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

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus controller comprising:
a first communication circuitry configured to receive from each of one or more apparatuses, an operation information piece indicating an operation state of the apparatus;
a memory configured to store the operation information piece and store operation information pieces in a cumulative manner;
a data processing circuitry configured to produce, when values indicated by a plurality of operation information pieces which 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; and
a controller configured to control the first communication circuitry and the data processing circuitry and also cause, when the data processing circuitry produces the combined operation information, the memory to store the combined operation information instead of the plurality of operation information pieces.