CN106559297B

CN106559297B - Method and device for controlling power consumption of household electrical appliance

Info

Publication number: CN106559297B
Application number: CN201611079230.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 勇幸; 李玥亭; 邢鑫岩
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-11-29
Filing date: 2016-11-29
Publication date: 2020-06-19
Anticipated expiration: 2036-11-29
Also published as: CN106559297A

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for controlling power consumption of household appliances, wherein the method comprises the following steps: acquiring the residual electric quantity of the household electricity; when the residual electric quantity is smaller than a first threshold value, acquiring first power utilization states of all first household appliances; switching at least a portion of the first household electrical appliance from a first electrical state to a second electrical state; wherein the power consumption in the second electrical state is less than the power consumption in the first electrical state. This technical scheme can be when the household power consumption is not enough, and the power consumption state of intelligent control household electrical appliances reduces the power consumption of family's power consumption for this surplus electric quantity can use longer, reduces the user loss.

Description

Method and device for controlling power consumption of household electrical appliance

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the field of smart home, in particular to a method and a device for controlling power consumption of household appliances.

Background

The traditional household electrical appliance is mainly controlled by manual key operation, remote control of a remote controller and the like. With the continuous development of the internet of things technology, the internet of things technology brings much convenience to users; in the correlation technique, the user can carry out remote control to the household electrical appliances in the user's house through operating an intelligent terminal, if can let the soybean milk machine start and stop at will, let the oven prolong the baking time at will, adjust the refrigeration temperature of air conditioner, refrigerator at will, convenient and fast.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a method and a device for controlling power consumption of household appliances. The technical scheme is as follows:

according to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for controlling power consumption of a home appliance, including:

acquiring the residual electric quantity of the household electricity;

when the residual electric quantity is smaller than a first threshold value, acquiring first power utilization states of all first household appliances;

switching at least a portion of the first household electrical appliance from a first electrical state to a second electrical state;

wherein the power consumption in the second electrical state is less than the power consumption in the first electrical state.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: this embodiment can be less than first threshold value when the domestic power consumption's surplus electric quantity is not enough, and intelligent control household electrical appliances's power consumption state switches the first power consumption state of at least partly first household electrical appliances to the second power consumption state that power consumption is littleer, reduces partial household electrical appliances's power consumption, and then reduces the power consumption of domestic power consumption for surplus electric quantity can use the longer time, can not cut off the power supply fast, and then reduces the user loss.

In one embodiment, the switching the first electrical state of at least a portion of the first household appliance to the second electrical state comprises:

acquiring the power utilization priority of the first household appliance;

acquiring a second household appliance from the first household appliance according to the power distribution information;

switching a first electrical state of the second household appliance to the second electrical state;

wherein the power usage allocation information includes the power usage priority.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: according to the embodiment, when the residual electric quantity of the household electricity is less than the first threshold value, namely the household electricity is insufficient, according to the electricity utilization priority of the household electrical appliance, the second household electrical appliance with low priority can be obtained from the first household electrical appliance, the first electricity utilization state of the second household electrical appliance with low priority is switched to the second electricity utilization state with smaller electricity consumption, the electricity consumption of part of the household electrical appliance with low priority is reduced, the power supply of the household electrical appliance with high electricity utilization priority can be preferentially ensured, and the user loss is reduced to a greater extent.

In one embodiment, the switching the first electrical state of the second household appliance to the second electrical state comprises:

determining a second electricity utilization state of the second household appliance according to the electricity utilization distribution information;

and switching the first electric state of the second household appliance to the second electric state.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: this embodiment can confirm according to the power consumption distribution information that the power consumption priority of tame electric installation is when the surplus electric quantity of family's power consumption is less than first threshold value that the family's power consumption is not enough that adjust the second tame electric installation to which kind of power consumption is littleer second electricity state, can preferentially guarantee the power supply of tame electric installation of the high power consumption priority of second tame electric installation, and the bigger degree reduces the user loss.

In one embodiment, the determining the second electrical state of the second household appliance according to the power distribution information includes:

determining the second electricity state of the second household electrical appliance in the first electricity priority interval as the electricity saving state according to the electricity priority,

determining that the second electrical state of the second household electrical appliance in the second electrical priority interval is a power-off state according to the electrical priority;

wherein the first electrical priority interval comprises a higher priority than the second electrical priority interval.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: according to the embodiment, when the residual electric quantity of the household power is less than the first threshold value, namely the household power is insufficient, the second household electrical appliance in the second power utilization priority interval with the low priority is selected to be powered off according to the power utilization priority of the household electrical appliance, the power supply of the second household electrical appliance in the first power utilization priority interval with the high power utilization priority is ensured, and the user loss is reduced to a greater extent.

In one embodiment, the power distribution information further includes the remaining power amount.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: this embodiment can be when the domestic power consumption is not enough, according to the not enough degree of residual capacity, obtain second household electrical appliances from first household electrical appliances, switch the second household electrical appliances from first electric state to the second electric state that power consumption is littleer, reduce the power consumption of second household electrical appliances, and then reduce the power consumption of domestic power consumption for residual capacity can use longer time, can not cut off the power supply fast, and then reduces the user loss.

In one embodiment, the acquiring a second home device from the first home device according to the power distribution information includes:

when the residual electric quantity is larger than a second threshold value, the number of second household appliances acquired from the first household appliance is a first value;

when the residual electric quantity is smaller than or equal to the second threshold value, the number of the second household appliances acquired from the first household appliance is a second value;

wherein the first value is less than the second value.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: this embodiment can be when the surplus capacity of domestic power consumption is less than first threshold value promptly domestic power consumption is not enough, according to the not enough degree of surplus capacity, select the household electrical appliances's that reduces power consumption quantity figure, when surplus capacity is greater than second threshold value promptly surplus capacity is a bit not enough, acquire the second household electrical appliances of the less quantity that the figure is first value, reduce the power consumption of the second household electrical appliances of less quantity, when surplus capacity is very not enough, acquire the second household electrical appliances of the more quantity that the figure is the second value, reduce the power consumption of the second household electrical appliances of more quantity, make surplus capacity can use longer time to a greater extent, can not cut off the power supply fast, reduce user's loss to a greater extent.

when the residual electric quantity is larger than a third threshold value, determining that the second electric state is a power-saving state;

when the residual electric quantity is less than or equal to the third threshold value, determining that the second electricity utilization state of the second household appliance in the third electricity priority interval is the electricity saving state;

when the residual electric quantity is smaller than or equal to the third threshold value, determining that the second electrical state of the second household electrical appliance in the fourth electrical priority interval is a power-off state;

the third electric priority interval comprises a higher priority than the fourth electric priority interval.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: this embodiment can be when remaining capacity is less than a bit less than the third threshold value, the power consumption state adjustment of the tame electric installation of selecting is the power saving state, when remaining capacity is less than or equal to the third threshold value very not enough, the power consumption state adjustment of the second tame electric installation that is in the high priority of third power consumption priority interval that will select is the power saving state, the second tame electric installation that is in the low priority of fourth power consumption priority interval cuts off the power supply, make the family power consumption can use longer time, can not cut off the power supply fast, also priority has guaranteed the power supply of the tame electric installation of high priority simultaneously, reduce user's loss to a greater extent.

