KR101186333B1 - Home Appliance and operating method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a home appliance and a method of operating the same, and not only to an operation setting or an operation state during operation, but also to at least one of an amount of power consumed by the operation, a time required to reach a set value, and an estimated charge according to the operation of the household appliance. By displaying one on the screen, it is possible to easily check the driving information according to the operation of the home appliance. In addition, by displaying the driving information in a variety of forms and designs can be changed according to the user's taste, convenience is improved.

Description

Home appliance and operating method

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a home appliance and a method of operating the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a home appliance and a method of operating the same, which display driving information according to an operation state using received fee information.

Today, many tools are used to make life more comfortable. At home, people use air conditioners for air conditioning, refrigerators for food storage, televisions and radios for entertainment, and computers to make life easier. Most of mechanization is in progress for work.

These various devices, including home appliances, consume electricity as their energy source, and power plants are being built to generate electrical energy.

Recently, the consumption of energy is increasing day by day, the existing thermal resources are being exhausted, not only the interest in the development of new energy is increasing, but also the interest in the saving of energy consumption.

In the summer, when energy consumption is rapidly increasing, a certain amount of energy is produced to meet the demand of electric energy. However, as energy consumption increases, there is a problem in energy supply and demand. However, research on ways to reduce energy consumption is also underway in the present situation where the capacity of power plants and the like cannot be increased indefinitely.

Accordingly, by measuring the amount of power consumed in the building, the demand system is applied so that the maximum consumption does not exceed a certain value, or the operation rate of the operating devices is controlled to limit and manage the power consumption. It does not respond.

On the contrary, rather than simply limiting and managing the energy consumed in one home and one building, it is possible to generate energy in accordance with the required amount by organically connecting the places where energy is generated and consumed, such as power plants, through a communication network. As the energy generated and the energy consumed increases or decreases, a method of inducing energy consumption to change is proposed.

Such a system enables energy producing and consuming consumers and their respective devices to be interconnected to transmit and receive data, thereby enabling production and balanced energy consumption corresponding to energy consumption.

The present invention provides one method for a home appliance and a method of operating the home appliance for implementing such a system.

An object of the present invention is to visually display at least one operation information among the received charge information, the estimated charge, the time to reach the target, and the power consumption, so that the user not only checks the operation state of the home appliance but also considers the energy consumption and the charge. To provide a home appliance that provides information so that it can be driven and its operation method.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a home appliance comprising: a communication unit configured to communicate with a smart server to receive charge information changed according to power consumption; An input unit to input a driving mode and a driving setting according to the driving mode; An output unit for outputting driving information including a driving state and the fee information; And at least one operation information of at least one of an amount of power consumed during operation according to the operation setting, an estimated charge for the amount of electricity, and an estimated time to reach a desired temperature during operation according to the operation setting. And a control unit for calculating based on the charge information and outputting the same through the output unit, wherein the control unit calculates an average of a plurality of data regarding the time required to increase the temperature among the reference data when driving according to the operation setting. Calculates the estimated arrival time for the temperature difference between the current temperature and the desired temperature using the average, and calculates the total power consumption expected until the end of operation in response to the estimated arrival time and the amount of power according to the operation setting. It is characterized by the display.

In addition, the operation method of the home appliance according to the present invention comprises the operation mode and the operation setting is input, driving in accordance with the operation setting; Calculating at least one driving information among a power amount, an estimated charge, and an estimated arrival time based on the charge information received from the smart server, the received power amount data, and the previously stored reference data; And displaying the driving information, wherein the calculating step calculates a temperature difference between a current temperature and a desired temperature, and includes data on operation setting identical to the operation setting among the reference data or time of the reference data. The estimated time required to reach the desired temperature is calculated using the average value of, and the power consumption expected until the end of the operation is calculated based on the amount of power according to the operation setting and the estimated time of arrival. .

The home appliance and its operation method according to the present invention configured as described above display the charge information received from the smart server, and reach the estimated charge, power consumption or target for the operation set in response to the charge information. By visually displaying driving information such as time, the user can easily check the operation status of the home appliance, and change the design by using various graphs or images to selectively display information according to the user's taste. Can be.

In addition, by displaying the estimated rate and power consumption based on the rate information, the user can set and selectively start the operation of the home appliance in response to the current rate and power consumption, thereby distributing energy consumption. .

