Electric device and electric device control method
US9523968B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 12, 2012 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF24F11/61
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An electric device includes operation unit, working unit, and a number-of-times detecting unit that counts the number of times of instructions being against energy savings. In addition, the device includes time measuring unit that measures time from when the number-of-times detecting unit starts the counting, and a controller that generates a signal to induce a modification of a first energy-saving pattern. When the time is within a first predetermined period, the controller generates a signal that requires the modification of the first energy-saving pattern into a more lenient second energy-saving pattern, with the time being from when time measuring unit starts the measurement to when the number of the times counted by the number-of-times detecting unit reaches a predetermined value.
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