WO2016075887A1

WO2016075887A1 - Remote surveillance device, and program

Info

Publication number: WO2016075887A1
Application number: PCT/JP2015/005463
Authority: WO
Inventors: 小林　晋
Original assignee: パナソニックＩｐマネジメント株式会社
Priority date: 2014-11-13
Filing date: 2015-10-30
Publication date: 2016-05-19
Also published as: JP2016095633A; JP6493828B2

Abstract

This remote surveillance device (1) is provided with: a power information acquisition unit (112) which acquires power data relating to power consumption of electric appliances inside of a building; an absence information acquisition unit (122) which acquires absence information indicating that the occupants, etc., are temporarily absent from the building; an appliance determination unit (114) which, on the basis of the power data, determines whether or not any electric appliance has been newly turned on in the building from which said occupants, etc., are temporarily absent; a notification data generation unit (123) which generates notification data for notification of the determination result of the appliance determination unit (114); and a communication unit (121) which sends the notification data to the terminal device.

Description

Outing support device and program

The present invention generally relates to an outing support apparatus and program, and more particularly to an outing support apparatus and program using power data related to the power consumption of an electrical device.

Conventionally, when going out, there is a power consumption check system that checks whether there is unnecessary power consumption of an electric device or the like and informs the user, thereby preventing unnecessary operation of the electric device when going out (for example, Patent Document 1). Moreover, in this conventional system, it is possible to confirm whether or not an electrical device that should be stopped is operating by executing an abnormal use detection process using a terminal device even after going out.

JP 2007-132804 A

In recent years, it has been demanded to monitor the presence or absence of an intruder in a building that is away with a simple configuration without using a human sensor or the like. However, in the above-mentioned patent document 1, it is not assumed to monitor the presence or absence of an intruder into a building that is away.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned reasons, and an object thereof is to provide an outing support apparatus and program capable of monitoring the presence or absence of an intruder in a building that is away using power data related to power consumption. It is to provide.

The outing support apparatus of the present invention includes a power information acquisition unit that acquires power data related to power consumption of electrical equipment in a building, an absence information acquisition unit that acquires absence information indicating that the building is in an absence state, Based on the power data, a device determination unit that determines whether or not there is a newly used electric device in the absence building, and notification data that notifies a determination result of the device determination unit are generated. A notification data generation unit and a communication unit that transmits the notification data to a terminal device are provided.

The program of the present invention is a program for causing a computer to function as the outing support apparatus.

The outing support apparatus and the program according to the present invention have an effect that it is possible to monitor the presence or absence of an intruder in the building that is out of the office using power data relating to power consumption.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first and second embodiments. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a notification screen according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another notification screen according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of the second embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a notification screen according to the second embodiment. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of the third embodiment.

Hereinafter, the outing support apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that each of the embodiments described below shows a preferred specific example of the present invention. Therefore, numerical values, shapes, materials, components, arrangement positions and connection forms of components, and steps (steps) and order of steps shown in the following embodiments are merely examples, and the present invention is limited. It is not the purpose to do. Therefore, among the constituent elements in the following embodiments, constituent elements that are not described in the independent claims showing the highest concept of the present invention are described as optional constituent elements. Each figure is a schematic diagram and is not necessarily illustrated strictly.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an outing support system using the outing support apparatus 1 of the present embodiment. This outing support system includes an outing support device 1, a distribution board 2, a controller 3, a management server 4, and a terminal device 5 as main components.

The outing support apparatus 1 has a function of monitoring the presence or absence of an intruder in the building 100 by determining the usage state of the electrical device 6 in the building 100 when the contracted building 100 is in an absence state. Have. The building 100 is each dwelling unit, detached house, factory, office, or the like of an apartment house. Then, a state where a user who normally uses the building 100 such as a resident or a worker is at home (or is in a room) in the building 100 is set as a home state, and the user goes out to the building 100. The state that is not inside is set to the absence state. Absence status includes long-term absence status such as travel and business trips, short-term absence status such as shopping and pick-up, etc., but this outing support system is applicable regardless of the duration of absence status. is there.

