KR20170062255A - Power plants instantaneous meter reading system using beacon - Google Patents

Abstract

The instantaneous meter reading system using a beacon according to the present invention comprises: a plurality of beacon sensors attached to respective power facilities, each beacon sensor transmitting its own unique ID through a low power short distance communication (BLE); A mobile device for searching for a unique ID sent from each of the beacon sensors and requesting specific power equipment information for the searched unique ID; And a central server for storing unique IDs of the beacon sensors, receiving operating and status data of the power facility in real time, and transmitting specific power facility information to the mobile device in response to the request of the mobile device Which is a technical feature.

Description

[0001] POWER PLANTS INSTANTANEOUS METER READING SYSTEM USING BEACON [0002]

[0001] The present invention relates to an instantaneous power meter reading system using a beacon, and more particularly, to a power meter instantaneous meter reading system using a beacon, wherein each beacon sensor attached to each electric power facility transmits a unique ID transmitted through a low- The central server requests specific power facility information for the searched unique ID, receives specific power facility information according to the request, and performs an instantaneous check on the corresponding power facility. Thus, Monitoring and invisible details can be checked at the same time, so that it is possible to perform efficient and more accurate check, and it is possible to compensate for the troublesomeness of inputting the ID information of the facility to which the user intends to make a moment The present invention relates to an instantaneous meter reading system for a power facility using a beacon.

Recently, the technology to remotely diagnose power facilities remotely is becoming popular due to the recent development of communication technology. However, there is still a momentary inspection method in which Sunshiwon visits the power facilities directly to check the status of power facilities It has been carried out for a long time.

However, according to the conventional instantaneous inspecting method, there is a problem that it is difficult to confirm the information about the operating state of the facility when the plant is periodically and instantaneously monitoring its state.

Also, in case of the conventional instant inspection method, the state information of the facilities under the inspection by the pure water source is directly inputted through the portable terminal having the GPS receiver or the equipment having the ID of the facility in order to receive data from the central server, There is a problem that it is troublesome to work and a delay in operation due to an input error.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2013-0057663

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a wireless communication system and a wireless communication method in which each beacon sensor attached to each electric power facility searches for a unique ID transmitted through a low power short distance communication (BLE) Requesting the specific power equipment information to the central server and receiving the specific power equipment information according to the request and performing the instantaneous inspection on the power equipment so that the pure water source can monitor the state by the naked eye and the invisible details It is possible to provide a system for instantaneous meter inspection of electric power facilities using a beacon which can check simultaneously and efficiently and more precisely, and can compensate for the input error by directly inputting the ID information of a facility to be searched for have.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an instantaneous power meter reading system using a beacon, wherein each beacon sensor attached to each power facility and transmitting its own unique ID through a low power short range communication (BLE) ; A mobile device for searching for a unique ID sent from each of the beacon sensors and requesting specific power equipment information for the searched unique ID; And a central server for storing unique IDs of the beacon sensors, receiving operating and status data of the power facility in real time, and transmitting specific power facility information to the mobile device in response to the request of the mobile device .

The present invention can efficiently and precisely check the state of the pure water by observing the state of the naked eye and the invisible detailed information at the same time, and it is also possible to easily input the ID information of the facility, There is a technical effect that can compensate for the delay in the operation due to the input error.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an instantaneous power meter reading system using a beacon according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows a detailed configuration of a pure-play mobile device according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of instantaneous power meter inspection using a beacon according to the present invention.

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

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an instantaneous power meter reading system using a beacon according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an instantaneous power meter reading system 10 using a beacon of the present invention includes a beacon sensor group 100, a mobile device 200, and a central server 300.

The beacon sensor group 100 includes a plurality of first beacon sensors 100-1 to 100-n. In this case, each of the first to third beacon sensors 100-1 to 100- (100-n) are attached to the first power equipment to the nth power equipment in a one-to-one correspondence, so that location and status information of each power equipment can be obtained.

Here, the first to n-th electric power facilities refer to various facilities using electric power to be searched by pure electric power. For example, power electric power facilities may include electric power transmission tower, transmission tower, breaker, grounding switch, disconnecting device and the like.

The first beacon sensor 100-1 to the n th beacon sensor 100-n each have a unique ID and a net source within a maximum range of 50m to 70m using near-field wireless communication (such as Bluetooth 4.0) (BLE, Bluetooth Low Energy) as a sensor using a beacon capable of bidirectional communication with a mobile device 200 that is equipped with a battery or an external power source.

The mobile device 200 continuously receives the first beacon sensor 100-B based on a portable terminal (e.g., a smart phone, a PDA, a tablet PC, etc.) and a near field wireless communication (BLE) 1 to n-th beacon sensor 100-n to track the location of the power equipment to be inspected, which will be described in detail later with reference to FIG. 2 and FIG.

The central server 300 stores a unique ID of each of the first to n-th beacon sensors 100-1 to 100-n attached to each power facility, And stores and manages the operation and status data in a database (DB). When a net user requests a power equipment information for a specific beacon ID (ID) through the mobile device 200, Real-time status information of the facility to the mobile device 200.

FIG. 2 shows a detailed configuration of a pure-play mobile device according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a mobile device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The mobile device 200 includes an input unit 210, a communication unit 220, a storage unit 230, a beacon ID search unit 240, 250, an instant schedule section 260, a display section 270, an inspection error confirmation section 280, and a control section 290.

