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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2022
Ntt Docomo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Masayasu Sumiya, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Fumiaki Igarashi, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
NTT DOCOMO, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An estimation apparatus includes a blackout estimator configured to estimate area blackout information indicating presence or absence of occurrence of a blackout in each area based on blackout information in a wireless communication base station, an area population estimator configured to estimate an area population based on in-service region information of a mobile wireless communication terminal in a service region, an evacuated population estimator configured to estimate an evacuated population of each evacuation center based on a correspondence between the evacuation center and each area, the area population, and the area blackout information, a power consumption estimator configured to estimate a number of pieces of used equipment of power-using equipment in the evacuation center based on the evacuated population for each type of equipment, and multiply the number of pieces of used equipment by power consumption in the power-using equipment, thereby estimating power consumption in the evacuation center.