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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2014
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Naoki Ogura, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinji Yamanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikazu Hanatani, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshinari Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Komano, Kawasaki, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
A measuring device has a consumption measurer to measure a consumption of at least one target equipment at every unit time within a predetermined measurement area, a consumption storage to store the measured consumption, a secret key storage to store a secret key shared with a key management device, an encryption key updater to update an encryption key at every predetermined period based on the secret key and time information, an encryption key storage to store the encryption key, an encryptor to generate encrypted data by encrypting the consumption using the encryption key stored in the encryption key storage, an encrypted data storage to store the encrypted data, and a communication controller to control transmission of the encrypted data, which is stored in the encrypted data storage, to a total consumption detecting device.