In one embodiment, the power consumption distribution information further includes power consumption amounts of the home appliances in various power consumption states.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: according to the embodiment, when the residual electric quantity of the household electricity is less than the first threshold value, namely the household electricity is insufficient, the electricity utilization states of some household appliances can be selectively adjusted according to the electricity consumption of the household appliances in various electricity utilization states, and some household appliances with larger electricity consumption can be turned off; therefore, under the condition that the power consumption of the whole household power consumption is reduced to the same degree, fewer household appliances are turned off, and the power supply of more household appliances is ensured; or the power consumption of the whole household power supply is reduced to a greater extent under the condition that the number of the household appliances is the same when the household appliances are turned off, so that the residual power can be used for a longer time, and the user loss is reduced to a greater extent.

according to the power utilization priority, acquiring a third household appliance with the power utilization priority within a fifth power utilization priority interval from the first household appliance;

and acquiring the second household appliance with the maximum power consumption in the first power consumption state from the third household appliance according to the power consumption of each household appliance in various power consumption states.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: this embodiment can be when the surplus electric quantity of domestic power consumption is less than first threshold value promptly the domestic power consumption not enough, preferentially acquire the second tame electric installation that is in low priority and power consumption the biggest in the fifth power consumption priority interval, reduce the power consumption of these second tame electric installations that power consumption is big, can make surplus electric quantity can use longer time, can not cut off the power supply fast, these second tame electric installations of while adjustment are in low priority, the power supply of the tame electric installation of high priority can be preferentially guaranteed, reduce user's loss to a greater extent.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for controlling power consumption of a home appliance, including:

the first acquisition module is used for acquiring the residual electric quantity of the household power;

the second obtaining module is used for obtaining the first power utilization states of all the first household electrical appliance devices when the residual power is smaller than a first threshold value;

the switching module is used for switching a first electric state of at least one part of first household electrical appliance to a second electric state;

In one embodiment, the switching module includes:

the first obtaining submodule is used for obtaining the power utilization priority of the first household appliance;

the second obtaining submodule is used for obtaining second household appliances from the first household appliances according to the power distribution information;

the switching submodule is used for switching the first electric state of the second household appliance to the second electric state;

In one embodiment, the switching sub-module is configured to determine a second electrical status of the second household appliance according to the power distribution information; and switching the first electric state of the second household appliance to the second electric state.

In one embodiment, the switching sub-module is configured to determine, according to the power utilization priority, that the second power state of the second household electrical appliance in the first power utilization priority interval is a power saving state, and determine, according to the power utilization priority, that the second power state of the second household electrical appliance in the second power utilization priority interval is a power-off state; wherein the first electrical priority interval comprises a higher priority than the second electrical priority interval.

In an embodiment, the second obtaining sub-module is configured to obtain, when the remaining power is greater than a second threshold, a number of second home devices from the first home device as a first value; when the residual electric quantity is smaller than or equal to the second threshold value, the number of the second household appliances acquired from the first household appliance is a second value; wherein the first value is less than the second value.

In an embodiment, the switching sub-module is configured to determine that the second power saving state is a power saving state when the remaining power is greater than a third threshold; when the residual electric quantity is less than or equal to the third threshold value, determining that the second electricity utilization state of the second household appliance in the third electricity priority interval is the electricity saving state; when the residual electric quantity is smaller than or equal to the third threshold value, determining that the second electrical state of the second household electrical appliance in the fourth electrical priority interval is a power-off state; the third electric priority interval comprises a higher priority than the fourth electric priority interval.

In an embodiment, the second obtaining sub-module is configured to obtain, from the first home appliance, a third home appliance whose power utilization priority is within a fifth power utilization priority interval according to the power utilization priority; and acquiring the second household appliance with the maximum power consumption in the first power consumption state from the third household appliance according to the power consumption of each household appliance in various power consumption states.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for controlling power consumption of a home appliance, including:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to:

acquiring the residual electric quantity of the household electricity;

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling power consumption of an electric home appliance according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of implementing step 103 according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an implementation method of step a3 according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an implementation method of step a31 according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an implementation method of step a2 according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an implementation method of step a31 according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an implementation method of step a2 according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling power consumption of an electric home appliance according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling power consumption of an electric home appliance according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling power consumption of an electric home appliance according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling power consumption of an electric home appliance according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 12 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for controlling power consumption of a home device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 13 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for controlling power consumption of a home device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 14 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for controlling power consumption of a home device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 15 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for controlling power consumption of a home device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

In the related technology, the residual electric quantity of the household electricity is insufficient, no measures are taken, all household appliances in use still keep the current electricity utilization state, under the condition that the electricity utilization state of the household appliances is not adjusted, the residual electric quantity can only supply electricity to the household appliances for a short time, if a user is not at home, the household appliances cannot be charged in time, the power failure can be caused after the residual electric quantity is exhausted after the short time, unnecessary loss can be caused to the user, for example, food in a refrigerator is damaged after the power failure, and the like.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure is based on an intelligent home system, wherein the intelligent home system comprises a power supply party, a terminal and household appliances; the power supply party is used for supplying power to each household appliance, and can be a national power supply station or a household storage battery and the like; the terminal can acquire and obtain the residual electric quantity of the household electricity provided by the power supply party; based on the internet of things technology, the terminal can acquire the power utilization state of each household appliance and adjust the power utilization state of each household appliance. Therefore, when the collected residual electric quantity is smaller than a first threshold value, namely the residual electric quantity is insufficient, the first power consumption state of all the first household appliances is obtained, the first power consumption state of at least one part of the first household appliances is switched to the second power consumption state, wherein the power consumption in the second power consumption state is smaller than the power consumption in the first power consumption state, and therefore the power consumption of the whole household power is reduced due to the fact that the power consumption of part of the first household appliances is reduced, the residual electric quantity can be used for a longer time, the power-off time is delayed backwards, and user loss is reduced.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for controlling power consumption of a home appliance is described as an example in a terminal, referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling power consumption of a home appliance according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 1, the method includes the following steps 101 to 103:

in step 101, the remaining power of the household power is acquired.

