Energy consumption leveling for connected appliances
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsHaitian Hu, Hairong Li
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Abstract
A method for using a remote server to schedule operating cycles of an appliance includes receiving a request to perform an operating cycle of the appliance at a preferred start time, obtaining an energy consumption capacity schedule from a utility company providing power to the appliance, determining a cycle start time of the operating cycle based at least in part on the energy consumption capacity schedule and the preferred start time, and transmitting a cycle authorization for initiating the operating cycle of the appliance at the cycle start time.
Claims20
A method for using a remote server to schedule operating cycles of an appliance, the method comprising:
- receiving a request to perform an operating cycle of the appliance at a preferred start time;
- obtaining an energy consumption capacity schedule from a utility company providing power to the appliance;
- determining a cycle start time of the operating cycle based at least in part on the energy consumption capacity schedule and the preferred start time;
- and
- transmitting a cycle authorization for initiating the operating cycle of the appliance at the cycle start time.
A remote server comprising:
- a wireless communication module in operative communication with an appliance and a utility company providing power to the appliance;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- receive a request to perform an operating cycle of the appliance at a preferred start time;
- obtain an energy consumption capacity schedule from the utility company;
- determine a cycle start time of the operating cycle based at least in part on the energy consumption capacity schedule and the preferred start time;
- and
- transmit a cycle authorization for initiating the operating cycle of the appliance at the cycle start time.
A method of scheduling an operating cycle of an appliance using a remote server, the method comprising:
- transmitting, to the remote server, a request to perform the operating cycle of the appliance at a preferred start time;
- receiving a cycle authorization for initiating the operating cycle of the appliance at a cycle start time, the cycle start time being determined by the remote server based at least in part on an energy consumption capacity schedule and the preferred start time;
- and
- automatically initiating the operating cycle at the cycle start time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.