Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device control apparatus
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Application No.: US15329570Application Date: 2015-06-16
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Publication No.: US10312685B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: Nanae Niikura
- Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Global IP Counselors, LLP
- Priority: JP2014-156193 20140731
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/067271 WO 20150616
- International Announcement: WO2016/017306 WO 20160204
- Main IPC: H01J3/14
- IPC: H01J3/14 ; G06Q50/06 ; H02J13/00 ; H02J3/14 ; G05B13/02 ; G06Q30/02

Abstract:
A device control apparatus performs demand response control in which an amount of energy consumed in a predetermined time slot by a facility device is adjusted in accordance with an adjustment request. The device control apparatus includes a reception unit that accepts an operation instruction for the facility device, an expense effect presentation unit and a comfort effect projection. The expense effect presentation unit presents an expense effect incurred on a charge in association with the amount of energy consumed by the facility device through an activity based on the operation instruction. The comfort effect projection unit projects an effect on comfort incurred in a space surrounding the facility device in association with the amount of energy consumed by the facility device through the activity based on the operation instruction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180212427A1 DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-07-26
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