One embodiment of the present invention provides a carburizing apparatus comprising: a processing furnace that accommodates a workpiece; a heating unit that heats the processing furnace; a gas supply unit that supplies a carrier gas and acetylene into the processing furnace; an infrared absorption type analysis unit capable of detecting the concentration of the acetylene in gas in the processing furnace; and a supply amount adjustment unit that is electrically connected to the analysis unit and that adjusts the supply amount of the acetylene.
An energy-saving promotion achievement-evaluating device is provided in which: a population-constituting user identification information-obtaining unit comprises a population-constituting group identification information-obtaining means for obtaining population-constituting group identification information for obtaining, as comparison targets, a plurality of groups identified by group identification information for identifying a group constituted by a plurality of pieces of user identification information as the comparison target; and an energy-saving promotion achievement evaluation result-obtaining unit comprises a group-energy-saving promotion achievement evaluation result-obtaining means for obtaining energy consumption achievement data of the group identified by the population-constituting group identification information obtained by the population-constituting group identification information-obtaining means as an energy-saving promotion achievement evaluation result in association with the group identification information on the basis of the held energy-saving evaluation rule.
A conventional security check for a cubicle is based on an automatic inspection using a detection device such as a sensor, and a visual confirmation by a person is carried out periodically. However, periodic visual monitoring by a person means that there are many portions that are not inspected other than when periodic monitoring occurs. Therefore, there are still many cases in which trouble occurs at night, on a holiday, or suddenly, and urgent maintenance is performed. Accordingly, there has been a demand for a safety system wherein the inspection carried out by the person is automated, enabling a 24-hour inspection to be carried out. To solve this problem the present invention provides an automatic security check system for a cubicle comprising: a plurality of cubicle devices having two or more units; and an alarm output device that acquires information from each cubicle device via a network.
[Problem] To provide a productivity index calculation device for calculating a productivity index in relation to an energy consumption quantity, with the purpose of efficiently increasing productivity from the standpoint of energy conservation. [Solution] Provided is a productivity index calculation device that is structured so as to retain the energy consumption quantity of a user in units of a unit time, retain a production quantity in units of a unit time that is synchronous with the aforementioned unit time, said production quantity being at least one quantity among the production, the sales, and the provision of a good and/or service of the user, calculate the rate of change over a prescribed period of the energy consumption quantity of the user on the basis of the retained energy consumption quantity, calculate the rate of change over the prescribed period of the production quantity of the user on the basis of the retained production quantity, and calculate a productivity index on the basis of the ratio of the calculated rate of change over the prescribed period of the energy consumption quantity of the user and the calculated rate of change over the prescribed period of the production quantity of the user.
G06Q 10/06 - Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control (DNC), flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), integrated manufacturing systems (IMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)
[Problem] To provide a business continuity rating system with which it is possible to determine business continuity in real time by analyzing in real time whether or not the business of an enterprise is on an upward trend. [Solution] Provided is a business continuity rating system for holding a rating rule for performing rating on the basis of energy consumption information that pertains to the energy consumption needed for doing business, acquiring energy consumption information in business units, and rating business continuity for each business on the basis of the acquired energy consumption information and the rating rule that is held.
In order to ensure that the appropriate electrical supply category can be selected for a receiver of a supply of electricity, provided is an electricity cost simulation device comprising a selection unit which: acquires an electricity consumption attribute of an electricity consumer and an electricity cost attribute for each electricity supply category; acquires a simulation period; retains an electricity cost simulation arithmetic expression which is an arithmetic expression for simulating the electricity cost over time for each of the electricity supply categories in the simulation period; and, on the basis of the acquired electricity consumption attribute and the retained electricity cost simulation arithmetic expression, selects over time in the simulation period the electricity supply category having the lowest electricity cost among a plurality of the electricity supply categories.
