Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Yuki Waki

Hisashi Takayama

Yasuo Yoshimura

Tetsuya Kouda

Toshihisa Ikeda

Kazuhiko Iwai

Hideshi Aoki

Haruka Nakasone

Kazuya Ohshima

Tateaki Nogami

Minoru Takazawa

Tatsuya Mizobata

Tosihisa Ikeda

A management unit including: a demand plan generating unit that obtains control information items related to energy consuming appliances; an obtaining unit that obtains picture data items showing the appliances; a memory which stores the picture data items obtained by the obtaining unit; a selecting unit which selects a picture data item from selection candidates including the picture data items stored in the memory, based on a specified control mode; a processor that executes processing for superimposing the control information items corresponding to the appliances in the picture data item selected by the selecting unit; and an output unit which displays the picture data item with the superimposed control information item.

Apparatus and method for obtaining and displaying appliance photographic image and supplemental data

Apparatus and method

Display apparatus for control information, method for displaying control information, and system for displaying control information

A power management method includes: receiving a surplus power value, indicating an amount of surplus power; receiving an inquiry regarding a power supply using the surplus power in a first time period; and issuing, in accordance with the inquiry, first power identification information in association with an accumulated value of the amount of surplus power corresponding to the first time period, the first power identification information allowing a power supply apparatus to supply power using the surplus power corresponding to the first time period. When a first power supply request associated with the first power identification information and requesting a power supply to a first load is received, the power supply apparatus is caused to supply an amount of power equal to or smaller than the accumulated value of the amount of surplus power, to the first load, as first power that does not cause a fee charging process.

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

An electric power price information acquisition unit () acquires information related to an electric power purchase price, which is an electricity cost when an electronic device is operated using electric power supplied from a commercial power source, a price determination unit () determines, for each time block, a generated power price which is an electricity cost when an electronic device is operated using generated power of a power generator for generating power using natural energy, and a stored power price which is an electricity cost when an electronic device is operated using electric power stored in an electric storage device, and a user price list generation unit () generates an electric power price list capable of displaying, with regard to an arbitrary time block, the electric power purchase price, the generated power price and the stored power price.

Information processing apparatus, method for generating electric power price list, information processing system, and display device

A power management method receives, from a meter that measures the amount of surplus power, which is power supplied from a power generation apparatus to a power system, a surplus power value indicating the amount of surplus power, receives, from a first communication terminal used by a user corresponding to first user identification information, an inquiry about power supply in which the surplus power is used in a first time period that lasts a certain unit time, the inquiry being associated with the first user identification information, issues, in accordance with the inquiry, first power identification information for validating power supply performed by a power supply apparatus using the surplus power corresponding to the first time period for an accumulated value of the amount of surplus power corresponding to the first time period, transmits the first power identification information and the accumulated value of the amount of surplus power corresponding to the first time period to the first communication terminal, and causes the power supply apparatus that has received a first power supply request, which is associated with the first power identification information, indicating that power is to be supplied to the first load apparatus to supply an amount of first power equal to or smaller than the amount of surplus power to the first load apparatus as power that does not cause a charging process.

A storage battery control apparatus includes: a storage battery state detection unit which obtains a remaining SOC which is an SOC of a storage battery at the start of a supply and demand control period; an offset power value determination unit which determines an offset power value that is a power value indicating charge or discharge; an adjustment instruction value obtainment unit which obtains an adjustment instruction value indicating a state of charge and discharge of the storage battery; and a charge and discharge control unit which performs control of discharging power from the storage battery to the grid or charging power from the grid to the storage battery, the power having a magnitude of a first power value which is a power value obtained by adding the offset power value to the adjustment instruction power value indicated by the adjustment instruction value.

Storage battery control apparatus, storage battery control method, and storage battery system

A control device includes: a receiving unit that receives a control request signal indicating a request for controlling a total power amount during a predetermined period to be equal to or lower than a predetermined limit; an obtainment unit that obtains a power consumption amount; and a control unit that controls an apparatus to operate according to the control request signal and controls the total power amount to be equal to or lower than the predetermined limit. The control unit determines a first time in the predetermined period based on the power consumption amount obtained by the obtainment unit, controls the apparatus to operate during a first period up to the first time with power higher than average power, and controls the apparatus to operate during a second period from the first time with power lower than the average power.

Control device and control method

Provided is a control device that makes it possible to surely give an appropriate instruction to operate. An appliance control device that controls an electric appliance that performs one of a first operation and a second operation includes: a price obtaining unit that obtains information indicating a price of power; a detecting unit that detects a change in the price in a not shorter one of the first period and the second period, the price being indicated in the obtained information; a first calculating unit that calculates a first cost produced when the electric appliance performs the first operation, in the case where the change is detected; a second calculating unit that calculates a second cost produced when the electric appliance performs the second operation, in the case where the change is detected; a comparing unit; and an instructing unit that instructs performing of a determined operation.

Control device, integrated circuit, control method, and program for controlling an appliance performing different operations

A driving support device includes an image-capturer that captures side rear images of a vehicle, a distance measurer that measures a distance between the vehicle and another vehicle, and a vehicle detector that detects the another vehicle in the captured images. A superimposed image generator calculates a distance of units of the vehicle length based on information concerning the vehicle length stored in a vehicle length information storage and the distance to the another vehicle detected by the distance measurer, and generates a superimposed image based on the calculated distance. A display image generator synthesizes the generated superimposed image on a side peripheral image including the captured side rear images, and displays the image on a display installed in a position at which the field of front vision of the driver is not obstructed.

Driving support device, driving support method, and program

An aspect of the invention provides an information display apparatus and an information display method which allow a driver to easily recognize the display information without discomfort, regardless of the traveling state of a vehicle. It includes an attention object detecting unit () which detects information to be displayed to the driver, a symbol image selecting unit () which sets a symbol image to be displayed for the driver, an optical flow calculating unit () which detects an optical flow of a foreground of the own vehicle, a motion effect determining unit () which sets a motion effect to be added to the symbol image, a display image generating unit () which generates a display image in which the motion effect added by the motion effect determining unit is combined with the symbol image, and a display control unit () which displays the generated display image for the driver. The motion effect determining unit () changes the motion effect to be added to the symbol image in accordance with the traveling state of the vehicle.

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Osaka, Japan

Yuki Waki