# US 2020/0401095 A1 · Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing system

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- Number: US 2020/0401095 A1
- Document ID: US20200401095A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/007,252
- Filed: 2020-08-31
- Published: 2020-12-24
- Earliest claimed: 2018-03-20
- Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Yoshihiro MATSUNAGA; Sho TAKADA; Mitsuhiro ITO; Nobuyuki SASAKI; Ryo OSHIMA; Mio OSHIMA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200401095A1

## CPC

- G05B 19/042: using digital processors (G05B19/05 takes precedence)
- H02J 3/381: {Dispersed generators}
- G06Q 30/02: Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
- G06Q 50/06: Energy or water supply
- H02J 13/00: Circuit arrangements for providing remote monitoring or remote control of equipment in a power distribution network
- H02J 13/12: Monitoring network conditions, e.g. electrical magnitudes or operational status
- H02J 13/1331: {using wireless data transmission}
- G05B 2219/2639: Energy management, use maximum of cheap power, keep peak load low
- H02J 2105/10: Local stationary networks having a local or delimited stationary reach
- Y02E 40/70: Smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the energy generation sector
- Y02E 60/00: Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
- Y04S 10/12: Monitoring or controlling equipment for energy generation units, e.g. distributed energy generation [DER] or load-side generation
- Y04S 40/126: using wireless data transmission
- 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)
- H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- 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

An information processing device includes: a reception unit configured to receive operation information on a power supply device from the power supply device that supplies power to an electric apparatus detachably connected thereto; a ranking unit configured to rank a user of the power supply device based on the received operation information; and a setting unit configured to set an incentive to the user based on a rank of the ranked user. The operation information includes: fuel consumption information indicating a fuel consumption amount of an engine generator; and measurement information indicating measurement results of voltage and current that the power supply device is supplying to the electric apparatus. The ranking unit identifies fuel consumption based on the fuel consumption information and the measurement information, and ranks the user based on the identified fuel consumption.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An information processing device, comprising:
a reception unit configured to receive operation information on a power supply device from the power supply device that supplies power to an electric apparatus detachably connected thereto;
a ranking unit configured to rank a user of the power supply device based on the received operation information; and
a setting unit configured to set an incentive to the user based on a rank of the ranked user,
wherein when the power supply device includes an engine generator, the operation information includes:
fuel consumption information indicating a fuel consumption amount of the engine generator; and
measurement information indicating measurement results of voltage and current that the power supply device is supplying to the electric apparatus, and
wherein the ranking unit identifies fuel consumption of the engine generator based on the fuel consumption information and the measurement information, and ranks the user based on the identified fuel consumption.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The information processing device according to claim 1,
wherein the ranking unit identifies a total power supply amount in a predetermined period of the power supply device to the electric apparatus based on the operation information, and ranks the user based on the identified total power supply amount.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The information processing device according to claim 1,
wherein the ranking unit identifies a power supply time in a predetermined period of the power supply device to the electric apparatus based on the operation information, and ranks the user based on the identified power supply time.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The information processing device according to claim 1,
wherein the ranking unit estimates a type of the electric apparatus based on the measurement information, and ranks the user for each estimated type of the electric apparatus.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising
a provision unit configured to provide information on the incentive set by the setting unit for the user.

### Claim 6

An information processing method comprising:
a reception step of receiving, by a server, operation information on a power supply device from the power supply device that supplies power to an electric apparatus detachably connected thereto;
a ranking step of ranking, by the server, a user of the power supply device based on the received operation information; and
a setting step of setting, by the server, an incentive to the user based on a rank of the ranked user,
wherein when the power supply device includes an engine generator, the operation information includes:
fuel consumption information indicating a fuel consumption amount of the engine generator; and
measurement information indicating measurement results of voltage and current that the power supply device is supplying to the electric apparatus, and
wherein the ranking step includes identifying fuel consumption of the engine generator based on the fuel consumption information and the measurement information, and ranking the user based on the identified fuel consumption.

### Claim 7

An information processing system comprising a plurality of power supply devices that supply power to electric apparatuses detachably connected thereto, and an information processing device capable of communicating with the power supply devices via a network,
wherein the information processing device includes:
a reception unit configured to receive operation information on the power supply devices from the respective power supply devices;
a ranking unit configured to rank users of the power supply devices based on the received operation information; and
a setting unit configured to set incentives to the users based on ranks of the ranked users,
wherein when the power supply devices each include an engine generator, the operation information includes:
fuel consumption information indicating a fuel consumption amount of the engine generator; and
measurement information indicating measurement results of voltage and current that the relevant power supply device is supplying to the relevant electric apparatus, and
wherein the ranking unit identifies fuel consumption of the engine generator based on the fuel consumption information and the measurement information, and ranks the users based on the identified fuel consumption.