TW201322579A - Cloud energy monitoring system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a cloud energy monitoring system and method for monitoring electric usage of an electronic device, the system comprising a monitor device connected to the electronic device, a receiving device and an administration platform. The energy monitoring method includes monitoring electricity usage of the electronic device connected to the monitor device for outputting information on electric usage to the receiving device to be transmitted to the administrating platform via the network; and generating a command according to the received information by the administration platform and transmitting the command via the receptor device to the monitoring device via the network, thereby acquiring the information for the monitoring device to control electric usage of the electronic device remotely and instantly according to the generated command.

Description

Cloud power monitoring system and method thereof

The present invention relates to a cloud power monitoring technology, and more particularly to a cloud power monitoring system and method thereof for remotely monitoring and providing energy-saving applications.

Electricity is the energy that everyone needs. Just plug the electrical equipment into the plug and turn on the switch, so that the electrical equipment can be operated, and you can enjoy the various conveniences and benefits brought by electricity.

In general, household electricity is used by power plants to convert energy such as nuclear, fire, water or wind into electrical energy, and then to the home's sockets through wires, substations, communities or buildings. In order to know the electricity consumption status of each household, each household is usually equipped with an electric meter as a power supply and billing tool, that is, recording all the household electricity consumption, including the consumption of electrical equipment such as air conditioners, electric lights, electric water heaters, and computers. Electricity, etc. However, today's meter recording operation method is to send a manual meter reading every two months, and use manual to check whether the meter is damaged. The disadvantage is that it can't get power information immediately and it takes time and effort, and the success rate of meter damage is checked. Not too high.

In addition, in response to global warming, countries are not actively promoting energy-saving and carbon reduction measures, in the era of energy shortages and high prices, looking forward to improving energy use and reducing power supply costs. For example, looking for new or renewable energy technologies in energy, replacing generator sets in the industrial sector to increase the efficiency of power generation in older power plants, or introducing energy-efficient appliances in the home sector. However, even if an energy-efficient appliance is used in a home, the user usually does not know how much electricity is consumed by the appliance and how much power can be saved.

Therefore, how to remotely monitor each electrical appliance to obtain power information of each electrical appliance in real time to achieve energy saving effect is one of the urgent problems to be solved.

In view of the above disadvantages of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a cloud power monitoring system, comprising: at least one monitoring device connected to at least one electronic device to monitor and output power of the electronic device connected to the monitoring device And for outputting the power consumption information of the electronic device; the transceiver is configured to receive the power consumption information output by the at least one monitoring device, to output the power consumption information by the network, and send the transceiver to the at least one monitoring device And receiving, by the network, the power consumption information output by the transceiver, to generate the command according to the power usage information, and the management platform is to use the network by the network The path is sent to the at least one monitoring device through the transceiver, so that the at least one monitoring device controls the power consumption of the electronic device connected to the monitoring device according to the command.

The above management platform may include a setting module, a storage module, an analysis module, an alarm module, an energy saving module, and a command generation module. The setting module can be used for the user to set the predetermined power consumption, power scheduling or alarm power of the at least one electronic device. The storage module can be used to record the power usage information of the at least one electronic device and store the predetermined power consumption, power scheduling or alarm power set. The analysis module can analyze the power consumption information, the predetermined power consumption, the power usage schedule, or the alarm power of the at least one electronic device to generate an analysis result. The alarm module can be configured to issue a warning according to the analysis result when the power consumption information of the at least one electronic device meets the set predetermined power consumption, power scheduling or alarm power. The energy saving module can be used to propose an energy saving mode based on the analysis result. The command generation module can be used to generate the command based on the predetermined power usage, power usage schedule, analysis result, or power save mode.

To achieve the foregoing and other objects, the present invention provides a cloud power monitoring method for a system including at least one monitoring device, a transceiver, and a management platform for connecting at least one electronic device, and the cloud power monitoring method includes the following steps. (1) causing the at least one monitoring device to monitor power usage of the electronic device connected to the at least one monitoring device to output power consumption information to the transceiver; (2) causing the transceiver to receive the at least one electronic device And the electronic information is outputted to the management platform by the network of the received at least one electronic device; and (3) causing the management platform to generate a command according to the power consumption information of the at least one electronic device, and then And transmitting the command to the at least one monitoring device through the transceiver, so that the at least one monitoring device controls the power consumption of the electronic device connected to the monitoring device according to the command.

