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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2012
Minoru Yonezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Yonezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a data collecting apparatus in which a collector collects, from demanders, demand record data and demand forecast data of the energy; a data history manager; a reliability level calculator calculates, for each demander, a reliability level of the demand forecast data; a supply plan data receiver receives an acquisition request of demand forecast data of a future predetermined time range with respect to each demander from an energy management system; and a data acquisition plan maker makes a collection plan such that the demand forecast data of the future predetermined time range and the demand record data are collected earlier from a demander with a higher reliability level, wherein the data collector collects according to the collection plan, and the data history manager provides the collected demand forecast data to the energy management system before a start time of the future predetermined time range.