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a smart grid system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a home appliance and a smart server of the present invention.
3 is a front view showing an embodiment of a home appliance of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram showing a control configuration of a home appliance according to the present invention.
5 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an example of data displayed on a display unit of a home appliance of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart referred to for describing a method of displaying information calculated corresponding to driving and toll information in an embodiment according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart referred to for describing a method of storing reference data for calculating expected data displayed during operation as shown in FIG. 6.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart referred to for describing a method of applying a design to data displayed during operation of FIG. 6.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a smart grid system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the smart grid system includes power generation systems 5 and 7 that generate energy, and where energy is consumed, such as factories 2, homes 3, and enterprises. It includes a building (4), a car charging station (6), and includes a network connecting the energy source and the consumer and a power management server (1) for organically connecting the energy source and the consumer using the network.

The power generation system, which is an energy generator, includes all of the power generation systems that generate energy, not limited to drawings, such as thermal power plants (5), wind or solar or solar power plants (7), nuclear power plants, and hydro power plants.

Energy consumers include a plurality of home appliances, plant machinery, plant air conditioners, plant ventilation, elevators, escalators, lighting equipment, building ventilation, building air conditioning, and car charging stations. It may include. All other appliances that use electrical energy are included in the energy consumer.

The network includes a wired network such as LAN, power line network, telephone network, wireless network such as Wireless LAN, Wibro, mobile communication network, HSDPI, as well as communication network using satellite. In this case, the network connecting each element does not need to be unified into one network, and the energy consumers and the producers may be connected to each other through linkage between different pre-installed communication networks. In some cases, the apparatus may further include a device for connection between different communication networks.

The smart grid system connects the energy generating and consuming places through the communication network, so that the energy generating system can predict the energy generation according to the energy consumption pattern and change it accordingly. The consuming side knows the amount of energy being developed and the overall energy consumption pattern accordingly and changes its behavior accordingly.

At this time, the power management server generates charge information whose value is changed according to the energy generation of the power generation system, the energy consumption status of each energy consumer, and the power consumption. In addition, the power management server transmits the generated fee information to each energy consumer.

Each energy consumer receives a fee information from the power management server 1, each including a smart server, and transmits the received fee information to each device including the fee information. Accordingly, each device variably controls the operation in response to the charge information. The smart server may collect power consumption information of the plurality of devices and transmit the power consumption information to the power management server 1.

2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a home appliance and a smart server of the present invention.

The home 2 among the energy consumers includes a plurality of home appliances 201 to 209 and a smart server 100 as shown in FIG. 2.

The home appliance includes a washing machine 205, a refrigerator 206, a kimchi refrigerator 207, an outdoor unit 201 and an indoor unit 202 to 204, a ventilator, and a heating device 208, 209. In addition, the home appliance may further include a device that consumes energy, such as an electric oven, an rice cooker, an iron, and a lighting device.

In this case, the plurality of home appliances are connected to a predetermined network and are connected to the smart server 100, respectively. The plurality of home appliances may be integrated and connected through a network and may be separated into different networks in some cases, but are connected to the smart server 100 according to a communication method provided.

The smart server 100 may be provided for each building or each furniture, and in the case of a large building or a factory, a plurality of smart servers may be provided. When a plurality of smart servers are provided, each smart server is connected to a network, and in some cases, any one smart server may be set as a master.

The smart server 100 is connected to the power management server 1 of the smart grid system, transmits and receives information on the amount of power consumption, receives the charge information from the power management server 1, and transmits to a plurality of connected home appliances . The smart server 100 periodically communicates with the power management server 1 and immediately transmits the changed fee information to the home appliance.

The smart server 100 may accumulate and store the driving time of each home appliance according to the section value of each fee information separately, and calculate the power consumption information and the estimated electric fee according to the received fee information. In addition, the smart server 100 transmits information on power consumption for a plurality of home appliances to the power management server (1).

The smart server 100 receives the driving record according to the charge information, the driving time data from the plurality of home appliances, and transmits the data to the plurality of home appliances based on the charge calculation data received from the power management server 1, a preset charge list, and the like. Calculates the amount of power consumed and the corresponding electric charge. The smart server 100 may calculate an estimated electric charge for each of the plurality of home appliances individually and transmit the estimated electric charge to each home appliance.

3 is a front view showing an embodiment of a home appliance of the present invention.

The home appliance 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention is described as an example of an air conditioner including an outdoor unit and an indoor unit, but may be applied to any home appliance that operates by consuming energy regardless of its type. Description of the separate configuration according to will be omitted below. At this time, for convenience, the reference numerals of the indoor unit, which is an embodiment of the home appliance, are displayed in the same manner as the home appliance.

