INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND POWER STORAGE APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20160179119A1
• Filed: 03/02/2016
• Published: 06/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: NOMA, Hideki, Ono, Tomoyuki, Kawashima, Hiroshi, Tanaka, Kayoko, Honjo, Ryoki, Tajima, Shigeru, Yamazaki, Daisuke, Sato, Kazumi, Ishibashi, Yoshihito
• Granted Patent: US 10,506,547 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05F 1/66 Regulating electric power
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/1615 Switching on; Switching off, e.g. remotely battery saving circuits associated with selective call operation H04W52/00; details of power consumption reduction in a PLL, H03L7/0802, H03L7/14, H03L2207/08, H03L2207/18; muting amplifiers by gain control see H03G3/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/18 Network protocols supporting networked applications, e.g. including control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

In one example embodiment, a power storage management system includes a user terminal, a power storage apparatus and an information processing apparatus. In one example embodiment, the information processing apparatus is configured to, using a mobile communication network (e.g., Global System for Mobile Communications or the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), communicate with the power storage apparatus.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a first obtaining unit configured to obtain first information about a power storage apparatus;

a second obtaining unit configured to obtain second information indicative of an operation state of the power storage apparatus; and

a transmitting unit configured to transmit the first information and the second information to a terminal device via a network.

2. The information processing according to the claim 1 further comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive instruction from the terminal device, wherein the instruction causes the power storage apparatus to proceed to a charging operation.

3. The information processing according to the claim 2, wherein the instruction causes the power storage apparatus to proceed to a scheduled charging operation.

4. The information processing according to the claim 2, wherein the schedule of the charging operation indicates a time of proceeding to the charging operation.

5. The information processing according to the claim 1, wherein the first information is indicative of a stored amount of power of the power storage apparatus.

6. The information processing according to the claim 1, wherein the second information is indicative of at least one of a power charging mode, a discharging mode, or a stopped state of the power storage apparatus.

7. A method of operating an information processing apparatus including instructions, the method comprising steps of:

obtaining first information about a power storage apparatus;

obtaining second information indicative of an operation state of the power storage apparatus; and

transmitting the first information and the second information to a terminal device via a network.

8. An information processing system, comprising of:

a power storage apparatus; and

an information processing apparatus connecting to the power storage apparatus, wherein the information processing apparatus comprises,

a first obtaining unit configured to obtain first information about a power storage apparatus,

a second obtaining unit configured to obtain second information indicative of an operation state of the power storage apparatus, and

a transmitting unit configured to transmit the first information and the second information to a terminal device via a network.