JP2019128679A - Meteorological information providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a meteorological information providing system capable of notifying a resident at home including a customer of meteorological information including precipitation at a home point of the customer.SOLUTION: The meteorological information providing system for providing a notification of precipitation at a home point of a customer receiving electricity supply, includes: a precipitation measuring device 10 provided at a utility pole 210, for transmitting rainfall data indicative of measured precipitation; a smart meter 20 provided at a customer's home, for receiving the rainfall data from the precipitation measuring device 10 and sending it to the inside of the home; and a display device 30 for informing the precipitation on the basis of the rainfall data upon reception of the rainfall data from the smart meter 20. The precipitation measuring device 10 is selected from measurement devices provided in each utility pole installed around the customer's home.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a weather information providing system for informing residents of information such as precipitation at home.

  In recent years, abnormal weather phenomena have occurred frequently. For example, a strong typhoon may come and cause great damage. In order to predict the damage by such a typhoon and to prepare for damage, there exist the following systems (for example, refer patent document 1).

  According to this system, observation equipment such as a rain gauge is installed in advance on each part of the distribution line. On the other hand, for example, a server is installed at a business establishment, and this server collects data from observation instruments. Then, the server performs damage prediction due to the typhoon for the set predetermined area based on the meteorological data measured by an observation device such as a rain gauge. In this way, local typhoon damage prediction will be carried out, including the case where global typhoon damage prediction will be made for the entire business site.

Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2010-49433

  However, the system described above has the following problems. In addition to the arrival of strong typhoons, there are cases where a lot of rain falls in a short time such as local heavy rain (so-called “guerrilla heavy rain”). Recently, local disasters have occurred frequently due to the occurrence of guerrilla heavy rain. Since the system described above performs damage prediction based on past weather data and current weather data, this system cannot cope with sudden guerrilla heavy rain.

  In the future, such disasters are expected to occur frequently, and in order to respond to disasters caused by guerrilla heavy rain, the conventional warnings and warnings have been revised, and announcements at the time of reporting have also been changed to make it easier to understand. However, since warnings and warnings are generally issued for each large area, disaster information is sufficiently pinpointed to cope with guerrilla rain that occurs locally. It is the situation that is not right.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a weather information providing system that solves the above-described problems and can notify weather information including precipitation at a customer's home point to a resident at home including the customer.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention of claim 1 is a weather information providing system for notifying the precipitation of a customer's home point receiving electricity supply, which is provided on a utility pole and represents the measured precipitation A measuring device for transmitting rainfall data; provided at the customer's home; a communication device for receiving rain data from the measuring device and sending it to the home; provided at the customer's home; from the communication device A receiving device for notifying the precipitation based on the rainfall data when the rainfall data is received, and the measuring device is selected from the measuring devices provided in each power pole installed around the customer's home It is a weather information provision system characterized by being.

  In the invention of claim 1, the measuring device transmits rainfall data representing the measured precipitation. The communication device receives rainfall data from the measuring device and sends it to a receiving device in the customer's home. When the receiving device receives rainfall data from the communication device, it notifies the amount of rainfall based on the rainfall data. And a measuring device is chosen from a measuring device provided in each telephone pole installed around a customer's house.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the weather information providing system according to the first aspect, the measurement device generates notification data indicating a notification including an alarm based on the precipitation amount indicated by the rainfall amount data, and the generated notification data Are transmitted together with rainfall data, and the receiving device notifies an alarm based on notification data received from the measuring device.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the weather information providing system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the communication device has a measurement function of measuring electricity supplied to a home of the customer, and a communication function of communicating data. The smart meter according to the present invention is characterized in that the smart meter receives rainfall data from the measurement device and sends it to the reception device by the communication function.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the precipitation measured by the measuring device can be notified to the resident at home as the precipitation at the customer's home point. Thereby, even if the precipitation measuring device is not installed at the customer's home, the home resident can be informed of the precipitation at the home point.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the reception device notifies the notification including the alarm, for example, it is possible to quickly respond to the resident at the customer's home in case of heavy rain.