In addition, the air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention can be applied to any case, such as a stand-type air conditioner, a wall-mounted air conditioner and a ceiling-type air conditioner, but for the convenience of the following description, Explain.

The air conditioner includes indoor units 202 to 204 for discharging cold air into the room as described above, and an outdoor unit 201 for supplying a refrigerant to the indoor unit. The indoor unit and the outdoor unit are connected through a refrigerant pipe. In addition, the air conditioner may include a local controller connected to the indoor unit to input an operation command to the indoor unit or a remote controller connected to a plurality of units to control and monitor the operation. In addition, it can operate in conjunction with the ventilation unit.

The outdoor unit 201 includes a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, and the like, and compresses or heat exchanges the refrigerant to supply the refrigerant to the indoor unit according to the operating condition of the air conditioner, and a description thereof will be omitted below.

As shown in FIG. 3, the indoor unit of the home appliance 200 includes a communication unit 210 for transmitting and receiving data with the smart server 100, an operation state of the indoor unit, or a display unit for displaying data received from the smart server 100 ( 261), an input unit (not shown) for inputting setting data for the operation of the indoor unit.

The communication unit 210 is provided in the indoor unit, and performs communication between the indoor unit and the smart server in response to the control of the indoor unit. The communication unit 210 includes a plurality of communication modules and selects one of the plurality of communication modules to communicate with the surrounding communication environment. At this time, the communication unit 210 may be built in the indoor unit, or may be connected to the exterior through a separate connection device, it is configured to be detachable in some cases.

The communication unit 210 may be installed on any one surface of the upper portion of the home appliance, that is, the indoor unit. The communication unit 210 may be installed on the upper front, side, or upper surface of the indoor unit to facilitate signal transmission and reception in communication with the smart server 100. In some cases, the communication unit 210 may move or change its position in response to a signal reception state. Position change of the communication unit 210 is made by a separate moving member.

The display unit 261 displays the operation mode of the indoor unit, the information on the operation setting, or the information on the operation state, and displays the data received from the smart server 100. In addition, the display unit 261 displays driving information, such as an estimated power consumption or an estimated electric charge, according to the driving setting, calculated by the controller 290 in response to the charge information or the charge information received from the smart server 100. do.

The display unit 261 is display means for displaying information in the form of at least one of letters, numbers, images, emoticons, and special characters.

The display unit 261 includes a liquid crystal display (LCD), organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and the like, which visually express information. In addition, the display unit 261 may be configured such that the touch pad is superimposed in a layer structure so that the touch pad may operate as a touch screen and input information by a user's touch.

The display unit 261 is preferably provided on the front panel, but may be provided at an upper portion of the display unit 261. In some cases, the display unit 261 may be provided to a separate lifting unit so that the display unit 261 may appear outside only when the indoor unit is operated.

At this time, the input unit is provided in close proximity to the display unit, thereby inputting setting data about the operation and operation of the indoor unit. When the display unit is provided with a touch screen, data may be input through a touch operation.

In addition, the indoor unit is a discharge port for discharging air into the room, an intake port for sucking the air inside the room, a heat exchanger for heat exchange the sucked air, an indoor unit fan for heat exchanged suction air is discharged through the discharge port, opening and closing of the discharge port or A vane or louver for adjusting the discharge angle is included, but other descriptions of the indoor unit will be omitted below.

4 is a block diagram showing a control configuration of a home appliance according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the home appliance 200 includes a control unit for controlling the communication unit 210, the input unit 250, the output unit 260, the drive control unit 280, the data unit 270, and the overall operation of the home appliance. 290.

In this case, each home appliance 200 may further include a separate configuration according to the characteristics of the home appliance, including the above configuration as a basic.

The communication unit 210 includes at least one communication module to transmit and receive data with other units such as an outdoor unit or an indoor unit, as well as communicate with the smart server 100 to receive charge information from the smart server 100, Operation information on the operation of the air conditioner is transmitted to the smart server 100. The communication unit 210 connects to the smart server 100 periodically or when a predetermined event occurs to transmit and receive data.

The communication unit 210 includes at least one communication module, and performs a connection test for each communication module to select a communication module suitable for the surrounding network environment, and to the smart server 100 using the selected communication module. Connect.

In this case, the communication unit 210 may use a different communication method for communication between the outdoor unit or the indoor unit and the communication with the smart server 100, and selectively uses a communication module corresponding to the communication method with the target to communicate. In some cases, it may include a converter for data transmission between different communication schemes.

