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Granted Patent B2
US 9,513,340 · App. 14/419,674 · Granted Dec 6, 2016

Power information display device, power information display system and power information display method

Inventors: Misuzu Doi (Osaka, JP); Yumiko Kawazoe (Osaka, JP); Hirosuke Miki (Osaka, JP); Norihiro Ochi (Osaka, JP); Morihiro Katsurada (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
G01R31/3689G01R31/3606G01R31/3624H01M10/488G01R31/3651H01M2220/10H02J7/0047
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Patent No.
US 9,513,340
App. No.
14/419,674
Granted
Dec 6, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power information display device includes: a power information acquisition unit which acquires information relating to a remaining capacity of a storage battery, and information relating to power consumption of devices that use power of the storage battery; and a display unit which displays usable time of the storage battery when a plurality of devices are operating, and usable time when at least one of the plurality of devices has stopped.

Claims (34)

1. A power information display device, comprising:

power information acquisition circuitry that acquires information relating to a remaining capacity of a storage battery, and information relating to power consumption of devices that use power of the storage battery; and

a display which displays usable time of the storage battery when a plurality of devices are operating, and usable time when at least one of the plurality of devices has stopped; wherein

the display displays on a same screen both the usable time according to the power of the storage battery when the plurality of devices are operating, and the usable time when at least one of the plurality of devices has stopped;

the display selectively displays an operating state and a stopped state of each of the plurality of devices, displays a power information of each of the plurality of devices, and the display displays as the usable time the operating state or the stopped state of the plurality of devices on the same screen; and

the display is operated by a user to perform a simulation of the usable time by causing each of the plurality of devices to operate and stop individually.

2. A power information display system, comprising:

a storage battery;

a power meter which measures information relating to power consumption of devices that use power of the storage battery; and

the power information display device, including:

power information acquisition circuitry that acquires information relating to a remaining capacity of a storage battery, and information relating, to power consumption of devices that use power of the storage battery; and

display which displays usable time of the storage battery when a plurality of devices are operating, and usable time when at least one of the plurality of device has stopped; wherein

the display displays on a same screen both the tine according to the power of the storage battery when the plurality of devices are operating, and the usable time when at least one of the plurality of devices has stopped;

the display selectively displays an operating state and a stopped state of each of the plurality of devices, displays a power information of each of the plurality of devices, and the display displays as the usable time the operating state or the stopped state of the plurality of devices on the same screen; and

the display is operated by a user to perform a simulation of the usable time by causing each of the plurality of devices to operate and stop individually.

3. A power information display method, comprising:

acquiring information relating to a remaining capacity of a storage battery, and information relating to power consumption of devices that use power of the storage battery;

calculating usable time of the storage battery when a plurality of devices are operating, and usable time when at least one of the plurality of devices has stopped;

displaying the calculated usable times on a display;

the displaying step displays the usable time according to the power of storage battery when the plurality of devices are operating, and the usable time when at least one of the plurality of devices has stopped;

the display selectively an operating state and a stopped state of each of the devices, displays a power information of each of the devices, and displays the operating state or stopped state of the devices on the same screen; and

the method further comprising a step of operating the display to perform a simulation of the usable time by causing each of the plurality of devices to operate and stop individually.

4. The power information display device of claim 1 , wherein

the simulation of the usable time corresponds to a usable time of the storage battery when at least one of the plurality of devices has been stopped.

5. The power information display device of claim 1 , wherein

when a displayed one of each of the plurality of devices is selected using the display, in addition to switching ON or OFF of the simulation of the usable time, operation of each of the plurality of devices is controllable so that a user is able to select whether each of the plurality of devices is operating, or the simulation is ON or OFF.

6. The power information display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

information provision circuitry which notifies a user when an anticipated usable time of one of the plurality of devices that has been calculated differs from a present usable time of the one of the plurality of devices.

7. The power information display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

photo-voltaic generation circuitry; wherein

the usable time is calculated by selectively including a power generation of the photo-voltaic generation circuitry, or excluding the power generation of the photo-voltaic generation circuitry.

8. The power information display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a vehicle-mounted storage battery; wherein

the usable time is calculated by selectively including power information of the vehicle-mounted storage battery, or excluding the power information of the vehicle-mounted storage battery.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2015
From: DOI, MISUZU; KAWAZOE, YUMIKO; MIKI, HIROSUKE; OCHI, NORIHIRO; KATSURADA, MORIHIRO
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-175080 · Aug 7, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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