Power management device, method of controlling power management device, and program for controlling power management device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9494625-B2
Application number	US-201214357509-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2012
Priority date	Nov 11, 2011
Publication date	Nov 15, 2016
Grant date	Nov 15, 2016

Abstract

A management system for managing measurement information on power consumption in at least one electrical appliance which is associated with at least one meter includes a first storage module configured to store measurement information transmitted from each of the at least one meter associated with the at least one electrical appliance, on power consumption in the at least one electrical appliance, in correspondence with the at least one meter. The management system also includes a second storage module configured to store history information on association between each of the at least one meter and the at least one electrical appliance. An information output module may be configured to output, in response to selection of an electrical appliance, as electric power information on the selected electrical appliance, information on power consumption in the selected electrical appliance brought in correspondence with a time period regardless of a meter associated with the selected electrical appliance, which is based on the measurement information in the first storage module and the history information in the second storage module.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A management system for managing measurement information on power consumption in a plurality of electrical appliances which are associated with a plurality of meters, comprising:
a first storage module configured to chronologically store measurement information, transmitted from each of the plurality of meters;
a second storage module configured to store history information identifying over time, which one of the plurality of meters was associated with which one of the plurality of electronic appliances and including a time when the association was activated and
an information output module configured to create, in response to selection of one of the plurality of electrical appliances, electric power information for the selected electrical appliance by extracting, from the stored measurement information, measurement data from each meter associated with the selected electrical application during a specific time period and combining the extracted measurement data,
wherein the determination of which measurement information to extract is based on the measurement information in the first storage module and the history information in the second storage module.

2. The management system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a selection accepting module configured to provide a user interface screen for receiving designation of an associated electrical appliance for each of the plurality of meters,
wherein the second storage module is further configured to update contents in the history information based on designation of the associated electrical appliance accepted through the selection accepting module.

3. A management method of managing measurement information on power consumption in a plurality of electrical appliances which are associated with a plurality of meters, including:
chronologically storing, by the management system, measurement information transmitted from each of the plurality of meters,
chronologically storing, by the management system, history information identifying over time, which one of the plurality of meters was associated with which one of the plurality of electronic appliances and including a time when the association was activated; and
generating, by the management system, in response to selection of one of the plurality of electrical appliances, electric power information for the selected electrical appliance by extracting from the stored measurement information, the measurement data from each meter associated with the selected electrical application during a specific time period and combining the extracted measurement data,
wherein the determination of which measurement information to extract is based on the measurement information and the history information.

4. A management system for managing measurement information on power consumption in a plurality of electrical appliances which are associated with a plurality of meters, comprising:
an obtaining module configured to obtain measurement information transmitted from each of the plurality of meters; and
a storage module configured to chronologically store the measurement information obtained from each of the plurality of meters and to store history information identifying over time, which one of the plurality of meters was associated with which one of the plurality of electronic appliances and including a time when the association was activated
in response to selection of an electrical appliance, outputting electric power information on the selected electrical appliance,
wherein the power information of the selected electrical appliance is created by extracting from the stored measurement information, the measurement data from each meter associated with the selected electrical application during a specific time period and combining the extracted measurement data.

5. The management system according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a selection accepting module configured to provide a user interface screen for receiving designation of an associated electrical appliance for each of the plurality of meters.

6. A management method of managing measurement information on power consumption in a plurality of electrical appliances which are associated with a plurality of meter, where each of the plurality of meters measures power consumption in one associated electrical appliance at a time, including:
obtaining, by the management system, measurement information transmitted from the plurality of meters, the measurement data from each meter corresponding to power consumption an associated one of the plurality of electrical appliances;
chronologically storing, by the management system, the measurement information obtained from the plurality of meters, based on correspondence between each of the plurality of meters and the associated one of the plurality of electrical appliances set in advance; and
generating, by the management system, in response to selection of one of the plurality of electrical appliances, electric power information for the selected electrical appliance,
wherein the power information of the selected electrical appliance is created by extracting from the stored measurement information, the measurement data from each meter associated with the selected electrical application during a specific time period and combining the extracted measurement data.

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Doi Misuzu
• Iwami Yohhei
• Kawazoe Yumiko
• Kishi Satoshi
• Ka You
• Miki Hirosuke
• Toda Hiroyoshi

Classifications

• Y04S20/242

  Home appliances · CPC title

• G01R22/10

  using digital techniques · CPC title

• G01R21/00 Primary

  Arrangements for measuring electric power or power factor (G01R7/12 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01D4/002 Primary

  Remote reading of utility meters · CPC title

• Y02B70/3266

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic