JP2013161153A - Construction method of control system for controlling energy consuming device, and control system for controlling energy consuming device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method capable of recognizing which model of an electrical device is arranged where inside a house without the need of time and labor of a user of the house, as a construction method of a control system for controlling the electrical device.SOLUTION: In a construction method of a control system for controlling an electrical device inside a house H, a step of arranging the electrical device at a setting position inside the house H according to a floor plan of the house H, a step of acquiring device ID data for specifying the electrical device arranged at the setting position inside the house H by a home server 10, a step of acquiring position ID data for specifying the setting position by analyzing drawing data for drawing the floor plan and specifying the positional relation of the setting position in the floor plan by the home server 10, and a step of associating the electrical device specified by the device ID data and the setting position specified by the position ID data with each other and storing the device ID data and the position ID data by the home server 10, are executed as building steps of the house H.

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for constructing a control system for controlling energy consuming equipment used in a building, and to the control system, and more particularly, energy consumption for acquiring data for specifying a set position of the energy consuming equipment. The present invention relates to a method for constructing a control system for controlling equipment and the control system.

  Control systems that control the operating state of energy consuming equipment used in buildings, such as electrical equipment, are already known, and some such control systems communicate with energy consuming equipment and operate energy consuming equipment. Some have a control device that remotely controls the state (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  The system described in Patent Document 1 is an in-house electric equipment remote control system capable of remotely controlling various electric equipment in a house from outside the house by accessing the system from outside the house using a mobile communication terminal. In Patent Document 1, in order to construct such a system, the work of installing electrical equipment in a house is to perform the work of installing a home information distribution panel device and building a home network during the construction of the house. It is said.

  And in patent document 1, it is supposed to perform the operation | movement test | inspection of whether the electric equipment in a house can be remotely controlled before handing over a house to a client. As a result, there are inconveniences such as a conventional case where an outside person enters the house for inspection after the client moves in, or the client needs to repair the system after moving in. Can be prevented.

  As a technique related to the inspection and operation inspection of the electrical equipment in the house, other than the contents disclosed in Patent Document 1 are also known (for example, see Patent Documents 2 to 4). The technique disclosed in Patent Document 2 is to increase the efficiency of equipment inspection work by associating a model with the contents of inspection work and creating a database. The technology disclosed in Patent Document 3 transmits information indicating the operating state of an electric device over the Internet, and detects an abnormality of the electric device based on the information. The technique disclosed in Patent Document 4 is to arrange an electric device on a network of a home control system (corresponding to the above-described in-house electric device remote control system) and obtain a malfunction state of the electric device through the network. .

Japanese Patent No. 4653448 JP 2010-157025 A JP 2007-265049 A JP 2010-287953 A

  By the way, when managing and controlling energy consuming equipment in a building, it is necessary to accurately grasp which type of equipment is located in the building. Here, after the building is handed over to the building user, when the information about the type of device and the arrangement position of the device is obtained, the building user investigates or inputs data on this information. For example, the user of the building is forced to work.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the object of the present invention is as to which model of energy consuming equipment is used as a construction method of a control system for controlling energy consuming equipment used in a building. It is to provide a method capable of grasping where it is arranged in a building without requiring the user of the building.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a control system for grasping where in the building which type of energy consuming device is located as a control system for controlling the energy consuming device used in the building. It is to provide without requiring the trouble of the user of the building.

  According to the construction method of a control system for controlling energy consuming equipment of the present invention, the object is a construction method of a control system for controlling energy consuming equipment used in a building, wherein the energy consuming equipment is A device ID for identifying the energy consuming device arranged at the set position by a control device that communicates with the energy consuming device and controls the operating state of the energy consuming device. A step of acquiring data, a step of acquiring position ID data for specifying the set position where the energy consuming device specified by the device ID data is arranged, and the control device, The energy consuming device specified by the device ID data and the set position specified by the position ID data In the step of storing the device ID data and the position ID data as a construction process of the building and arranging the energy consuming device at the set position, the set position is described. In the step of arranging the energy consuming device at the set position according to the floor plan of the building and the control device obtaining the position ID data, the control device analyzes drawing data for drawing the floor plan. The problem is solved by acquiring the position ID data by specifying the positional relationship of the set positions in the floor plan.

  The subject is also a control system construction method for controlling an energy consuming device used in a building, according to the construction method of the control system for controlling the energy consuming device of the present invention. A step of arranging at a set position in the building, and a control device for controlling an operating state of the energy consuming device by communicating with the energy consuming device for identifying the energy consuming device arranged at the set position Acquiring device ID data, acquiring the position ID data for specifying the set position where the energy consuming device specified by the device ID data is disposed, and the control device Are the energy consuming device specified by the device ID data and the setting specified by the location ID data. In the step of associating a location with each other and storing the device ID data and the location ID data as a construction step of the building, and the control device acquires the location ID data, the control device This is solved by acquiring the position ID data through an input operation of information indicating the set position.

If any one of the above two methods is used, in order to identify the set position where the energy consuming equipment is arranged in the building construction process (in other words, the stage before handing over the building to the building user) The position ID data is stored in the control device, and the user of the building does not need to acquire the position ID data.
Furthermore, since the device ID data and the position ID data are stored in the control device in a state where the energy consuming device and the set position set as the arrangement position are associated with each other, the building user can select which model This makes it possible to accurately grasp where the energy consuming equipment is located in the building without any effort.

  In one of the two methods described above (Claim 1), the control device analyzes the drawing data for drawing the floor plan, and specifies the positional relationship of the set positions in the floor plan, thereby determining the position ID. In the other method (claim 2), the control device acquires position ID data through an input operation of information indicating a set position. In terms of obtaining the position ID data more easily, the former method is preferable because the position ID data can be automatically obtained by analyzing the drawing data by the control device.

Further, in the above construction method of the control system for controlling the energy consuming device, whether or not the operation state of the energy consuming device is normally switched according to the control signal output from the control device to the energy consuming device. In the step of further performing an inspection step of inspecting as the building construction step, and storing the device ID data and the position ID data in the control device, the control device specifies the energy specified by the device ID data. Among the consumer devices, the normal device in which the operation state is normally switched in the inspection process, and the normal device position where the normal device is disposed among the set positions specified by the position ID data, It is preferable if the device ID data and the position ID data are stored.
In such a system construction method, energy device (normal device) determined to be normal in the inspection process and its set position (normal device position) are associated with each other, and device ID data and position ID data are stored. Thereby, it is confirmed that the energy consuming device in the building is a normal device at the time when the device ID data and the position ID data are stored for all the energy consuming devices in the building, and each energy consumption The arrangement position of the device is grasped. Finally, the building can be appropriately delivered to the user in the above state.

