Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110273007 | NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided is a network system capable of effectively managing an energy source. | 11-10-2011 |
20110307594 | NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided is a network system. | 12-15-2011 |
20120203390 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A network system comprises: a metering device configured to measure energy supplied from a power supply source by two-way communication with the power supply source; and an EMS (energy management system) connected to the metering device for communicating with the metering device and configured to control an operation of an electric product based on information about the operation of the electric product or information about energy supplied from the power supply source, wherein the EMS is detachably provided to at least one electric product of a plurality of electric products and another electric product of the plurality of electric products. | 08-09-2012 |
20120204044 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided is a method of controlling a network system. The method includes recognizing power information and an operation mode of an electric product, and providing an energy-saving operation mode to the electric product or operating the electric product in the energy-saving operation mode for reducing an energy-related value based on the recognized power information and the operation mode of the electric product. | 08-09-2012 |
20120206273 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided is a network system including an advanced metering infrastructure, an energy management system, a computer, and a diagnostic program. The advanced metering infrastructure interactively communicates with a power supply source and measures energy from the power supply source. The energy management system is connected to the advanced metering infrastructure to communicate with it and controls an operation of an electric product based on operation information of the electric product or energy information from the power supply source. The computer is connected to the electric product or energy management system to communicate with the electric product or energy management system. The diagnostic program is performed by the energy management system or computer and diagnoses a trouble of the electric product. An electric product having a trouble is remotely diagnosed to provide a quick countermeasure, thereby detecting the cause of the trouble without a service engineer and improving a user's convenience. | 08-16-2012 |
20120209445 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING NETWORK SYSTEM - A method of controlling a network system is provided. The method of controlling a network system includes recognizing power information comprising a peak time period and an operation time period of an energy consumption component and changing the operation time period when the peak time period is included in at least portion of the operation time period of the energy consumption component. | 08-16-2012 |
20120215370 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided is a network system, which includes an advanced metering infrastructure, a communication device, and an energy management system. The advanced metering infrastructure is configured to measure energy supplied from a power supply source. The communication device is configured to communicate energy information related with the energy. The energy management system recognizes the energy information to control driving of an electric product. The energy management system limits a function of at least one part of power consumption units constituting the electric product, based on whether the recognized energy information is an on-peak time period. Thus, the concentration of power consumptions can be removed, so that a power supplier can effectively manage power consumptions and a consumer can save electricity costs and energy. | 08-23-2012 |
20130204444 | NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided is a component for a network system, which includes a control part and a power consumer unit. The control part recognizes energy information or additional information except for the energy information. The power consumer unit is controlled to maintain a target value, and is repeatedly turned on or off. An on-period or off-period of the power consumer unit is varied depending on information recognized by the control part. | 08-08-2013 |
20130211612 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system is provided. The network system includes: at least one component selected from an energy receiving unit receiving energy and an energy management unit managing the energy receiving unit. The energy receiving unit or the energy management unit receives energy rate related information; an energy usage amount or a usage rate of when the component is controlled on the basis of at least the energy rate related information is less than that of when the component is controlled without the basis of at least energy rate related information; if the energy rate related information is high cost information, a function of one component constituting the energy receiving unit is limited; and an operating time or an output of the energy receiving unit is adjusted in correspondence to the limited function of one component. | 08-15-2013 |
20130221749 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system is provided. The network system includes: at least one component of an energy supply unit supplying energy and an energy management unit managing the energy supply unit. An amount of energy used or energy charge of the energy supply unit is adjustable. An amount of energy used or energy charge when the component is controlled on the basis of information related to at least usage charge may be less than that when the component is controlled not on the basis of the information related to at least usage charge. Also, the energy supply unit has a power saving mode to determine a driving method or a driving time of the energy supply unit on the basis of the information related to energy charge. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226361 | COMPONENT FOR NETWORK SYSTEM - A component for a network system is provided. The component includes a communication device, one or more component driving units, and a control unit. The communication device receives energy information. The one or more component driving units receive energy to be driven. The control unit controls an operation of the one or more component driving units on the basis of the information received by the communication device. Different control methods are selected from among a plurality of control methods for saving cost of used energy or an amount of consumed energy, according to a state of the energy information. | 08-29-2013 |
20130227150 | NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided is a network system. The network system includes a first component performing a preset function, the first component having a first device code and a second component exchanging information with the first component to be communicably connected to the first component, the second component having a second device code. When a command for communicable connection is inputted into the first component or the second component, a connection sequence is generated from the component in which the command is inputted to exchange an IP address and the device code of each of the components between one component generating the connection sequence and the other component receiving the connection sequence. | 08-29-2013 |
