US 12,231,258 B2
System and method for controlling home appliances
Jihye Lee, Seoul (KR); Hyokune Hwang, Seoul (KR); and Jung Eun Chol, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/088,225.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0002278 (KR), filed on Jan. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0216703 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 12/2827 (2013.01) [G06F 1/3234 (2013.01); H04L 2012/285 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling a plurality of home appliances, the method comprising:
receiving, by a processor, a request to operate a first home appliance among the plurality of home appliances;
determining, by the processor and based on receiving the request to operate the first home appliance, that one or more second home appliances among the plurality home appliances are operating;
determining, by the processor, whether a total power consumption expected during concurrent operation of the first home appliance and the one or more second home appliances exceeds a preset reference value; and
operating, by the processor, the first home appliance concurrently with the one or more second home appliances when the total power consumption during operation of the first home appliance and the one or more second home appliances does not exceed the preset reference value.