[Problem] To provide a facility operation plan assistance device for recommending an energy consumption time period, etc., during which energy consumption prices are cheaper, assuming a specific rate plan. [Solution] Provided is a facility operation plan assistance device which is configured so as to: retain a facility operation computation period which is constituted by a plurality of unit time lengths and pertains to a facility which is operated by energy consumption and a standard facility operation quantity which is the standard facility operation quantity per unit of unit time length in the facility operation computation period; acquire an energy consumption unit price which is a unit price of the energy consumption per unit of unit time length in the facility operation plan period; compute a standard energy consumption total cost for the facility operation computation period on the basis of the standard facility operation quantity of the facility operation computation period and the acquired energy consumption unit price; acquire a tentative facility operation quantity which is a tentative facility operation quantity per unit of unit time length unit in the facility operation computation period; compute a tentative energy consumption total cost for the facility operation computation period on the basis of the tentative facility operation quantity for the facility operation computation period and the acquired energy consumption unit price; and compute and output a difference value between the computed standard energy consumption total cost and the computed tentative energy consumption total cost.
[Problem] To provide a system whereby it is possible to effect a motivation for energy conservation by a comparison to other persons. [Solution] Provided is an energy conservation promotion performance evaluation device, in which: a population constituent user identification information acquisition unit comprises a population constituent group identification information acquisition means which acquires population constituent group identification information which acquires, as a collective comparison subject, a group which is identified by group identification information which identifies a group and which is configured from a plurality of instances of user identification information as comparison subjects; and an energy conservation promotion performance evaluation result acquisition unit comprises a group energy conservation promotion performance evaluation result acquisition means which acquires, as an energy conservation promotion performance evaluation result, energy consumption performance data of a group which is identified with the population constituent group identification information which has been acquired by the population constituent group identification information acquisition means, associating said energy consumption performance data with the group identification information on the basis of a retained energy conservation evaluation rule.
The conventional demand target display device based on time information differing from the information used by electric power companies and electric power consumers causes a divergence regarding their demand values. Therefore, a demand target display device with a dual-purpose scale, which acquires AC signals based on the AC waveform of AC power from a power supply line, generates time information based on the acquired AC signals, transmits the generated time information via radio waves within a housing, receives the transmitted time information via radio waves within the housing, indicates the time on the dual-purpose scale based on the received information, acquires electrical energy consumption within a segment for a given target demand value including the current time, and indicates the relationship between the acquired electrical energy consumption within a segment recorded and a target demand value set for such segment, is proposed.
H02J 3/14 - Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks for adjusting voltage in ac networks by changing a characteristic of the network load by switching loads on to, or off from, network, e.g. progressively balanced loading
Conventional technology is based on the prerequisite that an appropriate value has been established in advance as a target value for power consumption, but this does not does not take into consideration the possibility of establishment of an excessively low value. In order to solve the aforementioned problem, an alarm output device is provided, characterized by determining at all times whether or not electric power expected to be consumed within a regular interval of time exceed the set upper limit target value and by outputting an alarm in case that the electric power exceeds the set upper limit target value at approximately the point in time at which a predetermined interval of time commences or by outputting instructions for changing the set upper limit target value within such interval.
H02J 3/14 - Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks for adjusting voltage in ac networks by changing a characteristic of the network load by switching loads on to, or off from, network, e.g. progressively balanced loading
G01R 22/10 - Arrangements for measuring time integral of electric power or current, e.g. electricity meters by electronic methods using digital techniques
Operations of nuclear power plants have been suspended in various locations due to the Great East Japan Earthquake. However, it is not necessarily essential to undertake strict emergency energy saving measures at all times. In order to solve the aforementioned problems, the present invention proposes an energy saving system comprising an electrical power consumption quantity information acquisition unit for acquiring information on the quantity of electrical power consumed for a plurality of electric devices, a target demand value storage unit for storing a target demand value for electrical power consumption, a supply surplus indicator acquisition unit for acquiring indicators of surplus electric power supplied by an electric power company having control over electrical power within a certain region, and a control unit for controlling the plurality of electric devices based on the acquired supply surplus indicators, the acquired electrical power consumption quantity information, and the stored target demand value.
