ROBOT AND POWER CONSUMPTION ESTIMATING SYSTEM

• US 20130166069A1
• Filed: 11/30/2012
• Published: 06/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eneres Co. Ltd. (Old) (KDDI Corporation), Japan Research Institute Limited (Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Eneres Co. Ltd. (Old) (KDDI Corporation), Japan Research Institute Limited (Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Incorporated)
• Inventors: IKEDA, Motohide, WATANABE, Ken, INOUE, Makoto
• Application Number:
  US13/689,786
• Publication Number:
  US 20130166069A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/258
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 2204/12 Determination or prediction of behaviour, e.g. likely power consumption or unusual usage patterns
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 4/00 Tariff metering apparatus in taximeters G07B13/00; apparatus actuated by coins, cards or the like with meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas, or electricity G07F15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/58 The condition being electrical
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/62 The condition being non-electrical, e.g. temperature
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/14 by switching loads on to, or off from, network, e.g. progressively balanced loading
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/3225 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/222 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/30 Smart metering, e.g. specially adapted for remote reading

Abstract

Provided is a robot comprising a device manipulating section that turns ON and OFF a plurality of devices that operate by receiving power from a power supply; a power value acquiring section that acquires a first total power value that is a power value before one of the devices is turned ON or OFF by the device manipulating section and a second total power value that is a power value after the device is turned ON or OFF, via a power sensor that measures a total power value supplied to the plurality of devices from the power supply; and a power consumption estimating section that estimates power consumption of the device based on the first total power value and the second total power value.

Claims

1. A robot comprising:

a device manipulating section that turns ON and OFF a plurality of devices that operate by receiving power from a power supply;

a power value acquiring section that acquires a first total power value that is a power value before one of the devices is turned ON or OFF by the device manipulating section and a second total power value that is a power value after the device is turned ON or OFF, via a power sensor that measures a total power value supplied to the plurality of devices from the power supply; and

a power consumption estimating section that estimates power consumption of the device based on the first total power value and the second total power value.

2. The robot according to claim 1, wherein

one of the plurality of devices is capable of operating with a plurality of setting conditions including a first setting condition and a second setting condition,

the device manipulating section turns the device ON with the first setting condition and then OFF, and also turns the device ON with the second setting condition,

the power value acquiring section acquires a first total power value before the device is turned ON by the device manipulating section with the first setting condition and before the device is turned ON by the device manipulating section with the second setting condition, and acquires a second total power value after the device is turned ON by the device manipulating section with the first setting condition and after the device is turned ON by the device manipulating section with the second setting condition, and

the power consumption estimating section estimates the power consumption for the device with each of the first setting condition and the second setting condition, based on the first total power values and the second total power values for the device with the first setting condition and the second setting condition.

3. The robot according to claim 2, further comprising a power consumption holding section that holds the power consumptions for the first setting condition and the second setting condition in association with the device, the first setting condition, and the second setting condition.

4. The robot according to claim 1, further comprising:

a temperature sensor that detects a surrounding temperature; and

a power consumption holding section that holds the power consumption of the device in association with the device and the temperature detected by the temperature sensor.

5. The robot according to claim 1, wherein

the device manipulating section receives an ON command or an OFF command from a user for one of the plurality of devices, and turns the device ON or OFF, and

after the ON command or OFF command is received, the power value acquiring section acquires, as the first total power value, the total power before the device is turned ON or OFF by the device manipulating section and acquires, as the second total power value, the total power value after the device is turned ON or OFF by the device manipulating section.

6. The robot according to claim 1, wherein

the power consumption estimating section estimates the power consumption for each of the plurality of devices based on a difference between the first total power value and the second total power value of the device.

7. The robot according to claim 1, wherein

the plurality of devices are supplied with power from the power supply via a distribution board, and

the power sensor measures the power value in a power line connecting the power supply to the distribution board.

8. The robot according to claim 1, further comprising:

a moving mechanism that moves to respective areas in which the plurality of devices are arranged;

a map information holding section that holds map information showing the plurality of devices in association with the respective areas in which the devices are arranged; and

a movement control section that controls the moving mechanism to move to the areas in which the devices are arranged, based on the map information.

9. A power consumption estimating system comprising:

a robot control section that causes a mobile robot to turn ON and OFF a plurality of devices that operate by receiving power from a power supply;

a power value acquiring section that acquires a first total power value that is a power value before one of the devices is turned ON or OFF by the robot and a second total power value that is a power value after the device is turned ON or OFF, via a power sensor that measures a total power value supplied to the plurality of devices from the power supply; and

a power consumption estimating section that estimates power consumption of the device based on the first total power value and the second total power value.

10. The power consumption estimating system according to claim 9, further comprising the robot, wherein the robot includes:

a moving mechanism that moves to respective areas in which the plurality of devices are arranged;

a map information holding section that holds map information showing the plurality of devices in association with the respective areas in which the devices are arranged; and

a movement control section that controls the moving mechanism to move to the areas in which the devices are arranged, based on the map information.

11. The power consumption estimating system according to claim 10, wherein

the robot further includes a device manipulating section that turns the plurality of devices ON or OFF,

one of the plurality of devices is capable of operating with a plurality of setting conditions including a first setting condition and a second setting condition,

the device manipulating section turns the device ON with the first setting condition and then OFF, and also turns the device ON with the second setting condition,

the power value acquiring section acquires a first total power value before the device is turned ON by the device manipulating section with the first setting condition and before the device is turned ON by the device manipulating section with the second setting condition, and acquires a second total power value after the device is turned ON by the device manipulating section with the first setting condition and after the device is turned ON by the device manipulating section with the second setting condition, and

the power consumption estimating section estimates the power consumption for the device with each of the first setting condition and the second setting condition, based on the first total power values and the second total power values for the device with the first setting condition and the second setting condition.

12. The power consumption estimating system according to claim 11, further comprising a power consumption holding section that holds the power consumptions for the first setting condition and the second setting condition in association with the device, the first setting condition, and the second setting condition.

13. The power consumption estimating system according to claim 9, further comprising:

a temperature sensor that detects a surrounding temperature; and

a power consumption holding section that holds the power consumption of the device in association with the device and the temperature detected by the temperature sensor.

14. The power consumption estimating system according to claim 11, wherein

the device manipulating section receives an ON command or an OFF command from a user for one of the plurality of devices, and turns the device ON or OFF,

after the ON command or OFF command is received, the power value acquiring section acquires, as the first total power value, the total power before the device is turned ON or OFF by the device manipulating section and acquires, as the second total power value, the total power value after the device is turned ON or OFF by the device manipulating section.

15. The power consumption estimating system according to claim 9, wherein

the power consumption estimating section estimates the power consumption for each of the plurality of devices based on a difference between the first total power value and the second total power value of the device.

16. The power consumption estimating system according to claim 9, wherein

the plurality of devices are supplied with power from the power supply via a distribution board, and

the power sensor measures the power value in a power line connecting the power supply to the distribution board.