Apparatus and method for controlling smart appliance using smart terminal
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorMoon Ok CHOI
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Abstract
Provided is an apparatus and method for controlling a smart appliance using a smart terminal to induce a user to reduce energy consumption in response to a demand response signal from an energy utility. The apparatus and method may motivate a user to reduce energy consumption effectively and actively in response to the demand response signal from the energy utility by allowing the user to report a demand response-based user-defined event to a pre-registered smart terminal, and to control a user-premises smart appliance using the smart terminal.
Claims8
An apparatus for controlling a smart appliance using a smart terminal, the apparatus comprising:
- an event registering unit to define and register a price event;
- an event generating unit to report a price event corresponding to a demand response signal to a smart terminal when the demand response signal is received from an energy utility;
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- an energy control unit to control energy consumption of a smart appliance based on a control signal received from the smart terminal.
A method of controlling a smart appliance using a smart terminal, the method comprising:
- defining and registering a price event;
- reporting a price event corresponding to a demand response signal to a smart terminal when the demand response signal is received from an energy utility;
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- controlling energy consumption of a smart appliance based on a control signal received from the smart terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.