METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMPONENT FOR NETWORK SYSTEM

• US 20130245841A1
• Filed: 06/27/2011
• Published: 09/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Junho Ahn
• Inventors: Ahn, Junho, Kim, Yanghwan, Lee, Hoonbong, Lee, Koonseok, Son, Jinhwan, Kim, Minchel, Park, Jinseung, Park, Pyeongwon, Bae, Yonghwan, Jung, Wonkyo
• Application Number:
  US13/806,660
• Publication Number:
  US 20130245841A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/286
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/26 Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof for memories G11C
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00004 characterised by the power network being locally controlled
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00028 involving the use of Internet protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00034 the elements or equipment being or involving an electric power substation
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/14 The load or loads being home appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/003 Load forecast, e.g. methods or systems for forecasting future load demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2816 Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station; in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2823 Reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network device-related reporting H04L43/065; arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0833 for reduction of network energy consumption
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/3225 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/20 End-user application control systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/221 General power management systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/222 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/242 Home appliances
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/00 Systems for electrical power generation, transmission, distribution or end-user application management characterised by the use of communication or information technologies, or communication or information technology specific aspects supporting them
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/18 Network protocols supporting networked applications, e.g. including control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

Provided is a method of controlling a component for a network system. The method of controlling a component for a network system includes recognizing energy information or additional information except the energy information, determining a driving method of the component on the basis of former driving information of the component according to the recognized information, and driving the component through the determined driving method.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a component for a network system, the method comprising:

recognizing energy information or additional information except the energy information;

determining a driving method of the component on the basis of former driving information of the component according to the recognized information; and

driving the component through the determined driving method.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, when the recognized information is high-price period information, the driving method of the component is determined on the basis of the former driving information of the component.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the driving method of the component is determined so that an energy usage amount or energy usage charge of the component is equal to or less than former energy usage amount or energy usage charge of the component.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the former driving information of the component is information related to energy usage information or energy usage charge of the component.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the former driving information of the component is information related to a mean energy usage amount or mean energy usage charge of the component when the component is driven one time.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the former driving information of the component is an average of a target value set for a specific time.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the former driving information of the component is information related to a resource received in the component when the component is driven for a specific time.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the information related to the resource is information related to a mean discharge amount of the resource for the specific time.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the resource comprises water or ices.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the former driving information of the component comprises driving modes or driving times of the component.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein, when a priority order of the plurality of driving modes is defined, and the recognized information is high-price information, the component is driven according to the driving mode having a first priority order.

12. The method according to claim 1, further comprising selecting a driving mode of the component,

wherein, when the recognized information is low-price period information, the driving method of the component is determined on the basis of the selected driving mode.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining of the driving method is performed while the component is driven, and the current driving method of the component is changeable into a different method.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein, when the recognized information is high-price period information, an output of the component when the component is driven through the changed driving method is reduced than that of the component when the component is driven the driving method before being changed.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the output of the component is reduced in stages in a portion or the whole of a high-price period.

16. The method according to claim 14, wherein the output of the component is continuously reduced in a portion or the whole of a high-price period.