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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
May. 16, 2014
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Ichiro Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Yabe, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Minezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Yoshikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hirotoshi Yano, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Iizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichiro Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Ogino, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A controller for controlling electrical devices in a dwelling is configured to display an energy-saving mode setting screen on a display that is a touch panel or the like in accordance with an operation by a user. Then, the controller is configured to receive a designation of a condition for an energy-saving control on the electrical devices in the dwelling on the energy-saving mode setting screen. Then, the controller is configured to set the respective energy-saving modes of the electrical devices via a home network based on the received condition.