JP6904471B2 - Power consumption information processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a power consumption information processing apparatus.

Conventionally, a technique for calculating power consumption, which is the amount of electric power used by a consumer who receives electric power, is known (for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2002-117183

Here, the lifestyle of the consumer may appear in the power consumption of the consumer. For example, in a household where the consumer lives alone, when the resident goes out for work or the like during the daytime, the power consumption of the consumer is low during the daytime when he / she is out and at night when he / she is sleeping. In addition, the time from waking up to going out when the resident is at home and the time from returning home to before going to bed are higher in power consumption of the consumer than in other time zones. In this way, information on the lifestyle of the consumer may appear in the power consumption of the consumer.
Here, a service provider that provides services such as a home delivery service that delivers parcels to a consumer and a watching service that watches over the safety of the resident of the consumer can grasp information on the lifestyle of the consumer, so that the consumer It may be possible to improve the quality of services provided to.
However, with the conventional technology as shown in Patent Document 1, there is a problem that it is not possible to provide information about the consumer from the power consumption of the consumer.
The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a person who provides a service to a consumer with information based on the power consumption of the consumer.

One aspect of the present invention is a third aspect other than an acquisition unit that acquires power consumption information indicating power consumption consumed by a consumer who receives power from a power supply company, the customer, and the power supply company. Based on the contract information shown for each of the plurality of users, the contents of the contract between the person and the user of the information based on the power consumption information are shown for each of the plurality of users, and the user and the user. The acquisition unit for each of the determination unit that determines whether or not the contract is made with the consumer and the user that is determined by the determination unit to have a contract with the customer among the plurality of the users. The processing unit that processes the power consumption information acquired by the user into the post-processing information in the format for each user, and the post-processing information processed by the processing unit are converted into the post-processing information processed by the processing unit according to the contract information among the plurality of users. The determination unit includes a user output unit that outputs to each user who is permitted to output, and the determination unit contracts between the customer and the user whose contract information is the acquisition source of the power consumption information. The power consumption information of the consumer indicating that the contract information is supplied to the processing unit, and the contract information is not contracted between the customer who is the acquisition source of the power consumption information and the user. It is a power consumption information processing apparatus that does not supply the power consumption information of the consumer to the processing unit.

In one aspect of the present invention, in the power consumption information processing apparatus, when the user output unit indicates that the contract information is contracted between the consumer and the user, the user consumes the information. At least one of the power information and the processed information is output.

In one aspect of the present invention, in the power consumption information processing apparatus, the processing unit processes the power consumption information into the post-processing information divided into information indicating the power consumption of each electric appliance used by the consumer.

In one aspect of the present invention, in the power consumption information processing apparatus, the processing unit processes the power consumption information into the post-processing information based on the area which is the time integration of the power consumption.

In one aspect of the present invention, in the power consumption information processing apparatus, the processing unit processes the power consumption information into the post-processing information based on the inclination which is a time change of the power consumption.

One aspect of the present invention further includes a consumer output unit that outputs the post-processing information processed by the processing unit to the consumer in the power consumption information processing apparatus.

One aspect of the present invention further includes a control unit that controls the operation of the electric appliance used by the consumer based on the information transmitted from the consumer in the power consumption information processing apparatus.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a person who provides a service to a consumer with information based on the power consumption of the consumer.

It is a figure which shows the outline of the power consumption information processing apparatus of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the mobile terminal of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of the power consumption information processing apparatus of this embodiment. It is a table which shows an example of the power consumption information of this embodiment. It is a table which shows an example of the contract information in this embodiment. It is a graph which shows an example of the time change of the power consumption information of this embodiment. It is a 1st flow chart which shows an example of the operation of the power consumption information processing apparatus of this embodiment. It is a 2nd flow chart which shows an example of the operation of the power consumption information processing apparatus of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the outline of the power consumption information processing apparatus of a modification. It is a figure which shows the outline of the power consumption information processing apparatus of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of the power consumption information processing apparatus of this embodiment. It is a graph which shows an example of the division of the power consumption information of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the outline of the power consumption information processing apparatus of 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display of the post-processing information of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of the power consumption information processing apparatus of this embodiment.

[Example of service provider (user)]
First, an example of a service provider will be described.
The service provider provides various services to the target person who provides the service. Here, the service provider may be able to provide an appropriate service by obtaining information about the target person who provides the service.
For example, the service provider may be a courier company and the target person may be a recipient of the courier package. If the courier delivers the package when the recipient is absent, the courier is required to deliver the package again when the recipient is at home. As a result, when the recipient is absent, it may be difficult for the courier to reduce the labor and cost increase associated with redelivery.
Here, the courier may be able to deliver the package when the recipient is at home by obtaining information indicating whether the recipient is at home or absent as information about the recipient. is there. That is, the courier may be able to reduce the labor and cost associated with redelivery by obtaining information indicating whether the recipient is at home or absent as information about the recipient.

Further, for example, the service provider may be an advertisement provider and the target person may be a consumer. Specifically, the advertisement provider may provide information such as advertisement of home appliances to consumers. In this case, the advertisement provider is required to provide the consumer with information such as advertisements that meet the needs of the consumer. The advertisement that meets the needs of the consumer is, for example, an advertisement that recommends a new home appliance when the home appliance used by the consumer is an old type home appliance. If the advertisement provider cannot perform advertisements that meet the needs of consumers, it may be difficult to improve consumers' willingness to purchase home appliances based on the advertisements.
Here, the advertisement provider may be able to provide information such as advertisements that meet the needs of the consumer by obtaining information showing the breakdown of the electric power used by the consumer as information about the consumer. .. That is, the advertisement provider may be able to improve the consumer's willingness to purchase home appliances based on the advertisement by obtaining the information showing the breakdown of the electric power used by the consumer as the information about the consumer.

Further, for example, there is a case where the target person is a provider of an energy visualization service and the target person is a consumer who receives power supply from a power supply company. In this case, the provider of the energy visualization service may be required to provide the consumer with information indicating the power consumption consumed by the consumer.
Here, the provider of the energy visualization service obtains information indicating the power consumption consumed by the consumer as information about the consumer, thereby providing the consumer with information indicating the power consumption consumed by the consumer. May be possible.

Therefore, as described above, if it is possible to provide the service provider with information about the target person who provides the service, the service provider can provide an appropriate service to the target person.
Hereinafter, the first embodiment of the present invention will be described by taking the case where the service provider is a courier company as an example.
In the following, the service provider referred to here is also referred to as a user.

