KR20180109308A - Smart Multi-socket for reducing standby power loss - Google Patents

Abstract

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, a smart socket for blocking standby power includes a socket part and a smart circuit part which supplies power to each of at least one socket for a predetermined time after voice is recognized by a voice recognition part, and supplies power to a corresponding socket even after a predetermined time has elapsed when it is determined that an electronic product plugged in within the predetermined time is in an ON state. It is possible to reduce standby power loss.

Description

{Smart Multi-socket for reducing standby power loss}

The present invention relates to a smart outlet that blocks standby power.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The use of electrical products in offices and homes has increased, and in particular, outlets with a plurality of outlets have been widely used to use computer-related electrical appliances such as computers, printers and Internet routers. On the other hand, when a plurality of plugs are plugged into such an outlet and the main switch is turned on for use during business hours, there is a case where the plug is plugged into the outlet but the electric appliance is not used.

10-2016-0123807

The standby power cut-off smart outlet of the present invention is designed to shut off the standby power which is lost by shutting off the power supply to the outlet where nothing is plugged in after the predetermined time set by the timer or the socket where the inoperative electronic product is plugged. I want to.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the standby power cut-off smart outlet includes a microphone for performing speech recognition; A main power supply for receiving power; A receptacle portion having at least one receptacle opening; A timer switch formed near each of the at least one outlet for selecting whether to apply a timer operation or a switch ON operation to each of the at least one outlet; And an LED formed in the vicinity of each of the at least one outlet to indicate a state of each of the at least one outlet, wherein when recognizing the operation request voice of the outlet in the microphone, Power is supplied from the main power source to the socket, and then, when a preset time elapses in the socket, the power source is cut off from the main power source, Is supplied.

Preferably, power is supplied to each of the at least one socket outlet when the microphone recognizes the operation request voice of the socket outlet, and the timer switch is operable to detect an operation state of the electronic appliance plugged into each of the at least one outlet socket (ON) operation is selected in an outlet opening in which the operating state of the electronic device into which the plug is plugged is ON, and when the operation state of the plugged electronic device is in the sleep mode or OFF And the timer operation is selected in the outlet opening.

Preferably, the timer switch selects a timer operation for each of the socket plugs to which the plug is not plugged.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the standby power cut-off smart outlet determines that the operation state of the electronic device plugged into the outlet socket of the timer switch is the sleep mode or off, selects the timer operation, When the operation state of the electronic device into which the plug is plugged is changed to ON in a predetermined time, the timer switch again selects the ON operation.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the microphone recognizes the operation request voice of the receptacle, an LED indicating a state of each of the at least one receptacle is emitted with a first color, When a timer operation is selected in the timer switch, light is emitted in the first color for a predetermined period of time, and when the timer operation is selected in the timer switch, And is turned off.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, each of the at least one receptacle constituting the receptacle portion is independently operated.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the standby power cut-off smart outlet includes a voice recognition unit for performing voice recognition; A main power supply unit for supplying power; The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: a socket having at least one receptacle; and a controller for supplying power to the at least one receptacle for a predetermined time after the voice is recognized by the voice recognition unit, And a smart circuit unit for supplying power even after the preset time has elapsed only when the socket is determined to be in an ON state.

Preferably, the standby power cut-off smart outlet further comprises an LED formed in the vicinity of each of the at least one outlet to indicate the status of each of the at least one outlet.

Preferably, the LED indicates a state of whether or not speech recognition has been performed in the speech recognition unit, a state in which power is being supplied to the socket for a predetermined time after the speech recognition is performed, When the preset time has elapsed, it indicates that the power is not supplied to the outlet, and supplies power to the outlet determined to be in the ON state of the electronic product plugged in within the predetermined time Is displayed on the display unit.

In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the smart circuit portion of the standby power cut-off smart outlet operates when the electronic product plugged into the outlet is in an ON state, and otherwise stops operating; An internal light emitting diode emitting light based on a power supplied from the battery for a predetermined period of time when the voice is recognized by the voice recognition unit and driving an internal triac as light emitting light to supply power to the socket; A triac zero crossing unit for receiving an output of the photocoupler unit as an input and supplying power received from the main power unit for a predetermined period of time to the respective receptacles through the photocoupler unit when a voice is recognized by the voice recognition unit; The photocoupler unit also transmits power received from the main power unit to the outlet through the triac zero crossing unit while the relay is operating.

