JP2005261031A - Controller, control system, apparatus control method and apparatus control program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To utilize according to the status of an electric energy of being restricted at a power interruption as a whole by controlling the state of each apparatus based on the amount of charge and working condition of a battery included in a power supply system to be controlled and each apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: The operation of each apparatus is controlled by acquiring the state of the power supply system when the power interruption occurs, the working condition of each apparatus and the amount of charge of a built-in battery, controlling the working state of the apparatus so that when the apparatus has the built-in battery, it becomes a full charge by considering subsequent carrying and the electric energy which each apparatus also including power still more nearly required for charging the built-in battery consumes, becomes a range that the power which replaces at the power interruption time can be provided by the limited electric energy of an auxiliary power supply to be supplied. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention acquires power consumption, operation status, and charging state of a device connected to the power supply device, and controls the power supply device and the device to which the power supply device supplies power based on this information, thereby supplying power supplied by the power supply device. Power control that can cope with even when an abnormal situation occurs, especially regarding a control device, a control system, a device control method and a device control program for adjusting the amount and the state of charge of the device,
It relates to a control method.

Protocols for controlling various devices (for example, home appliances) via a network have been proposed. These protocols include Echonet® ( ht )
tp: //www.echonet.gr.jp ) and UPnP (Universal Plug and Play: http: //www.upnp
.org). Use these protocols to get the operating status of each device,
In addition, by receiving a notification of a change in operating state, it is possible to centrally control various devices.

Consider the case where a device installed in a home is controlled using these means. For example, when an unexpected failure such as a power failure occurs, control must be performed in consideration of protection of each device and surrounding conditions. When shutting down (stopping) a device safely at the time of a power failure, for example, an uninterruptible power supply device that instructs a device stop procedure can be considered (see Patent Document 1). Also, as in the invention disclosed in Patent Document 2, it is possible to control the apparatus to perform an operation such as a stop via a network by receiving an emergency broadcast signal that informs an abnormal situation caused artificially. It is considered.
JP-A-11-155243 JP 2003-018673 A

However, the conventional device control performed when a failure occurs is performed for the purpose of ensuring safety. However, in reality, there is a case where it is not necessary to control each device immediately to stop even if a failure occurs, or it is not desired to stop it. For example, there is an auxiliary power supply battery that can supply power for a short time on the power supply side, and each device can be operated continuously with the amount of power supplied by this battery. This is a case where the function can be sufficiently maintained with a new battery. Or if there is a device that is not fully charged when an abnormal situation is detected so that it can be used for as long as possible when the device with the battery is taken out,
This is a case where it is desired to preferentially supply power so that the built-in battery of the device approaches a fully charged state.

The present invention acquires the charge amount and operating state of the auxiliary battery of the power supply system and the internal battery included in each device when a power failure occurs, and preferentially charges the internal battery of each device based on the acquired information Therefore, an object is to control the state of each device including other devices.

With the control device according to the present invention,
A control device that feeds power supplied from a main power supply and controls the operation of a device that receives power supply from a power supply device that can be supplied using an auxiliary battery in the event of a power failure of the main power supply, the operation state of the device And device state acquisition means for acquiring a charge state of the built-in battery when the device includes a rechargeable built-in battery that stores electric power for operating the device;
The power stored in the auxiliary battery from the information on the charge amount of the auxiliary battery and the charge state of the built-in battery acquired by the device state acquisition means when the power supply device is supplying power using the auxiliary battery The device state selection means for selecting the operation state of the device so that the built-in battery is fully charged within the amount range, and the device is controlled so as to be in the operation state selected by the device state selection means There is provided a control device comprising equipment control means.

Also, a control device that controls the operation of a device that receives power supply from a main power source, and in the event of a power failure of the main power source, an auxiliary battery that supplies power to the device using the stored power, and the operating state of the device And a device state acquisition means for acquiring a charge state of the built-in battery when the device includes a rechargeable built-in battery that stores electric power for operating the device, and the auxiliary battery is used. When power is being supplied, the built-in battery is within the range of the amount of power stored in the auxiliary battery from the information on the charge amount of the auxiliary battery and the charge state of the built-in battery acquired by the device state acquisition unit. Device state selection means for selecting an operation state of the device so as to be in a fully charged state, and a device for controlling the device so as to be in the operation state selected by the device state selection means Control device is characterized in that a control means is provided.

