JP2012221205A - Energy saving information distribution system for electrical appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly grasp the use situation of a household electrical appliance with respect to energy saving, and to easily determine what kind of action should be made in order to promote energy saving in accordance with the use situation of the household electrical appliance.SOLUTION: The energy saving information distribution system includes: a measurement unit 22 configured to collect equipment information relating to a household electrical appliance 21 owned by a user; and a server 11 configured to store a personal information database 12 for storing the personal information of the user, an appliance information database 13 for receiving the appliance information acquired by the measurement unit 22 via a communication network 30 to store the appliance information, and an energy saving information database 14 for storing energy saving information with respect to the household electrical appliance 21 of the user, and to analyze the appliance information extracted from the appliance information database 13 on the basis of the personal information extracted from the personal information database 12 to diagnose the household electrical appliance 21 by a diagnostic processing program 15, and to extract the energy saving information from the energy saving information database 14 on the basis of the result of diagnosis, and to distribute the result of diagnosis of the household electrical appliance 21 and the energy saving information via the communication network 30 to terminal equipment 25 of the user.

Description

  The present invention, for example, diagnoses electrical equipment by analyzing equipment information of electrical equipment used in general households, offices, factories, and the like, and distributes diagnostic results and energy saving information of the electrical equipment to users of the electrical equipment. It relates to an energy-saving information distribution system for electrical equipment.

  In recent years, various types of information such as weather information, train operation information, and earthquake early warnings have been distributed to terminals having communication functions such as mobile phones and PCs (for example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2).

  The information distribution system disclosed in Patent Document 1 is an emergency information distribution system that distributes emergency information generated asynchronously from a server device to a terminal device. The server device is input with input means for inputting emergency information. If there is emergency information to be distributed in response to a distribution request received from the terminal device, there is no emergency information to be distributed. In this case, the terminal device includes a transmission unit that holds a response to the distribution request and transmits the emergency information to respond to the held distribution request when new emergency information is input. Receiving means for transmitting a distribution request and receiving emergency information from the server device, and output means for outputting the emergency information in a state recognizable to the user each time emergency information is received It is those with a.

  The information distribution system disclosed in Patent Literature 2 performs communication between a plurality of portable terminals, an information processing center that collects and processes information from these portable terminals, and a portable terminal and the information processing center. An information collection / distribution system comprising a communication network, wherein a portable terminal includes: a position specifying means for specifying its location; an information collecting means for collecting information; an output of the position specifying means; and an information collecting means A transmission unit that transmits output to the information processing center; and a display unit that displays information from the information processing center. The information processing center stores and manages information from a server that manages input / output information and a portable terminal. An information database and transmission means for transmitting information in the information database to the mobile terminal are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 4, any of these information distribution systems of Patent Documents 1 and 2 stores accumulated weather information and train operation in response to a distribution request from a terminal device 101 (mobile phone or PC) owned by the user. Various information such as information, earthquake early warning, and emergency information is transmitted from the server 102 to the user terminal 101.

JP 2002-342866 A JP 2002-358321 A

  By the way, in any of the information distribution systems disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 described above, accumulated weather information, train operation information, earthquake early warning, and emergency information in response to a distribution request from the terminal device 101 owned by the user. Such information is unilaterally transmitted from the server 102 to the user terminal 101. That is, one-way information distribution from the server 102 to the user terminal 101 is performed.

  On the other hand, in recent years, energy saving of household electrical appliances installed in ordinary homes is progressing. On the other hand, for general household users, what actions should be taken to understand the usage status of household appliances for energy saving and to promote further energy saving according to the usage status of household appliances It was very difficult to judge. Therefore, the present situation is that the user is requesting various information necessary for promoting energy saving.

  Therefore, the present invention has been proposed in view of the above-mentioned demands, and the object of the present invention is to quickly grasp the usage status of home appliances for energy saving and to further save energy according to the usage status of the home appliances. It is an object of the present invention to provide an energy-saving information distribution system for electrical equipment that can easily determine what action should be taken in order to promote the above.

  As a technical means for achieving the above-mentioned object, an energy saving information distribution system for electrical equipment according to the present invention stores a measuring instrument that collects equipment information related to electrical equipment owned by a user and personal information of the user. Store the personal information database, the device information database that stores the device information by receiving the device information obtained by the measuring instrument via the communication network, and the energy saving information database that stores the energy saving information for the user's electric device, The diagnostic processing program analyzes the device information extracted from the device information database based on the personal information extracted from the personal information database, diagnoses the electrical device, and extracts the energy saving information from the energy saving information database based on the diagnosis result Then, the diagnosis result of the electrical equipment and the energy saving information are sent to the user terminal via the communication network. It is characterized in that; and a server to be distributed to.

