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7617057 Expert system for controlling plant growth in a contained environment  
In a system for optimizing crop growth, vegetation is cultivated in a contained environment, such as a greenhouse, an underground cavern or other enclosed space. Imaging equipment is positioned...
7616656 System and method for providing communication between intelligent electronic devices via an open channel  
An intelligent electronic device is configured to receive and generate data formatted in accordance with Distributed Network Protocol 3.0 (DNP 3.0) through an Ethernet TCP/IP medium. The...
7596459 Apparatus and methods for multi-channel electric metering  
In one aspect, the invention comprises a device for measuring electricity usage, comprising: means for remote disconnection via power line communication; means for detection of electricity theft;...
7577859 System and method of controlling power consumption in an electronic system by applying a uniquely determined minimum operating voltage to an integrated circuit rather than a predetermined nominal voltage selected for a family of integrated circuits  
A method and apparatus for adaptively adjusting the operating voltage of an integrated circuit in response to tester-to-system variations, worst-case testing techniques, process variations,...
7577535 System and method for locating and analyzing arcing phenomena  
System and method for detecting partial discharge arcing phenomena in a power network distribution system which employs a mobile receiving assemblage including a wideband antenna, a computer...
7570470 Self-powered communications link for smart circuit breakers  
A circuit breaker communication system is provided including a circuit breaker, an electronic module to record and store data associated with the operation of the circuit breaker, and a portable...
7565227 Multi-building control for demand response power usage control  
An energy usage coordinator controls the energy usage of individual buildings of a group (or portfolio) of buildings in one or more load zones. These buildings have all contracted with an energy...
7561977 Total home energy management system  
A system that facilitates and implements energy savings decisions by a home owner. The system will provide a mechanism to reduce the peak level of energy demand. A controller in logical...
7561875 Method and apparatus for wirelessly testing field-replaceable units (FRUs)  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates wirelessly identifying and testing field-replaceable units within a computer system. The system includes a...
7554320 Intelligent electronic device for providing broadband internet access  
An intelligent electronic device for monitoring and determining an amount of electrical power usage by a consumer, or end user, and for providing broadband Internet access to the consumer. The...
7546214 System for power sub-metering  
An electrical sub-metering system for making available information associated with power consumption of at least one circuit of a plurality of circuits is disclosed. The system includes an...
7545285 Load control unit in communication with a fixed network meter reading system  
A load control system that communicates with existing automated meter reading communications systems to interrupt and shed loads at a customer location. The system includes a master controller that...
7542824 Air conditioning control device  
An air conditioning control device is configured to obtain and control data on an air conditioner, which includes a plurality of indoor units. The air conditioning control device includes a data...
7526392 Power line parameter analysis method and system  
A method and apparatus is disclosed for determining the incident energy of a system. Specifically, there is provided a technique comprising measuring a voltage of an ac waveform, causing a resonant...
7523337 Power delivery system in which power supply and load exchange power consumption measurements via digital bus  
A system is disclosed. The system includes a load, a voltage regulator circuit coupled to the load a power supply, a load coupled to the power supply to receive one or more voltages from the power...
7509190 Method for administering an intermittent uncontrollable electric power generating facility  
A method for administering an intermittent source of electrical power generation, such as a wind powered electric power generating facility, to produce electric power at a level up to a pre-set...
7509188 Methods, systems, computer products and website for power maintenance and restoration  
Methods, systems, computer products and a website for electrical power maintenance and restoration. Exemplary embodiments include an electrical power maintenance and restoration system, including a...
7505734 System and method for communicating broadcast messages in a mesh network  
A method for a gateway node to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of satellite nodes coupled to a sensing device or an actuator on one or more logical layers is disclosed. The gateway node...
7502699 System and method for monitoring power in a front end rectifier power system  
A system and method for determining power use in a system are disclosed. Briefly described, one embodiment of a method comprises metering power flow into a metered front end rectifier system using...
7496430 Intelligent fault detector system and method  
A quick response system incorporated in a TWACS for mapping an outage in an electrical distribution system without having to continuously poll the electrical meters connected to the system. In a...
7490045 Automatic collection and updating of application usage  
A method and system providing automatic collection and updating of application usage on large number of electronic devices without user intervention. The electronic devices may be palm-sized...
7489989 System for dispatching and controlling of generation in large-scale electric power systems  
A system for dispatching and controlling generation in an electric power system consisting of a plurality of power units comprises a computer with dispatching optimization module connected by...
7477998 System and method for providing universal additional functionality for power meters  
A system and method for providing an additional option function to existing functionality of a meter device configured for measuring parameters of energy is provided. The meter device is coupled...
7457969 Computer system monitoring  
A computer monitoring system includes a sensor, a non-volatile storage and a controller. The sensor measures a parameter of a computer, and the non-volatile storage holds a threshold representing a...
7456737 Detector with blinders  
A detector mountable on either a planar wall or an interior corner and having an adjustable field of view.
