Apparatus and method of controlling activation of home automation system
First Claim
1. An apparatus controlling activation of a home automation system which can activate/control a plurality of electric home appliances through a power line, comprising:
- an activator receiving an activation instruction for a first electric home appliance of the plurality of electric home appliances from a user, and activating the first electric home appliance after at least one other electric home appliance of the electric home appliances is activated and a lapse of a predetermined delay time, preventing the plurality of electric home appliances from being simultaneously activated.
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Abstract
An apparatus controlling activation of a home automation system to prevent electric home appliances from being simultaneously activated. The activation control apparatus has an activation control unit receiving an activation instruction for a first electric home appliance from a user, and activating the first electric home appliance, after at least one other electric home appliance is activated and lapse of a predetermined delay time, thus preventing simultaneous activation of the electric home appliances by sequentially activating the electric home appliances. The activation control unit has a user interface terminal and a gateway processor.
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17 Claims
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1. An apparatus controlling activation of a home automation system which can activate/control a plurality of electric home appliances through a power line, comprising:
an activator receiving an activation instruction for a first electric home appliance of the plurality of electric home appliances from a user, and activating the first electric home appliance after at least one other electric home appliance of the electric home appliances is activated and a lapse of a predetermined delay time, preventing the plurality of electric home appliances from being simultaneously activated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of controlling activation of a home automation system which prevents a plurality of electric home appliances from being simultaneously activated when activating/controlling a plurality of electric home appliances through a power line, comprising:
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receiving an activation instruction for a first electric home appliance of the plurality of electric home appliances from a user; and
activating the first electric home appliance after at least one other electric home appliance of the electric home appliances is activated and a lapse of a predetermined delay time. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A home automation system comprising:
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a power line network;
home appliances in communication with the power line network; and
an appliance controller in communication with the home appliances via the power line network and sequentially controlling the home appliances responsive to control instructions by communicating with a first home appliance after communication with at least one other home appliance is completed and a lapse of a predetermined delay time, wherein the controller prevents simultaneous communication via the power line network with two more of the home appliances. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer readable storage controlling a home appliance controller on a power line network by a process, comprising:
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receiving control instructions for a first home appliance; and
communicating, via the power line network, with the first home appliance using the control instructions after communication with at least one other home appliance is completed and a lapse of a predetermined delay time, thereby preventing simultaneous communication on the power line with two or more home appliances. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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