20130245851 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system is provided. The network system includes: at least one component selected from an energy receiving unit receiving energy and an energy management unit managing the energy receiving unit. The energy receiving unit or the energy management unit receives energy rate related information; an energy usage amount or a usage rate of when the component is controlled on the basis of at least the energy rate related information is less than that of when the component is controlled without the basis of at least energy rate related information; if the energy rate related information is high cost information, a function of one component constituting the energy receiving unit is limited; and an operating time or an output of the energy receiving unit is adjusted in correspondence to the limited function of one component. | 09-19-2013 |
20130274937 | COMPONENT FOR NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - Provided are a component for network system and a method of controlling the same. The method includes: inputting a driving factor of the component or the other component; and predicting result information when the component or the other component is driven based on the inputted driving factor. | 10-17-2013 |
20130304271 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system includes at least one unit selected from between an energy consumption unit receiving energy and an energy management unit managing the energy consumption unit, wherein an energy usage amount or an energy usage cost of the energy consumption unit are controllable, and the energy usage amount or the energy usage cost when the unit is controlled based on information associated with at least an energy cost is smaller than an energy usage amount or an energy usage cost when the unit is controlled without using the information related to at least the energy cost, and a display device detachably coupled to the energy consumption unit, wherein availability of the display device is determined according to a communication signal transmitted to the energy receiving unit. | 11-14-2013 |
20130317662 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system is provided. The network includes: at least one component selected from an energy receiving unit receiving energy and an energy management unit managing the energy receiving unit. The energy receiving unit or the energy management unit receives energy rate related information; an energy usage amount or a usage rate of when the component is controlled on the basis of at least the energy rate related information is less than that of when the component is controlled without the basis of at least energy rate related information; and if the energy rate related information is high cost information, a function of one component constituting the energy receiving unit is limited and a function of another component constituting the energy receiving unit is performed. | 11-28-2013 |
20130332002 | COMPONENT FOR A NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided is a component for a network system. The component for a network system which is communicable with the other component includes a communication unit for communicating with the other component, an input part for inputting a command related to an operation of the component, and a control part for controlling the operation of the component. The component includes a power saving function in which the component is operable on the basis of energy information. | 12-12-2013 |
20140222168 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMPONENT FOR NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided is a method of controlling a component for a network system. The method of controlling a component for a network system, which is communicable with the other component, includes recognizing energy information or additional information except for the energy information; and providing recommended information related to an operation of the component within a recommended range on the basis of the recognized energy information or the additional information. | 08-07-2014 |
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20120271471 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING NETWORK SYSTEM - A method of controlling a network system is provided. The network system includes a metering device measuring energy supplied from a power supply source, a communication device in which energy information related to the energy communicates, and an energy management device recognizing the energy information, the energy management device controlling an operation of an electric product. The metering device or the energy management device checks whether communication of the communication device is possible. Also, when it is determined that the communication device is in a communication failure state, the communication failure state is displayed on the outside thereof. When a communication modem mounted on the electric product is in a communication failure state, the electric product may normally perform a power management program, based on power or operation information stored therein. | 10-25-2012 |
20120290142 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided are a network system and a method of controlling the same. The network system includes a metering device metering energy supplied from a power supply source, a communication device by which energy information related to the energy communicates, an energy management device recognizing the energy information to control an operation of an electric product, and an environment information management device recognizing a carbon amount or a carbon dioxide amount, which is generated according to the operation of the electric product. A power-saving operation of the electric product is selectively performed, based on the carbon amount or the carbon dioxide amount recognized by the environment information management device. Since a power management program is executed using an environment information management unit, energy may be further efficiently managed within an intellectual power supply network. | 11-15-2012 |
20120296489 | NETWORK SYSTEM FOR A COMPONENT - Provided is a network system for a component capable of effectively managing an energy source. | 11-22-2012 |
20120303172 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided is a method of controlling a network system. In the method, information about an electric product comprising a communication modem is recognized to make the electric product join a power management network. The electric product is registered in the power management network by allocating an ID (identification) to the electric product. | 11-29-2012 |
20130030553 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided is a method of controlling a network system. In the method, it is determined whether a communication modem of an electric product is operable by transmitting a signal between the communication modem and a component. If the communication modem is operable for communication with the component, an operation of the electric product is controlled based on power information received through the communication modem. | 01-31-2013 |