  According to the invention of claim 3, since the existing smart meter installed at the customer's home is used, the construction of newly installing the communication device for receiving the rainfall data at the customer's home is unnecessary.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a block diagram which shows the weather information provision system by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a precipitation measuring device. It is a figure which shows an example of a transmission destination table. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a smart meter. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a display. It is a figure which shows an example of a user table. It is a figure which shows an example of a measuring device table. It is a figure which shows an example of the rainfall table. It is a figure explaining the selection method of a precipitation measuring device. It is a figure explaining the other selection method of a precipitation measurement apparatus.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment 1
The weather information providing system according to this embodiment is used by an electric power company that supplies electricity to customers, and the electric power company provides a service for providing precipitation. Among customers who receive electricity supply, service users are using this service.

  A weather information providing system according to this embodiment is shown in FIG. This weather information providing system includes a precipitation measuring device 10, a smart meter (SM) 20, a display 30, and an operator side device 40. In this embodiment, the precipitation measuring device 10, the smart meter 20, and the operator side device 40 are connected to the communication network 100 so that data can be transmitted and received between them.

  The communication network 100 is a communication network using a communication line such as an optical cable. The communication network 100 may be a communication network based on PLC (Power Line Communication) using a wire for transmitting electricity.

  The precipitation measuring device 10 is installed on the utility pole 210 of the power distribution system. The precipitation measurement device 10 is a device including a processing device such as a computer inside, and as shown in FIG. 2, includes a rain gauge 11, a processing unit 12, a communication unit 13, and a storage unit 14.

  The rain gauge 11 of the precipitation measuring device 10 is a device that measures the amount of rain that falls on the installation point of the utility pole 210 and falls for a predetermined time. For example, the rain gauge 11 measures the rainfall for one minute. The rain gauge 11 uses the rainfall representing the measured rainfall as rain data, and sends the rain data to the processing unit 12.

  The storage unit 14 of the precipitation measuring device 10 is a storage device that stores various data. The storage unit 14 stores an instrument identification number (apparatus ID) for the precipitation measurement device 10 in order to distinguish the precipitation measurement device 10 from other precipitation measurement devices.

  The memory | storage part 14 has memorize | stored the transmission destination table which shows the transmission destination of rainfall data. An example of this transmission destination table is shown in FIG. The transmission destination table consists of transmission destination data indicating each transmission destination. The device identification number of the provider side device 40 and the address for the communication are stored in one destination. Furthermore, the other transmission destination stores the meter identification number of the smart meter, which is the destination of the rainfall data, and an address for communication such as the IP address of the smart meter.

  When receiving the rainfall data from the rain gauge 11, the processing unit 12 of the precipitation measuring device 10 performs the following process on the rainfall data. A reference amount of rainfall is set in the processing unit 12 in advance. This reference amount is a reference for determining whether the current rain is, for example, 50 mm or more per hour and very heavy rain, and is in a state that calls attention. The processing unit 12 performs a process of determining whether the amount of precipitation indicated by the rainfall data received from the rain gauge 11 is larger than a reference amount. When it is determined that the amount of precipitation is greater than the reference amount, the processing unit 12 performs a process of adding notification data representing a notification including a warning or a warning to the rainfall data.

  Further, the processing unit 12 may be as follows. That is, the process part 12 performs the process which sets the some reference | standard amount with respect to the process part 12, and produces the notification data showing the warning or warning according to precipitation. Thereby, the process part 12 issues the notification corresponding to the state where it rains.

  When such processing is completed, the processing unit 12 sequentially reads the transmission destination of the rainfall data from the transmission destination table (FIG. 3) and adds the instrument identification number of the own device, that is, the transmission source to the rainfall data. Furthermore, when the transmission destination is the provider side device 40, the processing unit 12 adds the device identification number of the transmission destination and the communication address to the rainfall data, and sends the rainfall data to the communication unit 13. When the transmission destination is a smart meter, the processing unit 12 performs processing of adding the instrument identification number of the transmission destination and the address for communication to the rainfall data and transmitting the rainfall data to the communication unit 13.

