JP2022173297A - Device state notification control device, device state notification system, device state notification method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a situation in a housing to be grasped remotely.

SOLUTION: A device state acquisition unit 111 acquires device state information indicating a state of an electric device installed in a housing. A date and time acquisition unit acquire current date and time. A notification designation acquisition unit 112 acquires, from a terminal device as notification designation information, notification items designated, by a user, via a notification item designation window displayed on the terminal device and in which a plurality of items corresponding to the state of the housing are arranged, and a notification time zone designated via a notification time zone designation window displayed on the terminal device. A notification condition setting unit 113 sets a notification condition on the basis of the notification designation information. A notification information generation unit 114 generates notification information for performing notification of the state of the housing when the current date and time is contained in the notification time zone, and it is determined that a state corresponding to the designated notification item among the acquired states of the electric device has been changed, while considering that the notification condition is satisfied. A communication unit 150 transmits the notification information to the terminal device.

SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

COPYRIGHT: (C)2023,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a device status notification control device, a device status notification system, a device status notification method, and a program.

With the growing interest in saving energy, EMS (Energy Management Systems) such as HEMS (Home Energy Management System) aimed at saving energy in general households and MEMS (Mansion Energy Management System) aimed at saving energy in common facilities in condominiums. ) are prevalent.

For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a monitoring system that notifies a terminal device of information indicating an abnormality in an air conditioner installed in a house.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-208403

There is an increasing demand to know the condition of the house other than the abnormality of the electrical equipment installed in the house. However, it is difficult for the surveillance system disclosed in Patent Literature 1 to meet such a demand.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances as described above, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to remotely grasp the situation in a house.

To achieve the above object, the device status notification control device according to the present invention includes a device status acquisition section, a date and time acquisition section, a notification specification acquisition section, a notification condition setting section, a notification information generation section, and a communication section. The device state acquisition unit acquires device state information indicating the state of the electrical device installed in the house. The date and time acquisition unit acquires the current date and time. The notification designation obtaining unit obtains notification items designated by the user through a notification item designation screen provided with a plurality of items corresponding to housing conditions displayed on the terminal device, and the notification time displayed on the terminal device. The notification time period designated via the period designation screen and the number of times of notification in the notification time period are acquired from the terminal device as notification designation information. The notification condition setting unit sets notification conditions based on the notification designation information. The notification information generation unit determines whether the current date and time acquired by the date and time acquisition unit is included in the specified notification time period, and which corresponds to the specified notification item among the electrical device states acquired by the device state acquisition unit. When it is determined that the state has changed, notification information for notifying the user of the state of the house is generated assuming that the notification condition is met. The communication unit transmits the notification information generated by the notification information generation unit to the terminal device.

According to the device status notification control device according to the present invention, the device status information indicating the status of the electrical device installed in the house is acquired, and when the status of the electrical device satisfies the notification condition, the notification information is generated. Since the information can be transmitted to the terminal device, the situation in the house can be grasped from the state of the electrical equipment.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a device status notification system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention; Block diagram showing the functional configuration of the device status notification control device A diagram showing an example of operation state information of an air conditioner FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of operating state information of lighting devices; A diagram showing an example of operation state information of a refrigerator A diagram showing an example of a notification device designation screen Sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the device status notification system Flowchart showing the flow of notification information supply processing Diagram showing an example of notification item specification screen A diagram showing an example of a notification time zone specification screen Block diagram showing the functional configuration of the device status notification control device according to the second embodiment A diagram showing an example of a notification time zone specification screen A diagram showing another example of the notification time period designation screen A diagram showing an example of the notification date specification screen A diagram showing an example of a notification day of the week designation screen Diagram showing an example of notification season designation screen A diagram showing an example of a notification device designation screen according to the third embodiment Block diagram showing a hardware configuration example of the device status notification control device

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A device status notification control device, a device status notification system, a device status notification method, and a program according to embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
A device state notification system 1 according to Embodiment 1 is a system for managing the environmental state of a house and presenting the environmental state of the house to a user who is a resident. As shown in FIG. 1, the device state notification system 1 includes a device state notification control device 100 that manages the environmental state of a house, an electrical device 200 installed in the house, and an electric power that measures the amount of power consumed in the house. It includes a measuring device 300 and a terminal device 400 that presents the operating state of the electrical device 200 to the user. Note that the number of electric devices 200 is arbitrary as long as it is one or more.