With such a control device, it is possible to maximize the usage time of a device having a built-in battery required in an emergency, for example, in a limited amount of power that can be supplied by the auxiliary battery when a power failure occurs. It is possible, and while looking at the amount of power consumed by the entire device for other devices,
It becomes possible to control each device to power consumption according to the situation.

In addition, a device control method performed by the control device and a device control program for realizing the control device in a computer are provided.

By acquiring the charge amount and operating state of the auxiliary battery of the power system and the built-in battery included in each device when a power failure occurs, and controlling the state of each device based on this acquired information,
Control the operation of each device, including other devices, so that the amount of charge of the built-in battery of each device is fully charged within the limited power amount of the auxiliary battery and maximizes the usage time when carrying it. Can do.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is an example of an overall system diagram in the present embodiment. FIG. 1 shows a commercial power supply 101,
Switchboard 102, power supply system A103 extending from switchboard 102, power supply system B104, and mobile phone 105, video camera 106, fire alarm 107, television 108, PC 109, electric stove 110, switchboard 102 that receive power supply from each power supply system A control device 111, communication paths 112 and 113, and an auxiliary battery 114 that communicate with each device including the device are shown.

The commercial power source 101 is, for example, an AC 100V power supply source that is drawn into a general household.

The switchboard 102 has a function of distributing the power supplied from the commercial power supply 101 to each system. In many cases, a breaker is provided for each system, and power supply can be stopped for each system. The switchboard 102 in this embodiment can cut off the supply of power for each system in response to a signal from the control device 111. In addition, when power supply from the commercial power supply 101 is stopped, it is possible to continue supplying power to each system using the power stored in the connected auxiliary battery 114.

The power supply system A103 supplies power to each device connected to the system A. Similarly, the power supply system B104 supplies power. However, since the power supply system B104 is separated for each system via the switchboard 102, the power supply to the devices connected to each system can be controlled separately. It is like that.

The mobile phone 105 is a mobile phone with a built-in battery that can be taken outdoors. Except when it is taken out, it is supplied with power from the power supply system A103 and sequentially charges the built-in battery. Battery charging includes both a normal charging mode and a quick charging mode in which charging can be performed in a shorter time than usual.

The video camera 106 is a video camera with a built-in battery that can be taken out. From the power supply system A103, power during operation such as regeneration and charging power for the built-in battery are obtained.

The fire alarm 107 is a device that is disposed on a predetermined indoor ceiling and detects the occurrence of a fire while receiving power from the power supply system A103. The fire occurrence status is notified to an appropriate contact as an alarm and also to the control device 111. The fire alarm 107 obtains electric power necessary for operation from the power supply system A103, and is not equipped with a battery or the like.

The television 108 is a television receiver that does not incorporate a battery. All the electric power necessary for image reception is obtained from the power supply system B104.

The PC 109 is a PC that operates by receiving power supply from the power supply system B104 instead of battery driving.

The electric heater 110 does not have a built-in battery, and all the power required for heating is the power supply system B1.
It is a heating appliance using the electric power supplied from 04.

The control device 111 obtains the operation status from each device via the communication path 112 indicated by a broken line. The operation status includes, for example, information on how the switchboard 102 and each device are in operation, and how much the charge is in the case of a device incorporating a battery.
The control device 111 determines the current overall operation status based on information indicating these operation states, and controls each device including the switchboard 102. In FIG. 1, the control device 111 is shown as a single housing device, but may be configured as a single housing device together with the switchboard 102 or the auxiliary battery 114. Details of the control device 111 will be described later.

The communication paths 112 and 113 are used for communication between each device and the distribution board 102 and the control device 111. As a form of this communication path, for example, a communication path using the same power line as the power supply systems A103 and B104 may be used, or a wired LAN may be laid separately from the power line. Alternatively, each device may be provided with a wireless communication unit and communicate wirelessly. Of course, the communication path may be partially configured by combining the forms of these communication paths. At least the control device 111 can be replaced if it can exchange information with a device that requires communication.