In step 102, when the remaining power is less than the first threshold, the first power states of all the first home devices are obtained.

In step 103, switching a first electrical state of at least a part of the first household electrical appliance to a second electrical state; wherein the power consumption in the second power state is less than the power consumption in the first power state.

In this embodiment, if the power supplier is a national power supply station, the terminal may acquire the remaining power of the household power by monitoring the electric meter data, and if the terminal may be provided with a data acquisition interface circuit to complete acquisition of an electric pulse signal of the electric meter, so as to acquire the electric meter data, where the electric meter data includes data such as the remaining power and the used power, and after the terminal acquires the electric meter data, the terminal may acquire the remaining power of the household power. If the household power is supplied by the household storage battery, a detection circuit can be arranged on the terminal to detect the available electric quantity of the household storage battery, and the available electric quantity of the household storage battery is the residual electric quantity of the household power.

Here, the terminal may obtain the remaining power of the household power in real time, and since the remaining power obtained by the terminal may change very little within one hour under normal conditions, even not more than 1 degree (KWh) of power, in order to save terminal resources and reduce power consumption of the terminal, the terminal may also obtain the remaining power of the household power periodically, for example, obtain the remaining power of the household power every 0.5 hour.

In this embodiment, the first threshold may be set by the user himself, and the user may set the first threshold according to the number of the household electrical appliances (such as a refrigerator, a water heater, and a security system) that are used all the time in the house of the user himself, where if the number of the household electrical appliances is large, the power consumption of the household electrical appliance (such as the power consumption per hour) is large, the user may set the first threshold to be larger, and if the number of the household electrical appliances is small, the power consumption of the household electrical appliance is small, and the user may set the first threshold to be smaller; of course, the first threshold may also be stored by default in the terminal. Illustratively, the first threshold may be in a range of 10 degrees (KWh) to 20 degrees (KWh).

Here, the power consumption state of the household electrical appliance may have various conditions, the power consumption state of some household electrical appliances may only have one working state of a standard state and a power-off state, such as a smoke alarm, etc., the power consumption state of some household electrical appliances may have various working states and power-off states, such as an overload state, a standard state, a power-saving state, etc., and the household electrical appliances, such as a refrigerator, etc., which can set multi-level control parameters may have various working states. In the following embodiments, the power consumption in the overload state, the normal state, and the power saving state is sequentially reduced.

In this embodiment, the first home devices may be the home devices in use, where the home devices in the working state are all the home devices in use, and the home devices in the power-off state are all the home devices not in use.

In this embodiment, the terminal may randomly select several home devices from the first home devices when the remaining power is less than the first threshold, and adjust the first power state of the selected several home devices to a second power state with lower power consumption, such as from a standard state to a power saving state or a power off state. Or, the household electrical appliance which needs to be turned off when the remaining power is less than the first threshold may be stored in the terminal, so that the terminal may obtain the current first power consumption state of the first household electrical appliance when the remaining power is less than the first threshold, and then adjust the first power consumption state of the household electrical appliance which needs to be turned off in the first household electrical appliance to the power-off state, and the like.

For example, assuming that the first threshold is 15 degrees, the terminal obtains the remaining power of the household power is 14 degrees, at this time, the terminal determines that the remaining power of the household power is insufficient, and obtains the first power states of all the first household devices as follows: the first power state of the water heater is a standard state, the first power state of the air purifier is a standard state, and the first power state of the refrigerator is a standard state of refrigerating at 5 degrees and freezing at 18 degrees below zero. At the moment, the terminal can randomly select to adjust the water heater and the air purifier from the first power state to a second power state with lower power consumption, namely a power-off state, namely the water heater and the air purifier are turned off; and the household appliances are turned off without causing loss to users. Or, the terminal may also select to adjust some first household appliances from a first power state, i.e., a standard state, to a second power state with lower power consumption, e.g., a power saving state, which may ensure normal use of the household appliances and does not cause user loss, e.g., the current power state of the refrigerator is a standard working state of refrigerated storage at 5 degrees and frozen at-18 degrees, and the terminal may adjust the power state of the refrigerator to a more power saving refrigerated storage at 6 degrees and frozen at-12 degrees.

This embodiment can be less than first threshold value when the domestic power consumption's surplus electric quantity is not enough, and intelligent control household electrical appliances's power consumption state switches the first power consumption state of at least partly first household electrical appliances to the second power consumption state that power consumption is littleer, reduces partial household electrical appliances's power consumption, and then reduces the power consumption of domestic power consumption for surplus electric quantity can use the longer time, can not cut off the power supply fast, and then reduces the user loss.

Because some household appliances can cause great loss to users after being powered off, and some household appliances bring less loss or even no loss to users after being powered off, in order to reduce the loss of users to a greater extent, the terminal can selectively adjust the power consumption states of some household appliances when the residual power is insufficient. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an implementation method of step 103 according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 2, step 103 may include step a1 to step A3.

In step a1, a power utilization priority of the first home device is obtained.

In step a2, a second home device is obtained from the first home device according to the power distribution information.

In step a3, switching a first electrical state of a second household electrical appliance to a second electrical state; wherein the power consumption allocation information includes a power consumption priority.

In this embodiment, a user may set a user priority for the home appliance device in the terminal in advance according to a loss degree brought to the user after power failure, and it is assumed that the user has two priorities, a first priority and a second priority, where the home appliance device with the first priority may bring loss to the user after power failure, and the home appliance device with the second priority may not bring loss to the user after power failure. In this way, when the acquired remaining power is less than the first threshold, after the first power consumption state of the household electrical appliance in use is acquired, the second household electrical appliance belonging to the second priority may be selected from the first household electrical appliance, the household electrical appliance belonging to the first priority is maintained in the current first power consumption state, and only the second household electrical appliance in the second priority needs to be in the second power consumption state (such as the power saving state or the power off state) with smaller power consumption. Therefore, the second household appliance is obtained from the first household appliance according to the power distribution information, even if the second power state of the second household appliance is the power-off state, the loss of a user cannot be caused, the power consumption of the second household appliance is reduced, the power consumption of the whole household power is also reduced, the household appliance with the first priority can be supplied with power for a longer time, and the loss caused after the household appliance with the first priority is powered off is reduced.

