System and method for operating a plurality of appliances
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsRyan James Scheckelhoff, Joshua Reeves
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Abstract
An appliance, system, and method for operating laundry appliances are provided. The method includes generating a plurality of utilization signals including a utilization rate corresponding to a first plurality of appliances at a first location; determining an activity status based on the plurality of utilization signals of the first plurality of appliances at the first location; determining a demand status based on comparing the activity status to a quantity of user interface devices within range of a network; and generating a user control signal based on the demand status. The user control signal corresponds to a second plurality of appliances at a second location.
Claims17
A computer-implemented method for operating pluralities of appliances, the method comprising:
- generating a plurality of utilization signals comprising a utilization rate corresponding to a first plurality of appliances at a first location;
- determining an activity status based on the plurality of utilization signals of the first plurality of appliances at the first location;
- determining a demand status based on comparing the activity status to a quantity of user interface devices within range of a network;
- generating a user control signal based on the demand status, wherein the user control signal corresponds to a second plurality of appliances at a second location;
- generating an appliance control signal based on the demand status, wherein the appliance control signal corresponds to a second plurality of appliances at a second location;
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- transmitting the appliance control signal to one or more of the second plurality of appliances, wherein the appliance control signal comprises a permissive signal or an inhibit signal, wherein the permissive signal is configured to allow operation of one or more of the second plurality of appliances, and wherein the inhibit signal configured to disable operation of one or more of the second plurality of appliances.
A system of appliances, the system comprising:
- a first plurality of appliances at a first location;
- a second plurality of appliances at a second location;
- a controller configured to execute operations, the operations comprising:
- generating, at the first plurality of appliances, a plurality of utilization signals comprising a utilization rate corresponding to the first plurality of appliances;
- determining an activity status based on the plurality of utilization signals of the first plurality of appliances;
- determining a demand status based on comparing the activity status to a quantity of user interface devices within range of a network;
- generating a user control signal based on the demand status;
- generating an appliance control signal based on the demand status, wherein the appliance control signal corresponds to a second plurality of appliances at a second location;
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- transmitting the appliance control signal to one or more of the second plurality of appliances, wherein the appliance control signal comprises a permissive signal or an inhibit signal, wherein the permissive signal is configured to allow operation of one or more of the second plurality of appliances, and wherein the inhibit signal configured to disable operation of one or more of the second plurality of appliances.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.