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| 20100293424 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a plurality of flip-flops connected to a scan chain set as a test path of an integrated circuit; and a data-collection section inputting setting values of the plurality of flip-flops connected to the scan chain through the scan chain or an independent connection path, wherein the data-collection section inputs the setting values of the flip-flops at the time the power has been turned on to the plurality of flip-flops, and performs generation processing of random numbers, or random-number generation data, or fixed data on the basis of the input values. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110183733 | POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PROVIDING GAME CONTENTS - There is provided a power management apparatus including a game service providing unit providing, to an electronic appliance, a service using game contents whose theme is power. The game service providing unit includes a game control unit controlling execution of the game contents, a real world constructing unit constructing a setting of a game reflecting a real-world environment, based on managed appliance information stored in a database, and a virtual world constructing unit constructing a setting of the game reflecting a virtual environment, based on a setting set in advance in the game contents. The game control unit is operable to initialize the game contents by combining the setting of the game constructed by the real world constructing unit and the setting of the game constructed by the virtual world constructing unit. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184575 | ANALYSIS SERVER, AND METHOD OF ANALYZING DATA - There is provided an analysis server including a first verifying unit that analyzes data acquired from a local power management system composed of an electronic appliance provided with a sensor and a power management apparatus managing power supply to the electronic appliance connected to a power network, by using history information of the local power management system or data acquired from another local power management system with a power usage state similar to that of the local power management system, a second verifying unit that analyzes the data acquired from the local power management system, by using an estimated value calculated by simulation using characteristics information and/or specification information of the electronic appliance, and a control unit that controls the first verifying unit and the second verifying unit. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184584 | POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING APPLIANCE - Provided is a power management apparatus including an other-apparatus confirming unit that confirms presence of another power management apparatus that is operating that is managing a same electronic appliance, an attribute recognizing unit that recognizes, if N−1 (N≧2) power management apparatuses are confirmed to be operating, an attribute of one specific apparatus, among N power management apparatuses including its own power management apparatus, to be a parent device and the attributes of remaining N−1 apparatuses to be a child device, a signal collecting unit that collects from N−1 child devices, if the attribute of its own power management apparatus is recognized to be the parent device, control signals for controlling the electronic appliance, and a signal selecting unit that selects, among the collected control signals, control signals of the same type, the number of which is largest, and transmits the control signals to the electronic appliance. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184585 | POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE, AND METHOD OF REGISTERING ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES - There is provided a power management apparatus including: a managed appliance registering unit carrying out authentication on an electronic appliance connected to a power network and registering the electronic appliance as a managed appliance if the authentication has succeeded; and a control unit controlling operation of and supplying of power to the managed appliance. The managed appliance registering unit is operable, when an electronic appliance registered in another power management apparatus is connected to the power network, to acquire, from the electronic appliance, a digital signature, which has been assigned to identification information that is unique to the electronic appliance by the other power management apparatus, and identification information that is unique to the other power management apparatus, and is operable when verification of the digital signature assigned by the other power management apparatus has succeeded, to temporarily register the electronic appliance registered in the other power management apparatus. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184586 | POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF REGISTERING ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES - There is provided a power management apparatus including a managed appliance registering unit that carries out authentication on an electronic appliance connected to a power network, and registers an electronic appliance for which the authentication has succeeded as a managed appliance, and a control unit that controls operation of the managed appliance and supplying of power to the managed appliance. The managed appliance registering unit transmits, to one or more electronic appliances, a challenge message that is used when registering an electronic appliance, and collectively verifies one or more response messages sent back from the one or more electronic appliances in reply to the challenge message. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110185196 | Power Management Apparatus, Electronic Appliance, and Method of Managing Power - There is provided a power management apparatus including: a managed appliance registering unit carrying out authentication on an electronic appliance connected to a power network and registering an electronic appliance for which the authentication has succeeded as a managed appliance, a control unit controlling operation of the managed appliance and supplying of power to the managed appliance, a managed appliance information acquiring unit acquiring, from the managed appliance, as managed appliance information, at least any of appliance information including identification information that is unique to the electronic appliance, information indicating an operation state of the electronic appliance, information indicating an usage state of the electronic appliance and power information of the electronic appliance, and an appliance state judging unit judging a state of the managed appliance based on the managed appliance information acquired by the managed appliance information acquiring unit. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110185197 | OUTLET EXPANSION APPARATUS, AND DELEGATE AUTHENTICATION METHOD - There is provided an outlet expansion apparatus including a first connection outlet to which an electronic appliance is to be connected, a second connection outlet that is for connecting to a power supply outlet that is to be a supply source of power, and a delegate authentication unit that carries out, in a case the electronic appliance not having a function of carrying out authentication with a power management apparatus managing an amount of power to be supplied to the electronic appliance is connected to the first connection outlet and the power supply outlet is connected to the second connection outlet, authentication to be carried out on the power management apparatus by the electronic appliance connected to the first connection outlet on behalf of the electronic appliance. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110185198 | ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE, POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF IDENTIFYING APPLIANCE - There is provided an electronic appliance including a plurality of electrical parts having electrical characteristics that are different thereamong and for each electronic appliance, a characteristics measuring unit that measures the characteristics of at least one electrical part, a switch that switches between the electrical parts whose characteristics are to be measured by the characteristics measuring unit, and a control unit that controls the switch and causes the characteristics measuring unit to measure the characteristics of a predetermined electrical part, and that transmits, to a power management apparatus managing at least power supply to its own electronic appliance, information relating to the characteristics measured by the characteristics measuring unit and an appliance ID of its own electronic appliance. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110185303 | POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY METHOD - There is provided a power management apparatus including an authentication processing unit that carries out an authentication process on each individual electronic appliance that is to be managed, a consumption amount acquiring unit that acquires information on power consumption from the electronic appliance, and an information display unit that displays an authentication state or an authentication result obtained from the authentication processing unit, together with the information on power consumption acquired by the consumption amount acquiring unit. | 07-28-2011 |