Certainly, the user can also set three or more priorities for the household appliances in advance according to the loss degree brought to the user after power failure, without limitation, the terminal can preferentially select the second household appliance with the low priority to reduce the power consumption according to the power utilization priority of the household appliances, and the household appliances with the high priority can be supplied with power for a longer time.

In this embodiment, when the remaining power of the household power is less than the first threshold, that is, the household power is insufficient, according to the power utilization priority of the household electrical appliance, the second household electrical appliance with a low priority may be obtained from the first household electrical appliance, and the first power utilization state of the second household electrical appliance with a low priority is switched to the second power utilization state with a smaller power consumption, so that the power consumption of a part of the household electrical appliances with a low priority is reduced, the power supply of the household electrical appliance with a high power utilization priority may be preferentially ensured, and the user loss may be reduced to a greater extent.

In the disclosed embodiment, referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for implementing step A3 according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 3, step A3 may include steps a31 and a 32.

In step a31, a second electrical state of the second home device is determined based on the power allocation information.

In step a32, the first electrical state of the second electrical device is switched to the second electrical state.

In this embodiment, the user priorities of the second household electrical appliances obtained by the terminal are different, and when the power consumption state of the second household electrical appliance is adjusted, the terminal can preferentially ensure power supply of the high-priority household electrical appliance in the second household electrical appliance, that is, the high-priority household electrical appliance in the second household electrical appliance is not adjusted to the power-off state.

Illustratively, the second home appliances include a refrigerator, an air purifier and a water heater, wherein the refrigerator has a high loss to the user after power failure, and is set to have a priority of 1, the air purifier and the water heater have a low loss to the user after power failure, and is set to have a priority of 2, and the priority of 1 is higher than the priority of 2, and the terminal can adjust the power consumption state of the refrigerator of the priority of 1 to a more power-saving second power consumption state except for the power failure state, and adjust the power consumption state of the air purifier and the water heater of the priority of 2 to a more power-saving second power consumption state (including the power failure state) according to the priority of the user, so that the loss of the user is not caused, and the power consumption of the second household appliance is reduced, so that the power consumption of the whole household appliance is reduced, meanwhile, the refrigerator with the priority level 1 can be supplied with power for a longer time, and the loss caused by the power failure of the household appliance with the priority level 1 is reduced.

This embodiment can confirm according to the power consumption distribution information that the power consumption priority of tame electric installation is when the surplus electric quantity of family's power consumption is less than first threshold value that the family's power consumption is not enough that adjust the second tame electric installation to which kind of power consumption is littleer second electricity state, can preferentially guarantee the power supply of tame electric installation of the high power consumption priority of second tame electric installation, and the bigger degree reduces the user loss.

In the disclosed embodiment, referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an implementation method of step a31 according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 4, step a31 may include steps a311 and a 312.

In step a311, the second electrical state of the second home electrical device in the first electrical priority interval is determined to be the power saving state according to the electrical priority.

In step a312, according to the power utilization priority, determining that the second electrical state of the second household electrical appliance in the second electrical priority interval is the power-off state; the first electric priority interval comprises a higher priority than the second electric priority interval.

Illustratively, the second home appliance includes a refrigerator, an air purifier, and a water heater, wherein the refrigerator has a high loss to the user after power-off and is set to have a priority 1, the air purifier and the water heater have a loss not to the user after power-off and is set to have a priority 2, the first electrical priority interval includes a priority 1, the second electrical priority interval includes a priority 2, and the priority 1 is higher than the priority 2. The terminal acquires that the refrigerator is in a standard state, the air purifier is in a standard state and the water heater is in a standard state, and at the moment, the terminal can determine that the second electricity utilization state of the second household appliance refrigerator in the first electricity utilization priority interval is a power saving state and the second electricity utilization states of the second household appliance air purifier and the water heater in the second electricity utilization priority interval are power-off states according to the electricity utilization priority; the outage of air purifier and water heater, refrigerator are in the power saving state, all can not cause user's loss, and simultaneously, the reduction of the power consumption of air purifier, water heater and refrigerator has reduced the power consumption of whole family's power consumption.

According to the embodiment, when the residual electric quantity of the household power is less than the first threshold value, namely the household power is insufficient, the second household electrical appliance in the second power utilization priority interval with the low priority is selected to be powered off according to the power utilization priority of the household electrical appliance, the power supply of the second household electrical appliance in the first power utilization priority interval with the high power utilization priority is ensured, and the user loss is reduced to a greater extent.

In the disclosed embodiment, the power distribution information further includes a remaining power amount.

In this embodiment, the terminal may also obtain the second home appliance from the first home appliance according to the shortage of the remaining power, for example, when the remaining power is very insufficient, obtain a large amount of second home appliances from the first home appliance, reduce the power consumption of the large amount of second home appliances, and when the remaining power is a little insufficient, obtain a small amount of second home appliances from the first home appliance, reduce the power consumption of the small amount of second home appliances.

In this embodiment, the terminal may also obtain the second home device from the first home device according to the remaining power and the user priority, assuming that the first home device includes home devices with priority 1, priority 2, and priority 3, where priority 1 is higher than priority 2 and priority 3 is higher than priority 2. The terminal can acquire a second household appliance with the user priority of 3 from the first household appliance when the residual electric quantity is greater than the threshold value 1, and reduce the power consumption of the household appliance of the second household appliance with the user priority of 3; and when the residual power is less than or equal to the threshold value 1, acquiring the second household appliances with the priority levels of 2 and 3 from the first household appliances, and reducing the power consumption of the second household appliances with the priority levels of 2 and 3. Therefore, the terminal can reduce the power consumption of a large number of low-priority household power supplies according to the priority ranking when the residual power is a little insufficient, reduce the power consumption of a small number of low-priority household power supplies when the residual power is a little insufficient, and preferentially ensure the power supply of high-priority household appliances.

