Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power control apparatus and power control method
- Patent Title (中): 电源控制装置及电源控制方式
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Application No.: US12970375Application Date: 2010-12-16
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Publication No.: US09146604B2Publication Date: 2015-09-29
- Inventor: Jonghwa Song , Jongsoo Park , Jongho Won
- Applicant: Jonghwa Song , Jongsoo Park , Jongho Won
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F1/32
- IPC: G06F1/32 ; H02J3/14

Abstract:
The electric apparatus using electric power of the present invention includes a communication unit for receiving power information including electric rate information or power demand information on each of time zones from an outside of the electric apparatus, a timer for determining a user unused time period in which a user does not use the electric apparatus during operation of the electric apparatus, and a control unit for shifting the electric apparatus to a power saving mode with reference to the power information received through the communication unit, and the user unused time period determined by the timer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120158204A1 POWER CONTROL APPARATUS AND POWER CONTROL METHOD Public/Granted day:2012-06-21
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