At this time, the communication unit 210 includes at least one wireless communication module of the WiFi communication module, ZigBee communication module, Wibro communication module, infrared communication and mobile phone communication module. In addition, the communication unit 210 includes at least one wired communication module of a power line communication module, a short-range communication module, a dedicated wired communication module according to a home appliance.

The input unit 250 includes input means such as at least one switch, a button, a touch pad, and a dial, such as power supply for the operation of the air conditioner, an operation mode for operation, an operation setting according to the operation mode, a schedule, and the like. Data is entered.

The output unit 260 includes at least one output means such as a lamp 263 such as an LED, a display unit 261, a speaker 262, and the like to output an operating state of the home appliance. At this time, the operation state of the home appliance, the current operation state, the input setting, whether or not the normal operation, not only the display by the alphanumeric special characters, etc., but also outputs the effect sound or warning sound, operation light or warning light.

In addition, the output unit 260 displays the fare information received through the communication unit 210 in response to the control command of the control unit 290, the operation information of the air conditioner corresponding to the specific fare information, the charge information accordingly Is displayed.

In particular, the display unit 261 displays at least one of an estimated electric power consumption corresponding to the billing information, a time remaining until the target temperature or the desired temperature is reached, and an estimated electric bill according to the driving and billing information. At this time, the remaining time, electricity rate, power consumption as described above is calculated by the controller 290 is output through the display unit 261, in some cases the result calculated by the smart server 100 through the communication unit 210 Can be received.

In this case, the input unit 250 and the output unit 260 may be provided in the front panel, the lower surface, the lower portion, the upper portion, and the like of the indoor units 202 to 204, and the position thereof is not limited to the present description.

The data unit 270 stores setting data for the operation of the home appliance, control data 271 for controlling the operation, and stores data received from another unit such as an outdoor unit or another indoor unit, and records driving according to the charge information. This operation data is stored as 272.

In addition, the data unit 270 stores reference data 273 for calculating remaining time, estimated power consumption, and estimated electric charge.

The input / output of data stored in the data unit 270 is controlled by the controller 290.

The driving controller 280 performs a predetermined operation according to the setting of the input unit 250 in response to the control command of the controller 290. For example, the indoor unit performs overall operations such as driving the indoor unit fan, opening and closing the valve, and adjusting the angle of the louver or vane. In the case of the outdoor unit, the operation of the compressor, the fan of the outdoor unit, and the opening and closing of the valve are performed.

The controller 290 generates a control command to operate the air conditioner in response to the data input through the input unit 250, and controls the transmission and reception of data and the data input / output of the data unit 270 through the communication unit 210. In addition, the controller 290 applies the control command to the drive control unit 280 according to the setting so that the air conditioner operates according to the setting.

The control unit 290 periodically communicates with the smart server 100 to transmit and receive data on charge information or power consumption to control the operation of the home appliance.

The controller 290 stores the reference data 273 in the data unit 270 based on the data measured through the actual operation. In this case, the controller 290 may generate reference data by recording data generated during operation, and may operate in a separate recording mode in some cases.

The control unit 290 calculates the time required to reach the desired temperature or the target temperature under the predetermined operation mode or operation setting from the stored data by storing the setting of the home appliance operation and the data measured during operation as the reference data 273. do.

The controller 290 stores the information on the amount of power measured at each driving time as the reference data 273, and calculates the amount of power consumed when driving for a predetermined time in a predetermined operation mode or operation setting based on the recorded information.

In addition, the controller 290 calculates an estimated electric charge according to the operation of the home appliance based on the charge information and the charge table received from the smart server 100.

The control unit 290 outputs the above calculation result through the display unit 261 during operation or completion of operation. That is, for example, the controller 290 displays at least one of the remaining time until the target is reached, the amount of power consumed when the set operation is completed, and the estimated electricity rate when the operation is completed. I can display it. When displaying the estimated power consumption, the current power consumption can be displayed together.

In addition, the controller 290 displays the above calculation results on the display unit 261 as an image or a graph. In this case, the controller 290 may display at least one of a progress bar, a pie graph, a bar graph, a chart, a line graph, and a gauge. In addition, the control unit 290 builds the display form and information on the position at which the calculation result is displayed as design data, and displays the calculation result in any one design according to the selection through the input unit 250.

When the communication unit 210 includes a plurality of communication modules, the control unit 290 tests a connection to the smart server 100 for each of the plurality of communication modules, and any one of the communication modules successfully connected to the smart server. Set as the default communication to send and receive data with the smart server.