Device status notification control device 100 is communicably connected to electrical device 200 and power measuring device 300 via network NW built in a house. The network NW is, for example, a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) conforming to ECHONET Lite (registered trademark). Also, the device status notification control device 100 and the terminal device 400 are communicably connected via a well-known wireless LAN such as Wi-Fi (registered trademark).

Hereinafter, the configuration of each unit shown in FIG. 2 will be described in order.
(Equipment status notification control device 100)
The device status notification control device 100 is a controller used in, for example, HEMS (Home Energy Management System), MEMS (Mansion Energy Management System), etc., and monitors and controls the operation of each electrical device 200 installed in a house. conduct. The device state notification control device 100 acquires information indicating the state of each electrical device 200 and determines whether or not the acquired information satisfies preset notification conditions. Then, when the notification condition is satisfied, the device status notification control device 100 generates notification information and supplies it to the terminal device 400 .

As shown in FIG. 2, the device status notification control device 100 is functionally composed of a control unit 110 for overall control, a storage unit 120 for storing data, a display unit 130 for displaying images, and an operation input. It includes an operation input unit 140 that accepts and a communication unit 150 that communicates with an external device.

The control unit 110 centrally controls the operation of each unit of the device status notification control device 100 . By executing a control program, the control unit 110 has a device state acquisition unit 111 that acquires device state information, a notification designation acquisition unit 112 that acquires notification designation information, and a notification condition setting unit 113 that sets conditions for notification to the user. , and a notification information generation unit 114 that generates notification information to be notified to the user.

The device state acquisition unit 111 acquires device state information indicating the state of the electrical device 200 . Specifically, the device state acquisition unit 111 acquires, as the device state information, operation state information indicating its own operation state from each of the electrical devices 200, and also acquires the power consumption of each of the electrical devices 200 from the power measuring device 300. Acquire power consumption information indicating power. The operating state information includes information indicating the operating state of the electrical device 200 itself, such as information indicating on/off, operating mode, and set values, and the state of the environment in which the electrical device 200 operates, such as the ambient temperature. , atmospheric humidity, atmospheric brightness, air pressure, electricity, etc. These may be obtained by sensors or generated by the device itself. The device state acquisition unit 111 stores the operating state information acquired from each electrical device 200 and the power consumption information acquired from the power measuring device 300 in the storage unit 120 .

The notification designation obtaining unit 112 obtains notification designation information from the terminal device 400 . The notification designation information is information indicating the contents of notification information designated by the user. It indicates a notification condition indicating that notification should be made when the condition is met, such as the specified content, for example, that the operation status of a certain electrical device 200 has changed.

The notification condition setting unit 113 sets notification conditions for determining whether or not to notify the terminal device 400 of the device state information acquired by the device state acquisition unit 111 . The notification condition setting unit 113 sets notification conditions based on notification designation information acquired from the terminal device 400 .

In the following description, it is assumed that notification condition setting unit 113 sets a change in the operating state of electric device 200 designated as a notification target in notification designation information as a notification condition. The notification condition setting unit 113 stores the set notification conditions in the storage unit 120 as notification condition information.

The user can use the notification device designation screen of the terminal device 400, which will be described later, to appropriately change the notification designation content and transmit the notification designation information. The notification condition setting unit 113 newly sets notification conditions based on the notification designation information each time the notification designation information is acquired from the terminal device 400 , and updates the notification condition information stored in the storage unit 120 .

The notification information generation unit 114 refers to the notification condition information stored in the storage unit 120 and determines whether or not the device status information acquired by the device status acquisition unit 111 satisfies the notification conditions. In this example, the notification information generation unit 114 generates the device status information obtained this time and the device status information obtained last time from the electric device 200 to be notified of the device state information to the user (hereinafter simply referred to as the notification target electric device 200). and the state of the electrical device 200 is changed, for example, when the operation status of the electrical device 200 to be notified is switched from on to off or from off to on, or when the operation mode is switched. , it is determined that the notification condition is satisfied.

