Bid-price determination apparatus, bid-price determination method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019012687-A1
Application number	US-201815911981-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 5, 2018
Priority date	Jul 5, 2017
Publication date	Jan 10, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A bid-price determination apparatus includes an acquirer, an extractor, a predictor, a determiner, and an output device. The acquirer acquires a price history of a product before a current time in an electric power continuous session. The extractor extracts, from the acquired price history, a first feature quantity which is a feature quantity of the price history of the product. The predictor predicts, based on the extracted first feature quantity, a second feature quantity which is a feature quantity of price changes of the product after the current time. The determiner determines, based on the predicted second feature quantity, a transaction standard value which is a standard for a transaction of the product after the current time. The output device outputs the determined transaction standard value.

First claim

1 . A bid-price determination apparatus comprising:
an acquirer configured to acquire a price history of a product before a current time in an electric power continuous session; an extractor configured to extract, from the acquired price history, a first feature quantity which is a feature quantity of the price history of the product; a predictor configured to predict, based on the extracted first feature quantity, a second feature quantity which is a feature quantity of price changes of the product after the current time; a determiner configured to determine, based on the predicted second feature quantity, a transaction standard value which is a standard for a transaction of the product after the current time; and an output device configured to output the determined transaction standard value.

2 . The bid-price determination apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the extractor extracts, as the first feature quantity, an opening price, the highest price, the lowest price, and a closing price in a predetermined period in the price history of the product.

3 . The bid-price determination apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predictor predicts, based on the first feature quantity of the product extracted by the extractor, the highest price or the lowest price of the product as the second feature quantity.

4 . The bid-price determination apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predictor predicts, based on the first feature quantity of the product extracted by the extractor, an average execution price of the product as the second feature quantity.

5 . The bid-price determination apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the determiner determines the transaction standard value by performing a linear transformation to the second feature quantity predicted by the predictor.

6 . The bid-price determination apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the determiner determines the transaction standard value by performing a nonlinear transformation to the second feature quantity predicted by the predictor.

7 . The bid-price determination apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the output device comprises a display configured to display at least one of the second feature quantity predicted by the predictor and the transaction standard value determined by the determiner as numerical data.

8 . The bid-price determination apparatus according to claim 7 further comprising:
an adjuster configured to accept input from a user and adjust the second feature quantity or the transaction standard value, wherein
the display displays at least one of the second feature quantity and the transaction standard value as numerical data to the user, and then the adjuster adjusts the second feature quantity or the transaction standard value according to input from the user, and
the output device outputs a transaction standard value adjusted by the adjuster.

9 . The bid-price determination apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the output device comprises a bidder configured to bid, based on the transaction standard value determined by the determiner, on the product in the electric power continuous session.

10 . The bid-price determination apparatus according to claim 9 further comprising:
a monitor configured to monitor a price of the product in the electric power continuous session, wherein
the bidder compares the transaction standard value determined by the determiner with the price monitored by the monitor, and bids based on a comparison result.

11 . The bid-price determination apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the bidder automatically bids based on the comparison result.

12 . The bid-price determination apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an instructor configured to accept, from a user, a processing method used until the transaction standard value is determined and performs an instruction for performing processing by the processing method.

13 . The bid-price determination apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein
the instructor accepts an extraction method of the first feature quantity as the processing method, and instructs the extractor to extract the first feature quantity from the price history using the accepted extraction method of the first feature quantity, and the extractor extracts the first feature quantity based on the extraction method.

14 . The bid-price determination apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein
the instructor accepts a prediction method of the second feature quantity as the processing method, and instructs the predictor to predict the second feature quantity from the first feature quantity using the accepted prediction method of the second feature quantity, and the predictor predicts the second feature quantity from the first feature quantity based on the prediction method.

15 . The bid-price determination apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein
the instructor accepts a determination method of the transaction standard value as the processing method, and instructs the determiner to determine the transaction standard value from the second feature quantity using the accepted determination method of the transaction standard value, and the determiner determines the transaction standard value from the second feature quantity based on the determination method.

16 . A bid-price determination method comprising:
acquiring, by an acquirer, a price history of a product before a current time in an electric power continuous session; extracting, by an extractor, a first feature quantity which is a feature quantity of the price history of the product from the acquired price history; predicting, by a predictor, a second feature quantity which is a feature quantity of price changes of the product after the current time based on the extracted first feature quantity; determining, by a determiner, a transaction standard value which is a standard for a transaction of the product after the current time based on the predicted second feature quantity; and outputting, by an output device, the determined transaction standard value.

17 . A non-transitory computer readable medium recording a program causing a computer to function as:
an acquirer configured to acquire a price history of a product before a current time in an electric power continuous session; an extractor configured to extract, from the acquired price history, a first feature quantity which is a feature quantity of the price history of the product; a predictor configured to predict, based on the extracted first feature quantity, a second feature quantity which is a feature quantity of price changes of the product after the current time; a determiner configured to determine, based on the predicted second feature quantity, a transaction standard value which is a standard for a transaction of the product after the current time; and an output device configured to output the determined transaction standard value.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Endoh Yusuke
• Kakimoto Mitsuru
• Shiga Yoshiaki
• Shin Hiromasa
• Yamada Takahiro
• Toyoshima Lchiro
• Kiyoshima Yoshio
• Sato Tatsuo

Classifications

• G06Q50/06

  Energy or water supply · CPC title

• G06Q30/08

  Auctions · CPC title

• G06Q30/0206 Primary

  Price or cost determination based on market factors · CPC title