公开(公告)号：US10424932B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-24

申请号：US15127129

申请日：2014-07-28

Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Inventor： Satoshi Endo ,  Hirotoshi Yano ,  Masaaki Yabe ,  Satoshi Minezawa ,  Ichiro Maruyama

IPC: H02J13/00 ,  H02J3/38 ,  H02J7/00 ,  G01R21/133

Abstract: An energy management controller acquires, for each of power lines in a demand area, from devices, measurement data relating to a power value measured by each device. The energy management controller selects, when power values are measured from a single power line, one power value as a power value measured from the power line, based on a priority assigned beforehand to each device. Then, the energy management controller manages power consumed in the demand area using the power value measured from each power line. Furthermore, the energy management controller causes an operation terminal to display, in a predetermined mode, information indicating the power value measured from each power line.

公开(公告)号：US10110723B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-23

申请号：US14785866

申请日：2014-04-25

Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Inventor： Satoshi Minezawa ,  Hirotoshi Yano ,  Masaaki Yabe ,  Yuki Ogawa ,  Ichiro Maruyama ,  Shinji Nakamura ,  Shiro Suzuki ,  Masayuki Komatsu

IPC: H04M1/725 ,  G08C17/02 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04M11/00 ,  H04Q9/00

Abstract: A controller in an energy management system is configured to acquire environmental parameters indicating an environment within a home. The controller is configured to receive a request from a terminal device installed outside the home for remotely operating a unit installed in the home such as an air-conditioning system. The controller is configured to transmit to the terminal device query data containing the acquired environmental parameters, and a query on whether to control the unit according to the request, when receiving the request. The controller is configured to control the unit based on a response to the query from the terminal device.

公开(公告)号：US09960927B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-01

申请号：US14888738

申请日：2014-05-16

Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Inventor： Masaaki Yabe ,  Ichiro Maruyama ,  Satoshi Minezawa ,  Toshiaki Yoshikawa ,  Hirotoshi Yano ,  Daisuke Iizawa ,  Kenichiro Tanaka ,  Takashi Ogino

IPC: H04L12/28 ,  G08C17/00

CPC classification number: H04L12/2809 ,  G08C17/00 ,  H04L12/2818

Abstract: A controller of an in-home controller receives, via a terminal communicator, input data related to a manager registration transmitted from a terminal device. The controller performs a manager registration based on the received input data. Also, the controller generates user registration request data containing a user ID and a password extracted from the received input data, a controller ID read from data storage. The controller transmits the generated user registration request data to an external server via a wide-area communicator.

公开(公告)号：US10924296B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-16

申请号：US16775342

申请日：2020-01-29

Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Inventor： Yuki Ogawa ,  Hirotoshi Yano ,  Masaaki Yabe ,  Satoshi Minezawa ,  Ichiro Maruyama

IPC: H04L12/28 ,  G06F13/38 ,  F24F11/57 ,  F24F11/52 ,  G05B15/02 ,  F24F11/48 ,  F24F11/64 ,  F24F11/49 ,  G05B19/042 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0484

Abstract: A device information acquirer acquires device information of each electrical device of a plurality of electrical devices from a control apparatus. A device information display associates and displays on a screen an identifier, an expected installation location, and a device state for each electrical device based on the device information of each electrical device acquired by the device information acquirer. The device information acquirer acquires from the control apparatus the device state information of an electrical device of interest newly collected by the control apparatus after the electrical device installed at the expected installation location of the electrical device of interest is operated by the user. The device information display explicitly shows on the screen whether the device state of the electrical device has changed due to the operation by the user based on the device state information of the electrical device of interest acquired by the device information acquirer.

公开(公告)号：US10269237B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-23

申请号：US14908147

申请日：2014-08-08

Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Inventor： Satoshi Endo ,  Hirotoshi Yano ,  Masaaki Yabe ,  Satoshi Minezawa ,  Ichiro Maruyama ,  Masayuki Komatsu ,  Yuki Ogawa ,  Kaori Sato

IPC: G08C17/02 ,  F24F11/56

Abstract: Upon receiving a command signal transmitted from a remote controller (100), based on contents of the received command signal, a setter of an electrical apparatus sets a time interval for prohibition of operation from an operation terminal. During the time interval set by the setter, an operation controller of the electrical apparatus does not control based on the received command signal, even if a command signal transmitted from the operation terminal is received via a HEMS controller.

公开(公告)号：US10135248B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-20

申请号：US15118906

申请日：2015-04-16

Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Inventor： Kaori Sato ,  Hirotoshi Yano ,  Masaaki Yabe ,  Satoshi Minezawa ,  Satoshi Endo ,  Ichiro Maruyama

IPC: G05D3/12 ,  H02J3/32 ,  H02J3/38 ,  H02J7/00 ,  H02J7/34 ,  H01M10/44 ,  H02J7/35

Abstract: A control apparatus is configured to control a control target device among load devices for which power supply from an electricity storage apparatus is controlled based on total power consumption of the load devices. The control apparatus includes a power monitor and a device controller. The power monitor is configured to acquire a value of the total power consumption of the load devices. The device controller is configured to control the control target device to change the power consumption of the control target device so that the value of the total power consumption changes to a value having a level where the electricity storage apparatus supplies the power to the load devices when the value of the total power consumption acquired by the power monitor is at a level where the power is not supplied from the electricity storage apparatus to the electrical devices.