According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for blocking standby power in a smart outlet, comprising: performing voice recognition in a voice recognition unit; Supplying power to each of the at least one outlet in a smart circuit unit for a predetermined time after the voice is recognized in the voice recognition unit; Determining whether the electronic product plugged in the smart circuit unit within the predetermined time is in the ON state; And supplying power to the main power unit rotor even after the predetermined time elapses only when the smart circuit unit determines that the operation of the electronic product is on.

The standby power cut-off smart outlet of the present invention is designed to shut off the standby power which is lost by shutting off the power supply to the outlet where nothing is plugged in after the predetermined time set by the timer or the socket where the inoperative electronic product is plugged. Thereby preventing waste of electric power.

1 shows a standby power cut-off smart outlet, which is a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 shows an example of using a stand-by power cut-off smart outlet, which is a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
3 to 4 show a standby power cut-off smart outlet, which is a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
5 to 7 show an internal configuration diagram of a standby power cut-off smart outlet, which is a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
8 shows an embodiment in which a standby power cut-off smart outlet is used as a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a description will be given with reference to the drawings.

1 shows a standby power cut-off smart outlet, which is a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The smart receptacle 100 includes a receptacle 110, a voice recognition unit 120, a main power unit 130 for supplying power, and a smart circuit unit (not shown in FIGS. 5 to 7) .

The receptacle 110 displays at least one receptacle 111, 112, 113, 114 and LEDs 140, 141, 142, 143 indicating the status of each receptacle.

The LEDs 140, 141, 142, and 143 may indicate whether the voice recognition unit 120 has performed voice recognition, or may indicate the operation status of each socket that constitutes the socket unit 110. In FIG. 1, one LED is shown around one receptacle, but the design can be changed to provide a plurality of LEDs around one receptacle.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, at least one LED 140, 141, 142, 143 may be implemented in such a manner that all the LEDs are blinking at the same time in order to indicate the state of performing voice recognition. For example, it is possible to indicate that speech recognition has been performed in such a form that at least one LED 140 (140, 141, 142, 143) blinks at a time in units of one second.

In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, at least one LED 140, 141, 142, 143 may be independently operated to indicate the status of each outlet of the receptacle 110.

The LEDs 140, 141, 142, and 143 are used to recognize the state of supplying power to at least one of the outlets 111, 112, 113, and 114 during a predetermined period of time after the voice recognition unit 120 performs voice recognition Can be displayed.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the yellow light may be displayed on each of the at least one outlet 111, 112, 113, 114 while the 7 minute timer included in the smart circuit unit (not shown) is operated. It should be noted, however, that the yellow light is not limited to only one embodiment.

As another embodiment of the present invention, even when the 7-minute timer included in the smart circuit unit (not shown) is operated after recognizing the user's voice, even if the plug is plugged in and power is being supplied from the main power unit 130 An LED indicating the operation status of some outlets is displayed with a red light to indicate that the power is continuously supplied before recognizing the user's voice. In this case, the LED indicating the operation status of the remaining receptacles may indicate a yellow light. It should be noted that the color is only an example and various modifications are possible.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the electronic product is operated while the plug of the electronic product flows into the socket not operating during the 7-minute timer is operated, the LED of the socket is operated in the yellow light state It can be changed to red light moment.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, after the operation of the 7-minute timer is completed after recognizing the user's voice, a red light is displayed on a receptacle to which power is supplied from the main power unit 130, It is possible to indicate that the power is not supplied to the outlet by turning off the light of the LED on the outlet where the power is cut off from the outlet 130.

And a display unit for displaying a state of whether speech recognition is performed by the speech recognition unit and displaying a state in which power is supplied to the socket for a predetermined time after the speech recognition is performed, It is possible to indicate that the electric power is not supplied to the outlet when the time elapses and that the electric appliance plugged in within the predetermined time period is in the state of supplying electric power to the outlet determined to be in the ON state have.

The voice recognition unit 120 performs voice recognition of the user. The voice recognition unit 120 can be implemented in the form of a microphone or the like. The speech recognition unit 120 can recognize various languages such as Korean, English, Japanese, and Chinese. The voice recognition unit 120 can be implemented in various forms such as recognizing voice commands of a user such as Power start, Turn on, Power on, Auto cap, and the like.

The voice recognition unit 120 recognizes the user's voice and converts the recognized voice into an analog signal to a digital signal to operate a timer in the smart circuit unit. When the voice recognition unit 120 recognizes the voice of the user, the timer in the smart circuit unit is activated. The timer operates for a predetermined time, for example, 7 minutes.

