CA1290395C - Program clock for an electronic demand register with automatic calibration based on sensed line frequency - Google Patents
Program clock for an electronic demand register with automatic calibration based on sensed line frequencyInfo
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Abstract
Abstract of the Disclosure An electronic demand register includes a microprocessor including a program clock for performing timekeeping functions for the register. A
power supply connected across the AC voltage source provides power to the microprocessor through a voltage regulator. The program clock is maintained by the line frequency of the AC source. Means are provided for calibrating the program clock to be compatible with either a 50 Hz or a 60 Hz line frequency. A detection signal corresponding to the line frequency is generated by a line frequency detector circuit in the power supply. A reference signal is generated by a quartz crystal clock.
Frequency comparator means includes a microprocessor program that measures the time period between detection signal pulses. This time period is compared to the known period of a 50 Hz or a 60 Hz signal and respective counters are incremented accordingly. The microprocessor and program clock operating parameters are established for either 50 Hz of 60 Hz operation when one of the counters has reached a value of five, indicating that five zero crossings have been detected at the particular frequency. The electronic demand register also comprises a display including an array of LCD segments for continuous simultaneous display of the time and date. The display also includes an array of LCD
segments, arranged in a pattern, that are sequentially illuminated corresponding to the rate of rotation of the shutter disk of the pulse initiator.
power supply connected across the AC voltage source provides power to the microprocessor through a voltage regulator. The program clock is maintained by the line frequency of the AC source. Means are provided for calibrating the program clock to be compatible with either a 50 Hz or a 60 Hz line frequency. A detection signal corresponding to the line frequency is generated by a line frequency detector circuit in the power supply. A reference signal is generated by a quartz crystal clock.
Frequency comparator means includes a microprocessor program that measures the time period between detection signal pulses. This time period is compared to the known period of a 50 Hz or a 60 Hz signal and respective counters are incremented accordingly. The microprocessor and program clock operating parameters are established for either 50 Hz of 60 Hz operation when one of the counters has reached a value of five, indicating that five zero crossings have been detected at the particular frequency. The electronic demand register also comprises a display including an array of LCD segments for continuous simultaneous display of the time and date. The display also includes an array of LCD
segments, arranged in a pattern, that are sequentially illuminated corresponding to the rate of rotation of the shutter disk of the pulse initiator.
Description
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1-1007i PROGRAM CLOCK FOR AN E:LECTRONIC DRMAND
REG STER WITH AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION
BASED ON SENSED LINE FREOUENCY
Background of the_nvention This invention relates to electronic watthour meters and demand registers utilizing microprocessors having a program clock performing timekeeping functions for the register. In particular, the invention relates to calibration of the program clock based on the line frequency of the ~C supply.
Since the advent of solid state electronics into the field of AC power consumption measure-ment, increasingly sophisticated watthour meters and demand registers have utilized programmable microprocessors.
These microprocessors accumulate and store usage data, perform involved calculations over programmed time periods and control comprehensive digital displays. Since real time plays an essential role in the function of these electronic watthour meters and dernand registers, sorme means for timekeeping, such as a program clock, is incorporated into the microprocessor.
Most yrogram clocks are maintained by the line frequency of the AC
20 source supplying the load being monitored. The AC line frequency is carefully controlled by the power companies, consequently a clock mainta;ned by this line frequency is sufficiently accurate for the purposes of a demand register. Most power companies provide AC
electricity at a line frequency of either 50 Hz or 60 Hz. In the past, ~LZ903~S
separate meters or registers have been provided having a program clock programmable for either a 50 Hz or a 60 Hz signal.
In light of this backgro~md, it is an object of the present invention to provide a means for sensing the line frequency and automatically programming the microprocessor program clock accordingly. Another object is to provide a single dennand register to accommodate a number of line frequencies without outside intervention.
