Apparatus control device, apparatus control system, and apparatus control method
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorATARU OKURA
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Abstract
An apparatus control system includes: a switching unit (103) disposed in an air conditioner outdoor unit (101) operating on DC power fed from a storage battery and AC power fed from an AC power source including a power system grid, the switching unit (103) being configured to switch a power feed to the air conditioner outdoor unit (101) between the DC power and the AC power; and a switching control unit (105) configured to determine whether or not the storage battery is discharging and accordingly switch the switching unit (103).
Claims10
An apparatus control device comprising:
- a switching circuit disposed inside or outside an electric apparatus operating on DC power fed from a DC power source and AC power fed from an AC power source comprising a power system grid, the switching circuit being configured to switch a power feed to the electric apparatus between the DC power and the AC power;
- and
- a controller configured to determine whether or not the DC power source is discharging and accordingly switch the switching circuit.
An apparatus control method of operating a switching circuit disposed inside or outside an electric apparatus operating on DC power fed from a DC power source and AC power fed from an AC power source comprising a power system grid, the switching circuit being configured to switch a power feed to the electric apparatus between the DC power and the AC power, said method comprising:
- determining whether or not the DC power source is discharging;
- and
- accordingly switching the switching circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.