Scheduling and modeling the operation of controllable and non-controllable electronic devices

US9310792B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Battelle Memorial Institute · CH

Inventors

• Ning Lu · South Burlington, US
• Pengwei Du · Troy, US
• Xinxin Guo · Zhejiang, CN
• Robert G. Pratt · Farmington Hills, US
• Donald J. Hammerstrom · West Richland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 2010
• Grant date: Apr 12, 2016
• Expiry date: Mar 24, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y04S20/20
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for controlling and scheduling power distribution in a power network, such as household power network. One disclosed embodiment is a system comprising a central controller and a control device coupled to a household appliance. The central controller can comprise computing hardware coupled to a wireless transceiver. The central controller can be configured to generate and transmit control signals for controlling the operational state of the household appliance according to the schedule. Furthermore, the control device can be configured to receive the transmitted control signals from the central controller and to control the operational state of the household appliance in response to the control signals.