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Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2015
Applicant:

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.;

Inventor:

Takayuki Ishida, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 17/00 (2006.01); G01D 4/00 (2006.01); G01S 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 4/002 (2013.01); G01S 5/0054 (2013.01); G06F 3/12 (2013.01); H04N 1/00 (2013.01); Y02B 90/241 (2013.01); Y04S 20/32 (2013.01); Y04S 20/36 (2013.01); Y04S 20/42 (2013.01);
Abstract

A smart meter ID acquiring unit in an electronic apparatus acquires a smart meter ID from a smart meter when the electronic apparatus starts. A registered location information acquiring unit acquires registered location information from an external server if the smart meter ID acquired at this time is different from the smart meter ID acquired at a previous time. A relocation determining unit (a1) determines that the electronic apparatus has been relocated if the registered location information acquired at this time is different from the registered location information acquired at a previous time and (a2) determines that the electronic apparatus has not been relocated if the registered location information acquired at this time is equal to the registered location information acquired at the previous time.


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