公开(公告)号：US10326610B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-18

申请号：US15432518

申请日：2017-02-14

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Vincent A. Ireland ,  Michael J. Jakeway ,  Aaron J. Oosterbaan

IPC: H04L12/28 ,  G05B19/042 ,  H02J3/00

Abstract: A method of determining an optimal schedule for performing a cycle of operation in the appliance wherein the schedule is a function of the tradeoff factor wherein the tradeoff factor is used to determine a rate threshold above which a delay request is included in the optimal schedule, and the rate threshold is a summation of I) an average of a series of projected rates for the use of the resource by the appliance for a future series of time periods and II) a product of the tradeoff factor and a standard deviation of the series of projected rates.

公开(公告)号：US09686093B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-20

申请号：US14022575

申请日：2013-09-10

Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation

Inventor： Vincent A. Ireland ,  Michael J. Jakeway ,  Aaron J. Oosterbaan

IPC: H04L12/28 ,  H02J3/00

CPC classification number: H04L12/2816 ,  G05B19/0426 ,  G05B2219/25419 ,  G05B2219/2642 ,  H02J3/008 ,  H04L12/2834 ,  H04L2012/285 ,  Y02B70/325 ,  Y04S20/228 ,  Y04S50/10

Abstract: A method of defining a message to be sent to at least one appliance regarding a schedule for performing a cycle of operation includes a step of acquiring pricing data from a source of information about a resource consumed by the appliance. A projected rate for the use of the resource by the appliance for a future series of time periods is calculated based upon a user preference. A projected schedule for performing the cycle of operation for a future series of time periods is created and then incorporated into the message that is transmitted to the appliance.