Note that the notification information generation unit 114 notifies the electrical device that there has been a change of a predetermined value or more for items represented by numerical values, such as the set temperature and the set humidity included in the device state information. 200 may be considered to have changed. The notification information generation unit 114 generated notification information necessary for the terminal device 400 to display the notification screen for the electrical device 200 to be notified that satisfies the notification conditions, and generated the notification information in the terminal device 400 by controlling the communication unit 150. Send notification information.

The storage unit 120 stores various programs and various data for controlling the device status notification control device 100 . The storage unit 120 stores, for example, notification condition information, operating state information acquired from each of the electrical devices 200, power consumption information acquired from the power measuring device 300, and the like.

The display unit 130 displays various images on the display screen under the control of the control unit 110 . The display unit 130 displays an image based on the operating state information acquired from each of the electrical devices 200 and the power consumption information acquired from the power measuring device 300, for example.

Operation input unit 140 receives a user's operation, generates an operation signal according to the received operation, and outputs the operation signal to control unit 110 . Control unit 110 executes a process corresponding to a user's operation based on an operation signal input from operation input unit 140 .

Communication unit 150 performs data communication with each of electric device 200 , power measuring device 300 , and terminal device 400 under the control of control unit 110 . The communication unit 150 receives, for example, operating state information from each electrical device 200 and power consumption information from the power measuring device 300 . Also, the communication unit 150 transmits notification information to the terminal device 400 .

(Electrical device 200)
The electrical equipment 200 includes, for example, air conditioners, air purifiers, floor cooling and heating systems, bathroom heater/dryers, refrigerators, microwave ovens, IH (Induction Heating) cookers, televisions, lighting devices, and various home appliances installed in houses. is. The electric device 200 may be a water heater installed outside a house, a power conditioner for an electric vehicle, or the like. The electric device 200 is connected to a power line that supplies power from a commercial power supply, a battery, or the like, and is also connected to the device status notification control device 100 via the network NW so as to be communicable. In response to receiving the transmission request signal from device state notification control device 100 , electrical device 200 transmits operating state information indicating its current operating state to device state notification control device 100 .

The operating state information differs depending on what kind of home appliance the electric device 200 is, and includes data corresponding to predetermined operating state items according to the main function of the electric device 200 .

If the electrical equipment 200 is an air conditioner, for example, as shown in FIG. ”, “set humidity”, “room temperature”, and “room humidity”. The "operating status" is represented by, for example, "on" indicating that the air conditioner is operating or "off" indicating that the air conditioner is not operating. The "operation mode" is represented by, for example, "heating" indicating heating operation, "cooling" indicating cooling operation, or "dehumidifying" indicating dehumidification operation. "Set temperature" is the temperature set in the air conditioner as the target temperature. The "set humidity" is the humidity set in the air conditioner as the target humidity. "Indoor temperature" is the actual indoor temperature detected by the temperature sensor provided in the air conditioner. "Indoor humidity" is the actual indoor humidity detected by the humidity sensor provided in the air conditioner. The "set temperature" and "room temperature" are expressed, for example, in degrees Celsius (unit: °C), and the "set humidity" and "indoor humidity" are expressed, for example, in relative humidity (unit: %). The operation state information shown in FIG. 3A indicates that the current operation state of the air conditioner is "on", the operation mode is "cooling", the set temperature is "24 degrees Celsius", the set humidity is "50%", and the indoor temperature is "27 degrees Celsius". ”, indicating that the indoor humidity is “62%”.

Further, when the electric device 200 is a lighting device, for example, as shown in FIG. , “hue”, and “ambient brightness”. The "operating status" is indicated, for example, by either "on" indicating that the lighting device is in operation or "off" indicating that the lighting device is out of operation. "Brightness" is indicated by, for example, three levels of "bright", "medium", and "dark" according to the brightness of illumination light. "Color" is indicated by, for example, "daylight color", "neutral white color", and "light bulb color" according to the color of the illumination light. “Ambient brightness” is the actual indoor brightness detected by the illuminance sensor provided in the lighting device, and is expressed in lux (unit: lx). The operating state information shown in FIG. 3B indicates that the current operating state of the lighting device is "on", "medium" brightness, "light bulb color", and "300 lx" ambient brightness. . It should be noted that "brightness" may be expressed numerically by luminous flux (unit: lm (lumen)) and "hue" by color temperature (unit: K (kelvin)).

