Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Tomoya Sogo

Yoshifumi Murakami

Toshiaki Nakao

Hiroki Kazuno

Toru Shimotsuma

Takeshi Sugiyama

Akio Nakano

Misayo Kobayashi

Ryuichi Maeda

An energy management system configured to manage operation states of load apparatuses installed in facility includes an instruction unit (), a target evaluation unit (), a presentation control unit () and a user device (). According to a target power-saving ratio in a facility where load apparatuses () are installed, the instruction unit () controls operations of the load apparatuses (). The user device () has a function for displaying information. The target evaluation unit () evaluates consumption of utility energy by the load apparatuses () with respect to a predetermined target value. The presentation control unit () controls so that the user device () displays an icon of which form varies according to an evaluation result by the target evaluation unit ().

Energy management system configured to manage operation states of load apparatuses installed in facility

The obtainment unit obtains information indicative of a content of manual-operation performed by a user regarding control of an intended apparatus from a group of loads, and stores it as manual-operation information including an obtaining time. The identification unit identifies a type of control of the manual-operation information. The determination unit counts the number of times of obtaining the manual-operation information within a counting period equal to two days or more, for each type and for each time period, and determines whether the number of times of obtaining the same type of manual-operation information within the same time period is equal to a predetermined threshold or more. When the number of times of obtaining the same type of manual-operation information within the same time period is determined to be equal to the predetermined threshold or more, the schedule change unit changes a control schedule based on this manual-operation information.

Apparatus control device, apparatus control system and method for controlling apparatus for controlling an operation of an intended apparatus in accordance with a control schedule

An information analysis unit of a management apparatus searches for a device existing within a predetermined distance from a portable terminal, namely a device positioned near the portable terminal, based on terminal position information received from the portable terminal by a radio communication unit and device position information stored in an information storage unit. The information analysis unit reads, from the information storage unit, energy usage information of the searched device existing near the portable terminal, and transmits it from the radio communication unit to an information acquisition unit of the portable terminal. Thus, the information acquisition unit acquires only the energy usage information of the device positioned near the portable terminal, so that a display unit displays only the energy usage information of the device positioned near the portable terminal.

Device management system and program

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Osaka, Japan

Tomoya Sogo