In particular, when there is no information on the surrounding network environment in the location where the home appliance is installed, when there is no information on the communication method used by the smart server 100, the control unit 290 is connected to each communication module as described above Testing will determine the surrounding network environment. In this case, when an error occurs in the selected communication module, the control unit 290 tests another communication module to connect to the smart server 100 using another communication module.

The controller 290 is configured to display information about the communication state of the communication unit 210, reception of charge information, operation state of the home appliance, or an event when the information is generated through the display unit 261, with the sound effect or warning sound. Is controlled to be output through the speaker 262.

In addition, when the communication unit 210 operates normally, but the response is not received from the smart server 100 for a predetermined time or more, the controller 290 outputs a warning about a communication state failure through the output unit 260.

5 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an example of data displayed on a display unit of a home appliance of the present invention.

As described above, the controller 290 displays the data calculated during operation in the display unit 261 in response to the operation mode, the operation setting, and the charge information. The controller 290 calculates the time required to reach the target value and displays the remaining time in response to the operation mode, the operation setting and the fare information based on the initial operation and pre-stored reference data. It calculates and displays the estimated amount of electricity, and thus the electric charge.

As shown in a of FIG. 5, the controller 290 displays the information according to the desired temperature on the display unit 261.

The display unit 261 displays the present temperature 301 and the desired temperature (target temperature) 302, and displays the estimated time of arrival 303 until the desired temperature is reached, that is, the remaining time required to reach. do.

At this time, the current temperature 301 and the desired temperature 302 are respectively displayed as a bar graph, so that the difference between the current temperature and the desired temperature can be easily identified through the height difference of the bar graph. At this time, the scale according to the temperature is displayed on the left or right side of the bar graph of the present temperature and the desired temperature so that the exact value of each graph can be confirmed.

The current temperature is measured by a temperature sensing unit (not shown) and is input to the room temperature. The desired temperature is a value by a changed operation setting corresponding to the operation setting or the fare information input through the input unit 250. The controller 290 selectively displays the display unit 261 with respect to whether the smart plan is applied or the desired temperature according to the operation setting input in response to the charge information received through the communication unit 210 or the operation setting changed in response to the charge information. ) To be displayed.

In addition, the expected arrival time 303 is displayed in at least one unit of hours, minutes, and seconds corresponding to the value.

Based on the reference data 273 stored in the data unit 270, the controller 290 calculates and displays the time required to reach the desired temperature from the current temperature in the operation setting for the current operation and displays it on the display unit 261. . In this case, the controller 290 calculates a time required to increase 1 degree in the predetermined operation setting of the reference data 273 and calculates another estimated arrival time. In addition, the controller 290 may calculate an expected remaining time by calculating an average value of the plurality of values of the reference data.

The present temperature and the desired temperature may be displayed not only in the bar graph but also in other forms of graphs or numbers, and the estimated arrival time may also be displayed in the form of a clock image or a stopwatch, which is not limited to the drawings.

In addition, the expected arrival time 303 is displayed in at least one unit of hours, minutes, and seconds corresponding to the value.

As shown in b of FIG. 5, the controller 290 outputs power consumption for the current operation through the display unit 261.

After starting the operation, the display unit 261 displays the current power consumption 304 with respect to the amount of power consumed so far, and displays the estimated power consumption 305 with respect to the total amount of power consumed when the operation is completed. In addition, the display unit 261 displays an estimated rate 308 against the amount of power consumed.

At this time, the current power consumption 304 and the estimated power consumption 305 are each displayed in the form of a gauge that increases or decreases step by step according to the magnitude of the value, and each of the exact figures is displayed together (305, 307). .

In this case, the current power consumption and the estimated power consumption may be displayed in other forms such as a bar graph, a pie graph, and a numerical predetermined image. In addition, at least one of the shape, shape, and size of the displayed number may be changed and displayed.

The controller 290 receives the amount of power consumed through the power meter (not shown) or the smart server 100 connected to the power meter and displays it on the display unit 261.

In addition, the controller 290 calculates an estimated fee based on the amount of power consumed and the received fee information based on the value of the power consumption of the reference data 273. At this time, in calculating the estimated rate, the controller 290 considers whether the progressive tax is applied according to the cumulative usage in consideration of the total cumulative usage amount for a predetermined period of the reference data, and accordingly, each section for each fare information, that is, a discounted fare segment. The estimated fare 308 is calculated by considering the driving time for each of the general fare section and the premium fare section.