  Furthermore, the above-described problem is a control system for controlling an energy consuming device used in a building according to the control system for controlling an energy consuming device of the present invention, which is disposed at a set position in the building. The energy consuming device, and a control device that controls the operating state of the energy consuming device by communicating with the energy consuming device, and the energy consuming device is a floor plan of the building in which the set position is described. The control device is specified by the device ID data acquisition unit that acquires device ID data for specifying the energy consuming device arranged at the set position, and the device ID data. A position ID data acquisition unit that acquires position ID data for specifying the set position where the energy consuming device is arranged A storage unit that stores the device ID data and the position ID data, and the position ID data acquisition unit analyzes drawing data for drawing the floor plan and sets the set position in the floor plan. The location ID data is acquired by specifying a positional relationship, and the storage unit is specified by the energy consumption device specified by the device ID data and the location ID data in the construction process of the building. The problem is solved by storing the device ID data and the position ID data in association with a set position.

  The above-mentioned problem is also a control system for controlling energy consuming equipment used in a building according to the control system for controlling energy consuming equipment of the present invention, which is disposed at a set position in the building. The energy consuming device, and a control device that communicates with the energy consuming device to control an operation state of the energy consuming device, and the control device identifies the energy consuming device arranged at the set position. A device ID data acquisition unit for acquiring device ID data for acquiring, and position ID data acquisition for acquiring position ID data for specifying the set position where the energy consuming device specified by the device ID data is arranged A storage unit that stores the device ID data and the location ID data, and the location ID data acquisition unit includes The position ID data is obtained through an input operation of information indicating a fixed position, and the storage unit is specified by the energy consuming device specified by the device ID data and the position ID data in the construction process of the building. This is solved by associating the set positions with each other and storing the device ID data and the position ID data.

  Both of the above two control systems, as a control system for controlling energy consuming equipment used in the building, grasped where the model of energy consuming equipment is located in the building. It is possible to provide the user without requiring time and effort. That is, in each of the above two control systems, the position ID data for specifying the set position of the energy consuming device is controlled in the building construction process (in other words, before the building is handed over to the building user). Since it is memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of an apparatus, the user of a building does not need the effort which acquires said position ID data itself. In addition, since the device ID data and the position ID data are stored in the storage unit of the control device in a state where the energy consuming device and the position (set position) set as the arrangement position are associated with each other, the use of the building It is possible for a person to accurately grasp which type of energy consuming device is located in a building without any effort.

  In one of the two control systems (claim 4), the position ID data acquisition unit of the control device analyzes the drawing data for drawing the floor plan, and the position of the set position in the floor plan. The position ID data is acquired by specifying the relationship. In the other control system (claim 5), the position ID data acquisition unit acquires the position ID data through an input operation of information indicating the set position. . In terms of more easily acquiring the position ID data, the former control system that can automatically acquire the position ID data by analyzing the drawing data by the position ID data acquisition unit is desirable.

In the control system for controlling the energy consuming device, the control system includes a sensor that measures an energy consumption amount of the energy consuming device, and a display that displays information indicated by data from the control device. The apparatus includes a data generation unit configured to generate display data for causing the display to display the energy consumption amount of the energy consuming device measured by the sensor in association with the setting position where the energy consuming device is disposed. The data generation unit reads the device ID data and the position ID data from the storage unit, and is specified by the energy consuming device specified by the read device ID data and the read position ID data If the display data is generated based on the correspondence relationship with the set position, the present invention is more effective. It is something righteousness.
Specifically, when displaying the energy consumption amount of the energy consuming device in association with the setting position where the energy consuming device is arranged, it is determined where the energy consuming device is arranged in the building. It is necessary to know accurately. Under such circumstances, before the building is handed over to the user of the building, the position ID data is acquired, and the device ID data and the position ID data are obtained by associating the energy consuming device with the position set as the arrangement position. It is particularly meaningful to store the above in order to appropriately perform the above display.

According to the construction method of the control system for controlling the energy consuming device of the present invention, the set position where the energy consuming device is arranged in the building construction process (in other words, before the building is handed over to the user of the building). The position ID data for specifying is stored in the control device, and it is not necessary for the user of the building to acquire the position ID data. Furthermore, since the device ID data and the position ID data are stored in the control device in a state where the energy consuming device and the set position set as the arrangement position are associated with each other, the building user can select which model This makes it possible to accurately grasp where the energy consuming equipment is located in the building without any effort.
In addition, according to the control system for controlling energy consuming equipment of the present invention, as a control system for controlling energy consuming equipment used in a building, which type of energy consuming equipment is located in the building. It is possible to provide the information without the need for the user of the building.

It is a block diagram of the control system which concerns on this embodiment. It is an example of the energy consumption confirmation screen drawn on the display which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of a home server. It is a figure which shows the 1st example of the procedure which builds a control system. It is a figure which shows the flow of the test | inspection process in a 1st example. It is the operation screen for operation confirmation in the 1st example (the 1). It is the operation screen for operation confirmation in the 1st example (the 2). It is a figure which shows the 2nd example of the procedure which builds a control system. It is explanatory drawing of the drawing data analysis process in the 2nd example. It is a figure which shows the flow of the test | inspection process in a 2nd example. It is the operation screen for operation confirmation in the 2nd example (the 1). It is the operation screen for operation confirmation in the 2nd example (the 2).

  Hereinafter, a construction method of a control system for controlling an energy consuming device according to an embodiment of the present invention (hereinafter, this embodiment) and the control system will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a control system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is an example of an energy consumption confirmation screen drawn on the display according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the home server. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a first example of a procedure for constructing a control system. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the flow of the inspection process in the first example. 6 and 7 are operation confirmation operation screens in the first example. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a second example of a procedure for constructing a control system. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a drawing data analysis process in the second example. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating the flow of the inspection process in the second example. 11 and 12 are operation confirmation operation screens in the second example.

<< Outline of Control System According to the Present Embodiment >>
First, the outline | summary is demonstrated about the control system which concerns on this embodiment.
The following description relates to a control system mounted on a house H that is an example of a building. However, the house H is merely an example of a building, and the present invention can also be used in other buildings such as commercial buildings, buildings in factories, stores, and the like.

  A control system (hereinafter simply referred to as “this system”) S according to the present embodiment controls electric equipment used in the house H. More specifically, this system S is a so-called home energy management system (HEMS), and in managing the power consumption in the house H as the energy consumption in the house H, The power consumption of a plurality of electric devices used is visualized (visualized), and the visualized information is notified to a user (hereinafter also referred to as a user) of the house H.

  An electric device corresponds to an energy consuming device, and specifically includes home appliances such as an air conditioner and lighting, a water heater, and the like. In the present embodiment, some of the electrical devices include a contact device for monitoring and controlling a front door lock, a security buzzer, a window sensor, etc. in the house H, a user's body temperature and urine during defecation and urination. A multifunctional toilet equipped with functions for sensing sugar levels, blood pressure, weight, etc. and displaying the measurement results is included (see FIG. 1).

  Further, in the present system S, it is possible to communicate with the above-described electric devices via a network constructed in the house H (hereinafter referred to as “home network”) and remotely control each electric device. Here, the home network is configured by, for example, a wired IP network using an Ethernet (registered trademark) cable or a wireless IP network using IEEE 802.1x or Bluetooth (registered trademark).

