CN102929243A - System and method for controlling electric power usage of electric equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for controlling the power usage of electrical equipment, which includes at least one main control device, the main control device includes a processor, a router, a relay, a transceiver and a power plug; at least one electrical equipment, the The electrical equipment is connected to the power plug; a controller is used to transmit instructions to the main control device. The present invention also relates to a method for controlling the power usage of the electrical equipment, using the invented system and method , the user terminal can customize power usage rules to minimize the power consumption of power-consuming equipment.

Description

System and method for controlling power usage of a powered device

The application of this case is to apply for an invention patent and a utility model patent for the invention on the same day. The name of the utility model is a system for controlling the use of electric power by electric equipment.

technical field

The present invention relates to a power control system of electric equipment, in particular to a system and method for controlling power usage of electric equipment.

Background technique

With the development of my country's economy and the increasing electricity consumption in urban and rural areas, the electricity consumption of the whole society in our country continues to grow. In daily life, it has become a trend for users to save power through management of terminal equipment. Especially in commercial buildings and residential buildings, the overload operation of various electrical equipment and the idleness of individual electrical equipment are obvious. Therefore, intelligent power use is a top priority; The key points that businessmen need to consider.

Contents of the invention

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides a system for controlling the power consumption of electrical equipment that can reduce power consumption, which includes

At least one main control device, the main control device includes a processor, a relay connected to the processor, a router to control the relay, a transceiver connected to the router and used to receive instructions, and a power plug connected to the relay device;

at least one electrical device, the electrical device is electrically connected to the power plug;

a controller for transmitting instructions to the transceiver.

Preferably, the power plug is a power socket, a power plug or a power socket with a power plug, and the number of the power plug is greater than or equal to one.

Preferably, the controller is a wired controller or a wireless controller.

Preferably, the finite controller is a desktop computer.

Preferably, the wireless controller is a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer or other mobile terminal equipment.

Preferably, the router is a wired router, a cable TV set-top box extended router, a wireless router or a hybrid router with both wireless and wired functions.

Preferably, the communication mode of the wireless router is IEEE 802.11 or IEEE 802.15.X.

The present invention also provides a method for controlling power usage of electrical equipment, which includes the above-mentioned system for controlling power usage of electrical equipment, including the following steps:

the controller sends an instruction, which is transmitted to the router via the transceiver;

the router transmits instructions to the processor;

The processor performs corresponding power control on the power plug connected to the electric device through the relay, and updates the state of the electric device;

The processor sends the updated state information of the electrical equipment to the controller through the router.

Preferably, the power plug is a power socket, a power plug or a power socket with a power plug, and the number of the power plug is greater than or equal to one.

Preferably, the instruction sent by the controller may be the operation of controlling the power-consuming equipment to be turned on or off, or the operation of controlling the magnitude of the power consumption of the power-consuming equipment, or controlling the power-consuming equipment to be turned on or off and The time arrangement of the power consumption current of the electrical equipment.

According to the system and method for controlling the power usage of electrical equipment in the present invention, the controller can perform corresponding operations on the electrical equipment, so that the power consumption of the electrical equipment can be reduced to the greatest extent. In addition, the user terminal can remotely Control and customize methods to meet user's personal preferences.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a master control device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the principle of the main control device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the principle of wireless controller controlling electric equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of the principle of the wired controller controlling the electrical equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is a flowchart of a controller according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a flow chart of the master control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

The present invention provides a system for controlling the power usage of electrical equipment, which includes

At least one main control device, the main control device includes a processor, a relay connected to the processor, a router to control the relay, a transceiver connected to the router and used to receive instructions, and a power plug connected to the relay device;

at least one electrical device, the electrical device is electrically connected to the power plug;

a controller for transmitting instructions to the transceiver.