H02J 3/14 - Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks for adjusting voltage in ac networks by changing a characteristic of the network load by switching loads on to, or off from, network, e.g. progressively balanced loading
G05B 15/02 - Systems controlled by a computer electric
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Timepiece capable of integrally indicating time and physical quantities
With conventional timepieces, information about target physical quantities, target achievement, and time has been indicated using separate displays, thereby making it difficult for users to instantly understand whether or not a target has been achieved. Therefore, a timepiece comprising a dual-purpose scale for integrally indicating time and physical quantities, a physical quantity information acquisition unit for obtaining the information about the physical quantities described above, a physical saving quantity information acquisition unit for obtaining physical saving quantity information indicating the physical quantity to be obtained by the current time within a time segment, a time display unit for displaying the time on the dual-purpose scale, an achieved value information acquisition unit for obtaining information on a quantity achieved up to the current time for the physical quantity, and a quantity variance display unit for indicating the variance in quantity obtained from achieved value and physical saving quantity is proposed.
G04B 47/06 - Time-pieces combined with other articles which do not interfere with the running or the time-keeping of the time-piece with attached measuring instruments, e.g. pedometer, barometer, thermometer, compass
[Problem] In conventional technology pertaining to demand target display devices, different time information was used for the power utility company and power consumers, resulting in a deviation from the demand values as recognized by the power consumers. [Solution] Proposed is a demand target display device that: comprises a dual scale for indicating time and power consumption; acquires an AC signal from the AC waveform of the AC power in the power supply line; generates time information on the basis of the acquired AC signal; transmits, at least from within the casing, the generated time information via radio waves; receives, in the casing, the time information transmitted via radio waves; shows the time, by way of the received time information, on the dual scale; acquires power consumption within a target demand value setting interval that contains the current time; and displays the relationship between the power consumption within the acquired interval and the target demand value set in the interval.
[Problem] Since conventional timepieces display the time and a target value and degree of achievement for a physical quantity on separate displays, users had difficulty understanding immediately whether a target had been achieved because that information had to be identified individually. [Solution] Provided is a timepiece or the like comprising: a dual-purpose scale for integrally indicating the time and a physical quantity; a physical quantity acquisition unit to acquire information on the physical quantity; a target accumulation acquisition unit to acquire the target accumulation, which is the physical quantity that should be accumulated within a time segment by the current time; a time display unit to display the time on the dual-purpose scale; an actual accumulation acquisition unit to acquire the actual accumulation, which is the amount of the physical quantity accumulated by the current time; and a difference display unit for displaying the difference obtained from the actual accumulation and target accumulation using the current time as the starting point.
[Problem] Amid the recent halting of power generation in various regions stemming from the nuclear reactor accident precipitated by the Great East Japan Earthquake, power companies are being driven to overcome this difficult power-supply situation. However, it is not certain that power consumers will adopt energy-conservation measures in accordance with the current power-supply system. [Solution] Proposed is an energy-conservation apparatus, and the like, having: an energy-consumption-acquiring unit for acquiring the amount of energy consumed by a plurality of electrical devices; a target-demand-value-holding unit for holding a target demand value that is a target value for energy consumption; a supply-reserve-index-acquiring unit for acquiring a supply-reserve index showing a power-supply reserve based on power companies coordinating jurisdiction within a region in a fixed range; and a control unit for controlling the plurality of electrical devices on the basis of the acquired supply-reserve index, the acquired energy-consumption amount, and the held target demand value.