  In this embodiment, the user operates a predetermined terminal (specifically, a home PC 30 or the like described later) in the house H when remotely controlling the electrical device. In other words, the control system (the system S) described below is a system in which the range in which the electrical equipment used in the house H can be remotely controlled is limited to the house H. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention also relates to a control system capable of remotely controlling the electrical equipment in the house H from outside the house H by accessing the system from outside the house H using a mobile communication terminal. Applicable.

As described above, in the present system S, it is possible to monitor and control each electrical device by communication via a home network.
And this system S provided with the function demonstrated so far is the home server 10 (home gateway) installed in the house H, an electric equipment, the sensors 21-27, and control of the operating state of an electric equipment. And a user terminal that functions as an interface for monitoring.
Hereinafter, each of the components of the system S described above will be described.

(1) Home server The home server 10 is the center of the system S, and communicates data with communication target devices (for example, electric devices, sensors 21 to 27 and user terminals) existing in the house H through a home network. And pass control signals. That is, the home server 10 corresponds to the control device of the present invention, and can communicate with the electrical equipment used in the house H through the home network to control the operating state of the electrical equipment. Here, the operation state is a concept indicating items that can be controlled with respect to the operation of the electric device, such as on / off of the electric device, an operation mode such as cooling or heating, and an operation management value such as a set temperature.

The home server 10 also generates data (hereinafter referred to as display data) for displaying on the user terminal the power consumption consumed by each electrical device in the house H, and transmits the display data to the user terminal. It has a function to do. In particular, in the present embodiment, display data for displaying the power consumption of each electric device (in other words, the power consumption per unit time) is generated and transmitted to the user terminal.
Details of the structure of the home server 10 having the above functions will be described later.

(2) Electric appliances A plurality of electric appliances according to the present embodiment are installed in the house H. In FIG. 1, only the air conditioner 1, the air conditioner 2, the illumination 3, the illumination 4, the hot water heater 5, the contact device 6, and the multifunctional toilet 7 among the electric devices used in the house H are provided for the purpose of easy understanding. Is illustrated. However, the example illustrated in FIG. 1 is merely an example of the electrical device used in the house H. Of course, more electrical devices than the electrical device illustrated in FIG. Moreover, the kind of electric equipment which is not illustrated in FIG. 1 may be used in the house H.

Each of the electric devices is arranged at an arrangement position (hereinafter, set position) set in the house H, communicates with the home server 10 at the set position, and receives a control signal output from the home server 10. Here, the set position is determined in advance at the stage before starting the construction of the house H (specifically, at the stage of layout examination described later).
And in this embodiment, each of electric equipment will be arrange | positioned in the corresponding setting position in the construction stage of the house H. FIG. In other words, in the present embodiment, each of the electrical devices is arranged at the set position set as the arrangement position before the house H is delivered to the user.

  In addition, each of the electrical devices according to the present embodiment is automatically recognized on the home server 10 side when connected to the home server 10 so as to be communicable. Specifically, among the electrical devices according to the present embodiment, for home appliances (for example, air conditioners 1 and 2 and lighting 3 and 4), devices that adopt the ECHONET standard proposed by the ECHONET consortium, Or it is the equipment which adopted the standard based on the standard. Such an electrical device is automatically recognized on the home server 10 side when it is communicably connected to the home server 10 according to the ECHONET standard, and is further used in the house H. It is registered in the home server 10 as a device. Here, as a technique for automatically recognizing and registering an electric device, a known technique (for example, Plug and Play (registered trademark) technique) can be used.

  In addition, among the electrical devices according to the present embodiment, devices other than home appliances (for example, the water heater 5, the contact device 6, and the multifunctional toilet 7) are registered in advance in the home server 10 as devices supplied by a housing company. Similarly to the above-described home appliances, the home server 10 is automatically recognized by being connected to the home server 10 so as to be communicable.

(3) Sensors The sensors 21 to 27 are devices that measure the power consumption of the electric devices and transmit data indicating the measurement results (hereinafter, measured data) to the home server 10. The home server 10 receives the measurement data from the sensors 21 to 27 through the home network, and creates the display data described above based on the received measurement data.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, since the individual sensors 21 to 27 are provided for each electrical device, it is possible to measure power consumption for each electrical device. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and as long as the power consumption can be measured for each electrical device, a sensor other than the above, for example, for each branch circuit provided in a distribution board (not shown) It is good also as providing.

(4) User terminal The user terminal is an information processing terminal used by the user in the house H, has a browsing function, and is communicably connected to the home server 10 via a home network. Further, the user terminal displays information indicated by the data from the home server 10 on the display. That is, the user terminal corresponds to the display of the present invention. For example, when the display data is received from the home server 10 through the home network, the power consumption of each electric device is displayed on the display based on the display data. It is possible.

  The display of the power consumption of the electric device will be described in detail. When the user terminal receives display data from the home server 10 through the home network, the display data is developed by the browsing function of the user terminal. 2 is drawn (an example of the energy consumption confirmation screen). As shown in FIG. 2, the screen displays the power consumption of the electric devices used in the house H for each device.

In particular, on the power consumption confirmation screen according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the power consumption of each electric device is displayed in association with the set position set as the arrangement position of the electric device. For example, in the power consumption confirmation screen shown in FIG. 2, in the display column of the air conditioner 1, the power consumption of the air conditioner 1 and the character information (specifically, “ Both of the text information “first floor living” are displayed at the same time.
As described above, the display data transmitted from the home server 10 displays the power consumption of the electrical equipment measured by the sensors 21 to 27 on the user terminal in association with the set position where the electrical equipment is arranged. It can be said that it is data.

  In the following, a case where a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a home PC) 30 set in the house H is used as an example of a user terminal will be described. The user terminal has a mobile phone such as a smartphone, a PDA, or a browsing function. It may be configured by an information processing terminal such as a digital photo frame.

<< Detailed structure of home server >>
Next, the structure of the home server 10 described above will be described in detail.
As shown in FIG. 1, the home server 10 includes a CPU 10a, a ROM 10b, a RAM 10c, and a communication interface (indicated as a communication I / F in FIG. 1) 10d as main hardware components. The program is stored. Then, when the program is executed by the CPU 10a, the functions of the home server 10 described above are exhibited.

The programs stored in the ROM 10b include a communication program, a device control program, a device recognition program, an operation check program, and a display data generation program.
The communication program is a program for communicating with a device that is communicably connected to the home server 10 via a home network and exchanging data with the device. As shown in FIG. 1, the home server 10 according to the present embodiment is connected to the Internet 12 via a router 11, and is connected to an external server (not shown) existing outside the house H by the communication program. It is also possible to exchange data between them.

The equipment control program is a program for remotely controlling the electrical equipment in the house H through the home network, and specifically, the operation state according to the conditions designated by the user toward the electrical equipment designated as the control target by the user. A control signal for switching between is output.
The device recognition program is a program for automatically recognizing an electrical device that is communicably connected to the home server 10.

  The operation check program is a program for inspecting whether or not the operation state of the electric device is normally switched when the electric device is remotely controlled. More specifically, when the operation check program is executed, it is possible to accept a designation operation for designating an electric device to be inspected. When the operation confirmation program accepts the designation operation, the operation confirmation program activates the device control program described above, and causes the device control program to output a control signal toward the electric device designated as the inspection target. Thereafter, an inspector (for example, a contractor) confirms whether or not the operation state of the electrical device is normally switched in accordance with the control signal, and the operation confirmation program receives the confirmation result.

By the series of processes as described above, the operation confirmation (that is, the inspection process described later) is completed.
In the present embodiment, the above designation operation is performed through an inspection terminal (not shown). And when the said designation | designated operation is detected by the home server 10 side, an operation check program will be performed by this. In addition, the operation confirmation program, when performing the operation confirmation, lists the electric devices automatically recognized by the device recognition program and displays the data on the inspection terminal (in other words, the electric confirmation target candidates for the operation confirmation). Data for displaying a list of devices).

  The display data generation program is a program that creates display data for displaying the power consumption of each electrical device in the house H on the display of the home PC 30 based on the measurement data received from the sensors 21 to 27.

  The configuration of the home server 10 as described above will be described again from the functional aspect. As shown in FIG. 3, the home server 10 includes a device ID data acquisition unit 101, a position ID data acquisition unit 102, and an operation confirmed data acquisition unit 103. , A device control unit 104, a storage unit 105, a measurement data acquisition unit 106, a data generation unit 107, and a data transmission unit 108 as constituent elements.

  The device ID data acquisition unit 101 acquires device ID data for specifying an electric device used in the house H, and includes a CPU 10a, a ROM 10b, a RAM 10c, a communication interface 10d, and the above-described device recognition program. It is configured. The device ID data acquisition unit 101 acquires device ID data for specifying the electric device by communicating with the electric device arranged at the set position (position set as the arrangement position) in the house H. .

  More specifically, when an electrical device is communicably connected to the home server 10, the electrical device is automatically recognized by the device recognition program. In other words, the device recognition program is executed when the electric device is connected to the home server 10, and data (for example, the device name or model number) for specifying the electric device connected to the home server 10 by the device recognition program is executed. Etc.) is automatically generated. As a result, the device ID data acquisition unit 101 acquires device ID data for the electrical device connected to the home server 10.

The position ID data acquisition unit 102 acquires position ID data for specifying a set position where the electrical device specified by the device ID data is arranged. The operation confirmed data acquisition unit 103 is data indicating that the operation confirmation has been completed for an electric device whose operation has been confirmed (in other words, an electric device whose operation state is normally switched according to a control signal when remotely controlled). More specifically, data indicating the operation confirmation completion date is acquired.
Each of the two parts (that is, the position ID data acquisition unit 102 and the operation confirmed data acquisition unit 103) is configured by the CPU 10a, the ROM 10b, the RAM 10c, the communication interface 10d, and the above-described operation confirmation program.

  More specifically, in confirming the operation of each electrical device in the house H, the above-described inspection terminal is connected to the home server 10 and a predetermined operation is performed on the inspection terminal. The operation confirmation program starts as an opportunity. When the operation check program is started, first, data for displaying a list of electric devices that are candidates for operation check is generated by the data generation unit 107 described later, and the data is expanded on the inspection terminal side. The operation confirmation screen shown in FIG. 6 is drawn. As described above, the operation confirmation screen displays a list of electric devices that are candidates for operation confirmation (in other words, electric devices automatically recognized by the home server 10).

  Thereafter, in the inspection terminal in which the operation confirmation screen is drawn, in order to specify an electric device to be inspected, one of the operation confirmation execution buttons B1 displayed in the operation confirmation screen is displayed with one button B1. When the pressing operation is executed, the operation confirmation screen of the electric device corresponding to the button B1 (more specifically, the electric device whose device name is displayed on the left side of the pressed operation confirmation execution button B1) is displayed. Then, the screen shown in FIG. 7 (hereinafter, the device-specific operation confirmation screen) is drawn.

  On the operation check screen for each device, character information indicating the device name of the electric device designated as the inspection target, character information indicating the current operating state of the electric device, and a control signal for performing the operation check are output. And a control signal output button B2 for displaying. When the control signal output button B2 is pressed, a control execution request for switching the operation state displayed on the left side of the button B2 is made to the home server 10 (specifically, the device control unit 104). The In response to the request, the home server 10 outputs a control signal to the electric device designated as the inspection target, and the electric device receives the control signal through the home network.

  Here, if the electric device is a normal device, the operation state is switched normally according to the control signal. In the present embodiment, whether or not the operation state of the electric device has been switched normally according to the control signal is determined by checking the location where the electric device is arranged after the inspector presses the control signal output button B2 (ie, setting). Go to position) and do it yourself.

And when it is possible to confirm that the operating state has been switched normally in accordance with the control signal, the inspector, which is an example of the contractor of the house H, is displayed on the device-specific operation confirmation screen. In the place input field T1, an operation for inputting a set position set as an arrangement position of the electric device is performed. The input operation to the arrangement location input field T1 corresponds to the input operation indicating the set position.
In this embodiment, the setting position is input in a format that is directly input to the arrangement location input field T1 by a keyboard operation or the like. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the setting position candidates are input in a pull-down format. It is good also as inputting a setting position by displaying and selecting from among such candidates.

  When the input of the setting position is completed, the inspector performs an operation of pressing the completion button B3 displayed on the device-specific operation confirmation screen. When such an operation is executed, data indicating the content input in the placement location input field T1 and data indicating the date and time when the completion button B3 is pressed (that is, the current time) are generated on the inspection terminal side. These data are transmitted to the home server 10.

  Through the procedure described above, the position ID data acquisition unit 102 acquires data indicating the content input in the placement location input field T1 as location ID data through an input operation to the placement location input field T1 by the examiner. To do. Further, the operation confirmed data acquisition unit 103 acquires data indicating the date and time when the completion button B3 is pressed as the operation confirmed data through the pressing operation of the completion button B3 by the inspector.

  The device control unit 104 remotely controls the operation state of the electric device used in the house H, and outputs a control signal to the controlled electric device through the home network. The device control unit 104 includes a CPU 10a, a ROM 10b, a RAM 10c, a communication interface 10d, and the device control program described above.

  The storage unit 105 is mainly configured by the ROM 10b and the RAM 10c. The device ID data acquired by the device ID data acquisition unit 101, the position ID data acquired by the position ID data acquisition unit 102, and the operation confirmed data. This is for storing the operation confirmed data acquired by the acquiring unit 103.

In this embodiment, the storage unit 105 associates the electrical device specified by the device ID data, the set position specified by the location ID data, and the operation confirmation completion date specified by the operation confirmed data with each other. The device ID data, the position ID data, and the operation confirmed data are stored.
That is, in this embodiment, for each electrical device in the house H (strictly, each electrical device that is automatically recognized by being connected to the home server 10), the device name, the set position set as the arrangement position, and the operation check The correspondence relationship between the completion dates is stored in the storage unit 105.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the data storage as described above is performed during the construction work of the house H. That is, the storage unit 105 of the home server 10 according to the present embodiment uses the electrical device specified by the device ID data, the set position specified by the location ID data, and the operation confirmed data in the construction process of the house H. Device identification data, position ID data, and operation confirmed data are stored in association with the identified operation confirmation completion dates.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, since the position ID data is stored in advance in the storage unit 105 of the home server 10 before the house H is delivered to the user of the house H, the user of the house H himself / herself is located. There is no need to acquire ID data. In addition, since the device ID data and the position ID data are stored in the storage unit 105 in a state where the electric device and the position (set position) set as the arrangement position are associated with each other, the user of the house H Thus, it is possible to accurately grasp which type of electrical device is located in the house H without any effort.

  Note that for an electric device whose operation has been confirmed (in other words, an apparatus for which device ID data, position ID data, and operation confirmed data have been stored), a column corresponding to the electric device in the operation confirmation screen shown in FIG. (In the case shown in FIG. 6, the device name, the location, and the operation confirmation completion date are displayed in the display column of the air conditioner 1 and the display column of the illumination 3).

  In the present embodiment, the inspector confirms whether or not the operating state of the electrical device has been switched normally according to the control signal. The inspector confirms that the operating state has been switched normally for each electrical device, and then inputs the set position in the placement location input field T1 of the device-specific operation confirmation screen, and further presses the completion button B3. I do.

  Through the above procedure, the storage unit 105 is specified by the normal device whose operation state has been switched normally in the operation check (in other words, the inspection process) among the electric devices specified by the device ID data, and the position ID data. Among the set positions, the apparatus ID data and the position ID data are stored in association with the normal apparatus position where the normal apparatus is arranged.

  Therefore, for all the electrical devices existing in the house H, when the storage unit 105 finishes storing the device ID data and the position ID data, it is confirmed that the electrical device in the house H is a normal device, and The arrangement position of each electric device is accurately grasped. Finally, the house H can be appropriately delivered to the user in the above state.

  The measurement data acquisition unit 106 acquires measurement data from each of the sensors 21 to 27. In addition, the measurement of the power consumption by the sensors 21 to 27 is always performed at a predetermined interval, and the measurement data is transmitted to the home server 10 every time it is newly acquired. However, the measurement of the power consumption is not limited to a case where the power consumption is always performed, and may be performed only in a time zone in which the power consumption in the entire house H is a certain value or more. The transmission of the measurement data to the home server 10 is not limited to the case where it is transmitted every time data is acquired. For example, the measurement data is temporarily stored on each sensor 21 to 27 side, and the home server 10 It is good also as transmitting when the data transmission is requested | required with respect to the sensors 21-27.

The data generation unit 107 generates data distributed from the home server 10, and includes a CPU 10a, a ROM 10b, a RAM 10c, and various data generation programs.
Here, the display data generation program described above is included in the program constituting the data generation unit 107, and the data generation unit 107 is based on the measurement data acquired by the measurement data acquisition unit 106. Display data for displaying the power consumption of each electrical device in H on the display of the home PC 30 is generated.
In addition, the above-described operation confirmation program is included in the program constituting the data generation unit 107, and when the operation confirmation program is activated, the data generation unit 107 is a list of electrical devices that are candidates for operation confirmation. Is generated (in other words, data for drawing the operation confirmation screen shown in FIG. 6).

  The data transmission unit 108 transmits the data generated by the data generation unit 107 through the home network or the Internet 12, and includes a CPU 10a, a ROM 10b, a RAM 10c, a communication interface 10d, and the communication program described above.

In the present embodiment, the measurement data acquisition unit 106, the data generation unit 107, and the data transmission unit 108 are provided in the home server 10, so that the power consumption of each electric device in the house H is displayed on the display of the home PC 30. It can be displayed.
In the present embodiment, when generating the display data, the data generation unit 107 reads the device ID data and the position ID data from the storage unit 105 and reads the energy consuming device specified by the read device ID data. Display data is generated based on the correspondence with the set position specified by the position ID data. That is, the display data generated by the data generation unit 107 is data for causing the user terminal to display the power consumption of the electric device measured by the sensors 21 to 27 in association with the position where the electric device is disposed.

In the configuration for generating the display data as described above, the configuration unique to the system S that stores the device ID data and the position ID data by associating the device name of each electric device and the set position thereof with each other is more meaningful. Become a thing.
Specifically, when displaying the power consumption of an electric device in association with the position where the electric device is arranged, it is possible to accurately grasp where the electric device is arranged in the house H. Need to be. Under such circumstances, the position ID data is acquired at the stage before handing over the house H to the user of the house H, and the equipment ID data and the position ID data are stored in association with the electrical equipment and the set position. However, this is particularly meaningful in appropriately performing the above display.

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Next, a first example of the construction method of the system S will be described.
The construction of the system S proceeds along the flow shown in FIG. 4, and starts with a layout study (S001) such as device arrangement in the house H. In this step S001, an arrangement position (set position) is determined for each of the electric devices used in the house H.

  Next, according to the layout determined in the previous step S001, electrical work such as electrical equipment installation work and electric wire connection is performed (S002). In this step S002, an electric device corresponding to the set position determined in the previous step S001 is arranged, and a power transmission line to the electric device is laid. In addition, in this process S002, the home server 10 and the sensors 21-27 are further installed in the predetermined position in the house H.

  Next, a device recognition step of automatically recognizing each electric device on the home server 10 side is performed by connecting each electric device arranged at the set position in the previous step S002 to the home server 10 so as to be communicable. (S003). As a result of performing this step S003, the home server 10 (specifically, the device ID data acquisition unit 101) acquires device ID data for each electrical device.

  More specifically, in this step S003, wiring work for constructing a home network is performed. Thereby, each electric device arranged at the set position in the house H is communicably connected to the home server 10. When each electrical device is connected to the home server 10 in this way, as described above, the home server 10 automatically recognizes each electrical device, and as a result, the device ID data acquisition unit 101 acquires device ID data for each electrical device. Get to get.

  Next, an inspection process for confirming the operation of the electrical equipment in the house H is performed (S004). In this step S004, it is inspected whether or not the operating state of the electric device is normally switched according to the control signal output by the home server 10 toward the electric device arranged at each set position in the house H.

Hereinafter, the flow of the inspection process S004 will be described in detail.
First, in starting the inspection process S004, when the above-described inspection terminal is connected to the home server 10 and a predetermined operation is performed on the inspection terminal, the operation check program is activated as a trigger. When the operation check program is activated, data for displaying a list of electrical devices that are candidates for operation check is generated by the data generation unit 107, and the data is expanded on the inspection terminal side. The operation confirmation screen shown is drawn. As described above, the operation confirmation screen displays a list of electrical devices that are automatically recognized by the home server 10 and are candidates for operation confirmation.

  Thereafter, in the inspection terminal in a state where the operation confirmation screen is drawn, one of the operation confirmation execution buttons B1 displayed in the operation confirmation screen in order for the inspector to specify an electric device to be inspected. When the button B1 is selectively pressed, the device-specific operation check screen shown in FIG. 7 is drawn as the operation check screen of the electric device corresponding to the button B1.

  Then, when the inspector presses the control signal output button B2 in the device-specific operation confirmation screen, the inspection terminal requests the home server 10 to execute control, and the home server 10 that has received the request (in detail, The device control unit 104) outputs a control signal for switching the operation state displayed on the left side of the button B2 toward the electric device designated as the inspection target (S011 in FIG. 5). ).

  After pressing the control signal output button B2, the inspector goes to the place where the electrical device designated as the inspection target is arranged, and checks whether or not the operating state of the electrical device has been switched normally. Here, if the electrical device designated as the inspection target is a normal device, the control signal is received through the home network, and the operation state is normally switched according to the control signal (S012 in FIG. 5). Yes), the inspector determines that the operation of the electrical device has been confirmed. On the other hand, when the operation state of the electric device is not switched normally due to the reason that the device itself is defective (No in S012 in FIG. 5), the installation of the device is performed again (S013 in FIG. 5). ) After that, another inspection will be performed.

  Thereafter, the inspector performs an operation for inputting the set position of the electric device in the arrangement place input field T1 displayed on the operation confirmation screen for each electric device determined to have the operation confirmed (in FIG. 5). S014).

  When the input of the set position is completed, the inspector presses the completion button B3 displayed on the device-specific operation confirmation screen (S015 in FIG. 5). When such a pressing operation is executed, data indicating the contents input in the placement location input field T1 and data indicating the date and time when the completion button B3 is pressed (that is, the current time) are generated on the inspection terminal side. These data are transmitted to the home server 10. As a result, the position ID data acquisition unit 102 acquires the data indicating the contents input in the arrangement location input field T1 as the position ID data, the operation confirmed data acquisition unit 103 sets the operation confirmed data, and the completion button B3 Data indicating the date and time when the button was pressed is obtained.

  As described above, in the present example (first example), in the process in which the home server 10 acquires the position ID data, the home server 10 acquires the position ID data through the input operation to the arrangement position input field T1 by the examiner. To do.

  After acquiring the position ID data and the operation confirmed data, in the home server 10, the storage unit 105 stores the device ID data, the position ID data, and the operation confirmed data (S016 in FIG. 5). At this time, the storage unit 105 stores the device ID data, the position ID data, and the operation confirmed data so that the device name, the arrangement position, and the operation confirmation completion date are associated with each other for the electric device whose operation has been confirmed. .

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the process S016 in which the storage unit 105 stores the device ID data and the position ID data is executed for the electric device whose operation has been confirmed. That is, in this embodiment, in step S016 in which the storage unit 105 of the home server 10 stores the device ID data and the position ID data, the storage unit 105 operates in the inspection process among the electrical devices specified by the device ID data. The device ID data and the position ID data are stored by associating the normal device whose state has been switched normally and the normal device position where the normal device is located among the set positions specified by the position ID data. Become.

  When the above steps are completed, the screen drawn on the inspection terminal is switched again from the device-specific operation confirmation screen to the operation confirmation screen. Then, on the operation confirmation screen after switching, the display corresponding to the electrical device for which the operation confirmation has been completed (in other words, the electrical device for which the device ID data, the position ID data, and the operation confirmed data have been completed) has been completed. In the column, the device name, the set position set as the arrangement position, and the operation check completion date are displayed (see FIG. 6).

When the series of steps described so far are carried out for all the electrical devices arranged in the house H and the operation confirmation is completed for all the electrical devices (S017 in FIG. 5), the inspection process is completed. Then, the system construction is completed when the inspection process is completed.
Then, after all the acceptance processing of the house H including the above inspection process is completed, the house H is handed over to the user as shown in FIG. 4 (S005).

  As described above, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, a series of steps (specifically, steps S <b> 001 to S <b> 004 described above) that are performed to construct the system S are the construction steps of the house H. Done. More specifically, the step of arranging the electric device at the set position in the house H, the step of the home server 10 (specifically, the device ID data acquisition unit 101) acquiring the device ID data, the home server 10 (specifically, the details) The location ID data acquisition unit 102) acquires the location ID data, and the home server 10 (specifically, the storage unit 105) stores the device ID data and the location ID data as the construction process of the house H. Run.

  As in this example, the acquisition of the device ID data, the position ID data, and the operation confirmed data, and the storage of these data are executed in advance before handing over the house H to the user of the house H. There is no need to request the user to acquire position ID data. In addition, since the device ID data and the position ID data are stored in the storage unit 105 in a state where the electric device and the set position set as the arrangement position are associated with each other, the user of the house H can select which model This makes it possible to accurately grasp where the electrical device is arranged in the house H without requiring labor.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, the test | inspection which test | inspects whether the driving | running state of an electric equipment switches normally according to the control signal which the home server 10 (specifically equipment control part 104) output toward the electric equipment. The process is also executed as a construction process of the house H (in other words, executed at a stage before handing over the house H to the user of the house H field).

And in the process in which the home server 10 stores the device ID data and the position ID data, the storage unit 105 is a normal device whose operating state is normally switched in the inspection process among the electrical devices specified by the device ID data, Among the set positions specified by the position ID data, the apparatus ID data and the position ID data are stored in association with the normal apparatus position where the normal apparatus is arranged.
As a result, for all the electrical devices in the house H, when the storage unit 105 finishes storing the device ID data and the position ID data in association with the device name and the set position (arrangement position), the electricity in the house H is stored. It is confirmed that the device is a normal device and the arrangement position of each electric device is accurately grasped. Finally, the house H can be appropriately delivered to the user in the above state.

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Next, a second example of the construction method of the system S will be described. In the following description, contents common to the first example described above are omitted.
In the first example described above, when the inspector checks the operation of the electric device, the set position where the electric device is arranged through the inspection terminal (specifically, the arrangement location input field T1 in the device-specific operation confirmation screen). The position ID data is obtained by manually inputting the character information indicating.

  On the other hand, in the second example, drawing data for drawing a floor plan of the house H in which the set position set as the arrangement position of the electrical equipment is created, the drawing data is analyzed, and the floor plan is analyzed. The position ID data is acquired by specifying the positional relationship of the set positions in the figure.

  More specifically, in the second example, the location ID data acquisition unit 102 of the home server 10 includes a CPU 10a, a ROM 10b, a RAM 10c, a communication interface 10d, and a drawing analysis program.

The drawing analysis program is a program that analyzes the above-described drawing data and specifies the positional relationship in the floor plan of the set position set as the arrangement position of the electrical device.
Hereinafter, the drawing analysis processing by this drawing analysis program will be described with reference to FIG. The floor plan illustrated in FIG. 9 is a somewhat simplified view of the first floor portion of the house H. For easy understanding, in the floor plan shown in FIG. 9, only the set position of the air conditioner 1 among the electric devices used in the house H is described. A case where the positional relationship is specified for the set positions will be described as a specific example.

  In the present embodiment, the drawing data is for drawing a floor plan on the XY plane as shown in FIG. For this reason, the occupied space of each room in the house H (strictly speaking, the first floor portion of the house H) and the set position where the electrical device is arranged can be specified by coordinates. For example, in the floor plan shown in FIG. 9, the occupied space of the living room is specified as a range extending from the coordinates (X1, Y1) to the coordinates (X2, Y2), and the setting position of the air conditioner 1 is A range extending from the coordinates (X3, Y1) to the coordinates (X4, Y3) is specified.

  Then, by analyzing the drawing data and specifying the coordinates indicating the occupation range of each room and the coordinates indicating the set position of the air conditioner 1, the set position of the air conditioner 1 belongs to which room occupied space. Will be specified. That is, the positional relationship in the floor plan of the set position set as the arrangement position of the air conditioner 1 is specified. As a result of specifying the positional relationship in the floor plan in this way, the position ID data for specifying the set position of the air conditioner 1 is generated by the home server 10 and the position ID data is acquired.

  As described above, in the second example, the home server 10 (specifically, the position ID data acquisition unit 102) analyzes the drawing data and specifies the positional relationship in the floor plan of the set position where the electrical device is arranged. Thus, position ID data for specifying the set position is acquired. As a result, it becomes possible to automatically acquire the position ID data by analyzing the drawing data by the home server 10, and therefore the position ID data in the second example is easier than in the first example. It becomes possible to get.

  The drawing data analysis procedure described above is an example of a procedure for specifying the positional relationship of the installation positions of the electrical equipment in the floor plan. Naturally, the positional relationship is specified by a procedure other than the procedure described above. Also good.

  Next, the flow of the system construction method according to the second example will be described. Also in the second example, as shown in FIG. 8, starting from the layout review (S021) such as the arrangement of equipment in the house H, in this step S021, the contractor uses each of the electrical equipment used in the house H. Determine the setting position. Then, the floor plan of the house H is created according to the layout examined in the previous step S021 (S022). In the floor plan, the setting positions of the electric devices used in the house H are described.

  Next, according to the floor plan, installation work for arranging the electrical equipment at the set position in the house H and electrical work such as wire connection are performed (S023), and the home server 10 and the sensors 21 to 27 are further installed in the house H. Install. Thereafter, a device recognition step is performed in which each electrical device arranged at the set position in the previous step S023 is communicably connected to the home server 10 and each electrical device is automatically recognized on the home server 10 side (S024). . Through this step S024, the home server 10 (specifically, the device ID data acquisition unit 101) acquires device ID data for each electrical device.

  Next, the drawing data for drawing the floor plan described above is obtained, and the drawing data is analyzed according to the procedure described above, thereby specifying the positional relationship in the floor plan of the set position where the electrical device is arranged. (S025). Through this step S025, the home server 10 (specifically, the position ID data acquisition unit 102) acquires position ID data for the set position of each electrical device.

  In this embodiment, drawing data is stored in a server owned by a contractor, and when analyzing drawing data, the home server 10 downloads drawing data from the server through the Internet 12 and downloads the drawing data. Obtain. However, the drawing data may be obtained by a method other than the above, for example, by reading a floor plan using an image reading device such as a scanner at a construction site (that is, a construction site of the house H). Data may be acquired.

  Next, an inspection process for confirming the operation of the electrical equipment in the house H is performed (S026). In this step S026, it is to check whether or not the operating state of the electrical device is switched normally according to the control signal output by the home server 10 toward the electrical device disposed at each setting position. The procedure is almost the same as in the first example.

  That is, also in the inspection process S026 of the second example, at the start, an inspection terminal is connected to the home server 10, and an operation confirmation program stored in the home server 10 is started from the inspection terminal. When the operation check program is activated, data for displaying a list of electrical devices that are candidates for operation check is generated by the data generation unit 107, and the data is expanded on the inspection terminal side, as shown in FIG. The operation confirmation screen is drawn. As in the case of the first example, the operation confirmation screen displays a list of electrical devices that are automatically recognized by the home server 10 and are candidates for operation confirmation.

  In the second example, unlike the first example, the device name and location are already displayed in the display column of each electrical device in the operation confirmation screen from the beginning of the inspection step S026 (see FIG. 11).

  Thereafter, when the inspector selectively presses one button B1 among the plurality of operation check execution buttons B1 displayed on the operation check screen in order to designate an electric device to be inspected, the button B1 corresponds to the button B1. The device-specific operation confirmation screen shown in FIG. 12 is drawn as the operation confirmation screen of the electrical device.

  When the inspector presses the control signal output button B2 in the device-specific operation confirmation screen, the inspection terminal requests the home server 10 to execute control, and more specifically, the home server 10 (more specifically, The device control unit 104) outputs a control signal for switching the operation state displayed on the left side of the button B2 toward the electric device designated as the inspection target (S031 in FIG. 10). ). After pressing the control signal output button B2, the inspector goes to the place where the electrical device designated as the inspection target is arranged, and checks whether or not the operating state of the electrical device has been switched normally.

  Here, if the electrical device designated as the inspection target is a normal device, the control signal is received through the home network, and the operation state is switched normally according to the control signal. In such a case (Yes in S032 in FIG. 10), the inspector determines that the operation of the electrical device has been confirmed, and presses the completion button B3 displayed on the device-specific operation confirmation screen (S034 in FIG. 10). When such an operation is executed, data indicating the date and time (that is, the current time) when the completion button B3 is pressed is generated on the inspection terminal side, and the data is transmitted to the home server 10. As a result, the operation confirmed data acquisition unit 103 acquires data indicating the date and time when the completion button B3 was pressed as the operation confirmed data.

  After acquiring the operation confirmed data, the storage unit 105 of the home server 10 associates the device name, the arrangement position, and the operation confirmation completion date of the electric device with respect to the electric device for which the operation confirmation has been completed. The ID data and the operation confirmed data are stored (S035 in FIG. 10).

  On the other hand, even if the control signal is output to the electrical device designated as the inspection target, if the operation state of the electrical device is not switched normally (No in S032 in FIG. 10), the device is installed again. (S033 in FIG. 10) After that, the inspection is performed again.

  When the above steps are completed, the screen drawn on the inspection terminal is switched from the device-specific operation confirmation screen to the operation confirmation screen. Then, on the operation confirmation screen after switching, the operation confirmation completion date is newly displayed in the display field corresponding to the electric device for which the operation confirmation has been completed.

When the series of steps described so far are performed on all the electric devices arranged in the house H and the operation check is completed for all the electric devices (S036 in FIG. 10), the inspection process is completed. Then, the system construction is completed when the inspection process is completed.
Then, after all the acceptance processing of the house H including the above-described inspection process is completed, the house H is handed over to the user (S027).