[First Embodiment: When the user is a courier company]
The power consumption information processing device 1 of the first embodiment is a device that generates and outputs information about the consumer CS based on the power consumption consumed by the consumer CS that receives power from the power supply company. ..
In the present embodiment, a case where the user US who uses the information about the consumer CS is a courier company will be described. Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the information about the consumer CS generated by the power consumption information processing apparatus 1 is information indicating whether the consumer CS is at home or absent will be described.
Hereinafter, the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of the power consumption information processing apparatus 1 of the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the consumer CS receives power from the power supply company via the electric wire WR. The consumer CS is, for example, a general household. The electric wire WR is a transmission line or distribution line laid between the electric power supply company and the consumer CS. The consumer CS consumes the electric power supplied by the electric power supply company in accordance with the life of the consumer CS. Specifically, the consumer CS consumes the electric power supplied by the electric power supply company by using the electric appliance EA such as a household electric appliance in the life of the consumer CS. The consumer CS includes a detector C that detects the power consumption consumed by the consumer CS. The detector C is, for example, an ammeter. The detector C is provided, for example, in the vicinity of the contract current limiter.

As shown in FIG. 1, the power consumption information processing device 1 and the detector C are connected.
The power consumption information processing device 1 acquires the power consumption information CP indicating the power consumption of the consumer CS detected by the detector C from the consumer CS.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, a detector C1 is provided in Mr. A's house, which is a consumer CS1. In addition, a detector C2 is provided at Mr. B's house, which is a consumer CS2. In addition, a detector Cn is provided at Mr. n's house, which is a consumer CSn.
The detector C1 detects the power consumption of Mr. A's house and supplies the power consumption information CP1 indicating the detected power consumption to the power consumption information processing device 1. Further, the detector C2 detects the power consumption of Mr. B's house and supplies the power consumption information CP2 indicating the detected power consumption to the power consumption information processing device 1. Further, the detector Cn detects the power consumption of Mr. n's house and supplies the power consumption information CPn indicating the detected power consumption to the power consumption information processing device 1. The power consumption information processing device 1 acquires the power consumption information CP1, the power consumption information CP2, and the power consumption information CPn from the detector C1, the detector C2, and the detector Cn.

In this example, the power consumption information processing device 1 is connected to the detector C1 of the consumer CS1, the detector C2 of the consumer CS2, and the detector Cn of the consumer CSn to acquire the power consumption information CP. However, it is not limited to this. The power consumption information processing device 1 may acquire the power consumption information CP from one consumer CS, or may acquire the power consumption information CP from a plurality of consumer CSs.

In the following description, the detector C1, the detector C2, and the detector Cn are collectively referred to as the detector C for sale without particular distinction. Further, in the following description, when the consumer CS1, the consumer CS2, and the consumer CSn are not particularly distinguished, they are collectively referred to as the consumer CS. Further, in the following description, when the power consumption information CP1, the power consumption information CP2, and the power consumption information CPn are not particularly distinguished, they are collectively referred to as the power consumption information CP.

The power consumption information processing device 1 processes the acquired power consumption information CP of the consumer CS into information related to the consumer CS, and generates post-processing information WD. The power consumption information processing device 1 outputs the generated post-processing information WD to the user US1. The details of the power consumption information processing device 1 processing the power consumption information CP into the post-processing information WD will be described later.
In this example, the processed information WD indicates whether the consumer CS is at home or absent.
Further, in this example, the power consumption information processing device 1 outputs the processed information WD to the delivery company, which is the user US1 who uses the processed information WD.

The courier company, which is the user US1, acquires the post-processing information WD from the power consumption information processing device 1. The courier company delivers the parcel based on the information indicating whether the customer CS shown in the processed information WD is at home or absent.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the power consumption information processing device 1 outputs the processed information WD to the distribution warehouse BD of the courier company, which is the user US1. The vehicle V that delivers the parcel to the consumer CS includes a distribution warehouse BD and a mobile terminal TM that can send and receive information. In this example, the distribution warehouse BD supplies the processed information WD acquired from the power consumption information processing device 1 to the mobile terminal TM included in the vehicle V at predetermined time intervals.
The driver who drives the vehicle V and delivers the package confirms whether the customer CS, which is the delivery destination of the package, is at home or absent based on the processed information WD displayed on the mobile terminal TM.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the mobile terminal TM of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile terminal TM included in the vehicle V includes a display unit DSP. For example, when the processed information WD indicates that Mr. A, who is the consumer CS1, is at home, as shown in FIG. 2 (A), the display unit DSP indicates “Mr. A is at home”. Further, when the processed information WD indicates that Mr. A, who is the consumer CS1, is absent, as shown in FIG. 2B, the display unit DSP indicates “Mr. A is absent”.
Hereinafter, a configuration in which the power consumption information processing device 1 processes the power consumption information CP into the processed information WD will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the power consumption information processing device 1 of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the detector C supplies the power consumption information CP of the consumer CS to the power consumption information processing device 1. As described above, the power consumption information processing device 1 acquires the power consumption information CP1, the power consumption information CP2, and the power consumption information CPn from the detector C1, the detector C2, and the detector Cn.

Hereinafter, the details of the power consumption information CP will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 4 is a table showing an example of the power consumption information CP1 of the present embodiment. Specifically, FIG. 4 is a table showing a part of the power consumption information CP1 of Mr. A's house (customer CS1).
As shown in FIG. 4, in this example, the detector C supplies the power consumption information CP of the consumer CS to the power consumption information processing device 1 every hour.

Returning to FIG. 3, the power consumption information processing device 1 includes a control unit 100 and a storage unit 500.
The contract information AG is stored in the storage unit 500 in advance. The contract information AG is information indicating whether or not there is a contract between the customer CS and the user US.

Hereinafter, the details of the contract information AG will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 5 is a table showing an example of the contract information AG in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the contract information AG indicates whether or not there is a contract between the user US and the consumer CS. In this example, the contract information AG indicates whether or not there is a contract between the user US1 whose user US is a courier and the consumer CS.
Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the identification number ID is associated with the consumer CS. Specifically, the consumer CS1 is associated with the identification number ID1, the consumer CS2 is associated with the identification number ID2, and the consumer CSn is associated with the identification number IDn.
Further, as shown in FIG. 5, in this example, the consumer CS contracting with the courier company, which is the user US1, is the consumer CS1.

Returning to FIG. 3, the control unit 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and includes an acquisition unit 110, a determination unit 115, a processing unit 120, and a user output unit 130 as its functional units. Further, the processing unit 120 includes a time change calculation unit 121 and a presence / absence determination unit 125.
The acquisition unit 110 acquires the power consumption information CP from the detector C. In this example, the acquisition unit 110 acquires the power consumption information CP1, the power consumption information CP2, and the power consumption information CPn from the detector C1, the detector C2, and the detector Cn. The acquisition unit 110 supplies the acquired power consumption information CP to the determination unit 115.

