Abstract: A power demand adjustment system and method that controls a plurality of sub-aggregators and electrical devices in a customer's facility based on information collected by the power company and the sub-aggregators. The method and system includes a comparison of the power company and sub-aggregator data which enables accurate accounting and control of the customer's electrical devices.

Abstract: Technique is provided in which, with respect to adjustment of power use of a customer belonging to an agent, a result of the amount of adjustment pertaining to the agent is to calculated. A power demand adjustment system for adjusting power demand of a customer who concludes a power use contract via an agent, this power demand adjustment system including: an acquisition unit that acquires facility information indicating a customer facility for power use, and result information indicating a result of the power use of the customer; and a calculation unit that calculates, on the basis of the acquired facility information and the acquired result information, an actual adjustment amount, which is the result of power demand adjustment pertaining to the agent.

Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a sensor processing unit that generates sensor data including a measurement result acquired by a sensor; a communication measurement unit that generates communication quality data including a communication state for transmitting a packet; a compression determination unit that determines compression rates of first sensor data and first communication quality data according to the contents of the first sensor data including the transmitted sensor data and the generated sensor data or the contents of the first communication quality data including the transmitted sensor data and the generated communication quality data; a compression unit that compresses the first sensor data and the first communication quality data according to the determined compression rates; and a wireless communication unit that transmits a packet including the compressed first sensor data and the compressed first communication quality data to another wireless communication device or the access point.

Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a sensor processing unit that generates sensor data including a measurement result acquired by a sensor; a communication measurement unit that generates communication quality data including a communication state for transmitting a packet; a compression determination unit that determines compression rates of first sensor data and first communication quality data according to the contents of the first sensor data including the transmitted sensor data and the generated sensor data or the contents of the first communication quality data including the transmitted sensor data and the generated communication quality data; a compression unit that compresses the first sensor data and the first communication quality data according to the determined compression rates; and a wireless communication unit that transmits a packet including the compressed first sensor data and the compressed first communication quality data to another wireless communication device or the access point.

Abstract: A thermal transfer recordable release sheet with a release agent layer of a release agent composition provided on at least one surface of a substrate. The release agent composition comprises at least one thermoplastic resin and/or thermoplastic elastomer selected from a group consisting of polyurethane resins, polyester resins, polyamide resins, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, long chain alkyl compounds produced by reacting a vinyl acetate (co)polymer and an alkyl isocyanate, polyisobutylenes, buyl rubbers, brominated butyl rubbers, chlorinated butyl rubbers, polyisoprenes and polybutadienes, as well as a polydimethylsiloxane. An adhesive layer is provided on such a release sheet, on the opposite surface to the release agent layer to form an adhesive tape.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a release sheet and an adhesive tape which display excellent releasability from an adhesive layer, excellent printing and print recordability for thermal transfer systems using an ink ribbon or the like, little susceptibility to slipping when release agent layers are placed together, little susceptibility to blocking, and no ink soiling.

Abstract: In distributed system for operating devices in association with one another, a device responsible for determining whether or not an access is permitted, and criteria for determination are hidden from accessing device or user, and flexible access control is provided among devices without need for previously defining accessible devices or user's identifiers. Communication process opens data communications which are interactions between devices to permit indefinite number of other devices to monitor data. A behavior monitoring process acquires interaction within particular device or between other devices in system for storage in behavior log table. Access control process matches the behavior log table with access control policy to determine whether or not device should be associated with target device from which process request is received, or with a target device to which a process program of the particular device attempts to access.

Abstract: An appliance located states accumulating method includes the steps of, receiving state information indicating operating state changes of the appliances constituted of a distributed computer through a network, calculating an occurrence time difference from the state changes occurred in the appliances in accordance with occurrence time information indicative of occurrence times of the state changes included in the state information, and calculating the positional relation of the positions, where the appliances occur the state changes, from the calculated occurrence time difference, thereby accumulating the positional relation of the installed appliances.

Abstract: A system for managing energy consumption has a data storage module, a calculation module and an operation planning module. The data storage module stores an operational past record of a unit belonging to a facility to be managed by the system. The calculation module calculates wasteful energy consumption for the unit based on the operational past record stored in the data storage module. The operation planning module generates an operational plan for the unit belonging to the facility based on the wasteful energy consumption calculated by the calculation module.

