KR102486634B1 - Method for Registering Information of Building Utilities in Block Chain, Automatic Virtualization and Distribution of Management System of the Information of the Utilites - Google Patents

Abstract

The building facility management information registration method according to the present invention is performed in an environment including a point registration management module, an equipment registration management module, and a point mapping module, and the point registration management module includes control point reference information, A first step of receiving control point information for each facility and control point information for each equipment; a second step of receiving, by the equipment registration management module, equipment information and instantaneous information for each equipment, and generating equipment mapping information; The point mapping module receives the information input in the first step from the point registration management module and the device mapping information input in the second step from the device registration management module, and receives the point mapping information based on the information. A third step of generating
The information of the first to third stages is stored in the block chain.

Description

Method for Registering Information of Building Utilities in Block Chain, Automatic Virtualization and Distribution of Management System of the Information the Utilites}

The present invention relates to a method for registering building facility management information in a block chain and managing the information through automatic virtualization and distribution of a facility information management system using the information.

With the development of Internet of Things (IoT) technology, various IoT devices are installed in the form of built-in devices at the construction stage of buildings to manage buildings and provide convenience to residents, and various devices are installed and operated according to the needs of users. . In order to manage buildings and provide user convenience services, management and control of various facilities inside and outside the building are performed based on information detected from various sensors.

IoT equipment has a control communication method and control protocol for device control for each device. According to the prior art, a separate control program must be developed for each device to control each device, and control communication for developing the control program is required. Because access to information on methods and control protocols was limited, only the companies with the right to do so had exclusive rights to the control program for the system. In addition, due to low awareness that information change is not publicly notified when the control protocol is changed, if the control program does not reflect the change to the version when the manufacturer upgrades the firmware of the device, normal control cannot be performed. It contains problems. In addition, when technical documents and protocol information are deleted due to the bankruptcy of IoT device manufacturers or the suspension of technical support services, there are difficulties in maintaining and managing IoT devices.

Korean Patent No. 10-2161116 (published on September 29, 2020)

The present invention overcomes the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and automatically configures a control system capable of collecting and controlling information of the IoT devices installed in the building based on current status information of the IoT devices installed in the building, and each system independently Its purpose is to provide a method and system that can ensure the independence and stability of facility/equipment information of a building collected by virtualizing it to operate.

The building facility management information registration method according to the present invention is performed in an environment including a point registration management module, an equipment registration management module, and a point mapping module, and the point registration management module includes control point reference information, A first step of receiving control point information for each facility and control point information for each equipment; a second step of receiving, by the equipment registration management module, equipment information and instantaneous information for each equipment, and generating equipment mapping information; The point mapping module receives the information input in the first step from the point registration management module and the device mapping information input in the second step from the device registration management module, and receives the point mapping information based on the information. A third step of generating

The information of the first to third stages is stored in the block chain.

In the third step, information and equipment mapping information received from the point registration management module may be in JSON format.

A method for managing virtualization of building equipment information according to the present invention includes the fourth step of configuring control point information based on the information stored in a block chain by a virtualization management system; A fifth step of registering, by the virtualization management system, a Docker registry; A sixth step of the virtualization management system collecting control point information for each device and creating a data storage object; A seventh step of building a control information module for each device by the virtualization management system; An eighth step of building and distributing the viewpoint collection module by the virtualization management system.

The eighth step may include an 8-1 step in which the virtualization management system checks Docker repository information from the virtualization manager module; an 8-2 step of creating a Docker container by the virtualization management system; an 8-3 step of downloading Docker by the virtualization management system by referring to the virtualization repository module; The virtualization management system may include a step 8-4 of executing the Docker image.

A virtualization management system for building facility information according to the present invention includes a block chain interface module for constructing control point information based on the information stored in a block chain; a virtualization manager module registering a Docker registry; a virtualization registry module in which a Docker registry is registered; Contains the Virtualization Builder Manager module.

The virtualization builder manager module includes a fourth step of collecting control point information for each device and creating a data storage object; A fifth step of building a control information module for each device; A sixth step of building and distributing the point collection module is performed.

The building facility information virtualization management system according to the present invention may further include a Docker manager module that performs the sixth step.

Step 6-1 of the Docker manager module confirming Docker repository information from the virtualization manager module; a 6-2 step of creating a Docker container; a 6-3 step of downloading Docker by referring to the virtualization repository module; Step 6-4 of running the Docker image can be performed.

The method according to the present invention can be executed by a computer program stored in a computer readable medium for executing the steps of the method.