The distribution board 2 is connected to an AC 100 / 200V trunk circuit 91 drawn into the building 100, and commercial power is supplied from the power system of the power company via the trunk circuit 91. The distribution board 2 includes a branching unit 21 and a power measuring unit 22.

The branch unit 21 includes a plurality of branch breakers, and the main circuit 91 branches to a plurality of branch circuits 92 laid in the customer via the branch unit 21.

The power measuring unit 22 is configured between the controller 3 and the function of measuring the power supplied from the trunk circuit 91 (also referred to as main power) and the power consumed by each branch circuit 92 (also referred to as branch power). And a function of performing communication (specifically, wired communication or wireless communication). The power measuring unit 22 includes a Rogowski coil or a current transformer that measures the current of the main circuit 91 and the current of the branch circuit 92. Further, the power measuring unit 22 may be provided outside the distribution board 2. In addition, when performing wireless communication, the power measuring unit 22 uses a radio wave signal or an infrared signal as a communication medium. The radio signal includes 400 MHz band and 900 MHz band low-power radio, Bluetooth (registered trademark), ZigBee (registered trademark), and wireless LAN (Local Area Network) (specifically, wireless that conforms to IEEE802.11a, b, g). LAN etc.) are used.

Each branch circuit 92 is connected to one or more electrical devices 6 such as an air conditioner, a lighting device, or a television, and the branch circuit 92 supplies operating power to these electrical devices 6. Further, the main line circuit 91 and the branch circuit 92 may be supplied with power generated by a distributed power source such as a solar power generation device, a fuel cell, or a wind power generation device, and discharge power of a storage battery. The branch circuit 92 is configured by a wiring device such as a distribution line or an outlet.

The controller 3 is, for example, a HEMS (Home Energy Management System) controller, and includes a power data generation unit 31 and a power data transmission unit 32. The controller 3 may further include a device monitoring unit 33.

The power data generation unit 31 receives branch power measurement data from the power measurement unit 22 and generates power consumption data (also referred to as power data) for each branch circuit 92. The power data is data representing an integrated value per unit time of power consumption for each branch circuit 92 (for example, a second unit of 1 second to 60 seconds, or a minute unit of 1 minute to 60 minutes). The power data generation unit 31 has a real-time clock function, and adds power data measurement time information to the power data.

The power data transmission unit 32 is communicably connected to a wide area network 8 such as the Internet (for example, a public line network) via the router 500. The power data transmission unit 32 can communicate with the management server 4 on the wide area network 8 and transmits power data to the management server 4. Customer information or measurement time information assigned to the building 100 is added to the power data transmitted by the power data transmission unit 32. The customer information includes ID information of the building 100.

The device monitoring unit 33 monitors and controls the operation of the electric device 6 via the router 500, and can construct a HEMS by using the power data together. In HEMS, the device monitoring unit 33 has a function of visualizing power consumption (also referred to as “visualization”) by presenting power data to an appropriate presentation device. In the HEMS, the device monitoring unit 33 has a function of controlling the electric device 6 for the purpose of power saving based on the power data. That is, the controller 3 also functions as a HEMS controller.

The management server 4 receives the power data from the power data transmission unit 32 through the wide area network 8 and stores the power data corresponding to the customer information of the building 100. That is, the management server 4 stores a history of power data for each branch circuit 92 of the building 100. In FIG. 1, only one building 100 is shown, but the history of power data in each building is stored in the management server 4 in correspondence with each customer information of the building, with a plurality of buildings as contract targets. Stored.

Further, the power data transmission unit 32 may transmit the power data to the management server 4 only when the power data has changed by a predetermined amount or more in order to reduce communication traffic. That is, the management server 4 stores a continuous history of power data by interpolating using the power data before and after the period during a period when the power data is not received.

The outing support apparatus 1 is configured to be capable of network communication using the wide area network 8. The going-out support device 1 includes an analysis server 11 and an application server 12, and the analysis server 11 and the application server 12 can communicate with each other through the wide area network 8.

The analysis server 11 includes a communication unit 111, a power information acquisition unit 112, a storage unit 113, and a device determination unit 114.