20130131876 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided are a network system and a method of controlling the same. The network system includes an energy supply part including a plurality of power supply sources, an energy metering part communicating with the plurality of power supply sources, the energy metering measuring energy supplied from the plurality of power supply sources, an energy management part receiving energy-related information supplied from the energy supply part, and an energy consumption part consuming power supplied from the energy supply part, the energy consumption part being operable and controllable by the energy management part. At least one power supply source of the plurality of power supply sources is selected according to an order of priority of a power supply, based on energy information related to the plurality of power supply sources. Thus, the power supply source having minimum costs is selected to efficiently manage energy within an intellectual power supply network. | 05-23-2013 |
20130204448 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A component in a network system includes an energy consumption component capable of communicating with a home area network and capable of consuming an energy generated from an energy generation unit of a utility area network, and the energy consumption component including at least one control unit to drive the energy consumption component; and a communication module to allow communication between the energy consumption component and an external component constituting the utility area network or the home area network, wherein the communication module is disposed on a path through which a power is supplied to the at least one control unit. | 08-08-2013 |
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20120310437 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system is provided. The network system includes an utility area network including an energy generation component, a home area network including an energy consumption component consuming energy generated in the energy generation component to perform a function according to an operation course, an energy metering component disposed in the utility area network or the home area network, the energy metering component recognizing energy information or additional information except for the energy information, and an energy management component disposed in the utility area network or the home area network, the energy management component managing the energy information or the additional information with respect to the energy consumption component. The energy consumption component includes a control unit for controlling an operation of at least one course component constituting the operation course to restrict the operation of the one course component based on the energy information or the additional information. | 12-06-2012 |
20120310463 | MOVABLE COMPONENT FOR A NETWORK SYSTEM - The movable component for a network system may communicate with another component. The movable component includes a body, a battery, a control unit, and a communication unit. The body includes a wheel for moving, and a motor driving the wheel. The battery supplies a power to the motor. The communication unit communicates with the other component to receive information related to energy. The control unit determines whether to charge the battery based on the information related to energy. | 12-06-2012 |
20130018520 | EXECUTION METHOD OF ONE FUNCTION OF A PLURALITY OF FUNCTIONS AT A COMPONENTAANM Kim; EungdalAACI Changwon-siAACO KRAAGP Kim; Eungdal Changwon-si KRAANM Ahn; JunhoAACI Changwon-siAACO KRAAGP Ahn; Junho Changwon-si KRAANM Jeong; GilsupAACI Changwon-siAACO KRAAGP Jeong; Gilsup Changwon-si KRAANM Lee; KoonseokAACI Changwon-siAACO KRAAGP Lee; Koonseok Changwon-si KRAANM Lee; HoonbongAACI Changwon-siAACO KRAAGP Lee; Hoonbong Changwon-si KRAANM Kim; YanghwanAACI Changwon-siAACO KRAAGP Kim; Yanghwan Changwon-si KR - An energy consumption component for a network system which communicates with another component includes a communication unit to receive information related to power supply from the another component, a power management unit to receive the information related to power supply and to determine whether the energy consumption component is operable in a normal capacity or in limited capacity, and a user interface including a display unit to display at least one usable function. The display unit indicates that the at least one usable function is usable based on the information related to power supply. | 01-17-2013 |
20130134781 | NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided is a network system including: a utility network including an energy generating unit; a home network consuming energy generated from the energy generating unit and including an energy consuming unit operating based on energy information including at least one energy price information; and a power adjusting device through which a current or a voltage supplied for an operation of the energy consuming unit is passed, wherein the power adjusting device reduces energy cost or an energy amount used by adjusting a voltage or current amount applied to the energy consuming unit based on the energy information. | 05-30-2013 |
20130181649 | COMPONENT FOR A NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided is a component for a network system, which includes a communication device for receiving at least energy information, a component driver part driven by supplied energy, and a control part that recognizes high price-related information or low price-related information, based on the energy information received by the communication device and that controls the component driver part. A method of controlling the component driver part when the high price-related information is recognized is different from a method of controlling the component driver part when the low price-related information is recognized. | 07-18-2013 |
20130204449 | NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided is a network system. The network system includes: at least one unit selected from an energy receiving unit receiving energy and an energy management unit managing the energy receiving unit. An energy usage amount or energy usage rate of the energy receiving unit is adjusted; an energy usage amount or usage rate when the unit is controlled based on information relating to at least an energy rate is less than that when the unit is controlled without the base of information relating to at least an energy rate; the energy receiving unit comprises a plurality of components; and an operation of one component among the plurality of components is controlled based on the energy rate related information. | 08-08-2013 |
20130245841 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMPONENT FOR NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided is a method of controlling a component for a network system. The method of controlling a component for a network system includes recognizing energy information or additional information except the energy information, determining a driving method of the component on the basis of former driving information of the component according to the recognized information, and driving the component through the determined driving method. | 09-19-2013 |
