Managing electricity usage for an appliance

US9465376B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• International Business Machines Corporation · US
• Universiti Brunei Darussalam · BN

Inventors

• Vijay Arya · Bengaluru, IN
• Tanuja Hrishikesh Ganu · Bengaluru, IN
• Saiful A. Husain · Seria, BN
• Shivkumar Kalyanaraman · Melbourne, AU
• Ashok Pon Kumar · Bengaluru, IN
• Chandratilak De Silva Liyanage · Seria, BN
• Dwi Rahayu · Elmore, AU
• Devasenapathi Periagraharam Seetharamakrishnan · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 26, 2013
• Grant date: Oct 11, 2016
• Expiry date: Oct 2, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/2642
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Methods and arrangements for providing appliance power management. A connector arrangement is provided for interconnecting an appliance with a power supply. There is identified, with respect to the appliance connected to the power supply, at least one of: an appliance category, a current operating state of the appliance, and a current standby state of the appliance. In response to the identifying of the at least one of: an appliance category, an appliance operating state and an appliance standby state, there is detected at least one of: anomalous appliance behavior and deficient power quality. Also, a control action is undertaken relative to the detection of the at least one of: anomalous appliance behavior and deficient power quality. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.