The communication unit 111 has a function of performing network communication through the wide area network 8.

The power information acquisition unit 112 can acquire power data from the management server 4 via the communication unit 111.

The storage unit 113 stores target information for setting power data to be monitored in correspondence with customer information.

The device determination unit 114 can determine whether there is a newly used electric device 6 in the absence of the building 100 based on the monitored power data, and the communication unit 111 determines the result of the determination. Send. The storage unit 113 stores target information for each of a plurality of buildings in association with customer information for each building.

The application server 12 includes a communication unit 121, an absence information acquisition unit 122, and a notification data generation unit 123.

The communication unit 121 has a function of performing network communication through the wide area network 8.

The absence information acquisition unit 122 can acquire the absence information indicating that the building 100 is away from the terminal device 5 via the communication unit 121.

The notification data generation unit 123 can acquire the determination result of the device determination unit 114 from the analysis server 11 via the communication unit 121. Furthermore, the notification data generation unit 123 generates notification data that notifies the determination result of the device determination unit 114. The communication unit 121 transmits the notification data to the terminal device 5.

The terminal device 5 is an information terminal that can be carried by the user, such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, and a tablet terminal, and can display notification data received from the application server 12 through the wide area network 8 on the screen.

Hereinafter, the operation of the outing support system of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Suppose that a user in the building 100 goes out and the building 100 changes from a home state to an absence state. The user operates the terminal device 5 to transmit absence information to which the ID information of the building 100 is added to the application server 12. When the absence information acquisition unit 122 of the application server 12 acquires the absence information through the communication unit 121 (S1), the absence information is transferred to the analysis server 11 through the communication unit 121 (S2). The absence information is information for notifying that the building 100 is in the absence state, and is added with information on the transmission time of the absence information.

Further, the controller 3 may include an absence determination unit 35. The absence determination unit 35 determines whether the building 100 is in an absence state based on the power data, and generates absence information. That is, the controller 3 has a function of determining whether or not the building 100 is in an absence state based on the power data for each branch circuit 92. In this case, the analysis server 11 includes an absence information acquisition unit. The absence determination unit 35 determines that the building 100 is in the absence state when the power data for each branch circuit 92 matches the predetermined reference data of the absence state, and the absence information with the ID information of the building 100 added thereto. Information is transmitted to the analysis server 11 through the wide area network 8.

In the analysis server 11, when the communication unit 111 receives the absence information, the device determination unit 114 subsequently determines whether there is an electric device 6 newly used in the absenceed building 100 based on the monitored power data. Determine whether or not. The power data to be monitored in this determination process is determined with reference to the target information in the storage unit 113.

The target information in the storage unit 113 is set as follows, for example. The terminal device 5 accesses the application server 12 by user operation, and transmits the setting content of the target information of the building 100 to the application server 12. The application server 12 transfers the setting content of the target information to the analysis server 11, and the analysis server 11 stores the target information of the building 100 in the storage unit 113 based on the received setting content. That is, the target information in the storage unit 113 is set by a user operation of the terminal device 5. The target information of the present embodiment specifies two

branch circuits

92A and 92B among the plurality of branch circuits 92 of the building 100. In other words, the power data to be monitored is the power data of the

branch circuits

92A and 92B. Note that the target information in the storage unit 113 may be set in advance at the time of factory shipment or local construction, for example.

Therefore, the power information acquisition unit 112 transmits a data request for each power data of the

branch circuits

92A and 92B in the building 100 from the communication unit 111 to the management server 4 (S3). It should be noted that the data request includes ID information of the building 100 and information on the sending time of absence information.

When the management server 4 receives the data request, the management server 4 performs a process of transmitting each power data of the

branch circuits

92A and 92B to the analysis server 11 after the sending time of the absence information (or from a predetermined time before the sending time of the absence information). Start. That is, when the building 100 is in the absence state, the power information acquisition unit 112 of the analysis server 11 receives each power data of the

branch circuits

92A and 92B from the time when the building 100 is in the absence state via the communication unit 111 from the management server 4. Obtain (S4). As an example, the branch circuit 92 A supplies power to an electrical device 6 such as a lighting, an air conditioner, a television or a television recording device arranged in the living room of the building 100. The branch circuit 92 B supplies power to the electrical device 6 such as a lighting, a microwave oven, or a dishwasher disposed in the kitchen of the building 100.