公开(公告)号：US09928729B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-27

申请号：US14908574

申请日：2014-08-05

Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Inventor： Masayuki Komatsu ,  Satoshi Minezawa ,  Masaaki Yabe ,  Satoshi Endo ,  Ichiro Maruyama ,  Hiroaki Ushirosako ,  Hirotoshi Yano

IPC: G08C17/02

CPC classification number: G08C17/02 ,  G08C2201/20 ,  G08C2201/42 ,  G08C2201/51 ,  G08C2201/93

Abstract: A remote operation receiver (111) is configured to communicate with a communication terminal and receive a remote operation from outside a home. A remote operation monitor (112) is configured to monitor a state of communication with the communication terminal at the remote operation receiver (111) during an operation based on the remote operation. A notifier (114) is configured to provide in the home guidance to urge a user to conduct a manual operation on a manual operation receiver (121) when the remote operation monitor (112) detects that the communication with the communication terminal is discontinued. Then, an indoor device (10) is configured to make a shift to normal operation upon reception of the manual operation within a reference time period. An abnormal remote operation processor (124) is configured to set an extended time period corresponding to an operation state and then make a transition of the indoor device (10) to a safe operation when no manual operation is received even if the reference time period has elapsed.

公开(公告)号：US10594506B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-17

申请号：US14917320

申请日：2013-11-14

Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Inventor： Yuki Ogawa ,  Hirotoshi Yano ,  Masaaki Yabe ,  Satoshi Minezawa ,  Ichiro Maruyama

IPC: H04L12/28 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G05B19/042 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F13/38 ,  F24F11/57 ,  F24F11/52 ,  G05B15/02 ,  F24F11/48 ,  F24F11/64 ,  F24F11/49

Abstract: A device information acquirer acquires device information of each electrical device of a plurality of electrical devices from a control apparatus. A device information display associates and displays on a screen an identifier, an expected installation location, and a device state for each electrical device based on the device information of each electrical device acquired by the device information acquirer. The device information acquirer acquires from the control apparatus the device state information of an electrical device of interest newly collected by the control apparatus after the electrical device installed at the expected installation location of the electrical device of interest is operated by the user. The device information display explicitly shows on the screen whether the device state of the electrical device has changed due to the operation by the user based on the device state information of the electrical device of interest acquired by the device information acquirer.

公开(公告)号：US10311666B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-04

申请号：US15548809

申请日：2015-02-09

Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Inventor： Kaori Sato ,  Ichiro Maruyama ,  Satoshi Minezawa ,  Hirotoshi Yano ,  Masaaki Yabe

IPC: H02J3/00 ,  H02J3/14 ,  H02J3/32 ,  H02J7/00 ,  G05B13/02 ,  G07F15/00 ,  H02J13/00 ,  G01R19/165

Abstract: A prediction value calculator calculates a prediction value of an electricity fee based on the amount of electric power supplied from a commercial electric power source to electric equipment within an electricity fee calculation period. A selector selects, as a first-stage control, either one control of an electric power saving control for the electric equipment and a charge-discharge control in which the electric power supplied from the commercial electric power source is stored in a storage battery in a first time slot and the electric power stored in the storage battery is supplied to the electric equipment in a second time slot in which the unit cost of the electric power supplied from the commercial electric power source is greater than that in the first time slot. A controller executes the first-stage control selected by the selector when the prediction value calculated by the prediction value calculator is greater than a targeted value of the electricity fee.

公开(公告)号：US09880579B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-30

申请号：US14890924

申请日：2014-05-16

Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Inventor： Ichiro Maruyama ,  Masaaki Yabe ,  Satoshi Minezawa ,  Toshiaki Yoshikawa ,  Hirotoshi Yano ,  Daisuke Iizawa ,  Kenichiro Tanaka ,  Takashi Ogino

IPC: H01H35/00 ,  G05F1/66 ,  H02J3/14 ,  H02J13/00 ,  G05B13/02 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G05B19/042

CPC classification number: G05F1/66 ,  G05B13/021 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G05B19/0426 ,  G05B2219/2639 ,  G05B2219/2642 ,  H02J3/14 ,  H02J13/0079 ,  H02J2003/143 ,  Y02B70/3225 ,  Y02B70/3241 ,  Y02B70/3266 ,  Y04S20/222 ,  Y04S20/227 ,  Y04S20/242

Abstract: A controller for controlling electrical devices in a dwelling is configured to display an energy-saving mode setting screen on a display that is a touch panel or the like in accordance with an operation by a user. Then, the controller is configured to receive a designation of a condition for an energy-saving control on the electrical devices in the dwelling on the energy-saving mode setting screen. Then, the controller is configured to set the respective energy-saving modes of the electrical devices via a home network based on the received condition.