Abstract: Access to restricted areas or devices are controlled by based on collecting information about the surrounding environment in connection with those restricted areas or service devices. Generally, one refers to service devices and access to service devices. Area access control can be viewed as being provided by a service device (e.g., an automated door or gate), access to which permits entry to (or exit from) a controlled area. Information about the surrounding environment includes, but is not limited to, the presence or absence of particular individuals, the presence or absence of other service devices, the location and/or proximity of other service devices, the location of the user requesting access to the service device, and so on. Based on knowledge of the surrounding environment, service access to the device can be permitted or denied.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a release sheet and an adhesive tape which display excellent releasability from an adhesive layer, excellent printing and print recordability for thermal transfer systems using an ink ribbon or the like, little susceptibility to slipping when release agent layers are placed together, little susceptibility to blocking, and no ink soiling.

Abstract: A system for managing energy consumption has a data storage module, a calculation module and an operation planning module. The data storage module stores an operational past record of a unit belonging to a facility to be managed by the system. The calculation module calculates wasteful energy consumption for the unit based on the operational past record stored in the data storage module. The operation planning module generates an operational plan for the unit belonging to the facility based on the wasteful energy consumption calculated by the calculation module.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a release sheet and an adhesive tape which display excellent releasability from an adhesive layer, excellent printing and print recordability for thermal transfer systems using an ink ribbon or the like, little susceptibility to slipping when release agent layers are placed together, little susceptibility to blocking, and no ink soiling.

Abstract: Access to restricted areas or devices are controlled by based on collecting information about the surrounding environment in connection with those restricted areas or service devices. Generally, one refers to service devices and access to service devices. Area access control can be viewed as being provided by a service device (e.g., an automated door or gate), access to which permits entry to (or exit from) a controlled area. Information about the surrounding environment includes, but is not limited to, the presence or absence of particular individuals, the presence or absence of other service devices, the location and/or proximity of other service devices, the location of the user requesting access to the service device, and so on. Based on knowledge of the surrounding environment, service access to the device can be permitted or denied.

Abstract: In distributed system for operating devices in association with one another, a device responsible for determining whether or not an access is permitted, and criteria for determination are hidden from accessing device or user, and flexible access control is provided among devices without need for previously defining accessible devices or user's identifiers. Communication process opens data communications which are interactions between devices to permit indefinite number of other devices to monitor data. A behavior monitoring process acquires interaction within particular device or between other devices in system for storage in behavior log table. Access control process matches the behavior log table with access control policy to determine whether or not device should be associated with target device from which process request is received, or with a target device to which a process program of the particular device attempts to access.

Abstract: An appliance located states accumulating method includes the steps of, receiving state information indicating operating state changes of the appliances constituted of a distributed computer through a network, calculating an occurrence time difference from the state changes occurred in the appliances in accordance with occurrence time information indicative of occurrence times of the state changes included in the state information, and calculating the positional relation of the positions, where the appliances occur the state changes, from the calculated occurrence time difference, thereby accumulating the positional relation of the installed appliances.

Abstract: An electric power demand prediction service method and a system therefor may derive an estimated value and/or predicted value of electric power demand of an arbitrary customer group and provide the derived information to electric power suppliers.

Abstract: An advertisement providing method is capable of providing information from an advertiser by selecting information adapting to the customer in response to a demand for information from the customer from the customer, efficiently. The method comprises checking whether a customer on access has a contract for using the information, permitting access to the information when the customer holds contract for using the information, for permitting retrieval of information registered as advertisement information by an advertiser depending upon the demand of the customer, optionally demanding additional information to the advertiser, delivering resultant information to the customer, and performing billing process for the customer and/or advertiser depending upon access record and delivery record of the customer.

Abstract: In servers that distribute mobile agents, controlling the traveling time of distributed agents is difficult. Also, maintenance management is difficult when there are large numbers of frequently updated mobile agent traveling destinations.

Abstract: From such a state that the steady running of a kneading extruder is temporarily stopped in the heating state where it is supplied with resin material, the operation of a cutter device (5) is stopped, the heating quantity of a die (2) is reduced, and an external surface (2a) of the die is covered with cooling water, the heating quantity of the die (2) is increased so that softened resin material filling the inside of the nozzles (7) is melted, and the cutter device (5) as well as the kneading extruder are started to be driven at the same time.