of an average temperature of the water entering the house.

The first temperature sensor 12 ? connected to the unit? controller 10 to send it the first temperature signal 121.

The apparatus 1 comprises a second temperature sensor 13, configured to detect a water temperature. In particular, according to an embodiment, the second temperature sensor 13 is arranged downstream of the boiler for heating water, to detect a temperature of the water leaving the boiler. In particular, the second temperature sensor 13 ? configured to generate a second temperature signal 131, representative of an instantaneous temperature of the water leaving the house or of an average temperature of the water leaving the house.

The second temperature sensor 13 ? connected to the unit? controller 10 to send it the second temperature signal 131.

The apparatus 1 comprises a third temperature sensor 14, configured to detect a temperature of the home environment. In particular, according to an embodiment, the third temperature sensor 14 is arranged in a position of the house where ? detectable room temperature without specific conditioning (presence of windows nearby, presence of heat conductors nearby). In particular, the third temperature sensor 14 ? configured to generate a third temperature signal 141, representative of an instantaneous temperature of the home environment or of an average temperature of the home environment.

The third temperature sensor 14 ? connected to the unit? controller 10 to send it the third temperature signal 141.

The unit control 10 comprises a communication element 15, configured to allow data to be transferred from the apparatus 1 to a processor, for example a processor of a control unit which manages and receives the consumption values for each type of consumption.

The communication element 15 communicates via a wireless connection with the processor. In one embodiment, the communication element ? a Zwave module?.

Through the communication element 15, the unit? control 10 sends requests for saving, reading, modifying and deleting data to the remote server SR, using specific interface APIs.

In one embodiment, the apparatus 1 comprises a safety element 16, which ? mobile between a closed position, in which the water flow to the house is ? inhibited, and an open position, in which the flow to the house is qualified.

The security element 16 ? an electronically controllable element, such as a solenoid valve. The security element 16 ? connected to the unit? control unit 10 for receiving command signals 161, as a function of which the safety element moves between the open position and the closed position.

In one embodiment, the apparatus 1 comprises a relay? 17 for the activation of the safety element 16. The relay? ? an electromechanical component whose actuation takes place by means of an electromagnet consisting of a coil of electrical conductor wire, generally of copper, wound around a core of ferromagnetic material. As an electric current passes through the coil, the electromagnet attracts the anchor to which ? bound the mobile contact, which then will change? position.

The change of said position therefore causes a movement of the safety element 16 between the open position and the closed position. In particular, the unit? of control 10 sends the command signals 161 to the rel? to cause a shift and a consequent change in the position of the solenoid valve 16.

In one embodiment, the unit? of control 10 ? configured to access reference flow rate data, which are representative of an ideal flow rate value (instantaneous or average) passing through the house. The unit of control 10 ? configured to compare the reference flow rate data with the flow rate signal 111, to verify the presence or absence of a deviation between the real flow rate data, calculated on the basis of the flow rate signal 111, and the reference flow rate data.

The apparatus 1 comprises a display 18, for receiving configuration data from a user and/or for showing output data to the user.

The unit of control 10 ? configured to generate the command signal 161 according to the comparison between the reference flow rate data and the flow rate signal 111. In particular, the outcome of said comparison can? lead to three outcomes described below:

- correspondence between reference flow rate data and real flow rate data; in this case the? unit? control 10 keeps the solenoid valve open thus enabling the water supply to the house;

- mismatch between reference flow rate data and real flow rate data, with the deviation value included in a first interval of values for a deviation time greater than a limit value; in this case the? unit? control detects a loss of slight entity? that lasts over time; the unit? control ? then programmed to generate an alert signal to be shown on display 18 of apparatus 1.

- mismatch between reference flow rate data and real flow rate data, with the deviation value included in a second range of values, greater than the first range of values; in this case the? unit? check detects a massive leak; the unit? control ? then programmed to send the command signal 161 to the relay, to instruct it to place the safety element 16 in the closed position, so as to inhibit the water supply to the house.

In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus 1 comprises an energy accumulator 19, which is configured to supply energy to the apparatus 1.

The energy accumulator 19 ? a battery (buffer). The energy accumulator 19 ? connected to the unit? control 10 to power it.

Furthermore, the apparatus 1 comprises an electric energy generator 20, which is configured to transform the energy of the flow of water passing through the pipelines into electricity.

The electricity generator 20 ? a turbine, whose rotation, determined by the flow of water, allows the generation of electricity by means of an alternator.

The electricity generator 10 ? connected to the electric energy accumulator 19 to recharge it. The electricity generator 10 ? connected to the unit? of control 10 to receive from the latter control signals which manage its operation.

According to one aspect of the present description, the present invention provides a system for managing domestic users. Said system? also also a method for the unbundling of domestic users.

The 1000 system includes one or more? detectors 1001 (measurement devices), each configured to detect a corresponding consumption of a specific type of consumption. In other words, the system 1000 comprises a first detector 1001A, for detecting first user data pertaining to a first type of consumption deriving from domestic users in use and/or second detector 1001B, for detecting second user data pertaining to a second type of consumption deriving from domestic users in use.

In a preferred embodiment, said one or more? detectors include one or more? of the following characteristics:

- the first 1001A detector, for detecting water consumption in the house;

- the second detector 1001B, for detecting gas consumption in the house;

- a third detector 1001C, for detecting electricity consumption in the house.

The first 1001A detector? configured to generate a water consumption signal, representative of a water consumption in the house.