Preferably, the power plug is a power socket or a power plug, and the number of the power plug is greater than or equal to 1; the controller can be a wired controller or a wireless controller; the limited controller is a desktop computer, etc.; the wireless controller is a mobile phone, a tablet computer or a notebook computer, etc.; the router is a wireless router or a hybrid router with both wireless and wired functions; the communication mode of the wireless router is preferably IEEE 802.11 or IEEE 802.15. X.

The present invention also provides a method for controlling power usage of electrical equipment, which includes the above-mentioned system for controlling power usage of electrical equipment, including the following steps:

The controller sends an instruction, which is transmitted to the router through the transceiver, and the instruction sent by the controller may be to control the operation of turning on or off the electric device, or to control the operation of the electric device The operation of the magnitude of the electric current, or the time arrangement for controlling the on or off of the electric equipment and the magnitude of the electric current of the electric equipment;

the router transmits instructions to the processor;

The processor performs corresponding power control on the power plug connected to the electric device through the relay, and updates the state of the electric device;

The processor sends the updated state information of the electrical equipment to the controller through the router.

Example 1:

As shown in FIG. 1 , it is a schematic structural diagram of a main control device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The main control device 101 mainly includes: a router 102 , a switch control circuit 103 , and a power socket 104 .

The router 102 can not only realize the routing function of an ordinary router, but also output the control signal required by the switch control circuit according to the received command. It is mainly composed of radio frequency 105 , road controller 106 , wired interface 107 and antenna 108 . The radio frequency 105 can transmit and receive wireless signals, the road controller 106 is used to implement routing algorithms and control functions, the wired interface 107 can be used to connect wired devices, and the antenna 108 can be used in conjunction with the radio frequency 105 to enhance the signal.

The switch control circuit 103 receives a control signal from the router 102 to control the power outlet 104 . Specifically, the control pin of the router 102 is connected to the base of the triode 109 in the switch control circuit 103. When the control pin of the router 102 outputs a high level, the triode 109 is turned on. At this time, the drive relay 110 is closed to realize the power socket. Fire wire conduction. On the contrary, when the control pin of the router 102 outputs the ground level, the transistor 109 is not conducted, and the relay 110 is turned off, so that the live wire of the power socket is disconnected. In this way, the control of the socket is realized.

In this embodiment, the switch control circuit 103 is a processor, the radio frequency 105 is a transceiver, and the power socket 104 includes a jack 111 for matching with a power plug.

Example 2:

As shown in FIG. 2 , it is a schematic diagram of the main control device according to another embodiment of the present invention. The main control device 201 not only has the routing function of a traditional router, but also has a socket control function. The user can control the socket through the wireless controller 202 and the wired controller 203 in the local area network, or use the wireless controller 202 and the wired controller 203 to control the socket through the Internet. The wireless controller 202 refers to a mobile device such as a mobile phone or a tablet computer installed with application software required for controlling the socket. The wired controller 203 refers to a device such as a desktop computer installed with application software required to control the socket.

As shown in FIG. 3 , it is a schematic diagram of the wireless controller 202 controlling the electrical equipment 301 in this embodiment. The wireless controller 202 sends instructions to the main control device 201 through radio frequency, and the main control device 201 responds to the instructions and controls The neutral line of the power socket is turned on and off, thereby controlling the electrical equipment 301 connected to the power socket. The electrical equipment 301 and the main control device 201 are connected to each other through wires and plugs. The electrical equipment 301 refers to electrical appliances such as televisions and air conditioners.

As shown in Figure 4. It is a schematic diagram of the wired controller 203 controlling the electrical equipment 301 in this embodiment. The wired controller 203 sends instructions to the main control device 201 through the network cable, and the device 201 responds to the instructions to control the on-off of the neutral line of the power socket, thereby Control the electric device 301 connected to the power socket. The electrical equipment 301 and the main control device 201 are connected to each other through wires and plugs. The electrical equipment 301 refers to electrical appliances such as televisions and air conditioners.

