Omron Corporation

University of Hyogo

Fumiji Aita

Kazuki Kasai

Hiromasa Takatsuka

Hiroshi Imai

Junichi Tanaka

Takayuki Eda

Hiroshi Nakajima

Naoki Tsuchiya

Makoto Ohhira

Sho Sasaki

Masatoshi Oba

Yutaka Hata

Yutaka Koyama

Yusuke Taniguchi

This power sale timing optimum control system is provided with a communication unit, a demand prediction unit, a supply prediction unit, and a timing determination unit. The communication unit acquires the amount of power stored in each of multiple power storage devices. The demand prediction unit predicts a total amount of demand on power in a utility customer group. On the basis of the acquired amount of stored power, the supply prediction unit predicts the total amount of suppliable power that can be supplied in the utility customer group. The timing determination unit determines a power sale timing on the basis of the predicted total amount of demand and the predicted total amount of suppliable power.

System, method, and computer-readable recording medium of power sale timing optimum control

A display control device () comprises an image acquisition component (), an orientation estimation component (), and a controller (). The image acquisition component () acquires an infrared image (G) sensed by infrared array sensors (and) installed in a room. The orientation estimation component () estimates the orientation of a care receiver (P) in a room () on the basis of the infrared image (G) acquired by the image acquisition component (). The controller () controls a display device () so that a dummy image (D), which shows a simplified view of the orientation of the care receiver (P) estimated by the orientation estimation component (), is displayed superimposed over the infrared image (G).

Display control device, display control system, display control method, display control program, and recording medium

A power supply and demand prediction system that predicts the power supply and demand of a group including multiple utility customers is provided and includes a communication unit, a demand prediction unit, a power generation prediction unit, and a stored power prediction unit. The communication unit acquires the amount of power stored in each of multiple power storage devices belonging to the group. The demand prediction unit predicts the amount of demand for power for each utility customer. The power generation prediction unit predicts the amount of power generated by each of multiple solar panels belonging to the group. The stored power prediction unit predicts the amount of power stored in each battery on the basis of the amount of stored power acquired for each power storage device, the amount of demand predicted for each utility customer, and the amount of generated power predicted for each solar panel.

Power supply and demand prediction system, power supply and demand prediction method and recording medium storing power supply and demand prediction program

Power coordination control systems (-) are provided with superimposed signal generation units (-), transmission units (-), receiving units (-) and connection relation estimation units (-). At the location of a utility consumer A (), the superimposed signal generation unit () generates a superimposed signal by superimposing a prescribed signal on a voltage supplied from a system (). The transmission unit () transmits the superimposed signal generated in the superimposed signal generation unit () from the utility consumer A () to utility consumers B () and C (). The receiving unit () receives the superimposed signal at the location of the utility consumer B (). The connection relation estimation units (-) estimate the connection relation between the utility consumer A () and the utility consumer B () on the basis of the receiving status of the superimposed signal and/or the received information received by the receiving units (-).

Power coordination control system, power coordination control method, and non-transitory storage medium

Provided are a power storage control apparatus and a power storage control method with which a second power storage apparatus connected to a first storage apparatus via a power distribution network can be used based on an availability status of the first power storage apparatus under a configuration that a plurality of power storage apparatuses are deployed in the power distribution network. The power storage control apparatus includes a status determination part, a signal generation part and a communication part. The status control part determines the availability status of the first power storage apparatus deployed in the power distribution network. The signal generation part generates a control signal for using the second power storage apparatus connected to the first storage apparatus in the power distribution network instead of the first power storage apparatus based on a determination result from the status determination part. The communication part transmits the control signal generated by the signal generation part to the second power storage apparatus.

Power storage control apparatus and power storage control method

A position identifying unit is configured to identify the location of a monitored person in the horizontal direction and maximum height of the monitored person in the vertical direction on the basis of top-down image data acquired by an upper image sensor provided above a monitored area capturing an image of the monitored area and lateral image data acquired by a lateral image sensor provided along a side of the monitored area capturing an image of the monitored area. An event determining unit assesses a fall-related event for the monitored person on the basis of a location in the horizontal direction, a maximum height in the vertical direction.

Monitoring device, monitoring system, monitoring method, monitoring program, and computer readable media with monitoring program recording thereon

A power storage management system, a power storage apparatus, a power storage management method are provided. The power storage management system includes a receiver part, a sender identifying part, a memory part and a deterioration degree estimating part. The sender identifying part identifies an external apparatus that transmitted a control signal received by the receiver part. The memory part stores apparatus information related to the external apparatus identified by the sender identifying part and power storage status information related to the status change of the power storage apparatus caused by charging or discharging performed according to the control signal transmitted from the external apparatus. The deterioration degree estimating part estimates the deterioration degree of the power storage apparatus to which a charge/discharge control is performed according to the control signal transmitted from the sender apparatus based on the apparatus information and the power storage status information.

Power storage management system, power storage apparatus and power storage management method

An image acquisition part acquires image data from an image sensor provided in a room. A storage stores information indicating a transition model of a human body posture and test information indicating a test area of the image data in each posture of the transition model. A posture estimator calculates a statistic in the test area of the image data by referring to the information indicating the transition model and the test information, and estimates a current human body posture from a human body posture before one point of time based on the statistic.

Posture estimation device, posture estimation system, posture estimation method, posture estimation program, and computer-readable recording medium on which posture estimation program is recorded

The present invention provides an infrared sensor and an infrared sensor module having reduced noise, improved detection precision, and reduced manufacture cost. The infrared sensor includes a first substrate transmitting infrared light including at least one reduced-pressure and sealed cavity, at least one infrared sensing unit provided on the side of the first substrate, and at least one infrared sensing unit generating an output change. The infrared sensor includes a second substrate stacked on the first substrate with a recess, a reflection face capable of reflecting the infrared light, and at least one arithmetic circuit for amplifying or integrating an output, arranged in such a manner that the reflection face is sandwiched between the at least one sensing unit and the least one arithmetic circuit.

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