ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR SAVING POWER, AND METHOD OF SAVING POWER IN AN APPARATUS

• US 20120324260A1
• Filed: 02/16/2012
• Published: 12/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Shiki, Takuya, Toma, Hideyuki, Kezuka, Hideo
• Application Number:
  US13/398,544
• Publication Number:
  US 20120324260A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/320
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/04 Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440263 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for displaying on a connected PDA
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44209 Monitoring of downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. bandwidth variations of a wireless network arrangements for maintenance or administration in data switching networks involving bandwidth and capacity management H04L41/0896
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44222 Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4436 Power management, e.g. shutting down unused components of the receiver power management in computer systems G06F1/3203; hibernate or awake process in computer systems G06F9/4418
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/57 Control of contrast or brightness
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/63 Generation or supply of power specially adapted for television receivers

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a transceiver acquires actual consumption data and predicted consumption data for each time slot, from a power supply management system. A data analysis block analyzes the actual consumption data and the predicted consumption data, and generates graph data representing a graph showing a result of the analysis. A display control block causes a display device to display the graph and a power-save line in the graph. A power-save line control block moves the power-save line to a desired position and utilizes a value associated with the desired position as a value at which to start power saving. A command signal output block outputs a power-save command signal to an apparatus which should save power, if the actual consumption data and/or the predicted consumption data exceed the value indicated by the power-save line.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a transceiver configured to acquire actual consumption data and predicted consumption data for each time slot, from a power supply management system;

a data analysis block configured to analyze the actual consumption data and the predicted consumption data and to generate graph data representing a graph showing a result of the analysis;

a display control block configured to cause a display device to display the graph and a power-save start line in the graph;

a power-save start line control block configured to move the power-save start line to a desired position and to utilize a value associated with the desired position as a value at which to start power saving; and

a command signal output block configured to output a power-save command signal to an apparatus which should save power, if the actual consumption data and/or the predicted consumption data exceeds the value indicated by the power-save start line.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display control block causes the display device to display a power-saving button to be operated manually, and the command signal output block outputs a power-save command signal if the power-saving button is operated.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein power-save start line control block controls a plurality of power-save lines, thereby to set a plurality of power-saving start values.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 3, wherein the display device displays a plurality of power-saving buttons associated with the power-save start lines, respectively.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display device has a display region whose background color changes if a power-save level is changed according to change of the predicted consumption data.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the command signal output block cyclically outputs a plurality of power-save command signals for setting a different power-save start line as a prescribed button is operated repeatedly.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the command signal output block checks power consumption in the apparatus which should save power, and causes the display device to display an alarm or a power-save message if the consumption at present or one hour later exceeds a predicted value.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, which acquires data representing a power-saving level set for the apparatus which should save power.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 8, which transmits the data acquired from the apparatus which should save power, to a server, and which displays analysis data transmitted from the server and representing how much power has been saved in the apparatus.

10. A method of saving power in an apparatus comprising a transceiver configured to acquire actual consumption data and predicted consumption data for each time slot, from a power supply management system, and a data processor configured to process data input from the transceiver, transmit signals via the transceiver and output a display signal to a display device,

wherein the data processor analyzes the actual consumption data and the predicted consumption data and generates graph data representing a graph showing a result of the analysis, causes a display device to display the graph and a power-save line in the graph, moves the power-save line to a desired position, utilizes a value associated with the desired position as a value at which to start power saving, and outputs a power-save command signal to the apparatus which should save power, if the actual consumption data and/or the predicted consumption data exceeds the value indicated by the power-save line.