~%~ 3395 Surnmarv of the Invention An electronic demand register for measuring AC power consumptis)n from an AC source includes a microprocessor having a program clock, or an internal timing signal, proportional to the line frequency of the AC
source, and means for automatically calibrating the generation of the timing signal based on the line frequency of the AC source. The calibrating means includes a detection circuit for generating a first signal corresponding to the line frequency of the AC source and a quartz crystal for generating a reference timing signal. The calibrating means 10 further includes a timer/counter, based on the reference timing signal, for determining the period of the first signal and for comparing this period to the known period of a 50 Hz or a 60 Hz signal to determine the line frequency.
The electronic demand register may include means in the microprocessor for determining date and time and a digital display for continuously simultaneously displaying the time and the date. The electronic demand register may also include a pulse initiator having a rotatable disk, and the digital display may include a plurality of l.CD
segments, arranged in a pattem, that are sequentially illuminated 20 correspond~ng to the rate of rotation of said disk.
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~ 61~ 901 According to a broad aspect of the invention there ls provided an electronic demand register for measurin~ AC power consumption from an AC source, comprising:
a microprocessor including timing means for generating periodic timing signals in relation to the line frequency of the AC source;
means for automatically calibrating the genera~ion of said timing signal based on the line frequency of the AC source.
According to another broad aspect of ~he invention there is provided an electronic demand register for measuring AC power consumption from an AC source, comprising:
a microprocessor including a program clock maintained by the line fre~uency of the AC source;
means for selectably adapting said program clock for generating periodic timing signals in relation to either a 50 Hz or a 60 Hz frequency, including means for detecting the line frequency of the AC source, whereby said selection is ba.sed on the detected line frequency.
Brief DescriPtion of the Drawinqs Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating the electronic demand register of one embodiment of the present lnventlon.
Flgure 2 is an operational flowchart for the frequency comparator of the demand register of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a representation of the face of the electronic demand register showing the LCD display on one embodiment of the present invention.
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Des~ption of the PrQfe3red F.mbodiment For the purposes of promoting an understanding of the principles of the invention, reference will now be made to the embodiment illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used to describ~ the same.
It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the invention is thereby intended, such alterations and further modifications in the illustrated device, and such further applications of the principles of the invention as illustrated therein being contemplated as would normally occur to one skilled in the art to which the invention relates.
In the preferred embodirnent, a demand register 10 receives signals 11 from a watthour meter corresponding to the AC power consumption by the monitored load, as idealized in the block diagram of FIG. 1. The register 10 may be physically remote from the meter or form an integral part of the meter. The register 10 includes a power supply 12 connected across the AC voltage source. A voltage regulator 13 converts the AC
signal from the power supply 12 to a DC voltage at a level compatible with the solid state circuitry of the register, typically about 10 volts.
The DC voltage from regulator 13 is provided to a microprocessor 14 that may, for example, accumulate and store power consumption data and 20 perform time-of-use or load profile calculations. Outputs from microprocessor 14 may feed au~iliary l.C.s, such as peripheral interface chip 15a, separate RAMs 15b or an LCD display means 15c.
A line frequency detection circuit 20 is included in a power supply 12. The detection circuit 20 generates a test signal 21, input to microprocessor 14, representative of the line frequency of the AC
~2903~5i voltage source. In the preferred embodiment, the line frequency detection circuit includes a Schmitt Trigger that generates a periodic waveforrn at a frequency double the line frequency. Thus, for a 60 Hz line frequency, the detection signal 21 is a 120 Hz square wave. A quartz crystal 22 provides a reference signal 23 to microprocessor 14. In the preferred embodiment, quartz crystal 22 is a crystal oscillator having a frequency of 11.0592 MHz.
The microprocessor 14 includes a program clock 24, maintained by the line frequency of the AC source, that provides the internal lO timekeeping signal for the operation of the microprocessor. The microprocessor 14 also includes frequency comparator means 25 that receives the detection signal 21 from the line frequency detector circuit 20 and the reference signal 23 from the quartz crystal 22. In the preferred embodiment, the frequency comparator means 25 comprises a prograrn resident on microprocessor 14. The operation of this program is described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. 2.
