Network system for a component

• US 9,685,784 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2010
• Issued: 06/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Koonseok, Ahn, Junho, Lee, Hoonbong, Kim, Yanghwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Allen, Akiba
• Application Number:
  US13/511,894
• Publication Number:
  US 20120296489A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,398 Days
• Field of Search: 320152, 320150, 320104, 320151, 705 11, 705 711
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00028 involving the use of Internet protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/008 involving trading of energy or energy transmission rights
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/84 Greenhouse gas [GHG] management systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/221 General power management systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/10 Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid

Abstract

Provided is a network system for a component capable of effectively managing an energy source.

Claims

1. At least one component for a network system comprising:

one of an energy supplied component to which energy is supplied and an energy management component that manages the energy supplied component,

wherein the energy management component controls an energy usage amount or an energy usage cost of the energy supplied component, and

wherein the energy usage amount or the energy usage cost when the energy supplied component is controlled is based on information related to at least an energy cost that is less than when the energy usage amount or the energy usage cost of the energy supplied component is controlled without the information related to at least the energy cost,

wherein the information related to at least the energy cost comprises a high cost information,

wherein different energy reduction modes are selected according to a length of a time period of high-cost information,

wherein the energy supplied component is driven by a processor to operate in a first energy reduction mode that reduces the energy usage amount or the energy usage cost when the length of the time period of high-cost information is less than a predetermined time length of usage, and

wherein the energy supplied component is driven by the processor to operate in a second energy reduction mode different from the first energy reduction mode that reduces the energy usage amount or the energy usage cost when the length of the time period of high-cost information is equal to or greater than the predetermined time length of usage.

2. The at least one component according to claim 1, wherein the energy supplied component comprises an electric product or a part included in the electric product.

3. The at least one component according to claim 1, wherein, when the energy supplied component is controlled based on the information related to at least the energy cost, the energy supplied component is controlled in a state where a function for saving energy is performed, and

when the energy supplied component is controlled without the information related to at least the energy cost, the energy supplied component is controlled without performing the function for saving energy.

4. The at least one component according to claim 1, wherein, when the energy supplied component is controlled based on the information related to at least the energy cost, the energy supplied component is controlled in a state where the at least one component has a function for saving energy;

and

when the energy supplied component is controlled without the information related to at least the energy cost, the energy supplied component is controlled in a state where the at least one component does not function to save energy.

5. The at least one component according to claim 1, wherein the energy management component is installed on the energy supplied component or is provided as a separate component from the energy supplied component.

6. The at least one component according to claim 1, wherein an output of the energy supplied component is decreased after recognizing the high cost information.

7. The at least one component according to claim 6, wherein the decreased output of the energy supplied component comprises lowering output or zero output.

8. The at least one component according to claim 6, wherein, the high cost information is determined after operation of the energy supplied component or before the operation of the energy supplied component.

9. The at least one component according to claim 6, wherein, after the output of the energy supplied component is decreased, the energy supplied component operates for a time greater than an original operation time of the energy supplied component so as to prevent a functional loss of the energy supplied component.

10. The at least one component according to claim 6, wherein, after the output of the energy supplied component is decreased, the energy supplied component operates with an output greater than an output before the output of the energy supplied component is decreased, so as to prevent a functional loss of the energy supplied component.

11. The at least one component according to claim 6, wherein, after the output of the energy supplied component is decreased, the output of the energy supplied component is returned to a state before the output of the energy supplied component is decreased.

12. The at least one component according to claim 1, wherein an output of the energy supplied component is capable of being maintained or increased during a portion of the period of high cost information.

13. The at least one component according to claim 12, wherein the energy supplied component is controlled such that the energy usage amount or the energy usage cost while the energy supplied component is entirely driven is less than the energy usage amount or the energy usage cost while the at least one component operates without the information related to at least the energy cost.

14. The at least one component according to claim 1, when the period of high cost information is included within at least one portion of a driving time period of the energy supplied component, the driving time period of the energy supplied component is changed.