In addition, as described above, the controller 290 may display the information on the temperature, the amount of electricity or the charge information as shown in FIG. 5C.

At this time, the display unit 261 corresponds to the control command of the control unit 290, the current temperature 310, the desired temperature 311, the progress rate 309, the estimated time of arrival 312, the power consumption 313, the estimated charge 314 is displayed.

The present temperature and the desired temperature are displayed according to the measured value and operation setting as shown in FIG. 5A, and are not only displayed numerically as shown, but also as a graph or a predetermined image as shown in FIG. 5A. Can be.

The progress rate may be displayed by any one of the progress of the operation, the progress of reaching the target temperature at the current temperature, and the progress of the power consumption according to the setting. In this case, although the example is displayed as a pie graph, the display form may be changed by a percentage value or a bar graph.

The estimated arrival time and the estimated charge power consumption are displayed as a value calculated by the controller 290 or a value received from the outside, as described above. In this case, the displayed form, shape, color, size, etc. may be changed.

At this time, in displaying the estimated arrival time, the estimated charge, and the power consumption on the display unit 261, the control unit 290, when a predetermined target value is set for each of the above values, the estimated arrival time depending on the degree of reaching the target value. , Estimated charges and power consumption can be displayed in a specific color.

For example, when the target value for the power consumption is set to 20kwh, the power consumption may be displayed in green when the power consumption is 0 to 10kwh, yellow when the power consumption is 10 to 15kwh, and red when the power consumption is greater than or equal to 15kwh. In some cases, a separate lamp may be provided at a position where the power consumption amount is displayed so that the lamp may emit light in the same color according to the value of the power consumption amount.

At this time, the control unit 290 changes the type of information displayed on the display unit 261 and the display method of the displayed schedule as shown in FIG. 5A, B, and C in response to the design setting for the displayed information.

For example, the controller 290 is displayed on the display portion 261 as shown in FIG. 5A when the first design is selected, and is displayed on the display portion 261 as shown in FIG. 5B when the second design is selected, and when the third design is selected. It may be displayed as shown in c of FIG. 5.

In addition, the control unit 290 may change the design through user setting through the input unit 250 in addition to the designated design, and additionally receive design data through the communication unit 210 and register it.

The controller 290 may change a design, which is a method of displaying information displayed on the display unit 261, in response to whether a design change command is input during design setting or operation.

6 is a flowchart referred to for describing a method of displaying information calculated corresponding to driving and toll information in an embodiment according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, the home appliance receives a driving mode and a driving setting through the input unit 250 (S320), and receives charge information from the smart server 100 through the communication unit 210 (S330). However, when a smart plan using bill information in the home appliance is applied, the bill information is received from the smart server 100.

The control unit 290 of the home appliance controls the operation of the home appliance according to any one of the changed operation settings according to the input operation setting or the charge information (S340).

The controller 290 calculates a temperature difference between the measured current temperature and the set desired temperature, and calculates the time remaining until the desired temperature is reached in response to the temperature difference and the operation setting (S350).

At this time, the control unit 290 calculates the time required to change the first degree based on the data for the same or similar to the current operation setting among the reference data 273 stored in the data unit 270 and calculates accordingly The arrival time is calculated. If a setting that is the same as or similar to the current operation setting does not exist, the controller 290 calculates an average value for a plurality of values of the reference data 273 and calculates an estimated arrival time based on the average value.

In addition, the control unit 290 calculates the amount of power consumed (S360).

In this case, the control unit 290 operates when the operation is continued according to the current operation setting by using the amount of power received from the power meter connected to the home appliance or the amount of power received from the smart server 100 connected to the power meter and reference data. Calculate the amount of power expected to be consumed by the end.

The control unit 290 calculates an estimated charge corresponding to the power amount based on the calculated charge amount information received from the smart server 100 (S370).

In this case, the controller 290 calculates an estimated fee by calculating a fee for each driving time for the fee section of the fee information, that is, a discount fee section, a general fee section, and a premium fee section. In addition, when the charge information is not received from the smart server, the controller 290 extracts charge data of the reference data and driving time information according to the driving setting, and calculates an estimated charge corresponding to the calculated amount of power.

The control unit 290 outputs information on the driving state and the driving setting through the display unit 261, and displays the calculated estimated arrival time (remaining time), power amount, and the estimated charge through the display unit 261.