Storage locations in the intemal RAM of microprocessor 14 are initialized at steps 50 and 51 for a 50 Hz, 60 Hz and Reference Timer counter. The Reference Tirmer counter is driven by the quartz crystal 20 reference signal 23. The prograrm commences when a zero crossing of the AC input is encountered at step 52, that is when detection signal 21 pulses. When the counting portion of the program commences, the Reference Timer is cleared (step 53) and then begins timing at conditional loop 54 until another zero crossing is encountered from detection signal 23. When the condition at step 54 is satisfied, the ~29~3~5 l~eference Timer counter contains a value corresponding to the amount of time elapsed between zero crossings, or between pulses of the detection signal 21.
In steps 55 and 65, the value in the Reference Timer counter is compared against a value corresponding to the period of a 50 Hz signal (l/5n) or a 60 Hz signal (1/60) within an error constant (epsilon). If neither test of steps 55 or 65 is met, program control returns to step 53 and the Reference Timer is restarted. If either of the conditionals in step 55 or step 65 is satisfied, the respective 50 Hz or 60 Hz counter is incremented in step 56 or 66, respectively. This sequence of steps is repeated until five zero crossings at one of the frequencies has been encountered, according to conditionals 57 and 67. Finally, when either of the conditionals 57 or 67 is satisfied, the operating system parameters for the microprocessor 14 and prograrn clock 24 are established, for 50 Hz in step 58 or for 60 Hz in step 68.
The present invention provides an automatic means to program the microprocessor program clock based on the line frequenc:y of the AC
source. Since the frequency detection and program clock calibration occurs automatically when power is supplied to the register, no outside intervention is required to establish the program clock. An adclitional benefit is that one rneter can be adapted to accommodate a number of line frequencies. Additional logic in the frequency comparator means of the microprocessor can be added to make a similar line frequency determination for other frequency values.
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One of the timekeeping functions of the program clock 24 ;s to maintain real time. Thus, demand register 10, or more particularly rnicroprocessor 14, can maintain accurate date and time-of-day information. In another aspect of the present invention, display means 15c, mounted on the face of the demand register 10, includes LCD
segment arrays 30, 31 and 32. LCD segment array 30 provides a continuous display of the time-of-day in hours and minutes, while LCD
array 31 provides a continuous display of the date by month, day and year. LED bank 32 provides a sequential display of load consurnption l0 information (such of time-of-use and load profile date), szparate from the date and time displays on LCD arrays 30 and 31. Microprocessor 14 is programmed to effectuate such a display. In prior art electronic demand registers, a single LCD segrnent array is provided by which all data, including date, time and usage information, is sequentially displayed. To applicant 's knowledge, no prior art device provides a continuous simultaneous display of the date and the time-of-day, with a separate sequential display of usage data. Such a display is beneficial to the consumer or meter-reader, because it allows the user to sequentially display usage inforrnation on LCD segment array 32 while having a 20 continuous indication of tlle date and time for convenient reference.
Another feature of the demand register 10 of the present invention is the "caterpillar crawl" LCD segment array 33 at the loweF portion of the display means 15c shown in FIG. 3. The LCD array 33 includes twelve LCD segments, such as LCD 33a, controlled by rnicroprocessor 14 to correspond to the rotation of the rotating shutter disk of an optical .
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pulse initiator inchlded in electronic demand register 10. LCD segments in LCD array 33 are sequentially illuminated in groups of three LCDs to correspond to the rotation of the shutter disk. In the preferred embodiment, the sequential display is bi-directional to accommodate forward and reverse rotations of the shutter disk.
While the invention has been illustrated and described in detail in the drawings and foregoing description, the same is to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive in character, it being understood that only the preferred embodiment has been shown and described and that all 10 changes and modifications that come wi-thin the ~?irit of the invention are desired to be protected.
