Patent ID: 7830041

Claim:
An electric socket comprising: a switch unit for supplying power to be supplied to an electronic apparatus or another electric socket and interrupting the power therefrom; a signal input unit into which an operating signal is inputted such that the power is supplied to the electronic apparatus or another electric socket; a load current detector for detecting a load signal according to status of the electronic apparatus or another electric socket and inputting the load signal; and a controller for controlling the switch unit such to supply the power to the electronic apparatus or another electric socket when the operating signal is inputted from the signal input unit, and to automatically interrupt the power to be supplied to the electronic apparatus or another electric socket according to the load signal inputted from the load current detector, wherein when the input signal inputted from the signal input unit is inputted over a predetermined time, the controller is configured to control the load current detector such that a standby power consumed by the connected electronic apparatus or another electric socket is measured for a predetermined time period, and to automatically set the load detecting value for interrupting the power in response to the scale of the standby power measured by the load current detector.