  In the present invention, the device information obtained by the measuring device is received by the server via the communication network, and the device information extracted from the device information database based on the personal information extracted from the personal information database by the diagnostic processing program To analyze the electrical equipment, extract the energy-saving information from the energy-saving information database based on the diagnosis results, and distribute the electrical equipment diagnostic results and the energy-saving information from the server to the user terminal via the communication network Thus, it is possible to distribute information that forms a feedback loop including receiving device information from the user and distributing energy-saving information to the user. As a result, the user can quickly grasp the usage status of the electrical equipment for energy saving and determine what action should be taken in order to promote further energy saving according to the usage status of the electrical equipment. It becomes easy.

  In the present invention, it is desirable that the electric devices owned by the user are various home appliances used in general households. In this way, for various household appliances installed in ordinary households, the user can quickly grasp the usage status of household appliances for energy saving and promote further energy saving according to the usage status of the household appliances. It is easy to determine what action should be taken to achieve this.

  In the present invention, it is desirable to provide a communication device that aggregates the device information obtained by the measuring device and transmits it to the server via the communication network. If it does in this way, those apparatus information can be automatically transmitted to a server with a communication apparatus collectively with respect to several electric equipment, and simplification of the transmission process of apparatus information can be aimed at. In addition, you may make it transmit apparatus information to a server separately about several electric equipment. Further, the device information may be manually transmitted by the user.

  The server in the present invention preferably executes the diagnostic processing program in consideration of additional information extracted from the auxiliary database. In this way, an electrical device can be diagnosed by a diagnostic processing program based on information obtained by adding additional information to personal information and device information, and more detailed diagnosis results and energy saving information can be distributed. With this additional information, it is possible to quickly cope with the diversification of various information required by the user.

  According to the present invention, the device information obtained by the measuring device is received by the server via the communication network, and extracted from the device information database based on the personal information extracted from the personal information database by the diagnostic processing program. Analyzing device information and diagnosing electrical devices, extracting energy-saving information from the energy-saving information database based on the diagnosis results, and distributing the electrical device diagnostic results and energy-saving information from the server to the user terminal via the communication network By doing so, it is possible to distribute information that forms a feedback loop including receiving device information from the user and distributing energy-saving information to the user. It is easy for the user to quickly grasp the usage status of the electrical equipment for energy saving and to determine what action should be taken to promote further energy saving according to the usage status of the electrical equipment. . As a result, it is possible to provide a system that allows a user to quickly and easily cope with energy saving of electrical equipment, and its practical value is great.

In an embodiment of the present invention, it is a conceptual diagram showing the whole composition of an energy-saving information distribution system of electric equipment. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the structure by the side of the user house of FIG. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the structure by the side of the data center of FIG. It is a conceptual diagram which shows schematic structure of the conventional information delivery system.

  An embodiment of an energy-saving information distribution system for electrical equipment according to the present invention will be described in detail below. In the following embodiment, an energy-saving information distribution system constructed between a data center having a server and a user house such as a general home will be described. This energy-saving information distribution system is a user such as a general home. It can be applied to offices and factories in addition to houses.

  1 to 3 show an embodiment of an energy saving information distribution system for electrical equipment. The energy saving information distribution system in this embodiment is constructed between a data center 10 having a server 11 and a user house 20 such as a general household. 1 shows the overall configuration of the energy saving information distribution system, FIG. 2 shows the configuration on the user house side of the energy saving information distribution system, and FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the data center side of the energy saving information distribution system.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the user house 20 is provided with a home appliance 21 that is an electric device such as an air conditioner, a refrigerator, a television, and a fluorescent lamp. Each home appliance 21 such as an air conditioner, a refrigerator, a television, or a fluorescent lamp is connected to a measuring instrument 22 for measuring and collecting device information such as the amount of power used. This measuring device 22 collects not only the amount of power used but also various pieces of device information related to energy saving such as the ON time of the household electrical appliance 21 and the number of times it is used (for example, the number of times the door is opened and closed). In addition, an environmental sensor 23 for measuring and collecting location information (GPS) indicating the location of the user house 20 and climatic information such as temperature, humidity, and amount of sunlight is installed.