The input unit 210 may be a keyboard, a mouse, a touch screen, or a touch pad, but is not limited thereto.

The communication unit 220 provides an interface for communication with the first external beacon sensor 100-1 to the n-th beacon sensor 100-n or the central server 330. For example, BLE, Zigbee, RF, WiFi, 3G, 4G, LTE, LTE-A, and Wireless Broadband Internet or the Internet and Social Network Service But is not limited thereto.

The storage unit 230 stores the check data processed by the net source and various data processed by the control unit 280, and a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory can be used as the storage medium.

The beacon ID search unit 240 continuously communicates each beacon ID by communicating with neighboring first beacon sensors 100-1 through 100-n based on the near field wireless communication (BLE) It allows you to search.

The power facility information request unit 250 requests the central server 300 for power facility information for the specific beacon ID when a specific beacon ID is searched through the beacon ID search unit 240. [

The instant scheduling unit 260 provides a schedule for the forward scheduling based on the power equipment information received from the central server 300. In this case, for example, (Eg, a map of Google), and may also be provided with a list of tasks to be performed by the user, priority, and estimated time required for the operation have.

The display unit 270 outputs the results of various commands processed by the controller 290 to a display device. The display unit 270 may be a display device such as an LED (Ligit Emitting Diode), an LCD Crystal Display), but the present invention is not limited thereto.

When the central server 300 determines that the check data received from the mobile device 200 (e.g., meter reading data, status data, etc.) is not valid, the check error checking unit 280 transmits a meter reading error message To check the contents of the meter reading error and to correct the error according to the contents of the meter reading error indicated by the net water column.

In this case, the meter reading error message may be, for example, when the meter reading value is blank and the contents can not be accurately recognized, or when there is a missing item among the low-voltage electronic meter reading items such as the missing meter reading error A message such as " Please take a third number for effective watt hour meter recognition "is displayed on the display unit 270 so that the meter reading unit can perform a meter reading error correction operation immediately.

The control unit 290 includes an input unit 210, a communication unit 220, a storage unit 230, a beacon ID search unit 240, a power facility information request unit 250, an instant schedule unit 260, a display unit 270, And the checking error checking unit 280. [

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of instantaneous power meter inspection using a beacon according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a first procedure (S10) is performed in which the net source moves to the vicinity of a power facility to be operated.

Next, a second process (S20) in which each of the beacon sensors 100-1 to 100-n attached to the respective power facilities transmits its own unique ID using the short-range wireless communication (BLE) Respectively.

Next, there is a third process (S30) in which communication is performed using short-range wireless communication (BLE) between the mobile device 200 and the respective beacon sensors 100-1 to 100- .

Next, there is a fourth step (S40) of requesting the central server 300 for power facility information for a specific beacon ID (ID) received from each of the beacon sensors 100-1 to 100-n.

Next, a fifth step (S50) of transmitting the information of the specific power facility from the central server 300 to the mobile device 200 in response to the request of the fourth step S40.

Next, there is a sixth step (S60) of confirming whether specific power equipment information transmitted from the central server 300 is power equipment information of interest in the net.

If the specific power equipment information transmitted from the central server 300 in the sixth step S60 is not the power equipment information of interest, the process returns to the first step S10, If the specific power equipment information transmitted from the central server 300 in step S60 is power equipment information of interest by the net source (for example), the seventh process of confirming the received target equipment information through display (step S70).

Finally, there is an eighth step (S80) of performing a meter reading operation or the like according to the job schedule and transmitting the instantaneous inspection result to the central server 300.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit of the invention.

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100-1 to 100-n: first to n-th beacon sensors
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300: central server

Claims (5)

Each beacon sensor attached to a respective power facility and emitting its own identity around the low power local area network (BLE);
A mobile device for searching for a unique ID sent from each of the beacon sensors and requesting specific power equipment information for the searched unique ID; And
And a central server for storing the unique IDs of the beacon sensors, receiving operation and status data of the electric power facility in real time, and transmitting specific electric power facility information to the mobile device in response to the request of the mobile device Instantaneous meter reading system of electric power facility using beacon. The mobile terminal of claim 1,
An input unit for inputting various commands through the input means;
A communication unit for providing an interface so that communication with the beacon sensors or the central server can be implemented;
A beacon ID search unit for searching for a unique ID transmitted from each of the beacon sensors;
A power equipment information requesting unit for requesting the central server for power facility information for a specific beacon ID when a specific beacon ID is searched through the beacon ID searching unit;
A display unit for outputting processing results of various commands to a display device;
And a control unit for controlling the input unit, the communication unit, the beacon ID search unit, the power equipment information request unit, and the display unit. 3. The mobile terminal according to claim 2,
Further comprising an instantaneous scheduling unit for providing a schedule for a net source to sequentially operate based on power facility information received from the central server. The communication system according to claim 2,
And a Bluetooth interface is provided so that communication with the beacon sensors can be implemented. The communication system according to claim 2,
(RF), Wi-Fi, 3G, 4G, LTE, LTE-A, or a wireless broadband Internet so that communication with the central server can be realized Instantaneous meter reading system for electric power facilities using beacon.

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