JP2017158023A - Centralized control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a centralized control device allowing a user to recognize that equipment behavior is controlled under a specific condition.SOLUTION: A centralized control device 10 is provided that can communicate with one or more pieces of equipment 1 installed in a facility 20 and comprises a control section capable of controlling behavior of the equipment 1. The centralized control device further comprises: a storage section storing, for each of the one or more pieces of equipment 1, user information enabling a user relating to the equipment 1 to be identified; a discrimination section configured to discriminate whether behavior of a specific equipment 1 of the one or more pieces of equipment 1 is controlled under a predetermined condition; and a notification section configured to notify the user of information. If the discrimination section determines that the behavior of the specific equipment 1 is controlled under the predetermined condition, the notification section notifies that the behavior of the specific equipment 1 is controlled under the predetermined condition to the user relating to the specific equipment stored in the storage section and about the fact.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a centralized control apparatus including a control unit that can communicate with one or more devices installed in a facility and can control the operation of the devices.

  Patent Document 1 describes a system for coping with forgetting to turn off lighting devices and air conditioners. Specifically, the system described in Patent Literature 1 includes an electrical device installed in each room of a house, and an electrical device management apparatus that communicates with and manages the electrical device via a home network. . And if it is determined that the resident is out based on the resident's schedule entered in advance, and the study lighting equipment and air conditioner used only by the resident are operating, he / she forgets to turn it off. Consider. And it is trying to suppress energy consumption by stopping operation | movement of an illuminating device and an air conditioner automatically by an electric equipment management apparatus.

  In addition, Patent Document 2 describes a system for controlling an electric device such as an air conditioner from a remote location. This system is configured so that, for example, a resident can remotely control the operation of a home device from the outside. If this system is used, it is possible to comprehend forgetting to stop a device at home and to command the device to be forcibly stopped.

Japanese Patent No. 5485448 JP 2005-143072 A

  Forgetting to erase as described above has other problems besides energy consumption. For example, when a resident notices that he / she has forgotten to stop the equipment he / she does not use, he / she can forcibly stop the equipment by remote control. Feeling and being stressed also exists as a problem.

  Further, as described in Patent Document 1, it is difficult to sense the necessity for a person to stop the device by simply detecting forgetting to turn off automatically and stopping the operation. As a result, for example, there may be educational problems such as a child not being able to manually stop the operation.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a centralized control device that can allow a user to recognize that operation control of an apparatus has been performed under a specific condition. It is in.

In order to achieve the above object, the central configuration of the centralized control device according to the present invention is capable of communicating with one or more devices installed in a facility, and includes a control unit that can control the operation of the devices. A control device,
A storage unit that stores user information that can identify a user related to the device for each of the one or more devices;
A determination unit that determines whether operation control of a specific device among the one or more devices is performed under a predetermined condition by the control unit;
A notification unit for notifying the user of information,
When the determination unit determines that the operation control of the specific device is performed under the predetermined condition, the notification unit is configured to notify the user related to the specific device stored in the storage unit. Thus, the fact that the operation control of the specific device is performed under the predetermined condition is notified.

  According to the above characteristic configuration, when the operation control of a specific device is performed under a predetermined condition, the operation control of the specific device is performed under the predetermined condition for a user related to the specific device. You will be notified. In other words, a user related to a specific device can recognize the contents by receiving notification of how the operation control of the specific device has been performed without performing the operation control of the device itself. .

Another characteristic configuration of the centralized control device according to the present invention is that when the control unit determines that the specific device is in operation due to the user forgetting to stop, the operation of the specific device is forcibly stopped. Done
The said determination part exists in the point which determines that operation control of the said specific apparatus was performed on the said predetermined conditions, if the said control part performs the said forced stop.

  According to the above characteristic configuration, the user of a specific device can recognize that the specific device that has been forgotten to be stopped is automatically stopped.

Still another characteristic configuration of the centralized control device according to the present invention includes a presence / absence detecting unit capable of detecting whether or not the user exists in the facility,
When the specific device is operating when the presence / absence detecting unit detects that the user does not exist in the facility, the control unit is related to the specific device. It is determined that the specific device is operating due to forgetting to stop, and the forced stop of the operation of the specific device is performed.

  According to the above-described characteristic configuration, the user of a specific device can recognize that the specific device that was in the state of forgetting to stop when the user is not in the facility has been automatically forcibly stopped.