According to the present invention, control point information, which is the communication method for managing individual devices and device information for managing individual devices by device manufacturers, and device installed in individual buildings and location information of devices, etc. are stored in a block chain, and the above information Based on this, a unified control system for managing the equipment of each building is automatically configured and operated through a virtualization system, thereby having the effect of securing the independence and stability of the facility/equipment information of the building collected. In addition, since a facility/equipment manufacturer can store and share various information specific to a facility/equipment in a block chain, a control program according to a control communication method and control protocol can be automatically implemented for a specific facility/equipment in a specific building. can also create In addition, when facilities/equipment are added or deleted in a building, a control system reflecting the details can be automatically built and distributed by the virtualization system according to the present invention, thereby eliminating errors trying to collect data of the deleted facility/equipment. It also provides operational effects that enable quick collection of control data for newly added facilities/equipment.

1 is a block diagram of a control point management system and control information virtualization system according to the present invention.
2 is a flow chart of a process of registering and mapping information by a control point management system and a device registration management module according to the present invention;
3 is a block diagram of a virtualization system according to the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a flow diagram of the virtualization system building and distributing modules;
5 is a flowchart of a process of building and distributing a viewpoint collection module;

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Encryption/decryption may be applied to the process of transmitting/receiving information (data) performed in this specification, if necessary, and expressions describing the process of transmitting information (data) in this specification and claims are all encryption/decryption even if not separately mentioned. It should be interpreted as including the case of decoding. In this specification, expressions such as "transmission (transmission) from A to B" or "A receiving from B" include transmission (transmission) or reception with another medium included in the middle, and directly from A to B. It does not represent only what is transmitted (transmitted) or received. In the description of the present invention, the order of each step should be understood as non-limiting, unless the preceding step logically and temporally necessarily precedes the subsequent step. In other words, except for the above exceptional cases, even if the process described as the later step is performed before the process described as the preceding step, the essence of the invention is not affected, and the scope of rights must also be defined regardless of the order of the steps. And in this specification, "A or B" is defined to mean that it includes both A and B as well as selectively pointing to either one of A and B. In addition, in this specification, the term “including” has a meaning encompassing further including other components in addition to the elements listed as included.

In this specification, "module" or "unit" means a logical combination of general-purpose hardware and software that performs its functions.

In this specification, only the minimum components required for the description of the present invention are described, and components not related to the essence of the present invention are not mentioned. And it should not be interpreted as an exclusive meaning that includes only the mentioned components, but should be interpreted as a non-exclusive meaning that may include other components not mentioned.

The method according to the present invention can be executed by an electronic computing device such as a computer, a tablet PC, a mobile phone, a portable computing device, or a stationary computing device. Also, it should be understood that one or more methods or aspects of the invention may be executed by at least one processor. The processor may be installed in a computer, tablet PC, mobile device, portable computing device, or the like. A memory configured to store computer program instructions may be installed in such a device and may be specially programmed to cause a processor to execute the program instructions stored therein to execute one or more processes as described herein. In addition, it should be understood that the information and methods described in this specification may be executed by a computer, tablet PC, mobile device, portable computing device, etc. including one or more additional components and processors. In addition, the control logic may be implemented as a non-volatile computer readable medium including program instructions executable by a processor, a controller/control unit, or the like. Examples of computer readable media include, but are not limited to, ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, flash drive, smart card, optical data storage device, and the like. In addition, the computer readable recording medium may be distributed to computers connected through a network, and the computer readable medium may be stored and executed in a distributed manner, for example, by a remote server or a controller area network (CAN).

The exemplary embodiments described herein provide a general understanding of the principles of the structure, function, fabrication and use of the devices and methods disclosed herein. One or more such embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawings. Those skilled in the art will understand that the devices and methods specifically described herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawings are non-limiting and illustrative examples, the scope of which is defined by the claims. Features shown and described in connection with one exemplary embodiment may also be combined with features of other embodiments. Such modifications or variations are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

1 shows an example of an environment in which the present invention is practiced. The present invention is implemented in an environment including a control point management system 10, a control information virtualization system 30, and a block chain 20 in which information related to building equipment is stored.

The point management system 10 includes a point registration management module 12 , a point mapping module 14 , and an equipment registration management module 16 .

The control point registration management module 12 receives and registers control point reference information, control point information for each facility, and control point information for each equipment, or receives and registers changes when there is a change in information. Control point reference information refers to information capable of identifying a building. For example, it can be the address of the building and the total number of floors. Control point information for each facility is information specifying what facility or equipment to be controlled is. For example, this is information specifying location on which floor and number of a corresponding building, and information specifying the type of facility or equipment, such as an air conditioner, an electric heater, or a switchboard. Control point information for each equipment means specific characteristic information of a facility or equipment. For example, it may be a manufacturer, product number, version information, and characteristics of equipment to be controlled (eg, temperature, operating state, cold water inlet temperature, cold water outlet temperature, etc.). The type of control point information for each device can be selected by the user.

The equipment registration management module 16 can register/modify equipment information to be input, and when control point information for each equipment registered in the control point registration management module 12 is selected, the characteristic information of the information provided by the equipment For example, it is possible to register and modify the number of times the information is stored in memory, the number of bits of the information, the data type, and the like.

For example, in the case of a power switchgear in a building, measurement information, failure information, status information, and control can be registered and modified. For measurement information, register the protocol information provided for power measurement, such as A-B line voltage, B-C line voltage, C-A line voltage, A-phase current, B-phase current, C-phase rectification, active power, power factor, and frequency. In addition, the failure information is information that can identify the failure state of the device, and registers information such as overfrequency and high frequency, system undervoltage, overcurrent, FAN failure, and overheating specified in the protocol. State information such as emergency switch operation status, device operation status (power generation/stop), panel door opening, etc., control information such as circuit breaker ON/OFF and fault reset, and the conditions under which the information is executed, etc. register

The equipment registration management module 16 may also register or modify instantaneous information for each equipment. The instantaneous information is information about how often the corresponding information of the equipment is updated.

The information registered in the control point registration management module 12 and the information registered in the equipment registration management module 16 are provided to the control point mapping module 14 in the form of JSON, respectively, for example. Point mapping information may be generated in a standard form.

Information registered or generated in the point registration management module 12, point mapping module 14, and equipment registration management module 16 are all stored in the block chain 20.

A block diagram of the control information virtualization system 30 is shown in FIG. 3 . As shown in FIG. 3, the control information virtualization system 30 includes a block chain interface server 31, a virtualization manager module 32, a virtualization repository 33, a virtualization builder manager module 34, and a Docker It includes a manager module (35).

The control information virtualization system 30 according to the present invention may use a Docker-based virtualization platform technology, and the present specification describes the invention based thereon. However, the use of other virtualization platform technologies is not excluded, and those with average knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains after examining this specification can easily implement the technical spirit of the present invention by appropriately applying other virtualization platform technologies. can

The block chain interface server 31 retrieves the control point information stored in the block chain 20 and configures the control point information.

The virtualization manager module 32 is a module that registers the Docker repository to the virtualization repository 33 .

The virtualization builder manager module 34 creates control vector objects for each device; Collect control information for each device; It performs the function of building and distributing the monitoring information collection module.

More specifically, the Docker manager module 35 builds and distributes the control information collection module, the process of which will be described later with reference to FIG. 5 .

2 is a flow chart of a process of registering and mapping control point information in the control point management system 10 .

In step 200, control point reference information, in step 210, control point information for each facility, and in step 220, control point information for each equipment are registered in the control point registration management module 12. The meaning of each piece of information is as described above.

In the equipment registration management module 16 , equipment information is registered in step 230 and instantaneous information for each equipment is registered in step 240 . The meaning of equipment information and instantaneous information for each equipment is as described above.

The equipment registration management module 16 generates equipment mapping information by mapping registered equipment information and instantaneous information for each equipment (step 250). Equipment mapping information can be created in JSON format.

The information registered in the control point registration management module 12 and the information registered in the equipment registration management module 16 are transferred to the control point mapping module 14, and the control point mapping module 14 maps the two information. Thus, control point mapping information is generated (step 260). Control point mapping information may be stored in a predetermined standardized form of information that is set in advance.

4 is a flowchart of a process performed by the virtualization system of the present invention.

In step 400, the block chain interface server 31 retrieves the control point information stored in the block chain and configures the control point information. The configured control point information may be the above-described information of facilities or equipment registered in the entire specific building. The facility/equipment information of the entire building may not be stored in one place in the block chain, but may be distributed and stored. The block chain interface server 31 calls and collects the distributed and stored information from the block chain 20, is to constitute

In step 410, the virtualization manager module 32 registers the Docker registry to the virtualization registry 33.

After the virtualization builder manager module 34 collects control information for each device, a data storage object is created (step 415).

The virtualization builder manager 34 automatically assembles the code of the control information collection module for each device according to the communication method for each device and builds the control information collection module for each device (step 420).

At step 430, the viewpoint collection module is built and deployed. Step 430 may include generating a Docker image of each control point collection module and storing the Docker image in a Docker repository.

There are various devices in a single building, and the module that collects information about each device is the control information collection module for each device. A control point collection module is a module that activates the control information collection module for each equipment for each inspection period of the control information for each equipment and monitors the status so that the corresponding module can be normally performed. That is, the control point collection module is a module that manages the control information collection module for each device.

