Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first active material portion coated with an active material layer and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer along a winding direction. At least a part of the first uncoated portion is defined as an electrode tab by itself. The first uncoated portion includes a first portion adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second portion adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third portion interposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion or the second portion has a smaller height than the third portion in the winding axis direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes an uncoated portion at a long side end thereof and exposed out of the separator along a winding axis direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to form a bending surface region that includes overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and in a partial region of the bending surface region, the number of stacked layers of the uncoated portion is 10 or more in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a server, a communicating device and a system having a function of managing a power demand, which can request saving power usage to a subscriber and compensate the resulting power consumption reduction and a method of managing power usage thereof. The system of managing power usage includes: a server selecting a subscriber that intends to request power usage reduction by using subscriber information with receiving a request signal for the power usage reduction and transmitting guidance information for the power usage reduction to a communicating device of the selected subscriber; and a communicating device executing a power related application when receiving the guidance information from the server and outputting the guidance information as the execution result. Further, the server grants, when power consumption by the load apparatus of the selected subscriber decreases according to the guidance information, a predetermined compensation to the corresponding subscriber.

Abstract: Accordingly the embodiments herein provides a method for load balancing in an energy measurement information system. The method includes collecting, by a power information collecting unit, power information at a snapshot extraction frequency. The snapshot extraction frequency is within a range. Further, the method includes detecting, by an operating status extracting unit, an operating status of at least one load apparatus at the snapshot extraction frequency. The operating status is one of a steady state and a transient state. Furthermore, the method includes generating, by a data set generating unit, a data set including only one or a representative snapshot of the power information, when the normal status is detected; and a data set including a plurality of snapshots of the power information, when the transient state is detected.

Abstract: A power managing method includes receiving a scan command for a load apparatus connected to a multi-tap type energy measuring apparatus. Further, the power managing method includes determining a power consumption pattern of the load apparatus for a predetermined time based on a signal corresponding to the scan command from the user terminal. Further, the power managing method includes receiving information of the load apparatus. Further, the power managing method includes registering the load apparatus based on the determined power consumption pattern and the information of the load apparatus received from the user terminal.

Abstract: A power demand management system includes a plurality of power-prepaid appliances and a power demand management server. Each of the power-prepaid appliances includes an authenticator configured to manage an authentication key, a control setting unit configured to receive a power consumption control signal containing a power reduction amount from the power demand management server and to set control information according to the power reduction amount, and an operation control signal generator configured to generate an operation control signal based on the control information selected by the control setting unit.

Abstract: Accordingly, the embodiments herein provide an energy measurement information labeling system at a power penetration point. The energy measurement information labeling system includes an energy measuring apparatus configured to collect power information including a power signal, at the power penetration point, for a plurality of load apparatuses. Further, the energy measuring apparatus is configured to generate and transmit a data set for each of the load apparatus which matches one of an operating status and a change pattern of operating status of each the load apparatus through a signal correlation depending on power usage features of the individual load apparatuses. Further, the energy measurement information labeling system includes a power information labeling server configured to receive the data set, and reclassify the data set according to the operating characteristics of each of the load apparatuses.

Abstract: Embodiments herein provide a method for correcting power usage measurements at an apparatus. The method includes receiving, by the apparatus, a first power usage measurement from a utility meter measured at a first time unit and a second power usage measurement from a submeter measured at a set of second time units, wherein the set of second time units is dynamically defined with respect to the first time unit. Further, the method includes determining, by the apparatus, a time difference error based on the first time unit and each of the second time unit. Further, the method includes correcting, by the apparatus, the second power usage measurement based on the time difference error.

Abstract: Accordingly the embodiments herein provides a method for load balancing in an energy measurement information system. The method includes collecting, by a power information collecting unit, power information at a snapshot extraction frequency. The snapshot extraction frequency is within a range. Further, the method includes detecting, by an operating status extracting unit, an operating status of at least one load apparatus at the snapshot extraction frequency. The operating status is one of a steady state and a transient state. Furthermore, the method includes generating, by a data set generating unit, a data set including only one or a representative snapshot of the power information, when the normal status is detected; and a data set including a plurality of snapshots of the power information, when the transient state is detected.