  As the environmental sensor 23, any sensor may be used as long as it can measure position information and climate information. For example, with regard to position information, it is possible to receive radio waves transmitted from GPS (Global Positioning Systems) satellites placed in a space of about 20,000 km above the ground, and measure the position information of local points calculated from this received information. For climate information, it is possible to use a sensor that can measure temperature, humidity, amount of sunlight, and the like.

  In addition, in the user house 20, device information obtained by the measuring device 22 installed in each home appliance 21, and location information and climate information of the user house 20 obtained by the environmental sensor 23 are collected, and a communication network is collected. A communication device 24 for transmitting to the server 11 of the data center 10 through 30 is installed. In this way, by installing the communication device 24 that aggregates the device information obtained by the measuring instrument 22 and the position information and climate information obtained by the environmental sensor 23 and transmits them to the server 11 via the communication network 30, Such information can be automatically transmitted to the server 11 in a batch with respect to the plurality of home appliances 21, and the information transmission process can be simplified.

  In addition, you may make it transmit apparatus information to the server 11 individually about the some household appliances 21. FIG. Further, the device information may be manually transmitted by the user. Further, although it is effective to use the Internet as the communication network 30, the communication line may be either wireless or wired.

  On the other hand, the server 11 installed in the data center 10 stores the device information by receiving the personal information database 12 storing the personal information of the user and the device information obtained by the measuring device 22 via the communication network 30. The device information database 13 and the energy saving information database 14 storing the energy saving information for the user's home appliances 21 are stored. From the device information database 14 based on the personal information extracted from the personal information database 12 by the diagnostic processing program 15. Analyzing the extracted device information and diagnosing the home appliance 21, extracting the energy saving information from the energy saving information database 14 based on the diagnosis result, and sending the diagnosis result and energy saving information of the home appliance 21 via the communication network 30 To the terminal device 25.

  As the terminal device 25 owned by the user, a device having a communication function such as a mobile phone or a PC (personal computer) is used. In the case of a mobile phone, a mobile phone network or the Internet can be used as the communication network 30. In the case of a PC, the Internet can be used as the communication network 30.

  The personal information of the user stored in the personal information database 12 means personal information such as the user's ID, name, address, family structure, and house type (wooden or steel frame). The obtained location information and climate information of the user house 20 are also included. In addition, the device information stored in the device information database 13 can be used for reference in daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly amounts by using the amount of power used for each product of the household electrical appliance 21 or for each measurement date. This means information such as the amount of power used for statistical processing that is aggregated in a form. Furthermore, the energy saving information for the home appliance 21 of the user stored in the energy saving information database 14 is know-how for reducing the amount of power used by the home appliance 21, and further energy saving is performed according to the usage status of the home appliance 21. It means information that the user needs to promote energy saving, such as advice on what action to take to promote it.

  The diagnostic processing program executes the following algorithm. First, based on the personal information including the location information and climate information of the user house 20 extracted from the personal information database 12, the device information such as the power consumption of the home appliance 21 extracted from the device information database 13 is analyzed. The home appliance 21 is diagnosed. Thereby, the current status such as whether or not the home appliance 21 is in an abnormal state is detected by combining the personal information including the location information of the user home 20 and the climate information and the device information such as the amount of power used by the home appliance 21. To do. And based on this diagnostic result, the energy-saving information is searched from the energy-saving information database 14, and the know-how for aiming at the optimization with respect to energy saving by reducing the electric power consumption of the household appliances 21 is extracted.

  The server 11 executes the diagnostic processing program 15 in consideration of additional information extracted from the auxiliary database 41, for example, weather information from the public institution 40. As a result, the home appliance 21 can be diagnosed by the diagnostic processing program 15 based on information obtained by adding additional information to personal information and device information, and more detailed diagnosis results and energy saving information can be distributed. With this additional information, it is possible to quickly cope with diversification of various types of information required by the user.

  An operation example of the energy-saving information distribution system based on the configuration described above is as follows.

  First, in the user house 20, various types of energy saving such as the amount of power used, the ON time, and the number of times of use of each home appliance 21 are measured by each measuring device 22 connected to each home appliance 21 such as an air conditioner, a refrigerator, a television, and a fluorescent lamp. Collect device information. In addition, the environment sensor 23 collects location information (GPS) of the user house 20 and climate information such as temperature, humidity, and amount of sunlight. In this way, the device information obtained by each measuring instrument 22 and the location information and climate information of the user house 20 obtained by the environmental sensor 23 are transmitted by the communication device 24 via the communication network 30 to the server 11 of the data center 10. Send to.