15. The at least one component according to claim 14, wherein the energy supplied component is not operated within at least one portion of the period of the high cost information.

16. The at least one component according to claim 14, wherein an end time of the changed driving time period is included in the period of the high cost information, or is disposed within a period of low price time period before the period of the high cost information.

17. The at least one component according to claim 14, wherein an end time of the changed driving time period is disposed within a period of a low cost information after the period of the high cost information.

18. The at least one component according to claim 14, wherein the energy supplied component is operated within at least one portion of a period of the low cost information.

19. The at least one component according to claim 1, wherein when the period of the high cost information is recognized, and an information value about driving of the energy supplied component is equal to or less than a reference value, an output of the energy supplied component is maintained.

20. The at least one component according to claim 19, wherein the information value about the driving of the energy supplied component comprises at least one of information about an energy cost, information about an energy consumption amount, and information about an operation time,

wherein the reference value is a relative value or an absolute value, and

wherein the reference value is set at the at least one component or is received at another component.

21. The at least one component according to claim 1, wherein, when a difference between a state information value of the energy supplied component and a reference value is over a predetermined range, an output of the energy supplied component is maintained.

22. The at least one component according to claim 5, wherein the energy supplied component is controlled such that an energy consumption amount or the energy usage cost while the energy supplied component is entirely driven is less than the energy consumption amount or the energy usage cost while the supplied component is operated without information related to at least the energy cost.

23. The at least one component according to claim 1, wherein the information related to at least the energy cost further comprises a low cost information, and

the energy supplied component operates only within a range where the low cost information is recognized.

24. The at least one component according to claim 1, wherein the information related to at least the energy cost further comprises low cost information;

and

when the low cost information is recognized, an output of the energy supplied component is increased.

25. The at least one component according to claim 24, wherein the energy supplied component to be operated within a range where the high cost information is recognized is operated in advance within a range where the low cost information is recognized.

26. The at least one component according to claim 24, wherein, when the low cost information is recognized while the energy supplied component operates, the output of the energy supplied component is increased to be greater than a current output.

27. The at least one component according to claim 24, wherein the output of the energy supplied component is returned to a previous output after the output of the energy supplied component is increased.

28. The at least one component according to claim 1, wherein the energy reduction modes comprise a first mode and a second mode that further saves an energy cost than the first mode.

29. The at least one component according to claim 1, wherein the at least one component recognizes at least one portion of a driving method of the energy supplied component, can generate a new driving method of the energy supplied component that the at least one component cannot recognize for saving the energy cost, the recognized at least one portion of a driving method of the energy supplied component can be changed to a different method, and the driving method of the energy supplied component comprises at least both a driving time and a course.

30. The at least one component according to claim 29, wherein the driving time comprises a driving start time or a driving end time of the energy supplied component.

31. The at least one component according to claim 29, wherein the course comprises a driving period and a driving output of the energy supplied component.

32. The at least one component according to claim 29, wherein the generating of the new driving method of the energy supplied component or the changing of the recognized at least one portion of a driving method of the energy supplied component is limited according to a reference value.

33. The at least one component according to claim 1, wherein the at least one component comprises a plurality of function performing components, and if the high cost information is recognized, one or more of the function performing components that satisfy a limitation condition related to the high cost information are restricted in operation.

34. The at least one component according to claim 1, wherein an operation mode of the energy supplied component comprises a plurality of procedures and when the energy supplied component operates in the period of the high cost information, at least one of the plurality of procedures is restricted in the period of the high cost information.

35. The at least one component according to claim 1, wherein, when a communication disconnection condition is satisfied during communication between the at least one component and an another, the communication between the at least one component and the another component is disconnected.

36. The at least one component according to claim 1, further comprising a memory to store information,

wherein, when the high cost information is recognized, operation information of the at least one component is stored in the memory, and an operation of the at least one component is stopped or turned off.