Control method of information device for managing electric power consumption of devices in multiple rooms

• Main Authors: Harada, Kumi, Iai, Kahoru, Takamiya, Akiko
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.07.2020
• Subjects: CALCULATING; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; COMPUTING; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; GENERATION; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; SELECTING; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY; TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

An information device has a display and is connected to an information management system that manages, by rooms, electric power consumption of devices in a building having rooms including a first room. A control method thereof includes: acquiring state information indicating electric power consumption of each room; displaying multiple display objects corresponding to multiple devices correlated with the first room, overlapped, and displaying an electric power display indicating electric power consumption of the first room over the overlapped multiple display objects; if the overlapped multiple display objects is tapped on, displaying the overlapped multiple display objects, separated, and displaying device displays representing each device at each of the separated multiple display objects; and if any one of the separated multiple display objects on the display is tapped on, displaying the separated multiple display objects, overlapped, and erasing the device displays representing the devices from each of the multiple display objects.