ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE, POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF IDENTIFYING APPLIANCE
First Claim
1. An electronic appliance comprising:
- a plurality of electrical parts having electrical characteristics that are different thereamong and for each electronic appliance;
a characteristics measuring unit that measures the characteristics of at least one electrical part;
a switch that switches between the electrical parts whose characteristics are to be measured by the characteristics measuring unit; and
a control unit that controls the switch and causes the characteristics measuring unit to measure the characteristics of a predetermined electrical part, and that transmits, to a power management apparatus managing at least power supply to its own electronic appliance, information relating to the characteristics measured by the characteristics measuring unit and an appliance ID of its own electronic appliance.
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Abstract
There is provided an electronic appliance including a plurality of electrical parts having electrical characteristics that are different thereamong and for each electronic appliance, a characteristics measuring unit that measures the characteristics of at least one electrical part, a switch that switches between the electrical parts whose characteristics are to be measured by the characteristics measuring unit, and a control unit that controls the switch and causes the characteristics measuring unit to measure the characteristics of a predetermined electrical part, and that transmits, to a power management apparatus managing at least power supply to its own electronic appliance, information relating to the characteristics measured by the characteristics measuring unit and an appliance ID of its own electronic appliance.
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8 Claims
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1. An electronic appliance comprising:
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a plurality of electrical parts having electrical characteristics that are different thereamong and for each electronic appliance; a characteristics measuring unit that measures the characteristics of at least one electrical part; a switch that switches between the electrical parts whose characteristics are to be measured by the characteristics measuring unit; and a control unit that controls the switch and causes the characteristics measuring unit to measure the characteristics of a predetermined electrical part, and that transmits, to a power management apparatus managing at least power supply to its own electronic appliance, information relating to the characteristics measured by the characteristics measuring unit and an appliance ID of its own electronic appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A power management apparatus comprising:
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a receiving unit that receives information relating to characteristics and an appliance ID from an electronic appliance including a plurality of electrical parts having electrical characteristics that are different thereamong and for each electronic appliance, a characteristics measuring unit that measures the characteristics of at least one electrical part, a switch that switches between the electrical parts whose characteristics are to be measured by the characteristics measuring unit, and a control unit that controls the switch and causes the characteristics measuring unit to measure the characteristics of a predetermined electrical part, and that transmits, to the power management apparatus managing at least power supply to its own electronic appliance, the information relating to the characteristics measured by the characteristics measuring unit and the appliance ID of its own electronic appliance; a characteristics information holding unit that holds the information relating to the characteristics in association with the appliance ID received by the receiving unit; and an appliance identifying unit that identifies the electronic appliance by using the information relating to the characteristics held by the characteristics information holding unit.
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8. A method of identifying an appliance, comprising the steps of:
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controlling a switch, by an electronic appliance including a plurality of electrical parts having electrical characteristics that are different thereamong and for each electronic appliance, a characteristics measuring unit that measures the characteristics of at least one electrical part, and the switch that switches between the electrical parts whose characteristics are to be measured by the characteristics measuring unit, and causing, by the electronic appliance, the characteristics measuring unit to measure the characteristics of a predetermined electrical part, and transmitting, by the electronic appliance, to a power management apparatus managing at least power supply to the electronic appliance, information relating to the characteristics measured by the characteristics measuring unit and an appliance ID of the electronic appliance; receiving, by the power management apparatus, the information relating to the characteristics and the appliance ID transmitted by the electronic appliance; holding, by the power management apparatus, the information relating to the characteristics in association with the appliance ID received in the step of receiving; and identifying, by the power management apparatus, the electronic appliance by using the information relating to the characteristics held in the step of holding.
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