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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2012
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Hisashi Takayama, Osaka, JP;
Yuki Waki, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuya Kouda, Osaka, JP;
Yasuo Yoshimura, Shiga, JP;
Toshihisa Ikeda, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
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.