  Yet another characteristic configuration of the centralized control device according to the present invention is that the control unit forgets to stop by the user related to the specific device when the specific device is operating continuously for a set period or longer. Therefore, it is determined that the specific device is operating, and the forced stop of the operation of the specific device is performed.

  According to the above characteristic configuration, the user of a specific device can recognize that the specific device that has been operating continuously for the set period or longer has been forcibly stopped.

  Still another characteristic configuration of the centralized control device according to the present invention is that when the specific device is operating in a predetermined time zone, the control unit causes the stop due to the user forgetting to stop related to the specific device. It is determined that a specific device is in operation, and the forced stop of the operation of the specific device is performed.

  According to the above characteristic configuration, a user of a specific device can recognize that the specific device that has been operating in a predetermined time period has been automatically stopped.

Still another characteristic configuration of the centralized control device according to the present invention is that the control unit accepts a remote command of operation control for the device from the user via an off-premises communication network constructed outside the facility. And controlling the operation of the device according to the remote command,
The determination unit stores in the storage unit whether or not the device whose operation is stopped by the control unit in response to the remote command from the user is a device related to the user. When the device that has been determined by referring to the user information and has stopped the operation is not a device related to the user who has issued the remote command, the operation control of the specific device is performed under the predetermined condition. It is in the point of judging that it has been done.

  According to the above characteristic configuration, a user of a specific device can recognize that the specific device that has been forgotten to be stopped is forcibly stopped by remote control of another user.

It is a figure which shows the structure of a centralized control system. It is a figure which shows the structure of the centralized control apparatus of 1st Embodiment. It is an example of a display screen of a portable terminal. It is an example of a display screen of a portable terminal. It is an example of a display screen of a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows the structure of the centralized control apparatus of 2nd Embodiment. It is an example of a display screen of a portable terminal.

<First Embodiment>
A centralized control apparatus 10A (10) according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a centralized control system provided with a centralized control device 10A. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the central control apparatus 10A. As shown in the figure, a facility 20 such as a house can communicate with one or more devices 1 (1A, 1B, 1C) installed in the facility 20, and can control the operation of the device 1. A centralized control device 10A including a control unit 11 is installed. For example, the user can operate his / her own information terminal 5, and can access the central control apparatus 10 </ b> A of the facility 20 from the information terminal 5 via the external facility communication network 3 such as the Internet. Alternatively, the user accesses the server device 4 from the information terminal 5 and accesses the central control device 10 </ b> A of the facility 20 via the server device 4. Then, a command for remotely controlling the device 1 can be transmitted from the information terminal 5 to the central control apparatus 10A. The information terminal 5 is a computer device or a portable terminal having an information communication function operated by a user.

  Communication between the device 1 and the central control apparatus 10A is performed by wired communication or wireless communication. FIG. 1 shows an example in which the devices 1 (1A, 1B, 1C) and the central control apparatus 10A can communicate via the in-facility communication network 2 built in the facility 20. The in-facility communication network 2 in this case is either a wired LAN or a wireless LAN, or a combination thereof. Further, communication between the device 1 (1A, 1B, 1C) and the central control apparatus 10A can be performed using a one-to-one communication method such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) or infrared communication.

  The central control apparatus 10A includes a storage unit 12 that stores user information that can identify a user related to the device 1, and one or more devices. 1 includes a determination unit 13 that determines whether or not the operation control of the specific device 1 is performed under a predetermined condition by the control unit 11, and a notification unit 14 that notifies the user of information. The functions of the control unit 11, the storage unit 12, the determination unit 13, and the notification unit 14 included in the central control apparatus 10A are the information storage function, the arithmetic processing function, the information communication function, and the like included in one or a plurality of computer devices. It is realized by.

  The device 1 is various devices such as a television, a lighting device, and an air conditioning device.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 1, the facility 20 is provided with devices 1A, 1B, and 1C. As shown in Table 1 below, the storage unit 12 stores, as user information, a user and its contact information associated with the device 1 separately. The contact address is an e-mail address or the like that can contact the information terminal 5 used by the user. For example, the user A is related to the device 1A, and the contact address is the contact address A. The user B is related to the device 1B, and the contact address is the contact address B. The user C is related to the device 1C, and the contact address is the contact address C. As described above, in the example illustrated in FIG. 1, a case where a plurality of devices 1 are installed in the facility 20 is illustrated, but a case where one device 1 is installed in the facility 20 may be used.