The determination unit 115 acquires the power consumption information CP from the acquisition unit 110. Further, the determination unit 115 reads the contract information AG from the storage unit 500.
The determination unit 115 determines whether or not the contract information AG indicates that the user US1 and the consumer CS, which is the acquisition source of the power consumption information CP, have a contract. The determination unit 115 indicates that, of the acquired power consumption information CP, the contract information AG has a contract between the consumer CS from which the power consumption information CP is acquired and the user US1. The information CP is supplied to the processing unit 120 as the power consumption selection information CP.
As described above, in this example, the consumer CS contracting with the user US1 is the consumer CS1. In the case of this example, the determination unit 115 supplies the power consumption information CP1 to the processing unit 120 as the power consumption selection information SCP. As a result, the power consumption information CP2 and the power consumption information CPn of the consumer CS2 and the consumer CSn who do not have a contract with the user US1 are not supplied to the processing unit 120.

The processing unit 120 acquires the power consumption selection information SCP from the determination unit 115. The processing unit 120 processes the acquired power consumption selection information SCP into post-processing information WD.
The processing unit 120 of the present embodiment processes the power consumption selection information SCP into the post-processing information WD used by the courier company who is the user US1. As described above, the post-processing information WD used by the courier company, which is the user US1, is information indicating whether the consumer CS is at home or absent.

The time change calculation unit 121 included in the processing unit 120 acquires the power consumption selection information SCP from the determination unit 115. The time change calculation unit 121 calculates the slope A of the power consumption due to the time change of the power consumption selection information SCP. Specifically, the time change calculation unit 121 calculates the slope A1 of the power consumption information CP1 included in the power consumption selection information CP as it changes with time.

Hereinafter, the details of the time change calculation unit 121 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 6 is a graph showing an example of the time change of the power consumption information CP1 of the present embodiment. Specifically, in Fig. 6, Mr. A, who is a consumer CS1, is sleeping until 6 o'clock, and after waking up, he is active at his home, which is a consumer CS1, from 6 to 8 o'clock, and from 8 to 19 o'clock. The time change of the power consumption information CP1 when going out, working at home which is a consumer CS1 from after returning home at 19:00 to 22:00 before going to bed, and going to bed from 22:00 is shown.

As shown in FIG. 6, in this example, when Mr. A is at home and is active, the power consumed by Mr. A as he uses the electric appliance EA is high. In this example, when Mr. A is at home and is active from 6:00 to 8:00 and from 19:00 to 21:00, as Mr. A uses lighting, TV and air conditioner, The value of the power consumption information CP1 becomes higher than that of other time zones.

As described above, the time change calculation unit 121 calculates the slope A1 of the power consumption information CP1 with time change every hour.
Here, the slope A1 of the power consumption information CP1 at 6 o'clock when Mr. A, who is the consumer CS1, wakes up, will be described. The time change calculation unit 121 calculates the slope A1 of the power consumption information CP1 from 5 o'clock to 6 o'clock with the time change. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the power consumption at 5 o'clock is 0.15 kWh. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the power consumption at 6 o'clock is 0.4 kWh.
Therefore, the time change calculation unit 121 calculates that the slope A1 of the power consumption information CP1 due to the time change from 5 o'clock to 6 o'clock is 0.25.

Further, here, the inclination of the power consumption information CP1 at 19:00 when Mr. A, who is the consumer CS1, returns home will be described. The time change calculation unit 121 calculates the slope A1 of the power consumption information CP1 from 18:00 to 19:00 with time change. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the power consumption at 18:00 is 0.3 kWh. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the power consumption at 19:00 is 0.6 kWh. Therefore, the time change calculation unit 121 calculates that the slope A1 of the power consumption information CP1 from 18:00 to 19:00 with time change is 0.3.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, as Mr. A starts the activity, the slope A1 of the power consumption information CP1 at 6 o'clock and 19 o'clock is positive, and compared with other time zones. The value of the slope A1 becomes large.

Further, here, the inclination A1 at 9 o'clock when Mr. A, who is a consumer CS1, goes out will be described. The time change calculation unit 121 calculates the slope A1 of the power consumption information CP1 from 8:00 to 9:00 with time change. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the power consumption at 8 o'clock is 0.4 kWh. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the power consumption at 9 o'clock is 0.2 kWh. Therefore, the time change calculation unit 121 calculates that the slope A1 of the power consumption information CP1 from 8:00 to 9:00 with time change is −0.2.

Further, here, the inclination A1 of the power consumption information CP1 at 22:00 when Mr. A, who is the consumer CS1, goes to bed will be described. The time change calculation unit 121 calculates the slope A1 of the power consumption information CP1 from 21:00 to 22:00 with time change. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the power consumption at 21:00 is 0.5 kWh. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the power consumption at 22:00 is 0.2 kWh. Therefore, the time change calculation unit 121 calculates that the slope A1 of the power consumption information CP1 from 21:00 to 22:00 due to the time change is −0.3.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, as Mr. A goes out or goes to bed, the inclination A1 of the power consumption information CP1 at 9:00 and 22:00 is negative, and the inclination is compared with other times. The value of A1 becomes large.

In the above description, the case where the power consumption information CP1 changes based on the power consumption of the electric appliance EA used by Mr. A at home such as lighting, television, and air conditioner has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. The power consumption information CP1 may be changed based on the power consumption of the electric appliance EA used regardless of the presence or absence of Mr. A. For example, the power consumption information CP1 may change according to the power consumption that changes as the refrigerator, which is the electric appliance EA used regardless of the presence or absence of Mr. A, is opened and closed.

Returning to FIG. 3, the presence / absence determination unit 125 acquires the inclination A from the time change calculation unit 121. The presence / absence determination unit 125 determines whether or not the consumer CS is at home based on the acquired slope A. Specifically, the presence / absence determination unit 125 acquires the inclination A1 from the time change calculation unit 121. The presence / absence determination unit 125 determines whether or not Mr. A, who is the consumer CS1, is at home based on the acquired inclination A1.

In this example, the presence / absence determination unit 125 determines whether or not the consumer CS is at home based on the current presence / absence state of the consumer CS, the predetermined threshold value TH, and the slope A.
Specifically, the presence / absence determination unit 125 determines that the consumer CS is at home when the slope A is positive and the value of the slope A is larger than the threshold value TH. Further, the presence / absence determination unit 125 determines that the consumer CS is absent when the slope A is negative and the value of the slope A is larger than the threshold value TH.
Further, in this example, the presence / absence determination unit 125 determines that the state of the consumer CS is maintained when the inclination A is a value other than the determination of being at home or absent.
The presence / absence determination unit 125 supplies the determined determination result to the user output unit 130 as post-processing information WD.