For example, assuming that the first threshold is 20 degrees and the threshold 1 is 10 degrees, the terminal obtains the first power utilization states of all the first home devices as follows: the first electric state of the water heater is a standard state, the first electric state of the smoke alarm is a standard state, the first electric state of the refrigerator is a standard state of 5 degrees of cold storage and 18 degrees below freezing, wherein the smoke alarm can be set to be in priority 1, the refrigerator is in priority 2, and the water heater is in priority 3 according to the loss degree of a user; if the residual electric quantity of the household electricity acquired by the terminal is 18 degrees, at this time, the terminal can select the water heater with the priority 3 and adjust the water heater from the first electricity state to a second electricity state, namely a power-off state, with lower electricity consumption. If the residual electric quantity of the household power consumption obtained by the terminal is 8 degrees, at the moment, the terminal judges that the residual electric quantity of the household power consumption is insufficient, the terminal can select the water heater and the refrigerator, and the water heater and the refrigerator are adjusted from the first power state to the second power state (power saving state or power off state) with smaller power consumption. Therefore, the terminal can preferentially ensure the power supply of the refrigerator with higher priority when the residual power is more sufficient.

This embodiment can be when the domestic power consumption is not enough, according to the not enough degree of residual capacity, obtain second household electrical appliances from first household electrical appliances, switch the second household electrical appliances from first electric state to the second electric state that power consumption is littleer, reduce the power consumption of second household electrical appliances, and then reduce the power consumption of domestic power consumption for residual capacity can use longer time, can not cut off the power supply fast, and then reduces the user loss.

In the disclosed embodiment, referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for implementing step a2 according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 5, step a2 may include steps a21 and a 22.

In step a21, when the remaining power is greater than the second threshold, the number of the second home devices obtained from the first home device is a first value.

In step a22, when the remaining power is less than or equal to a second threshold, the number of second home devices obtained from the first home device is a second value; wherein the first value is less than the second value.

In this embodiment, when the acquired remaining power is less than the first threshold and greater than the second threshold, the terminal may select m second home appliances from the first home appliances after acquiring the first power consumption state of the first home appliance, adjust the m second home appliances from the current first power consumption state to the second power consumption state with less power consumption, and not adjust the power consumption states of the other first home appliances in use. If the remaining power obtained by the terminal is less than the second threshold, the terminal may select n second home appliances from the first home appliances, adjust the n second home appliances from the current first power state to a second power state that is more power-saving, and not adjust the power states of the other first home appliances that are in use. Wherein m is less than n.

For example, assume that the first threshold is 20 degrees, the second threshold is 10 degrees, the first value is 1, and the second value is 3; the terminal acquires the first power utilization states of all the first household appliances as follows: the first power state of the water heater is a standard state, the first power state of the air purifier is a standard state, and the first power state of the refrigerator is a standard state of refrigerating at 5 degrees and freezing at 18 degrees below zero. If the terminal acquires that the residual capacity of the household power is 18 degrees, at the moment, the terminal judges that the residual capacity of the household power is a little insufficient, the terminal can select one household appliance such as an air purifier, and the air purifier is adjusted from a first power state to a second power state, namely a power-off state, with lower power consumption. If the terminal acquires that the residual capacity of the household power is 8 degrees, at the moment, the terminal judges that the residual capacity of the household power is insufficient, the terminal can select three household appliance air purifiers, water heaters and refrigerators, and the air purifiers, the water heaters and the refrigerators are all adjusted from the first power state to the second power state (power saving state or power failure state) with smaller power consumption.

This embodiment can be when the surplus capacity of domestic power consumption is less than first threshold value promptly domestic power consumption is not enough, according to the not enough degree of surplus capacity, select the household electrical appliances's that reduces power consumption quantity figure, when surplus capacity is greater than second threshold value promptly surplus capacity is a bit not enough, acquire the second household electrical appliances of the less quantity that the figure is first value, reduce the power consumption of the second household electrical appliances of less quantity, when surplus capacity is very not enough, acquire the second household electrical appliances of the more quantity that the figure is the second value, reduce the power consumption of the second household electrical appliances of more quantity, make surplus capacity can use longer time to a greater extent, can not cut off the power supply fast, reduce user's loss to a greater extent.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the power consumption distribution information further includes power consumption amounts of the respective household electrical appliances in various power consumption states.

In the disclosed embodiment, referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an implementation method of step a31 according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 6, step a31 may include steps a313 to a 315.

In step a313, when the remaining power is greater than the third threshold, it is determined that the second power state is the power saving state.

In step a314, when the remaining power is less than or equal to the third threshold, it is determined that the second electrical state of the second electrical home device in the third electrical priority interval is the power saving state.

In step a315, when the remaining power is less than or equal to the third threshold, determining that the second electrical state of the second household electrical appliance in the fourth electrical priority interval is the power-off state; the third electric priority interval comprises priorities higher than the priorities of the fourth electric priority interval.

For example, assuming that the first threshold is 20 degrees and the third threshold is 10 degrees, the first power utilization state of the second household appliance obtained by the terminal is as follows: the first electricity state of the water heater is a standard state, the first electricity state of the refrigerator is 5 degrees of cold storage and 18 degrees below freezing, wherein the refrigerator and the water heater can be set to have a priority level of 2 and the third electricity priority level interval comprises a priority level of 2, the fourth electricity priority level interval comprises a priority level of 3, and the priority level of 2 is higher than the priority level of 3 according to the loss degree of a user. If the residual electric quantity of the household electricity acquired by the terminal is 18 degrees, at this time, the terminal judges that the residual electric quantity of the household electricity is a little insufficient, and the terminal can adjust the water heater and the refrigerator from the first electricity using state to the electricity saving state with smaller electricity consumption. If the residual electric quantity of the household electricity acquired by the terminal is 8 degrees, at the moment, the terminal judges that the residual electric quantity of the household electricity is insufficient, the terminal can adjust the refrigerator with the priority 2 from the first electricity state to the electricity-saving state with lower electricity consumption, and adjust the water heater with the priority 3 from the first electricity state to the power-off state with lower electricity consumption, so that the power supply of the refrigerator is ensured.

This embodiment can be when remaining capacity is less than a bit less than the third threshold value, the power consumption state adjustment of the tame electric installation of selecting is the power saving state, when remaining capacity is less than or equal to the third threshold value very not enough, the power consumption state adjustment of the second tame electric installation that is in the high priority of third power consumption priority interval that will select is the power saving state, the second tame electric installation that is in the low priority of fourth power consumption priority interval cuts off the power supply, make the family power consumption can use longer time, can not cut off the power supply fast, also priority has guaranteed the power supply of the tame electric installation of high priority simultaneously, reduce user's loss to a greater extent.

In this embodiment, some of the home appliances consume a large amount of power, and some of the home appliances consume a small amount of power, so that the terminal can preferentially turn off the home appliances that consume a large amount of power.

