Automatic system for controlling appliances

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9837817
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14764630

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A system for managing house appliances supplied through a power grid is provided. Each house appliance operates according to at least one corresponding operative mode. Each operative mode comprises a sequence of operative phases. The system comprises at least one control unit interfaced with the house appliances for exchanging data. The at least one control unit collects power profile data comprising timing and electric power consumption data of each operative phase of each operative mode of the house appliances; generates a time schedule of the house appliances operations by distributing in time the execution of the operative phases thereof such that total power consumption of house appliances is kept under a maximum power threshold of the power grid; and controls the operation of the appliances based on the time schedule. The at least one control unit is configured to generate the time schedule by exploiting a Particle Swarm Optimization approach.

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  • TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Borean, Claudio Turin, IT 19 391
Grasso, Ennio Turin, IT 12 229

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