Patent ID: 9581977
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: G05B,H04B

Claim:
1. An appliance management apparatus comprising a processor and a memory encoded with computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, implement: a connection state acquiring unit configured to acquire connection information indicative of an appliance terminal of an electronic appliance being positioned close to or connected to a power supplying terminal that supplies power; a connection state management unit configured to manage a connection state of the appliance terminal to the power supplying terminal using the connection information acquired by the connection state acquiring unit; and a management information recording unit configured to record information about correspondence between the power supplying terminal and the appliance terminal, wherein the connection state management unit is configured to manage the connection state of the appliance terminal to the power supplying terminal using the information recorded in the management information recording unit, wherein the connection state acquiring unit is configured to acquire the connection information by load modulation superimposed by the electronic appliance on a power line of the power supplying terminal, and wherein the connection state management unit is configured to use the connection information acquired by the connection state acquiring unit to estimate a battery state of the electronic appliance.