ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,429, issued on July 14, was assigned to MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Xinfeng Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan).
"Non-intrusive load identification method" was invented by Hsueh-Hsien Chang (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-intrusive load identification method employs a non-intrusive detection device to detect a total current on the main power line (i.e., power entrance) of a power system to identify the types of primary loads. The non-intrusive load identification method obtains a turned-on time interval when the present load of the primary loads is turned on or a turned-off time interval wh...