VACUUM CLEANER USING AN INTELLIGENT POWER NETWORK
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Abstract
A vacuum cleaner to perform a plurality of cleaning functions includes a main body including a suction motor, a nozzle to suction air and foreign material by using a suction power generated by the suction motor, and a handle disposed between the nozzle and the main body to be gripped by a user. A communication unit receives power information from an external, and a power management unit receives the power information from the communication unit. The power management unit determines a number of cleaning functions available to the vacuum cleaner among the plurality of cleaning functions based on the received power information, and a display unit displays the number of the cleaning functions determined by the power management unit to be available to the vacuum cleaner.
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28 Claims
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9. A vacuum cleaner to perform a plurality of cleaning functions, comprising:
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a main body including a suction motor; a nozzle to suction air and foreign material by using a suction power generated by the suction motor; a handle disposed between the nozzle and the main body to be gripped by a user; a communication unit to receive power information from an external; a power management unit to receive the power information from the communication unit, the power management unit to determine a number of cleaning functions available to the vacuum cleaner among the plurality of cleaning functions based on the received power information; and a display unit to display the number of the cleaning functions determined by the power management unit to be available to the vacuum cleaner. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An appliance capable of connecting to a smart grid, comprising:
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a main body including a component; a power management unit to provide an operating power to the component and connectable to a power supply network that includes an energy management system to supply the operating power to the appliance on the basis of an advanced metering infrastructure, which receives and displays power information in real time in two-way communication with a power supply source, and the power management unit to determine a number of functions available to the appliance among a plurality of functions based on the power information; and a display unit to display the number of functions determined by the power management unit to be available to the appliance based on the power information. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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