Managing electricity usage for an appliance

US10359775B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• International Business Machines Corporation · US
• Universiti Brunei Darussalam · BN

Inventors

• Vijay Arya · Bengaluru, IN
• Tanuja Hrishikesh Ganu · Bengaluru, IN
• Saiful A. Husain · Seria, BN
• Shivkumar Kalyanaraman · Melbourne, AU
• Ashok Pon Kumar · Bengaluru, IN
• Chandratilak De Silva Liyanage · Seria, BN
• Dwi Rahayu · Elmore, AU
• Devasenapathi Periagraharam Seetharamakrishnan · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 7, 2016
• Grant date: Jul 23, 2019
• Expiry date: Jun 17, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/2642
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

One embodiment provides a method including: prior to an initial period of operation of an appliance, storing in memory a first set of characteristics of the appliance; during an initial period of operation of the appliance, learning a second set of characteristics of the appliance; during subsequent operation of the appliance: detecting an adverse operating condition of the appliance; and based on the first set of characteristics, the second set of characteristics and the detected adverse operating condition, determining a corrective action to be taken with regard to the appliance, the corrective action comprising at least one of: switching off the appliance and warning a user of the detected adverse operating condition. Other aspects are described and claimed.