And the apparatus determination part 114 determines whether there exists the electric apparatus 6 newly used in the absence building 100 based on each electric power data of the

branch circuits

92A and 92B (S5).

Specifically, the device determination unit 114 stores the power data at the transmission time of the absence information among the power data of the branch circuit 92A received from the management server 4 as the initial power data of the branch circuit 92A. Furthermore, among the power data of the branch circuit 92B received from the management server 4, the device determination unit 114 stores the power data at the time when the absence information is transmitted as the initial power data of the branch circuit 92B. That is, the initial power data is power data of the branch circuit 92 when the inside of the building 100 is changed to the absence state.

The device determination unit 114 compares the initial power data of the branch circuit 92A with the power data of the branch circuit 92A received from the management server 4, and the electrical device 6 of the branch circuit 92A is in the building 100 in the absence state. It is determined whether or not it has been used. In addition, the device determination unit 114 compares the initial power data of the branch circuit 92B with the power data of the branch circuit 92B received from the management server 4, and the electric device 6 of the branch circuit 92B is in the absence of the building 100. It is determined whether or not it has been used.

For example, it is assumed that the power data of the branch circuit 92A at a certain point in the absence state exceeds the initial power data of the branch circuit 92A, and the difference obtained by subtracting the initial power data from the power data is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold. In this case, the device determination unit 114 determines that the electric device 6 of the branch circuit 92A has been used in the building 100 in the absence state.

Similarly, it is assumed that the power data of the branch circuit 92B at a certain point in the absence state exceeds the initial power data of the branch circuit 92B, and the difference obtained by subtracting the initial power data from the power data is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold. In this case, the device determination unit 114 determines that the electric device 6 of the branch circuit 92B has been used in the building 100 in the absence state.

If the device determination unit 114 determines that the electrical device 6 of the branch circuit 92A or the branch circuit 92B has been used in the absenceed building 100, the device determination unit 114 transmits a use notification to the application server 12 via the communication unit 111 (S6). ). This use notification includes identification information of the branch circuit 92 in which the electrical device 6 is used in the absenceed building 100, information such as a change in power consumption, and the like.

In addition, the device determination unit 114 performs FFT (Fast Transform) or DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform) on the power data in the time domain and converts it into power data in the frequency domain (also referred to as a signal conversion function). May be provided. In this case, the device determination unit 114 can determine which electric device 6 of the branch circuit 92 is used by pattern recognition processing for power data in the frequency domain. As the pattern recognition processing, principal component analysis, multiple regression analysis, KL (Karhunen Loeve) conversion, or the like is used.

In the application server 12, when the communication unit 121 receives the usage notification, the notification data generation unit 123 generates notification data for notifying the determination result of the device determination unit 114 based on the usage notification (S7). When the electrical device 6 of the branch circuit 92A operates in the absence state, for example, notification data is generated to display the operation time of the electrical device 6 along with the operation time in the installation location “living room” of the branch circuit 92A (FIG. 3). reference).

Then, the communication unit 121 transmits the notification data generated by the notification data generation unit 123 to the terminal device 5 (S8). As illustrated in FIG. 3, the terminal device 5 that has received the notification data displays a notification screen 201 that notifies the notification data, and notifies the user that the electrical device 6 in the absenceed building 100 has been used. The user who has seen the notification screen 201 can recognize that there is a possibility that there is a person who has entered the building 100 being out of the office, and can deal with this abnormality. As a user's response, there is a response to immediately return to the building 100 to check the situation in the building 100, or a response to contact a security company to check the situation in the building 100.

Further, the notification screen 201 in FIG. 3 includes a detail button B1 and an OK button B2. The user can shift to a detailed screen that displays information such as a change in power consumption or information on the electrical device 6 estimated to be used by pressing the detail button B1. Further, the user can end the notification screen 201 by pressing the OK button B2.