Compared with the prior art, the cloud power monitoring system and the method thereof can be used to monitor the power consumption of the electronic device, that is, the monitoring device is connected to the management platform via the transceiver, so as to obtain the power consumption information of the electronic device in real time, and according to The power usage information is analyzed to further provide services such as energy saving, scheduling, or alarming.

In the following, the technical content of the present invention will be described by a specific embodiment, and those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of the present invention by the contents disclosed in the present specification, and can also be implemented by other different embodiments. Or application.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a system block diagram of a cloud power monitoring system according to the present invention. The cloud power monitoring system 1 includes at least one monitoring device 11a, 11b, and 11c, a transceiver 12, and a management platform 13. It should be noted that in the first figure, three monitoring devices 11a, 11b and 11c are taken as an example, but not limited thereto.

Each of the monitoring devices 11a, 11b, and 11c is connected to the power source 20 and the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c, respectively, wherein the monitoring devices 11a, 11b, and 11c are connected one-to-one with the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c, That is, the monitoring devices 11a, 11b, and 11c are disposed between the power source 20 and the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c. In detail, any of the monitoring devices 11a, 11b, and 11c can be used to monitor the power consumption of the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c that are connected one-to-one with the monitoring device, and output power consumption information through, for example, a wireless network. The transceiver 12, in other words, performs output and reception between the monitoring device and the transceiver through, for example, a wireless network. Any of the monitoring devices 11a, 11b, and 11c may output power usage information every fixed time (e.g., 15 minutes), for example, output power consumption for the time. Further, any of the monitoring devices 11a, 11b, and 11c can be used to control the power supplied to the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c by the power source 20, respectively. Specifically, the monitoring devices 11a, 11b, and 11c are, for example, an electric meter that can measure the power consumption of the connected electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c (for example, a refrigerator, an air conditioner, or a computer), and has a switch (not shown). ) to turn on or off the power supplied to the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c, respectively.

The transceiver 12 is configured to receive the power consumption information output by any one of the monitoring devices 11a, 11b, and 11c, and output the power information output by any of the monitoring devices 11a, 11b, and 11c to the network 10 to the Management platform 13.

In addition, the transceiver 12 can receive the command issued by the management platform 13 and resend to any of the monitoring devices 11a, 11b, and 11c, and any of the monitoring devices 11a, 11b, and 11c can control the monitoring device according to the command. Connected electronic devices 30a, 30b and 30c.

The management platform 13 receives the power usage information of any of the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c output by the transceiver 12 via the network 10 to generate the power information according to any of the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c. command. Next, the management platform 13 transmits the command to any of the monitoring devices 11a, 11b, and 11c via the network 10 through the transceiver 12 to enable any of the monitoring devices 11a, 11b, and 11c to be controlled according to the command. The power of the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c to which the monitoring device is connected is used. In detail, the management platform 13 can record and analyze the power usage information of any of the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c, and the obtained analysis result can be, for example, every hour and day of the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c. The electricity consumption of the month or year, the power consumption that changes with time, and the concentration period of the high power consumption. It should be noted that the management platform 13 can be a centralized or decentralized server, which can be, for example, a real or virtual server, which can be dispersed in different computer rooms or dispersed in different geographical locations in a single computer room. Moreover, the management platform 13 is available for the user to log in with the client device 40 to monitor the power usage of any of the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c.

Next, the cloud power monitoring system of the present invention includes a connection unit 14. Referring to FIG. 2, the connection unit 14 is configured to connect the transceiver 12 to the network 10, wherein the transceiver 12 can detect the transceiver 12. Connection settings with the connection unit 14, such as PPPoE, fixed IP or DHCP.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the management platform 13 may include a setting module 131, a storage module 132, an analysis module 133, an alarm module 134, an energy saving module 135, and a command generation module 136. It should be noted that the modules may include software, hardware or a combination of the foregoing. The software may be, for example, a machine code, a firmware, an embedded code, and an application software or a combination of the foregoing, and the hardware may be, for example, a circuit, a processor, a computer, an integrated circuit, an integrated circuit core, or a combination thereof.