Referring to FIG. 5, when the voice of the user is recognized, the timer operates for a preset time (S510, FIG. 6, S610 and FIG. 7, S710). Specifically, when the user's voice is recognized (S500), the first LED 581 operates through the 7-minute timer signal. The first LED 581 may be a red LED. In this case, Relay1 570 does not perform an operation (S570). If there is no use of the electronic product during the lapse of 7 minutes, the relay 1 570 does not operate and the power is automatically turned off after 5 seconds, for example, through the second timer 572.

The smart circuit unit supplies power to at least one of the outlets 111, 112, 113 and 114 for a predetermined time set in the timer after the voice recognition unit 120 recognizes the voice, The power is supplied to the outlet only after the preset time has elapsed. The smart circuit portion (not shown) is shown in FIGS.

Fig. 2 shows an example of a case where plugs are plugged into a smart outlet, which is a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The smart outlet 200 shown in FIG. 2 includes a voice recognition unit 220 and at least one outlet 211, 212, 213, 214 and a status and voice of at least one outlet 211, 212, 213, And LEDs 240, 241, 242, and 243 capable of displaying a recognition state or the like.

Fig. 3 is a preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing an example of a smart outlet composed of a single outlet. The smart outlet 300 includes a socket 310, a voice recognition unit 320, a relay 350 connected to the socket outlet, and a smart circuit unit 360 for determining whether power is supplied to the socket socket. One receptacle may have a plug 330.

Fig. 4 is a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 4 shows an example of a smart outlet composed of two socket outlets. The smart outlet 400 includes two receptacles 410 and 411, a voice recognition unit 420, a relay Relay 1 450 and a Relay 2 451 connected to the two receptacles 410 and 411, And a smart circuit unit 460 for determining the smart circuit unit 460. The two plug receptacles may also have plugs 430. Each of the two outlets 410 and 411 constituting the smart outlet 400 operates independently.

FIGS. 5 to 7 illustrate an example of a smart circuit unit in which LEDs are integrated, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In Figures 5 through 7, the first LEDs 581, 681, and 781 may indicate that the timer is operating while the timer is operating. For example, in the case of a 7 minute timer, the first LEDs 581, 681, and 781 may emit red light for 7 minutes. In FIGS. 5 to 7, the second LEDs 583, 683, and 783 may indicate a state in which the electronic appliance plugged into the outlet is not operating or operating. 5 to 7, the first LEDs 581, 681, and 781 and the second LEDs 583, 683, and 783 are separately shown. However, it should be noted that the first LEDs 581,

5 to 7, the smart circuit portion may further include a second timer 572, 672, and 772. The second timers 572, 672 and 772 are for solving the problem that the electronic products may fail due to the surge voltage when the relays 570, 670 and 770 are operated. When the electronic product does not operate, the relays 570, 670, and 770 do not operate and the second LEDs 583, 683, and 783 are turned on automatically for a predetermined period of time, for example, do.

The smart circuit unit may include a timer, a relay, a photocoupler unit, and a triac zero crossing unit, and may further include an LED. It should be noted that the LEDs may be implemented with or separate from the smart circuitry.

Referring to FIG. 5, a timer (not shown) receives a voice signal S500 when a voice of a user is recognized by the voice recognition unit, and based on the power supplied from the battery unit for a preset time, for example, The internal light emitting diode 567 of the photocoupler 564 emits light and drives the internal triac 565 with the light emitting light to supply electric power to the receptacle. In this process, the triac zero crossing section 562 supplies power received from the main power source section to each of the outlets through the photocoupler 564.

After recognizing the voice in the voice recognition unit (S500), the smart circuit unit can determine the operation state of the electronic device in which the plug is plugged into each of the at least one receptacle hole based on the state of the relay 570. [

If the relay operates within 7 minutes of timer operation, the smart circuit judges that the plugged-in electronic device is in the ON state, so that the power is supplied through the 220V main power source even after 7 minutes have elapsed. However, if the relay does not operate after 7 minutes has elapsed, the power supply through the 220V main power supply is cut off.

A specific example will be described with reference to Figs.

Referring to FIG. 5, if the electronic appliance is not plugged into the outlet while the timer (not shown) is operating for, for example, 7 minutes, the relay 570 maintains the ungrounded state (S570). In the smart circuit part, it can be recognized that the plug of the electronic product is not plugged on the basis of the state where the relay 570 is not grounded (S570).

Referring to FIG. 6, if the relay 670 is not grounded until the timer has elapsed a predetermined time, for example, a 7-minute timer signal after recognizing the voice (S670) (S610, S620, S630).

7, if the relay 770 is grounded while the 7-minute timer signal is supplied (S771) after recognizing the voice, the smart circuit unit is plugged with the electronic product, It is possible to recognize that this is the operating state.

