Electronic apparatus and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023229128-A1
Application number	US-202318101419-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 25, 2023
Priority date	Jan 19, 2022
Publication date	Jul 20, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a memory stored with home device information corresponding respectively to a plurality of households and electrical power usage information corresponding respectively to the plurality of households, and a processor configured to control the electronic apparatus by being connected to the memory, and the processor is configured to obtain, based on a service request being received from a new household, home device information corresponding to the new household, update home device information corresponding to the new household based on at least one device included in the obtained home device information, identify at least one household from among the plurality of households based on the updated home device information, and obtain predicted electrical power usage information of the new household based on electrical power usage information corresponding to the identified at least one household.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic apparatus, comprising:
a memory storing home device information corresponding respectively to a plurality of households and electrical power usage information corresponding respectively to the plurality of households; and a processor configured to control the electronic apparatus by being connected to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
obtain, based on a service request being received from a new household, the home device information corresponding to the new household,
update the home device information corresponding to the new household based on at least one device in the obtained home device information,
identify at least one household from among the plurality of households based on the updated home device information, and
obtain predicted electrical power usage information of the new household based on electrical power usage information corresponding to the identified at least one household.

2 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
update, based on a first device being in the at least one device in the home device information, the home device information by removing the first device from the home device information, and update, based on a second device being in the at least one device in the home device information, the home device information by adding a third device corresponding to the second device to the home device information.

3 . The electronic apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first device comprises a device released after a pre-set time point, and
the second device comprises at least one from among a device of a pre-set type or a device of a pre-set model name.

4 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
identify the at least one household comprising at least one device in the updated home device information from among the plurality of households.

5 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
update the electrical power usage information corresponding respectively to the identified at least one household by applying a correction ratio to the electrical power usage information corresponding respectively to the identified at least one household; and obtain the predicted electrical power usage information based on the updated electrical power usage information.

6 . The electronic apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to
apply a correction ratio of 1 to a first household which comprises a device corresponding to at least one device in the updated home device information from among the identified at least one household, and apply a correction ratio of less than 1 to a second household which comprises the device corresponding to the at least one device in the updated home device information and an additional device from among the identified at least one household, wherein the correction ratio of less than 1 is obtained based on a ratio of electrical power usage information of a device corresponding to at least one device in the updated home device information from the second household and electrical power usage information of the device corresponding to the at least one device in the updated home device information and a total of additional devices from the second household.

7 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the memory is configured to further store a neural network model, and
the processor is configured to obtain the electrical power usage information corresponding respectively to the identified at least one household, electrical power usage information corresponding to at least one device in the home device information of each of the identified at least one household, and the predicted electrical power usage information by inputting the updated home device information to the neural network model.

8 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
perform weighted-summation of the electrical power usage information corresponding to the identified at least one household, and obtain the predicted electrical power usage information based on the weighted-summed electrical power usage information.

9 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
obtain the predicted electrical power usage information of the identified at least one household based on the electrical power usage information corresponding to the identified at least one household, and obtain the predicted electrical power usage information of the new household by performing weighted-summation of the predicted electrical power usage information of the identified at least one household.

10 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control, based on the predicted electrical power usage information exceeding a pre-set electrical power usage information, an operating state of at least one device in the home device information.

11 . A control method of an electronic apparatus, the method being performed by at least one processor, and the method comprising:
obtaining, based on a service request being received from a new household, home device information corresponding to the new household; updating home device information corresponding to the new household based on at least one device in the obtained home device information; identifying at least one household from among a plurality of households based on the updated home device information; and obtaining predicted electrical power usage information of the new household based on electrical power usage information corresponding to the identified at least one household.

12 . The control method of claim 11 , wherein the updating comprises:
updating, based on a first device being in at least one device in the home device information, the home device information by removing the first device from the home device information, and updating, based on a second device being in at least one device in the home device information, the home device information by adding a third device corresponding to the second device to the home device information.

13 . The control method of claim 12 , wherein the first device comprises a device released after a pre-set time point, and
the second device comprises at least one from among a device of a pre-set type or a device of a pre-set model name.

14 . The control method of claim 11 , wherein the identifying comprises identifying the at least one household comprising at least one device in the updated home device information from among the plurality of households.

15 . The control method of claim 11 , wherein the obtaining the predicted electrical power usage information comprises:
updating the electrical power usage information corresponding respectively to the identified at least one household by applying a correction ratio to the electrical power usage information corresponding respectively to the identified at least one household, and obtaining the predicted electrical power usage information based on the updated electrical power usage information.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Jooyoo
• Song Hyungseon
• Kim Kyungjae
• RYU Jongyoub
• Shin Dongjun
• Yoo Miyoung

Classifications

• G05B19/042 Primary

  using digital processors (G05B19/05 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G05B2219/2639

  Energy management, use maximum of cheap power, keep peak load low · CPC title