Patent ID: 9194899
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G01D,G01R,G08B,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for detecting anomalies of a utility distribution system, the method comprising: receiving, through a communications network, utility metering data obtained at a utility meter of a plurality of network elements characterizing a network topology, the plurality of network elements comprising a plurality of meters including the utility meter, a plurality of transformers, a plurality of circuits, and at least one substation; measuring, based on the utility metering data, a utility consumption associated with an entity, the entity being a physical property; and monitoring the utility consumption for an anomaly based on entity profile characteristics associated with the entity, the monitoring comprising computing real-time values of utility consumption characteristics of at least one peer grouping including a plurality of entities with similar entity profile characteristics, the plurality of entities including the entity, the at least one peer grouping comprising one or more peers of the entity, the at least one peer grouping being refined when new data associated with the utility consumption is received, the monitoring comprising comparing the real-time values of the at least one peer grouping with the utility consumption associated with the entity to determine the anomaly, the at least one peer grouping being refined by executing a plurality of weighting algorithms on updated peer profile data associated with the entity, the utility consumption characteristics comprising a ratio of current load on a transformer of the plurality of transformers to an average load on the transformer during a predetermined period of time, the monitoring comprising determining changes in the network topology, the monitoring being further based on patterns of utility consumption of the entity, the patterns being updated in real-time.