公开(公告)号：US12298830B1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-13

申请号：US17480033

申请日：2021-09-20

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Cameron Dean Whitehouse ,  Matthew Liang Chaboud ,  Arielle Rachel Bertman

IPC: G06F1/3231 ,  G06F1/18 ,  H01R13/04 ,  H01R13/66

Abstract: Described implementations utilize existing power lines at a location to detect and monitor the presence, position, and/or identity of users at the location. Rather than requiring dedicated monitors within each room or position within the location, the described implementations monitor a baseline voltage signal and/or an introduced voltage signal on the ground line of an existing power line of the location to determine the presence, position, and/or identity of a user at the location, either alone or in combination with other information.

公开(公告)号：US12072357B1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US16021744

申请日：2018-06-28

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Matthew Liang Chaboud ,  Cameron Dean Whitehouse ,  Joseph A. Cullen ,  Arielle Rachel Bertman

IPC: G01R21/133 ,  G01R23/00 ,  H02J13/00

CPC classification number: G01R21/133 ,  G01R23/005 ,  H02J13/0006

Abstract: Described implementations monitor potential voltage at a location to determine device usage at the location. The implementations utilize a plug-in energy sensor that is plugged directly into any electrical outlet at the location and measures deviation in voltage at the location. Once plugged into an electrical outlet, the plug-in energy sensor monitors one or more of the positive line and ground and/or the neutral line and ground for changes in potential voltage at the location. The plug-in energy sensor may also inject a load (resistive load, inductive load, capacitive load) into the electrical circuit at the location and then measure the signal or response to the injected load.

公开(公告)号：US12253543B1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-18

申请号：US16021735

申请日：2018-06-28

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Cameron Dean Whitehouse ,  Matthew Liang Chaboud ,  Joseph A. Cullen ,  Arielle Rachel Bertman

IPC: G01R15/12 ,  G01R21/00 ,  H01R13/66

Abstract: Described implementations monitor potential voltage at a location to determine device usage at the location. The implementations utilize a plug-in energy sensor that is plugged directly into any electrical outlet at the location and measures deviation in voltage at the location. Once plugged into an electrical outlet, the plug-in energy sensor monitors one or more of the lead line and ground, the neutral line and ground, and/or the ground line with respect to a reference for changes in potential voltage at the location. Different devices and different device states of those devices generate different signatures of voltage as they operate, thereby making the signatures unique, or almost unique, to different device types, different devices, and/or different device states. By monitoring for signatures in the voltage, operation of devices in different device states at the location can be determined, along with start times and stop times of those states associated with the various devices.

公开(公告)号：US12126171B1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-22

申请号：US17116487

申请日：2020-12-09

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Nayana Teja Chiluvuri ,  Chang Hwa Rob Yang ,  Xunwei Yu ,  Kenneth Lawrence Staton ,  Cameron Dean Whitehouse ,  Matthew L. Chaboud ,  Sajesh Kumar Saran ,  Pushkaraksha Gejji ,  Krzysztof Marcin Walczak

IPC: H02J13/00 ,  G06Q50/06 ,  H02J3/14

CPC classification number: H02J3/14 ,  G06Q50/06 ,  H02J13/00017

Abstract: Described is an apparatus to concurrently measure multiple input voltages at a high sampling data rate, such as at least two mega-samples per second. The apparatus may include a plurality of voltage data acquisition components that concurrently sample different input voltages and produce respective voltage data samples. Each of the plurality of voltage data acquisition components may be directly coupled to a field programmable gate array that receives the voltage data samples, packetizes those voltage data samples, and provide the packetized voltage data samples to a system on chip.

公开(公告)号：US11126244B1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-21

申请号：US16126638

申请日：2018-09-10

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Cameron Dean Whitehouse ,  Matthew Liang Chaboud ,  Arielle Rachel Bertman

IPC: G06F1/3231 ,  G06F1/18 ,  H01R13/66 ,  H01R13/04

Abstract: Described implementations utilize existing power lines at a location to detect and monitor the presence, position, and/or identity of users at the location. Rather than requiring dedicated monitors within each room or position within the location, the described implementations monitor a baseline voltage signal and/or an introduced voltage signal on the ground line of an existing power line of the location to determine the presence, position, and/or identity of a user at the location, either alone or in combination with other information.