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Patent No.:

US 8938629 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015

Filed:

May. 11, 2012
Applicant:

Yasuhiko Hirano, Yokohama, JP;

Inventor:

Yasuhiko Hirano, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/46 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 1/3284 (2013.01); H04N 1/00344 (2013.01); H04N 1/00896 (2013.01); H04N 1/00954 (2013.01); H04N 1/32523 (2013.01); G06K 15/4005 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0039 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3202 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1267 (2013.01);
Abstract

A power control apparatus uses a job history stored in a second storage unit to update, at a predetermined time interval, a power-off sequence table defining a sequence in which power supply is to be stopped for devices when a smart power meter has requested power supply reduction, inquires the smart power meter regarding the amount of power to be reduced when a power reduction request has been received therefrom, and stops power supply to devices in accordance with the reduction power amount, the device power consumption amounts, and the power-off sequence table.


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Hirano, Yasuhiko. (2015). Power control apparatus, method for controlling the same and storage medium (U.S. Patent No. 8938629). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8938629

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