  When the determination unit 13 determines that the operation control of the specific device 1 has been performed under a predetermined condition, the notification unit 14 provides the user related to the specific device 1 stored in the storage unit 12 to the user Notifies that the operation control of the specific device 1 has been performed under a predetermined condition.

  When the control unit 11 determines that the specific device 1 is in operation due to the user forgetting to stop, the control unit 11 can forcibly stop the operation of the specific device 1. And the determination part 13 will determine with the operation control of the specific apparatus 1 having been performed on predetermined conditions, if the control part 11 performs a forced stop.

[Example 1 of predetermined conditions]
For example, when a specific device 1A operates continuously for a long time, it may be determined that the device 1A is in a state of forgetting to stop. Therefore, the control unit 11 determines that the specific device 1A is in operation when the specific device 1A is operating continuously for the set period or longer due to forgetting to stop by the user A related to the specific device 1A. Then, the operation of the specific device 1A is forcibly stopped. Then, when the control unit 11 forcibly stops the device 1A, the determination unit 13 determines that the operation control of the device 1A is performed under the predetermined condition.

  Furthermore, when the determination unit 13 determines that the operation control of the device 1A has been performed under the predetermined condition, the notification unit 14 contacts the contact information A of the user A related to the device 1A stored in the storage unit 12. To that the operation control of the device 1A has been performed under the predetermined condition. For example, a notification message example is stored in advance in the storage unit 12 of the centralized control apparatus 10, and the notification unit 14 performs notification by selecting an appropriate message from such a message example. As a result, the user A knows that he / she has gone out without forgetting to turn off the device 1A by the message displayed on the information terminal 5A. The notification unit 14 does not notify the users B and C not related to the device 1A.

  FIG. 3 is a display screen example of the information terminal 5A of the user A. As shown in the figure, a message such as “The device 1A has been forcibly stopped because it has been operating for a long time” is displayed on the display screen of the information terminal 5A of the user A. The user A can recognize that he / she has neglected to stop the operation of the device 1 </ b> A by notifying such character information.

[Example 2 of predetermined conditions]
For example, when a specific device 1A is operating at night, it may be determined that the device 1A is in a state of forgetting to stop. Therefore, the control unit 11 determines that the specific device 1A is in operation due to forgetting to stop by the user A related to the specific device 1A when the specific device 1A is operating in a predetermined time zone. The operation of the specific device 1A is forcibly stopped. Then, when the control unit 11 forcibly stops the device 1A, the determination unit 13 determines that the operation control of the device 1A is performed under the predetermined condition.

  For example, if the device 1A such as a lighting device or a television related to the user A is operating between 2:00 am and 5:00 am, the control unit 11 determines that the device 1A is in a state of forgetting to stop. Then, the device 1A is forcibly stopped. Then, when the control unit 11 forcibly stops the device 1A such as a lighting device or a television between 2 am and 5 am, for example, the determination unit 13 determines that the operation control of the device 1A is performed under the predetermined condition. judge. In addition, the notification unit 14 notifies the contact A of the user A related to the device 1A stored in the storage unit 12 that the operation control of the device 1A has been performed under the predetermined condition. .

  FIG. 4 is a display screen example of the information terminal 5A of the user A. As shown in the figure, a message such as “The device 1A has been forcibly stopped because it is operating at night” is displayed on the display screen of the information terminal 5A of the user A. The user A can recognize that he / she has neglected to stop the operation of the device 1 </ b> A by notifying such character information. Since the notification unit 14 does not notify the users B and C not related to the device 1A, the message is not displayed on the information terminals 5B and 5C of the users B and C.

[Example 3 of predetermined conditions]
For example, each user can use the information terminal 5 to instruct the central control apparatus 10A to remotely operate all the devices 1 (1A, 1B, 1C) in the facility 20. For example, when the control unit 11 of the central control apparatus 10A receives a remote command for operation control on the device 1 from the user via the external communication network 3 constructed outside the facility 20, the control unit 11 responds to the remote command. The operation of the device 1 is controlled. At this time, each of the users A to C can control not only the device 1 related to itself but also the operation of the device 1 related to other users. That is, when each user A to C notices that the device 1 related to himself / herself has forgotten to stop, or when he / she notices that the device 1 related to other users has forgotten to stop. You can make that stop.

