Smart Plug Priority Control for Real-Time Home Power Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing home systems lack flexibility in managing the priority sequence of household appliances, making it difficult to adapt to changing usage requirements and real-time power management, leading to suboptimal user experience.
Innovation Solution
A smart plug system with multiple sockets of different priorities that dynamically adjusts the running state of household appliances based on their priority sequence, power availability, and usage conditions, allowing for flexible management and coordination of appliances.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the priority sequence of household appliances is preset in advance, then the system can manage appliance coordination, but the system lacks flexibility when usage requirements change frequently
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic priority adjustment by allowing the system to automatically recalculate and update the priority sequence of household appliances based on real-time power availability and current running states. Instead of using a fixed preset sequence, the system continuously adapts the priority ordering to match changing usage requirements and power conditions, eliminating the need for frequent manual updates while maintaining effective appliance coordination.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms by monitoring the running states of household appliances and power availability in real-time. This feedback information is used to automatically adjust the priority sequence, allowing the system to respond to changing usage requirements without manual intervention. The feedback loop ensures that the priority sequence remains optimized according to current conditions rather than relying on outdated preset values.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple household appliances are coordinated to run simultaneously, then power management is achieved, but the system cannot meet sudden changes in user usage tendencies
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically detecting changes in usage requirements and adjusting the priority sequence without requiring user intervention. When usage tendencies change suddenly, the system autonomously recalculates priorities based on current conditions and reconfigures appliance coordination accordingly. This self-adjusting capability allows the system to respond to sudden usage changes while maintaining ease of operation, as users do not need to manually update settings.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables dynamic adaptation to sudden usage changes by implementing a flexible priority sequencing mechanism that can be rapidly adjusted based on real-time conditions. The system monitors power availability and appliance states continuously, allowing it to respond quickly to sudden changes in user tendencies. This dynamic approach ensures that the system can meet changing requirements without requiring frequent manual user intervention to reconfigure appliance coordination.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the priority sequence is updated frequently to match changing requirements, then adaptability improves, but system complexity and user burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses feedback from real-time monitoring of power availability and appliance running states to automatically determine when priority sequence updates are necessary. Rather than updating priorities frequently based on predictions or user input, the system waits for actual changes in conditions that warrant reconfiguration. This feedback-driven approach maintains alignment with real-time requirements while avoiding unnecessary updates that would increase system complexity and user burden.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by autonomously managing the priority sequence updates based on detected changes in usage conditions. When the system detects that usage requirements have changed, it automatically recalculates and updates the priority sequence without requiring user initiation or manual configuration. This self-managing capability achieves real-time alignment with requirements while minimizing the complexity burden on users, as they do not need to understand or manage the priority sequencing logic.
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AI summary
A method for controlling a smart plug of a home system, a smart plug, and a home system. The method includes acquiring conditions of currently running household appliances accessing sockets and setting the priority sequence of the currently running household appliances according to the conditions of the currently running household appliances accessing the sockets. Household appliances accessing different sockets of a smart plug can have a priority sequence, and therefore, a user can rank the priorities of a plurality of household appliances by means of the smart plug and can flexibly adjust the priority sequence according to usage habits, thereby not only facilitating integrated management of usage conditions, power consumption conditions and running states of the plurality of household appliances, but also ensuring the flexibility of setting the priority sequence, such that the entire running condition of a home system is more adapted to real-time usage requirements of the user.