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Electronic system for power consumption management of appliances

  • US 9,837,820 B2
  • Filed: 09/21/2010
  • Issued: 12/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic system for power consumption management of a domestic appliance having a working cycle, said domestic appliance selected from the group comprising a clothes washing machine, a clothes dryer, a dishwasher, a refrigerator, a freezer, or an ice maker, the system comprising:

  • a user interface displaying;

    the working cycle;

    a plurality of switch-on times for the domestic appliance comprising at least a current switch-on time and at least one future switch-on time for the working cycle; and

    a current energy cost of executing the working cycle corresponding to the current switch-on time and a future cost of executing the working cycle corresponding to each of the at least one future switch-on times based on actual energy information to define corresponding pairs of switch-on time and energy cost; and

    a selector key coupled with the user interface and configured to select one of the plurality of pairs of switch-on time and corresponding energy cost;

    wherein a user is able to select a desired switch-on time for the domestic appliance from the plurality of pairs of switch-on time and corresponding energy cost based on a user'"'"'s cost preference.

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