Further, a security server 7 of a security company may be installed on the wide area network 8. In this case, the device determination unit 114 of the analysis server 11 notifies the security server 7 via the communication unit 111 that the electrical device 6 has been used in the building 100 in the absence state. The security company can detect that an abnormality has occurred in the building 100 by the security system using the security server 7. Therefore, the security company can send a security guard to the building 100 and check the abnormality by the security guard.

As described above, the outing support apparatus 1 of the present embodiment includes the power information acquisition unit 112, the absence information acquisition unit 122, the device determination unit 114, the notification data generation unit 123, and the communication unit 121. The power information acquisition unit 112 acquires power data related to the power consumption of the electrical device 6 in the building 100. The absence information acquisition unit 122 acquires absence information indicating that the building 100 is in an absence state. The device determination unit 114 determines whether there is an electric device 6 newly used in the absenceed building 100 based on the power data. The notification data generation unit 123 generates notification data that notifies the determination result of the device determination unit 114. The communication unit 121 transmits the notification data to the terminal device 5.

Therefore, the outing support device 1 can determine whether or not there is an electric device 6 newly used in the absenceed building 100 using the power data related to the power consumption, and can notify the determination result to the user. That is, the going-out support apparatus 1 can monitor the presence or absence of an intruder in the building 100 that is away using the power data related to the power consumption.

In addition, the device determination unit 114 compares the power data at the time when the inside of the building 100 changes to the absence state with the power data when the inside of the building 100 is in the absence state. It may be determined whether there is a used electric device 6 or not.

There are an electric device 6 that is always operating like a refrigerator and an electric device 6 that consumes standby power even when the user is away. Therefore, the device determination unit 114 can determine whether or not the electric device 6 is used during absence by comparing the power data (initial power data) at the start of the absence state with the power data during absence. Therefore, the outing support device 1 can monitor the presence or absence of an intruder in the building 100 that is out of the office using the power data even in a situation where there is the electric device 6 that is operating at the start of the absence state. .

Further, the outing support device 1 may include a storage unit 113 that stores target information for setting power data to be monitored. In this case, the device determination unit 114 determines whether there is an electric device 6 newly used in the absenceed building 100 based on the power data to be monitored.

In this case, the device determination unit 114 can accurately determine the usage status of the electrical device 6 by using power data that varies greatly between the use state and the non-use state as a monitoring target.

Further, the power data may be power data of the branch circuit 92 to which the electric device 6 is electrically connected, and the target information may be information specifying a specific branch circuit 92. In this case, the device determination unit 114 sets the power data of the specific branch circuit 92 specified by the target information as power data to be monitored.

Therefore, since the device determination unit 114 performs determination processing using the power data for each branch circuit 92, it is not necessary to measure each power data of the electrical device 6, and the system configuration can be simplified.

In addition, when there is an electric device 6 newly used in the absence of the building 100, the notification data generation unit 123 notifies that an abnormality has occurred in the building 100 in addition to the determination result of the device determination unit 114. Notification data to be generated may be generated. In this case, the notification data generation unit 123 indicates that there is a possibility that there is an intruder in the building 100 in absence in addition to the operation of the electrical device 6 in the absence state. The notification data to be notified is generated (see FIG. 4). As shown in FIG. 4, the terminal device 5 that has received the notification data displays a notification screen 202 that displays notification data including an alarm message, and the electric device 6 in the building 100 that is away is used to enter the terminal device 5. Notify the user that there is a possibility that a person is present. That is, the notification data includes contents for notifying the user of the abnormality, and can transmit a message having higher urgency to the user. This abnormality notification method includes a visual method for displaying an alarm message on the screen, an auditory method for outputting the alarm message by voice, and the like.

In the present embodiment, since the outing support system is configured using a server, a monitoring service can be provided for a plurality of buildings as monitoring targets by using, for example, the technology of cloud computing. . Therefore, the environment in the building 100 can be simplified and a large-scale system can be constructed.

In this embodiment, the outing support apparatus 1 is configured with two servers (analysis server 11 and application server 12), but the outing support apparatus 1 is configured with one server and three or more servers. Also good.