Further, when the electric appliance 200 is a refrigerator, for example, as shown in FIG. It includes "operation state data" corresponding to each of "door opening/closing", "refrigerator internal temperature", and "freezer internal temperature". "Operating status" is represented, for example, by either "on" indicating that the refrigerator is in operation or "off" indicating that the refrigerator is out of operation. "Cooling intensity" is the cooling level of the refrigerator, and is represented by, for example, three levels of "strong", "medium", and "weak". "Door open/close" is the open/closed state of the door of the refrigerator, and is represented by either "open" indicating that the door is open or "closed" indicating that the door is closed. The “refrigerator internal temperature” is the actual temperature inside the refrigerator detected by the temperature sensor provided in the refrigerator. "Temperature inside freezer" is the actual temperature inside the freezer detected by a temperature sensor provided in the refrigerator. The “refrigerator internal temperature” and the “freezer internal temperature” are expressed, for example, in degrees Celsius (unit: °C). The operating state information shown in FIG. 3C indicates that the current operating state of the refrigerator is: operating state “on”; cooling intensity “weak”; ”.

(Power measuring device 300)
A power measuring device 300 shown in FIG. 1 is a power measuring device having a communication function such as a smart meter. In response to receiving the transmission request signal from the device status notification control device 100, the power measurement device 300 measures the power consumption of each electrical device 200 installed in the house and the power consumption of the entire house, and outputs the measurement results. The indicated power consumption information is transmitted to the device status notification control device 100 . The power consumption of each electrical device 200 and the power consumption of the entire house are represented by, for example, instantaneous power consumption values (unit: W).

(Terminal device 400)
The terminal device 400 is, for example, a general-purpose mobile device such as a smart phone, a tablet terminal, or a notebook computer owned by the user. When terminal device 400 receives the notification information transmitted from device status notification control device 100, terminal device 400 displays a notification screen indicating the operating state and power consumption of each electrical device 200 on its own display screen based on the received notification information. By displaying, the situation of the house is presented to the user.

In addition, the terminal device 400 displays, on the display screen, a notification device designation screen 410 for designating necessity of notification information of each electric device 200 shown in FIG. 4, for example, according to the user's operation. The user can use notification device designation screen 410 to designate whether or not notification information is necessary for each electrical device 200 . On the notification device designation screen 410, for each room that is a division of the house, a device identification frame 411 indicating the name of the electrical device 200 installed in that room and whether or not to notify the device status information of the electrical device 200 are displayed. A notification designation button 412 for designating is displayed in association with the notification designation button 412 . The user presses the notification designation button 412 to switch between "notification ON" that designates notification of the device state information and "notification OFF" that designates non-notification of the device state information, thereby enabling the electric device 200 to be notified. can be specified. When the necessity of the device status information is specified on the notification device specification screen 410 , the terminal device 400 transmits notification specification information indicating the specified content to the device status notification control device 100 .

Next, with reference to FIG. 5, an outline of data transmission/reception of each device in the device status notification system 1 will be described.

The device state notification control device 100 transmits a transmission request signal for operation state information to each of the electrical devices 200 via the network NW at predetermined time intervals (step S101).

In addition, the device status notification control device 100 transmits a power consumption information transmission request signal to the power measuring device 300 via the network NW at predetermined time intervals (step S102).

Each electric device 200 that has received the transmission request signal from the device state notification control device 100 transmits the operating state information to the device state notification control device 100 (step S103).

Further, the power measuring device 300 that has received the transmission request signal from the device state notification control device 100 transmits the power consumption information to the device state notification control device 100 (step S104).

Upon receiving the operating state information and the power consumption information, the device state notification control apparatus 100 determines whether or not the notification conditions are satisfied, and generates notification information according to the determination result (step S105).

Then, the device status notification control device 100 transmits the notification information generated in step S105 to the terminal device 400 (step S106).

Upon receiving the notification information from the device status notification control device 100, the terminal device 400 displays a notification screen based on the notification information (step S107).

The device status notification system 1 presents the user with the status of the house by repeatedly executing the series of processes described above.

Next, the notification information supply process executed by the control unit 110 of the device status notification control device 100 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The control unit 110 repeatedly executes the notification information supply process at regular time intervals.

When starting the notification information supply process, the control unit 110 first acquires operation state information from each electric device 200 (step S201). Device state acquisition unit 111 of control unit 110 controls communication unit 150 to transmit a transmission request signal requesting transmission of operation state information to each electric device 200, thereby obtaining operation state information from each electric device 200. get.

Subsequently, the control unit 110 acquires power consumption information from the power measuring device 300 (step S202). The device status acquisition unit 111 of the control unit 110 controls the communication unit 150 to transmit a transmission request signal requesting transmission of the power consumption information to the power measurement device 300 , thereby obtaining the power consumption information from the power measurement device 300 . get.

Next, the control unit 110 determines whether or not notification conditions are satisfied (step S203). The notification information generation unit 114 of the control unit 110 refers to the notification condition information stored in the storage unit 120, and determines whether or not the device state information of each electric device 200 acquired by the device state acquisition unit 111 satisfies the notification conditions. judge.

Subsequently, control unit 110 generates notification information according to the determination result in step S203 (step S204). The notification information generation unit 114 of the control unit 110 compares the device state information acquired this time from the electrical device 200 to be notified with the device state information acquired last time, and determines the state of the electrical device 200. If there is a change, it is determined that the notification condition is satisfied, and notification information for notifying the user of this fact is generated.

And the control part 110 transmits notification information to the terminal device 400 (step S205). The notification information generation unit 114 of the control unit 110 controls the communication unit 150 to transmit the notification information generated in step S<b>204 to the terminal device 400 . The terminal device 400 that has received the notification information from the device status notification control device 100 displays a notification image based on the notification information on the display screen.

After executing step S105, the control unit 110 ends the notification information supply process.

As described above, according to the device status notification system 1 according to Embodiment 1, when the device status information indicating the status of an electrical device installed in a house is acquired and the status of the electrical device satisfies the notification condition, the device status information is acquired. Since notification information can be generated and transmitted to the terminal device, the situation in the house can be grasped from the state of the electrical equipment.

(Modification 1)
In the device status notification system 1 according to Embodiment 1, when the electrical device 200 to be notified is designated on the notification device designation screen 410 shown in FIG. A notification item designation screen 420 provided with an item identification frame 421 indicating the device status item of the electric device 200 to be notified and a notification designation button 422 may be displayed so that notification items can be designated. The user can specify notification or non-notification of the changed status item by pressing the notification designation button 422 to switch between "checked" and "unchecked". After the user finishes specifying notification items, the user can return to the notification device specification screen 410 shown in FIG. 4 by pressing the return button 423 . As a result, the device status notification system 1 can notify only changes in items that the user wants to know about.

(Embodiment 2)
In the first embodiment, when the state of the electric device 200 specified by the user to be notified changes, the user is notified of the change in the state in the house by displaying the change on the terminal device 400 . In a second embodiment, an example of regulating the time zone for notification will be described. Only differences from the first embodiment will be described below.

For example, when the electric device 200 to be notified is designated on the notification device designation screen 410 shown in FIG. 4, the terminal device 400 according to the second embodiment displays the notification time zone designation screen 430 shown in FIG. display on the screen. On the notification time period designation screen 430, a time period identification frame 431 indicating a division of a preset time period and a notification designation button 432 for designating necessity of notification are displayed in association with each other. The user presses the notification designation button 432 to switch between "checked" for specifying notification of the device status information and "unchecked" for specifying non-notification of the device status information, thereby specifying the notification time period. be able to. Further, the user can return to the notification device designation screen 410 shown in FIG. 4 by pressing the return button 433 after completing the designation of the time period. When the notification mode of the device status information is specified on the notification device specification screen 410 and the notification time zone specification screen 430 , the terminal device 400 transmits notification specification information indicating the specified content to the device status notification control device 100 .

