Patent ID: 9466201
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G01R,G06Q,G08B,H02J,Y02B,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. An alarm output device comprising: an upper limit target value setup unit that is configured to establish an upper limit target value for power consumption of a monitored device for each of a plurality of time intervals including a first interval, the first interval having a start time and an end time; a power consumption acquisition unit that is configured to obtain expected electric power consumption expected to be consumed by the monitored device within an entire period of the first interval based on actual electric power consumption actually consumed by the monitored device between the start time and a current time; a determination unit that is configured to continuously determine whether or not the expected electric power consumption acquired through the power consumption acquisition unit exceeds the upper limit target value; and an alarm output unit that is configured to output an alarm, wherein the alarm output unit outputs the alarm when: the expected electric power consumption exceeds the upper limit target value; and an elapsed time between the start time and the current time is within a predetermined amount of time.