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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2016
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Toshihiko Munetsugu, Osaka, JP;
Hayashi Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A device management method of a device management apparatus that manages information of devices installed in a home, includes: acquiring electric power consumption per unit time in predetermined time intervals, for each of branch circuits of a power distribution board to which the devices can be connected; estimating existence of the devices connected to the branch circuit, based on change of electric power consumption over time, per unit time; condition determining whether or not an estimated device, which is a device regarding which existence has been estimated in the estimating, satisfies a predetermined condition; and transmitting inquiry information to a user in accordance with the predetermined condition, only in a case where determination is made in the condition determining that the estimated device satisfies the predetermined condition.