20130274938 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system is provided. The network system includes: at least one component selected from an energy receiving unit receiving energy and an energy management unit managing the energy receiving unit. The energy receiving unit or the energy management unit receives energy rate related information; an energy usage amount or a usage rate of when the component is controlled on the basis of at least the energy rate related information is less than that of when the component is controlled without the basis of at least energy rate related information; if the energy rate related information is high cost information, a function of one component constituting the energy receiving unit is limited; and an operating time or an output of the energy receiving unit is adjusted in correspondence to the limited function of one component. | 10-17-2013 |
20130331997 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMPONENT FOR NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided is a method of controlling a component for a network system. The method of controlling the component for the network system includes recognizing low-price period or high-price period information, recognizing a scheduled operation time including a scheduled operation start time of the component, determining whether a change condition of the scheduled operation time is satisfied, and changing the scheduled operation time when the change condition is satisfied and operating the component at the changed scheduled operation time. | 12-12-2013 |
20140096327 | LAUNDRY TREATMENT MACHINE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - Disclosed are a laundry treatment machine and a method of operating the same. The method of operating the laundry treatment machine includes performing a primary sensing of an amount of laundry within the tub, supplying water to a first water level within the tub, sensing the level of water within the tub, performing a secondary sensing of the amount of laundry within the tub, and judging whether the laundry includes dry laundry or wet laundry using the primarily sensed amount of laundry, the secondarily sensed amount of laundry, and the sensed water level value. This method ensures efficient implementation of sensing of amount of laundry. | 04-10-2014 |
20140101865 | LAUNDRY TREATMENT MACHINE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - Disclosed are a laundry treatment machine and a method of operating the same. The method of operating the laundry treatment machine that processes laundry via rotation of a wash tub includes accelerating a rotational velocity of the tub during an accelerated rotating section, rotating the tub at a constant velocity during a constant velocity rotating section, and determining an amount of laundry in the tub based on a first output current flowing through a motor that is used to rotate the tub during the accelerated rotating section and a second output current flowing through the motor during the constant velocity rotating section. This ensures efficient sensing of amount of laundry. | 04-17-2014 |
20140115793 | LAUNDRY TREATMENT MACHINE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - Disclosed are a laundry treatment machine and a method of operating the same. The method of operating a laundry treatment machine includes rotating a drum at a first velocity, forcibly vibrating the drum using a forced vibration generation signal during a first velocity rotating section, and determining whether to accelerate or decelerate the drum after forced vibration. Through this method, laundry position may be determined. | 05-01-2014 |
20140148925 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system is provided. The network system includes: at least one component selected from an energy receiving unit receiving energy and an energy management unit managing the energy receiving unit. The energy receiving unit or the energy management unit receives energy rate related information; an energy usage amount or a usage rate of when the component is controlled on the basis of at least the energy rate related information is less than that of when the component is controlled without the basis of at least energy rate related information; if the energy rate related information is high cost information, a function of one component constituting the energy receiving unit is limited; and an operating time or an output of the energy receiving unit is adjusted in correspondence to the limited function of one component. | 05-29-2014 |
20140303801 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system is provided. The network system includes: at least one component selected from an energy receiving unit receiving energy and an energy management unit managing the energy receiving unit. The energy receiving unit or the energy management unit receives energy rate related information; an energy usage amount or a usage rate of when the component is controlled on the basis of at least the energy rate related information is less than that of when the component is controlled without the basis of at least energy rate related information; if the energy rate related information is high cost information, a function of one component constituting the energy receiving unit is limited; and an operating time or an output of the energy receiving unit is adjusted in correspondence to the limited function of one component. | 10-09-2014 |
20140372619 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system is provided. The network system includes: a first component having a first device code and performing a predetermined function; and a second component having a second device code and exchanging information with the first component for communication connection. One of the first and second components receives a command for the communication connection and generates a connection sequence. The component generating the connection sequence exchanges communication addresses and device codes with the other component receiving the connection sequence. If the information has not been exchanged between the first component and the second component during a predetermined time, the first component and the second component are switched to a communication connection standby mode. | 12-18-2014 |
20150047219 | LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method is provided for controlling a laundry treating apparatus. The method may include controlling the drum to accelerate the drum to rotate at a first speed, applying a brake to stop the drum, accelerating the drum to a second speed, sensing a current being applied to the motor while the drum is accelerated to the second speed, and determining a laundry amount based on the sensed current. | 02-19-2015 |
20150051738 | LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method may be provided for controlling a laundry treating apparatus. A first speed rotating may control the drum to accelerate the drum to rotate at a first speed, a braking may apply a brake to stop the drum, a second speed accelerating may accelerate the drum to a second speed, a current sensing may sense a current being applied to the motor during the drum is accelerated to the second speed, and a laundry amount determining may determine a laundry amount based on the current sensed in the current sensing. | 02-19-2015 |