The control unit 110 of the device status notification control device 100 further includes a date and time acquisition unit 115, as shown in FIG. The date and time acquisition unit 115 acquires the current date and time. The date and time acquisition unit 115 may acquire the current date and time via the network NW or from a real time clock (RTC) built in the device status notification control device 100 .

In addition, the notification condition setting unit 113 sets a notification time condition including the notification time condition that the current time acquired by the date and time acquisition unit 115 is included in the time zone specified in the notification specifying information. That is, in the present embodiment, the notification condition is set such that the state of electric device 200 to be notified has changed and the current time belongs to a specific time zone.

Notification information generation unit 114 determines that the notification condition is satisfied when the state of electric device 200 to be notified has changed and the current time is included in the specified time period.

As described above, according to the device status notification system 1 according to the second embodiment, the user can pre-specify the notification time period, thereby allowing the user to specify the time period in which notification of the change in the state of the electrical equipment 200 is required. , a time period in which a change in the state of the electrical equipment 200 is expected, or the like can be appropriately notified.

(Modification 2)
In the equipment status notification system 1 according to Embodiment 2, as shown in FIG. A notification time period specification screen 440 provided with a frame 442 may be displayed so that the notification time period can be specified. Also, a plurality of start time designation frames 441 and end time designation frames 442 may be provided on the notification time period designation screen 440 so that a plurality of time periods can be designated. Furthermore, as in the notification time zone designation screen 450 shown in FIG. 11, in a clock image 451 that simulates an analog clock, a triangular slider 452 may be moved to designate the notification start time and end time. . Also, the number of notifications in the same time period may be specified. This allows the user to more appropriately specify the notification time period.

(Modification 3)
In the device status notification system 1 according to Embodiment 2, in addition to or instead of specifying the notification time period, the date, day of the week, season, etc. for notifying changes in the status of the electrical device 200 to be notified are specified. You may make it possible. In this case, for example, as shown in the notification date designation screen 460 shown in FIG. In addition, it should be possible to specify the day of the week or the season for notification. Thereby, the user can appropriately receive the notification according to the date of use, day of the week, time of use, and the like of each electric device 200 . In this case, the notification condition setting unit 113 sets the notification day condition and/or the notification season condition on the condition that the current time acquired by the date and time acquisition unit 115 is included in the day of the week and/or the season specified in the notification specifying information. is included in the notification conditions. That is, in the present embodiment, the notification condition is set such that the state of electric device 200 to be notified has changed and the current time belongs to a specific time zone. Further, the status items, time zone, date, day of the week, and season for notifying changes in the status of the electrical device 200 to be notified may be appropriately combined and sequentially specified.

(Embodiment 3)
In the third embodiment, an example will be described in which the electrical device 200 to be notified is specified using an icon indicating the electrical device 200 placed on the floor plan of the house. Only differences from Embodiments 1 and 3 will be described below.

Terminal device 400 according to Embodiment 3 displays, for example, an icon indicating electric device 200 on the floor plan of the house on notification device designation screen 490 shown in FIG. , the designation of the electric device 200 to be notified is received.

As described in Embodiments 1 and 2, after electric device 200 to be notified is designated on notification device designation screen 490, terminal device 400 detects a change in the state of electric device 200 to be notified. The status items to be notified, the time zone, the date, the day of the week, and the season may be appropriately combined and sequentially designated.

As described above, according to the equipment status notification system 1 according to the third embodiment, the user can easily grasp the electric equipment 200 installed in each room of the house, and can The device 200 can be specified intuitively.

In the above description, the notification condition is "that the state of the electric device 200 to be notified has changed", but the notification condition itself is arbitrary. In addition, the content to be notified when the notification condition is satisfied is arbitrary. For example, the condition for notification is that the ambient temperature is equal to or higher than the set temperature, and the content of the notification is set to be ambient humidity and illuminance. 'set temperature' and 'all items of operating state' of the other electric device 200C. Also, notification may be made when a plurality of conditions are satisfied. For example, when "the ambient temperature is equal to or higher than the set temperature" and the operating status of the electrical device 200A is "on" and the operating status of the electrical device 200B is "off," the operating status of the electrical device 200C is notified. may be
In addition, it is arbitrary to set what kind of notification conditions and what kind of contents to notify. Moreover, the user may be allowed to freely set what kind of conditions are to be used as notification contents.