  And the determination part 13 memorize | stores in the memory | storage part 12 whether the apparatus 1 which the control part 11 stopped operation | movement according to the remote command from a user is the apparatus 1 relevant to the user. Judgment is made with reference to the user information. In addition, the determination unit 13 determines that the operation control of the specific device 1 is performed under a predetermined condition when the device 1 whose operation has been stopped is not the device 1 related to the user who issued the remote command. .

  For example, when the user B operates the information terminal 5B to forcibly stop the device 1A related to the user A, the determination unit 13 determines that the control unit 11 is in response to a remote command from the user B. It is determined with reference to the user information stored in the storage unit 12 that the device 1A whose operation has been stopped is the device 1A not related to the user B. Then, the notification unit 14 notifies the contact information A of the user A related to the device 1A stored in the storage unit 12 that the operation control of the device 1A has been performed under the predetermined condition.

  FIG. 5 is a display screen example of the information terminal 5A of the user A. As shown in the drawing, on the display screen of the information terminal 5A of the user A, a message such as “the device 1A has been forcibly stopped by the user B” notified from the notification unit 14 is displayed. The user A can recognize that he / she has neglected to stop the operation of the device 1 </ b> A by notifying such character information.

Second Embodiment
The central control apparatus 10B (10) of the second embodiment is different from the above-described embodiment in that it includes a presence / absence detection unit 15 that can detect whether or not a user exists. The centralized control device 10B of the second embodiment will be described below, but the description of the same configuration as the above embodiment will be omitted.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the centralized control device 10B of the second embodiment. As shown in the figure, the central control apparatus 10B includes a presence / absence detection unit 15 that can detect whether or not a user exists in the facility 20. For example, the presence / absence detection unit 15 is a human sensor or the like. And the control part 11 is the user related to the specific apparatus 1 when the specific apparatus 1 is operate | moving when the presence detection part 15 has detected that the user does not exist in the facility 20. It is determined that the specific device 1 is in operation due to forgetting to stop, and the operation of the specific device 1 is forcibly stopped.

  For example, when the determination unit 13 determines that the operation control of the device 1A has been performed under the predetermined condition, the notification unit 14 contacts the contact information A of the user A related to the device 1A stored in the storage unit 12. To that the operation control of the device 1A has been performed under the predetermined condition. As a result, the user A knows that the information terminal 5A knows that he / she has gone out without forgetting to turn off the device 1A. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, a message such as “The device 1 </ b> A has been forcibly stopped because it was operating when absent” is displayed on the display screen of the information terminal 5 </ b> A of the user A.

<Another embodiment>
<1>
In the above embodiment, the configuration of the centralized control device 10 has been described with a specific example, but the configuration can be changed as appropriate.
For example, when a security system is installed in the facility 20, the central control device 10 may use the security system as the presence / absence detection unit 15. For example, the security system is set to the security release state if a person exists in the facility 20, and is set to the security execution state when all the people go out of the facility 20. In other words, if the security system is in the security execution state, there is usually no person in the facility 20. Therefore, the control unit 11 of the central control device 10 is, for example, when the presence / absence detection unit 15 detects that the user is not present in the facility 20 when the security system is in a security execution state, for example. If the device 1A is operating, it is determined that it is due to the user forgetting to stop, and the device 1 is forcibly stopped. Then, when the control unit 11 forcibly stops the device 1A, the determination unit 13 determines that the operation control of the device 1A is performed under the predetermined condition.

<2>
In the above embodiment, the specific example of the predetermined condition when the determination unit 13 determines that the operation control of the specific device 1 is performed under the predetermined condition has been described. However, the content of the predetermined condition can be changed as appropriate. . For example, when the user finishes bathing, it is normal that the automatic bath filling function is switched off and the bathroom lighting device is switched off. When the lighting device (device 1) is still operating in the on state after a predetermined time has elapsed since the function was switched to the off state, users related to the bathroom lighting device (device 1) (for example, all users) ) May be determined to be in operation due to forgetting to stop, and the operation of the bathroom lighting device may be forcibly stopped. Then, when the control unit 11 forcibly stops the lighting device in the bathroom, the determination unit 13 may determine that the operation control of the lighting device in the bathroom is performed under the predetermined condition.

