Patent ID: 9465378
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G05B

Claim Text:
1. A power electronics device comprising a computer including a processor, wherein the computer is configured to implement at least: a controlling unit configured to perform surveillance/control concerning an input/output of power to a power line with other power electronics devices connected via the power line; a determining unit configured to determine a master device which is a subject of the surveillance/control and a slave device which is controlled by the master device, based on power characteristic information of the other power electronics devices from among the other power electronics devices and the power electronics device; a communicating unit configured to receive configuration information indicating a master device and a slave device determined by the other power electronics devices; a confirming unit configured to confirm whether the master device and the slave device determined by the determining unit are matched with the master device and the slave device determined by the other power electronics devices based on the configuration information received by the communicating unit; a determining unit configured to permit a start of the surveillance/control when matching is determined by the confirming unit.