Power management system and power management method

US9136706B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9136706-B2
Application numberUS-201213576518-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 18, 2012
Priority dateDec 28, 2011
Publication dateSep 15, 2015
Grant dateSep 15, 2015

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A power management system includes: customer terminals; and a power management apparatus connected to the customer terminals, wherein each of the customer terminals includes a weather forecast acquisition unit that acquires a local weather forecast for a corresponding customer terminal, and a power prediction unit that predicts a power consumption and an amount of power that can be reduced for a predetermined period based on the weather forecast, and the power management apparatus includes an integration processing unit that integrates the power consumptions and the amounts of power that can be reduced that are predicted for the respective customer terminals to calculate a total power consumption and a total amount of power that can be reduced for all of the customer terminals.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A power management system comprising: customer terminals; and a power management apparatus connected to the customer terminals, wherein each of the customer terminals includes a weather forecast acquisition unit that acquires a local weather forecast for a corresponding customer terminal, and a power prediction unit that predicts a power consumption and an amount of power that can be reduced for a predetermined period based on the weather forecast…

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What does patent US9136706B2 cover?
A power management system includes: customer terminals; and a power management apparatus connected to the customer terminals, wherein each of the customer terminals includes a weather forecast acquisition unit that acquires a local weather forecast for a corresponding customer terminal, and a power prediction unit that predicts a power consumption and an amount of power that can be reduced for …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Mitsumoto Kenji, Murayama Dai, Saito Masaaki, and 7 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H02J3/003. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Sep 15 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).