{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "description": "A system comprising smart sockets each having a plug receptacle, a plug detection sensor; and a socket controller configured to switch power off or on to the plug receptacle; and a supervisor configured to detect a change in a plug state, in response to identifying a change from the plug absent…",
  "path": "/patents/1379168",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:oql6ds5vnff4ugar6rruliwd/site.standard.publication/3mn3ohu7oxx5w",
  "tags": [
    "H02J13/38",
    "Honeywell International Inc."
  ],
  "textContent": "A system comprising smart sockets each having a plug receptacle, a plug detection sensor; and a socket controller configured to switch power off or on to the plug receptacle; and a supervisor configured to detect a change in a plug state, in response to identifying a change from the plug absent state to the plug present state, the supervisor is configured to send a control signal to a smart socket of one or more of the smart sockets that causes the corresponding socket controller to switch on power to the corresponding plug receptacle of the smart socket; and in response to identifying a change from the plug present state to the plug absent state, the supervisor sends a control signal to the smart socket of one or more of the smart sockets that causes the corresponding socket controller to switch off power to the corresponding plug receptacle.",
  "title": "REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF SMART SOCKETS WITH PLUG DETECTION SENSORS"
}