Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Nobuaki Murabayashi

Tadanori Shirasawa

Yoshikuni Tamura

Kazuki Shiota

Yasuhiro Ban

Akiyoshi Kawauchi

Wataru Uchiyama

Shirasawa Tadanori

A gas meter includes flow rate measurer that measures a flow rate of gas in time series and storage unit that stores the flow rate measured by flow rate measurer as flow rate data. The gas meter also includes storage condition setting unit that determines a condition for storing the flow rate data in storage unit and communication unit that communicates with center device. Storage unit stores the flow rate data to satisfy the condition set by storage condition setting unit.

Gas meter

Gas meter and center device are provided. Gas meter includes flow rate measurer that measures a flow rate of gas in time series. Center device receives and analyzes flow rate data from gas meter, and monitors states of use of gas appliances. Gas meter detects the start of operation of gas appliances, and transmits flow rate data during predetermined periods before and after the start of operation in accordance with a request from center device. Center device monitors the states of use of gas appliances based on the received flow rate data.

Gas appliance monitoring system

Gas meter and center device are included. Gas meter is installed in a residence or the like of each customer, and includes flow rate measurer. Center device collects information obtained by gas meter. In addition, center device manages positional information indicating a position of gas meter, and displays information including a result of analyzing information obtained from gas meter, together with the position of gas meter on a map. By employing this configuration, the information obtained from gas meter is collected by center device, and information based on collected data is displayed on a map on which gas meter is positioned. This enables the information obtained from gas meter to be visually reported.

Gas meter management system

A gas meter and a center device, including an analyzer, analyze a cause of an abnormality determination. The center device requests analysis-use data necessary to analyze the cause of the abnormality determination from the gas meter, through a communication by a center communication unit, based on the abnormality type data received from the gas meter. The gas meter transmits the analysis-use data requested by the center device to the center device by a meter communication unit, and the analyzer of the center device determines the cause of the abnormality determination based on the received analysis-use data.

Gas meter system

A system, device, method, and program for informing abnormality, providing a user with abnormality information of equipment in an easy-to-understand manner so that convenience is enhanced. When abnormality occurs in equipment including home electric appliances, abnormality information indicating abnormality is transmitted to a server through an information terminal, and based on a reply from the server, contents of the abnormality are displayed on the terminal. When the abnormality is eliminated, the abnormality display is removed or display on a monitor, etc. are made to inform the elimination of the abnormality.

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Nobuaki Murabayashi