Power management server apparatus, power management method, and power management program
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsHiroshi Taira, Masashige Yogo, Yutaka Yamasaki
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, in order to manage the power consumption at a user's electrical apparatuses, the user's activity schedule is registered in various patterns, and the operation schedule of the electrical apparatuses is stored in various patterns. The operation schedule of the electrical apparatuses is specified in accordance with the user's activity schedule registered. The electrical apparatuses are controlled in accordance with the operating schedule thus specified. The power consumption at the home appliances can thereby be appropriately managed in various conditions, to meet the user's activity schedule and preference.
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A power management server apparatus designed to manage power consumption at user's electrical apparatuses, the server apparatus comprising:
- activity schedule registration module configured to register the user's activity schedule in various patterns;
- operating schedule storage module configured to store an operating schedule for the electrical apparatuses in the various patterns;
- operating schedule specifying module configured to specify the operating schedule for the electrical apparatuses, registered in the activity schedule registration module, in accordance with the user's activity schedule registered in the activity schedule registration module;
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- power controller configured to control the power consumption at the electrical apparatuses in accordance with the operating schedule specified by the operating schedule identifying module.
A power management server apparatus designed to manage power consumption at the electrical apparatuses installed in each subscriber, the server apparatus comprising:
- activity schedule registration module configured to register the subscriber's activity schedule in various patterns;
- operating schedule storage module configured to store the operating schedule for the electrical apparatuses in the various patterns;
- operating schedule specifying module configured to specify the operating schedule for the electrical apparatuses, registered in the activity schedule registration module, in accordance with the subscriber's activity schedule registered in the activity schedule registration module;
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- notifying module configured to notify to the subscriber's house that the power consumption at the electrical apparatuses should be controlled in accordance with the operating schedule specified by the operating schedule identifying module.
A power management method designed to manage power consumption at user's electrical apparatuses, the method comprising:
- registering the user's activity schedule in various patterns;
- storing an operating schedule for the electrical apparatuses in the various patterns;
- specifying the operating schedule for the electrical apparatuses in accordance with the user's activity schedule registered;
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- controlling the power consumption at the electrical apparatuses in accordance with the operating schedule specified.
A power management method designed to manage power consumption at the electrical apparatuses installed in each subscriber, the method comprising:
- registering the subscriber's activity schedule in various patterns;
- storing the operating schedule for the electrical apparatuses in the various patterns;
- specifying the operating schedule for the electrical apparatuses, thus stored, in accordance with the subscriber's activity schedule registered;
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- notifying to the subscriber's house that the power consumption at the electrical apparatuses should be controlled in accordance with the operating schedule thus specified.
A power management program stored in a storage medium, and configured to cause a computer to manage the power consumption at user's electrical apparatuses, the program comprising:
- an operation schedule specifying step of specifying an operating schedule for the electrical apparatuses, in accordance with the user's activity schedule, after the user's activity schedule and the operating schedule for the electrical apparatuses have been stored in various patterns;
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- a power controlling step of controlling the power consumption at the electrical apparatuses in accordance with the operating schedule specified in the operation schedule specifying step.
A power management program stored in a storage medium, to cause a computer to manage the power consumption at subscriber's electrical apparatuses, the program comprising:
- an operation schedule specifying step of specifying an operating schedule for the electrical apparatuses, in accordance with the subscriber's activity schedule, after the user's activity schedule and the operating schedule for the electrical apparatuses have been stored in various patterns;
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- a notifying step of notifying to the subscriber's house that the power consumption at the electrical apparatuses should be controlled in accordance with the operating schedule specified in the operation schedule specifying step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.