The auxiliary battery 114 always stores part of the power supplied from the commercial power supply 101 through the switchboard 102. For example, in accordance with an instruction from the control device 111, the power is supplied to the switchboard 102 and used to supply power to the power supply systems A103 and B104.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a block diagram of the control device 111 in the present embodiment. FIG. 2 shows a device control unit 201, a device information storage unit 202, a switchboard control unit 203, a power system information storage unit 204, and an operation state determination unit 205.

The device control unit 201 acquires the operation state of each device and information detected by a sensor mounted on each device from each device, and further determines what operation is to be performed on each device via the communication path 112. Instruct.

The device information storage unit 202 stores information on each device acquired by the device control unit 201 for each device.

The switchboard control unit 203 communicates with the switchboard 102 via the communication path 113 to acquire the operating state of the switchboard 102 and the charge amount of the auxiliary battery 114. Further, the switchboard 102 is instructed to shut off the power for each power supply system or to supply / stop the power from the power supply system battery.

The power system information storage unit 204 stores information related to the power system such as the distribution panel acquired by the distribution panel control unit 203. This includes information such as the state of the breaker for each power supply system, the amount of supplied power, and the charge amount of the power supply system battery.

The operation state determination unit 205 determines an operation-related instruction for the switchboard 102 and each device based on information stored in the device information storage unit 202 and the power system information storage unit 204. The instruction regarding the determined operation is transmitted to each via the device control unit 201 and the switchboard control unit 203.

The auxiliary power source 206 is a power source for continuously operating the control device 111 even when power supply from the switchboard 102 is temporarily stopped. The auxiliary power supply 206 detects that the power supply from the switchboard 102 has stopped, and automatically starts supplying power to each unit of the control device 111. If it is clear that the power supply from the switchboard 102 is guaranteed even when the commercial power supply 101 fails,
There is no need to provide it.

FIG. 3 is an example of a list indicating the priorities regarding the power supply of each device according to the failure status, which is included in the operation state determination unit 205 of the present embodiment. In the device column, a list of devices to be determined by the operation state determination unit 205 is shown. In the power supply priority column, the priority for each device when a certain failure occurs is described. In this example, there are three levels of priority A to C, and priority A
Indicates that the device wants to continue supplying power even when the failure occurs.

For example, at normal times, from the viewpoint of passer-by convenience and disaster prevention, automatic doors and fire alarms 10
7 should always continue to supply power. Conversely, things like the TV 108 and the electric heater 110 have no problem even if the priority is low. The cellular phone 105 and the video camera 106 are given a medium priority because they cannot be taken out at the next use unless they are charged even during normal times.

In order to secure a communication means during a power failure, the power supply priority of the mobile phone 105 should be raised, while other devices are set low. However, from the viewpoint of disaster prevention, the fire alarm 107
Is high. Conversely, in the event of a fire, the fire alarm 10
It is not necessary to feed power 7 and the power feeding priority may be lowered.

In the event of a disaster that requires evacuation, the power supply priority of devices equipped with batteries can be increased to automatically bring the charge status of these devices closer to full charge in preference to other devices. It is possible to control the usage time of the battery so as to be as long as possible. In addition, a device that consumes a lot of power or a device that is not used when a failure occurs can effectively use a limited amount of power by suppressing power feeding.

  Next, how the control device 111 controls the operation state of each device will be described.

FIG. 4 is an example of a device state list 401 that shows the normal state of each device stored in the device information storage unit 202 in the present embodiment. In the device column, devices for which the device information storage unit 202 stores states are listed. Since FIG. 4 is an example at the normal time, the power supply priority at the normal time in the list shown in FIG. 3 is stored in the column of the power supply priority. In the operation status column, an operation status column indicating what state each device is in, a column indicating the power consumption at that time, and a remaining time indicating how much time is required until the operation ends. There is a column. Further, a column indicating the state of the battery is further provided, and there are a column indicating the charge amount of the built-in battery and a state column indicating the status of the battery. For devices that do not have a built-in battery, “-” is displayed. All the information except the power feeding priority is calculated based on information obtained from each device via the device control unit 201.