In this embodiment, the power consumption of each household appliance in various power consumption states may be prestored in the terminal, and after the terminal acquires the first power consumption state of the household appliance in use when the acquired remaining power is less than the first threshold, the terminal may determine the power consumption of the household appliance in use in the first power consumption state, and then turn off some household appliances with higher power consumption; therefore, under the condition that the power consumption of the whole household power consumption is reduced to the same degree, fewer household appliances are turned off, and the power supply of more household appliances is ensured; or the power consumption of the whole household power supply is reduced to a greater extent under the condition that the number of the household appliances is the same when the household appliances are turned off, so that the residual power can be used for a longer time, and the user loss is reduced to a greater extent.

According to the embodiment, when the residual electric quantity of the household electricity is less than the first threshold value, namely the household electricity is insufficient, the electricity utilization states of some household appliances can be selectively adjusted according to the electricity consumption of the household appliances in various electricity utilization states, and some household appliances with larger electricity consumption can be turned off; therefore, under the condition that the power consumption of the whole household power consumption is reduced to the same degree, fewer household appliances are turned off, and the power supply of more household appliances is ensured; or the power consumption of the whole household power supply is reduced to a greater extent under the condition that the number of the household appliances is the same when the household appliances are turned off, so that the residual power can be used for a longer time, and the user loss is reduced to a greater extent.

In the disclosed embodiment, referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for implementing step a2 according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 7, step a2 may include steps a23 and a24

In step a23, a third home device with a power utilization priority within a fifth power utilization priority interval is obtained from the first home device according to the power utilization priority.

In step a24, the second home appliance having the largest power consumption amount in the first power consumption state is acquired from the third home appliances based on the power consumption amounts of the respective home appliances in the respective power consumption states.

In this embodiment, the terminal may further select the second home appliance according to the priority of the home appliance and the pre-stored power consumption of the home appliance in various power consumption states. For example, the first power utilization state of the first household appliance obtained by the terminal is as follows: the first power state of the water heater is a standard state, the power consumption is w1 degrees/hour, the first power state of the refrigerator is a standard state, the refrigerator is refrigerated for 5 degrees and frozen for 18 degrees below zero, the power consumption is w2 degrees/hour, the first power state of the air purifier is a standard state, the power consumption is w3 degrees/hour, and w2< w1< w 3. Wherein, the refrigerator can be set as priority 2, the air purifier and the water heater as priority 3, and the fifth power utilization priority interval includes priority 3 according to the degree of user loss. When the terminal acquires that the residual electric quantity of the household electricity is insufficient, the terminal acquires a household appliance air purifier and a water heater with the priority 3 from the first household appliance; then, the terminal can select the air purifier with larger power consumption from the water heater and the air purifier, and adjust the power consumption state of the air purifier from the standard state to a second power-saving state or a power-off state which is more power-saving.

This embodiment can be when the surplus electric quantity of domestic power consumption is less than first threshold value promptly the domestic power consumption not enough, preferentially acquire the second tame electric installation that is in low priority and power consumption the biggest in the fifth power consumption priority interval, reduce the power consumption of these second tame electric installations that power consumption is big, can make surplus electric quantity can use longer time, can not cut off the power supply fast, these second tame electric installations of while adjustment are in low priority, the power supply of the tame electric installation of high priority can be preferentially guaranteed, reduce user's loss to a greater extent.

The implementation is described in detail below by way of several embodiments.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for controlling power consumption of a home appliance is described as an example in a terminal, referring to fig. 8, fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling power consumption of a home appliance according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 8, the method includes steps 801 to 807.

In step 801, the remaining power of the household power is acquired.

In step 802, when the remaining power is less than the first threshold, the first power states of all the first home devices are obtained.

In step 803, the power utilization priority of the first home device is obtained.

In step 804, according to the power distribution information, a second household appliance is obtained from the first household appliance; wherein the power consumption allocation information includes a power consumption priority.

In step 805, according to the power utilization priority, determining that the second power state of the second household appliance in the first power utilization priority interval is a power saving state,

in step 806, determining that the second electrical state of the second household electrical appliance in the second electrical priority interval is the power-off state according to the electrical priority; the first electric priority interval comprises a higher priority than the second electric priority interval.

In step 807, the first electrical state of the second home device is switched to a second electrical state.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for controlling power consumption of a home appliance is described as an example in a terminal, referring to fig. 9, fig. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling power consumption of a home appliance according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 9, the method includes steps 901 to 908.

In step 901, the remaining power of the household power is obtained.

In step 902, when the remaining power is less than a first threshold, first power states of all the first home devices are obtained.

In step 903, a power utilization priority of the first home device is obtained.

In step 904, when the remaining power is greater than the second threshold, the number of the second home devices obtained from the first home device is a first value; when the residual electric quantity is smaller than or equal to a second threshold value, the number of second household appliances acquired from the first household appliance is a second value; wherein the first value is less than the second value.

In step 905, when the remaining power is greater than the third threshold, it is determined that the second electrical state is the power saving state.

In step 906, when the remaining power is less than or equal to the third threshold, it is determined that the second power consumption state of the second household electrical appliance in the third power consumption priority interval is the power saving state.

In step 907, when the remaining power is less than or equal to the third threshold, determining that the second electrical state of the second household electrical appliance in the fourth electrical priority interval is a power-off state; the third electric priority interval comprises priorities higher than the priorities of the fourth electric priority interval.

In step 908, the first electrical state of the second home device is switched to a second electrical state.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for controlling power consumption of a home appliance is described as an example in a terminal, referring to fig. 10, fig. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling power consumption of a home appliance according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 10, the method includes steps 1001 to 1006.

In step 1001, the remaining amount of household electricity is acquired.

In step 1002, when the remaining power is less than a first threshold, first power states of all the first home devices are obtained.

In step 1003, a power utilization priority of the first home device is obtained.

In step 1004, according to the power utilization priority, a third home device with the power utilization priority within a fifth power utilization priority interval is obtained from the first home device.

In step 1005, the second home appliance having the largest power consumption amount in the first power consumption state is acquired from the third home appliances according to the power consumption amounts of the home appliances in the various power consumption states.

In step 1006, the first power state of the second home device is switched to a second power state, wherein the power consumption in the second power state is less than the power consumption in the first power state.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for controlling power consumption of a home appliance is described as an example in a terminal, referring to fig. 11, fig. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling power consumption of a home appliance according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 11, the method includes steps 1101 to 1106.

In step 1101, the remaining amount of household power is acquired.

