Home Gateway Energy Control via User Consent
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions for controlling energy-consuming devices do not allow users to dynamically adapt energy consumption regulation in response to both energy supplier demands and personal comfort levels, particularly during energy reduction requests.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that enables energy suppliers to request energy reduction from users, with user consent, using a home gateway and terminals to communicate and configure the reduction levels, allowing fine-tuned adaptation based on user preferences and comfort, and includes the use of SIP protocol for message transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If the energy supplier controls equipment at the user's home to reduce energy consumption, then energy consumption reduction is achieved, but the user cannot dynamically adapt the regulation to their own comfort needs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a home gateway as an intermediary device between the energy supplier's server and the user's equipment. The gateway receives control requests from the energy supplier, processes them locally, and executes them on connected equipment. This intermediary structure enables the energy supplier to control equipment for energy reduction while simultaneously allowing the user to configure comfort parameters and override decisions through their terminal, thus resolving the contradiction between energy control and user adaptability.
2Ease of operation
If remote control of energy-consuming equipment is implemented, then energy consumption regulation is enabled, but interaction with the energy supplier is not allowed
Solution Approach 1:
The home gateway is designed as a multi-functional device that simultaneously performs local energy consumption regulation and enables two-way communication with the energy supplier's server. It can execute local control commands while also transmitting user preferences, equipment status, and consumption data to the server, and receiving updated requests from the server. This universal functionality resolves the contradiction by enabling both ease of operation and interaction capability.
3Loss of energy
If the user configures fixed levels of electrical consumption reduction, then energy consumption reduction is achieved, but dynamic adaptation to changing conditions is not possible
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements dynamic adaptability through the interaction between the home gateway and the user's terminal. While the gateway can execute fixed reduction levels configured by the user, it also enables real-time communication where users can modify their preferences, receive notifications about energy consumption patterns, and adjust settings based on changing comfort needs or external conditions. The gateway dynamically processes updated requests from the energy supplier server and reconfigures equipment accordingly, resolving the contradiction between fixed reduction and dynamic adaptation.
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AI summary
A method for controlling at least one energy consuming apparatus (D1, D2, D3) comprises the following steps: - solicitation of a user on receipt of a regulating request; - reception, in response to said solicitation, of an item of information indicative of an at least partial acceptance or of a refusal of the request by the user; - control of said apparatus (D1, D2, D3) as a function of the item of information received, in such a way as to decrease the energy consumption of said apparatus if the item of information received indicates an at least partial acceptance.