WO2009016580A2 - Method, apparatus and system for user-assisted resource usage determination - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method and apparatus and system for user- assisted resource usage determination in a domestic setting.
- a typical household or commercial/industrial location consumes energy and physical resources in the form of electricity, gas and/or water.
- the consumption of each one of these resources is usually monitored by a single meter at the entry point to the site.
- an apparartus for user-assisted resource usage determination comprises: defining a resource consuming user activity by the user by means of a resource consuming user activity identifier; defining an interval for metering resource usage; determining the resource usage during the defined interval by the apparatus and storing and/or reporting information based on the determined resource usage, the defined interval and the association thereof with the resource consuming user activity identifier by the apparatus.
- the present invention enables a user to establish more meaningful data regarding resource usage.
- the data acquired using the present invention directly links resource usage and user activities and as such provides a better understanding of resource usage. In this manner it becomes possible for a user to establish an understanding of the energy consumption of an evening watching television, preparing lunch, preparing dinner, or using electrical appliances in the garden.
- resource usage can be measured during the interval defined.
- resource usage may reflect a wide variety of consumable resources such as electrical energy, oil, water, and or liquid or gaseous fuel.
- the user provides at least one additional attribute for the resource consuming user activity as defined by the resource consuming user activity identifier.
- attribute can be exemplified by means of a scenario for comparing different types of lunches.
- a first type of lunch represents a lunch comprising sandwiches, freshly brewed coffee and freshly pressed orange juice.
- a second type of lunch represents a pancake lunch that involves the use of several kitchen appliances and the use of a stove.
- the attributes may be indicative of the description of the articles of food involved and the settings used for the coffee maker, and the electrical fruit-press.
- the attributes may be indicative of the settings of the kitchen appliance, the number of pancakes, as well as the settings on the stove. It will be clear to the skilled person that the level of detail provided in the attributes will allow a more accurate comparison at the cost of complexity.
- Attributes may comprise e.g. a user defined description of the activity, an activity class selected from a set of pre-determined or alternatively user-defined classes. The expected frequency of said activity over time, a preferred time-slot for said activity and/or parameters for further classifying the particular activities as described above.
- attributes are stored together with the resource usage, the defined interval and the association thereof with the resource consuming user activity identifier.
- the resource consuming user activity identifier in one particular embodiment can be a free-form description of the resource consuming user activity.
- determining the resource usage comprises metering resource delivery by means of central consumable resource provision channels.
- This type of metering may e.g. comprise registering and communicating the consumption at the start of the activity and at the end of the activity and determining the difference there between. In this manner an estimate is formed of the resource usage of the activity in its entirety. It will be clear to the skilled person that in order to obtain reliable data the user should try to limit further unrelated non-continuous resource usage throughout the metering interval. Such resource usage, particularly in a centralized sensor approach, will affect accuracy of the acquired resource usage figures. Continuous resource usage is less bothersome as this can be factored out as indicated below.
- the method further comprises defining a user behavior profile based on resource consuming user activities. These activities preferably relate to defined resource usage activities that have been defined previously and for which resource usage data has been acquired.
- Such user behavior profiles can be hierarchical profiles that allow users to define the activities of a user in a structured manner. Such profile can be used to enable extrapolation of (long-term) resource usage predictions based on measured resource usage. In this manner the present invention allows a user to establish a bottom-up energy dissipation estimate in a comparatively simple manner. This bottom up approach using activity based resource usage estimates provides a user with a more natural understanding of resource usage than summing up individual power consumption figures of domestic appliances.
- the method according to the present invention may further be adapted to perform comparative studies between different user defined profiles.
- refinements are envisaged that may account for seasonal related variations that may be based on e.g. statistical data provided by utility companies.
- the method further comprises acquiring historical resource usage data of the user and incorporating historical resource usage data in the extrapolation of long-term consumption predictions.
- the present invention may provide the user with an indication of the actual resource usage/energy bill in a billing period.
- the present invention may not only provide an aid in raising resource usage awareness, but also provides an opportunity to verify correctness the actual resource usage/energy bill at the end of the billing period.
- reporting the energy consumption is performed in an itemized manner at a granularity of the defined resource usage activities.
- energy consumption may be reported in an aggregated manner, wherein selection of the energy consumption may allow a breakdown on user selection of the aggregated energy consumption data into individual resource usage activities, which may e.g. also indicate average frequency, average duration, etc.
- resource usage is reported in the form of actual resource usage figures, alternatively or additionally energy consumption may be presented in the form of monetary equivalents based on current or expected resource prices.