Abstract: Accordingly the embodiments herein provides a method for load balancing in an energy measurement information system. The method includes collecting, by a power information collecting unit, power information at a snapshot extraction frequency. The snapshot extraction frequency is within a range. Further, the method includes detecting, by an operating status extracting unit, an operating status of at least one load apparatus at the snapshot extraction frequency. The operating status is one of a steady state and a transient state. Furthermore, the method includes generating, by a data set generating unit, a data set including only one or a representative snapshot of the power information, when the normal status is detected; and a data set including a plurality of snapshots of the power information, when the transient state is detected.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a configuration of a device using energy, and an energy usage device according to the present invention includes: an energy information generating unit configured to generate energy information containing energy use information measured for an energy usage device or generated in consideration of operations of particular configurations of the device; a communication unit configured to transmit the generated energy information or an identification code for identifying the device to an energy information collecting device; and a control unit configured to control an operation of the energy information generating unit, the communication unit, or the device. According to the present invention, it is possible to expand an active energy saving solution infrastructure due to ease in extracting and controlling energy use information.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a system for guiding use of an electronic device.

Abstract: A power demand management system includes a plurality of power-prepaid appliances and a power demand management server. Each of the power-prepaid appliances includes an authenticator configured to manage an authentication key, a control setting unit configured to receive a power consumption control signal containing a power reduction amount from the power demand management server and to set control information according to the power reduction amount, and an operation control signal generator configured to generate an operation control signal based on the control information selected by the control setting unit.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a system for guiding use of an electronic device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a technique for providing a user customized advertisement, and more particularly, to a system, user managing server, and method for providing a user customized advertisement based on a user profile in which a power consumption pattern of the user is reflected. According to the present invention, the system of providing a customized advertisement system includes a user managing server which generates a user profile based on a first user information of user identification and a second user information on a power usage pattern, an advertisement providing server which selects a user customized advertisement based on the generated user profile, and a user terminal which receives and outputs the selected user customized advertisement from the advertisement providing server.

Abstract: Embodiments herein provide a method for correcting power usage measurements at an apparatus. The method includes receiving, by the apparatus, a first power usage measurement from a utility meter measured at a first time unit and a second power usage measurement from a submeter measured at a set of second time units, wherein the set of second time units is dynamically defined with respect to the first time unit. Further, the method includes determining, by the apparatus, a time difference error based on the first time unit and each of the second time unit. Further, the method includes correcting, by the apparatus, the second power usage measurement based on the time difference error.

Abstract: Embodiments herein disclose a power managing method. The power managing method includes receiving a scan command for a load apparatus connected to a multi-tap type energy measuring apparatus. Further, the power managing method includes determining a power consumption pattern of the load apparatus for a predetermined time based on a signal corresponding to the scan command from the user terminal. Further, the power managing method includes receiving information of the load apparatus. Further, the power managing method includes registering the load apparatus based on the determined power consumption pattern and the information of the load apparatus received from the user terminal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a configuration of a device using energy, and an energy usage device according to the present invention includes: an energy information generating unit configured to generate energy information containing energy use information measured for an energy usage device or generated in consideration of operations of particular configurations of the device; a communication unit configured to transmit the generated energy information or an identification code for identifying the device to an energy information collecting device; and a control unit configured to control an operation of the energy information generating unit, the communication unit, or the device. According to the present invention, it is possible to expand an active energy saving solution infrastructure due to ease in extracting and controlling energy use information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for providing energy information, including: an energy information input unit configured to receive energy information for each device extracted from combined energy information according to a classification of the device using collected energy-related information; an energy information processing unit configured to generate energy use information of the device by using the energy information for each device; and an energy information transmitting unit configured to transmit the generated energy use information to a user terminal According to the present invention, it is possible to improve data stability by processing and managing cloud data by an energy information provider, and continuously improve performance through an upgrade of software and a database.

Abstract: Accordingly the embodiments herein achieve a method and apparatus for estimating power consumption based on a temperature. The method includes dividing a use time and a non-use time based on an analysis of a correlation of a determined temperature and a power consumption based on the determined temperature. Further, the method includes extracting a base consumption of an electrical apparatus based on power consumption during the non-use time. Further, the method includes extracting a threshold temperature and a power consumption continuous function based on the threshold temperature and power consumption. The threshold temperature requires a maximum operation of the electrical apparatus. Furthermore, the method includes calculating the power consumption based on a predetermined temperature from the power consumption continuous function; and calculating an estimated power consumption except for the base consumption.