FIG. 5 is an example of a state priority list 501 that lists states that can be taken by this device corresponding to the operation state column of the device information storage unit 202 of the electric stove 110. Electric heater 110
Can take the five-stage operation state of “OFF” to “HEATING <strong>” shown in FIG. And the power consumption in each operation state and the state priority about whether the state should be maintained are described. The higher the state priority, the higher the tendency to maintain the operating state. For example, in the case of the electric heater 110, the state priority as shown in FIG.
It is because there is a problem in use if it easily shifts from the heating state to the standby state or the off state. In addition, since there is a problem that the heating state is arbitrarily changed from the off state, the state priority at the time of the off state is given the lowest priority. FIG. 5 shows an example of the electric stove 110, but the operating states that can be taken for each device can be defined in various ways for each device, and the power consumed in the operating state and the state priority can be determined. it can. Information of the list shown in FIG. 5 is acquired from each device via the device control unit 201 and stored in the device information storage unit 202.

At this time, when there is a device that cannot collect device information among devices connected to the power supply system, the following may be performed. For example, in the switchboard 102, the actual power consumption is measured for each power supply system, and power corresponding to a value obtained by subtracting the power consumption of the equipment whose device information has been collected in the power supply system is consumed. Considered as equipment. In this way, a conventional device that does not return device information or a low-function device that does not have a communication function can be managed by the device information storage unit 202.

Operates the power consumption of the power-supplied device by providing the operating state that each device can take, the power consumed in that operating state, and the state priority used to determine whether to maintain that operating state as described above It becomes possible to select appropriately according to a state, and it becomes possible to grasp | ascertain the electric energy which should be supplied as a whole.

Next, consider a case where a power failure occurs and power supply from the commercial power supply 101 is stopped. Commercial power supply 10
Since the power supply from 1 is cut off, the power supplied to the power supply systems A103 and B104 in the future must be supplied by the power stored in the auxiliary battery 114.

FIG. 6 is a list showing an example of a normal state of each device stored in the device information storage unit 202 in the present embodiment. The column of power supply priority is replaced with the power supply priority at the time of power failure shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 6, the power supply priority of the mobile phone 105 is increased, and further, it is determined that the charge amount of the built-in battery is small at this time, and the control device 111 performs control so that the charging state is rapidly charged. Show. The mobile phone 105 consumes 15 W due to the quick charging operation state, but the time until this state is completed, that is, the time until the battery is fully charged can be shortened to 1H. The remaining time required for this completion may be obtained from each device such as the mobile phone 105, or may be calculated by the control device 111 itself from the difference between the charged amount of the battery and the full charge. Furthermore, from the viewpoint of disaster prevention, fire alarm 10
7 also maintains power supply priority in order to continue power supply.

At this time, the amount of power required until the mobile phone 105 is fully charged can be calculated as, for example, “power consumption × remaining time = required power amount”. For devices that require continuous power supply so that the remaining time cannot be set, the provisional required power amount may be calculated by adopting an appropriate time during which the failure seems to end. When it is determined that the amount of power supplied to the mobile phone 105 and the fire alarm 107 giving priority to power supply is not sufficient compared to the amount of power stored in the auxiliary battery 114 stored in the power system information storage unit 204, In order to supply necessary power to a device having a high power supply priority, the operation state of the device having a low power supply priority is controlled to be lower power consumption. In the example of FIG. 6, it is shown that devices such as a television, an electric stove, and an automatic door with low power supply priority are controlled to stop. If the power supply system has already been stopped or is connected to only a device that does not need to supply power, the power supply itself is controlled by instructing the switchboard 102 to shut off the breaker. It is also possible. For example, if it is not necessary to supply power to the television 108, PC 109, and electric heater 110 connected to the power supply system B104, the breaker installed between the power supply system B104 is shut off.

If it is determined that there is a sufficient amount of power that can be supplied to the auxiliary battery 114, and the automatic door operating state “automatic” and the power consumption “100 W” at this time can be covered, the power is supplied. There may be a choice to continue.

