| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090147696 | APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ENERGY-AWARE HOME GATEWAY BASED ON NETWORK - An energy-aware home gateway based on a network protocol includes a network matching module for performing a physical network interface function on a home and an external network; a processor module for performing an operation and a control function of a system in a active state in which service traffic exists; a memory module used as a system memory of the processor module; and a service function module controlled by the processor module and performing a service function depending on a use state. The home gateway further includes a network protocol agent module for processing control traffic in an idle state in which no service traffic exists; and a power supply module for supplying power to the overall system in the normal active state and for supplying power to the network matching module, the memory module, and the network protocol agent module in the idle state. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20100135645 | SMMD MEDIA PRODUCING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A SMMD media producing apparatus includes: a pre-processor for extracting first media data and produces MXF media data with adjusted resolution using media data of an MXF format; and a neo-data producer for extracting second media data from the MXF media data with the adjusted resolution and produces neo-data to be added to the extracted second media data. The apparatus further includes a media publisher for producing SMMD media data using the neo-data produced by the neo-data producer and the first media data. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100138881 | SMMD HOME SERVER AND METHOD FOR REALISTIC MEDIA REPRODUCTION - A single-media multi-devices (SMMD) home server includes a plurality of media decoding units decoding multi-channel AV media data divided from a realistic media content and reproducing the decoded multi-channel AV media data; a home server processor unit dividing the realistic media content into the multi-channel AV media data and effects data, feeding the divided multi-channel AV media data to the media decoding units, and generating effects control data corresponding to the divided effects data; and a gateway/Ethernet switch receiving the realistic media content through a network and forwarding the received realistic media content to the home server processor unit, and receiving the divided multi-channel AV media data from the home server processor unit and feeding the received multi-channel AV media data to the media decoding units through a switching function. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20110149818 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRIC POWER OF ELECTRIC POWER CONTROLLER, LRWPAN-ETHERNET BRIDGE AND SENSOR NODE - The network configuration technology for controlling an electric power sensor node is disclosed. The method for controlling electric power includes transmitting an an Ethernet packet type command message to at least one electric power sensor node through an LRWPAN-Ethernet bridge in accordance with profile information related to an electric power control, the profile information being set by a user; receiving LR-WPAN packet type response messages transmitted from the at least one electric power sensor node in response to the Ethernet package type command message as Ethernet packet type response messages through the LRWPAN-Ethernet bridge; and providing a control result of an electric power equipment corresponding to the at least one electric power sensor node to the user based on the Ethernet packet type response messages. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110150056 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COAXIAL CABLE BASED BROADCAST AND COMMUNICATION CONVERGENCE IN HOME NETWORK - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for a coaxial cable based broadcast and communication convergence in a home network for supporting a frequency band less than a frequency band used in Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA). The apparatus for broadcast and communication convergence includes a broadcast processor that transmits and receives broadcast signals from an external broadcasting network; a communication processor that transmits and receives communication signals from an external communication network; and a broadcast and communication converging unit that is operated as a terminal for the broadcast signals input to the broadcast processor and the communication signals input to the communication processor, and divides an occupied frequency band of the broadcast signals from a remaining frequency band, and uses the remaining frequency band as a channel for the communication signals. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20120161548 | WALL OUTLET DEVICE, POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HAVING SAMEAND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF - A power management system includes a signal repeater and a wall outlet device having the electrical appliance plugged therein. The signal repeater is configured to receive a power control signal from a remote controller and generate a power management signal in correspondence with the power control signal, wherein the power control signal includes a power-on signal or a power-off signal used to turn-on or turn-off an electrical appliance, respectively. The wall outlet device is configured to selectively perform the supply of electric power to the electrical appliance or the interruption of electric power being supplied to the electrical appliance in response to the power management signal from the signal repeater. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120165988 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING BUILDING MANAGEMENT DATA - An apparatus collecting building management data, the apparatus includes a plurality of central control & monitoring systems (CCMSs) for receiving building management data collected from various facilities and sensors installed in the building; an object filter for filtering the building management data to produce filtered building management data; and a common communication layer (CCL) message generator for converting the filtered building management data into common building management data. The converted common building management data is used for constructing common management environment of individual buildings. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120165989 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING BUILDING FACILITIES AND DEFECTS THEREOF - A system for maintaining building facilities includes: a building status management engine for monitoring status and environment of a building, and outputting data accumulated through the monitoring or a control instruction generated based on the data accumulated through the monitoring; a building facilities association database for storing information on association between the building facilities; a facility control instruction input unit for receiving a facility control instruction as an input; and a building facility controller for controlling a building facility installed in the building, and, determining effect thereof on building facilities using the building facilities association database. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120165998 | APPARATUS FOR VERIFYING AND MANAGING CONSUMPTION ELECTRIC POWER DATA IN A GREEN HOME ELECTRIC POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for verifying and managing consumption electric power data in a green home electric power management system includes: an electric management object structure configured according to an outlet of home, an electric power sensor node of a hole of the outlet, a device and a device; and a consumption electric power data management apparatus for storing a consumption electric power data transmitted from an electric power measuring module embedded outlet and a time information table in the electric management object structure and managing consumption electric power information. The apparatus further includes a verifying apparatus for generating a simulation consumption electric power data. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166001 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN SMART GRID ENVIRONMENT, ELECTRICAL POWER PRODUCING APPARATUS IN SMART GRID ENVIRONMENT - An energy management system in a smart grid environment includes: an electrical power producing apparatus for collecting and analyzing real time price information and electrical power production environment information inputted through a communication network interface to thereby determine a control of an electrical power production; a micro grid, connected to the electrical power producing apparatus, for supplying an electrical power in a local micro grid environment; an electrical power grid, connected to the micro grid, for supplying a main power; and an energy routing service apparatus for transmitting an electrical power and processing an energy information packet for a control of an electrical power flow. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166004 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN HOME NETWORK INTERWORKING WITH SMART GRID - An energy management system in a home network interworking with a smart grid includes: a power management apparatus for managing power consumption of a power consumption apparatus; a power storage apparatus for storing or supplying power to the power consumption apparatus; a power production apparatus for transmitting status information of its power production to the power management apparatus; a mobile power storage/supply apparatus for transmitting its power status to the power management apparatus; a smart meter for transmitting a real-time price and demand response information to the power management apparatus; and a wireless terminal for inputting a schedule of a home power consumer. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166007 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT OF BUILDINGS - An EMM (Energy Monitoring and Management) control system performs energy management of buildings, each building having an EMM client disposed therein. The EMM control system includes an EMM server configured to receive operation information of energy-consuming equipments in the building and information related to energy and environment of the building from the EMM client to perform a function of analyzing/taking statistics/reporting for the operation information, and energy and environment information, an EOM (Energy Optimization and Maintenance) server configured to derive an optimum energy operation program through energy evaluation index and simulation from the information provided from the EMM client and providing the optimum energy operation program to the EMM client. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166497 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING DATABASE AND PROCESSING USER INTERFACE FOR MONITORING BUILDING INFORMATION IN REMOTE BUILDING CONTROL SYSTEM - An apparatus for establishing a database and processing a user interface for monitoring building information in a remote building control system includes: a database establishing apparatus for receiving building information collected from at least one building and analyzing the received information and storing the building information in respective databases by position, equipment and time. The apparatus further includes a user interface processing apparatus for collecting object information from the respective databases in response to an inputted monitoring request to generate display information based on the collected object information to output the generated display information. | 06-28-2012 |