- the goal is further realized using an apparatus for user-assisted resource usage determination in a domestic setting, the apparatus comprising first definition means configured to enable a user to define a resource consuming user activity by means of a resource consuming user activity identifier; second definition means configured to enable definition of an interval for metering resource usage; obtaining means configured to obtain resource usage information during the defined interval; and processing means configured to store and/or report information based on the obtained resource usage information, the defined interval and the association thereof with the resource consuming user activity identifier.
- the apparatus described above is used in a system for user-assisted resource usage determination in a domestic setting, the system further comprising at least one resource usage sensor.
- the apparatus and the at least one resource usage sensor arranged to communicate resource usage data from the sensor to the apparatus.
- this communication can be implemented as wired or wireless communication.
- Power-line communication is seen as a particularly advantageous form of wired communication in this respect, in particular for reporting electrical energy consumption.
- wireless communication schemes can be applied to enable communication between the apparatus and the at least one sensor.
- determining the resource usage comprises metering resource delivery by means of distributed sensors. Which sensors are involved can be indicated by attributing parameters to that extend to the activity or alternatively might be detected automatically as a result of activation of devices after the activity start has been registered. Distributed sensors can be provided at mains outlets such as wall-sockets, or alternatively by fitting wall-sockets with a wall-socket adapter, or by using an extension cord equipped with a resource usage sensor.
- the actual underlying resource usage determination may be performed at a finer granularity, partially or entirely.
- Intermediate forms between centralized and distributed sensor approaches can also be envisaged.
- particular devices such as the microwave oven and the waste disposal unit may be metered individually in addition to monitoring the resource usage centrally.
- the resource usage of the microwave is metered separately and can be thus be deducted from the total aggregate.
- the resource usage for this activity may be further broken down for the user when there is a need to do so, for example when attempting to assess potential resource usage savings within the dinner preparation context.
- Fig. IA shows a report generated using an embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. IB shows a user interface for designating sensors to an activity
- Fig. 2 shows an apparatus and system according to the present invention
- Fig. 3 shows a flow-chart of a method according to the present invention
- Fig. 4 shows a block diagram of an apparatus according to the present invention
- Fig. 5 shows a user interface for defining a user profile
- Fig. 6 shows a further report generated using an embodiment of the present invention.
- the Figures are not drawn to scale. Generally, identical components are denoted by the same reference numerals in the Figures.
- a user activity is understood to be an activity undertaken by a user that extends over the measurement of power dissipation of an electrical appliance or resource.
- a resource consuming user activity in the context of the present invention is considered to be more than monitoring the usage of a single resource of a single resource.
- user activity in the context of the present invention is understood to comprise the aggregated resource usage of multiple resources of an activity. An example of such a user activity is e.g. washing clothing. Resource usage associated with this user activity is considered to comprise both electricity and water usage.
- the term user activity in the context of the present invention further relates to more conceptual user activities, such as e.g.
- the present invention can be applied to systems that use centralized and/or distributed sensors.
- a centralized approach however has some advantages over the distributed approach.
- resource usage is determined using sensors on central consumable resource provision channels, such the electricity or water mains.
- a centralized approach it is possible to accurately track the total resource usage.
- the number of sensors is limited and there is no need to upgrade e.g. wall-sockets, place wall-socket adaptors, or to purchase networked devices that provide on board resource usage metering.
- the present invention may be applied in the context of networked appliances in a home network, i.e. appliances that can be controlled from e.g. a home central or the internet, the present invention may also be applied in a home that comprises legacy devices.
- a home network i.e. appliances that can be controlled from e.g. a home central or the internet
- the present invention may also be applied in a home that comprises legacy devices.
- the differences in resource usage between the activity start and activity end the resource usage of the activity can be estimated. It will be clear to the skilled person that the resource usage established in this manner is an estimate of the actual resource usage.
- Household appliances that are always active and that continuously use resources such as refrigerators and/or central heating will also be part of the thus acquired resource usage.
- the continuous resource usage being metered is small in comparison to the activity being metered this may not be an issue. However in case the continuous resource usage is more substantial it may be necessary to assess the continuous resource usage, prior to and/or after the activity being metered. By establishing an average resource usage over a reference period and scaling this proportional to the activity metering interval an estimate can be generated of the continuous resource usage during the activity. This in turn can be subtracted from the activity resource usage measurement. Alternatively it can be reported separately to indicate to the user the ratio of continuous and activity-related resource usage.
