Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Panasonic Corporation

Akiko Takamiya

Kiyotaka Takehara

Kumi Harada

Hitoshi Nomura

Yasuhiro Yanagi

Kazuo Sakushima

Kahoru Iai

Hisashi Takayama

Hayashi Ito

Akira Baba

Ryo Yokoyama

Naohisa Morimoto

Kenji Nakakita

Izumi Usuki

Yuko Maeda

An information processing system includes: an obtainer that obtains request information for requesting presence/absence related information indicating presence or absence of a user in a building; and an outputter that outputs, in response to the request information obtained, the presence/absence related information identified by identification information included in the request information.

Information processing system and information processing method

An information processing system includes: a receiver that receives a signal transmitted by a call button including a push button, and a communicator which transmits the signal outside in response to detection of an operation performed on the push button by a user; and an outputter that outputs (i) first notification information, when the signal is received in a first time period within a predetermined period, and (ii) second notification information different from the first notification information, when the signal is received in a second time period within the predetermined period which is different from the first time period.

An information device has a display and is connected to a distribution board system including multiple branch circuits including a first branch circuit to which devices are correlated, and manages electric power consumption by branch circuits. A control method thereof includes: acquiring state information indicating electric power consumption of each branch circuit; displaying multiple display objects corresponding to multiple devices correlated with the first branch circuit, overlapped, and displaying an electric power display indicating electric power consumption of the first branch circuit over the overlapped multiple display objects; if the overlapped multiple display objects are tapped on, displaying these separated, and displaying device displays representing each device at each separated multiple display object; and if any one of the separated multiple display objects on the display is tapped on, displaying the separated display objects overlapped, and erasing the device displays representing the devices from the overlapped multiple display objects.

Control method of information device for managing electric power consumption of devices in increments of branch circuits

An information device has a display and is connected to an information management system that manages, by rooms, electric power consumption of devices in a building having rooms including a first room. A control method thereof includes: acquiring state information indicating electric power consumption of each room; displaying multiple display objects corresponding to multiple devices correlated with the first room, overlapped, and displaying an electric power display indicating electric power consumption of the first room over the overlapped multiple display objects; if the overlapped multiple display objects is tapped on, displaying the overlapped multiple display objects, separated, and displaying device displays representing each device at each of the separated multiple display objects; and if any one of the separated multiple display objects on the display is tapped on, displaying the separated multiple display objects, overlapped, and erasing the device displays representing the devices from each of the multiple display objects.

Control method of information device for managing electric power consumption of devices in multiple rooms

A device has a storage and an information processor. The storage stores presentation information received from a server apparatus. The information processor reads the presentation information from the storage, and controls screen display on a notifier, based on the read presentation information. The screen display on the notifier includes map information of a predetermined region, information about at least one unit representing an occupied part in a unit ownership building that exists in the predetermined region or a building that exists in the predetermined region and that is a building other than a unit ownership building, and shaking-intensity information for each unit.

Server apparatus that determines whether shaking is due to an earthquake

A controller includes a request acquisition unit that receives an operation permission request from a device, a calculation unit that calculates margin electric power derived from measurement by a measurement unit and an upper limit electric power, and a suppression unit that instructs the device to lower electric power consumption. When the margin electric power is less than the required electric power, the controller suppresses electric power consumption in devices in lower priority order stored in a priority storage unit within the suppression unit, such that electric power consumption increase in the management area may remain within the margin electric power. Then the controller issues the requesting device permission-or-denial for the operation, from the calculation unit.

Power management device and power management system

A system for controlling an electric power supply to devices is provided. The system includes a plurality of power supply sources, devices operated by an electric power, and a control part that determines the power supply source to be used for supplying the electric power to the devices. Further, the control part controls the amount of electric power to be supplied to the devices by the determined power supply source.

System for controlling electric power supply to devices

An electric power control apparatus enables a surplus electric power from a distributed power source to be stored in a storage battery in a consumer unit provided with a distributed power source and a storage battery. The electric power control apparatus is characterized in being provided with a compensation calculating unit which calculates the compensation of electric power by using a unit price of electricity for sale when charging the storage battery and a unit price of electricity for purchase when discharging from the storage battery.

Electric power control apparatus and grid connection system having same

A power control system controls electric devices so as to consume a power generated by a self-generated power facility using a natural energy, which is provided with a surplus power detection unit that detects the surplus portion of power generated by the self-generated power facility, and a device control unit that controls the operation of a plurality of electric devices. When the surplus power detection unit detects the surplus power, the device control unit controls one or more of a plurality of electric devices to perform predetermined operations so as to consume the surplus power.

Power control system and electric device

Provided is an energy management system which can increase the awareness of energy saving. The energy management system according to the present invention includes a home appliance A located in a home, an external portable terminal PT, and a center device SV connected to the home appliance A and portable terminal PT via internet NT. The home appliance A includes an energy management unitand a display control device CV. The center device SV stores for each home the electricity usage at a main breaker Bs and at branch breakers Bmn that is transmitted from the energy management unitof each home. In the center device SV, the ranking in terms of the electricity usage or a degree of a decrease of the electricity usage is made relative to other homes on the basis of the stored electricity usage. The ranking is made for each home and transmitted to the display control device CV of the corresponding home.

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Akiko Takamiya