  The communication unit 13 of the precipitation measurement device 10 is a device that communicates with the smart meter 20 and the provider device 40 via the communication network 100. When receiving the rainfall data sequentially from the processing unit 12, the communication unit 13 transmits each rainfall data via the communication network 100 based on the communication address added to the rain data. In this embodiment, the communication unit 13 transmits the created rainfall data to each smart meter registered in the transmission destination table and the provider side device 40.

  The smart meter 20 is an electronic watt-hour meter installed in a user home of a service, and includes a measuring unit 21, a processing unit 22, a communication unit 23, and a storage unit 24, as shown in FIG. There is.

  The storage unit 24 is a storage device that stores various data. The storage unit 24 stores an instrument identification number (device ID) for the smart meter 20 in order to identify the smart meter 20 and other smart meters. The storage unit 24 also registers the operation management system 42 of the business entity apparatus 40 in the same manner as the transmission destination of the transmission destination table (FIG. 3).

  The measuring unit 21 of the smart meter 20 measures the amount of electricity, that is, the amount of electricity used, which sends the electricity drawn to the user's home through the lead-in wire 220 to a switchboard (not shown). The measurement unit 21 sends the amount of electricity used measured every predetermined time to the processing unit 22.

  The communication unit 23 of the smart meter 20 is a device that communicates with the precipitation measurement device 10 and the provider device 40 via the communication network 100. When the communication unit 23 receives the electricity consumption from the processing unit 22, the communication unit 23 sends the electricity consumption to the operation management system 42 of the business entity apparatus 40 based on the address for communication added to the electricity consumption. Send.

  In addition, the communication unit 23 receives rainfall data sent from the communication network 100 to the own device. When receiving the rainfall data, the communication unit 23 sends the rainfall data to the display 30 under the control of the processing unit 22.

  The processing unit 22 of the smart meter 20 performs various processes. When the processing unit 22 receives the amount of electricity used from the measuring unit 21, the processing unit 22 performs processing of adding an instrument identification number or an address for communication to the amount of electricity used, and sends the generated amount of electricity used to the communication unit 23.

  In addition, when the communication unit 23 receives the rainfall data, the processing unit 22 determines whether or not the rain data is appropriate based on the transmission destination instrument identification number added to the rain data. . If the processing unit 22 determines that the rainfall data is indeed sent to the smart meter 20, the processing unit 22 instructs the communication unit 23 to send the rainfall data to the display 30.

  The display device 30 is installed in the user's home and is used by residents of the user's home including the service user. When receiving various data from the smart meter 20, the display 30 is a device that displays information based on this data. When the display unit 30 receives the rainfall data from the smart meter 20, the display unit 30 displays weather information such as precipitation indicated by the rainfall data and an alarm indicated by notification data added to the rainfall table. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the display device 30 displays a notification such as an alarm on the display panel 31 together with precipitation.

  The display device 30 may convert notifications such as the rainfall indicated by the rainfall data and alarms indicated by the notification data into sound and output these as sound.

  Furthermore, it is also possible to divert a monitor of a Home Energy Management System (HEMS) as a display 30.

  The company-side device 40 is installed, for example, in a calculation center of an electric company, and manages the electric company's customers. In this embodiment, the business entity apparatus 40 operates to provide weather information. As shown in FIG. 1, the business entity apparatus 40 includes a communication unit 41, an operation management system 42, and a management computer 43.

  The communication unit 41 of the business entity side device 40 communicates the communication between the operation management system 42 and the management computer 43, the precipitation measuring device 10, the smart meter 20 and the portable terminal 50 of the service user via the communication network 100. It is a device that makes it possible.

  When the communication unit 41 receives the amount of electricity used transmitted from the smart meter including the smart meter 20 to the own device, the communication unit 41 sends the received amount of electricity used to the operation management system 42. Similarly, the communication unit 41 receives rainfall data transmitted from each precipitation measuring device including the precipitation measuring device 10 to the own device. Then, the communication unit 41 sends the received rainfall data to the operation management system 42 based on the device identification number added to the rainfall data.