Furthermore, the notification unit 400 may be provided in the building 100, and the controller 3 may include the notification control unit 34 (see FIG. 1). The notification unit 400 includes a speaker that emits sound in the building 100, and output control of sound is performed by the notification control unit 34.

First, the device determination unit 114 of the analysis server 11 notifies the controller 3 that the electrical device 6 has been used in the absenceed building 100. Then, the notification control unit 34 of the controller 3 transmits an audio signal of a warning message to the notification unit 400. The notification unit 400 warns the intruder by issuing a warning message to the intruder.

That is, when the device determination unit 114 determines that there is an electric device 6 that is newly used in the absence of the building 100, the outing support system provides the notification unit 400 that notifies the intrusion of a person into the building 100. It may be provided in the building 100.

In this case, it is possible to prompt the intruder to withdraw from the building 100 by giving a warning to the intruder.

Further, the outing support system may include an absence determination unit 35 that determines whether the building 100 is in an absence state based on the power data and generates absence information.

In this case, since the absence information can be automatically generated, the burden on the user can be reduced.

Suppose that the user returns to the building 100 and the building 100 changes from the absence state to the home state. The user operates the terminal device 5 to transmit home information to which the ID information of the building 100 is added to the application server 12. When the absence information acquisition unit 122 of the application server 12 acquires the home information through the communication unit 121, the home information is transferred to the analysis server 11 through the communication unit 121. The at-home information is information for notifying that the building 100 is in the home state, and information on the sending time of the at-home information is added.

Further, the controller 3 may have a function of determining whether or not the building 100 is at home based on the power data for each branch circuit 92. In this case, the analysis server 11 includes an absence information acquisition unit. Then, when the power data for each branch circuit 92 matches the reference data for the home state determined in advance, the controller 3 determines that the building 100 is in the home state, and sets the home information to which the ID information of the building 100 is added. It transmits to the analysis server 11.

In the analysis server 11, when the communication unit 111 receives the at-home information, the device determination unit 114 stops the determination process, and the power information acquisition unit 112 transmits a data stop request from the communication unit 111 to the management server 4. When receiving the data stop request, the management server 4 stops the power data transmission process.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 5 shows the configuration of an outing support system using the outing support apparatus 1A of the present embodiment. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the structure similar to the going-out assistance system using the going-out assistance apparatus 1 of Embodiment 1, and description is abbreviate | omitted.

The outing support system of the present embodiment includes an outing support apparatus 1A instead of the outing support apparatus 1 in the first embodiment, a distribution board 2A instead of the distribution board 2, and a controller instead of the controller 3. 3A is provided. In the outing support system of the present embodiment, the electric device 60 has a function of measuring its own power consumption and a function of performing communication (specifically, wired communication or wireless communication) with the controller 3A.

In the controller 3 A, the power data generation unit 31 receives power consumption measurement data from the electrical device 60 and generates power consumption data (also referred to as power data) for each electrical device 60. The power data is data representing an integrated value per unit time of power consumption for each electric device 60 (for example, a second unit of 1 to 60 seconds or a minute unit of 1 minute to 60 minutes). In addition, the power data is associated with information on the type and location of the electrical device 60, and the power data transmission unit 32 transmits the power data with the information on the type and location of the electrical device 60 to the management server 4. Send to.

The management server 4 receives the power data from the power data transmission unit 32 through the wide area network 8 and stores the power data corresponding to the customer information of the building 100. That is, the management server 4 stores a history of power data for each electrical device 60 of the building 100.

Hereinafter, the operation of the outing support system of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this embodiment as well, the operation will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 2 as in the first embodiment, but the specific operation contents are partially different.

Further, the controller 3A may include an absence determination unit 35 that determines whether or not the building 100 is in an absence state based on the power data for each electrical device 60. In this case, the analysis server 11 includes an absence information acquisition unit. The absence determination unit 35 determines that the building 100 is in the absence state when the power data for each electrical device 60 matches the predetermined reference data for the absence state, and the absence of the ID information of the building 100 is added. Information is transmitted to the analysis server 11 through the wide area network 8.

