Control method, electronic device, and electronic apparatus

• US 10,671,036 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2016
• Issued: 06/02/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wu, Meng
• Primary Examiner(s): Hartman, Jr., Ronald D
• Application Number:
  US15/392,808
• Publication Number:
  US 20170191687A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,252 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/46 Improving electric energy efficiency or saving
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/52 Indication arrangements, e.g. displays
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/62 characterised by the type of control or by internal processing, e.g. using fuzzy logic, adaptive control or estimation of values
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/63 Electronic processing
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/10 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/20 Humidity
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/50 Air quality properties
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/042 using digital processors G05B19/05 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0426 Programming the control sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2614 HVAC, heating, ventillation, climate control
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 30/70 Efficient control or regulation technologies, e.g. for control of refrigerant flow, motor or heating

Abstract

A method is disclosed. The method may include executing, on a first device, a first instruction for adjusting a first environmental parameter of a first space from a first parameter value to a second parameter value. The method may include determining an influencing parameter. The influencing parameter may influence a change in the first environmental parameter of the first space. The method may include executing a second instruction based on at least one of the influencing parameter, the first parameter value, and the second parameter value. A second energy consumption of the first device, in response to execution of the second instruction, may be lower than a first energy consumption of the first device in response to execution of the first instruction. An electronic device and program product are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

executing, on a first device, a first instruction for adjusting a first environmental parameter of a first space from a first parameter value to a second parameter value;

determining an influencing parameter, wherein the influencing parameter influences a change in the first environmental parameter of the first space and wherein the influencing parameter comprises a parameter selected from the group consisting of a second environmental parameter of a second space that influences a change in the first environmental parameter, and a device parameter of a first device that controls the second environmental parameter; and

executing a second instruction based on at least one of the influencing parameter, the first parameter value, and the second parameter value, wherein a second energy consumption of the first device, in response to execution of the second instruction, is lower than a first energy consumption of the first device in response to execution of the first instruction.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first environmental parameter comprises a parameter selected from the group consisting of:

an illumination level;

a temperature;

an air quality; and

a humidity.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein executing the second instruction comprises:

outputting prompting information comprising one or more prompted instructions for reducing the first energy consumption; and

in response to executing at least one of the one or more prompting instructions, the second energy consumption is lower than the first energy consumption.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein executing the second instruction comprises:

adjusting the device parameter of the first device; and

generating one or more instructions that control a second device to adjust the device parameter, wherein, in response to adjusting the device parameter, a parameter value of the second environmental parameter changes.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein adjusting the device parameter of the first device comprises:

in response to the first instruction adjusting the first parameter value to the second parameter value in a first direction and an influencing direction of a second influencing parameter influences the first environmental parameter comprises the first direction, adjusting the device parameter of the first device to a first device parameter to cause the second environmental parameter to influence the first environmental parameter; and

in response to the first instruction adjusting the first parameter value to the second parameter value in the first direction and the influencing direction of the second influencing parameter influences the first environmental parameter comprises a different direction from the first direction, adjusting the device parameter of the first device to a second device parameter to reduce the influence of the second environmental parameter on the first environmental parameter.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein generating one or more instructions that control the second electronic device different from the first electronic device to adjust the device parameter comprises:

generating one or more instructions that adjust the second electronic device to a third device parameter in response to the first instruction adjusting the first parameter value to the second parameter value in a second direction, wherein an adjusting direction of the parameter value of the first environmental parameter comprises the second direction.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein executing the second instruction comprises executing a power-reduction instruction that operates the first electronic device in a low power consumption state.