The time change calculation unit 121 included in the processing unit 120 calculates the slope A of the power consumption selection information SCP with time change. Further, the presence / absence determination unit 125 determines whether the consumer CS is at home or absent based on the slope A calculated by the time change calculation unit 121. The presence / absence determination unit 125 determines whether the consumer CS is at home or absent, and supplies the determination result to the user output unit 130 as post-processing information WD.
Therefore, the processing unit 120 acquires the power consumption selection information SCP and processes it into the post-processing information WD indicating whether the consumer CS is at home or absent.

The user output unit 130 acquires post-processing information WD from the processing unit 120. The user output unit 130 supplies the acquired post-processing information WD to the user US. In this example, the user output unit 130 supplies the acquired post-processing information WD to the courier company which is the user US1.
The user US1 acquires the post-processing information WD from the power consumption information processing device 1.

Hereinafter, the operation of the power consumption information processing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.
FIG. 7 is a first flow chart showing an example of the operation of the power consumption information processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment.
FIG. 8 is a second flow chart showing an example of the operation of the power consumption information processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 7, the acquisition unit 110 acquires the power consumption information CP (step S110). The acquisition unit 110 supplies the acquired power consumption information CP to the determination unit 115 (step S120).

The determination unit 115 acquires the power consumption information CP from the acquisition unit 110 (step S130). Further, the determination unit 115 reads the contract information AG from the storage unit 500 (step S140). The determination unit 115 determines from step S160 to step S180 whether or not it indicates that the customer CS and the user US have a contract with all the customer CS included in the contract information AG. (Step S150). The determination unit 115 determines whether or not the contract information AG indicates that the customer CS and the user US1 have a contract (step S160). When the contract information AG indicates that the consumer CS and the user US1 have a contract (step S160; YES), the determination unit 115 determines that the power consumption information CP is supplied to the user US1 (step S170). ). Further, when the contract information AG indicates that the consumer CS and the user US1 do not have a contract (step S160; NO), the determination unit 115 determines that the power consumption information CP is not supplied to the user US1. (Step S180).
The determination unit 115 supplies the power consumption information CP determined to supply the power consumption information CP to the user US1 as the power consumption selection information CP to the processing unit 120 (step S190).

As shown in FIG. 8, the time change calculation unit 121 included in the processing unit 120 acquires the power consumption selection information SCP from the determination unit 115 (step S200). The time change calculation unit 121 calculates the slope A of the acquired power consumption selection information SCP with time change (step S210).
The time change calculation unit 121 supplies the calculated inclination A to the presence / absence determination unit 125 (step S220).

The presence / absence determination unit 125 included in the processing unit 120 acquires the slope A of the power consumption selection information SCP from the time change calculation unit 121 (step S230). The presence / absence determination unit 125 determines whether or not the acquired slope A is positive and the value of the slope A is larger than the threshold value TH (step S240). When the acquired slope A is positive and the value of the slope A is larger than the threshold value TH (step S240; YES), the presence / absence determination unit 125 determines that the consumer CS is at home (step S250). When the inclination A is negative or the inclination of the inclination A is smaller than the threshold value TH (step S240; NO), the presence / absence determination unit 125 advances the process to step S260. The presence / absence determination unit 125 determines whether or not the acquired slope A is negative and the value of the slope A is larger than the threshold value TH (step S260).

When the acquired slope A is negative and the value of the slope A is larger than the threshold value TH (step S260; YES), the presence / absence determination unit 125 determines that the consumer CS is absent (step S270). Further, when the acquired slope A is 0 or the value of the slope A is not larger than the threshold value TH even if the slope A is positive or negative (step S260; NO), the presence / absence determination unit 125 is the current consumer. A determination is made to maintain the CS state (step S280).
The presence / absence determination unit 125 supplies the determined determination result to the user output unit 130 as post-processing information WD (step S290).

The user output unit 130 acquires the post-processing information WD from the processing unit 120 (step S300). The user output unit 130 outputs the processed information WD to the user US1 (step S310).

As described above, the power consumption information processing device 1 includes a control unit 100 and a storage unit 500. The contract information AG is stored in the storage unit 500 in advance.
The control unit 100 includes a CPU, and includes an acquisition unit 110, a determination unit 115, a processing unit 120, and a user output unit 130 as its functional units.
The acquisition unit 110 acquires the power consumption information CP indicating the power consumption consumed by the consumer CS.

The determination unit 115 acquires the power consumption information CP from the acquisition unit 110. Further, the determination unit 115 reads the contract information AG from the storage unit 500. The determination unit 115 determines whether or not the contract information AG indicates that the user US and the consumer CS, which is the acquisition source of the power consumption information CP, have a contract. Among the power consumption information CPs, the determination unit 115 supplies the power consumption information CP of the consumer CS indicating that the contract information AG has a contract with the user US1 to the processing unit 120 as the power consumption selection information CP.
The processing unit 120 acquires the power consumption selection information SCP from the determination unit 115. The processing unit 120 processes the acquired power consumption selection information SCP into post-processing information WD.
In the present embodiment, the processing unit 120 processes the power consumption information CP into the post-processing information WD based on the inclination A which is the time change of the power consumption. Specifically, the processing unit 120 indicates whether the consumer CS consuming the power consumption information CP is at home or absent based on the inclination A which is the time change of the power consumption. After processing Information WD is processed.
The processing unit 120 supplies the processed post-processing information WD to the user output unit 130.

The user output unit 130 acquires post-processing information WD from the processing unit 120. The user output unit 130 outputs the acquired post-processing information WD to the user US.

As a result, the power consumption information processing device 1 of the present embodiment can process the power consumption information CP indicating the power consumption consumed by the consumer CS into the processed information WD which is the information about the consumer CS. In the present embodiment, the processed information WD is information indicating whether the consumer CS is at home or absent. Therefore, the power consumption information processing device 1 of the present embodiment converts the power consumption information CP indicating the power consumption consumed by the consumer CS into the post-processing information WD indicating whether the consumer CS is at home or absent. Can be processed.

Here, in the conventional technique, even if the power consumption consumed by the consumer can be calculated, the consumer is at home or absent based on the gradient of the power consumption consumed by the consumer over time. In some cases, it was difficult to determine whether or not. In this case, the courier who delivers the package to the customer cannot know whether the customer is at home or absent. Therefore, if the customer delivers the package when the customer is absent, the customer will be asked again. In some cases, it was difficult to reduce the time and effort required to deliver packages while at home.

