Patent ID: 11928334
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. An apparatus control system comprising: one or more apparatuses; one or more external devices; and an apparatus controller configured to control each of the one or more apparatuses,
wherein the apparatus controller includes
a first communication circuitry configured to receive from each of the one or more apparatuses, operation information indicating an operation state of the apparatus,
a memory configured to store the operation information piece and store operation information prices in a cumulative manner,
a data processing circuitry configured to produce, when values indicated by a plurality of ones of operation information pieces that are successively received from the apparatus by the first communication circuitry are equal to each other, combined operation information that is a combination of the plurality of operation information pieces,
a second communication module configured to communicate with the one or more external devices, and
a controller configured to control the first communication circuitry, the data processing circuitry, and the second communication module, and

wherein the one or more external devices receive the operation information piece from the apparatus controller and store the operation information piece, and
wherein the controller is configured to cause at least one of the one or more external devices and the memory to store the combined operation information instead of the plurality of operation information pieces, when the data processing circuitry produces the combined operation information.