  The management computer 43 of the business entity apparatus 40 is a computer used by a person in charge of the calculation center. Various settings and the like are input to the management computer 43 by the person in charge.

  The operation management system 42 of the provider side device 40 has a data server function, a WEB server function, a mail server function, and the like. When the operation management system 42 receives the amount of electricity used from the smart meter 20 via the communication unit 41, the operation management system 42 records the amount of electricity used, but the details are omitted.

  The operation management system 42 performs a process for providing a service that provides weather information. The operation management system 42 also stores a device identification number for identifying another device.

  The operation management system 42 stores a list of service users who use this service in a user table. An example of this user table is shown in FIG. The user table consists of data of each service user. The data of one service user includes the name of the service user, the contract number determined between the service user and the electric power company, the e-mail address of the service user, and the service user. ID number and password, and the telephone number of the service user are stored. The contract number also serves as data for identifying the customer. Further, the service user data stores a meter identification number of a smart meter installed at the service user's home and a communication address. Furthermore, in the data of the service user, the instrument identification number of the precipitation measurement device that is the transmission source of the rainfall data is stored.

  The operation management system 42 stores a list of precipitation measuring devices installed in each power pole in a measuring device table. An example of this measuring device table is shown in FIG. The measuring device table consists of data for each precipitation measuring device. As data of one precipitation measuring device, an instrument identification number for identifying the precipitation measuring device and an address for communication of the precipitation measuring device are stored. Further, the data of the measuring device table stores the utility pole number of the utility pole in which this precipitation measuring device is installed. The pole number is for identifying each pole.

  The operation management system 42 stores rainfall data from each precipitation measurement device including the precipitation measurement device 10 in a rainfall table. An example of this rainfall table is shown in FIG. The rainfall table is composed of measured rainfall in which rainfall data from each precipitation measuring device is recorded. The contract number of the precipitation measurement device is stored in one measured rainfall. As the measured rainfall, rainfall data for every one minute from one minute ago to a predetermined time ago is stored like rainfall data for one minute ago and rainfall data for two minutes ago. Each measured rainfall in the rainfall table is updated as time passes.

  The operation management system 42 performs management of rainfall data and provision of weather information as follows using data of each table.

  First, when the operation management system 42 receives from the management computer 43 an instruction to register a new service user, for example, a customer at the user's home shown in FIG. 1, the address and contract number of the customer are installed. Check the meter identification number of the smart meter from the contract data (not shown). The contract data is data on a customer who receives the supply of electricity, and is created by the electric power company at the time of the contract.

  Thereafter, the operation management system 42 determines a precipitation measuring device for sending weather information to a new service user. For example, check the utility pole closest to the user's home. For this purpose, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, the linear distances L1 and L2 from the utility poles 210 and 211 around the user's house are calculated, and the utility pole 210 having the shortest linear distance L1 is selected. Thus, the amount of rain measured by the precipitation measuring device installed near the user's home is taken as the amount of precipitation at the home point. Next, the operation management system 42 checks the instrument identification number of the precipitation measuring device 10 installed on the utility pole 210 with reference to the measurement device table (FIG. 7) based on the utility pole number of the utility pole 210. When the instrument identification number of the precipitation measurement device 10 corresponding to the new service user is found, the operation management system 42 updates the user table (FIG. 6). Thereby, a new service user is registered.

  There are various other methods for selecting the precipitation measurement device by the operation management system 42. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, selection areas 210 a and 211 a are provided in advance for the respective power poles 210 and 211. And if the place where a user's house is located is the selection area 210a, the precipitation measuring device 10 of the utility pole 210 corresponding to this selection area 210a will be selected. As a result, similarly to the case of FIG. 9, the amount of rain measured by the precipitation measuring device installed in the vicinity of the user's house is used as the precipitation at the home point.

  There are also the following methods. For a new service user, a person in charge of the calculation center may operate the management computer 43 to select the telephone pole 210.

  When the selection of the precipitation measurement device 10 is completed, the operation management system 42 selects a new transmission destination of the transmission destination table (FIG. 3) based on the data of the service user registered in the user table (FIG. 6). create. Then, the operation management system 42 checks the communication address of the corresponding precipitation measuring device 10 with the measuring device table (FIG. 7), and transmits the created data of the service user to the precipitation measuring device 10. Thereby, the transmission destination table (FIG. 3) of the precipitation measuring apparatus 10 is updated.

  When the operation management system 42 receives rainfall data from the communication unit 41, it updates the rainfall table (FIG. 8) based on the instrument identification number of the transmission source added to the rainfall data. Further, the operation management system 42 refers to the user table and checks whether the service user's e-mail address is registered based on the instrument identification number. When the e-mail address is registered, the operation management system 42 transmits rain data to the portable terminal 50. Thereby, the portable terminal 50 displays weather information indicating a notification such as the amount of precipitation or an alarm.

  In addition, the operation management system 42 makes it possible to browse rainfall data on the Internet based on the rainfall table (FIG. 8). Then, when there is access from the service user's personal computer and the ID number and password are input, the operation management system 42 refers to the ID number and password of the user table (FIG. 6), and these are appropriate. And make it possible to view rainfall data.

  Further, the operation management system 42 may create a voice notification for transmitting weather information and transmit the created voice notification by an automatic telephone function based on the telephone number of the user table.

  The above is the configuration of the weather information providing system according to this embodiment. Next, the operation of this weather information providing system will be described. When a customer of an electric power company receives a service for providing weather information, the electric power company registers this customer as a service user. In this case, for example, a person in charge of the calculation center operates the management computer 43 to instruct the operation management system 42 to add a service user. Further, at the time of registration, the operation management system 42 selects the precipitation measurement device 10 which is the transmission source of the rainfall data.

  When the service user's registration is completed and it begins to rain in the area including the user's home later, each precipitation measuring device including the precipitation measuring device 10 measures the amount of precipitation. The registered precipitation measuring device 10 adds its own instrument identification number to the rainfall data representing the measurement result, and based on the transmission destination table, the rainfall data is sent to the smart meter 20 at the user's home and the provider side. The data is transmitted to the device 40 via the communication network 100. In addition, when the amount of precipitation exceeds the reference value, the precipitation measuring device 10 adds notification data to the rainfall data, and transmits the rainfall data to the smart meter 20 and the business device 40.

  When the smart meter 20 at the user's home receives rainfall data addressed to the user's own device, the smart meter 20 sends the rainfall data to the display 30. When the indicator 30 installed in the user's home receives the rainfall data, it displays the precipitation indicated by the rainfall data. Thereby, the indicator 30 displays the precipitation measured by the precipitation measuring device 10 as the precipitation at the service user's home point. At the user home, residents including the service user can know the latest weather information by looking at the display 30.

  Further, when notification data is added to the rainfall data, the display 30 displays a notification such as an alarm. Thus, residents including the service user can know the presence or absence of a notification such as an alarm.

  On the other hand, when the communication unit 41 receives the rainfall data addressed to its own device, the provider side device 40 sends this rainfall data to the operation management system 42. When the operation management system 42 receives the rain data, the operation management system 42 updates the corresponding rain data in the rain table based on the instrument identification number added to the rain data.

  Further, the operation management system 42 refers to the user table to check whether the service user's e-mail address is registered based on the instrument identification number. When the e-mail address is registered, the operation management system 42 transmits rain data to the portable terminal 50. As a result, the portable terminal 50 can display rainfall, an alarm, and the like, and can notify the service user of current weather information even when there is no service user at the user's home.

  In addition, the operation management system 42 can view rainfall data on the Internet based on the rainfall table. Then, when the service user's personal computer accesses and the ID number and password are input, the operation management system 42 refers to the ID number and password of the user table, and if these are appropriate, the rainfall data Allow browsing. Thereby, the service user can know the weather information using the personal computer.

  Furthermore, the operation management system 42 creates a voice message for conveying weather information, and transmits the created voice message by an automatic telephone function. Thereby, even when the resident including the service user does not notice the display on the display 30 in the user's home, the resident can be notified by voice notification.

