Energy Management Grouping Gate Apparatuses by Area
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional energy usage management systems face high equipment and processing loads due to individual identification and management of power-supply gate apparatuses, leading to inefficiencies in energy distribution and usage tracking.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that detects energy supply targets, acquires and associates supply information with identification information, and manages energy usage within defined areas, reducing the need for individual equipment and processing by grouping energy output sections managed by the same operator.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If individual identification and management of power-supply gate apparatuses is implemented, then energy usage management is achieved, but equipment load and processing load become large
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple power-supply gate apparatuses managed by the same energy business operator into a single grouping identified by area identification information. Instead of individually identifying each gate apparatus with unique ID code information, the system groups them by disposal area, thereby reducing equipment load and processing load while maintaining energy usage management capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The area identification information serves multiple functions: it identifies the disposal area, determines the managing energy business operator, and enables energy supply management for multiple gate apparatuses within that area. This universal identification approach replaces the need for individual unique IDs for each gate apparatus.
2Measurement precision
If individual power-supply gate apparatuses are managed with unique ID code information, then precise energy tracking is possible, but system complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the management of multiple gate apparatuses into area-based grouping. The area identification information represents a group of gate apparatuses, reducing the number of unique identifiers needed while maintaining the ability to track energy usage at the area level, which balances precision with system simplicity.
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AI summary
An energy usage management with less equipment load and processing load is realized. An information processing apparatus 100 for managing a use of an energy comprises a detection section (gate communication section 101) that performs a detection of an energy supply target (vehicle) existing in each disposing area where an energy output section is disposed, a supply information acquisition section (supply-target communication section 102) that acquires supply information of energy (electric power usage information) to be supplied to the supply target detected by the detection section, and an association processing section (management processing section 103) that performs a process of associating with identification information of the supply target detected by the detection section, supply information corresponding to the supply target, the supply information being acquired by the supply information acquisition section, and identification information of a disposing area (parking identification information) in which the supply target is detected by the detection section.