- Fig. IA depicts a report 100 generated using an embodiment of the present invention that actively monitors continuous resource usage.
- the report lists instantaneous continuous resource usage, the estimated continuous resource usage during the activity as well as the activity related resource usage.
- a distributed sensor approach allows the user to define an activity in more detail by designating e.g. groups within the electrical sub-system of a house that are involved in a particular activity, or by designating the individual sensors involved in an user activity once. Once a user has defined an activity it is possible to determine the actual resource usage of a particular activity in a more detailed manner than in a centralized sensor approach.
- Fig. IB shows an image of a user interface that may be used for designating electrical sensors during the user activity definition. Once an activity is defined it will be possible to assess resource usage using this activity definition.
- a method according to the present invention comprises a step for defining an interval for metering resource usage.
- This interval effectively signifies the start and end of a resource consuming user activity and therefore also of the measurement.
- a user can define the interval by entering a start and stop time of the activity, or alternatively a start time and duration of the activity.
- the activity can be defined by means of two events in the domestic network, such as switching on the coffee maker, and the dishwasher reporting it finished its program.
- Fig. 2 shows a system 200 for user-assisted resource usage determination in a domestic setting comprising an apparatus 201.
- the system 200 comprises three centralized resource usage sensors 231, 232, and 233 for sensing resource usage of appliances 251, 252 and 253 involved in a user activity indicated by the dashed box 250. Strictly speaking the appliances 251, 252, and 253 as well as the user 220 are not part of the system according to the present invention.
- the user 220 uses the apparatus 201 for user-assisted resource usage determination to define a resource consuming user activity by entering and/or selecting 272 the appropriate user activity identifier using the user interface 203.
- the apparatus 201 further comprises a display 202 in order to provide the user with feedback 271.
- the user defines an interval for example by defining an activity start time and an activity end time.
- the user can interact 260 with the appliances 251, 252, 253.
- the sensors for user-assisted resource usage determination in a domestic setting comprising an apparatus 201.
- the communications could be in the form of a single figure indicative of the total power dissipated during the interval, or could alternatively be the total power usage counter at the start time and that at the stop time. More alternatively these communications may comprise metering pulses, such that the actual accumulation of the metering pulses is handled by the apparatus 201.
- the advantage of using metering pulses, and/or providing intermediate resource usage information is that this information can be processed and reported to the user during the actual activity. As a result the user can use the apparatus 201 to verify the status, and or obtain the intermediate results.
- Method Fig. 3 shows a flowchart of a method according to the present invention of user-assisted resource usage determination in a domestic setting.
- a resource consuming user activity is defined by the user by means of a resource consuming user activity identifier.
- This identifier can be a pointer, in the form of e.g. a reference number, indicative of a record comprising a resource consuming user activity or may alternatively be a descriptive identifier of the resource consuming user activity.
- an interval is defined for metering resource usage.
- This interval can be defined using absolute time, e.g. using an activity start time and an activity end time, or can alternatively be defined in the form of events, such as an event starting a coffee-maker and an event corresponding to the dish-washer finalizing its wash-cycle.
- resource usage is determined in the defined interval. This step involves the actual acquisition of resource usage measurement information corresponding to the user activity.
- Fig. 4 shows an apparatus 400 according to the present invention.
- the apparatus 400 comprises a first definition means 410 configured to enable a user to define a resource consuming user activity by means of a resource consuming user activity identifier.
- the apparatus 400 further comprises a second definition means 420 configured to enable definition of an interval for metering resource usage as well as an obtaining means 430 configured to obtain resource usage information during the defined interval.
- the obtaining means 430 typically is a communication means configured to communicate with one or more remote resource usage sensors. By using such communication means the user can roam freely and interact with, potentially distributed, appliances being monitored.
- the apparatus 400 further comprises a processing means 440 configured to store the obtained resource usage information, the defined interval and the association thereof with the resource consuming user activity identifier on a storage means 450.
- the processing means 440 can report the information to the user by means of a reporting means 460.
- Fig. 4 shows the storage means 450 located within the apparatus 400, the storage means may also be located elsewhere e.g. on a storage device in a home network (not shown).
- An apparatus according to the present invention can be configured to communicate with intelligent sensors that can perform resource usage measurements in intervals, or alternatively could receive pulses indicative of resource usage and perform the actual accumulation of these pulses.
- An apparatus can be implemented primarily in hardware, e.g. using one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) or could alternatively be implemented on a programmable hardware platform such as a PDA or a smart phone. It will be clear to the skilled person that many variations in hardware/software partitioning can be envisaged.