In this case, the relay 770 supplies electric power to the photocoupler through the battery unit (S720) (S710), and the photocoupler supplies electric power to the triac zero crossing unit (S740), and the triac zero crossing unit supplies electric power (S750). In this case, the triac zero crossing section receives the output of the photocoupler as an input (S740). In addition, while the relay is grounded (S771), the photocoupler supplies electric power received from the 220V main power source unit to the outlet through the triac zero crossing unit (S750).

Figure 8 is a preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing an overall system diagram in which a smart outlet is operated.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a method of interrupting standby power in a smart outlet includes performing voice recognition in a voice microphone or the like serving as a voice recognition unit and then supplying power to each of at least one outlet in a smart circuit unit do. For example, power can be supplied for 7 minutes. In this case, battery power can be supplied.

The smart circuit unit determines whether the electronic product plugged in within a predetermined time is in the ON state. The smart circuit part can grasp the operating state of the electronic appliance based on the state of the relay connected to each outlet. If it is determined that the operation of the electronic product is ON, the smart circuit unit supplies the main power unit rotor power even after the predetermined time, for example, 7 minutes, elapses from the timer.

The present invention can also be embodied as computer-readable codes on a computer-readable recording medium. A computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like. The computer readable recording medium may also be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner.

In the drawings and specification, there have been disclosed preferred embodiments. Although specific terms have been employed herein, they are used for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention as defined in the claims or the claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and equivalent embodiments are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

Claims (10)

A speech recognition unit for performing speech recognition;
A main power supply unit for supplying power;
Comprising: a receptacle having at least one receptacle;
When a voice is recognized by the voice recognition unit and power is supplied to each of the at least one receptacle for a predetermined time and it is determined that the electronic product plugged in within the predetermined time is in the ON state, And a smart circuit unit for supplying power to the outlet even after the predetermined time has elapsed. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising an LED formed in the vicinity of each of the at least one outlet to indicate a status of each of the at least one outlet. The LED according to claim 2, wherein the LED
And a display unit for displaying a state of whether speech recognition is performed by the speech recognition unit and displaying a state in which power is supplied to the socket for a predetermined time after the speech recognition is performed, Indicates that the power is not supplied to the outlet when the time elapses and that the electronic appliance plugged in within the predetermined period of time is supplying power to the outlet determined to be ON Features a standby power cut-off smart outlet. The connector according to claim 1,
Wherein each of the at least one outlet is independently operated. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the smart circuitry
A timer that operates for a predetermined time when the voice is recognized in the voice recognition unit;
A relay which operates when the electronic product plugged into the outlet is in the ON state and stops operating if the electronic product is plugged in the outlet;
An internal light emitting diode emitting light based on a power supplied from the battery for a predetermined period of time when the voice is recognized by the voice recognition unit and driving an internal triac as light emitting light to supply power to the socket;
A triac zero crossing unit for receiving an output of the photocoupler unit as an input and supplying power received from the main power unit for a predetermined period of time to the respective receptacles through the photocoupler unit when a voice is recognized by the voice recognition unit;
Wherein the photocoupler unit further transmits power received from the main power unit to the outlet through the triac zero crossing unit while the relay is operating. 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein when the speech recognition unit recognizes the speech,
Wherein the smart circuit unit determines the operation state of the electronic device in which the plug is plugged into each of the at least one outlet port using the relay. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:
The smart circuit unit determines that the electronic product plugged in is in an ON state when the relay is operated within the predetermined time, and supplies power to the outlet through the main power unit even after the predetermined time elapses And stops power supply through the main power unit after the predetermined time elapses if the relay is not operated within the predetermined time. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:
The smart circuit unit determines that the electronic product plugged in is in an ON state when the relay is operated within the predetermined time, and supplies power to the outlet through the main power unit even after the predetermined time elapses When the operation state of the electronic product which has been determined to be in the on state is changed to the sleep mode or the off state, the operation of the relay is stopped and the power supply through the main power unit is stopped A standby power cut-off smart outlet featuring. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the smart circuitry
Wherein each time the voice recognition unit performs voice recognition, it is determined whether to supply power to each outlet through the main power unit even after the predetermined time has elapsed. As a method of blocking standby power at a smart outlet,
Performing speech recognition in a speech recognition unit;
Supplying power to each of the at least one outlet in a smart circuit unit for a predetermined time after the voice is recognized in the voice recognition unit;
Determining whether the electronic product plugged in the smart circuit unit within the predetermined time is in the ON state;
And supplying power to the main power unit rotor even after the predetermined time elapses only when the operation of the electronic product is determined to be ON in the smart circuit unit.

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