Patent ID: 9342637
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A consumed power estimation device, comprising: a consumed power memory for storing states of parts comprising a system and consumed power of the parts in these states; a condition memory for storing conditions when the state of the parts changes; a generator for generating state sequences into which the states are arrayed, in an order of change in accordance with the conditions stored in the condition memory, wherein the generator: specifies stored condition data related to a part among the parts comprising the system, enumerates all conditions contained in the specified stored condition data, and generates a state sequence satisfying all enumerated conditions; a ratio computer for computing a percentage of time when the part is in the state per unit time, for each state comprising the state sequence; and an estimator for finding products of percentages computed by the ratio computer and the consumed power stored in the consumed power memory, for each state comprising the state sequence, and estimating a sum of the products found as the consumed power of the part of the system.