Power display system, image processing apparatus, and user interface
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1. A power display system comprising:
- a plurality of electronic apparatuses; and
a server connected to an electronic apparatus group, the electronic apparatus group including the plurality of electronic apparatuses, each electronic apparatus of the electronic apparatus group including a sensor configured to measure a consumption of power by the electronic apparatus, the server including,a memory having computer readable instructions, andat least one processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions to,receive power consumption information from each of the electronic apparatuses of the electronic apparatus group, the power consumption information including an actual amount of power consumed by each individual electronic apparatus of the electronic apparatuses of the electronic apparatus group,calculate a total power consumption information from the consumption of power measured by each of the sensors of the electronic apparatuses of the electronic apparatus group,calculate a ratio of the total power consumption information to a target value of the power consumption for each of the electronic apparatuses of the electronic apparatus group, the calculating the ratio of the total power consumption information to the target value of the power consumption including calculating a target value of total consumption power for the entire electronic apparatus group, andtransmit the respective calculated ratio to each of the electronic apparatuses of the electronic apparatus group; and
each of the electronic apparatuses of the electronic apparatus group are configured to,receive the calculated ratio from the server,display a first screen displaying a plurality of functions corresponding to the electronic apparatus,display in the first screen a user interface element that indicates a power use status in a first display manner that corresponds to the received calculated ratio,receive a selection of at least one function to be executed from the plurality of functions corresponding to the electronic apparatus via the displayed first screen,display a second screen for receiving settings of the selected function, anddisplay in the second screen the user interface element that indicates the power use status in a second display manner that corresponds to the received calculated ratio.
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Abstract
A power display system includes an electronic apparatus and a server connected to an electronic apparatus group including the electronic apparatus. Further, the power display system includes a calculation unit totaling consumption power by the electronic apparatus group and calculating a ratio of the totaled consumption power to a target value of the consumption power, and a display control unit displaying a display part, which indicates a use status of power, in a display area of the electronic apparatus in a display manner which corresponds to the ratio.
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1. A power display system comprising:
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a plurality of electronic apparatuses; and a server connected to an electronic apparatus group, the electronic apparatus group including the plurality of electronic apparatuses, each electronic apparatus of the electronic apparatus group including a sensor configured to measure a consumption of power by the electronic apparatus, the server including, a memory having computer readable instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions to, receive power consumption information from each of the electronic apparatuses of the electronic apparatus group, the power consumption information including an actual amount of power consumed by each individual electronic apparatus of the electronic apparatuses of the electronic apparatus group, calculate a total power consumption information from the consumption of power measured by each of the sensors of the electronic apparatuses of the electronic apparatus group, calculate a ratio of the total power consumption information to a target value of the power consumption for each of the electronic apparatuses of the electronic apparatus group, the calculating the ratio of the total power consumption information to the target value of the power consumption including calculating a target value of total consumption power for the entire electronic apparatus group, and transmit the respective calculated ratio to each of the electronic apparatuses of the electronic apparatus group; and each of the electronic apparatuses of the electronic apparatus group are configured to, receive the calculated ratio from the server, display a first screen displaying a plurality of functions corresponding to the electronic apparatus, display in the first screen a user interface element that indicates a power use status in a first display manner that corresponds to the received calculated ratio, receive a selection of at least one function to be executed from the plurality of functions corresponding to the electronic apparatus via the displayed first screen, display a second screen for receiving settings of the selected function, and display in the second screen the user interface element that indicates the power use status in a second display manner that corresponds to the received calculated ratio. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An image processing apparatus connected to a server configured to calculate total power consumption of each electronic apparatus of an electronic apparatus group, the electronic apparatus group including a plurality of electronic apparatuses and the image processing apparatus, each apparatus of the electronic apparatus group including a sensor configured to measure a consumption of power by the respective apparatus, the image processing apparatus further comprising:
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a memory having computer readable instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions to, transmit power consumption information related to the power consumption of the image processing apparatus to the server, the power consumption information including an actual amount of power consumed by the image processing apparatus, acquire, from the server, a use status information set which includes a calculated ratio of a total power consumption information to a target value of the power consumption of the image processing apparatus wherein the ratio is calculated by the server, the ratio calculated using a target value of total consumption power for the entire electronic apparatus group which is calculated by the server, and the total power consumption information includes total power consumption information of the entire electronic apparatus group calculated by the server from the consumption of power measured by each of the sensors of the apparatuses of the electronic apparatus group, display a first screen displaying a plurality of functions corresponding to the image processing apparatus, display in the first screen a user interface element that indicates a power use status in a first display manner that corresponds to the calculated ratio, receive a selection of at least one function to be executed from the plurality of functions corresponding to the electronic apparatus via the displayed first screen, display a second screen for receiving settings of the selected function, and display in the second screen the user interface element that indicates the power use status in a second display manner that corresponds to the acquired calculated ratio. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer readable instructions, which when executed by at least one processor of an image processing apparatus, the image processing apparatus connected to a server configured to calculate total power consumption of each electronic apparatus of an electronic apparatus group, the electronic apparatus group including a plurality of electronic apparatuses and the image processing apparatus, each apparatus of the electronic apparatus group including a sensor configured to measure a consumption of power by the respective apparatus, cause the at least one processor to:
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transmit power consumption information related to the power consumption of the image processing apparatus to a server, the server configured to connect to a plurality of electronic apparatuses including the image processing apparatus, the power consumption information including an actual amount of power consumed by the image processing apparatus; acquire, from the server, a use status information set which includes a calculated ratio of a total power consumption information to a target value of the power consumption of the image processing apparatus wherein the ratio is calculated by the server, the ratio calculated using a target value of total consumption power for the entire electronic apparatus group which is calculated by the server, and the total power consumption information includes total power consumption information of the entire electronic apparatus group calculated by the server from the consumption of power measured by each of the sensors of the apparatuses of the electronic apparatus group; display a first screen displaying a plurality of functions corresponding to the image processing apparatus; display in the first screen a user interface element that indicates a power use status in a first display manner that corresponds to the calculated ratio; receive a selection of at least one function to be executed from the plurality of functions corresponding to the electronic apparatus via the displayed first screen; display a second screen for receiving settings of the selected function; and display in the second screen the user interface element that indicates the power use status in a second display manner that corresponds to the acquired calculated ratio. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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