Source: https://patents.justia.com/patent/9621368
Timestamp: 2019-07-18 22:15:21
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Matched Legal Cases: ['application No. 12774147', 'application No. 201280018917', 'application No. 2014', 'application No. 2012246932', 'application No. 2012246932', 'application No. 2014', 'application No. 10', 'application No. 2012246932', 'application No. 2012246932']

US Patent for Method for displaying status of power consumption and portable device thereof Patent (Patent # 9,621,368 issued April 11, 2017) - Justia Patents Search
Justia Patents Electrical Signal Parameter Measurement SystemUS Patent for Method for displaying status of power consumption and portable device thereof Patent (Patent # 9,621,368)
Feb 14, 2012 - Samsung Electronics
Specifically, the control unit 120 may determine if the current electricity use exceeds a target use, if the current pattern of using electronic appliances would lead to exceeding the target use, or if electricity use at this moment is relatively higher when considering the electricity pricing at the current time of the day, to thereby determine the electricity use status of the plurality of electronic appliances 200-1 through 200-5. The control unit 120 may determine the electricity use status of the plurality of electronic appliances 200-1 through 200-5 into three stages, i.e., stage 1 (meaning “good”), stage 2 (meaning “normal”), and stage 3 (meaning “bad”).
In yet another embodiment, the control unit 120 may determine the electricity use status of the electronic appliance using information as to if electricity use at this moment is relatively higher when considering the electricity pricing at the current time of the day. That is, the control unit 120 may determine the stage of the current electricity pricing based on four stages (e.g., stage 1: very cheap, stage 2: slightly cheap, stage 3: slightly expensive, stage 4: very expensive), and determine the stage of electricity use of the TV based on four stages (e.g., stage 1: power mode, stage 2: normal mode, stage 3: power-save mode, stage 4: lowest power use mode). Accordingly, if the TV is on stage 4 (i.e., “lowest power use mode”), while the current electricity pricing is on stage 4 (i.e., “very expensive”), the control unit 120 determines the electricity use status of the TV to be on stage 1. If the TV is on electricity use stage 3 (i.e., “power-save mode”), the control unit 120 determines the TV to be on stage 2 of the electricity use status, and if the TV is on stage 1 (i.e., “power mode”), or stage 2 (i.e., “normal mode”), the control unit 120 determines the TV to be on stage 3 of the electricity use status. The control unit 120 determines the TV to be on stage 1 of the electricity use status irrespective of electricity use stages of the TV, if the current electricity pricing is on stage 1 (i.e., “very cheap”). Accordingly, the electricity use status of the electronic appliance can be determined based on the electricity use compared to the electricity pricing at the current time of the day.
In step S1240, if the electricity use information of the identified electronic appliance is received, the portable device 100 determines the electricity use status of the identified electronic appliance. Herein, as explained above, the portable device 100 may determine the electricity use status of a corresponding electronic appliance using various methods. The portable device 100 may determine the electricity use status of at least one electronic appliance into stage 1 (“good”), stage 2 (“ok”), and stage 3 (“bad”).
1. A method for displaying electricity use status, comprising the steps of:
identifying an electronic appliance from among a plurality of electronic appliances in an image on a screen captured through a camera, the electronic appliance being identified using at least one of a relative location of the electronic appliance to locations of other electronic appliances among the plurality of electronic appliances and a stored shape of the electronic appliance;
receiving electricity use information of the electronic appliance identified in the image;
determining the electricity use status of the electronic appliance using the received electricity use information;
displaying one of a plurality of Graphical User Interfaces (GUI), wherein each of the plurality of GUIs corresponds to a different stage of the electricity use status of the electronic appliance;
generating, when the displayed one of the GUIs is selected, a menu window including information about electricity use of the electronic appliance corresponding to the selected GUI and a menu to control the electricity use of the electronic appliance corresponding to the selected GUI; and
transmitting a control command to control the electricity use of the electronic appliance to the electronic appliance,
wherein displaying the one of the plurality of GUIs comprises matching a GUI that corresponds to the electricity use status of the electronic appliance to an area of the screen where the electronic appliance is displayed and displaying the GUI.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving information about electricity pricing at a current time of day, and
wherein determining the electricity use status comprises determining whether electricity use at a current moment is relatively high based on the electricity pricing at the current time of the day.
a camera that captures an image of an electronic appliance;
a transceiver that receives electricity use information of the electronic appliance;
a display that displays the image of the electronic appliance on a screen captured through the camera; and
a controller that identifies the electronic appliance from among a plurality of electronic appliances in the image on the screen, the electronic appliance being identified using at least one of a relative location of the electronic appliance to locations of other electronic appliances among the plurality of electronic appliances and a stored shape of the electronic appliance, determines the electricity use status of the electronic appliance using the received electricity use information, and displays one of a plurality of Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs),
wherein each of the plurality of GUIs corresponds to a different stage of the electricity use status of the electronic appliance,
wherein the controller controls the display to match a GUI corresponding to the electricity use status of the electronic appliance to an area of the screen where the electronic appliance is displayed and display the GUI, and
wherein the controller, when the displayed one of the GUIs is selected, generates a menu window including information about electricity use of the electronic appliance corresponding to the selected GUI and a menu to control the electricity use of the electronic appliance corresponding to the selected GUI, and, transmits a control command to control the electricity use of the electronic appliance to the electronic appliance.
16. The portable device of claim 10, wherein the transceiver receives information about electricity pricing at a current time of day, and
wherein the controller determines the electricity use status of the electronic appliance by determining whether electricity use at a current moment is relatively high based on the electricity pricing at the current time of the day.
a camera that captures an image of an area including an electronic appliance;
a display that displays the image of the area including the electronic appliance; and
a controller that identifies the electronic appliance from among a plurality of electronic appliances in the image of the area, the electronic appliance being identified using at least one of a relative location of the electronic appliance to locations of other electronic appliances among the plurality of electronic appliances and a stored shape of the electronic appliance, determines an electricity use status of the electronic appliance using the received electricity use information, superimposes a Graphical User Interface (GUI) corresponding to the electricity use status of the electronic appliance, with the electronic appliance in the image, generates, when the superimposed GUI is selected, a menu window including information about the electricity use of the electronic appliance corresponding to the selected GUI and a menu to control the electricity use of the electronic appliance corresponding to the selected GUI, and transmits a control command to control the electricity use of the electronic appliance to the electronic appliance.
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Patent Publication Number: 20120268286
Inventors: Young-kyu Jin (Seoul), Young-ho Lee (Gyeonggi-do), Il-ku Chang (Seoul), Young-shil Jang (Gyeonggi-do)
Application Number: 13/396,278
International Classification: G09G 5/00 (20060101); G09G 5/02 (20060101); G06K 9/00 (20060101); G06K 9/46 (20060101); G06F 3/048 (20130101); G01R 21/00 (20060101); H04L 12/28 (20060101); G01R 21/133 (20060101); G06F 3/0482 (20130101); G06K 9/48 (20060101); G06F 3/0481 (20130101); G06T 11/00 (20060101); G09G 5/14 (20060101); G06T 11/60 (20060101);