<3>
In the above embodiment, the number of times that the determination unit 13 determines that the operation control of the device 1 is performed under a predetermined condition may be stored in the storage unit 12. When the determination unit 13 newly determines that the operation control of the specific device 1 has been performed under a predetermined condition, the notification unit 14 stores the number of times stored in the storage unit 12 (for example, a past predetermined period). The total number of times obtained by adding this one time to the current number may be notified by text information such as “Device 1A has been forcibly stopped.

<4>
In the embodiment described above, an example in which one user is associated with one device 1 has been described as user information, but a plurality of users are associated with one device 1 and stored. It may be stored in the unit 12.
The storage unit 12 may also store the necessity of notification by the notification unit 14 as user information. For example, when the device 1A and the device 1B are set as “notification required” and the user information set as “notification unnecessary” is stored in the storage unit 12, the notification unit 14 determines that “notification required”. When the determination unit 13 determines that the operation control of the devices 1A and 1B is performed under a predetermined condition, the user is notified as described above. On the other hand, when the determination unit 13 determines that the operation control of the “notifying is unnecessary” device 1C is performed under a predetermined condition, the notification unit 14 notifies the user as described above. Absent.

<5>
In the above-described embodiment, several examples of messages notified from the notification unit 14 to the user information terminal 5 are shown, but the contents of these messages can be changed as appropriate.
In addition, the user accesses the central control device 10 using, for example, the information terminal 5, and registers a new message example for notification in the storage unit 12 of the central control device 10, or a message example that has already been registered. The contents may be changed or deleted. Then, when registering and changing the notification message example, the user may specify the text of the message example by inputting characters on the information terminal 5, or the Internet (external communication network 3). A message posted to the above community may be obtained by the information terminal 5 and registered in the storage unit 12.

<6>
The configurations disclosed in the above-described embodiments (including the other embodiments, the same applies hereinafter) can be applied in combination with the configurations disclosed in the other embodiments as long as no contradiction arises, and are disclosed in this specification. The embodiment is an exemplification, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this, and can be appropriately modified without departing from the object of the present invention.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used for a centralized control device that can allow a user to recognize that device operation control has been performed under specific conditions.

1 device 3 off-facility communication network 4 server device 5 information terminal 10 centralized control device 11 control unit 12 storage unit 13 determination unit 14 notification unit 15 presence / absence detection unit 20 facility

Claims (6)

A centralized control device comprising a control unit capable of communicating with one or more devices installed in a facility and capable of controlling the operation of the device,
A storage unit that stores user information that can identify a user related to the device for each of the one or more devices;
A determination unit that determines whether operation control of a specific device among the one or more devices is performed under a predetermined condition by the control unit;
A notification unit for notifying the user of information,
When the determination unit determines that the operation control of the specific device is performed under the predetermined condition, the notification unit is configured to notify the user related to the specific device stored in the storage unit. A centralized control device that notifies that the operation control of the specific device has been performed under the predetermined condition. When the control unit determines that the specific device is in operation due to forgetting to stop by the user, the control unit forcibly stops the operation of the specific device,
The central control device according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines that the operation control of the specific device is performed under the predetermined condition when the control unit performs the forced stop. A presence / absence detection unit capable of detecting whether or not the user exists at the facility,
When the specific device is operating when the presence / absence detecting unit detects that the user does not exist in the facility, the control unit is related to the specific device. The centralized control device according to claim 2, wherein it is determined that the specific device is in operation due to forgetting to stop, and the forced stop of the operation of the specific device is performed.   When the specific device is operating continuously for a set period or more, the control unit determines that the specific device is in operation due to forgetting to stop by the user related to the specific device, The centralized control device according to claim 2, wherein the forced stop of the operation of the specific device is performed.   The control unit determines that the specific device is in operation due to forgetting to stop by the user related to the specific device when the specific device is operating in a predetermined time period. The central control apparatus as described in any one of Claims 2-4 which performs the said forced stop of operation | movement of the apparatus of. When the control unit receives a remote command of operation control for the device from the user via an off-facility communication network constructed outside the facility, the control unit controls the operation of the device according to the remote command. ,
The determination unit stores in the storage unit whether or not the device whose operation is stopped by the control unit in response to the remote command from the user is a device related to the user. When the device that has been determined by referring to the user information and has stopped the operation is not a device related to the user who has issued the remote command, the operation control of the specific device is performed under the predetermined condition. The centralized control device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which is determined to have been performed.

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