INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20130311800A1
• Filed: 10/25/2012
• Published: 11/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: MATSUI, Haruki
• Granted Patent: US 9,431,826 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/320
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00 Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/00 Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks

Abstract

An information processing system includes an obtaining unit, a specifying unit, and an output unit. The obtaining unit obtains information indicating a state of the use of each of plural electrical apparatuses. The specifying unit specifies a power supply-and-receive relationship between the plural electrical apparatuses, on the basis of a change in power associated with the obtained information concerning each of the plural electrical apparatuses. The output unit outputs information indicating the power supply-and-receive relationship.

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising:

an obtaining unit that obtains information indicating a state of the use of each of a plurality of electrical apparatuses;

a specifying unit that specifies a power supply-and-receive relationship between the plurality of electrical apparatuses, on the basis of a change in power associated with the obtained information concerning each of the plurality of electrical apparatuses; and

an output unit that outputs information indicating the power supply-and-receive relationship.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein:

the obtaining unit obtains information indicating power consumed in each of the plurality of electrical apparatuses; and

the specifying unit specifies a power supply-and-receive relationship between the plurality of electrical apparatuses, on the basis of power consumption indicated in the obtained information concerning each of the plurality of electrical apparatuses.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the specifying unit specifies, among electrical apparatuses which satisfy a condition that the change in power has reached a predetermined amount, a combination of electrical apparatuses between which a difference in the change in power is contained within a predetermined range, and determines the specified combination of electrical apparatuses to be a combination of electrical apparatuses having a power supply-and-receive relationship.

4. The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein the specifying unit specifies, among electrical apparatuses which satisfy a condition that the change in power has reached a predetermined amount, a combination of electrical apparatuses between which a difference in the change in power is contained within a predetermined range, and determines the specified combination of electrical apparatuses to be a combination of electrical apparatuses having a power supply-and-receive relationship.

5. The information processing system according to claim 3, wherein the specifying unit determines, concerning a combination of electrical apparatuses having a power supply-and-receive relationship, an electrical apparatus having a larger level of power associated with the obtained information to be an electrical apparatus which supplies power, and determines an electrical apparatus having a smaller level of power associated with the obtained information to be an electrical apparatus which receives power.

6. The information processing system according to claim 4, wherein the specifying unit determines, concerning a combination of electrical apparatuses having a power supply-and-receive relationship, an electrical apparatus having a larger level of power associated with the obtained information to be an electrical apparatus which supplies power, and determines an electrical apparatus having a smaller level of power associated with the obtained information to be an electrical apparatus which receives power.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a correcting unit that corrects at least one of information indicating a time of the use of each of the plurality of electrical apparatuses and information indicating the state of the use of the electrical apparatus at the time of the use of the electrical apparatus,

wherein the obtaining unit obtains the information indicating the time of the use of each of the plurality of electrical apparatuses and the information indicating the state of the use of the electrical apparatus at the time of the use of the electrical apparatus, and the specifying unit specifies a power supply-and-receive relationship between the plurality of electrical apparatuses on the basis of the information corrected by the correcting unit.

8. The information processing system according to claim 2, further comprising:

a correcting unit that corrects at least one of information indicating a time of the use of each of the plurality of electrical apparatuses and information indicating the state of the use of the electrical apparatus at the time of the use of the electrical apparatus,

wherein the obtaining unit obtains the information indicating the time of the use of each of the plurality of electrical apparatuses and the information indicating the state of the use of the electrical apparatus at the time of the use of the electrical apparatus, and the specifying unit specifies a power supply-and-receive relationship between the plurality of electrical apparatuses on the basis of the information corrected by the correcting unit.

9. The information processing system according to claim 3, further comprising:

a correcting unit that corrects at least one of information indicating a time of the use of each of the plurality of electrical apparatuses and information indicating the state of the use of the electrical apparatus at the time of the use of the electrical apparatus,

wherein the obtaining unit obtains the information indicating the time of the use of each of the plurality of electrical apparatuses and the information indicating the state of the use of the electrical apparatus at the time of the use of the electrical apparatus, and the specifying unit specifies a power supply-and-receive relationship between the plurality of electrical apparatuses on the basis of the information corrected by the correcting unit.

10. The information processing system according to claim 4, further comprising:

a correcting unit that corrects at least one of information indicating a time of the use of each of the plurality of electrical apparatuses and information indicating the state of the use of the electrical apparatus at the time of the use of the electrical apparatus,

wherein the obtaining unit obtains the information indicating the time of the use of each of the plurality of electrical apparatuses and the information indicating the state of the use of the electrical apparatus at the time of the use of the electrical apparatus, and the specifying unit specifies a power supply-and-receive relationship between the plurality of electrical apparatuses on the basis of the information corrected by the correcting unit.

11. The information processing system according to claim 5, further comprising:

a correcting unit that corrects at least one of information indicating a time of the use of each of the plurality of electrical apparatuses and information indicating the state of the use of the electrical apparatus at the time of the use of the electrical apparatus,

wherein the obtaining unit obtains the information indicating the time of the use of each of the plurality of electrical apparatuses and the information indicating the state of the use of the electrical apparatus at the time of the use of the electrical apparatus, and the specifying unit specifies a power supply-and-receive relationship between the plurality of electrical apparatuses on the basis of the information corrected by the correcting unit.

12. The information processing system according to claim 6, further comprising:

a correcting unit that corrects at least one of information indicating a time of the use of each of the plurality of electrical apparatuses and information indicating the state of the use of the electrical apparatus at the time of the use of the electrical apparatus,

wherein the obtaining unit obtains the information indicating the time of the use of each of the plurality of electrical apparatuses and the information indicating the state of the use of the electrical apparatus at the time of the use of the electrical apparatus, and the specifying unit specifies a power supply-and-receive relationship between the plurality of electrical apparatuses on the basis of the information corrected by the correcting unit.

13. An information processing method comprising:

obtaining information indicating a state of the use of each of a plurality of electrical apparatuses;

specifying a power supply-and-receive relationship between the plurality of electrical apparatuses, on the basis of a change in power associated with the obtained information concerning each of the plurality of electrical apparatuses; and

outputting information indicating the power supply-and-receive relationship.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

obtaining information indicating a state of the use of each of a plurality of electrical apparatuses;

specifying a power supply-and-receive relationship between the plurality of electrical apparatuses, on the basis of a change in power associated with the obtained information concerning each of the plurality of electrical apparatuses; and

outputting information indicating the power supply-and-receive relationship.