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AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuki Waki, Hisashi Takayama, Tosihisa Ikeda, Yasuo Yoshimura, Tetsuya Kouda
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Provided is a control device that makes it possible to surely give an appropriate instruction to operate. An appliance control device that controls an electric appliance that performs one of a first operation and a second operation includes: a price obtaining unit that obtains information indicating a price of power; a detecting unit that detects a change in the price in a not shorter one of the first period and the second period, the price being indicated in the obtained information; a first calculating unit that calculates a first cost produced when the electric appliance performs the first operation, in the case where the change is detected; a second calculating unit that calculates a second cost produced when the electric appliance performs the second operation, in the case where the change is detected; a comparing unit; and an instructing unit that instructs performing of a determined operation.
A control device that controls an electric appliance that performs one of a first operation during a first period and a second operation during a second period, the control device comprising:
An integrated circuit that controls an electric appliance that performs one of a first operation during a first period and a second operation during a second period, the integrated circuit comprising:
A control method for controlling an electric appliance that performs one of a first operation during a first period and a second operation during a second period, the control method comprising:
A program for controlling an electric appliance that performs one of a first operation during a first period and a second operation during a second period, the program causing a computer to execute:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.