Alternatively, when charging of the built-in battery of the mobile phone 105 is completed, even if the power supply priority to this device is high, the power supply is stopped or shifted to an operation state that does not consume power,
You may make it start the electric power feeding to another apparatus. Since a device incorporating a battery can be operated by the stored power, it is desirable to control the device according to the amount of charge of the battery and its state.

Separately from this, when the control of the devices connected to the power supply system has been completed and the devices need no longer be controlled by the control device 111, the control device 111 itself is stopped. May be. If it does in this way, consumption for the electric power which control apparatus 111 itself consumes will be suppressed, and it can be used for the electric power supply to other apparatuses.

As described above, controlling the devices to be supplied and their operating states according to the power consumption of each device and the amount of charge of the battery, while ensuring the convenience of long-time driving of the battery built-in device, the overall limited power The amount can be used effectively.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a flow of the control device 111 in the present embodiment.

First, it is determined whether or not the commercial power supply 101 is in a power failure state (step S01). Whether or not a power failure has occurred may be determined by receiving a failure signal from the switchboard 102 or detecting that the power of the power supply system supplied to the control device 111 has stopped.

If it is determined that a power failure is occurring, the auxiliary battery 11 is set so that power supply to each device does not stop.
Power supply is started using the electric power stored in 4 (step S02). Next, it is attempted to determine the cause of the power failure by acquiring the status of each device (step S03). For example, if there is an abnormality in the switchboard 102, it may be a notification from the switchboard 102, if it is due to the occurrence of an earthquake, information from a vibration sensor built in the electric stove 110 to prevent the fall, or a fire may have occurred. This can be determined from the fire occurrence alarm obtained from the fire alarm 107. Various methods other than the above can be considered to determine the cause of the power failure, but will not be described in detail here.
Next, in order to determine how much power can be supplied by the auxiliary battery 114,
The remaining battery level of the auxiliary battery 114 is acquired (step S04). The acquired information is stored in the power system information storage unit 204.

Next, based on the device information acquired from each device, the amount of power required to keep the device operating is calculated (step S05). In calculating the required power amount, as described in the description of the control device 111, it can be obtained from the power consumption and the remaining time in the operation status column stored in the device information storage unit 202. The obtained required power amount is the auxiliary battery 11 acquired in step S04.
4 is judged whether or not the remaining battery capacity is exceeded (step S06). If it is determined that the power consumption has been exceeded, the operation state of each device is selected so that the power consumption of each device is reduced (step S07). At this time, the power supply priority of the device state list 401 as shown in FIG. 6, the operation state that can be taken by the state priority list 501 as shown in FIG. 5 acquired for each device, the power consumption at that time, and the operation thereof The selection is made in consideration of the state priority for maintaining the state. For example, a method of selecting an operation state that causes lower power consumption for a device in an operation state having a lower state priority among devices having a lower power supply priority is conceivable. Even if there is a device with the same priority for both power supply priority and status priority, if there is a device that consumes more power, the operation status of that device is given priority. You may make it change. After selecting the operating state of each device, the power consumption when assuming that the selected operating state is reached is calculated again (step S05). It is determined whether or not the recalculated power consumption can be covered by the remaining battery level of the auxiliary battery 114 (step S06).

The above operations in steps S05, S06, and S07 are repeated until the amount of power required by each device falls below the remaining battery level of the auxiliary battery 114.

If it is determined in step S06 that the amount of power consumed by each device can be covered by the remaining battery level of the auxiliary battery 114, the operation state selected for each device connected to the power supply systems A103 and B104 is set. An instruction is given to shift (step S08).

If the commercial power source 101 is not in a power failure in step S01, the operation state for each device stored in the device information storage unit 202 and the state priority as necessary are acquired (step S09). Then, the required power amount of each device is calculated as in step S05 (step S10). It is determined whether or not the calculated power amount can be supplied by the power that can be supplied from the commercial power source 101 (step S11). If it is determined that there is not enough power to cover the power amount, the power stored in the auxiliary battery 114 is used. Thus, the supply of the amount of power that is insufficient with the commercial power supply 101 is started (step S12). Such a case where the commercial power supply 101 cannot cover the case can be considered, for example, when a device in the house consumes power exceeding the contract power.