At this time, the control unit 290 displays at least one information of the estimated time of arrival, the amount of power, the estimated charge according to the set design, and display form, shape, size, and position for each information is displayed differently according to the design. . Each piece of information displayed on the display unit is displayed by a combination of at least one of letters, numbers, images, emoticons, and special characters.

During operation, when the operation setting is changed or the operation state is changed (S390), the controller 290 recalculates the estimated arrival time (remaining time), power amount, and estimated charge in response to the changed operation setting or operation state. Indicated at 261 (S350 to S380).

Herein, when the charge information received from the smart server 100 is changed, the controller 290 may change the operation setting in response thereto or the operation setting may be changed by the input unit 250. In addition, the operation state may be changed due to abnormal operation or communication error of the home appliance.

If the operation setting or the operation state is not changed, the control unit 290 maintains operation (S400). When the operation is completed, the final power consumption amount and the final fee is calculated and displayed (S410).

The controller 290 stores the driving setting and the driving record according thereto, and calculates the final power consumption and the final fee according to the driving time for each fare section in response to the fare information.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart referred to for describing a method of storing reference data for calculating expected data displayed during operation as shown in FIG. 6.

As described above, the reference data 273 used to calculate the estimated time of arrival, the amount of electricity, and the estimated fee is stored as follows.

When the operation mode and the operation setting are input (S430), and operation is started (S440), the controller 290 checks and stores the operation state according to the operation mode, the operation setting and the operation setting, and measures the operation load accordingly ( S450).

In this case, the home appliance may be provided with a recording operation mode for storing the separate reference data, but the home appliance may extract and store the reference data for all operations of the home appliance.

The controller 290 measures and stores the desired temperature arrival time according to the operation mode and the operation setting during operation (S460). At this time, the measured value at the first time and the measured value at the second time can be compared and calculated.

The controller 290 stores the information about the measured driving load and the arrival time as reference data (S470).

The operation load and the arrival time are measured and stored in response to the operation setting and the operation state as described above until the operation is completed (S450 to S470). In this case, when the operation setting or the operation state is changed, the data according to the changed setting are separately stored.

When the operation is completed (S480), the controller 290 stores the final data on the driving load and the arrival time (S490). In addition, power consumption information according to the operation mode and the operation setting is received from the power meter to store data on the power consumption.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart referred to for describing a method of applying a design to data displayed during operation of FIG. 6.

As shown in FIG. 8, when setting the display option, the control unit 290 displays a display option setting menu on the display unit 261 (S510) and displays the screen of the display unit 261 through the input unit 250. The type and design of information to be set are set (S520).

The controller 290 displays a preview of the information to be displayed in the selected design on the display unit 261 (S530), and stores the display option setting when the final selection is made (S540).

When the operation is started after setting the display option (S550), the controller 290 displays the driving state on the screen of the display unit 261 according to the set display option, and together with at least one of the estimated time of arrival, power consumption, and estimated cost. Information is displayed on the screen of the display unit 261 (S560).

At this time, when a design change request for the screen displayed on the current display unit 261 is requested through the input unit 250 (S570), the control unit 290 is changed to the next design based on the current design among the pre-stored designs to the next design. A preview is displayed (S580). In some cases, the controller 290 may separately display a menu for design change on the display unit 261.

The control unit 290 sequentially displays a preview of the next design or the previous design in response to the input of the input unit 250 (S580, S590), and if any one design is selected (S590), the information set to the selected design To display (S600).

For example, as shown in FIG. 5 described above, when the design is changed while the set design is a in FIG. 5, the b of FIG. 5, which is the next design, is displayed, and the c of FIG. 5, which is the next design, is displayed again. can do. In this case, information set to be displayed on the selected design is displayed on the screen, but in some cases, information displayed according to the design may also be changed.

Therefore, the home appliance displays the amount of power consumed during the operation, the time required to reach the desired temperature, and the estimated charge according to the operation so that the user can intuitively recognize the driving state and the operation setting during the operation. In particular, by changing the design using a variety of graphs or images to display information selectively according to the user's taste.

In addition, by displaying the estimated rate and power consumption based on the rate information, the user can set the operation of the excitation device in response to the current rate and power consumption and selectively start.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to the illustrated drawings, the present invention is not limited by the embodiments and drawings disclosed herein, and may be applied within the scope of the technical idea.