7451018 System and apparatus for detecting and monitoring circuit breaker operation  
A control apparatus for a plurality of devices, especially circuit breakers. The control apparatus includes activation circuitry for each device, and a power supply for supplying electrical power...
7444208 Electrical system wiring diagram generating system, and power supply device and program used for the same  
Each of connection data 11 , . . . , or 15 , of the downstream side of a socket 1 , . . . , or 5 or a panel board 6, 7 , or 8 in a power supply direction, is generated in a tap 16 , a UPS ...
7432824 Endpoint event processing system  
An endpoint processor includes a processor block, a timer block, a memory block, and analog-to-digital converter. The timer block is arranged to provide a time based signal to the processor block....
7421352 Network-enabled electrical power equipment with integrated content management system  
Network-enabled electrical power distribution equipment includes one or more networked intelligent devices coupled to a power distribution system and measuring and storing at least one sensed...
7421348 Predictive emissions monitoring method  
A method for predicting emissions from an emissions source. Test values of process variables relating to operation of the emissions source are gathered, along with corresponding time-correlated...
7415725 Multi-function intelligent electronic device with secure access  
An intelligent electronic device with multiple functionalities that may include multiple secure accesses includes a sensor coupled with a processor. The sensor may sense electrical parameters in an...
7412338 Radio frequency device within an energy sensor system  
An energy measurement system including a radio frequency (“RF”) device powered by a solar panel. The RF device comprising a wireless communication port operative to transmit and receive...
7412304 Power system for area containing a set of power consumers  
There is provided a power system for an area containing a set of power consumers which can be applied to a collective housing consisting of a single or more buildings and can prevent power supply...
7406364 Method and system to calculate a demand for energy  
A method to calculate energy demand in an energy generation, transmission and distribution network including one or more power plants based on different energy source types including renewable...
7402993 Electrical profile monitoring system for detection of atypical consumption  
Methods of detecting atypical patterns of usage of electricity, determined by monitoring consumption at the primary line, permit detection of grow-ops and unusual line losses due to defective...
7400986 Usage monitoring apparatus  
An apparatus is disclosed for monitoring usage of multiple electrical devices. The apparatus comprises multiple non-invasive current sensors for sensing current in respective conductors associated...
7379997 System and method of controlling delivery and/or usage of a commodity  
A system and method manage delivery of energy from a distribution network to one or more sites. Each site has at least one device couple to the distribution network. The at least one device...
7353121 Methods, apparatus, media and signals for facilitating real-time management of a utility supply  
Methods, apparatus, computer readable data and signals for facilitating the supply of a utility provided to a consumer site by a plurality of providers and/or retailers and differentiation are...
7346463 System for controlling electrically-powered devices in an electrical network  
A system for controlling remotely located electrically-powered systems in an electrical network includes a first transceiver. The first transceiver has an identifier in memory and wirelessly...
7343255 Dual source real time clock synchronization system and method  
A dual source real time clock (RTC) synchronization system and method for implementation within automatic meter reading (AMR) systems that provide system-wide device time synchronization. In one...
7333901 Transmitter system  
The present invention intends to provide a small, low-cost, convenient transmitter system. The transmitter system detects physical quantities, converts the physical quantities into electrical...
7308383 System and method for providing electrical system monitoring and diagnosis  
A soft starter system for monitoring and diagnosing electrical power system characteristics includes a motor controller including solid state switches for controlling application of power to a...
7308369 Ensuring automatic season change demand resets in a mesh type network of telemetry devices  
Methods and systems of enforcing a season change demand reset in a meter that communicates via a wireless network. When billing data is received by a server, it is accompanied by a season change...
7286946 Transmission characteristic measuring device transmission characteristic measuring method, and amplifier  
A transfer characteristics measuring device automatically measures the transfer characteristics of each channel of a multi-channel acoustic reproduction system m a multi-channel acoustic...
7283916 Distributed utility monitoring, such as for monitoring the quality or existence of a electrical, gas, or water utility  
In a system for automatic meter reading of utility meters, a utility supply measuring system may include one or more collector units, wherein each one of the collector units accesses a supply of a...
7275000 Energy information system and sub-measurement board for use therewith  
An energy information system and sub-measurement board for use therewith allows an energy information service provider to measure energy usage at a customer location. The sub-measurement board is...
7256709 Meter with IrDA port  
A meter is provided of the type used for recording data primarily related to power and/or energy use. The meter includes an IrDA port for wirelessly transmitting and receiving data to and from the...
7254495 System and method for detecting a device requiring power  
A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which...
7250874 System and methods for wirelessly transmitting data from a utility meter  
A system and method for transmitting data from a utility meter, such as a power meter, is disclosed. A microprocessor housed inside the power meter obtains readings of various power indicia, stores...
7248978 System and method for routing power management data via XML firewall  
A power management architecture for an electrical power distribution system, or portion thereof, is disclosed. The architecture includes multiple electronic devices distributed throughout the power...
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