In step 1102, when the remaining power is less than a first threshold, first power states of all the first home devices are obtained.

In step 1103, a power utilization priority of the first home device is obtained.

In step 1104, a second home device is obtained from the first home device according to the power distribution information, wherein the power distribution information includes a power priority.

In step 1105, a second power consumption state of the second household appliance is determined according to the power distribution information, wherein the power consumption amount in the second power consumption state is less than the power consumption amount in the first power consumption state.

In step 1106, the first electrical state of the second home device is switched to a second electrical state.

The following are embodiments of the disclosed apparatus that may be used to perform embodiments of the disclosed methods.

Fig. 12 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for controlling power consumption of a home device, which may be implemented as part or all of an electronic device through software, hardware, or a combination thereof, according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 12, the apparatus for controlling power consumption of a home appliance includes: a first obtaining module 121, a second obtaining module 122 and a switching module 123, wherein:

the first obtaining module 121 is configured to obtain a remaining power amount of the household power;

the second obtaining module 122 is configured to obtain the first power utilization states of all the first household electrical appliances when the remaining power is less than the first threshold;

the switching module 123 is configured to switch a first electrical state of at least a portion of the first home device to a second electrical state;

wherein the power consumption in the second power state is less than the power consumption in the first power state.

As a possible embodiment, the above-disclosed apparatus for controlling power consumption of an electric home appliance may further configure the switching module 123 to include a first obtaining sub-module 1231, a second obtaining sub-module 1232, and a switching sub-module 1233, and fig. 13 is a block diagram of the apparatus for controlling power consumption of an electric home appliance, where:

the first obtaining submodule 1231 is configured to obtain a power utilization priority of the first household appliance;

the second obtaining submodule 1232 is configured to obtain, according to the power distribution information, a second home appliance device from the first home appliance device;

a switching submodule 1233 configured to switch the first electrical state of the second household electrical appliance to the second electrical state;

wherein the power consumption allocation information includes a power consumption priority.

As a possible embodiment, the above-disclosed apparatus for controlling power consumption of an electrical home appliance may further configure the switching sub-module 1233 to determine a second electrical state of a second electrical home appliance according to the power distribution information; and switching the first electric state of the second household appliance to the second electric state.

As a possible embodiment, the above-disclosed apparatus for controlling power consumption of a home appliance may further configure the switching submodule 1233 to determine, according to the power consumption priority, that the second power state of the second home appliance in the first power priority interval is a power saving state, and determine, according to the power consumption priority, that the second power state of the second home appliance in the second power priority interval is a power failure state; the first electric priority interval comprises a higher priority than the second electric priority interval.

As a possible embodiment, in the above-disclosed apparatus for controlling power consumption of an electric home appliance, the power consumption allocation information further includes a remaining power amount.

As a possible embodiment, the apparatus for controlling power consumption of home devices disclosed above may further configure the second obtaining sub-module 1232 to obtain, when the remaining power is greater than the second threshold, the number of second home devices from the first home device as the first value; when the residual electric quantity is smaller than or equal to a second threshold value, the number of second household appliances acquired from the first household appliance is a second value; wherein the first value is less than the second value.

As a possible embodiment, the above-disclosed apparatus for controlling power consumption of an electrical home appliance may further configure the switching sub-module 1233 to determine that the second power state is the power saving state when the remaining power is greater than the third threshold; when the residual electric quantity is less than or equal to a third threshold value, determining that the second electrical state of the second household electrical appliance in the third electrical priority interval is a power saving state; when the residual electric quantity is less than or equal to a third threshold value, determining that the second electrical state of the second household electrical appliance in the fourth electrical priority interval is a power-off state; the third electric priority interval comprises priorities higher than the priorities of the fourth electric priority interval.

As a possible embodiment, in the above-disclosed apparatus for controlling power consumption of a home appliance, the power consumption allocation information further includes power consumption amounts of the home appliances in various power consumption states.

As a possible embodiment, the apparatus for controlling power consumption of home appliances disclosed above may further configure the second obtaining sub-module 1232 to obtain, from the first home appliance, a third home appliance with a power consumption priority within a fifth power consumption priority interval according to the power consumption priority; and acquiring the second household appliance with the maximum power consumption in the first power consumption state from the third household appliances according to the power consumption of each household appliance in various power consumption states.

Fig. 14 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for controlling power consumption of a home device, which is suitable for a terminal device, according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the apparatus 1400 may be a mobile terminal, a computer, a personal digital assistant, and the like.

Apparatus 1400 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 1402, a memory 1404, a power component 1406, a multimedia component 1408, an audio component 1410, an input/output (I/O) interface 1412, a sensor component 1414, and a communication component 1416.

The processing component 1402 generally controls the overall operation of the device 1400, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. Processing component 1402 may include one or more processors 1420 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, processing component 1402 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between processing component 1402 and other components. For example, the processing component 1402 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 1408 and the processing component 1402.

The memory 1404 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the apparatus 1400. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on device 1400, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 1404 may be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or combination of devices, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

The power supply component 1406 provides power to the various components of the device 1400. The power components 1406 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the device 1400.

The multimedia component 1408 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 1400 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 1408 includes a front-facing camera and/or a rear-facing camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the device 1400 is in an operation mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 1410 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 1410 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the apparatus 1400 is in operating modes, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may further be stored in the memory 1404 or transmitted via the communication component 1416. In some embodiments, audio component 1410 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

I/O interface 1412 provides an interface between processing component 1402 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

The sensor component 1414 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of state assessment for the apparatus 1400. For example, the sensor component 1414 may detect an open/closed state of the apparatus 1400, a relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of the apparatus 1400, a change in position of the apparatus 1400 or a component of the apparatus 1400, the presence or absence of user contact with the apparatus 1400, an orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the apparatus 1400, and a change in temperature of the apparatus 1400. The sensor assembly 1414 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object in the absence of any physical contact. The sensor assembly 1414 may also include a photosensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 1414 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 1416 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the apparatus 1400 and other devices. The device 1400 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1416 receives broadcast signals or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1416 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 1400 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium is also provided, such as the memory 1404 that includes instructions executable by the processor 1420 of the apparatus 1400 to perform the above-described method. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

An apparatus for controlling power consumption of an electric home appliance, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to:

acquiring the residual electric quantity of the household electricity;

The processor may be further configured to:

switching at least a portion of a first household appliance from a first electrical state to a second electrical state, comprising:

acquiring the power utilization priority of first household electrical appliance equipment;

switching the first electrical state of the second household electrical appliance to a second electrical state;

The processor may be further configured to:

switching the first electrical state of the second household appliance to a second electrical state, comprising:

The processor may be further configured to:

determining a second electrical state of the second household appliance according to the power distribution information, comprising:

determining the second power state of the second household electrical appliance in the first power priority interval as a power saving state according to the power utilization priority,

the first electric priority interval comprises a higher priority than the second electric priority interval.

