Patent ID: 9171270
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G01D,G01F,G06F,G06Q,G08C,G16Z

Abstract:
1. A gas demand prediction system of predicting gas usages in a plurality of supply facilities, comprising: a reception unit configured to receive respective sets of meter indication data of a plurality of gas meters in the plurality of supply facilities; a storage unit configured to store the respective sets of meter indication data of the plurality of supply facilities, and one or more areas in which the plurality of supply facilities are respectively located; a gas usage calculating unit configured to calculate the gas usage consumed in each of the plurality of supply facilities on a basis of comparison between corresponding sets of meter indication data stored in the storage unit; a first rate of change calculating unit configured to calculate a first rate of change in a past gas usage in each of the plurality of supply facilities for the corresponding sets of meter indication data on a basis of comparison between the corresponding sets of meter indication data; a second rate of change calculating unit configured to calculate a second rate of change in a past gas usage in the supply facilities located in a same area on a basis of comparison between corresponding sets of meter indication data in the same area stored in the storage unit; and a prediction unit configured to modify the calculated gas usage on a basis of the first rate of change in each of the plurality of supply facilities and the second rate of change in the same area as an area in which each of the plurality of supply facilities are located, and predict the modified gas usage as a prospective gas usage to be consumed in the each of the plurality of supply facilities.