The second detector 1001B ? configured to generate a gas consumption signal, representative of a gas consumption in the house.

The third detector 1001C ? configured to generate an electrical consumption signal, representative of an electrical energy consumption in the house. In one embodiment, system 1001 comprises a controller 10012, including a processor, programmed to receive first and second user data.

Is the first detector 1001A, the second detector 1001B and/or the third detector 1001C connected to the control box 1001? to send you the water consumption, gas consumption and/or electricity consumption, respectively.

System 1001 includes a remote server SR. The remote server SR includes reference combinations CR, representative of combinations between the first and second user data, identifying a specific domestic user.

In other words, the reference combinations CR are representative of the combination of water consumption, gas consumption and electricity consumption.

In one embodiment, the processor ? programmed to compare the combination of the first and second user data with the CR reference combinations, to determine the type of home user in use.

In other words, the processor ? programmed to compare the combination of water consumption, gas consumption and electricity consumption (received from the first detector 1001A, second detector 1001B and third detector 1001C) with the reference combinations CR, to determine the type of user maid in use.

In one embodiment, the first detector 1001A is an apparatus 1 for the collection of data relating to the water consumption of the house. Therefore, the present invention also intends to protect solutions in which the first detector 1001A includes one or more? characteristics described with reference to the apparatus 1.

Claims (14)

1. Method for the disaggregation of consumption deriving from domestic users, comprising the following phases performed by a processor: - reception of user data (F1, F11, F12), including first user data (101) of a first quantity, representative of a first type of consumption, and second user data (102) of a second quantity, representative of a second type of consumption different from the first type; - access (F2) to reference combinations (CR), representative of combinations between the first user data (101) and the second user data (102), each reference combination identifying a respective domestic user; - comparison (F3) between the user data and the reference combinations (CR); - determination (F4) of one or more? domestic users in use, based on the comparison (F3) between the user data and the reference combinations (CR), in which the data collected include a trend of water consumption over time. 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the sensed data includes a first plurality of of values of the first quantity, acquired to a corresponding plurality? of instants of time, and a second plurality? of values of the second quantity, acquired at respective instants of time of said plurality? of instants of time, for which respective trends in time of the first and second quantity are detected, synchronized with each other. 3. Method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first user data (101) are water data, representative of a water consumption of domestic users, and the second user data (102) are data identifying a consumption of electricity and/or gas consumption. The method according to claim 3, wherein the user data (F1, F11, F12) include third user data (101) of a third quantity, representative of a third type of consumption, wherein the second user data (102) are identification data of an electricity consumption and the third data of are identification data of a gas consumption. 5. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising a learning step (F00) including the following steps: - receiving a reference household user; - receiving first (101) and second (102) user data, defining a reference combination; - saving in the remote server of the reference combination, associated with the reference domestic user, among the reference combinations (CR). 6. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein one or more? steps of the method are performed on an additional processor, residing on a remote server (SR). The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the first user data (101) includes one or more? of the following information: - water inlet temperature in a boiler; - water outlet temperature from the boiler; - temperature of a domestic environment and/or an external environment; - instantaneous water flow; - average water flow in a pre-established time interval. The computer program, including processor-executable instructions for carrying out the steps of the method according to any one of the preceding claims. 9. Apparatus (1) for the collection of data relating to the water consumption of a user, including: - a communication element (15), for the transmission of data relating to water consumption; - a flow meter (11), configured to detect flow data (111), representative of a water flow; - one or more temperature sensors (12, 13, 14), configured to detect temperature data (121, 131, 141), representative of a water temperature; - a unit? control (10), connected to the flow meter (11) to receive the flow data (111) and connected to said one or more? temperature sensors (12, 13, 14) to receive temperature data (121, 131, 141), in which the unit? control (10) ? configured to send flow rate data (111) and temperature data (121, 131, 141) to a remote control unit (1001?), via the communication element (15). The apparatus (1) according to claim 9, comprising a safety element (16), configured to inhibit a water supply, and wherein the unit? control (10) ? configured to detect any flow loss based on the flow data (111) and to activate the safety element (16) if a flow loss is detected. 11. Apparatus (1) according to claim 9 or 10, wherein said one or more? temperature sensors include: - an inlet temperature sensor (12), configured to detect a set of temperature data (121) representative of a boiler inlet water temperature; - an outlet temperature sensor (13), configured to detect a set of temperature data (131) representative of a boiler outlet water temperature; - an ambient temperature sensor (14), configured to detect a set of temperature data (141) representative of an air temperature in the domestic environment. 12. Apparatus (1) according to any one of claims 9 to 11, comprising a safety energy accumulator (19), for powering the apparatus (1), and an energy generator (20), for recharging the energy accumulator security (19). 13. System (1000) for detecting domestic consumption and for the unbundling of domestic users, including: - a first detector (1001A), for detecting the first user data (101) pertaining to a first type of consumption deriving from domestic users in use; - a second detector (1001B), for detecting second user data (102) pertaining to a second type of consumption deriving from domestic users in use; - a remote server (SR), including reference combinations (CR), representative of combinations between the first (101) and second (102) user data, identifying a specific home user; - a control unit (1001?), including a processor, programmed to receive the first and second user data (101, 102), in which the processor ? programmed to compare the combination of the first and second user data (101, 102) with the reference combinations (CR), to determine the type of home user in use. The system according to claim 13, wherein the first detector (1001A) is an apparatus (1) for detecting data relating to the water consumption of a user according to any one of claims 8 to 11.