NETWORK SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120292997A1
• Filed: 05/16/2012
• Published: 11/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Chulwoo, Lee, Sangryul, Min, Joongki, Oh, Kwangsuk, Hong, Sanghyuk
• Granted Patent: US 9,407,114 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/39
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00001 characterised by the display of information or by user interaction, e.g. supervisory control and data acquisition systems [SCADA] or graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00034 the elements or equipment being or involving an electric power substation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 40/70 Smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the energy generation sector
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/40 Display of information, e.g. of data or controls
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/50 Systems or methods supporting the power network operation or management, involving a certain degree of interaction with the load-side end user applications

Abstract

Provided are a network system and a method of controlling the network system supplied with energy from an energy generation component. The network system includes an energy consumption component consuming the energy generated from the energy generation component, and driving a driving component for processing or managing a consumable. The energy consumption component is provided with one or more courses classified according to a determination factor related to the consumable. The determination factor includes a performance factor denoting a processed or managed result of the consumable. One of the courses is recommended as a driving course when the energy consumption component recognizes information about the consumable.

Claims

1. A network system supplied with energy from an energy generation component, comprising

an energy consumption component consuming the energy generated from the energy generation component, and driving a driving component for processing or managing a consumable,

wherein the energy consumption component is provided with one or more courses classified according to a determination factor related to the consumable,

the determination factor comprises a performance factor denoting a processed or managed result of the consumable, and

one of the courses is recommended as a driving course when the energy consumption component recognizes information about the consumable.

2. The network system according to claim 1, wherein the determination factor further comprises at least one of a driving time of the driving component and electricity cost information.

3. The network system according to claim 2, wherein the course comprises one or more stages classified according to the types, power, or number of driving components.

4. The network system according to claim 3, wherein the driving time is total time taken when performing all of the stages.

5. The network system according to claim 2, wherein the electricity cost information comprises:

at least one of a first cost information determined based on energy information received by the energy consumption component; and

a second cost information determined regardless of the energy information.

6. The network system according to claim 5, wherein the first cost information and the second cost information are displayed to be compared with each other.

7. The network system according to claim 2, further comprising a display component that displays a plurality of courses,

wherein the courses are sequentially sorted according to one of the performance factor, the driving time, and the electricity cost information.

8. The network system according to claim 7, wherein one of the courses is manually selected by a user, or automatically selected according to a preset criterion.

9. The network system according to claim 8, wherein the preset criterion is determined according to a cost of the supplied energy or a driving time of the energy consumption component.

10. The network system according to claim 8, wherein an uppermost one of the courses is recommended as the driving course.

11. The network system according to claim 1, further comprising a memory component that stores the driving course as my-course information.

12. The network system according to claim 1, wherein the energy consumption component comprises a cooking appliance, and the driving component comprises at least one heat source for cooking the consumable.

13. The network system according to claim 1, wherein the consumable is processed or managed by the energy consumption component, and comprises one of a cooking target, an item of clothing, and a food.

14. A method of controlling a network system, comprising:

recognizing information about a consumable that is managed or processed by an electric appliance;

inputting a first mode of an operation mode of the electric appliance;

displaying driving information according to one or more courses provided to the electric appliance;

selecting one of the courses; and

driving a driving component of the electric appliance in the selected course.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the information about the consumable is recognized when a user manually inputs the information, or is automatically recognized using at least one of an image device and a weight sensing device.

16. The method according to claim 14, wherein the first mode recommends at least one course for driving the electric appliance, based on the recognized information about the consumable.

17. The method according to claim 14, wherein information about the courses comprises courses classified according to the types, power, or number of driving components.

18. The method according to claim 14, wherein the selecting of one course comprises automatically selecting one of the courses according to a selection criterion, and the selection criterion comprises cost, time information, or sorting information of the courses.

19. The method according to claim 14, further comprising storing information about the selected course in a memory component,

wherein the information about the selected course comprises a determination factor related to a driving performance denoting a processed result of the consumable, a driving time, or an energy cost.