The absence determination unit 35 may be provided in the management server 4 on the wide area network 8 and determine whether or not the building 100 is in the absence state based on the power data stored in the management server 4. .

In the analysis server 11, when the communication unit 111 receives the absence information, the device determination unit 114 thereafter determines whether there is an electric device 60 newly used in the absenceed building 100 based on the monitored power data. Determine whether or not. The power data to be monitored in this determination process is determined with reference to the target information in the storage unit 113.

The target information of the present embodiment specifies the

electric devices

60A, 60B, and 60C among the plurality of electric devices 60 in the building 100. That is, the power data to be monitored is the power data of the

electric devices

60A, 60B, and 60C.

electric devices

60A, 60B, and 60C from the communication unit 111 to the management server 4 (S3). It should be noted that the data request includes ID information of the building 100 and information on the sending time of absence information.

When the management server 4 receives the data request, the management server 4 transmits the power data of the

electrical devices

60A, 60B, and 60C after the outgoing time of the absence information (or from a predetermined time before the outgoing time of the absence information) to the analysis server 11. Start processing. That is, when the building 100 is in the absence state, the power information acquisition unit 112 of the analysis server 11 receives the power data of the

electric devices

60A, 60B, and 60C from the time when the building 100 is in the absence of the communication unit 111 from the management server 4. (S4).

And the apparatus determination part 114 determines whether one of the

electric equipment

60A, 60B, and 60C was newly used in the building 100 in absence based on each electric power data of the

electric equipment

60A, 60B, and 60C. (S5).

Specifically, the device determination unit 114 stores, as initial power data of the electrical device 60A, the power data at the time when the absence information is transmitted among the power data of the electrical device 60A received from the management server 4. Furthermore, the device determination unit 114 stores, as initial power data of the electrical device 60B, the power data at the time when the absence information is transmitted among the power data of the electrical device 60B received from the management server 4. Furthermore, the device determination unit 114 stores, as initial power data of the electrical device 60C, power data at the time when the absence information is transmitted among the power data of the electrical device 60C received from the management server 4. That is, the initial power data is power data of the electric device 60 at the time when the inside of the building 100 is changed to the absence state.

Then, the device determination unit 114 compares the initial power data of the electrical device 60A with the power data of the electrical device 60A received from the management server 4, and whether the electrical device 60A is used in the building 100 in the absence state. Determine whether or not. In addition, the device determination unit 114 compares the initial power data of the electrical device 60B with the power data of the electrical device 60B received from the management server 4, and whether the electrical device 60B is used in the building 100 in the absence state. Determine whether or not. In addition, the device determination unit 114 compares the initial power data of the electrical device 60C with the power data of the electrical device 60C received from the management server 4, and whether the electrical device 60C is used in the absence of the building 100. Determine whether or not.

For example, it is assumed that the power data of the electrical device 60A at a certain point in the absence state exceeds the initial power data of the electrical device 60A, and the difference obtained by subtracting the initial power data from the power data is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold. In this case, the device determination unit 114 determines that the electric device 60A is used in the building 100 in the absence state.

Similarly, it is assumed that the power data of the electrical device 60B at a certain point in the absence state exceeds the initial power data of the electrical device 60B, and the difference obtained by subtracting the initial power data from the power data is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold. In this case, the device determination unit 114 determines that the electrical device 60B has been used in the absence of the building 100.

Similarly, it is assumed that the power data of the electrical device 60C at a certain point in the absence state exceeds the initial power data of the electrical device 60C, and the difference obtained by subtracting the initial power data from the power data is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value. In this case, the device determination unit 114 determines that the electrical device 60C has been used in the absence of the building 100.

When the device determination unit 114 determines that the electric device 60A, the electric device 60B, or the electric device 60C is used in the absenceed building 100, the device determination unit 114 transmits a use notification to the application server 12 via the communication unit 111 (S6). ). This use notification includes information such as identification information of the electric device 60 used in the absenceed building 100 or a change in power consumption.