According to the power consumption information processing device 1 of the present embodiment, the power consumption information CP can be processed into post-processing information WD indicating whether the customer CS is at home or absent.
Therefore, according to the power consumption information processing device 1 of the present embodiment, information indicating whether the consumer CS is at home or absent can be output as post-processing information WD. As a result, the courier company that delivers the parcel to the consumer CS can deliver the parcel when the consumer CS is at home based on the processed information WD. Therefore, the courier can reduce the cost required for redelivery caused by delivering the package when the customer CS is absent.
That is, according to the power consumption information processing device 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to provide the user US who uses the information about the consumer CS with the information about the consumer CS. As a result, the user US that uses the information about the consumer CS can provide a service that meets the needs of the consumer CS.

Further, in the power consumption information processing device 1 of the present embodiment, the determination unit 115 uses the power consumption information CP of the consumer CS indicating that the contract information AG has a contract with the user US1 among the power consumption information CP. It is supplied to the processing unit 120 as power consumption selection information SCP. That is, the determination unit 115 supplies the power consumption selection information SCP to the processing unit 120 based on the contract information AG indicating the contents of the contract with the consumer CS.
As a result, according to the power consumption information processing device 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to prevent the power consumption information CP of the consumer CS who does not have a contract with the user US from being used for an unintended use of the consumer CS. ..

In the above description, the power consumption information processing device 1 uses the power consumption information CP based on the inclination A which is a time change of the power consumption, and the consumer CS who consumes the power consumption information CP is at home or absent. The case where the processed information WD is processed to indicate the above and the processed information WD is output to the home delivery company which is the user US1 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this.
The power consumption information processing device 1 uses the power consumption information CP as a post-processing information WD indicating whether or not the consumer CS consuming the power consumption information CP is safe based on the inclination A which is a time change of the power consumption. It may be processed into the above and provided to the monitoring system provider who is the user US2.
Hereinafter, a modified example of the first embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

[Modification example: When the user is a watching system provider]
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an outline of the power consumption information processing device 1 of the modified example.
As shown in FIG. 9, in this example, a case where the user US is the user US2 who is a monitoring system provider will be described. The same configurations and operations as those of the above-described first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

In this example, the customer CS who has a contract with the monitoring system provider who is the user US2 is the customer CS1.
Here, the watching system will be described. The watching system is a system that informs the relative KS of the customer CS who lives in the land away from the customer CS whether or not the consumer CS such as the elderly is safe.

In the modified example, the power consumption information processing device 1 outputs post-processing information WD indicating whether or not the consumer CS is safe. In the modified example, the determination standard of the presence / absence determination unit 125 is different from that of the first embodiment.
Specifically, in the modified example, the power consumption information processing device 1 consumes the power consumption information CP of the consumer CS, which changes as the consumer CS uses the electric appliance EA, and the power consumption information CP. Based on the inclination A, which is a time change of the electric power, the post-processing information WD indicating whether or not the consumer CS consuming the power consumption information CP is safe is processed. More specifically, in the power consumption information processing device 1, when the slope A of the power consumption information CP calculated by the time change calculation unit 121 is positive and the value of the slope A is larger than the threshold TH, the consumer CS Is determined to be safe.
Further, the presence / absence determination unit 125 determines that the consumer CS is in an abnormal state when the value of the power consumption information CP is lower than the threshold value TH for a predetermined time.

The power consumption information processing device 1 outputs the processed post-processing information WD to the monitoring system provider who is the user US2.
The user US2 is connected to the relative KS of the customer CS who lives in a land away from the customer CS via a network capable of transmitting and receiving information, and whether or not the customer CS is safe or not. The processed information WD shown is supplied to the relative KS.

As a result, the power consumption information processing device 1 of the modified example can process the power consumption information CP indicating the power consumption consumed by the consumer CS into information related to the consumer CS. In the modified example, the information regarding the consumer CS is information indicating whether or not the consumer CS is safe. Therefore, the power consumption information processing device 1 of the modified example can process the power consumption information CP indicating the power consumption consumed by the consumer CS into the post-processing information WD indicating whether or not the consumer CS is safe. it can.

Here, even if the power consumption consumed by the consumer can be calculated by the conventional technique, whether or not the consumer is safe based on the gradient of the power consumption consumed by the consumer over time. It was sometimes difficult to determine. In this case, since the monitoring system provider cannot grasp whether or not the customer is safe, whether or not the customer is safe to the relatives of the customer who live in the land away from the customer. In some cases, it was difficult to provide information indicating whether or not.

According to the power consumption information processing device 1 of the modified example, the power consumption information CP can be processed into the post-processing information WD indicating whether or not the consumer CS is safe.
Therefore, according to the power consumption information processing device 1 of the modified example, it is possible to output information indicating whether or not the consumer CS consuming the power consumption indicated by the power consumption information CP is safe or not as the processed information WD. .. As a result, the monitoring system provider can provide information indicating whether or not the consumer CS is safe based on the processed information WD to the relative KS of the consumer CS. Therefore, the relative KS of the customer CS can grasp the state of the customer CS through the monitoring system provider.
That is, according to the power consumption information processing device 1 of the modified example, it is possible to provide the information about the consumer CS to the user US who uses the information about the consumer CS. As a result, the user US that uses the information about the consumer CS can provide a service that meets the needs of the consumer CS.

[Second embodiment: When the user is an advertisement provider]
Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an outline of the power consumption information processing apparatus 3 of the second embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 10, in this example, a case where the user US is the user US3 who is an advertisement provider will be described.
The same configurations and operations as those of the above-described first embodiment and modified examples are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

In this example, the contract information AG indicates whether or not there is a contract between the advertisement provider who is the user US3 and the customer CS. Further, in this example, the contract consumer CS who has a contract with the advertisement provider who is the user US3 is the consumer CSn.