Next, the operation state of each device is selected in the same manner as in step S07 (step S13), and the power consumption when it is assumed that the selected operation state is in the same manner as in step S05 is calculated (step S14). It is determined whether or not the calculated amount of power can be covered by the power supplied from the commercial power source 101 (step S15). If it is determined that the calculated amount of power cannot still be satisfied, the operation of each device is performed again so that the amount of consumed power is further reduced. The state is selected again (step S13).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S15 that the power supplied from the commercial power supply 101 can be covered, each device is instructed to enter the operation state selected in step S13 (step S16).

If it is determined in the previous step S11 that the power consumed in the current operating state of each device can be supplied by the power that can be supplied by the commercial power supply 101, then the power is provided from the auxiliary battery 114 at this time. It is determined whether or not there is (step S17). If power is being supplied from the auxiliary battery 114, the power supplied from the commercial power supply 101 at this time is sufficient for the power consumed by each device, so the power supply from the auxiliary battery 114 is stopped (step S18). .

As described above, when acquiring various information about the operating status from each device and selecting the operating status of each device, whether the amount of power consumed by the device can be covered by the remaining amount of the battery connected to the power system Whether or not the operation state is selected is used as a reference. As a result, it becomes possible to effectively control the operation of each device with a limited amount of power effectively and with a priority according to the failure occurrence state. Even when the amount of power consumption is excessive, the amount of power stored in the auxiliary battery 114 can be effectively used to avoid unexpected failures.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a device flow according to the present embodiment. The equipment here refers to equipment connected to the power supply systems A103 and B104 in FIG.

First, it is determined whether or not there is any instruction from the control device 111 (step S21).
. If there is an instruction, it is determined whether or not the instruction is a state acquisition instruction to acquire the current device state (step S22). When it is a status acquisition instruction, it acquires its own operating status and the time it should continue (remaining time). For devices with a built-in battery, it acquires the status of the device including the amount of charge of the built-in battery and its status. (Step S23), and returns the information to the control device 111 (Step S24). For example, when the device first responds to the control device 111, the state priority list 501 for the device may be included as necessary.

If the instruction is not a state acquisition instruction in step S22, it is determined whether or not it is an end instruction (step S25). If it is an instruction to end, the current operation state of itself is ended according to a predetermined end procedure (step S26). For example, the charging state of the battery may be terminated.

If the instruction is not an end instruction in step S25, it is determined that the instruction is to change the operating state of each device, and its own operating state is changed based on this instruction (step S27). For example, when the state of charge of the battery is “charging”, the control device 111
If there is an instruction to switch from “fast charge” to “quick charge”, the device that has received this instruction switches its operation state to an operation state for “rapid charge” of the battery.

On the other hand, if there is no instruction in step S21, any state change that has occurred in itself is detected (step S28). For example, when the vibration sensor provided in the electric stove 110 captures vibration, or when the switchboard 102 detects that the power supply from the commercial power supply 101 is stopped. Next, it is determined whether or not those state changes are caused by a failure (step S29). If it is determined that the state change is due to a failure, the detected state change information is transmitted to the control device 111 as the cause of the failure (step S30).

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of components disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

It is a figure which shows an example of the whole system figure in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the block block diagram of the control apparatus 111 in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the selection reference | standard and electric power feeding priority list in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the apparatus state list | wrist in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the state priority list | wrist of the electric heater in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows another example of the apparatus state list | wrist in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the flow of the control apparatus 111 in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the flow of each apparatus in 1st Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

101: Commercial power supply 102: Switchboard 103: Power supply system A
104: Power supply system B
111: control device 112, 113: communication path 114: auxiliary battery 201: device control unit 202; device information storage unit 203: switchboard control unit 204: power system information storage unit 205: operation state determination unit

Claims (11)