The setting module 131 can be used by the user to set a predetermined power consumption, power scheduling or alarm power of any of the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c.

The storage module 132 can be used to record the power usage information of any of the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c and to store the predetermined power consumption, power usage, or alarm power set.

The analysis module 133 can analyze the power usage information, the set predetermined power consumption, the power usage schedule, or the alarm power of any of the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c to generate an analysis result. Specifically, the analysis result may include the power consumption per hour, day, month, or year of any one of the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c, the power consumption amount that changes with time, the concentrated time period of the high power consumption number, and the like. Or comparing the historical power information of any one of the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c, for example, comparing the power consumption of the month and the previous month, or whether the power information of any of the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c meets the set. The scheduled power consumption, power scheduling or alarm power.

The alarm module 134 can be configured to issue a warning according to the analysis result when the power consumption information of any of the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c meets the set predetermined power consumption, power usage, or alarm power.

The energy saving module 135 can be used to propose an energy saving mode according to the analysis result of the analysis module 133. Taking the drinker as an example, the energy-saving mode can be turned on only from 6 pm to 12 pm and turned off during the rest of the time, that is, only after the user gets off work to the power-on state before going to bed, thus saving power consumption. .

The command generation module 136 can be used to generate the command according to a predetermined power consumption, power scheduling, analysis result or energy saving mode set by the user, that is, any one of the command monitoring devices 11a, 11b, and 11c turns on or off the power source 20 The power supplied to any of the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c.

As can be seen from the contents of FIGS. 1 and 2, the present invention is connected one-to-one through the monitoring devices 11a, 11b, and 11c (for example, an electric meter) and the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c, so that electric power is supplied from the power source 20 to the electronic device 30a. The 30b and 30c are controlled by the monitoring devices 11a, 11b and 11c before being supplied to the electronic devices 30a, 30b and 30c. The transceiver 12 can transmit the power information of any of the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c to the management platform 13, and the user can log in to the management platform 13 by using the client device 40, thereby remotely monitoring the electronic devices 30a, 30b. And 30c.

Next, please refer to FIG. 3, which is a flowchart of the cloud power monitoring method of the present invention.

In step S31, the at least one monitoring device monitors the power consumption of the electronic device connected to the monitoring device to output the power consumption information to the transceiver. Then it proceeds to step S32.

In step S32, the transceiver is configured to receive the power usage information of the at least one electronic device to output the received power information of the at least one electronic device to the management platform via the network. Then it proceeds to step S33.

In step S33, the management platform generates a command according to the power usage information of the at least one electronic device, and then sends the command to the at least one monitoring device through the network through the network, so that the at least one monitoring device The power consumption of the electronic device to which the monitoring device is connected is controlled according to the command.

In addition, after the transceiver of the step S32 outputs the power consumption information of the at least one electronic device to the management platform through the network, the management platform may record the power consumption information of the at least one electronic device and store the predetermined power consumption. The amount, the power schedule or the alarm power, and then analyze the power consumption information of the at least one electronic device, the set predetermined power consumption, the power schedule or the alarm power to generate an analysis result, and then issue a warning according to the analysis result. Or propose a power saving mode, and finally generate the command according to the predetermined power consumption, power scheduling, analysis result or energy saving mode.

Therefore, the power consumption information of any of the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c can be transmitted to the management platform 13 by using the transceiver 12 connected to the management platform 13 via the network 10, and the management platform 13 can be based on the electronic device 30a. The commands generated by the power usage information of either of 30b and 30c are transmitted to the monitoring devices 11a, 11b, and 11c, so that the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c can be remotely monitored, and according to any of the electronic devices 30a, 30b, and 30c. Power usage information provides further analysis results, energy saving modes or alarm functions.

