Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Ataru Okura

Yuhsuke Yamada

Keiko Hirukawa

Misuzu Doi

Koichi Takashita

Isao Kawachi

The possibility of an undesirable situation happening to a user is reduced in controlling an operation of an electrical appliance in accordance with issued disaster prevention information. An electrical appliance () is at least assigned a primary and a secondary operation of a two-stage operation as a disaster-prevention-information-associated operation. A disaster-prevention-information-associated control device () instructs the electrical appliance () to perform the primary operation in response to a detection of an issuance of disaster prevention information and instructs the electrical appliance () to perform the secondary operation after a prescribed period of time has elapsed.

Disaster-prevention-information-associated control device, disaster-prevention-information-associated control system, and disaster-prevention-information-associated control method

The present invention, in an aspect thereof, has an object to enable the user to readily recognize increases and decreases in an electric power demand in a demand response request event. A server () includes a baseline screen generation unit () that generates screen display information for displaying a baseline screen showing: a predicted change with time in an electric power demand in a prescribed period in absence of a demand response request; and a change with time in an electric power demand in a demand response request period in accordance with a demand response request.

Electric power information generation device and electric power information display system

A control system including a control device, which is connected to a power storage device capable of supplying power to one or more electric apparatuses, and a server, by which reduction in a communication load and appropriate charge/discharge control are both achieved, is provided. When acquiring weather information from a server, a control device, on the basis of the weather information, charge to the power storage device and power supply from the power storage device to the electric apparatus. The control device decides a period from timing at which the weather information is acquired to timing at which weather information is next acquired. At second timing at which the period has elapsed from first timing at which the weather information has been acquired, the control device repeats an operation from acquisition of weather information to decision of a period after which weather information is next acquired from the server.

Control system, control device, server, and control method

A HEMS controller receives a control instruction of an electric appliance from a mobile terminal via a server and transmits the control instruction to the electric appliance. When no instruction is given from the mobile terminal, the HEMS controller judges whether communication with the server is continued. When judging that communication is not continued, the HEMS controller transmits, to the electric appliance, a control signal for turning off power of the electric appliance.

Controller, control system, and method for controlling control system

Provided is a cooking assistance device for providing information that assists cooking using a cooking appliance based on a measurement result of power consumption of the cooking appliance. The cooking assistance device includes a storage unit that stores information that relates to power consumption in cooking, an acquisition unit that acquires a measurement value that relates to power consumption of the cooking appliance, and an output unit that outputs the measurement value and the information that relates to power consumption in cooking.

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Sakai, Japan

Ataru Okura