Status estimation apparatus, status estimation method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9638723-B2
Application number	US-201314031827-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 19, 2013
Priority date	Oct 4, 2012
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

Abstract

According to an embodiment, a status estimation apparatus includes detector, calculator, estimator and specifying unit. Detector detects a status change of any of electrical devices based on measurement data of a current flowing in a distribution line supplies power to the devices. Calculator calculates a current waveform change and a power change associated with the status change based on the measurement data. Estimator estimates a candidate originating from the status change based on the current waveform change. Specifying unit specifies a device caused the status change and a type of the status change based on the power change and an estimation result of the candidate.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A status estimation apparatus comprising:
a detector configured to detect a status change of at least one electrical device based on measurement data of a current flowing in a distribution line that supplies power to the at least one electrical device;
a calculator configured to calculate a current waveform change and a power change that are associated with the status change based on the measurement data before and after the status change, upon detecting the status change;
an estimator configured to estimate an electrical device of the at least one electrical device that caused the status change and a type of the status change based on the current waveform change; and
a specifier configured to specify the electrical device that has caused the status change and the type of the status change based on the power change and an estimation result by the estimator, wherein
the detector specifies a status change time when the status change has occurred, and
the calculator extracts the current waveform change from a difference between current changes before and after the status change time.

2. The status estimation apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the detector computes a current effective value based on the measurement data,
calculates a wavelet coefficient by performing continuous wavelet transform of time-series data of the current effective value, and
detects the status change if the wavelet coefficient is not less than an existing threshold.

3. The status estimation apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising a setting unit configured to set a transform scale for the continuous wavelet transform and the threshold.

4. The status estimation apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the detector sets a time corresponding to a maximum value of the wavelet coefficient in a transform scale for the continuous wavelet transform as a time at which the status change has occurred.

5. The status estimation apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the estimator computes a harmonic distribution of the current waveform change, and
estimates the electrical device of the at least one electrical device that has caused the status change and the type of the status change based on the harmonic distribution.

6. The status estimation apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the estimator performs pattern recognition of the current waveform change, and
estimates the electrical device of the at least one electrical device that has caused the status change and the type of the status change based on a result of the pattern recognition.

7. A status estimation method comprising:
detecting, by a computer, a status change of at least one electrical device based on measurement data of a current flowing in a distribution line that supplies power to the at least one electrical device;
calculating, by the computer, a current waveform change and a power change that are associated with the status change based on the measurement data before and after the status change, upon detecting the status change;
estimating, by the computer, an electrical device of the at least one electrical device that has caused the status change and a type of the status change based on the current waveform change; and
specifying, by the computer, the electrical device that has caused the status change and the type of the status change based on the power change and an estimation result of the electrical device of the at least one electrical device that has caused the status change and the type of the status change, wherein
the detecting of the status change of the at least one electrical device includes specifying a status change time when the status change has occurred, and
the calculating of the current waveform change and the power change includes extracting the current waveform change from a difference between current changes before and after the status change time.

8. The status estimation method of claim 7 , wherein the detecting comprises computing a current effective value based on the measurement data,
calculating a wavelet coefficient by performing continuous wavelet transform of time-series data of the current effective value, and
detecting the status change if the wavelet coefficient is not less than an existing threshold.

9. The status estimation method of claim 8 , wherein the detecting comprises setting a time corresponding to a maximum value of the wavelet coefficient in a transform scale for the continuous wavelet transform as a time at which the status change has occurred.

10. The status estimation method of claim 7 , wherein the estimating comprises computing a harmonic distribution of the current waveform change, and
estimating the electrical device that has caused the state change and the type of the state change based on the harmonic distribution.

11. The status estimation method of claim 7 , wherein the estimating comprises performing pattern recognition of the current waveform change, and
estimating the electrical device that has caused the state change and the type of the state change based on a result of the pattern recognition.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program executed by a computer, the program comprising:
detecting a status change of at least one of electrical device based on measurement data of a current flowing in a distribution line that supplies power to the at least one electrical device;
calculating a current waveform change and a power change that are associated with the status change based on the measurement data before and after the status change, upon detecting the status change;
estimating an electrical device that has caused the status change and a type of the status change based on the current waveform change; and
specifying the electrical device that has caused the status change and a type of the status change based on the power change and an estimation result of the electrical device that has caused the status change and the type of the status change, wherein
the detecting of the status change of the at least one electrical device includes specifying a status change time when the status change has occurred, and
the calculating of the current waveform change and the power change includes extracting the current waveform change from a difference between current changes before and after the status change time.

13. The medium of claim 12 , wherein the detecting comprises computing a current effective value based on the measurement data,
calculating a wavelet coefficient by performing continuous wavelet transform of time-series data of the current effective value, and
detecting the status change if the wavelet coefficient is not less than an existing threshold.

14. The medium of claim 13 , wherein the detecting comprises setting a time corresponding to a maximum value of the wavelet coefficient in a transform scale for the continuous wavelet transform as a time at which the status change has occurred.

15. The medium of claim 12 , wherein the estimating comprises computing a harmonic distribution of the current waveform change, and
estimating the electrical device that has caused a state change and a type of the state change based on the harmonic distribution.

16. The medium of claim 12 , wherein the estimating comprises performing pattern recognition of the current waveform change, and
estimating the electrical device that has caused a state change and a type of the state change based on a result of the pattern recognition.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Takagi Yasuo
• Katayama Kyosuke
• Kubota Kazuto

Classifications

• G01R19/2513

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  Home appliances · CPC title

• H02J13/1335 Primary

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  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic