JP2010039800A - Electricity usage control system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize recall information notification and stolen item management that have not been effectively implemented so far, by making use of a technique for specifying an actual electricity user. <P>SOLUTION: An electricity usage control system comprises an authentication information acquisition unit 110 for communicating with an electricity supply terminal 200 through a network 140 and acquiring electricity usage applicant authentication information acquired by an input interface 205 of the electricity supply terminal 200 and storing it in a memory 103; retrieves the authentication information stored in the memory 103 with a user information database 125; and, upon specifying the corresponding authentication information, recognizes an electricity usage applicant as a prospective user, specifies a device used accordingly and performs services (information providing) specified according to the device used and the user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for executing a predetermined service using a power supply (control) function via an outlet or the like and a totaling technique of power amount at that time. In particular, the present invention relates to a technology for providing information to users as a service.

  For example, the total amount of electric power for each electric appliance / outlet can be totaled as a power amount totaling technology, and a power amount totaling device, a power amount totaling program, and a recording medium recording the program can be provided. It is an object to provide a service providing apparatus, a service providing program for providing various services to customers, a recording medium storing the program, and calculating a power charge for each customer from the integrated power value for each electrical appliance / outlet The collection cycle setting means for setting the collection cycle for collecting the integrated power value of the outlet connected to the appliance used by the customer, and the integration measured at the outlet for each collection cycle set by the collection cycle setting means And a collecting means for collecting the power value for each outlet (Patent Document) Reference), and the like have been proposed.

JP 2003-288390 A

  By the way, there are increasing opportunities for people to carry various electric devices such as mobile phones and mobile PCs. In many cases, the electric power of the electric devices carried by people is secured by charging the battery with a charger or the like connected to a home outlet or the like before carrying. On the other hand, a user who uses the electrical device on the go has to stop using the electrical device when the remaining charge of the battery is exhausted. In such a case, for example, it would be preferable for the user to connect the power cable of the electrical device to an outlet of a facility or the like at a place where the user is away and continue using the device as it is.

  However, at present, when a contractor receives power supply from a fixed power supply end (a normal outlet, etc.) contracted with a power company in advance, the user of the power is fixedly charged as the contractor. Will be. In other words, the billing process according to the power consumption cannot be performed individually for the true power user. In other words, the user of the electric device is not in a situation where he / she easily uses electricity from the other person's outlet without being aware of the object of the power usage fee burden on the go, and the convenience of the electric device user is improved. It was an obstacle to expanding business opportunities for the company. In other words, it is possible to charge a true power user even when using power at a power supply end other than a contracted power supply end, and as a result, expand the power sales opportunity and improve the convenience of the power user. Appearance was desired.

  This improvement in convenience includes provision of information such as provision of information to the user (power user) and control of the presence / absence of power distribution by the user.

  Thus, the main object of the present invention is to provide a technique for providing a service according to a power user.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the user of the power supply terminal such as the outlet or the administrator (owner) of the equipment used is specified, and according to the service information associated with the specified user etc., The service is provided.

  More specifically, power that is connected to a power supply terminal that allows power supply to a device used by a user through a network and that performs power use control for each user at each power use opportunity at the power supply terminal. A user information database, which is a usage control system and stores a user identifier for identifying a user and service presence / absence information indicating the presence / absence of a service related to a device used by the user in association with storage means, and the power supply Means for receiving the used device identifier and user identifier of the used device that is the power supply destination of the power supply terminal acquired by the input interface of the terminal via the network, and a service corresponding to the received use identifier Means for determining presence / absence using the user information database; Means for identifying from a service information table in which a correspondence relationship between an identifier and service information indicating the content of the service is recorded, control of power supply to the device used, and indication of the service information based on the identified service information And means for performing control on the service.

  Here, in the power usage control system, the present invention also includes a unit that further starts a power supply to the used device when the determining unit determines that the service information is not present.

  Further, in these power usage control systems, the storage means stores the service information as the service presence / absence information, and the service information is information indicating a recall and theft notification to the device used, and the execution Means for suppressing the power supply and transmitting information related to the recall and theft notification to a predetermined terminal device via the network when the service information is registered is included.

  In the power usage control system, the terminal device includes at least one of the power supply terminal and a user terminal used by the user.

  The present invention is also characterized by a method for identifying a user or the like. Details thereof are described in the best mode for carrying out the invention. In addition, the service includes notifying that a device to be used is a recall target and restricting use based on the recall (that is, restricting energization). Furthermore, it includes restricting the use of stolen goods.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the user etc. of an electric power supply terminal can be specified and the service according to the specified user etc. can be provided.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Among these, the details of specifying the user of the power supply terminal and the charging for the user will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is a network configuration diagram of a power usage control system 100 of the present embodiment. The power usage control system system 100 shown in FIG. 1 is connected to a power supply terminal 200 that allows power supply to a user different from the installation contractor through a network 140, and each power usage opportunity at the power supply terminal 200 is achieved. A computer system that performs power usage control for each user. As an example, a server including a storage device, a communication device, and an arithmetic device can be assumed.

  As an example of the situation assumed in the present embodiment, for example, the power supply terminal 200 is installed in various places in the city, and a person who wants to use the electric power carrying the electric device 300 uses the power cable 301 of the electric device 300. There is a situation where the power supply service can be enjoyed by plugging into the power outlet 201 of the power supply terminal 200. Of course, the power usage control method of the present invention by the power usage control system 100 does not mean that power supply is unconditionally started simply by plugging the power cable 301 of the electrical device 300 into the power outlet 201. Based on the energization control.

  In addition to the power supply terminal 200 that can be directly connected to the system 100 via the network 140 as described above, the device that supplies power to the electrical device 300 does not have an input interface or a communication chip. A type power outlet 50 (existing in a general home or office) can also be assumed. In this case, since the conventional power outlet 50 alone cannot communicate with the system 100 and appropriate energization control is impossible, the connection for outlet management connected to the power outlet 50 through the power line communication network is impossible. The device management apparatus 400 is disposed between the system 100 and the power outlet 50. In addition, the connected device management apparatus 400 includes an energization switch device 408 in the middle of a power distribution path between the power outlet 50 and the switchboard device 10 that is a power supply source to the power outlet 50. In addition, the switchboard apparatus 10 said here can assume the existing electric light contract meter installed in the existing building.

  The connected device management apparatus 400 has functions similar to those of the power supply terminal 200 (an input interface 405, a communication chip 407, an energization switch device 408, and a watt-hour meter 420 described later). That is, the same configuration as the configuration in which the power supply terminal 200 receives an instruction from the system 100 and performs energization processing to the power outlet 201 provided in the power supply terminal 200 is the same as the conventional power outlet 50 and the connection device. This is realized by the management apparatus 400. In this case, the connected device management apparatus 400 that has received an instruction from the system 100 executes, for example, energization of the conventional power outlet 50 under the control of the energization switch apparatus 408 in accordance with the instruction.

  Here, the power supply terminal 200 and the power outlet 50 may be controlled by each connected device management apparatus 400. In this case, the network configuration is such that the system 100 and the connected device management apparatus 400 are connected by the network 140, while the power supply terminal 200 and the power outlet 50 are not directly connected to the network 140, and each of the connected device management apparatuses is connected. 400 is connected. In other words, the power supply terminal 200 according to the present invention may be replaced with the connected device management apparatus 400.

  A network 140 such as a power line communication network or the Internet is constructed between the power usage control system 100 and the power supply terminal 200 or the connected device management apparatus 400. The system 100, the power supply terminal 200, and the connected device management apparatus 400 execute transmission / reception of various processing data associated with power usage control via the network 140.

  By adopting the configuration as described above, the opportunity to energize the electrical device 300 can be expanded not only by the power supply terminal 200 but also by the existing power outlet 50. Details of the power supply terminal 200 and the connected device management apparatus 400 will be described later.

  Next, details of the configuration of the power usage control system 100 (hereinafter, system 100) will be described. The system 100 reads a program 102 included in a program database stored in a hard disk drive 101 or the like as a storage device so as to have a function for realizing the present invention into the memory 103 and executes it by the CPU 104 as an arithmetic unit.

  Further, the system 100 includes an input interface 105 such as various keyboards and buttons generally provided in a computer device, an output interface 106 such as a display (which may be provided if necessary), a power supply terminal 200, and a connected device. A communication device 107 that handles data exchange with the management device 400 is included. The system 100 controls the communication device 107, establishes data communication with the power supply terminal 200 and the connected device management device 400, and executes communication processing such as transmission / reception of various data.

  Subsequently, functional units that are configured and held by the system 100 based on the program 102 will be described. Note that the system 100 includes attribute information and authentication source information of a scheduled user who plans to use power at the power supply terminal 200 (including the combined concept of the conventional power outlet 50 and the connected device management apparatus 400; the same applies hereinafter). Stored user information database 125, usage history database 126 that stores information on the amount of energization in association with the corresponding scheduled user, unique information for each electric device including a communication chip for power line communication, and information on the user Stored in association with each other, the outlet information database 128 storing the ID and location information of each power supply terminal connected to the network, and the information on the power supply area for each power company. Having supply area database 129 in a storage device such as hard disk drive 101 To.

  The system 100 includes the authentication information of the power use applicant acquired by the input interface 205 of the power supply terminal 200 (including the ID, password of the power use applicant, the corresponding power supply terminal 200 or the power outlet). 201 includes the ID of the conventional power outlet 50 under the control of the connected device management apparatus 400 when the authentication information is acquired from the connected device management apparatus 400. An authentication information acquisition unit 110 that is acquired by communicating with the supply terminal 200 and stored in the memory 103 is provided.

  Further, the system 100 searches the user information database 125 for authentication source information corresponding to, for example, the ID and password set data of the power use applicant among the authentication information stored in the memory 103. In this case, an energization management unit 111 is provided that recognizes the user who wants to use the power as the planned user and transmits an energization start instruction to the power supply terminal 200 via the network 140. This energization start instruction is assumed to include the ID of the corresponding power supply terminal 200 and the ID of the corresponding power outlet 201 or the ID of the conventional power outlet 50 as information on the start destination of energization. These are, of course, information for specifying the power outlet to which the planned user's electric device 300 is connected.

  In addition, the system 100 includes information on the energization amount to the planned user measured by the watt-hour meter 220 of the power supply terminal 200 (this information includes the energization amount value, the scheduled user ID, the corresponding power) The ID of the supply terminal 200 and the ID of the corresponding power outlet 201 are acquired by communicating with the power supply terminal 200 via the network 140, and the acquired energization amount information is associated with the corresponding scheduled user. The usage history management unit 112 is stored in the usage history database 126.

  In addition, the authentication information acquisition unit 110 communicates with the communication chip 320 of the electric device 300 (including the communication chip 320 for power line communication) connected to the power supply terminal 200 as a device for which energization is desired. Therefore, it is preferable that the unique information of the electric device 300 is acquired and stored in the memory 103. At this time, the energization management unit 111 collates the specific information with the use device information database 127, extracts the information of the corresponding user, and obtains the information of the corresponding user and the authentication information of the power use applicant. If the two information matches, the person who wants to use the power is recognized as the planned user, and an energization start instruction is transmitted to the power supply terminal 200 via the network 140.

  Further, the system 100 reads information on the energization amount stored for each planned user in the usage history database 126, and multiplies the energization amount by a power charge per unit power amount, thereby It is preferable to provide a power charge calculation unit 113 that calculates a power charge.

  Further, the system 100 creates bill data by setting the calculated power bill information for each scheduled user in the bill column of the bill form stored in the storage device 101 in advance. It is preferable to provide a bill issuing processing unit 114 that transmits data to a notification destination included in the attribute information of the corresponding scheduled user in the user information database 125.

  In addition, the usage history management unit 112 obtains the information on the energization amount to the planned user measured by the watt-hour meter 220 of the power supply terminal 200 and the ID of the power supply terminal 200, as the power supply terminal 200. It is preferable that the information on the amount of energization acquired here is stored in the usage history database 126 in association with the corresponding scheduled user and the ID of the power supply terminal 200. It is.

  In this case, the power rate calculation unit 113 reads the energization amount information stored for each planned user and the ID of the power supply terminal 200 in the usage history database 126, and determines the ID of the power supply terminal 200 as the ID. The location information of the power supply terminal 200 is identified by collating with the outlet information database 128, the location information is collated with the supply area database 129 to identify the power company in charge, and the energization amount is unit power for each power company. It is preferable that the electric power charge of each electric power company for each planned user is calculated by multiplying the electric power charge per quantity. Alternatively, after specifying the electric power company in charge, it is also possible to inquire about the electric power charges and obtain the corresponding information from the contact information of the electric power company in charge (specified in the supply area database 129).

  In addition, the bill issuing processing unit 114 sets the calculated power charge information of each power company for each scheduled user in the charge field of the bill form for each power company stored in the storage device 101 in advance. Thus, bill data is created for each electric power company, and this bill data is transmitted to the notification destination included in the attribute information of the scheduled user in the user information database 125.

  In addition, the system 100 includes a device life / death monitoring unit 115 for confirming the life and death of the power supply terminal 200 and the connected device management apparatus 400 under its control, or the power outlet 201 and the conventional power outlet 50 connected thereto. May be provided. The device life / death monitoring unit 115 communicates with the power supply terminal 200 and the connected device management apparatus 400 to determine whether the device is alive (whether it can be operated or not) depending on whether normal communication processing is performed. Alternatively, an energization instruction is issued to the energizing switch devices 208 and 408 of the power outlet 201 and the conventional power outlet 50 connected thereto, and the watt hour meter 220 and 420 et al. And whether or not the conventional power outlet 50 can be used. By performing such a life / death check, even if the electrical device 300 is connected to an unusable outlet, the concern that the system 100 executes the instruction operation of starting the energization process is solved.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the power supply terminal 200 of the present embodiment. On the other hand, the power supply terminal 200 is connected to the system 100 that performs power usage control for each user at each power usage opportunity through the network 140 and supplies power from a power outlet to a user different from the installation contractor. It is an allowed terminal. The power supply terminal 200 is (1) directly connected to the system 100 via the network 140, receives an energization control signal from the system 100, and performs energization switching to the electrical device 300. (2) The outlet management For example, two installation forms can be assumed in the case of being connected to only the connected device management apparatus 400 and receiving an energization control signal from the connected device management apparatus 400 and switching the energization to the electric device 300.

  Such a power supply terminal 200 includes a communication chip 207 that accesses the network 140 and performs data communication with the system 100 (or the connected device management apparatus 400) in order to have a function of realizing the present invention. For example, the communication chip 207 may be a computer chip in which a communication circuit that performs data communication in accordance with a power line communication protocol is incorporated. In the nonvolatile memory included in the communication chip 207, unique information such as a manufacturing number and an IP address of the electric device 300 to which the communication chip 207 is attached is written in a non-rewritable state. An interface circuit 209 for power line communication is provided between the communication chip 207 and the conventional power outlet 50. In the power outlet 50, which is an electric appliance having no communication function or data processing function. The power line communication similar to that of the power supply terminal 200 is enabled. Accordingly, when the electric device 300 is connected to the conventional power outlet 50, the communication chip 207 can execute power line communication with the electric device 300 via the power line communication interface 209 and the power outlet 50. Therefore, an electric device 300 (in the figure: an electric device without an authentication function) that cannot perform data communication according to the power line communication protocol is connected to the power outlet 201 of the power supply terminal 200 and conforms to the power line communication protocol. The electric device 300 (in the figure: an electric device having an authentication function) that can originally perform data communication may be connected to the conventional power outlet 50.

  Further, the power supply terminal 200 receives an input of authentication information (eg, ID, password, biometric information, etc.) of a person who wants to use power and passes it to the communication chip 207 (eg, a touch panel type liquid crystal display). Equipment). When receiving the authentication information, the input interface 205 reads out and displays, for example, input screen data of ID and password from an appropriate storage device 210. Alternatively, the input interface 205 may be integrally provided with a biometric information sensor that reads biometric information such as fingerprints, veins, and irises, and biometric information data from the biometric information sensor may be received as authentication information.

In addition, the power supply terminal 200 includes an energization start instruction (for example, the ID of the corresponding power supply terminal 200) received by the communication chip 207 from the system 100 (or the connected device management apparatus 400) via the network 140. An energization switch device 208 that accepts the communication chip 207 from the communication chip 207 and starts energization at the power outlet 201. The energization switch device 208 can be a relay that switches energization on / off. When the power supply terminal 200 is provided with a plurality of power outlets 201, this energization switch device 208 is also provided for each power outlet 201. The power supply terminal 200 is under the control of the connected device management apparatus 400, and the energization to the electrical device 300 through the power supply terminal 200 is turned on / off by the energization switch device 408 of the connected device management apparatus 400. In this case, the energization switch device 208 is not required for the power supply terminal 200.

  The power supply terminal 200 includes a power meter 220 that measures the amount of power supplied from the power switch device 208 and passes the measured value and the ID of the corresponding power outlet 201 to the communication chip 207. The electric energy value that is a measurement value in the watt-hour meter 220 is temporarily stored in the usage history temporary database 225 in association with the ID of the power outlet 201, for example. The data of the electric energy value stored here is sent to the communication chip 207 at regular intervals. The communication chip 207 uploads the energy value data received from the usage history temporary database 225 to the system 100 (or the connected device management apparatus 400) through the network 140. When the power supply terminal 200 is provided with a plurality of power outlets 201, this watt-hour meter 220 is also provided for each power outlet 201. Note that if the connected device management apparatus 400 includes the watt-hour meter 420 and measures the energization amount to the power supply terminal 200 or the power outlet 50, the watt-hour meter 220 is not necessary for the power supply terminal 200. It becomes.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the connected device management apparatus 400 for outlet management according to the present embodiment. On the other hand, the connected device management apparatus 400 is connected to the system 100 via the network 140 and supplies power from the system 100 to the user different from the installation contractor in the power supply terminal 200 and the power outlet 50. A server that receives and controls instructions. The connected device management apparatus 400 is connected to, for example, the power supply terminal 200 installed in various places in the city and the conventional power outlet 50 existing in an existing building.

  A connected device management apparatus 400 for outlet management connected to a conventional power outlet 50 via a power line communication network is disposed between the system 100 and the power outlet 50. In addition, the connected device management apparatus 400 includes an energization switch device 408 in the middle of a power distribution path between the power outlet 50 and the switchboard device 10 that is a power supply source to the power outlet 50.

  Such a connected device management apparatus 400 has the same function as the power supply terminal 200. Accordingly, the connected device management apparatus 400 includes a communication chip 407 that accesses the network 140 and performs data communication with the system 100 (or the power supply terminal 200). For example, the communication chip 407 may be a computer chip in which a communication circuit that performs data communication in accordance with the Internet or power line communication protocol is incorporated. An interface circuit 409 for power line communication is provided between the communication chip 407 and the conventional power outlet 50. In the power outlet 50 which is an electric appliance having no communication function, data processing function, etc. The power line communication similar to that of the power supply terminal 200 is enabled. Therefore, when the electric device 300 is connected to the conventional power outlet 50, the communication chip 407 can execute power line communication with the electric device 300 via the power line communication interface 409 and the power outlet 50. Therefore, an electric device 300 (in the figure: an electric device without an authentication function) that cannot perform data communication according to the power line communication protocol is connected to the power outlet 201 of the power supply terminal 200 and conforms to the power line communication protocol. The electric device 300 (in the figure: an electric device having an authentication function) that can originally perform data communication may be connected to the conventional power outlet 50.

The connected device management apparatus 400 receives an input of authentication information (eg, ID, password, biometric information, etc.) of a person who wants to use power and passes it to the communication chip 407 (eg, a touch panel type liquid crystal display). Equipment). When receiving the authentication information, the input interface 405 reads, for example, ID and password input screen data from an appropriate storage device 410 and displays the data. Alternatively, the input interface 405 may be integrally provided with a biometric information sensor that reads biometric information such as fingerprints, veins, and irises, and biometric information data from the biometric information sensor may be received as authentication information. The input interface 405 included in the connected device management apparatus 400 displays an input screen for authentication information of the user who wants to use the power when the electrical device 300 is connected to the conventional power outlet 50. This is because the power supply terminal 200 connected to the connected device management apparatus 400 originally has the input interface 205 and can perform the authentication information reception process for the user who wants to use the power.

  In addition, the connected device management apparatus 400 includes an energization start instruction received from the system 100 by the communication chip 407 via the network 140 (eg, ID of the corresponding power supply terminal 200 or ID of the corresponding power outlet 201, corresponding (Including the ID of the conventional power outlet 50) from the communication chip 407, and an energization switch device 408 that starts energization at the power supply terminal 200 and the conventional power outlet 50. This energization switch device 408 can assume a relay that switches energization on / off. When the connected device management apparatus 400 includes a plurality of power supply terminals 200 and conventional power outlets 50, the energization switch apparatus 408 is also provided for each power supply terminal 200 and conventional power outlet 50. When the power supply terminal 200 is under direct control of the system 100 and the energization switch device 208 of the power supply terminal 200 turns on / off the energization of the electric device 300 through the power supply terminal 200, The energization switch device 408 is not necessary for the connected device management device 400.

  In addition, the connected device management apparatus 400 measures the amount of power supplied from the energization switch device 408, and the measured value (and the ID of the corresponding power supply terminal 200 and the ID of the corresponding power outlet 201, or the corresponding conventional power outlet). 50) is provided with a watt-hour meter 420 that passes the ID) to the communication chip 407. The electric energy value that is a measurement value by the electric energy meter 420 is temporarily stored in the usage history temporary database 225 in association with the ID of the power supply terminal 200 or the conventional power outlet 50, for example. The data of the electric energy value stored in the usage history temporary database 225 is sent to the communication chip 407 at regular intervals. The communication chip 407 uploads the power amount value data received from the usage history temporary database 225 to the system 100 via the network 140. When the connected device management apparatus 400 is provided with a plurality of power supply terminals 200 and conventional power outlets 50, the watt-hour meter 420 is also provided for each power supply terminal 200 and conventional power outlet 50. If the power supply terminal 200 includes the watt-hour meter 220 and measures the energization amount to the power supply terminal 200, the watt-hour meter 420 associated with the power supply terminal 200 is connected to the connected device management apparatus 400. It becomes unnecessary (however, it is necessary to install a watt-hour meter 420 in the conventional power outlet 50).

  Note that the functional units 110 to 114 in the system 100 shown so far may be realized as hardware, or may be realized as a program stored in an appropriate storage device such as a memory or an HDD (Hard Disk Drive). . In this case, the CPU 104 reads the corresponding program from the storage device into the memory 103 and executes it in accordance with the execution of the program.

In addition to the power line communication network, the Internet, and the LAN, the network 140 includes various types such as an ATM line, a dedicated line, a WAN (Wide Area Network), a wireless network, a public line network, a mobile phone network, and a serial interface communication line. A simple network can be adopted. If a virtual private network technology such as VPN (Virtual Private Network) is used, communication with improved security is established when the Internet is adopted. The serial interface refers to an interface for connecting to an external device by serial transmission that sequentially transmits data bit by bit using a single signal line, and RS-232C, RS-422, IrDA, USB, IEEE 1394, fiber channel, etc. can be assumed.
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Next, the structure of various databases that can be used by the system 100 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing data structure examples of (a) the user information database 125, (b) the usage history database 126, (c) the used device information database 127, and (d) the outlet information database 128 in the present embodiment. is there.

  The user information database 125 is a database that stores attribute information and authentication source information of a scheduled user who plans to use power at the power supply terminal 200. For example, it is a set of records in which information such as a password, name, address, telephone number, and contract power company is associated with the user ID as the ID of the scheduled user as a key.

  The usage history database 126 is a database that stores information on the energization amount in association with the corresponding scheduled user and the electric device 300. For example, a set of records in which information such as a use date, an outlet ID (for the power outlet 201 or the conventional power outlet 50), a user ID, a use start time, a use end time, and an energization amount is associated with the use device ID as a key. It is a body.

  In addition, the use device information database 127 is a database that stores specific information for each electric device 300 including the communication chip 320 for power line communication and the information of the user in association with each other. As a key, it is an aggregate of records in which information such as a user ID, a used device type name, a used device attribute, and a use registration date is associated.

  The outlet information database 128 is a database for storing the ID and location information of each power supply terminal 200 connected to the network. For example, the outlet information database 128 is connected using the ID of the power outlet 201 or the conventional power outlet 50 as a key. Previous meter ID (ID of the existing electric power contract meter in the building where the power supply terminal 200 and the outlet are installed), equipment contractor ID (installer of the existing electric power contract meter), meter installation location, outlet installation This is a set of records in which location targets (installation targets of the power outlet 201 of the power supply terminal 200 and the conventional power outlet 50) are associated with each other.

  FIG. 5 shows (a) a supply area database 129, (b) a usage history temporary database 225, 425, (c) a free outlet charge management database 130, (d) a billing management database 131, (e) in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows each data structure example of the installer refund management database 132 and (f) apparatus contractor information database 133. FIG.

  The supply area database 129 is a database that stores information on the power supply area for each power company. For example, the supply area database 129 is a record that associates information such as the power company name, contact information, and power supply area with the power company ID as a key. It is an aggregate.

  In addition, the usage history temporary databases 225 and 425 associate the electric energy values measured by the electric energy meters 220 and 420 with the ID of the power outlet 201 or the conventional power outlet 50, the ID of the electric device 300, and the like. This is a database for temporary storage. For example, it is a collection of records in which information such as a use device ID, a use start time, a use end time, an energization amount, and an outlet ID is associated with the use date and the user ID as keys.

  In addition, the free outlet charge management database 130 calculates the electric charge for each planned user in the electric power supply terminal 200 or the conventional power outlet 50 (which is a free outlet) that has not been installed and is calculated by the electric charge calculator 113. It is a database that stores the data. For example, it is a set of records in which information such as an outlet ID, a use date, and a usage charge is associated with a user ID as a key.

  The billing management database 131 is a database that stores billing information for each installation contractor of an existing electric light contract meter. For example, using the user ID (when the planned user who has received the energization service at the power supply terminal 200 is also the installation contractor of the electric energy meter as the key, the usage date) A collection of records associated with information such as date, total amount charged, and a billing status flag indicating a billing status by the billing processing unit 114 (eg, “1” is billed, “0” is unbilled) It has become. The value of the total amount charged here includes the usage fee for the power supply terminal 200 by another person. Therefore, based on the information in the installer refund management database 132 described below, the amount of power used by another person is subject to refund.

  Further, the installer reimbursement management database 132 aggregates the power charges of all other persons who have received the energization service from the power supply terminal 200 for the self-contract and the conventional power outlet 50, and stores information on the power charges to be reimbursed. It is a stored database. For example, it is an aggregate of records in which information such as a use date, a total refund amount, and a billing status flag are associated with the device contractor ID as a key. The total refund amount is extracted from the stored information in the free outlet fee management database 130, and the total usage fee corresponding to the usage of the power supply terminal 200 or the conventional power outlet 50 by another person is extracted. It is the sum.

The equipment contractor information database 133 is a database in which information for each installation contractor of the existing electric light contract meter is associated. For example, it is an aggregate of records in which information such as a contractor name, an address, a telephone number, and a contract power company is associated with the device contractor ID as a key.
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Hereinafter, an actual procedure example 1 of the power usage control method according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. Various operations corresponding to the power usage control method described below are realized by a program that is read into the memory 103 of the power usage control system 100 and executed. And this program is comprised from the code | cord | chord for performing the various operation | movement demonstrated below.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow example 1 of the power usage control method according to the present embodiment. In this flow example, processing for registering the power supply terminal 200 and its power outlet 201 and the conventional power outlet 50 in the outlet information database 128 in advance will be described. First, the input interface 105 of the system 100 receives an operation for registering information related to various outlets from a person in charge of management of the system 100 (s100). The information input by this registration operation includes, for example, the ID of the existing contractor of the electric light contract meter, the ID of the electric energy meter (connection meter ID), the installation address, the contract electric power company, and the electric energy meter. Information such as each ID of the power supply terminal 200 and the conventional power outlet 50 connected as a power supply source. As for the information on the installation contract of the existing electric light contract meter, if the person in charge of the management refers to and uses the equipment contractor information database 133, the processing becomes efficient.

  Regarding the various outlets that have received the registration information, the device life / death monitoring unit 115 of the system 100 communicates with the power supply terminal 200 and the connected device management apparatus 400 to determine whether normal communication processing is performed or not. It is first determined whether or not it can be used (s101). When it is determined that communication processing is possible in this primary determination (s101: OK), an energization instruction is issued to the energization switch devices 208 and 408 of the power outlet 201 and the conventional power outlet 50 connected thereto. (S102). On the other hand, if it is determined in the primary determination that communication processing is not possible (s101: NG), the corresponding outlets are not registered (the processing is terminated as it is).

Following the step s102, whether the energization according to the energization instruction is performed or whether the device life / death monitoring unit 115 uses the watt-hour meter 220 of the power supply terminal 200 or the watt-hour meter 420 of the connected device management apparatus 400 to The presence or absence of use is checked (s103). In this check, if there is power usage, it can be determined that power is being supplied (s103: OK), and it is recognized that the power outlet 201 or the conventional power outlet 50 can be used (s104). Then, the outlets recognized as “usable” are registered in the outlet information database 128 (s105).
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Next, an actual procedure example 2 of the power usage control method in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. Various operations corresponding to the power usage control method described below are realized by a program that is read into the memory 103 of the power usage control system 100 and executed. And this program is comprised from the code | cord | chord for performing the various operation | movement demonstrated below.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow example 2 of the power usage control method according to the present embodiment. Next, the power cable 301 of the electric device 300 is connected to the power supply terminal 200 or the conventional power outlet 50 installed in various places in the city and the like, and the description starts from the situation where there is a power use applicant who wants to use the power. . It is assumed that the power cable 301 of the electric device 300 carried by the person who wants to use power is connected to the power outlet 201 of a certain power supply terminal 200 (s1000).

  At this time, the communication chip 207 of the power supply terminal 200 communicates with the communication chip 320 of the electric device 300 according to the power line communication protocol, and recognizes that the electric device 300 is connected to its own power outlet 201. To do. Then, in accordance with this recognition fact, the authentication information reception screen data of the power use applicant is read from the storage device 210 and displayed on the input interface 205 (s1001). The operation of step s1001 is executed by the connected device management apparatus 400 that manages the conventional power outlet 50 when the power cable 301 of the electric device 300 is connected to the conventional power outlet 50 in step s1000. (Same below).

  Subsequently, the input interface 205 receives input of authentication information (eg, ID, password, biometric information, etc.) of a person who wants to use power via the authentication information reception screen (s1002). The input interface 205 that has received the authentication information passes the authentication information to the communication chip 207 (s1003).

  On the other hand, the communication chip 207 accesses the network 140, performs data communication with the system 100 (or the connected device management apparatus 400 that manages the power supply terminal 200), and transmits the authentication information to the system 100. (S1004).

  On the other hand, the authentication information acquisition unit 110 of the system 100 acquires the authentication information of the power use applicant acquired by the input interface 205 of the power supply terminal 200 (this includes the ID, password, and corresponding information of the power use applicant). Including the ID of the power supply terminal 200 or the power outlet 201. Also, when acquiring authentication information from the connected device management apparatus 400, the ID of the conventional power outlet 50 under the management of the connected device management apparatus 400 is included). It acquires by communicating with the communication chip 207 of the power supply terminal 200 via the network 140 (s1005). The authentication information acquired here is stored in the memory 103.

  Note that the authentication information acquisition unit 110 communicates with the communication chip 320 of the electric device 300 (including the communication chip 320 for power line communication) connected to the power supply terminal 200 as an energization desired device. Thus, the unique information of the electric device 300 may be acquired and stored in the memory 103.

  Subsequently, the energization management unit 111 of the system 100 includes, for example, authentication source information corresponding to the set data of the ID and password of the power use applicant among the authentication information stored in the memory 103 in the user information database. Search is made at 125 (s1006). If the corresponding authentication source information can be searched by this search processing (s1007: OK), the power use applicant is recognized as the planned user, and an energization start instruction is given to the power supply terminal 200 via the network 140. Transmit (s1008). This energization start instruction is assumed to include the ID of the corresponding power supply terminal 200 and the ID of the corresponding power outlet 201 or the ID of the conventional power outlet 50 as information on the start destination of energization. These are, of course, information for specifying the power outlet to which the planned user's electric device 300 is connected.

  In step s1005, when the energization management unit 111 has acquired the unique information of the electrical device 300, in step s1006, the energization management unit 111 reads the unique information from the memory 103 and uses the information. The device information database 127 is collated, and information on the corresponding user is extracted. Then, the information on the corresponding user is compared with the authentication information of the user who wants to use the power, and if the two information matches, the user who wants to use the power is recognized as the planned user, and the network to the power supply terminal 200 An energization start instruction is transmitted via 140.

  Subsequently, the energization switch device 208 of the power supply terminal 200 (or the connected device management apparatus 400) receives an energization start instruction (for example, corresponding power supply) received from the system 100 by the communication chip 207 via the network 140. The ID of the terminal 200, the ID of the corresponding power outlet 201, and the ID of the corresponding conventional power outlet 50 are received from the communication chip 207 (s1009). Then, the energization switch device 208 starts energization at the corresponding power outlet 201 in response to the energization start instruction (s1010).

  When the energization instruction is notified from the system 100 to the connected device management apparatus 400, the energization switch device 408 of the connected device management apparatus 400 supplies power to the corresponding power supply terminal 200 that transmits the energization start instruction. The relay is turned on or energization to the conventional power outlet 50 to be energized is started.

  Thus, when energization is started, the electric device 300 connected to the corresponding power outlet 201 can receive power and operate. Of course, on the other hand, power is consumed through the power outlet 201.

  At this time, the watt-hour meter 220 of the power supply terminal 200 (or the connected device management apparatus 400) measures the amount of power supplied from the corresponding power outlet 201 by the operation of the energization switch device 208, and this measured value (and corresponding The ID of the power supply terminal 200 and the ID of the corresponding power outlet 201 or the ID of the corresponding conventional power outlet 50) is associated with, for example, the ID of the power supply terminal 200 or the conventional power outlet 50, and the usage history is temporarily stored. It stores in the database 225 (s1011).

  The data of the electric energy value stored in the usage history temporary database 225 is sent to the communication chip 207 by the functional unit of the electric energy meter 220 at regular intervals (s1012). The communication chip 207 uploads the data of the electric energy value received from the usage history temporary database 225 to the system 100 (or connected device management apparatus 400) via the network 140 (s1013).

  The usage history management unit 112 of the system 100 also includes information on the energization amount (this information includes the energization amount value, the ID of the planned user, the ID of the corresponding power supply terminal 200, and the ID of the corresponding power outlet 201). Is acquired through communication with the power supply terminal 200 via the network 140 (s1014). Then, the information on the energization amount acquired here is stored in the usage history database 126 in association with the corresponding scheduled user (user ID) (s1015).

  Subsequently, the power rate calculation unit 113 of the system 100 reads information on the energization amount stored for each planned user in the usage history database 126 and multiplies the energization amount by the power rate per unit power amount. Then, the power charge for each scheduled user is calculated (s1016). The value of the power charge calculated here is stored in the free outlet charge management database 130.

  The power rate calculation unit 113 reads the information on the energization amount stored for each planned user and the ID of the power supply terminal 200 in the usage history database 126, and uses the ID of the power supply terminal 200 as the outlet. The location information (meter installation address) of the power supply terminal 200 is specified by collating with the information database 128. Then, the location information is collated with the supply area database 129 to identify the electric power company in charge, and the electricity charge per unit electric energy for each electric power company (the charge table data for each electric power company is stored in the storage device 101). The power charge of each power company for each planned user is calculated by multiplying the system 100).

  On the other hand, there is a current situation in which a normal power bill is made for each contractor of installation of an existing electric light contract meter. Therefore, from the electricity charge based on the measured value of the existing electric light contract meter, the electric charge at the power supply terminal 200 or the like stored in the free outlet charge management database 130, that is, other than the contractor who installs the existing electric light contract meter It would be preferable if a refund is made after deducting the electricity charge by another person.

  Therefore, the power rate calculation unit 113 reads the power rate based on the measured value of the existing electric light contract meter from the billing management database 131 (s1017). In addition, in order to collect the power charges of all other persons who have received the energization service from the local power supply terminal 200 or the conventional power outlet 50, the power supply terminal of the own power supply terminal in the stored information of the free outlet charge management database 130 The total usage charges corresponding to the amount used by others of the 200 and the conventional power outlet 50 are extracted and added (s1018). Based on this summation, the power rate to be refunded is calculated.

  Here, the bill issuance processing unit 114 of the system 100 performs a power charge for each planned user (a charge for power used through the power supply terminal 200 or the conventional power outlet 50) and a power charge for an existing electric light contract meter. In addition, each piece of information on power charges (for refunds) associated with the use of power via the power supply terminal 200 or the conventional power outlet 50 by another person can be used. Therefore, the bill issuing processing unit 114 reads the bill form for each electric power company stored in advance in the storage device 101 based on the information on the contract electric power company of the corresponding user (see the equipment contractor information database 133). (S1019).

  Then, in the bill form, the bill information is created by setting the respective information in the charge column of the existing electric light contract meter, the charge column for use by others, and the refund fee column. The information is transmitted to the notification destination included in the attribute information of the corresponding scheduled user in the user information database 125 (s1020).

  Thus, according to the present embodiment, the power supply terminal 200 and the connected device management apparatus 400 can be used while utilizing the existing power supply infrastructure such as the existing power meter (installed in each house) and the conventional power outlet 50. By introducing and managing these by the system 100, it is possible to efficiently realize the use of electric power with a high degree of freedom and the provision of the opportunity, which are difficult to be bound by the installation contract of the power distribution equipment. Therefore, reliable charging processing according to the amount of power used for each power user is possible.

  Next, an embodiment of service provision using the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, FIG. 8 shows an outline of the present embodiment. First, in order to receive a service, a user makes an application from a terminal device such as a PC (in that case, it may be made through the power supply terminal 200). That is, the server of the electric power company accepts the application (11). Then, according to the contents of the accepted application, the contents are reflected (registered, deleted, updated, etc.) in the database (12). Thereafter, when power is supplied from the power supply terminal 200, the device information (including information on the user) is transmitted (13). Then, the power company performs device authentication (searches the transmitted information, confirms whether there is a match, and approves the content) (14). Up to this point, the processing is similar to that of the above-described embodiment. If authenticated, the service corresponding to the device information is specified, and service processing for that purpose is performed (15). In accordance with the service processing, power management is performed (that is, information such as energization control and information on the reason why energization cannot be performed is notified to the power supply terminal 200) (16). Further, the notification of information includes notifying the power supply terminal 200 and a predetermined e-mail address or the like (17). At this time, the contents of the energization control and the contents of the service may be registered. Here, when the service side confirms the service information, the user side notifies the power company side of the fact and the response to the fact (18). In response, the power company confirms the usage status and registers the contents (19).

  Next, a system configuration for realizing the present embodiment will be described. The system configuration is almost the same as in FIGS. A difference from these is that a database is newly added to the power usage control system 100 and connected to a mobile phone, a PC, or the like via the network 140. Newly added databases include the following databases shown in FIGS. Theft device usage information notification service information that stores the ID of the device used and the notification destination (e-mail address, etc.) that notifies the content of the usage on condition that the usage is detected when the theft is reported Recall correspondence notification that stores the notification destination (e-mail address, etc.) associated with the notification of the contents of use on the condition that the DB 134 has detected use when the ID of the device used and the recall notification have been issued Service information DB 135 ("Recall is issued" means that it is registered in the recall target device information DB 136 described below), at least in order to identify the device to be recalled (recall is issued) Recall device information DB 136 in which the ID is registered, manufacturer information D for identifying the recall-use device manufacturer and identifying the contact information of the manufacturer 137, device use restriction service information DB 138 storing information for enabling use of the device when a predetermined condition such as the time and place of the device used is satisfied, and the stolen device used (will be used) The history of the information notification when the device to be recalled is used (or is about to be used), and the history of theft device usage information notification service history information DB 139 storing the history of the information notification is stored. When the use of a used device is restricted based on the contents of the recall notification service history information DBs 140 and 138 stored therein, the device use restriction service history information DB 141 that stores the history of the restricted content, the power supply terminal 200 installation location information DB 142 storing 200 installation locations (and their user IDs) in association with each other, information on each power company Is a power company DB143 that stores. Further, the use service information DB 144 stores the use device ID and each flag indicating the presence / absence of a service related to the use device in association with each other as illustrated in FIG. 9. Note that a program 102 that implements each process described below is added as compared with FIG.

  Next, details of the processing of the present embodiment will be described. First, pre-processing such as registration for performing service information notification will be described. The system 100 receives information from a user terminal (such as a PC) or a maker terminal (not shown) via the network 140 and registers it. Specifically, the database shown in FIGS. 9 to 10 and the database in the previous embodiment may be registered.

Next, an actual service providing process will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, the power supply terminal 200 detects that a device is connected, and executes various processes, that is, s1000 to s1004 in FIG. 7 (s2001). Then, in the system 100, authentication is performed using the authentication information (s2002). Then, the user is specified using the authentication result (s2003). These s2002 and 2003 execute the same processing as s1005 to 1007 in FIG.

  When the user is specified, the presence / absence of the corresponding use service is determined and the content is specified (s2004). In step S1007, the service information DB 144 is searched using the authentication source information and the device ID transmitted as a key. For example, in the case of the first row (used device ID = 3ae to ee) shown in FIG. 9, the stolen product usage information notification service flag and the recall target notification service flag are set. That is, when the device connected to the power supply terminal 200 is stolen, the owner is contacted and / or the service is stopped (restricted), and the recall target device is notified to that effect, Depending on the type of recall, it is possible to specify that the service is to be stopped.

  Next, when it is determined in s2004 that there is no use service (NG), the system 100 starts energization (s2005). That is, the processing after s1008 in FIG. 7 is executed.

  When the service to be used is specified in s2004, the system 100 executes the specified service providing process. In the figure, although described in the order of “theft device information providing service”, “recall device information providing service”, and “device use restriction service”, the order is not limited. In the above-described example of s2004, “theft device information provision service” and “recall device information provision service” are executed and “device use restriction service” is not executed, but each process will be described here.

  First, the “stolen device information providing service” will be described using the above example. It is searched whether the used device ID = 3ae to ee is registered in the theft device information DB (not shown) (s2006). This database registers the used device ID of the device stolen by notification from the user or the like when the user is stolen. If it is not registered as a result of the search, the process proceeds to the “recall equipment information providing service” flow, that is, s2010.

  If it is registered as a result of the search, that is, if it is a stolen device, the process proceeds to s2007. In s2007, the system 100 performs corresponding service processing. The service processing includes the following processing. (1) mail transmission process (s2008), (2) notification message process (s2008), (3) energization stop process (not shown), (4) use location registration process (not shown) To do one. Which process is to be executed may be determined by a management table (not shown). That is, for each device ID used, which process is to be executed is stored in the management table and determined using this.

  First, (1) E-mail transmission is performed according to the current time (the clock function in the system 100) at the date and time corresponding to the used device ID = 3ae to ee among the service start date and service end date and time of the theft device usage information notification service information DB 134. Judgment) is included. If not included, proceed to the next process. If included, the e-mail is transmitted to the notification destination e-mail address of the theft device usage information notification service information DB 134. The contents of the mail are stored in advance by the system 100 and the contents are transmitted. Then, this process ends. In addition, you may set a police etc. as a notification destination mail address. In this case, the local information and the police mail address to be transmitted are managed, and the police mail address is specified using the installation position information of the power supply terminal 200 transmitted from the power supply terminal 200 in s2001 as a key. Also good.

  Next, (2) notification message processing is a theft device for the power supply terminal 200 when the current time is the time at which the service should be provided, as in (1) mail transmission. Send information to that effect.

  In addition, regarding (3) energization stop, control is performed so as to stop energization at the same time when it should be provided. Further, regarding (4) use location registration, if the time is to be provided in the same manner, the installation position of the power supply terminal 200 transmitted from the power supply terminal 200 in s2001 is associated with the use device ID and the time. And remember. Thereby, it becomes possible to confirm the position of the user of the stolen device later.

Next, the processing of “recall device information providing service” will be described.
The system 100 searches the registered device ID using device ID = 3ae to ee database, that is, whether it is registered in the recall target device information DB 136, similarly to the “stolen device information providing service” (s2010). This database registers the IDs of recall target devices transmitted from the manufacturer server. At that time, depending on the cause of the recall, an energized / impossible flag is also associated and registered. If it is not registered as a result of this search, the process proceeds to s2018. If registered, the process proceeds to s2011.

  In s2011, the system 100 checks whether the current time exists between the service start time and the end time specified in the recall support notification service information DB 135, and if not, ends the processing. If it exists, it is determined whether or not energization is possible according to the energization enable / disable flag in the recall target device information DB 136. Regarding the confirmation of this time, the confirmation result in s2007 may be used and the determination here may be omitted.

  When the energization is “permitted”, the process proceeds to s2012 and s2013. In s2012, energization processing is performed as in s2005 described above. In accordance with this, information indicating that the device is a recall target and a contact address are transmitted to the power supply terminal 200 and displayed at the transmission destination. As a contact address, a contact address may be registered in the recall target device information DB 138 instead of the device manufacturer ID, and this may be used. Further, the notification time and the used device ID are stored in the recall support notification service history information DB 140. In s2014, the device ID to be used, the usage location transmitted in s2001, the user identified by them, and the contact information thereof are transmitted to the manufacturer of the recall target device. In s2013, the used device ID of the device to be recalled is transmitted to the manufacturer specified by the used device ID.

  If energization is “impossible”, the process proceeds to s2015 and s2016. In s2015 and 2017, similar to s2012 and 2014, the fact that it is a recall target is transmitted to the power supply terminal 200. Here, as shown in the figure, the general message may be added to the content of s2014 indicating that energization is not possible. Moreover, s2016 notifies a maker similarly to s2013. Then, in s2018, the presence / absence of another use service is determined. This process may be omitted or provided before s2010. Specifically, the determination is made using the flag of the usage service information DB 144. When there is no use, the process proceeds to s2019, and energization is started as in s2005.

  Next, when there is another service, the process proceeds to s2020, and “device use restriction service processing” is executed. Similar to s2006 and s2010, the system 100 determines whether the used device ID is a target of the “device use restriction service” based on the flag of the used device service information DB 144.

  As a result, if it is not registered, the process proceeds to s2021 and the energization process is started as in s2019. If registered, the process proceeds to s2022. Here, it is determined whether information is registered in the usable locations 1 to n and the use start time (end time) of the device use restriction service information DB 138. As a result, if it is not registered, it is determined that it cannot be used (NG), and the process proceeds to s2023. In s2023, a message is transmitted to the power supply terminal 200 as in s2013, and each data is registered in the history DB 141. In step s2024, the message can be displayed. In addition to sending a message, a mail may be sent in the same manner as in s2008. In this case, it is more preferable to transmit only to the user.

  If registered in s2022, the process proceeds to s2025. In s2025, it is determined using the device usage restriction service information DB 138 whether it is within the usable time corresponding to the used device ID and the usable location. Whether the current time is within the usable time is determined by using a clock function in the system 100 to determine whether the current time is between the usable start time and the end time in the DB 138. In addition, the determination as to the use location is made by determining whether there is a match between the installation position of the power supply terminal 200 transmitted in s2001 and the available locations 1 to n in the DB 138.

  As a result, if neither one is included, the same processing as s2023 and 2024 is executed in s2026 and s2027. If both are included, the process proceeds to s2028 and the energization process is started in the same manner as s2109. Each data used in the present embodiment may have a structure as shown in FIG. This is the end of the description of the present embodiment.

It is a network block diagram of the electric power usage control system of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the electric power supply terminal of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the connection apparatus management apparatus for outlet management of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows each data structure example of (a) user information database, (b) utilization history database, (c) utilization apparatus information database, (d) outlet information database in this embodiment. (A) Supply area database, (b) Usage history temporary database, (c) Free outlet fee management database, (d) Billing management database, (e) Installer reimbursement management database, (f) Equipment contract in this embodiment It is a figure which shows each data structure example of a person information database. It is a figure which shows the process flow example 1 of the electric power usage control method in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the process flow example 2 of the electric power usage control method in this embodiment. It is a figure explaining the outline | summary of one Embodiment of this invention. It is FIG. (1) which shows each database of one Embodiment of this invention. It is FIG. (2) which shows each database of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the content of each data used by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart (the 1) of one embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart (the 2) of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart (the 3) of one Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 Power Distribution Board Device 50 Conventional Power Outlet 100 Power Use Control System 101, 210, 410 Storage Device, HDD (Hard Disk Drive)
102 Program 103 Memory 104 CPU (Central Processing Unit)
105, 205, 405 Input interface 106 Output interface 107, 207, 407 Communication device, communication chip 110 Authentication information acquisition unit 111 Current management unit 112 Usage history management unit 113 Electricity charge calculation unit 114 Invoice issue processing unit 115 Device life / death monitoring Unit 125 User information database 126 Usage history database 127 Used equipment information database 128 Outlet information database 129 Supply area database 130 Free outlet charge management database 131 Billing management database 132 Installer reimbursement management database 133 Equipment contractor information database 140 Network 200 Power supply Terminal 201 Power outlet 208, 408 Power switch device 220, 420 Energy meter 225, 425 Usage history temporary data Over scan 300 electrical equipment 301 Power cable 320 power line connecting device management apparatus communication chip 400 outlet for management of communication

Claims (5)

A power usage control system that is connected to a power supply terminal that allows power supply to a device used by a user through a network, and that performs power usage control for each user at each power usage opportunity at the power supply terminal,
Storage means for storing a user information database in which a user identifier for identifying a user and service presence / absence information indicating the presence / absence of a service related to a device used by the user are stored in association with each other;
Means for receiving, via the network, a used device identifier and a user identifier of a used device that is a power supply destination of the power supply terminal, acquired by the input interface of the power supply terminal;
Means for determining the presence or absence of a service corresponding to the received use identifier using the user information database;
If it is determined that there is the service information, means for identifying from a service information table that records the correspondence between the device identifier used and the service information indicating the content of the service;
A power usage control system, comprising: means for controlling power supply to the device in use and controlling a service indicated by the service information based on the specified service information. The power usage control system according to claim 1,
The power usage control system according to claim 1, further comprising means for starting power supply to the device in use when the means for determining determines that there is no service information. The power usage control system according to claim 1 or 2,
The power use control system, wherein the storage unit stores the service information as the service presence / absence information. The power usage control system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The service information is information indicating a recall and theft notification to the device used,
The means for executing suppresses the power supply when the service information is registered, and transmits the information on the recall and theft notification to a predetermined terminal device via the network. A power usage control system that is characterized. The power usage control system according to claim 4, wherein
The power usage control system, wherein the terminal device is at least one of the power supply terminal and a user terminal used by the user.

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