Returning to FIG. 10, in the present embodiment, the power consumption information processing device 3 calculates the power consumption consumed by a certain electric appliance EA as the post-processing information WD among the power consumption of the consumer CS indicated by the power consumption information CP. .. The power consumption information processing device 3 processes the power consumption information CP into post-processing information WD and outputs it to the user US3.
The advertisement provider, which is the user US3, acquires the post-processing information WD from the power consumption information processing device 3. As described above, the processed information WD indicates the power consumption consumed by a certain electric appliance EA among the power consumption of the consumer CS indicated by the power consumption information CP. The user US3 supplies the advertisement information ADV to the customer CS contracting with the advertisement provider who is the user US3 based on the acquired processed information WD. The advertising information ADV is, for example, advertising information regarding the electric appliance EA. Specifically, the advertisement provider, which is the user US3, uses the latest electric appliance EA as the power consumption of a certain electric appliance EA among the power consumption of the contracted consumer CS based on the processed information WD. If the number is larger than that of the above, the advertisement information ADV is supplied to the contracted consumer CS.
Hereinafter, a configuration in which the power consumption information processing device 3 processes the power consumption information CP into the processed information WD will be described with reference to the drawings.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the power consumption information processing apparatus 3 of the second embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the power consumption information processing apparatus 3 of the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 11, the power consumption information processing device 3 includes a control unit 300 and a storage unit 500. The control unit 300 includes a CPU, and includes an acquisition unit 110, a determination unit 115, a processing unit 320, and a user output unit 130 as its functional units. Further, the processing unit 320 includes a division value calculation unit 321.

The division value calculation unit 321 included in the processing unit 320 acquires the power consumption selection information SCP from the determination unit 115. As described above, in this example, the consumer CS who has a contract with the advertisement provider who is the user US3 is the consumer CSn. Therefore, the divided value calculation unit 321 acquires the power consumption information CPn as the power consumption selection information SCP from the determination unit 115.
The division value calculation unit 321 divides the power consumption selection information SCP into information indicating the power consumption of each electric appliance EA used by the consumer CS. Specifically, the division value calculation unit 321 divides the power consumption information CPn included in the power consumption selection information SCP into information indicating the power consumption of each electric appliance EA used by the consumer CSn.

Hereinafter, the details of the divided value calculation unit 321 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 12 is a graph showing an example of division of the power consumption information CPn of the present embodiment.
In this example, the division value calculation unit 321 divides the power consumption information CPn into information indicating the power consumption of each electric appliance EA used by the consumer CS by a known method. Here, the known method is, for example, disaggregation.
Further, in this example, the electric appliance EA is a refrigerator, an air conditioner, an IH (Induction Heating) cooker, and lighting. As shown in FIG. 12, in this example, the division value calculation unit 321 divides the power consumption information CPn into the information shown for each electric appliance EA of the electric appliance EA used by the consumer CSn, and the user. It is supplied to the output unit 130.
Further, as shown in FIG. 12, in this example, the power consumption information processing device 3 divides the power consumption information CPn into the power consumption of each electric appliance EA used by the consumer CSn every day, and obtains the processed information WD. Process.

Returning to FIG. 11, the processing unit 320 acquires the power consumption selection information SCP and processes it into the post-processing information WD indicating the power consumption of each electric appliance EA used by the consumer CS.
As a result, the processing unit 320 supplies the processed information WD obtained by processing the power consumption selection information SCP to the user output unit 130.

The user output unit 130 acquires the post-processing information WD from the processing unit 320. The user output unit 130 supplies the acquired post-processing information WD to the user US. In this example, the user output unit 130 supplies the acquired post-processing information WD to the user US3.

As described above, the power consumption information processing device 3 of the present embodiment includes a control unit 300 and a storage unit 500.
The control unit 300 includes a CPU, and includes an acquisition unit 110, a determination unit 115, a processing unit 320, and a user output unit 130 as its functional units. Further, the processing unit 320 includes a division value calculation unit 321.
The divided value calculation unit 321 included in the processing unit 320 processes the power consumption information CP into the processed information WD divided into information indicating the power consumption of each electric appliance EA used by the consumer CS.

As a result, the power consumption information processing device 3 of the present embodiment can process the power consumption information CP indicating the power consumption consumed by the consumer CS into information related to the consumer CS. In the present embodiment, the information regarding the consumer CS is the processed information WD divided into the information indicating the power consumption of each electric appliance EA used by the consumer CS. Therefore, the power consumption information processing device 3 of the present embodiment can process the power consumption information CP indicating the power consumption consumed by the consumer CS into the processed information WD indicating the breakdown of the power consumption information CP.

Here, with the conventional technology, even if the power consumption consumed by the consumer can be calculated, it is difficult to calculate the power consumption for each electric appliance used by the consumer. In this case, the advertising provider who advertises to the consumer for the purpose of selling the electric appliance cannot grasp the details of the electric appliance which causes the power consumption of the consumer to increase, and therefore meets the needs of the consumer. It was sometimes difficult to properly advertise the appliances.

According to the power consumption information processing device 3 of the present embodiment, the power consumption information CP can be processed into the processed information WD divided into information indicating the power consumption of each electric appliance EA used by the consumer CS.
Therefore, according to the power consumption information processing device 3 of the present embodiment, the electric appliance EA used by the consumer CS can output the degree of power consumption consumed by the electric appliance EA as the processed information WD. it can. As a result, the advertising provider who advertises to the consumer CS for the purpose of selling the electric appliance EA can acquire a small amount of the power consumption of the electric appliance EA used by the consumer CS.

For example, as the consumer CS uses the electric appliance EA with high power consumption, the power consumption of the consumer CS may increase. In this case, the advertisement provider can provide the consumer CS with information indicating the electric appliance EA with high power consumption. In addition, the advertisement provider can provide the consumer CS with an advertisement for the electric appliance EA with low power consumption instead of the electric appliance EA with high power consumption. As a result, the advertisement provider can improve the purchase motivation of the consumer CS.
That is, according to the power consumption information processing apparatus 3 of the present embodiment, it is possible to provide the user US who uses the information about the consumer CS with the information about the consumer CS. Further, as a result, the user US who uses the information regarding the consumer CS can provide the information that meets the needs of the consumer CS.

[Third embodiment: When the user is a customer who contracts for an energy visualization service]
Hereinafter, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an outline of the power consumption information processing apparatus 4 of the third embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 13, in this example, a case where the user US is a consumer CS who uses the energy visualization service will be described.
The same configurations and operations as those of the first embodiment, the modified example, and the second embodiment described above are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

In this example, the user US4 who uses the energy visualization service is a consumer CS who contracts for the energy visualization service. Therefore, the contract information AG indicates whether or not there is a contract for the consumer CS who uses the energy visualization service. Further, in this example, the user US4 who uses the energy visualization service is the consumer CS2.
Here, the energy visualization service will be described. In this example, the energy visualization service is a service that allows the consumer CS to check the increase or decrease in power consumption by graphing the power consumption used by the consumer CS.

Returning to FIG. 13, the power consumption information processing apparatus 4 of the present embodiment converts the power consumption information CP of the consumer CS, which changes as the consumer CS uses the electric appliance EA, into an area that is time-integrated. Processed into post-processing information WD based on.
As shown in FIG. 13, the consumer CS2 contracting the energy visualization service and the power consumption information processing device 4 are connected via a network N capable of transmitting and receiving information. The consumer CS2 who uses the energy visualization service, which is the user US4, acquires the post-processing information WD from the power consumption information processing device 4. The consumer CS2 confirms the degree of increase / decrease in power consumption based on the post-processing information WD acquired from the power consumption information processing device 4. Specifically, the consumer CS2 displays the processed information WD acquired from the power consumption information processing device 4 on the tablet terminal TB or the like, and confirms the degree of increase or decrease in the power consumption.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of displaying the post-processing information WD of the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 14, the power consumption information processing apparatus 4 of the present embodiment graphs the power consumption information CP indicating the power consumption consumed by the consumer CS by time integration of the power consumption information CP, and converts it into the processed information WD. Process.
Hereinafter, a configuration in which the power consumption information processing device 4 processes the power consumption information CP into the processed information WD will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the power consumption information processing device 4 of the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 15, the power consumption information processing device 4 includes a control unit 400 and a storage unit 500.
The control unit 400 includes a CPU, and includes an acquisition unit 110, a determination unit 115, a processing unit 420, and a consumer output unit 430 as its functional units. Further, the processing unit 420 includes a time integration calculation unit 421.

The time integration calculation unit 421 included in the processing unit 420 acquires the power consumption selection information SCP from the determination unit 115. As described above, in this example, the consumer CS who uses the energy visualization service is the consumer CS2. Therefore, the time integration calculation unit 421 acquires the power consumption information CP2 as the power consumption selection information CP from the determination unit 115.
The time integration calculation unit 421 graphs the power consumption selection information SCP by time integration.
Specifically, the time integration calculation unit 421 processes the power consumption information CP2 included in the power consumption selection information CP into post-processing information WD based on the area which is the time integration.

The processing unit 420 supplies the processed information WD obtained by processing the power consumption selection information SCP to the consumer output unit 430. The consumer output unit 430 acquires the post-processing information WD from the processing unit 420 and supplies it to the customer CS. In this example, the processing unit 420 supplies the processed information WD to the consumer CS2 who contracts the energy visualization service, which is the user US4.

As described above, the power consumption information processing device 4 of the present embodiment includes a control unit 400 and a storage unit 500.
The control unit 400 includes a CPU, and includes an acquisition unit 110, a determination unit 115, a processing unit 420, and a consumer output unit 430 as its functional units. Further, the processing unit 420 includes a time integration calculation unit 421.
The time integration calculation unit 421 included in the processing unit 420 processes the power consumption information CP into the post-processing information WD based on the area which is the time integration of the power consumption.

As a result, the power consumption information processing device 4 of the present embodiment can process the power consumption information CP indicating the power consumption consumed by the consumer CS into information related to the consumer CS. In the present embodiment, the information regarding the consumer CS is the processed information WD obtained by time-integrating the SP indicating the power consumption consumed by the consumer CS with the power consumption information CP. In other words, the power consumption information processing device 4 of the present embodiment converts the power consumption information CP indicating the power consumption consumed by the consumer CS into the post-processing information WD based on the area which is the time integration of the power consumption information CP. Can be processed.

Here, with the conventional technique, even if the power consumption consumed by the consumer can be calculated, it is difficult to confirm the increase or decrease in the power consumption consumed by the consumer from the past to the present. In this case, the consumer who confirms the power consumption for the purpose of energy visualization cannot compare the current power consumption with the past power consumption, and therefore confirms the increase or decrease in the power consumption consumed by the consumer. It was sometimes difficult to do.

According to the power consumption information processing device 4 of the present embodiment, the power consumption information CP can be processed into the post-processing information WD based on the area which is the time integration of the power consumption.
Therefore, according to the power consumption information processing device 4 of the present embodiment, the power consumption consumed by the consumer CS can be visually recognized by the area which is the time integration of the power consumption information CP. Therefore, the consumer CS contracting the energy visualization service can recognize the increase / decrease in the power consumption consumed by the consumer CS.
That is, according to the power consumption information processing apparatus 4 of the present embodiment, it is possible to provide the user US who uses the information about the consumer CS with the information about the consumer CS. Further, as a result, the user US who uses the information regarding the consumer CS can provide the information that meets the needs of the consumer CS.

Further, the power consumption information processing device 4 of the present embodiment includes a consumer output unit 430.
The consumer output unit 430 outputs the processed information WD processed by the processing unit 120 to the customer CS. For example, as in the energy visualization service, the consumer CS may use the processed information WD processed by the power consumption information processing device 4. In this case, according to the power consumption information processing apparatus 4 of the present embodiment, when the user US who uses the information about the consumer CS is the consumer CS, the processed information WD which is the information about the consumer CS is displayed. It is possible to output directly to the consumer CS without going through another user US different from the consumer CS.

Further, in the above description, the case where the power consumption information processing device 4 outputs the power consumption information CP as the information about the consumer CS and the processed information WD based on the area which is the time integration of the power consumption is directly output to the consumer CS However, it is not limited to this.
The power consumption information processing device 4 may output the power consumption information CP to the consumer CS in addition to the post-processing information WD based on the area which is the time integration of the power consumption.
For example, a power supply company may carry out a demand response in the form of setting the price of electricity charges according to the season or time zone. In this case, the power consumption information processing device 4 may output the electricity charge fluctuated by the execution of the demand response to the consumer CS based on the power consumption information CP of the consumer CS. Specifically, the power consumption information processing device 4 may output the electricity charges that have changed due to the implementation of the demand response to a smartphone or the like owned by the consumer CS.

In the above description, the case where the processing unit 120 of the power consumption information processing device 1 includes the time change calculation unit 121 and the presence / absence determination unit 125 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. The processing unit 120 of the power consumption information processing device 1 may include a division value calculation unit 321 and an presence / absence determination unit 125. In this case, in the power consumption information processing device 1, the divided value calculation unit 321 calculates the power consumption information CP as information indicating the power consumption of each electric appliance EA, and the presence / absence determination unit 125 is calculated by the divided value calculation unit 321. Based on the information, it may be processed into post-processing information WD indicating whether the customer CS is at home or absent. For example, the power consumption information processing device 1 determines that the consumer CS is at home when the power consumption of the lighting is larger than a predetermined value in the power consumption information CP, and when it is smaller, the consumer CS is absent. May be determined.