As shown in FIG. 5 , it is a flow chart of the controller of this embodiment, and the flow chart describes how the user implements the addition of devices and the control of the internal network and the external network through the controller. First, step 501 asks whether the user wants to add a new device. If so, the software will execute step 502 to search for the socket device in the network. When the new device is found, the controller software can communicate with the socket. Step 503, the user can modify the ID and password of the socket in the device. If the answer of step 501 is no, the program will directly jump to step 504 . At step 504, the software will automatically judge whether to perform internal network control or external network control according to the received broadcast packet. If it is external network control, perform step 505 to connect to the public network, and then perform step 506 to log in to the public network server. If it is intranet control, step 507 will be directly modulated. In step 507 the software will establish a control connection with the device. At this point, the user can switch the device through the controller software. Next, the program will execute step 508 in a loop to respond to the control information sent by the user, until step 509 judges that the user exits, and the program ends.

As shown in Figure 6, it is the flow chart of the main control device of this embodiment. After the program starts, first execute step 601 to realize the normal routing function of the router, and then the program executes step 602 to send broadcast packets to the intranet. The broadcast packets sent in this step will be It will be received by the controller-side software of the intranet, and the controller-side software will analyze valid information such as its address to realize intranet control. Step 603 is to send a data packet to the public network to realize the public network control of the device. At step 604, the device will continuously poll whether the command is received, if not received, the program will jump to step 601, if the command is received, the program will execute step 605, where the program will verify the check code And device password, etc. If the verification fails, the program will jump to step 601. If the verification is passed, the program will execute step 606. In this operation, the program will analyze the control action and control amount contained in the command. For valid information, after the command analysis is completed, the device will execute step 607 to complete the execution actions required in the command. At step 608, the device will send feedback information according to the actual execution situation, and jump to step 601.

It can be understood that those skilled in the art can make various other corresponding changes and deformations according to the technical concept of the present invention, and all these changes and deformations should belong to the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A system for controlling the power usage of electrical equipment, characterized in that: it includes At least one main control device, the main control device includes a processor, a relay connected to the processor, a router to control the relay, a transceiver connected to the router and used to receive instructions, and a power plug connected to the relay device; at least one electrical device, the electrical device is electrically connected to the power plug; a controller for transmitting instructions to the transceiver. 2. The system for controlling the power usage of electrical equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: the power plug is a power socket, a power plug or a power socket with a power plug, and the power plug of the power plug is The number is greater than or equal to 1. 3. The system for controlling power usage of electrical equipment according to claim 1, wherein the controller is a wired controller or a wireless controller. 4. The system for controlling power usage of electrical equipment according to claim 3, wherein the wired controller can be a computer. 5. The system for controlling power usage of electrical equipment according to claim 3, wherein the wireless controller is a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer or other mobile terminal equipment. 6. The system for controlling power usage of electrical equipment according to claim 1, wherein the router is a wired router, a router extended by a cable television set-top box, a wireless router, or a hybrid router with both wireless and wired functions. 7. The system for controlling power usage of electrical equipment according to claim 6, wherein the communication mode of the wireless router is IEEE 802.11 or IEEE 802.15.X. 8. A method for controlling power usage of electrical equipment, comprising the system for controlling power usage of electrical equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: the controller sends an instruction, which is transmitted to the router via the transceiver; the router transmits instructions to the processor; The processor performs corresponding power control on the power plug connected to the electric device through the relay, and updates the state of the electric device; The processor sends the updated state information of the electrical equipment to the controller through the router. 9 . The method for controlling power usage of electrical equipment according to claim 8 , wherein the power plug is a power socket or a power plug, and the number of the power plug is greater than or equal to one. 10. The method for controlling power usage of electric equipment according to claim 8, characterized in that: the instruction sent by the controller may be to control the operation of turning on or off the electric equipment, or to control the operation of the power consumption The operation of the magnitude of the electric current used by the device, or the time arrangement for controlling the on or off of the electric device and the magnitude of the electric current of the electric device.

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