Electronic apparatus and data output method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8965540-B2
Application number	US-201113310171-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2011
Priority date	Feb 28, 2011
Publication date	Feb 24, 2015
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a receiver, a generator, an output module, a reception module, and a controller. The receiver is configured to receive power information associated with power consumption of respective external apparatuses from the respective external apparatuses. The generator is configured to generate display data to relatively display power consumption of the respective external apparatuses based on the power information. The output module is configured to output the display data. The reception module is configured to accept a selection of a first external apparatus from the respective external apparatuses. The controller is configured to control the first external apparatus.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a reception module to receive a selection input and a control input;
a receiver to receive a first power consumption information of a first apparatus from the first apparatus and a second power consumption information of a second apparatus from the second apparatus;
a display controller to:
display, based on each of the first power consumption information and the second power consumption information, a first screen on a display, the first screen including a plurality of images corresponding to each of the first apparatus and the second apparatus used to display relative power consumption of the first apparatus and the second apparatus, and
display, if the reception module receives the selection input of a first image corresponding to the first apparatus or a second image corresponding to the second apparatus which is selected from the plurality of images included in the first screen, a second screen on the display, the second screen including a first control image or a second control image used to control the first apparatus or the second apparatus; and

a controller to control the first apparatus the first apparatus or the second apparatus based on the control input if the reception module receives the control input for the first or second control image on the display,
wherein the display controller distinguishes between the first image corresponding to the first apparatus in an operation power state and the second image corresponding to the second apparatus in a standby power state, the first and second images included in the plurality of images in the first screen, and
the display controller displays the first image corresponding to the first apparatus in the operation power state in a first area and the second image corresponding to the second apparatus in the standby power state in a second area distant from the first area.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the reception module accepts the selection of the first apparatus via a cursor on the display.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display displays a percentage of the power consumption of the first apparatus and a percentage of the power consumption of the second apparatus by means of a graph.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the reception module accepts the selection of the first apparatus in the operation power state in which power usage is higher than in the standby power state, and accepts a first change instruction to change the first apparatus from the operation power state to the standby power state, and
the controller sends a power control signal to change a power state of the first apparatus based on the first change instruction.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the reception module accepts a selection of the second apparatus in the standby power state in which power usage is lower than in the operation power state, and accepts a second change instruction to change the second apparatus from the standby power state to the operation power state, and
the controller sends the power control signal to change the power state of the second apparatus based on the second change instruction.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the display separately displays the first image corresponding to the first apparatus and the second image corresponding to the second apparatus.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the receiver receives power information associated with power consumption of a third apparatus from the third apparatus,
the display displays relative power consumption of the third apparatus based on the power information, and
the display displays relative power consumption of the first apparatus in the operation power state and the third apparatus in the operation power state, and separately displays the first image corresponding to the first apparatus in the operation power state and a third image corresponding to the third apparatus in the operation power state from the second apparatus in the standby power state.

8. A data output method comprising:
receiving, by a receiver, a first power consumption information of a first apparatus from the first apparatus and a second power consumption information of a second apparatus from the second apparatus;
displaying, based on each of the first power consumption information and the second power consumption information, a first screen on a display by a display controller, the first screen including a plurality of images corresponding to each of the first apparatus and the second apparatus used to display relative power consumption of the first apparatus and the second apparatus;
displaying, if a reception module receives a selection input of a first image corresponding to the first apparatus or a second image corresponding to the second apparatus which is selected from the plurality of images included in the first screen, a second screen on the display by the display controller, the second screen including a first control image or a second control image used to control the first apparatus or the second apparatus; and
controlling, by a controller, the first apparatus or the second apparatus based on a control input if the reception module receives the control input for the first or second control image on the display.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
distinguishing, by the display controller, between the first image corresponding to the first apparatus in an operation power state and the second image corresponding to the second apparatus in a standby power state, the first and second images included in the plurality of images in the first screen, and
displaying, by the display controller, the first image corresponding to the first apparatus in the operation power state in a first area and the second image corresponding to the second apparatus in the standby power state in a second area distant from the first area.

Assignees

• Yamashita Makoto
• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Yamashita Makoto

Classifications

• H02J13/10 Primary

  characterised by displaying of information or by user interaction, e.g. supervisory control and data acquisition [SCADA] systems · CPC title

• H04N21/4131 Primary

  home appliance, e.g. lighting, air conditioning system, metering devices (home automation data switching networks exchanging configuration information on appliance services H04L12/2807) · CPC title

• Y04S10/40

  Display of information, e.g. of data or controls · CPC title

• Y04S20/244

  the home appliances being or involving heating ventilating and air conditioning [HVAC] units · CPC title

• Y04S20/221

  General power management systems · CPC title