A control device that feeds power supplied from a main power supply and controls the operation of a device that receives power supply from a power supply device that can be supplied using an auxiliary battery during a power failure of the main power supply,
Device state acquisition means for acquiring the operation state of the device and a charge state of the built-in battery when the device includes a rechargeable built-in battery that stores electric power for operating the device;
The power stored in the auxiliary battery from the information on the charge amount of the auxiliary battery and the charge state of the built-in battery acquired by the device state acquisition means when the power supply device is supplying power using the auxiliary battery Device state selection means for selecting an operation state of the device so that the built-in battery is in a fully charged state within a quantity range;
A control apparatus comprising: device control means for controlling the device so as to be in the operation state selected by the device state selection means. The device state selection means is configured to quickly charge the device when the device including the built-in battery that needs to be fully charged and can be quickly charged to charge the built-in battery. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation state is selected. The device state selection means has a power supply priority indicating the priority level to which the power supply device should supply power for each device, and when it is determined that the amount of charge stored in the auxiliary battery is insufficient, the power supply priority is high. The control device according to claim 1, wherein an operation state that requires less power is selected for a device having a low power supply priority so that power can be preferentially supplied to the device. The device status acquisition means further acquires, for each device, a status priority indicating an operation state that a certain device can take and a priority level to maintain the operation state,
When the device state selection unit selects an operation state different from the operation state based on the power supply priority, whether or not to select the other operation state is set as the state priority corresponding to the operation state of the device. The control device according to claim 3, wherein the control device is determined accordingly. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the control device stops when the device control unit finishes controlling the device to be controlled. A control device that controls the operation of a device that receives power from a main power supply,
At the time of a power failure of the main power supply, an auxiliary battery that supplies power to the device using the stored power, and
Device state acquisition means for acquiring the operation state of the device and a charge state of the built-in battery when the device includes a rechargeable built-in battery that stores electric power for operating the device;
The range of the amount of power stored in the auxiliary battery from the information on the charge amount of the auxiliary battery and the charge state of the built-in battery acquired by the device state acquisition means when power is being supplied using the auxiliary battery Device state selection means for selecting the operation state of the device so that the built-in battery is in a fully charged state,
A control apparatus comprising: device control means for controlling the device so as to be in the operation state selected by the device state selection means. A device control method for controlling the operation of a device fed from a power supply device that feeds power using power stored by an auxiliary battery during a power failure while feeding power supplied from the backbone power source,
Obtaining the operating state of the device and the charging state of the built-in battery if the device includes a rechargeable built-in battery that stores power for operating the device;
When power is being supplied using the auxiliary battery, the built-in battery is fully charged within the range of the amount of power stored in the auxiliary battery from the information on the charge amount of the auxiliary battery and the charge state of the built-in battery. Select the operating state of the device so that
A device control method comprising controlling the device so as to be in the selected operation state. When selecting the operating state, if a device having a built-in battery that needs to be fully charged and needs to be charged is capable of rapid charging to charge the built-in battery, the device is quickly charged. The apparatus control method according to claim 6, wherein an operation state is selected. When selecting the operating state, it has a power supply priority indicating the power supply priority for each device in advance, and if it is determined that the amount of charge stored in the auxiliary battery is insufficient, the device has a higher power supply priority. The device control method according to claim 6, wherein an operation state that requires less power is selected for a device with a low power supply priority so that power can be supplied with priority. Furthermore, it acquires the state priority indicating the operational state that a certain device can take and the priority to maintain the operational state for each device,
When selecting an operation state, when selecting an operation state different from the operation state based on the power supply priority, whether or not to select the other operation state is set as the state priority corresponding to the operation state of the device. The apparatus control method according to claim 9, wherein the apparatus control method is determined accordingly. A computer-executable device for controlling the operation of a device fed from a power supply device that feeds power supplied from the main power source and uses the power stored in the auxiliary battery during a power outage of the main power source A control program,
Obtaining the operating state of the device and the charging state of the built-in battery if the device includes a rechargeable built-in battery that stores power for operating the device; and
When power is being supplied using the auxiliary battery, the built-in battery is fully charged within the range of the amount of power stored in the auxiliary battery from the information on the charge amount of the auxiliary battery and the charge state of the built-in battery. Selecting an operating state of the device to be in a state;
And a step of controlling the device so as to be in the selected operation state.

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