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Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 01, 2020
Applicant:

Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);

Inventors:

John T. Ledden, Edgewater, FL (US);

Robert P. Macias, Merritt Island, FL (US);

Assignee:

Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/03 (2006.01); B63J 99/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/03 (2013.01); B63J 99/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for automatically reducing the power consumed by devices from a power source having a limited amount of power. The method includes determining with a control system which of the devices is consuming the power. The method further includes identifying a candidate device among the devices to tentatively control to reduce the power consumed by the candidate device. The method further includes accessing a power control model, where the power control model includes pairings of the candidate device with complementary devices among the devices, and where the devices in each of the pairings consume the power in a related pattern. The method further includes controlling the candidate device to reduce the power consumed thereby only when each of the complementary devices in each of the pairings in the power control model are determined to be in a non-power consuming state.


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