In summary, through the application of the cloud power monitoring system and the method thereof of the present invention, a monitoring device is disposed between the electronic device and the power source to control the power supplied by the power source to the electronic device, and the transceiver is used to The power information is transmitted to the management platform for the management platform to generate commands according to the power usage information, and the monitoring device turns the power to the electronic device on or off. Thereby, the power consumption of the electronic device can be remotely monitored, and scheduling or energy saving suggestions are proposed according to the power consumption information of the electronic device.

The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and effects of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention. Modifications and variations of the above-described embodiments can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be as set forth in the scope of the claims described below.

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2 is a system block diagram of an embodiment of a cloud power monitoring system of the present invention; and

Figure 3 is a flow chart of the cloud power monitoring method of the present invention.

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Claims (9)

A cloud power monitoring system includes: at least one monitoring device connected to at least one electronic device to monitor and control power consumption of the electronic device connected to the monitoring device, and to output power consumption information of the electronic device; And receiving the power consumption information output by the at least one monitoring device to output the power consumption information by the network, and sending the command received by the transceiver to the at least one monitoring device; and managing the platform by using The network receives the power usage information output by the transceiver to generate the command according to the power usage information, and the management platform sends the command to the at least one monitoring device through the network through the transceiver. The at least one monitoring device controls the power consumption of the electronic device to which the monitoring device is connected according to the command. The cloud power monitoring system according to claim 1, further comprising a connecting unit for connecting the transceiver to the network, and the transceiver detects a relationship between the transceiver and the connecting unit. Connection settings. The cloud power monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the at least one monitoring device and the transceiver perform output and reception through a wireless network. The cloud power monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the management platform is multiplexed for the user to log in to the management platform by using the client device to monitor power usage of the at least one electronic device. The cloud power monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the management platform comprises: a setting module, configured to allow a user to set a predetermined power consumption and power scheduling of the at least one electronic device. Or an alarm power; the storage module is configured to record the power usage information of the at least one electronic device and store the predetermined power consumption, power usage schedule or alarm power set; and the analysis module is at least one The power consumption information of the electronic device, the set predetermined power consumption, the power usage schedule, or the alarm power amount are analyzed to generate an analysis result. The cloud power monitoring system of claim 5, wherein the management platform comprises: an alarm module, configured to: according to the analysis result, the power consumption information of the at least one electronic device conforms to the set A warning is issued when the power consumption, the power usage schedule, or the alarm power is scheduled; the energy saving module is configured to propose a power saving mode according to the analysis result; and the command generating module is configured to use the predetermined power consumption and power This command is generated by scheduling, analysis results, or power save mode. A cloud power monitoring method is applied to a system including at least one monitoring device, a transceiver, and a management platform for connecting at least one electronic device. The cloud power monitoring method includes the following steps: (1) causing the at least one monitoring device to monitor And charging the electronic device connected to the at least one monitoring device to output power consumption information to the transceiver; (2) causing the transceiver to receive power consumption information of the at least one electronic device to receive the at least one received And outputting the power information of the electronic device to the management platform through the network; and (3) causing the management platform to generate a command according to the power consumption information of the at least one electronic device, and then transmitting the command through the network through the transceiver Sending to the at least one monitoring device, so that the at least one monitoring device controls the power consumption of the electronic device to which the monitoring device is connected according to the command. The cloud power monitoring method of claim 7, wherein before step (1), the method includes: causing a user to log in to the management platform by using the user equipment to set a predetermined power consumption of the at least one monitoring device. Quantity, power schedule or alarm power. The cloud power monitoring method of claim 8, wherein the transceiver in step (2) outputs the received power information of the at least one electronic device to the management platform through the network. And comprising: (2-1) causing the management platform to record the power usage information of the at least one electronic device and storing the predetermined power consumption, power scheduling or alarm power set; (2-2) making the management The platform analyzes the power usage information of the at least one electronic device, the set predetermined power consumption, the power usage schedule, or the alarm power to generate an analysis result; and (2-3) causes the management platform to issue a warning according to the analysis result or The energy saving mode is proposed, and the command is generated according to the preset power consumption, power scheduling, analysis result or energy saving mode.