  Thus, according to this embodiment, the amount of rain falling near the user's house is displayed as the precipitation at the home point, and a notification such as an alarm corresponding to the precipitation is displayed, so that the service user's home is displayed. It is possible to notify the residents including service users of weather information including precipitation at the point. Thereby, even if it does not install the precipitation measuring apparatus 10 in a service user's home, the resident | resident including a service user can be notified of the weather information of a home point.

  Further, according to this embodiment, when the amount of precipitation is very heavy, notification such as an alarm can be displayed to enable prompt response by residents including the service user.

  Furthermore, according to this embodiment, since weather information is notified using the portable terminal 50 or a personal computer, it is possible to notify the weather information at the home location to the service user located outside the home.

Second Embodiment
In the weather information providing system according to the first embodiment, the precipitation measuring device 10 performs a process of determining whether or not the rainfall indicated by the rainfall data is greater than the reference amount. If it is determined that the amount of rainfall is greater than the reference amount, the precipitation measuring device 10 performs a process of adding notification data representing a notification such as an alarm to the rainfall data. Then, the precipitation amount measuring apparatus 10 transmits the created rainfall data to the smart meter 20 or the provider side device 40 based on the transmission destination table stored in advance.

  On the other hand, in this embodiment, the precipitation measurement device 10 is as follows. In this embodiment, components that are the same as or the same as those in the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

  In the weather information providing system according to this embodiment, the precipitation measurement device 10 transmits rainfall data to the business entity side device 40 only.

  In the provider side device 40, the operation management system 42 stores the transmission destination table (FIG. 3) in advance. When receiving the rainfall data addressed to itself, the business entity side device 40 sends it to the operation management system 42. The operation management system 42 performs a process of determining whether or not the precipitation indicated by the rainfall data is greater than the reference amount. If it is determined that the amount of precipitation is greater than the reference amount, the operation management system 42 performs a process of attaching notification data representing a notification such as an alarm to the rainfall data.

  Then, the operation management system 42 sequentially reads the transmission destination of the rainfall data from the transmission destination table. Next, the operation management system 42 adds the instrument identification number of the transmission destination and the address for communication to the rainfall data, and transmits the rainfall data to the registered smart meter including the smart meter 20.

  According to this embodiment, it is possible to omit the processing performed by the precipitation measurement device 10 on the rainfall data, and thus it is possible to reduce the processing of the precipitation measurement device 10. In addition, rainfall data can be collectively managed by the operation management system 42 of the company apparatus 40.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, but the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and even if there is a design change or the like without departing from the gist of the present invention, Included in the invention. For example, in the above embodiment, the measurement target is precipitation, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the measurement target may be wind speed or the like.

10 Precipitation measurement device (measurement device)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Rain gauge 12 Processing part 13 Communication part 14 Storage part 20 Smart meter (communication apparatus)
21 Measurement unit 22 Processing unit 23 Communication unit 30 Display (receiving device)
40 o'clock trader side equipment 41 communication unit 42 operation management system 43 management computer 50 mobile terminal 100 communication network

Claims (3)

A weather information providing system for notifying the precipitation at the home of a customer who is supplied with electricity,
A measuring device installed on a utility pole and transmitting rainfall data representing the measured precipitation;
A communication device provided at the customer's home, receiving rainfall data from the measuring device and sending it to the home;
A receiving device provided in the customer's home and notifying the amount of rainfall based on the rainfall data when receiving the rainfall data from the communication device;
With
The measuring device is selected from the measuring devices provided in each power pole installed around the customer's home,
A weather information provision system characterized by this. The measurement device creates notification data indicating a notification including a warning based on the precipitation indicated by the rainfall data, and transmits the created notification data together with the rainfall data.
The receiving device notifies an alarm based on the notification data received from the measuring device,
The weather information providing system according to claim 1, wherein The communication device is a smart meter having both a measurement function for measuring electricity supplied to the customer's home and a communication function for data communication,
The smart meter receives rainfall data from the measuring device and sends it to the receiving device by the communication function.
The meteorological information providing system according to claim 1 or 2.

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