Patent ID: 9620990
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H02J,Y02B,Y02E,Y04S

Claim:
1. An electricity supply management device comprising: a solar cell; a storage battery; and a power control device, wherein the power control device includes: an operation unit; and a power consumption amount storage unit configured to store a total power consumption amount by a plurality of load devices, wherein, in response to a request from the power control device, the storage battery is charged by an electric power from the solar cell, and a power from at least one of the solar cell, the storage battery, and a commercial Alternating Current (AC) power source is supplied to of the load devices, wherein the operation unit of the power control device is configured to controls a power consumption level by the load devices based on a comparison result between a power generation amount by the solar cell, the total power consumption amount by the load devices, and a charge level of the storage battery indicative of a ratio of charged amount of the storage battery to capacity of the storage battery, and wherein controlling the power consumption level by the load devices includes limiting the total power consumption amount by the load devices by a predetermined fraction thereof so as to not exceed a preset power level.