Finally, a hardware configuration example of the device status notification control device 100 according to the first to third embodiments will be described with reference to FIG. The device status notification control device 100 includes a processor 500 for controlling each unit in the device, a memory 600 for storing various data, and an interface 700 for inputting/outputting information with other devices. are electrically connected to each other through

Each function of the control unit 110 of the device status notification control device 100 is implemented by the processor 500 . The processor 500 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that executes programs stored in the memory 600 . Note that the processor 500 may be a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), or the like in addition to or instead of the CPU.

Storage unit 120 of device status notification control device 100 is implemented by memory 600 . The memory 600 is, for example, a non-volatile or volatile semiconductor such as ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), flash memory, EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory). Memory, magnetic disc, flexible disc, optical disc, compact disc, mini disc, DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) and the like.

Display unit 130 , operation input unit 140 , and communication unit 150 of device status notification control device 100 are implemented by interface 700 .

In the above embodiment, for example, the control program executed by the CPU of the control unit 110 of the device status notification control device 100 is stored in advance in the ROM. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may function as a device corresponding to the status notification control device 100 .

The method of providing such a program is arbitrary, and for example, it may be stored and distributed in a computer-readable recording medium (flexible disk, CD (Compact Disc)-ROM, DVD-ROM), etc., or the Internet The program may be stored in storage on a network such as , and provided by downloading it.

In addition, when the above processing is performed by dividing the work between an OS (Operating System) and an application program, or by cooperation between the OS and an application program, only the application program may be stored in a recording medium, storage, or the like. . It is also possible to superimpose a program on a carrier wave and distribute it via a network. For example, the program may be posted on a bulletin board system (BBS) on the network and distributed via the network. Then, this program may be designed to execute the above process by starting up and executing it in the same way as other application programs under the control of the OS.

The present invention is capable of various embodiments and modifications without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the invention. Moreover, the embodiment described above is for explaining the present invention, and does not limit the scope of the present invention. That is, the scope of the present invention is indicated by the claims rather than the embodiments. Various modifications made within the scope of the claims and within the meaning of the invention equivalent thereto are considered to be within the scope of the present invention.

1 device state notification system 100 device state notification control device 110 control unit 111 device state acquisition unit 112 notification designation acquisition unit 113 notification condition setting unit 114 notification information generation unit 115 date and time acquisition unit 120 storage unit 130 display unit 140 operation input unit 150 communication unit 200 electric device 300 power measuring device 400 terminal device 410 notification device designation screen 411 device identification frame 412 notification designation button 420 notification item designation screen 421 items Identification frame 422 Notification designation button 423 Return button 430 Notification time period designation screen 431 Time period identification frame 432 Notification designation button 433 Return button 440 Notification time period designation screen 441 Start time designation frame 442 End time Designation frame 450 Notification time period designation screen 451 Clock image 452 Slider 460 Notification date designation screen 470 Notification day designation screen 480 Notification season designation screen 490 Notification device designation screen 500 Processor 600 Memory 700 Interface BL bus line, NW network

Claims (9)