H02J 3/00 - Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks
H02J 13/00 - Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network
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Timepiece comprising scale for denoting both time and physical quantity
With the conventional timepiece, when watching the timepiece at a casual glance, it has not been easy to comprehend the starting point of a physical quantity indicated at the present time by the timepiece, and the physical quantity at the present time. To solve the problem, a timepiece is provided, comprising; a dual-purpose scale, indicating time and a below-mentioned physical quantity; a driving unit for hand, driving a hand for pointing the dual-purpose scale according to time; an acquisition unit for physical quantity, acquiring information of the physical quantity from predetermined time designated as a starting point; and a driving unit for indicator of physical quantity, driving an indicator of physical quantity for indicating the acquired physical quantity on the dual-purpose scale, where a position on the dual-purpose scale pointed to by the hand at the predetermined time is designated as an original position for the physical quantity.
G04G 21/02 - Detectors of external physical values, e.g. temperature
G01R 22/10 - Arrangements for measuring time integral of electric power or current, e.g. electricity meters by electronic methods using digital techniques
[Problem] In the prior art, it was assumed that a suitable value of the power consumption was set beforehand as the target value, and no consideration was given to the case where an excessively small value is set. [Solution] In order to solve the above problem, an alarm output device is proposed that constantly performs monitoring to ascertain whether the amount of power predicted to be consumed in each unit time zone will exceed a set upper limit target value and, if it concludes that this value will indeed be exceeded and the time point where such exceeding will take place is substantially at the beginning of said time division, outputs an alarm or outputs an instruction for altering the upper limit target value in the time zone.
In the conventional clock, it is difficult to instantly grasp the additional information upon looking at the time and the information is not efficiently utilized. The clock is not popular among people of all ages.
In order to solve the above deficiencies, we provide a clock which comprises a clock face for indicating time, having a nearly full-screen display function and an outline appearing to be a face, a storage for facial expression information, storing a plurality of facial expression information displayable on the display, an acquisition unit for external information, acquiring external information, a storage for correspondence information, storing correspondence information for correlating the external information with the facial expression information, and a clock face controller, acquiring the facial expression information to be displayed on the display from the storage for facial expression information by utilizing the external information and the correspondence information, and displaying the information on the display.
[Problem] With conventional timepieces, it has not been possible to easily comprehend, with a casual glance at the time which the timepiece denotes, the time that will be treated as the starting point of a physical quantity which is denoted in association with said denoted time, or how large said physical quantity is at the present time. [Solution] To solve the problem, a timepiece is provided, comprising; a dual-use scale for denoting time and a physical quantity to be described hereinafter; a pointer drive unit which drives pointers for indicating the dual-use scale in accordance with the time; a physical quantity acquisition unit which acquires information of a physical quantity, for which a prescribed time will be treated as a starting point thereof; and a physical quantity indicator drive unit which drives a physical quantity indicator for denoting the size of the acquired physical quantity on the dual-use scale, with a scale location of the dual-use scale which the pointers indicate at the prescribed time being treated as a base location of the physical quantity.
When looking at the time on a conventional clock, it is difficult to immediately comprehend supplemental information, so said information is often not fully utilized and is not generally noticed by all age groups. To correct this problem, the disclosed clock is provided with: a time display dial plate which, with an outer shape like the contours of a face, has display capabilities on substantially the entire surface; a display information holding unit which holds display information which can be displayed on a display; an external information acquisition unit for acquiring external information; a correspondence information holding unit for holding correspondence information which associates the aforementioned external information and the aforementioned display information; and a dial plate control unit which uses the aforementioned external information and the aforementioned correspondence information to acquire from the aforementioned display information holding unit the display information which is to be displayed on the aforementioned display and displays the same on the aforementioned display.
A sterilizer capable of supplying more hygienic water by suppressing propagation of bacteria in the water channel built in a treatment device, and a treatment device provided with the sterilizer. The sterilizer comprises a tubular body having a water channel in the center, and at least one pair of permanent magnets buried in the periphery of the water channel in the body and arranged with the different magnetic poles facing each other, characterized in that the water inlet and water outlet of the water channel are formed to have a diameter larger than that of the center of the water channel.
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