Patent ID: 11946960
Assignee: ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES AKTIEBOLAG
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 26:
27. The method according to claim 23, wherein:
said smart plug comprises a first electronic unit and a second electronic unit;
the first electronic unit is configured to:
measure current and voltage of the electric power supplied to said household appliance via said smart plug,
determine electric quantities indicative at least of prefixed current harmonics and/or prefixed voltage harmonics, based on said measured current and voltage,
recognize electric loads of said household appliance and the sequence of activation of said electric loads during an operating cycle performed by said household appliance, based on said determined electric quantities; and
determine the operating cycle performed by the household appliance based on said recognized electric loads and the sequence of activation of said electric loads; and

the second electronic unit is configured to:
communicate said determined operating cycle to a network system.