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Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 06, 2013
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kazuyoshi Takemura, Tokyo, JP;

Kuniya Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Takanori Washiro, Kanagawa, JP;

Isao Soma, Saitama, JP;

Kayoko Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;

Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;

Kazutoshi Serita, Tokyo, JP;

Satoshi Higano, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 11/01 (2006.01); H04B 3/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 11/01 (2013.01); H04B 3/54 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5441 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5445 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5454 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5491 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided an appliance management apparatus including a connection state acquiring unit acquiring information generated due to an appliance terminal of an electronic appliance being positioned close to or connected to a power supplying terminal that supplies power, and a connection state management unit managing a connection state of the appliance terminal to the power supplying terminal using the information acquired by the connection state acquiring unit.


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