1-1007i PROGRAM CLOCK FOR AN E:LECTRONIC DRMAND
REG STER WITH AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION
BASED ON SENSED LINE FREOUENCY
Background of the_nvention This invention relates to electronic watthour meters and demand registers utilizing microprocessors having a program clock performing timekeeping functions for the register. In particular, the invention relates to calibration of the program clock based on the line frequency of the ~C supply.
Since the advent of solid state electronics into the field of AC power consumption measure-ment, increasingly sophisticated watthour meters and demand registers have utilized programmable microprocessors.
These microprocessors accumulate and store usage data, perform involved calculations over programmed time periods and control comprehensive digital displays. Since real time plays an essential role in the function of these electronic watthour meters and dernand registers, sorme means for timekeeping, such as a program clock, is incorporated into the microprocessor.
Most yrogram clocks are maintained by the line frequency of the AC
20 source supplying the load being monitored. The AC line frequency is carefully controlled by the power companies, consequently a clock mainta;ned by this line frequency is sufficiently accurate for the purposes of a demand register. Most power companies provide AC
electricity at a line frequency of either 50 Hz or 60 Hz. In the past, ~LZ903~S
separate meters or registers have been provided having a program clock programmable for either a 50 Hz or a 60 Hz signal.
In light of this backgro~md, it is an object of the present invention to provide a means for sensing the line frequency and automatically programming the microprocessor program clock accordingly. Another object is to provide a single dennand register to accommodate a number of line frequencies without outside intervention.
~%~ 3395 Surnmarv of the Invention An electronic demand register for measuring AC power consumptis)n from an AC source includes a microprocessor having a program clock, or an internal timing signal, proportional to the line frequency of the AC
source, and means for automatically calibrating the generation of the timing signal based on the line frequency of the AC source. The calibrating means includes a detection circuit for generating a first signal corresponding to the line frequency of the AC source and a quartz crystal for generating a reference timing signal. The calibrating means 10 further includes a timer/counter, based on the reference timing signal, for determining the period of the first signal and for comparing this period to the known period of a 50 Hz or a 60 Hz signal to determine the line frequency.
The electronic demand register may include means in the microprocessor for determining date and time and a digital display for continuously simultaneously displaying the time and the date. The electronic demand register may also include a pulse initiator having a rotatable disk, and the digital display may include a plurality of l.CD
segments, arranged in a pattem, that are sequentially illuminated 20 correspond~ng to the rate of rotation of said disk.
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~ 61~ 901 According to a broad aspect of the invention there ls provided an electronic demand register for measurin~ AC power consumption from an AC source, comprising:
a microprocessor including timing means for generating periodic timing signals in relation to the line frequency of the AC source;
means for automatically calibrating the genera~ion of said timing signal based on the line frequency of the AC source.
According to another broad aspect of ~he invention there is provided an electronic demand register for measuring AC power consumption from an AC source, comprising:
a microprocessor including a program clock maintained by the line fre~uency of the AC source;
means for selectably adapting said program clock for generating periodic timing signals in relation to either a 50 Hz or a 60 Hz frequency, including means for detecting the line frequency of the AC source, whereby said selection is ba.sed on the detected line frequency.
Brief DescriPtion of the Drawinqs Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating the electronic demand register of one embodiment of the present lnventlon.
Flgure 2 is an operational flowchart for the frequency comparator of the demand register of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a representation of the face of the electronic demand register showing the LCD display on one embodiment of the present invention.
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Des~ption of the PrQfe3red F.mbodiment For the purposes of promoting an understanding of the principles of the invention, reference will now be made to the embodiment illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used to describ~ the same.
It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the invention is thereby intended, such alterations and further modifications in the illustrated device, and such further applications of the principles of the invention as illustrated therein being contemplated as would normally occur to one skilled in the art to which the invention relates.
In the preferred embodirnent, a demand register 10 receives signals 11 from a watthour meter corresponding to the AC power consumption by the monitored load, as idealized in the block diagram of FIG. 1. The register 10 may be physically remote from the meter or form an integral part of the meter. The register 10 includes a power supply 12 connected across the AC voltage source. A voltage regulator 13 converts the AC
signal from the power supply 12 to a DC voltage at a level compatible with the solid state circuitry of the register, typically about 10 volts.
