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ENERGY USAGE AMOUNT MANAGING APPARATUS, ENERGY USAGE AMOUNT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

  • US 20130085694A1
  • Filed: 05/16/2012
  • Published: 04/04/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An energy usage amount managing apparatus comprising:

  • a memory that stores appliance information about an energy usage status in each of appliances installed in a space having a plurality of areas, and that stores information about the plurality of areas and information about users in association with each other;

    an estimating unit that estimates, in accordance with a predetermined algorithm, an energy usage amount in each of the plurality of areas by using the appliance information stored in the memory;

    a specifying unit that specifies, with reference to content stored in the memory, a user corresponding to an area where a difference between an energy usage amount measured by a measuring apparatus and an energy usage amount estimated by the estimating unit satisfies a predetermined condition among the plurality of areas, the measuring apparatus being provided in each of the plurality of areas and measuring an energy usage amount in a corresponding one of the plurality of areas;

    an information output unit that outputs information for prompting the user specified by the specifying unit to input the appliance information about an appliance installed in the area where the difference between the measured energy usage amount and the estimated energy usage amount satisfies the predetermined condition among the appliances;

    an input receiving unit that receives input of the appliance information; and

    an updating unit that updates the content stored in the memory by using the appliance information received by the input receiving unit.

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