ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,677, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Generating device, system, and program" was invented by Takuya Nakao (Osaka, Japan), Shuji Furui (Osaka, Japan) and Yoshihiro Nakagawa (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "[Object] To realize control that, in control of facility equipment, reduces electricity charges, taking into consideration fluctuation in power amount charge unit prices, and also a relation between a prediction value of power usage and a greatest value in a relevant period.[Solution] A control device that generates control information for controlling facility equipment of a con...