Backup Power Usage Planning for Personalized Outage Response
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for determining usable devices during a power outage are uniform and fail to account for individual user circumstances and demands, leading to ineffective power management due to lack of personalized information.
Innovation Solution
A method that acquires remaining power information and user-specific data to provide tailored usage plans for devices operable with backup power supplies, considering user attributes and usage history to optimize power allocation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If uniform device restriction or power reduction is applied to all users during power outage, then power supply stability is improved, but user-specific needs and circumstances cannot be met
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by acquiring and storing user information, device information, and usage history information before the power outage occurs. This pre-prepared data enables the server to quickly generate personalized usage plans when power outage information is received, resolving the contradiction between rapid response and personalized service.
Solution Approach 2:
The system utilizes feedback mechanisms by analyzing usage history information and user information to continuously improve the accuracy of personalized usage plans. The feedback loop between actual usage patterns and plan generation ensures that power management adapts to individual user needs while maintaining overall system stability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If personalized usage plans are generated for each user, then user-specific needs are met, but system complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the power management task by dividing user information, device information, and usage history into separate data structures. The server processes these segmented data elements independently and combines them to generate personalized usage plans, reducing processing complexity while maintaining personalization.
Solution Approach 2:
The server acts as an intermediary that receives power outage information, acquires pre-stored user and device data, processes this information, and outputs personalized usage plans. This intermediary role simplifies the overall system architecture by centralizing the complex processing logic in a dedicated component.
3Loss of information
If comprehensive user information and usage history are collected, then accurate personalized plans can be provided, but information management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary data collection by acquiring and storing user information, device information, and usage history information before power outages occur. This pre-organization of comprehensive data ensures information completeness is achieved without increasing real-time management complexity during actual outages.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides an information provision method for providing information on usage of devices in a facility during a power outage. The method includes, upon receiving power outage information indicating that a power outage has occurred in the facility, acquiring remaining power information of a backup power supply installed in the facility, and device information on at least one device 28, 30, 32 that is operable with the backup power supply, acquiring user information of the device 28, 30, 32, determining a usage plan for the device 28, 30, 32 operable with the backup power supply, based on the remaining power information of the backup power supply and the user information, and outputting the usage plan.