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Patent No.:

US 10116142 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2014

Load control apparatus, program, method, and system

Applicant:

Panasonic Corporation, Kadoma-shi, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Shinpei Hibiya, Osaka, JP;

Kiyotaka Takehara, Nara, JP;

Hitoshi Nomura, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Attorney:

Metrolexis Law Group, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Mohammad Ali

Assistant Examiner:

Sheela S Rao

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/00 (2006.01); H02J 4/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/14 (2006.01); H02J 3/28 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02J 7/35 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 4/00 (2013.01); H02J 3/14 (2013.01); H02J 3/28 (2013.01); H02J 3/383 (2013.01); H02J 7/35 (2013.01); H02J 2003/003 (2013.01); H02J 2003/143 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3225 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3266 (2013.01); Y02E 10/563 (2013.01); Y02E 10/566 (2013.01); Y02E 70/30 (2013.01); Y04S 20/222 (2013.01); Y04S 20/242 (2013.01);
Abstract

A load control apparatus receives information regarding the consumed electric power in load devices and the generated electric power by a power generator. The apparatus includes a control unit, which controls a device based on the received information. A determination unit determines whether the device can execute a predetermined process with surplus electric power in target period from the present until a predetermined period of time elapses. An execution unit controls the device such that when it is determined that the abovementioned process can be executed, a control signal is provided to cause the process to start.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hibiya, Shinpei. (2018). Load control apparatus, program, method, and system (U.S. Patent No. 10116142). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10116142

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