The DC voltage from regulator 13 is provided to a microprocessor 14 that may, for example, accumulate and store power consumption data and 20 perform time-of-use or load profile calculations. Outputs from microprocessor 14 may feed au~iliary l.C.s, such as peripheral interface chip 15a, separate RAMs 15b or an LCD display means 15c.
A line frequency detection circuit 20 is included in a power supply 12. The detection circuit 20 generates a test signal 21, input to microprocessor 14, representative of the line frequency of the AC
~2903~5i voltage source. In the preferred embodiment, the line frequency detection circuit includes a Schmitt Trigger that generates a periodic waveforrn at a frequency double the line frequency. Thus, for a 60 Hz line frequency, the detection signal 21 is a 120 Hz square wave. A quartz crystal 22 provides a reference signal 23 to microprocessor 14. In the preferred embodiment, quartz crystal 22 is a crystal oscillator having a frequency of 11.0592 MHz.
The microprocessor 14 includes a program clock 24, maintained by the line frequency of the AC source, that provides the internal lO timekeeping signal for the operation of the microprocessor. The microprocessor 14 also includes frequency comparator means 25 that receives the detection signal 21 from the line frequency detector circuit 20 and the reference signal 23 from the quartz crystal 22. In the preferred embodiment, the frequency comparator means 25 comprises a prograrn resident on microprocessor 14. The operation of this program is described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. 2.
Storage locations in the intemal RAM of microprocessor 14 are initialized at steps 50 and 51 for a 50 Hz, 60 Hz and Reference Timer counter. The Reference Tirmer counter is driven by the quartz crystal 20 reference signal 23. The prograrm commences when a zero crossing of the AC input is encountered at step 52, that is when detection signal 21 pulses. When the counting portion of the program commences, the Reference Timer is cleared (step 53) and then begins timing at conditional loop 54 until another zero crossing is encountered from detection signal 23. When the condition at step 54 is satisfied, the ~29~3~5 l~eference Timer counter contains a value corresponding to the amount of time elapsed between zero crossings, or between pulses of the detection signal 21.
In steps 55 and 65, the value in the Reference Timer counter is compared against a value corresponding to the period of a 50 Hz signal (l/5n) or a 60 Hz signal (1/60) within an error constant (epsilon). If neither test of steps 55 or 65 is met, program control returns to step 53 and the Reference Timer is restarted. If either of the conditionals in step 55 or step 65 is satisfied, the respective 50 Hz or 60 Hz counter is incremented in step 56 or 66, respectively. This sequence of steps is repeated until five zero crossings at one of the frequencies has been encountered, according to conditionals 57 and 67. Finally, when either of the conditionals 57 or 67 is satisfied, the operating system parameters for the microprocessor 14 and prograrn clock 24 are established, for 50 Hz in step 58 or for 60 Hz in step 68.
The present invention provides an automatic means to program the microprocessor program clock based on the line frequenc:y of the AC
source. Since the frequency detection and program clock calibration occurs automatically when power is supplied to the register, no outside intervention is required to establish the program clock. An adclitional benefit is that one rneter can be adapted to accommodate a number of line frequencies. Additional logic in the frequency comparator means of the microprocessor can be added to make a similar line frequency determination for other frequency values.
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One of the timekeeping functions of the program clock 24 ;s to maintain real time. Thus, demand register 10, or more particularly rnicroprocessor 14, can maintain accurate date and time-of-day information. In another aspect of the present invention, display means 15c, mounted on the face of the demand register 10, includes LCD
segment arrays 30, 31 and 32. LCD segment array 30 provides a continuous display of the time-of-day in hours and minutes, while LCD
array 31 provides a continuous display of the date by month, day and year. LED bank 32 provides a sequential display of load consurnption l0 information (such of time-of-use and load profile date), szparate from the date and time displays on LCD arrays 30 and 31. Microprocessor 14 is programmed to effectuate such a display. In prior art electronic demand registers, a single LCD segrnent array is provided by which all data, including date, time and usage information, is sequentially displayed. To applicant 's knowledge, no prior art device provides a continuous simultaneous display of the date and the time-of-day, with a separate sequential display of usage data. Such a display is beneficial to the consumer or meter-reader, because it allows the user to sequentially display usage inforrnation on LCD segment array 32 while having a 20 continuous indication of tlle date and time for convenient reference.
