ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL METHOD
First Claim
1. An electric power control device for controlling electric power consumed by an electronic device, the electric power control device comprising:
- a power consumption monitoring section for monitoring the electric power consumed by the electronic device;
a moving average calculation section for calculating a moving average of the power consumption of the electronic device, based on the power consumption monitored by the power consumption monitoring section;
a state-of-load determination section for determining state of the operational load on the electronic device, based on the moving average calculated by the moving average calculation section; and
a control section configured to control the electronic device to operate either in a restriction mode in which an upper limit corresponding to the state of load determined by the state-of-load determination section is imposed, or in a restriction release mode in which the upper limit is not imposed.
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Abstract
An electric power control device includes: a power consumption monitoring section for monitoring electric power consumed by an electronic device; a moving average calculation section for calculating a moving average of the power consumption of the electronic device, based on the power consumption monitored by the power consumption monitoring section; a state-of-load determination section for determining state of the operational load on the electronic device, based on the moving average calculated by the moving average calculation section; and a control section configured to control the electronic device to operate either in a restriction mode in which an upper limit corresponding to state of load determined by the state-of-load determination section is imposed, or in a restriction release mode in which the upper limit is not imposed.
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9 Claims
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1. An electric power control device for controlling electric power consumed by an electronic device, the electric power control device comprising:
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a power consumption monitoring section for monitoring the electric power consumed by the electronic device; a moving average calculation section for calculating a moving average of the power consumption of the electronic device, based on the power consumption monitored by the power consumption monitoring section; a state-of-load determination section for determining state of the operational load on the electronic device, based on the moving average calculated by the moving average calculation section; and a control section configured to control the electronic device to operate either in a restriction mode in which an upper limit corresponding to the state of load determined by the state-of-load determination section is imposed, or in a restriction release mode in which the upper limit is not imposed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An electric power control method for execution by an electric power control device to control electric power consumption of an electronic device, the electric power control method comprising:
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a power consumption monitoring step of monitoring the electric power consumed by the electronic device; a moving average calculation step of calculating a moving average of the power consumption of the electronic device, based on the power consumption monitored in the power consumption monitoring step; a state-of-load determination step of determining state of the operational load on the electronic device, based on the moving average calculated in the moving average calculation step; a restriction period determination step of determining whether the electronic device operates in a restriction period during which an upper limit corresponding to the state of load determined in the state-of-load determination step is imposed, or in a restriction release period during which the upper limit is not imposed; and an electronic device control step of controlling operation of the electronic device by imposing the upper limit corresponding to the state of load determined in the state-of-load determination step, when the device is determined to operate in the restriction period in the restriction period determination step, and by not imposing the upper limit when the device is determined to operate in the restriction release period in the restriction period determination step.
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