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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
May. 29, 2012
Masanobu Katagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Ukita, Kanagawa, JP;
Shiho Moriai, Kanagawa, JP;
Asami Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanobu Katagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Ukita, Kanagawa, JP;
Shiho Moriai, Kanagawa, JP;
Asami Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A power control device forms energy storage equipment together with a storage battery. The power control device includes: a communication portion that communicates with a power management device, which manages charge and discharge of the storage battery; a power conditioner that supplies electricity to a predetermined destination for supply; a control portion that controls operation of the power conditioner based on instructions from the power management device that are received by the communication portion; and an authentication processing portion that performs authentication processing with the power management device.