Network system and method for controlling the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJusu Kim, Sangwon Kim, Daehyun Choi, Kyoungteak Lee
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Abstract
A network system and a method for controlling the same include where a power consumption amount of an electrical appliance is monitored based on an operation of the electrical appliance. If a demand response (DR) signal for requesting power saving is received, it is determined whether a user is to participate in a DR event for a power-saving operation of the electrical appliance. If it is determined that the user is to participate in the DR event, the power-saving operation of the electrical appliance is performed based on previously mapped information on a discomfort caused by the power-saving operation of the electrical appliance.
Claims12
A method for controlling a network system, the method comprising:
- monitoring a power consumption amount of an electrical appliance, based on an operation of the electrical appliance;
- if a demand response (DR) signal for requesting power saving is received, determining whether a user is to participate in a DR event for a power-saving operation of the electrical appliance;
- and
- if it is determined that the user is to participate in the DR event, performing the power-saving operation of the electrical appliance, based on a mapped information on a discomfort caused by the power-saving operation of the electrical appliance,
- wherein the method further comprises
- setting information on the discomfort having a plurality of discomfort levels, based on a set factor,
- wherein the set factor includes at least one of external temperature information, an operating time or a number of use times of the electrical appliance, and weather information,
- in a state in which the information on the discomfort is set,
- learning information on a use pattern corresponding to the operation of the electrical appliance, and
- learning external information transmitted from an energy supplier or an external database, wherein the information on the use pattern includes a power consumption amount of the electrical appliance, an operating time of the electrical appliance, or a number of operating times of the electrical appliance, and the external information includes time information, weather information, or temperature information,
- wherein the method further comprises:
- downgrading a level of the set factor if the DR signal is received and the user is to participate in the DR event,
- upgrading the level of the set factor if the DR signal is received and the user does not participate in the DR event, and
- maintaining the level of the set factor if the DR signal is received, the user does not participate in the DR event and a value of the level of the set factor is a specific value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.