a device state acquisition unit that acquires device state information indicating the state of an electrical device installed in a house;
a date and time acquisition unit that acquires the current date and time;
A notification item specified by a user via a notification item specification screen provided with a plurality of items corresponding to the situation of the housing displayed on the terminal device, and a notification time zone specification screen displayed on the terminal device. a notification designation obtaining unit that obtains, as notification designation information from the terminal device, the notification time period designated via the terminal device and the number of notifications in the notification time period;
a notification condition setting unit that sets a notification condition based on the notification designation information;
The current date and time acquired by the date and time acquisition unit is included in the designated notification time period, and among the states of the electrical equipment acquired by the device state acquisition unit, the state corresponding to the designated notification item is a notification information generation unit that generates notification information for notifying the user of the status of the housing assuming that the notification condition is satisfied when it is determined that the condition has changed;
a communication unit that transmits the notification information generated by the notification information generation unit to the terminal device;
A device status notification control device comprising: a device state acquisition unit that acquires device state information indicating the state of an electrical device installed in a house;
a date and time acquisition unit that acquires the current date and time;
A notification item specified by a user via a notification item specification screen provided with a plurality of items corresponding to the situation of the housing displayed on the terminal device, and a notification time zone specification screen displayed on the terminal device. a notification time slot specified via the terminal device as notification specification information;
a notification condition setting unit that sets a notification condition based on the notification designation information;
The current date and time acquired by the date and time acquisition unit is included in the designated notification time period, and among the states of the electrical equipment acquired by the device state acquisition unit, the state corresponding to the designated notification item is a notification information generation unit that generates notification information for notifying the user of the status of the housing assuming that the notification condition is satisfied when it is determined that the condition has changed;
a communication unit that transmits the notification information generated by the notification information generation unit to the terminal device;
A device status notification control device comprising: The device state information is information including the operating state of the electrical device and the power consumption of the electrical device.
The equipment status notification control device according to claim 1 or 2. The date and time acquisition unit further acquires the current season,
The notification condition setting unit includes, in the notification condition, a notification season condition for regulating a season for notifying the terminal device of the state of the electrical equipment, and setting the notification condition.
The equipment status notification control device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The notification time period designation screen is displayed so that the notification start time and end time can be designated by moving a triangular slider in a clock image imitating an analog clock.
The equipment status notification control device according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The notification item designation screen and the notification time period designation screen are displayed after the user selects an icon indicating the electric device arranged on the floor plan of the house displayed on the terminal device.
The equipment status notification control device according to any one of claims 1 to 5. A device status notification system including a device status notification control device, an electrical device and a terminal device,
The equipment status notification control device,
a device state acquisition unit that acquires device state information indicating the state of the electrical device installed in the house;
a date and time acquisition unit that acquires the current date and time;
A notification item designated by a user through a notification item designation screen provided with a plurality of items corresponding to the situation of the housing displayed on the terminal device, and a notification time zone designation screen displayed on the terminal device a notification time period designated via the notification designation acquisition unit that acquires the notification designation information from the terminal device;
a notification condition setting unit that sets a notification condition based on the notification designation information;
The current date and time acquired by the date and time acquisition unit is included in the designated notification time period, and among the states of the electrical equipment acquired by the device state acquisition unit, the state corresponding to the designated notification item is a notification information generation unit that generates notification information for notifying the user of the status of the housing assuming that the notification condition is satisfied when it is determined that the condition has changed;
a communication unit that transmits the notification information generated by the notification information generation unit to the terminal device;
A device status notification system comprising: Acquire equipment status information indicating the status of electrical equipment installed in the home,
get the current date and time,
A notification item specified by a user via a notification item specification screen provided with a plurality of items corresponding to the situation of the housing displayed on the terminal device, and a notification time zone specification screen displayed on the terminal device. and the notification time zone specified via the terminal device as notification specification information,
setting notification conditions based on the notification designation information;
When it is determined that the acquired current date and time is included in the specified notification time period and that the status corresponding to the specified notification item among the acquired statuses of the electrical equipment has changed, generating notification information for notifying the user of the status of the housing assuming that notification conditions are satisfied;
transmitting the generated notification information to the terminal device;
Device status notification method. the computer,
a device state acquisition unit that acquires device state information indicating the state of electrical devices installed in the home;
a date and time acquisition unit that acquires the current date and time;
A notification item specified by a user via a notification item specification screen provided with a plurality of items corresponding to the situation of the housing displayed on the terminal device, and a notification time zone specification screen displayed on the terminal device. a notification time period designated via the terminal device, and a notification designation acquisition unit that acquires the notification designation information from the terminal device;
a notification condition setting unit that sets a notification condition based on the notification designation information;
The current date and time acquired by the date and time acquisition unit is included in the designated notification time period, and among the states of the electrical equipment acquired by the device state acquisition unit, the state corresponding to the designated notification item is A notification information generation unit that generates notification information for notifying the user of the state of the housing assuming that the notification condition is satisfied when it is determined that there has been a change;
A program that acts as a

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