公开(公告)号：US06476592B1

公开(公告)日：2002-11-05

申请号：US09530311

申请日：2000-04-27

Applicant: Claus Humlum

Inventor： Claus Humlum

IPC: G01R1132

CPC classification number: G01D7/04 ,  G01D4/02 ,  G01F15/0755 ,  G01K17/06 ,  G01R22/00

Abstract: A device and a method of metering and displaying immediate and/or accumulated energy consumption at a place of consumption, such as electricity, water or heating consumption in a household, said device comprising a recording unit which records and sums an immediate energy consumption on the basis of regular measurements and stores there measurements for the calculation of an average consumption, a display comprising at least one display unit capable of displaying the relationship between an accumulated energy consumption and the calculated average consumption for a selected period of time on a percentage scale. The display preferably exhibits a first display unit which displays the accumulated energy consumption on an energy scale preferable from 0-200%, where 100% corresponds to the calculated average consumption, and a second display unit which may show the immediate power consumption relative to a selected reference consumption, preferably on a percentage power scale of 0-100%, where the selected reference consumption, which corresponds to 80% on the power scale. A consumption meter according to the invention hereby ensures that the user is more easily motivated to cut down on the energy consumption because of e.g. an energy saving measure, such as the use of low-energy bulbs in one or more lamps or the like.

Abstract translation: 一种测量和显示消费地点（例如家用电力，水或供暖消耗）中的即时和/或累积能量消耗的装置和方法，所述装置包括记录单元，其记录和总计在家庭中的即时能量消耗 定期测量的基础并且存储用于计算平均消耗量的测量值，显示器包括至少一个能够以百分比等级显示所选择的时间段内的累积能量消耗与所计算的平均消耗之间的关系的显示单元。 显示器优选地具有第一显示单元，该第一显示单元以优选0-200％的能量级显示累积的能量消耗，其中100％对应于所计算出的平均消耗量;以及第二显示单元，其可以显示相对于 选择的参考消耗，优选在0-100％的百分比功率刻度上，其中所选择的参考消耗，对应于功率标度上的80％。 因此，根据本发明的消耗计在此确保了用户更容易地有动力地减少能量消耗，因为例如。 诸如在一个或多个灯等中使用低能量灯泡的节能措施。