Specifically, the control point collection module may be built by the Docker manager module 35 and distributed to the Docker repository. 5 shows a flowchart of a process performed by the Docker manager module 35.

In step 500, the Docker manager module 35 checks Docker repository information through the virtualization manager module 32. Based on the confirmed Docker repository information, a Docker container is created (step 510), Docker is downloaded (step 520), and the container is executed by executing the image (step 530). Virtualization according to the present invention, that is, build and distribution of the viewpoint collection module can be performed by running the container.

The point collection module is registered in the Docker repository, and is stored in the form of a Docker image. Downloading Docker in step 520 means downloading Docker with Docker Composer capable of executing the image. The control point collection module may be an image of an entire building, or may be configured by floor or room if the building is large.

According to the present invention, by storing facilities or equipment installed in a plurality of buildings in a block chain and operating a unified control system through a virtualization system, the independence and stability of the facility/equipment information of the collected buildings can be secured. It works. In addition, since a facility/equipment manufacturer can store and share various information specific to a facility/equipment in a block chain, a control program according to a control communication method and control protocol can be automatically implemented for a specific facility/equipment in a specific building. can also create In addition, when facilities/equipment are added or deleted in a building, a control system reflecting the details can be automatically built and distributed by the virtualization system according to the present invention, thereby eliminating errors trying to collect data of the deleted facility/equipment. It also provides operational effects that enable quick collection of control data for newly added facilities/equipment.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, the scope of the present invention is determined by the claims described below and should not be construed as being limited to the above-described embodiments and / or drawings. And it should be clearly understood that improvements, changes and modifications obvious to those skilled in the art of the invention described in the claims are also included in the scope of the present invention.

10: point management system 12: point registration management module
14: point mapping module 16: equipment registration management module
20: block chain 30: control information virtualization system
31: block chain interface server 32: virtualization manager module
33: virtualization registry 34: virtualization builder manager module
35: Docker manager module

Claims (10)

In the method for virtualizing and managing building facility management information by virtualization management system,
A registration step of registering the building facility management information in an environment including a control point registration management module, an equipment registration management module, and a control point mapping module;
A virtualization step of virtualizing the registered building facility management information,
In the registration step,
A first step in which the control point registration management module receives control point reference information, facility-specific control point information, and equipment-specific control point information;
A second step in which the equipment registration management module receives equipment information and instantaneous information for each equipment and generates equipment mapping information;
The point mapping module receives the information input in the first step from the point registration management module and the device mapping information input in the second step from the device registration management module, and receives the point mapping information based on the information. Including a third step of generating a,
The information of the first to third stages is stored in the block chain,
The virtualization step is
A fourth step in which the virtualization management system constructs point information based on the information stored in the block chain;
A fifth step of registering the Docker registry by the virtualization management system;
A sixth step in which the virtualization management system collects control point information for each device and creates a data storage object;
A seventh step in which the virtualization management system builds a control information module for each device;
An eighth step of the virtualization management system building and distributing the point collection module,
Virtualization management method of building facility management information.
The method of claim 1,
In the third step, the information and equipment mapping information received from the point registration management module are in JSON format,
Virtualization management method of building facility management information.
delete According to claim 1 or claim 2,
The eighth step,
An 8-1 step in which the virtualization management system checks Docker repository information from the virtualization manager module;
An 8-2 step of creating a Docker container by the virtualization management system;
An 8-3 step in which the virtualization management system downloads Docker by referring to the virtualization repository module;
Including step 8-4 of the virtualization management system executing the Docker image,
Virtualization management method of building facility management information.
In the virtualization management system that executes the method of claim 1 or claim 2,
A block chain interface module for constructing control point information based on the information stored in the block chain;
A virtualization manager module for registering a Docker registry;
A virtualization registry module in which the Docker registry is registered;
Includes a virtualization builder manager module,
The virtualization builder manager module includes a fourth step of collecting control point information for each device and creating a data storage object; A fifth step of building a control information module for each device; Performing the sixth step of building and distributing the point collection module,
Virtualization management system of building facility management information.
The method of claim 5,
Further comprising a Docker manager module that performs the sixth step,
Step 6-1 of the Docker manager module confirming Docker repository information from the virtualization manager module; a 6-2 step of creating a Docker container; a 6-3 step of downloading Docker by referring to the virtualization repository module; Performing step 6-4 of running the Docker image,
Virtualization management system of building facility management information.
delete A computer-readable medium recording a program for executing the steps of the method of claim 1 or claim 2.
delete A computer program stored in a computer readable medium for executing the steps of the method of claim 1 or claim 2.

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