Power management apparatus and method
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorGye Young Lee
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Abstract
A power management apparatus and method are disclosed. The power management apparatus includes a communication unit to receive power management data including information about a pricing system being used by a consumer of power, a controller to create a power management screen on which the amount of power consumed is displayed according to the pricing system being used by the consumer, and an output unit to output the power management screen. According to the power management apparatus, a power consumer can be provided with information about various electricity pricing systems. Furthermore, information about current power rates and information on current power consumption can be displayed such that the consumer checks the information and efficiently uses power.
Claims21
A power management apparatus comprising:
- a communication unit to receive power management data including information about a pricing system being used by a consumer of power;
- a controller to create a power management screen on which an amount of power consumed is displayed according to the pricing system being used by the consumer;
- and
- an output unit to output the power management screen,
- wherein:
- the power management screen is configured to adjust between the pricing system being used by the consumer being a real time pricing system in which power rates change for each time period on a basis of wholesale price or retail price and the pricing system being used by the consumer being a power consumption pricing system which is a gradation system which increases power rates depending on an amount of power consumption,
- the power consumption pricing system is a pricing system in which power rates change in response to power consumption of the consumer, and
- the controller adjusts between the real time pricing system and the power consumption pricing system based on the power management data received from the communication unit.
A power management method comprising:
- receiving power management data including information about a pricing system being used by a consumer of power;
- creating, using at least one processor, a power management screen on which an amount of power used is displayed according to the pricing system being used by the consumer;
- and
- outputting the power management screen,
- wherein:
- the power management screen is configured to adjust between the pricing system being used by the consumer being a real time pricing system in which power rates change for each time period on a basis of wholesale price or retail price and the pricing system being used by the consumer being a power consumption pricing system which is a gradation system which increases power rates depending on an amount of power consumption,
- the power consumption pricing system is a pricing system in which power rates change in response to power consumption of the consumer, and
- the at least one processor adjusts between the real time pricing system and the power consumption pricing system based on the received power management data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.