8. An electronic device, comprising:

a receiver that executes a first instruction that adjusts a first environmental parameter of a first space from a first parameter value to a second parameter value; and

a processor that

determines an influencing parameter, wherein the influencing parameter influences a change in the first environmental parameter of the first space, and wherein the influencing parameter comprises a parameter selected from the group consisting of a second environmental parameter of a second space that influences a change in the first environmental parameter, and a device parameter of a first device that controls the second environmental parameter, and

executes a second instruction based on the influencing parameter, the first parameter value, and the second parameter value, wherein a second energy consumption in response to the execution of the second instruction is lower than a first energy consumption in response to the execution of the first instruction.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the first environmental parameter is a parameter selected from the group consisting of:

an illumination level;

a temperature;

an air quality; and

a humidity.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the electronic device further comprises:

an outputter that outputs prompting information comprising one or more prompted instructions for reducing the first energy consumption; and

and wherein the second energy consumption is lower than the first energy consumption in response to the processor executing at least one of the one or more prompting instructions.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the processor executing the second instruction comprises:

adjusts the device parameter of the first device; and

generates one or more instructions that control a second device to adjust the device parameter, wherein, in response to adjusting the device parameter, a parameter value of the second environmental parameter changes.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor adjusting the device parameter of the first device comprises:

in response to the first instruction adjusting the first parameter value to the second parameter value in a first direction and an influencing direction of a second influencing parameter influences the first environmental parameter comprising the first direction, the processor adjusts the device parameter of the first device to a first device parameter to cause the second environmental parameter to influence the first environmental parameter; and

in response to the first instruction adjusting the first parameter value to the second parameter value in the first direction and the influencing direction of the second influencing parameter influences the first environmental parameter comprises a different direction from the first direction, the processor adjusts the device parameter of the first device to a second device parameter to reduce the influence of the second environmental parameter on the first environmental parameter.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the processor generating one or more instructions that control the second electronic device different from the first electronic device to adjust the device parameter comprises:

the processor generating one or more instructions that adjust the second electronic device to a third device parameter in response to the first instruction adjusting the first parameter value to the second parameter value in a second direction, wherein an adjusting direction of the parameter value of the first environmental parameter comprises the second direction.

14. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor executing the second instruction further comprises the processor executing a power-reduction instruction that operates the first electronic device in a low power consumption state.

15. The electronic apparatus of claim 8 further comprising:

a first instruction acquisition unit that obtains the first instruction, wherein the first instruction adjusts the first environmental parameter of the first space from the first parameter value to the second parameter value; and

an influencing parameter acquisition unit that obtains the influencing parameter, wherein the influencing parameter changes the environmental parameter,

where the processors executes the second instruction based on the influencing parameter, the first parameter value and the second parameter value, wherein the second energy consumption is lower in response to the execution of the second instruction than the first energy consumption in response to the execution of the first instruction.

16. A program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores code executable by a processor, the executable code comprising code to perform:

executing, on a first device, a first instruction for adjusting a first environmental parameter of a first space from a first parameter value to a second parameter value;

determining an influencing parameter, wherein the influencing parameter influences a change in the first environmental parameter of the first space and wherein the influencing parameter comprises a parameter selected from the group consisting of a second environmental parameter of a second space that influences a change in the first environmental parameter, and a device parameter of a first device that controls the second environmental parameter; and

executing a second instruction based on at least one of the influencing parameter, the first parameter value, and the second parameter value, wherein a second energy consumption of the first device, in response to execution of the second instruction, is lower than a first energy consumption of the first device in response to execution of the first instruction.

17. The programming product of claim 16, wherein the executable code to perform executing the second instruction comprises code to perform:

outputting prompting information comprising one or more prompted instructions for reducing the first energy consumption; and

wherein, in response to executing at least one of the one or more prompting instructions, the second energy consumption is lower than the first energy consumption.

18. The programming product of claim 17, wherein the executable code further comprises code executable to perform:

adjusting the device parameter of the first device; and

generating one or more instructions that control a second device to adjust the device parameter, wherein, in response to adjusting the device parameter, a parameter value of the second environmental parameter changes.

19. The programming product of claim 18, wherein the executable code further comprises a power-reduction instruction that operates the first electronic device in a low power consumption state.

20. The programming product of claim 16, wherein the first environmental parameter comprises a parameter selected from the group consisting of:

an illumination level;

a temperature;

an air quality; and

a humidity.