Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120179596 | POWER RESERVE MARGIN TRADING SYSTEM AND POWER RESERVE MARGIN TRADING METHOD - A power reserve margin trading system according to one embodiment includes a reserve margin trading unit, a determination unit, and a trading consideration distribution unit. The reserve margin trading unit acquires a power reducible amount of a customer, trades the reducible amount as a reserve margin for demand adjustment, and acquires a consideration. The determination unit determines a rank of each customer by giving a higher rank to a customer having a smaller difference between a predicted power demand amount and a power consumption amount. The trading consideration distribution unit distributes a consideration to customers so that a portion of the consideration to be distributed varies depending on whether or not the power reduction request is transmitted. | 07-12-2012 |
20130066585 | PREDICTED MEAN VOTE ESTIMATING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a PMV estimating device calculates a PMV value from an average room radiation temperature, room temperature, room humidity, room air velocity, an amount of cloth worn by a person in the room, and an amount of activity of the person in the room. The PMV estimating device includes: indoor solar radiation calculator; solar radiated article temperature estimator; and average radiation temperature estimator. The indoor solar radiation calculator calculates an amount of solar radiation entered into the room. The solar radiated article temperature estimator estimates a temperature of a solar radiated article receiving the solar radiation entered into the room, by using the amount of solar radiation entered into the room calculated by the indoor solar radiation calculator. The average radiation temperature estimator estimates the average room radiation temperature by using the temperature of the solar radiated article estimated by the solar radiated article temperature estimator. | 03-14-2013 |
20130173075 | POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD - A power management system includes: customer terminals; and a power management apparatus connected to the customer terminals, wherein each of the customer terminals includes a weather forecast acquisition unit that acquires a local weather forecast for a corresponding customer terminal, and a power prediction unit that predicts a power consumption and an amount of power that can be reduced for a predetermined period based on the weather forecast, and the power management apparatus includes an integration processing unit that integrates the power consumptions and the amounts of power that can be reduced that are predicted for the respective customer terminals to calculate a total power consumption and a total amount of power that can be reduced for all of the customer terminals. | 07-04-2013 |
20140163757 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SERVER, ENERGY MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND MEDIUM - According to an embodiment, server includes estimator, condition setter, calculator, receiver, and controller. Estimator estimates an energy demand in building where electrical apparatuses are equipped based on apparatus data. Condition setter sets energy consumption suppression conditions. Calculator calculates operation schedule of apparatuses which can optimize an energy balance in building based on the demand and condition. Receiver receives DR signal including energy consumption suppression condition. Controller controls the apparatuses based on operation schedule calculated based on the condition corresponding to that included in the DR signal. | 06-12-2014 |
20140302713 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR MODULE - An electrical connector module for electrically connecting at least one connector to a printed circuit board of an electronic device includes at least one shielding jack having a top wall, two opposite side walls and at least one common wall. The walls of the shielding jack collectively define at least a slot therewithin for receiving the connectors and a front end and an opposite rear end. The slot is divided by the common wall. The side walls and the common wall have a plurality of press fit terminals extending toward the circuit board. The common wall has a plurality of offset latch arms engaged with different connectors. When the connectors are inserted to the slots, the offset latch arms respectively secure the connectors in the corresponding slots. | 10-09-2014 |
20150019036 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SERVER, ENERGY MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - According to an embodiment, management server includes estimator, scheduler, acquisition unit, monitoring unit, receiver and setting unit. Estimator calculates estimated value of energy demand in building with electric appliance. Scheduler creates schedule of appliance based on estimated value. Acquisition unit acquires actual value of energy demand. Monitoring unit monitors error between estimated value and actual value. Receiver receives DR signal containing information which prompts suppression of energy consumption in a designated period. Setting unit sets threshold. Estimator recalculates estimated value if error is equal or more than threshold. Scheduler reforms schedule based on the recalculated estimated value. | 01-15-2015 |