- ASICs Application Specific Integrated Circuits
- an apparatus according to the present invention preferably is a handheld device, the present invention may also be implemented on a Personal Computer without departing from the scope of the present invention.
- the present invention enables a user to assess resource usage in a domestic setting.
- further advantageous embodiments are provided that enable a simple and fast comparison of resource usage.
- a user can define a user profile that allows the user to specify behavior of a user by means of energy consuming user activities. Such a profile can be used to extrapolate resource usage based on the behavior as specified by the profile. Profiles allow a simple and efficient summation and comparison of resource usage at an even higher abstraction level.
- a profile can be e.g. a week-based profile wherein a user provides activities by selection of resource consuming user activities for which resource usage figures are available.
- Fig. 5 presents a user interface for selecting activities from a list of activities (right hand side). On selection activities on the right hand side window can be selected and added to the profile on the left hand side. The activity can be added to individual week days or to all days.
- Continuous resource usage may also incorporate seasonal influences as indicated in Fig. 5 by the qualifier "spring" between parentheses.
- a continuous resource using activity can be modeled by sampling resource usage on a representative day, and including this as an activity or several activities grouped in a continuous resource usage profile into the user profile.
- the present invention when used to provide an estimate of the yearly resource bill it is further possible to include historical resource usage data, i.e. historical data describing the resource usage from the start of a billing period to the present. Subsequently a user selected user profile can be used to extrapolate the resource usage for the remainder of the billing period. In this manner a more reliable tracking of the resource usage/energy bill is made possible.
- historical resource usage data i.e. historical data describing the resource usage from the start of a billing period
- user profiles are preferably arranged in a hierarchical manner, thus allowing profiles of various co -inhabitants to be aggregated into weekly, monthly, and/or yearly profiles.
- the present invention can provide consumers with a better understanding of their personal resource usage and help them in selecting and/or developing a more sustainable life-style. As an additional bonus there is an economic incentive in that the present invention also enables cost-saving by means of stimulating more energy efficient behavior.
- Fig. 6 provides an exemplary report 600 of information that can be provided to the user.
- This information may e.g. comprise information regarding the daily resource usage (at the top of the report 600) which may be acquired by requesting the total accumulated resource usage as registered by the resource usage sensors on a daily basis and storing this information.
- Fig. 6 provides information regarding recent activities that have been assessed using the apparatus such as a comparison of two shower/wake-up rituals in this case of Tom and Monique.
- the bottom part of the report 600 further provides estimates for the yearly resource usage based on the profile named "Tom(l) & Monique (2)".
- Utility companies and or governmental agencies can further provide additional statistical data that can be used in conjunction with the present invention.
- Such data may e.g. allow a user to compare his resource usage with that of further users at a local, regional, and/or national level.
- the reporting is handled by the apparatus for user-assisted resource usage determination it will be clear to the skilled person that the present invention may also allow the apparatus for user-assisted resource usage determination to be docked or remotely connected to a personal computer for further post-processing and reporting of the acquired data.
- Measurement technologies may be used in conjunction with the present invention.
- the present invention enables a user to monitor resource usage on a user activity level.
- the sensors underlying the actual monitoring of resource usage applied can be selected from a wide variety of resource usage sensors.
- these sensors may comprise low resistance shunts for use in current measurement.
- a field based current transformer can be used for current measurement.
- CT closely-coupled current transformer or CT
- the field in a permeable core is cancelled by current flowing in a secondary winding on the core with many more turns than the primary. This much lower secondary current is measured using a small shunt (or load) resistor.
- a Hall-effect device can measure the field directly, generally using suitable magnetic pole fragments to direct the flux through the device.
- current measurement may be based on the Rogowski coil field method for current measurement.
- an air-cored toroid is placed around a power line.
- the alternating magnetic field produced by the current flowing in the power line induces a voltage in the coil which is proportional to the rate of change of current.
- An integrator is required to recover current.
- Communication technologies In both distributed and centralized sensor networks sensors are preferably connected to an apparatus according to the present invention using a wireless channel.
- a wide variety of communication schemes can be used such as IEEE 802.11 like communication schemes.
- the BluetoothTM protocol can be used to implement the wireless channel.
- the communication link can be constructed using an IEEE 802.15.4 like communication scheme.
- the use of power line communication schemes may also be advantageous as such devices tend to be connected by means of power lines.
- the present invention refers to resource consuming user activities, such activities not only cover activities of a single person, but also are understood to comprise user activities involving multiple users.
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