US 11,720,073 B2
Smart electrical outlet for monitoring and tracking electricity usage
Mohammad Akhlaghi, Coquitlam (CA); Ali Reza Mohazab, Vancouver (CA); Douglas Sim, Vancouver (CA); and Etienne Naugle, New Westminster (CA)
Assigned to Parkizio Technologies Ltd., Richmond (CA)
Filed by Parkizio Technologies Ltd., Richmond (CA)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/14,838.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/896,749, filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0072714 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/042 (2013.01) [G06F 21/31 (2013.01); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H02J 13/00001 (2020.01); H02J 13/00002 (2020.01); H02J 13/0005 (2020.01); H02J 13/00022 (2020.01); H02J 13/00036 (2020.01); G05B 2219/2639 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for tracking and controlling usage of electrical power for charging devices associated with one or more users, the system comprising:
a server;
one or more outlets connected to electrical power and configured to supply electrical power to the devices, each of the outlets in communications with the server and comprising:
a socket configured to supply electrical power to one of the devices;
a control module for engaging and disengaging electrical power to the socket;
a measurement module for measuring one or more parameters of electrical power supplied by the socket; and
an identification code located on the outlet, the identification code being unique to and associated with each of the outlets; and
one or more computing devices, each of the one or more computing devices associated with one of the users and configured to communicate to the server the identification code associated with one of the outlets and identification of the user associated with the computing device;
wherein the server is configured to, upon receipt from one of the computing devices the identification code and the identification of the user associated with the computing device, determine whether the user is authorized to access the outlet corresponding to the identification code and to, if the user is authorized, communicate an authorization to the outlet corresponding to the identification code;
wherein each of the outlets is further configured to start a session and provide electrical power to the device upon receiving the authorization from the server, each of the outlets further configured to communicate information regarding the one or more parameters to the server regarding the session.