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Patent No.:

US 8868248 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2011

Smart control device

Applicant:

Jong Soo Park, Seoul, KR;

Inventor:

Jong Soo Park, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:

Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Kavita Padmanabhan

Assistant Examiner:

Christopher E Everett

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01); H02J 9/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/282 (2013.01); H02J 9/005 (2013.01); Y04S 20/222 (2013.01); Y04S 20/228 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3266 (2013.01); Y02B 60/32 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3225 (2013.01); G06Q 10/00 (2013.01); Y02B 701/3233 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H02J 2003/143 (2013.01); Y02B 60/34 (2013.01); H02J 3/14 (2013.01); Y04S 20/225 (2013.01); Y04S 20/242 (2013.01); Y02B 70/325 (2013.01); H04L 2012/285 (2013.01); H04L 12/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A smart control device is disclosed. The smart control device can be equipped in an electrical appliance, so as to be capable of controlling the electrical appliance by using diverse information that is provided from both the inside and the outside of the electrical appliance. In a smart control device monitoring and scheduling operations of an electrical appliance, the smart control device includes an interface unit configured to receive energy information, a smart controller configured to control energy saving functions of the electrical appliance based upon the energy information received from the interface unit, and an input unit configured to receive an inputted control command respective to the electrical appliance. Herein, the smart controller may be provided in the electrical appliance, and the smart controller may control the electrical appliance so that the electrical appliance can be operated in an energy saving operation mode based upon the received energy information.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Park, Jong. (2014). Smart control device (U.S. Patent No. 8868248). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8868248

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