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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2011
Tetsuya Kouda, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Tsujimura, Hyogo, JP;
Naofumi Nakatani, Shiga, JP;
Toshihisa Ikeda, Kyoto, JP;
Yasuo Yoshimura, Shiga, JP;
Kazunori Kurimoto, Hyogo, JP;
Tetsuya Kouda, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Tsujimura, Hyogo, JP;
Naofumi Nakatani, Shiga, JP;
Toshihisa Ikeda, Kyoto, JP;
Yasuo Yoshimura, Shiga, JP;
Kazunori Kurimoto, Hyogo, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An equipment control device has: a reception unit for receiving desired time information indicating a desired operation start time or a desired operation termination time, operation period information and electrical power information; a time-shift period setting unit for setting a time-shift period indicating a period which has a time range including the desired time information and during which the operation start time or the operation termination time of a household appliance is shiftable; an electrical power charge information acquisition unit for acquiring electrical power charge information; an operation time computing unit for computing the operation start time or the operation termination time, on the basis of which the electricity charge that is billed when the household appliance is operated within the time-shift period falls to or below a predetermined charge; and a transmission unit for transmitting the operation start time or the operation termination time to the household appliance.