  On the other hand, in the server 11 installed in the data center 10, the diagnostic processing is performed by the diagnostic processing program 15 executing the following algorithm. First, personal information stored in the personal information database 12, that is, personal information such as user ID, name, address, family structure, house type (wooden or steel frame), and users collected by the environmental sensor 23 The necessary personal information is extracted from the personal information including the location information and climate information of the house 20, and the home appliances 21 collected by the measuring device 22 and stored in the device information database 13 based on the personal information are extracted. Electricity used (electricity used for each home appliance 21 product, or used for statistical processing, aggregated for each measurement day, and aggregated in a form that can be referenced and used on a daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly basis. ), Device information such as the ON time and the number of times of use is extracted, and the home appliance 21 is diagnosed by analyzing the device information. Thereby, the current status such as whether or not the home appliance 21 is in an abnormal state is detected by combining the personal information including the location information of the user home 20 and the climate information and the device information such as the amount of power used by the home appliance 21. To do.

  Then, based on the diagnosis result, the know-how for reducing the power consumption of the home appliance 21 and optimizing the energy saving is searched and extracted from the energy saving information stored in the energy saving information database 14. That is, it is know-how for reducing the amount of electric power used by the home appliance 21 from the energy saving information for the home appliance 21 stored by the user in the energy saving information database 14, and further energy saving is made according to the usage status of the home appliance 21. Information necessary for the user to promote energy saving, such as advice on what action should be taken to promote The diagnosis result and energy saving information of the home appliance 21 obtained in this way are distributed to the user terminal 25 via the communication network 30. A user who has received the diagnosis result and energy saving information of the home appliance 21 can review and improve the use of the home appliance 21.

  The server 11 executes the diagnostic processing program 15 in consideration of additional information extracted from the auxiliary database 41, for example, weather information from the public institution 40. As a result, the home appliance 21 can be diagnosed by the diagnostic processing program 15 based on information obtained by adding additional information to personal information and device information, and more detailed diagnosis results and energy saving information can be distributed. With this additional information, it is possible to quickly cope with the diversification of various information required by the user.

  As described above, the device information obtained by the measuring instrument 22 and the location information and climate information of the user house 20 obtained by the environment sensor 23 are transmitted from the communication device 24 to the server 11 of the data center 10 via the communication network 30. In the server 11 that has received the information, the diagnosis processing program 15 analyzes the device information extracted from the device information database 13 based on the personal information extracted from the personal information database 12, and diagnoses the home appliance 21. The energy saving information is extracted from the energy saving information database 14 based on the diagnosis result, and the diagnosis result of the home appliance 21 and the energy saving information are distributed to the user terminal 25 via the communication network 30 by the server 11.

  As a result, it is possible to distribute information that forms a feedback loop including receiving device information from the user and distributing energy-saving information to the user. As a result, the user quickly grasps the usage status of the home appliance 21 for energy saving, and determines what action should be taken in order to promote further energy saving according to the usage status of the home appliance 21. It becomes easy.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can of course be implemented in various forms without departing from the gist of the present invention. It includes the equivalent meanings recited in the claims and the equivalents recited in the claims, and all modifications within the scope.

11 Server 12 Personal Information Database 13 Device Information Database 14 Energy Saving Information Database 15 Diagnosis Processing Program 21 Electric Device (Home Appliance)
22 Measuring instrument 25 Terminal 30 Communication network

Claims (4)

  A measuring instrument that collects device information related to an electric device owned by a user, a personal information database that stores personal information of the user, and device information obtained by receiving the device information obtained by the measuring device via a communication network Is stored in the device information database and the energy saving information database in which the energy saving information for the user's electric device is stored, and is extracted from the device information database based on the personal information extracted from the personal information database by the diagnostic processing program. Analyzing the device information and diagnosing the electric device, extracting the energy saving information from the energy saving information database based on the diagnosis result, and distributing the electric device diagnosis result and the energy saving information to the user terminal via the communication network An energy saving information distribution system for electrical equipment, comprising: .   The electric equipment energy-saving information distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the electric equipment owned by the user is various home electric appliances used in general households.   The energy-saving information distribution system for electrical devices according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a communication device that aggregates device information obtained by the measuring device and transmits the information to a server via a communication network.   The said server is an energy-saving information delivery system of the electric equipment as described in any one of Claims 1-3 which considers the additional information extracted from the auxiliary database, and performs a diagnostic processing program.

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