  As described above, also in this example (second example), a series of steps (specifically, steps S021 to S026 described above) performed for constructing the system S are as shown in FIG. It is performed as a construction process of H. That is, also in this example, the acquisition of the device ID data, the position ID data, and the operation confirmed data, and the storage of these data are executed in advance before delivering the house H to the user of the house H. As a result, it is not necessary to request the user of the house H to acquire the position ID data. In addition, since the device ID data and the position ID data are stored in the storage unit 105 in a state where the electric device and the set position set as the arrangement position are associated with each other, the user of the house H can select which model This makes it possible to accurately grasp where the electrical device is arranged in the house H without requiring labor.

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In the above embodiment, the control system and the control system construction method of the present invention have been described with reference to an example. However, the above embodiment is for facilitating understanding of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention. The present invention can be changed and improved without departing from the gist thereof, and the present invention includes the equivalents thereof.

  Moreover, in said embodiment, in the process of system construction, it decided to implement the inspection process which test | inspects whether the driving | running state of an electric equipment switches normally according to the control signal from the home server 10. FIG. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the inspection process may be omitted in the system construction process.

  Moreover, in said embodiment, it decided to connect the electric equipment in the house H so that communication was possible with respect to the home server 10, and to acquire apparatus ID data when the home server 10 recognizes the said electric equipment automatically. However, the acquisition procedure of the device ID data is not limited to the above procedure, and other procedures, for example, the inspector inputs the device name and model number of the electrical device through the inspection terminal when checking the operation, By transmitting data indicating the input information from the testing terminal to the home server 10, the data may be acquired as device ID data.

  In the above embodiment, in order to acquire position ID data for specifying the set position set as the arrangement position of the electrical device, the inspector inputs the set position through the inspection terminal, The home server 10 analyzes the drawing data for drawing the floor plan in which the set position is described. However, the acquisition procedure of the position ID data is not limited to the above procedure, and other procedures, for example, the home server 10 wirelessly communicates with the electric device, and the reception signal of the output signal from the electric device determines the above procedure. The position ID data may be obtained by obtaining the set position.

  In the above embodiment, as an example of the control system, a system for remotely controlling an electric device used in a building (in the above embodiment, a house H) has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention is also applicable to a system in which an energy consuming device that consumes energy other than electricity (for example, gas and water usage) is controlled.

S This system H House 1, 2 Air conditioner 3, 4 Lighting 5 Water heater 6 Contact device 7 Multifunctional toilet 10 Home server 10a CPU
10b ROM
10c RAM
10d Communication interface 11 Router 12 Internet 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 Sensor 30 Home PC
101 device ID data acquisition unit 102 position ID data acquisition unit 103 operation confirmed data acquisition unit 104 device control unit 105 storage unit 106 measurement data acquisition unit 107 data generation unit 108 data transmission unit B1 operation check execution button B2 control signal output button B3 Completion button T1 Place location input field

Claims (6)

A method for constructing a control system for controlling energy consuming equipment used in a building,
Arranging the energy consuming equipment at a set position in the building;
A control device that communicates with the energy consuming device to control an operation state of the energy consuming device, and obtains device ID data for specifying the energy consuming device arranged at the set position;
The controller acquires position ID data for specifying the set position where the energy consuming device specified by the device ID data is disposed;
The control device associates the energy consuming device specified by the device ID data with the set position specified by the position ID data, and stores the device ID data and the position ID data; , As the building construction process,
In the step of arranging the energy consuming device at the set position, the energy consuming device is arranged at the set position according to the floor plan of the building in which the set position is described,
In the step of acquiring the position ID data by the control device, the control device analyzes the drawing data for drawing the floor plan and specifies the positional relationship of the set positions in the floor plan. A method for constructing a control system for controlling an energy consuming device, characterized by acquiring ID data. A method for constructing a control system for controlling energy consuming equipment used in a building,
Arranging the energy consuming equipment at a set position in the building;
A control device that communicates with the energy consuming device to control an operation state of the energy consuming device, and obtains device ID data for specifying the energy consuming device arranged at the set position;
The controller acquires position ID data for specifying the set position where the energy consuming device specified by the device ID data is disposed;
The control device associates the energy consuming device specified by the device ID data with the set position specified by the position ID data, and stores the device ID data and the position ID data; , As the building construction process,
In the step of acquiring the position ID data by the control device, the control device acquires the position ID data through an input operation of information indicating the set position. Construction method. An inspection process for inspecting whether or not the operating state of the energy consuming equipment is normally switched according to a control signal output to the energy consuming equipment by the control device is further executed as a construction process of the building,
In the step in which the control device stores the device ID data and the position ID data, the control device has switched to the normal operating state in the inspection step among the energy consuming devices specified by the device ID data. The apparatus ID data and the position ID data are stored by associating a normal apparatus with a normal apparatus position where the normal apparatus is arranged among the set positions specified by the position ID data. The construction method of the control system which controls the energy consuming apparatus described in Claim 1 or 2 to do. A control system for controlling energy consuming equipment used in a building,
The energy consuming equipment arranged at a set position in the building;
A control device that communicates with the energy consuming device to control an operating state of the energy consuming device, and
The energy consuming equipment is arranged at the set position according to the floor plan of the building in which the set position is described,
The controller is
A device ID data acquisition unit for acquiring device ID data for specifying the energy consuming device arranged at the set position;
A position ID data acquisition unit for acquiring position ID data for specifying the set position where the energy consuming device specified by the device ID data is arranged;
A storage unit for storing the device ID data and the position ID data,
The position ID data acquisition unit analyzes the drawing data for drawing the floor plan, acquires the position ID data by specifying the positional relationship of the set position in the floor plan,
The storage unit associates the energy consuming device specified by the device ID data with the set position specified by the position ID data in the construction process of the building, and stores the device ID data and the position. A control system for controlling an energy consuming device, characterized by storing ID data. A control system for controlling energy consuming equipment used in a building,
The energy consuming equipment arranged at a set position in the building;
A control device that communicates with the energy consuming device to control an operating state of the energy consuming device, and
The control device
A device ID data acquisition unit for acquiring device ID data for specifying the energy consuming device arranged at the set position;
A position ID data acquisition unit for acquiring position ID data for specifying the set position where the energy consuming device specified by the device ID data is arranged;
A storage unit for storing the device ID data and the position ID data,
The position ID data acquisition unit acquires the position ID data through an input operation of information indicating the set position,
The storage unit associates the energy consuming device specified by the device ID data with the set position specified by the position ID data in the construction process of the building, and stores the device ID data and the position. A control system for controlling an energy consuming device, characterized by storing ID data. A sensor for measuring energy consumption of the energy consuming device, and a display for displaying information indicated by data from the control device,
The control device generates data for generating display data for causing the display to display the energy consumption amount of the energy consuming device measured by the sensor in association with the set position where the energy consuming device is disposed. Part
The data generation unit reads the device ID data and the location ID data from the storage unit, the energy consuming device specified by the read device ID data, and the setting specified by the read location ID data 6. The control system for controlling an energy consuming device according to claim 4, wherein the display data is generated based on a correspondence relationship with a position.

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