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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2004
Shinsuke Kato, Kobe, JP;
Tetsuji Yamamoto, Hirakata, JP;
Shinsuke Kato, Kobe, JP;
Tetsuji Yamamoto, Hirakata, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A device information administrator detects a fluctuation in a total consumed power of a power-consuming device group and determines and outputs a consumed power to be changed by any of devices in the power-consuming device group so as to suppress this fluctuation. A power-save determinator generates and outputs a control command for at least one device of the power-consuming device group so that the total consumed power of the power-consuming device group changes in accordance with the consumed power to be changed outputted from the device information administrator. A device controller controls at least one device corresponding to the control command outputted from the power-save determinator in accordance with the control command. Accordingly, the fluctuation in the total consumed power of one or more power-consuming devices can be effectively suppressed.