Another feature of the demand register 10 of the present invention is the "caterpillar crawl" LCD segment array 33 at the loweF portion of the display means 15c shown in FIG. 3. The LCD array 33 includes twelve LCD segments, such as LCD 33a, controlled by rnicroprocessor 14 to correspond to the rotation of the rotating shutter disk of an optical .
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pulse initiator inchlded in electronic demand register 10. LCD segments in LCD array 33 are sequentially illuminated in groups of three LCDs to correspond to the rotation of the shutter disk. In the preferred embodiment, the sequential display is bi-directional to accommodate forward and reverse rotations of the shutter disk.
While the invention has been illustrated and described in detail in the drawings and foregoing description, the same is to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive in character, it being understood that only the preferred embodiment has been shown and described and that all 10 changes and modifications that come wi-thin the ~?irit of the invention are desired to be protected.
Claims (7)
1. An electronic demand register for measuring AC power consumption from an AC source, comprising:
a microprocessor including timing means for generating periodic timing signals in relation to the line frequency of the AC source;
means for automatically calibrating the generation of said timing signal based on the line frequency of the AC source.
a microprocessor including timing means for generating periodic timing signals in relation to the line frequency of the AC source;
means for automatically calibrating the generation of said timing signal based on the line frequency of the AC source.
2. The electronic demand register of claim 1, wherein said calibrating means includes:
means for generating a periodic first signal corresponding to the line frequency of the AC source; and means for measuring the period of said first signal and for comparing said period to the known period of a 50 Hz or 60 Hz signals to determine the line frequency of the AC source.
means for generating a periodic first signal corresponding to the line frequency of the AC source; and means for measuring the period of said first signal and for comparing said period to the known period of a 50 Hz or 60 Hz signals to determine the line frequency of the AC source.
3. The electronic demand register of claim 2, wherein said first signal generating means includes a Scmitt Trigger circuit.
4. The electronic demand register of claim 2, wherein said measuring means includes:
timer means for generating a reference timing signal, said timer means including a quartz crystal.
timer means for generating a reference timing signal, said timer means including a quartz crystal.
5. The electronic demand register of claim 2, further comprising:
means in said microprocessor for determining date and time;
and digital display means for continuously simultaneously displaying the time and the date.
means in said microprocessor for determining date and time;
and digital display means for continuously simultaneously displaying the time and the date.
6. The electronic demand register of claim 5, wherein:
said register further includes a pulse initiator having a rotatable disk; and said digital display means further includes:
an array of LCD segments arranged in a pattern; and means for sequentially illuminating said array of LCD
segments corresponding to the rate of rotation of said disk.
said register further includes a pulse initiator having a rotatable disk; and said digital display means further includes:
an array of LCD segments arranged in a pattern; and means for sequentially illuminating said array of LCD
segments corresponding to the rate of rotation of said disk.
7. An electronic demand resister for measuring AC power consumption from an AC source, comprising:
a microprocessor including a program clock maintained by the line frequency of the AC source;
means for selectably adapting said program clock for generating periodic timing signals in relation to either a 50 Hz or a 60 Hz frequency, including means for detecting the line frequency of the AC source, whereby said selection is based on the detected line frequency.
a microprocessor including a program clock maintained by the line frequency of the AC source;
means for selectably adapting said program clock for generating periodic timing signals in relation to either a 50 Hz or a 60 Hz frequency, including means for detecting the line frequency of the AC source, whereby said selection is based on the detected line frequency.
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