The processor may be further configured to:

the power distribution information further includes a remaining power amount.

The processor may be further configured to:

according to the distribution information of power consumption, obtain the second household electrical appliances from first household electrical appliances, include:

when the residual electric quantity is smaller than or equal to a second threshold value, the number of second household appliances acquired from the first household appliance is a second value;

wherein the first value is less than the second value.

The processor may be further configured to:

when the residual electric quantity is larger than a third threshold value, determining that the second power consumption state is a power saving state;

when the residual electric quantity is less than or equal to a third threshold value, determining that the second electrical state of the second household electrical appliance in the third electrical priority interval is a power saving state;

when the residual electric quantity is less than or equal to a third threshold value, determining that the second electrical state of the second household electrical appliance in the fourth electrical priority interval is a power-off state;

the third electric priority interval comprises priorities higher than the priorities of the fourth electric priority interval.

The processor may be further configured to:

the power consumption distribution information further includes power consumption amounts of the respective home appliances in the respective power consumption states.

The processor may be further configured to:

and acquiring the second household appliance with the maximum power consumption in the first power consumption state from the third household appliances according to the power consumption of each household appliance in various power consumption states.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, wherein instructions of the storage medium, when executed by a processor of a device 1400, enable the device 1400 to perform the above method for controlling power consumption of an electric home appliance, the method comprising:

acquiring the residual electric quantity of the household electricity;

The instructions in the storage medium may further include:

the power distribution information further includes a remaining power amount.

The instructions in the storage medium may further include:

wherein the first value is less than the second value.

The instructions in the storage medium may further include:

Fig. 15 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus 1500 for controlling power consumption of a home device according to an example embodiment. For example, the apparatus 1500 may be provided as a computer. Referring to fig. 15, the apparatus 1500 includes a processing component 1522 that further includes one or more processors and memory resources, represented by the memory 1532, for storing instructions, such as applications, that are executable by the processing component 1522. The application programs stored in the memory 1532 may include one or more modules that each correspond to a set of instructions. Further, the processing component 1522 is configured to execute instructions to transmit control commands in accordance with the above-described methods.

The device 1500 can also include a power component 1526 configured to perform power management of the device 1500, a wired or wireless network interface 1550 configured to connect the device 1500 to a network, and an input-output (I/O) interface 1558. The apparatus 1500 may operate based on an operating system stored in the memory 1532, such as Windows Server, MacOS XTM, UnixTM, LinuxTM, FreeBSDTM, or the like.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method of controlling power usage by an appliance, comprising:

acquiring the residual electric quantity of the household electricity;

switching at least a portion of the first household electrical appliance from a first electrical state to a second electrical state; the switching at least a portion of the first electrical state of the first household appliance to the second electrical state comprises: acquiring the power utilization priority of the first household appliance; acquiring a second household appliance from the first household appliance according to the power distribution information; determining a second electricity utilization state of the second household appliance according to the electricity utilization distribution information, and switching the first electricity utilization state of the second household appliance to the second electricity utilization state;

wherein the determining the second power usage state of the second household appliance according to the power consumption distribution information includes: determining that the second electricity utilization state of the second household appliance in the first electricity utilization priority interval is a power saving state according to the electricity utilization priority, and determining that the second electricity utilization state of the second household appliance in the second electricity utilization priority interval is a power failure state according to the electricity utilization priority;

the power distribution information comprises the power utilization priority, the priority included in the first power utilization priority interval is higher than the priority included in the second power utilization priority interval, and the power consumption in the second power utilization state is smaller than the power consumption in the first power utilization state.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the power distribution information further includes the remaining power amount.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein obtaining a second home device from the first home device based on the power allocation information comprises:

wherein the first value is less than the second value.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein determining the second electrical state of the second home device based on the power allocation information comprises:

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the power distribution information further comprises power consumption of each household device in each power consumption state.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein obtaining a second home device from the first home device based on the power allocation information comprises:

7. An apparatus for controlling power consumption of a home appliance, comprising:

the switching module is used for switching a first electric state of at least one part of first household electrical appliance to a second electric state; the switching module includes: the first obtaining submodule is used for obtaining the power utilization priority of the first household appliance; the second obtaining submodule is used for obtaining second household appliances from the first household appliances according to the power distribution information; the switching submodule is used for determining that the second electrical state of the second household appliance in the first electrical priority interval is a power-saving state according to the electrical priority, and determining that the second electrical state of the second household appliance in the second electrical priority interval is a power-off state according to the electrical priority; switching a first electrical state of the second household appliance to the second electrical state;

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the power allocation information further comprises the remaining power.

9. The apparatus of claim 8,

the second obtaining submodule is used for obtaining the number of the second household appliances from the first household appliance as a first value when the residual electric quantity is greater than a second threshold value; when the residual electric quantity is smaller than or equal to the second threshold value, the number of the second household appliances acquired from the first household appliance is a second value; wherein the first value is less than the second value.

10. The apparatus of claim 8,

the switching submodule is used for determining that the second power-saving state is a power-saving state when the residual electric quantity is greater than a third threshold; when the residual electric quantity is less than or equal to the third threshold value, determining that the second electricity utilization state of the second household appliance in the third electricity priority interval is the electricity saving state; when the residual electric quantity is smaller than or equal to the third threshold value, determining that the second electrical state of the second household electrical appliance in the fourth electrical priority interval is a power-off state; the third electric priority interval comprises a higher priority than the fourth electric priority interval.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the power distribution information further comprises power consumption of each household appliance in each power consumption state.

12. The apparatus of claim 11,

the second obtaining submodule is used for obtaining a third household appliance with the power utilization priority within a fifth power utilization priority interval from the first household appliance according to the power utilization priority; and acquiring the second household appliance with the maximum power consumption in the first power consumption state from the third household appliance according to the power consumption of each household appliance in various power consumption states.

13. An apparatus for controlling power consumption of a home appliance, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to:

acquiring the residual electric quantity of the household electricity;

14. A computer readable storage medium storing computer instructions, wherein the computer instructions, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method of any one of claims 1 to 6.