METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONS OF DEVICES BASED ON INFORMATION REGARDING POWER CONSUMPTION OF THE DEVICES

摘要

A method of controlling operations of a participating controlled device in a network that includes a control device and the participating controlled device, the method including: receiving operation limiting information from the participating controlled device, the operation limiting information including combinations of allowed operations from among a plurality of operations that the participating controlled device is capable of performing, and power consumption levels that are relative amounts of power consumption of the combinations of allowed operations; setting a power consumption level corresponding to the participating controlled device, from among the power consumption levels, based on information regarding time-based price and the operation limiting information; and controlling the operations of the participating controlled device based on the set power consumption level.

主权项

1. A method of operating by a device in a network, the method comprising:
transmitting operation limiting information comprising a plurality of combinations of allowable operations from among operations that the device is capable of performing, a plurality of amounts of power consumption to perform the plurality of combinations of allowable operations, a plurality of minimum operating times to perform the plurality of combinations of allowable operations, and a plurality of power consumption levels that represent relative amounts of power consumption of the plurality of combinations of allowable operations respectively; and receiving, from a control device, a control signal generated based on a power consumption level which is set in accordance with information regarding time-based price and the operation limiting information.