1: power management server 100: smart server
200: home appliances
210: communication unit 250: input unit
260: output unit 261: display unit
270: data portion 273: reference data
290: control unit

Claims (20)

A communication unit which communicates with the smart server and receives the charge information changed according to the power consumption;
An input unit to input a driving mode and a driving setting according to the driving mode;
An output unit for outputting driving information including a driving state and the fee information; And
Pre-stored reference data and the rate of at least one operation information of the amount of power consumed during operation according to the operation setting, the estimated charge for the power amount, and the estimated time to reach the desired temperature when driving according to the operation setting A control unit for calculating based on information and outputting the information through the output unit;
The controller controls the case of driving according to the operation setting.
Calculating an average of a plurality of data relating to the time required to increase the temperature among the reference data, and using the average, calculate the expected time to reach the temperature difference between the present temperature and the desired temperature;
And calculating and displaying the total power consumption expected until the end of the operation in correspondence to the expected arrival time and the amount of power according to the operation setting. The method of claim 1,
The output unit is a home appliance, characterized in that for displaying the driving information in at least one combination of letters, numbers, special characters, emoticons and images. The method of claim 1,
The output unit is a home appliance, characterized in that for displaying the operation information in the form of at least one of a progress bar, bar graph, circular graph, line graph, gauge, number and image. The method of claim 1,
The controller sets a type of driving information to be displayed, and applies the selected design from among a plurality of designs to the driving information to display on the output unit. The method of claim 4, wherein
And the control unit changes and displays the operation information or the design displayed on the output unit in response to an input signal of the input unit. The method of claim 1,
The controller calculates a time required to increase 1 degree in the operation setting based on the reference data for the same setting as the operation setting, calculates a temperature difference between a present temperature and a desired temperature, and reaches the expected difference with respect to the temperature difference. A home appliance characterized by calculating the time. The method of claim 1, wherein
The control unit accumulates and stores data generated or measured during operation, and extracts only data related to charges, times or power amounts to generate and store the reference data. The method of claim 1,
The control unit is a home appliance, characterized in that for displaying the current power consumption received from the connected power meter or the smart server to the output. The method of claim 1,
The control unit calculates the estimated rate based on the charge period included in the charge information, the estimated time of arrival or the amount of power. The method of claim 1,
The controller may be configured to calculate the estimated rate based on the estimated time of arrival and the amount of power, based on the rate table included in the reference data or the rate information according to past operation. The method of claim 1,
And the control unit recalculates and displays at least one driving information among the power amount, the estimated charge, and the estimated arrival time when the driving state or the driving setting is changed. A driving mode and a driving setting are input, and driving according to the driving setting;
Calculating at least one driving information among a power amount, an estimated charge, and an estimated arrival time based on the charge information received from the smart server, the received power amount data, and the previously stored reference data; And
Displaying the driving information;
The calculating step calculates a temperature difference between a current temperature and a desired temperature, and reaches the desired temperature by using an average value of data for operation setting identical to the operation setting among the reference data or data for time in the reference data. Calculate the expected arrival time required,
A method of operating a home appliance, characterized in that to calculate the amount of power consumption expected until the end of the operation based on the amount of power according to the operation setting and the expected time to reach. 13. The method of claim 12,
In the displaying step, the operation information is displayed by changing at least one of a shape, a shape, a display position, and a color according to a setting of a selected design among a plurality of designs. 13. The method of claim 12,
The displaying step is a method of operating a home appliance for displaying the operation information in the form of at least one of a progress bar, bar graph, circular graph, line graph, gauge, number and image. 15. The method of claim 14,
In the displaying step, when the target value for each of the driving information is set, the operation method of the home appliance, characterized in that for changing the color of the driving information corresponding to the degree of reaching the target value. delete 13. The method of claim 12,
The operation step of operating the home appliance, characterized in that for displaying the current power consumption received from the power meter or smart server connected to the home appliance. 13. The method of claim 12,
The calculating step may be calculated based on the rate information received from the smart server, the estimated time of arrival or the amount of power,
If the rate information is not received, the operation of the home appliance, characterized in that for calculating the estimated rate according to the estimated time of arrival and the amount of electricity based on the rate table included in the reference data or the rate information according to the past operation Way. 13. The method of claim 12,
After the displaying step, when the driving state or the driving setting of the home appliance is changed, calculating and displaying at least one driving information among the power amount, the estimated fee, and the estimated arrival time, and displaying the calculated driving information. Method of operation of home appliances. 13. The method of claim 12,
And accumulating and storing data generated or measured during operation of the home appliance before the calculating step, and extracting only data related to a charge, time, and amount of electricity to generate and store the reference data. How it works.

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