# US 10,484,961 B2 · Power storage management system, information processing apparatus, power storage apparatus, method of operating power storage management system, and method of operating information processing apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,484,961 B2 - Document ID: US10484961B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/865,601 - Filed: 2018-01-09 - Published: 2018-05-10 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2010-05-26 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Hideki Noma; Tomoyuki Ono; Hiroshi Kawashima; Kayoko Tanaka; Ryoki Honjo; Shigeru Tajima; Daisuke Yamazaki; Kazumi Sato; Yoshihito Ishibashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10484961B2 ## CPC - H04W 68/00: User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like - G05B 15/02: electric - G05F 1/66: Regulating electric power - H04B 1/1615: {Switching on; Switching off, e.g. remotely (battery saving circuits associated with selective call operation H04W52/00; details of power consumption reduction in a PLL, H03L7/0802, H03L7/14, H03L2207/08, H03L2207/18; muting amplifiers by gain control see H03G3/34)} - H04L 67/125: involving control of end-device applications over a network - H04M 1/72415: for remote control of appliances - H04W 24/00: Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements - H04W 88/02: Terminal devices - Y04S 40/18: Network protocols supporting networked applications, e.g. including control of end-device applications over a network - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - G05F: SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - Y04S: SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS ## Abstract In one example embodiment, a power storage management system includes a user terminal, a power storage apparatus and an information processing apparatus. In one example embodiment, the information processing apparatus is configured to, using a mobile communication network (e.g., Global System for Mobile Communications or the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), communicate with the power storage apparatus. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A power storage management system, comprising: a camera mounted to a power storage apparatus and configured to take images; the power storage apparatus comprising first information indicative of a position of the power storage apparatus; and second information indicative of an operation state of the power storage apparatus; and an information processing apparatus configured to communicate, using wireless communications, with the power storage apparatus to acquire the first information, the second information and the images taken by the camera from the power storage apparatus. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A power storage management system of claim 1, wherein: the information processing apparatus displays a location of the power storage apparatus and displays the images taken by the camera mounted on the power storage apparatus. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A power storage management system of claim 2, wherein: the location of the power storage apparatus is the present location or the movement route of the power storage apparatus on a map. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A power storage management system of claim 1, wherein: the information processing apparatus is configured to register the power storage apparatus. ### Claim 5 A power storage apparatus, comprising: a processor; a camera configured to take images; a memory storing instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to: using wireless communications, communicate with an information processing apparatus, wherein the power storage apparatus includes first information indicative of a position of the power storage apparatus and second information indicative of an operation state of the power storage apparatus; and provide the first information, the second information and the images taken by the camera from the power storage apparatus to the information processing apparatus using the wireless communications. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The power storage apparatus of claim 5, wherein the wireless communications including communicating over at least one of a wireless LAN, Bluetooth. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The power storage apparatus of claim 5, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor further cause the processor to acquire power from at least one of a power generating apparatus or a power supplying network; and supply the acquired power to an appliance. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The power storage apparatus of claim 5, wherein (a) the power storage apparatus includes first power storage apparatus information, (b) the power storage apparatus has an operation state, and (c) the instructions when executed by the processor further cause the processor to, in response to a change in the operation state, transmit the power storage apparatus information to the information processing apparatus. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The power storage apparatus of claim 5, wherein (a) the power storage apparatus includes power storage apparatus information, and (b) instructions when executed by the processor further cause the processor to (ii) determine whether a specific situation has occurred, and (ii) in response to determining that the specific situation has occurred, transmit the power storage apparatus information to the information processing apparatus. ### Claim 10 A method of operating a power storage management system that includes a user terminal, a power storage apparatus and an information processing apparatus, the method comprising: causing the information processing apparatus to, using wireless communications, to communicate with the power storage apparatus to acquire first information, second information, and images taken by a camera from the power storage apparatus to the information processing apparatus, wherein the power storage apparatus includes the first information indicative of a position of the power storage apparatus and the second information indicative of an operation state of the power storage apparatus. ### Claim 11 A method of operating an information processing apparatus including instructions, the method comprising: causing a processor to execute the instructions to, using wireless communications, communicate with a power storage apparatus to acquire first information, second information and images taken by a camera from a power storage apparatus to the information processing apparatus, wherein the first information is indicative of a position of the power storage apparatus and the second information is indicative of an operation state of the power storage apparatus. ### Claim 12 A method of operating a power storage apparatus including instructions, the method comprising: causing a processor to execute the instructions to, using wireless communications, communicate with an information processing apparatus to provide first information, second information, and images taken by a camera from a power storage apparatus to the information processing apparatus, wherein the first information is indicative of a position of the power storage apparatus and the second information is indicative of an operation state of the power storage apparatus.