Omron Corporation

Shigemitsu Kiso

Hiroshi Fujii

Tetsuo Yoshikawa

Hideki Sato

Hajimu Iwai

Akira Hayashi

Takehiko Seki

Based on information that is transmitted to a UPS communication part by UPSs connected to an information processing apparatus, a UPS monitoring part monitors the states of the UPSs. A UPS control part employs the monitoring results to generate control information for controlling the state of at least one of the UPSs, and permits the UPS communication part to transmit the control information to the UPS that is to be controlled. The present invention can be applied for a computer having a redundant power supply function.

Information processing apparatus and method, and computer-readable medium

An apparatus for determining life of a battery which supplies charged electricity to an electrical appliance is equipped with a storage part for storing relationship between standard total values of discharge voltage drop amounts since a start of discharge of the battery and standard life values, a discharge voltage drop amount totalizer part for totalizing the discharge voltage drop amounts since the start of discharge with the battery being discharged, and a life determination part for determining the life of the battery from a measured total value of totalized discharge voltage drop amounts and the standard total values of the storage means.

Battery life determination apparatus and battery life determination method

An interconnectable power supply module includes a battery; a battery charger for charging the battery; a power generator capable of converting an electrical charge stored in the battery to generate output power for an external load; a control unit for controlling operation of the power supply module; a power supply plug for receiving external power from an external power source; a power supply socket capable of coupling the external power received from the external power source to an adjacent power supply module; an external load output socket, selectively coupled to one of the external power source and the power generator, for providing output power to the external load; and a connecting terminal capable of coupling the external load output power to the adjacent power supply module.

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Shizuoka, Japan

Shigemitsu Kiso