US 11,740,602 B2
Smart meter, system including same, and method for controlling smart meter
Min Soo Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to NURIFLEX INC., Wilmington, DE (US); and NURI TELECOM CO., LTD, Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 16/982,687
Filed by NURIFLEX INC., Wilmington, DE (US); and NURI TELECOM CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Mar. 21, 2018, PCT No. PCT/KR2018/003288
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 21, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/182174, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0032392 (KR), filed on Mar. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0003978 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. G05B 19/042 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/042 (2013.01) [H02J 3/38 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2639 (2013.01); H02J 3/381 (2013.01); H02J 13/00001 (2020.01); H02J 13/00002 (2020.01); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01); H02J 2300/28 (2020.01); H02J 2310/12 (2020.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A smart meter interfacing a home network having a plurality of electronic devices with an existing power grid having a power plant producing electricity through at least one of thermal power generation and nuclear power generation, and a renewable energy supply, the smart meter comprising:
a communication unit configured for communicating with the existing power grid, receiving data of a power amount required for operation from the plurality of electronic devices, and transferring data of a power amount to be supplied according to a priority order through a control signal to the plurality of electronic devices;
a power measurement unit configured to measure an amount of power consumption from an electronic device in the home network; and
a control unit comparing the measured amount of power consumption with a predetermined range within a predetermined power interval and requesting renewable energy through the communication unit from the renewable energy supply in response to the measured amount of power being within the predetermined range; wherein the requested renewable energy is received into the home network.