Further, in the above description, the case where the processing unit 120 of the power consumption information processing device 1 includes the time change calculation unit 121 and the presence / absence determination unit 125 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. The power consumption information processing device 1 may include a time integration calculation unit 421 and an presence / absence determination unit 125. In this case, the power consumption information processing device 1 calculates the area as the time integral of the power consumption information CP by the time integration calculation unit 421, and the presence / absence determination unit 125 indicates the area calculated by the time integration calculation unit 421. Based on the above, the customer CS may be processed into post-processing information WD indicating whether the customer CS is at home or absent. For example, the power consumption information processing device 1 determines that the consumer CS is at home when the area which is the time integration of the power consumption information CP is larger than a predetermined value, and determines that the consumer CS is absent when it is smaller. You may judge.

Further, in the above description, the determination unit 115 included in the power consumption information processing device 1, the power consumption information processing device 3, and the power consumption information processing device 4 makes a contract between the consumer CS and the user US based on the contract information AG. In this case, the case where the power consumption information CP of the consumer CS is supplied to the processing unit 120 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the determination unit 115 processes the power consumption information CP by the processing unit 120, the processing unit 320, and the processing unit 420 to generate the post-processing information WD, and then uses the post-processing information WD based on the contract information AG. Alternatively, it may be supplied to the consumer CS.

Further, in the above description, the case where the processed information WD processed by the power consumption information processing device 1, the power consumption information processing device 3, and the power consumption information processing device 4 is output to the user US or the consumer CS has been described. Not limited to. The power consumption information processing device 1, the power consumption information processing device 3, and the power consumption information processing device 4 may output the processed information WD to the electric appliance EA owned by the consumer CS.
For example, when the consumer CS has a contract for an energy visualization service, the consumer CS may be able to check the power consumption information CP of the consumer CS on a smartphone or the like even while he / she is out. Further, as a result, the consumer CS may be able to refer to the power consumption information CP and check the operating status of the electric appliance EA such as forgetting to turn off the air conditioner while going out.
In this case, the consumer CS may transmit control information for controlling the electric appliance EA such as stopping the operation of the air conditioner. Further, the power consumption information processing device 1, the power consumption information processing device 3, and the power consumption information processing device 4 process the signal for controlling the electric appliance EA based on the control information of the electric appliance EA received from the consumer CS. It may be output to the electric appliance EA as information WD.

Further, in the above description, the power consumption information processing device 1, the power consumption information processing device 3, and the power consumption information processing device 4 aggregate the power consumption information CPs of a plurality of consumer CSs and output the processed information WD to the user US. However, the case is not limited to this. The power consumption information processing device 1, the power consumption information processing device 3, and the power consumption information processing device 4 may be provided at the home of each consumer CS.
For example, the power consumption information processing device 1, the power consumption information processing device 3, and the power consumption information processing device 4 may be provided around a service breaker installed at the home of the consumer CS. Further, the power consumption information processing device 1, the power consumption information processing device 3, and the power consumption information processing device 4 may be provided on the site of the service breaker that was removed due to the liberalization of power consumption.

Each part included in the power consumption information processing device 1, the power consumption information processing device 3, and the power consumption information processing device 4 in each of the above embodiments may be realized by dedicated hardware, and may be realized by dedicated hardware. It may be realized by a memory and a microprocessor.

Each part of the power consumption information processing device 1, the power consumption information processing device 3, and the power consumption information processing device 4 is composed of a memory and a CPU (central processing unit), and is composed of the power consumption information processing device 1, the power consumption information processing device 1. A program for realizing the functions of each part included in the device 3 and the power consumption information processing device 4 may be loaded into a memory and executed to realize the functions.

Further, a program for realizing the functions of each part included in the power consumption information processing device 1, the power consumption information processing device 3, and the power consumption information processing device 4 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium and recorded on the recording medium. The processing may be performed by loading the executed program into a computer system and executing it. The term "computer system" as used herein includes hardware such as an OS and peripheral devices.

Further, the "computer system" includes a homepage providing environment (or a display environment) if a WWW system is used.
Further, the "computer-readable recording medium" refers to a portable medium such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, or a CD-ROM, or a storage device such as a hard disk built in a computer system. Further, a "computer-readable recording medium" is a communication line for transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line, and dynamically holds the program for a short period of time. In that case, it also includes the one that holds the program for a certain period of time, such as the volatile memory inside the computer system that is the server or client. Further, the above-mentioned program may be a program for realizing a part of the above-mentioned functions, and may be a program for realizing the above-mentioned functions in combination with a program already recorded in the computer system.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment and may be appropriately modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention. it can. The configurations described in each of the above-described embodiments may be combined.

1, 3, 4 ... Power consumption information processing device, 100, 300, 400 ... Control unit, 110 ... Acquisition unit, 115 ... Judgment unit, 120, 320, 420 ... Processing unit, 121 ... Time change calculation unit, 125 ... No judgment unit, 130 ... user output unit, 320 ... processing unit, 321 ... divided value calculation unit, 421 ... time integration calculation unit, 430 ... consumer output unit, 500 ... storage unit, AG ... contract information, EA ... electricity Equipment, ADV ... Advertising information, C, C1, C2, Cn ... Detector, CP, CP1, CP2, CPn ... Power consumption information, CS, CS1, CS2, CSn ... Consumer, DSP ... Display

Claims (6)

The acquisition department that acquires power consumption information indicating the power consumption consumed by consumers who receive power from the power supply company,
Based on the contract information shown for each of the plurality of users, the contents of the contract between the consumer and a third party other than the power supply company and the user of the information based on the power consumption information are described. for each of a plurality of the user, and the user, a determination section for determining whether or not said customer has subscribed,
For each of the users who are determined by the determination unit to have a contract with the consumer among the plurality of users, the power consumption information acquired by the acquisition unit is processed in a format for each user. The processing part that processes information and
It is provided with a user output unit that outputs the processed information processed by the processing unit to each of the plurality of users whose output is permitted by the contract information.
The determination unit supplies the processing unit with the power consumption information of the consumer indicating that the contract information is a contract between the consumer who is the acquisition source of the power consumption information and the user. , The power consumption information processing of the consumer who does not supply the power consumption information of the consumer indicating that the contract information is not a contract between the consumer who is the acquisition source of the power consumption information and the user. apparatus. The processed part
The power consumption information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the power consumption information is processed into the post-processing information obtained by dividing the power consumption information into information indicating the power consumption of each electric appliance used by the consumer. The processed part
The power consumption information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the power consumption information is processed into the post-processing information based on an area that is a time integral of the power consumption. The processed part
The power consumption information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , which processes the power consumption information into the post-processing information based on a slope which is a time change of the power consumption. The power consumption information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , further comprising a consumer output unit that outputs the processed information processed by the processing unit to the customer. The power consumption information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , further comprising a control unit that controls the operation of the electric appliance used by the consumer based on the information transmitted from the consumer. ..

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