DOMESTIC APPLIANCE COMPRISING A COMMUNICATION UNIT, SYSTEM OF APPLIANCES AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A DOMESTIC APPLIANCE
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Abstract
A domestic appliance includes an internal electrical load, a controller for controlling the internal electrical load, and a communication device coupled with the controller. The controller is configured for transmitting via the communication device data to additional domestic appliances, wherein the received data include information about a time of an impending startup of the internal electrical load, and/or for receiving via the communication device data from additional domestic appliances, wherein the received data include information about a time of an impending startup of an electrical load of an additional domestic appliance. The internal electrical load is controlled based on the received information, preventing an overload of the power supply system.
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30 Claims
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16. A domestic appliance, comprising:
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an internal electrical load; a controller for controlling the internal electrical load; and a communication device coupled to the controller, wherein the controller is configured in at least one of two ways, a first way in which data is transmitted via the communication device to additional domestic appliances, wherein the received data include information about a time of an impending startup of the internal electrical load, a second way in which data is received via the communication device from additional domestic appliances, wherein the received data include information about a time of an impending startup of an electrical load of an additional domestic appliance, wherein the controller is configured for controlling the internal electrical load based on the received information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An appliance system, comprising at least one first and at least one second domestic appliance, each domestic appliance comprising:
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an internal electrical load, a controller for controlling the internal electrical load and a communication device coupled with the controller, wherein the controller is configured for exchanging data via the communication device between the at least one first domestic appliance and the at least one second domestic appliance, said exchanged data including information about a time of an impending startup of a respective internal electrical load of the at least one first and second domestic appliance. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A method for operating a domestic appliance, comprising:
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controlling an internal electrical load using a controller; and operating the controller in at least one of two ways, a first way in which data is transmitted from the domestic appliance to additional domestic appliances via a communication device data, which include information about a time of an impending startup of the internal electrical load, a second way in which data is received at the domestic appliance from the additional domestic appliances, which data include information about a time of an impending startup of an electrical load of an additional domestic appliance, and the internal electrical load is controlled based on the received information. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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