	US 12,108,510 B2
	Smart electric sockets
Shemon Cohen, Ashkelon (IL); and Itamar Cohen, Ashkelon (IL)
Assigned to S.B.I.D Solutions, Enterprise and Investments Ltd., Ashkelon (IL)
Appl. No. 17/603,958
Filed by S.B.I.D Solutions, Enterprise and Investments Ltd., Ashkelon (IL); and Shemon Cohen, Ashkelon (IL)
PCT Filed Apr. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IL2020/050423 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 15, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/212975, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 266055 (IL), filed on Apr. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0210894 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. H05B 47/17 (2020.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H05B 47/11 (2020.01); H05B 47/115 (2020.01); H05B 47/16 (2020.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01)

CPC H05B 47/17 (2020.01) [H04L 12/282 (2013.01); H04L 12/2827 (2013.01); H05B 47/11 (2020.01); H05B 47/115 (2020.01); H05B 47/16 (2020.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); H04L 2012/2841 (2013.01)]

22 Claims

1. A smart socket for engaging prongs of an electrical plug to connect one or more electrical devices via said smart socket to a mains electricity supply, the smart socket comprising:

at least live and neutral socket terminals configured to reversibly engage live and neutral prongs of the electrical plug, thereby to connect the device to the mains electricity supply;

an off setting;

an on setting;

a manual switch to switch manually between said off setting and said on setting;

an automatic switch mode to switch automatically between said off setting and said on setting, said automatic switching being based on time and/or on sensor input;

a Sabbath mode, wherein said manual switch is disabled and said automatic switching is based on time or on a predetermined set of sensors, wherein said smart socket is configured to enter said Sabbath mode based on Sabbaths and/or festivals using the Hebrew calendar and locally calculated daylight times, wherein said predetermined set of sensors for said Sabbath mode comprises sensors of environmental conditions and excludes sensors that detect human motion or action.