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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2013
Yukio Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeo Tsukamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidenori Tomono, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Kameyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takanori Inadome, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Aratani, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukiko Oshima, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroto Higuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukio Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeo Tsukamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidenori Tomono, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Kameyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takanori Inadome, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Aratani, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukiko Oshima, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroto Higuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A type determination apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to chronologically acquire power consumption consumed by an electrical device; and a determination unit configured to determine that a type of the electrical device is a type to be determined in accordance with a reference pattern representing a predetermined pattern of a power fluctuation when a fluctuation pattern of the power consumption acquired for a duration equal to or more than a reference period of time is matched with the reference pattern.