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Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 02, 2018
Applicant:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Akihito Akai, Tokyo, JP;

Tomoya Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshihiro Machida, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshiki Matsuura, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 21/133 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 21/133 (2013.01);
Abstract

To improve determination accuracy of determining whether a user is present in a house. A presence-in-house determination systemincludes: a first presence-in-house determination unitconfigured to determine whether the user is present in the house based on a change over time in electric power consumption of the house of the user; second presence-in-house determination unitsA andB configured to determine whether the user is present in the house based on an operation state of at least one of electric appliancesA andB provided in the house; and a comprehensive determination unitconfigured to determine whether the user is present in the house based on a determination result of the first presence-in-house determination unit and a determination result of the second presence-in-house determination unit.


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