In the application server 12, when the communication unit 121 receives the usage notification, the notification data generation unit 123 generates notification data for notifying the determination result of the device determination unit 114 (S7). When the electric device 60A operates in the absence state, for example, notification data is generated to display that the living electric device 60A is operated together with the operation time (see FIG. 6).

Then, the communication unit 121 transmits the notification data generated by the notification data generation unit 123 to the terminal device 5 (S8). As illustrated in FIG. 6, the terminal device 5 that has received the notification data displays a notification screen 211 that notifies the notification data, and notifies the user that the electrical device 60 in the building 100 that is out of service has been used. The user who has seen the notification screen 211 can recognize that there is a possibility that there is a person who has entered the building 100 being out of the office, and can deal with this abnormality. As a user's response, there is a response to immediately return to the building 100 to check the situation in the building 100, or a response to contact a security company to check the situation in the building 100.

In addition, the notification screen 211 in FIG. 6 includes a detail button B11 and an OK button B12. The user can shift to a detail screen displaying the power consumption change status and the like by pressing the detail button B11. Further, the user can end the notification screen 211 by pressing the OK button B12.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the power data is individual power data of the electric device 60, and the target information is information for designating the specific electric device 60. In this case, the device determination unit 114 sets the power data of the specific electrical device 60 specified by the target information as power data to be monitored.

Therefore, since the device determination unit 114 performs the determination process using the power data for each electrical device 60, the usage status of the electrical device 60 can be accurately determined.

Also, the device determination unit 114 may invalidate the power data of the electrical device 60 that is used when the inside of the building 100 changes to the absence state among the power data to be monitored set in the target information.

Specifically, among the electrical devices 60, there is an electrical device 60 that is used before the user goes out and stops by a timer function or the like after going out. When there is such an electrical device 60, even if the power data of the electrical device 60 is a monitoring target, the initial power data becomes a value in use, and the determination process by the device determination unit 114 is difficult. Therefore, the device determination unit 114 excludes the power data of the electrical device 60 from the monitoring target by invalidating the power data of the electrical device 60 used when the inside of the building 100 changes to the absence state. The accuracy of the determination process is improved. For example, the device determination unit 114 stores in advance upper-limit data of power consumption when not in use for each electrical device 60, and when the inside of the building 100 changes to an absence state, the power consumption when not in use is stored. It is determined that the electric device 60 exceeding the upper limit value is in use.

In addition, the device determination unit 114 may invalidate the power data of the electrical device 60 that automatically starts operation while the inside of the building 100 is out of the monitoring target power data set in the target information. Good.

Specifically, among the electric devices 60, there is an electric device 60 that starts operation by a timer function or the like while absent. When such an electrical device 60 is present, the power data of the electrical device 60 increases during absence, regardless of the presence or absence of an intruder, and the device determination unit 114 may erroneously determine the usage state of the electrical device 60. is there. Therefore, the controller 3 A receives information on the start time of the automatic operation from the electric device 60 and transfers it to the analysis server 11. And the apparatus determination part 114 excludes the electric power data of this electric equipment 60 from monitoring object by invalidating the electric power data of the electric equipment 60 which operate | moves automatically while the inside of the building 100 is absence. The accuracy of the determination process is improved.

Alternatively, even if the power data increases at the start time of the automatic operation, the device determination unit 114 can improve the accuracy of the determination process by ignoring the increase in the power data.

Also, the power data may be associated with information on the type and location of the electrical device 60. Specifically, information on the type and location of the electrical device 60 is added to the power data. The type of the electric device 60 is a lighting fixture, an air conditioner, a cooking appliance, or the like, and the location of the electric device 60 is a living room, a kitchen, a bedroom, or the like. Therefore, by including information on the type and location of the electric device 60 in the target information stored in the storage unit 113, the device determination unit 114 can easily identify power data to be monitored.

Further, the controller 3A may have a function of determining whether or not the building 100 is at home based on the power data for each electrical device 60. In this case, the analysis server 11 includes an absence information acquisition unit. Then, when the power data for each electrical device 60 matches the reference data of the home state determined in advance, the controller 3A determines that the building 100 is in the home state, and sets the home information to which the ID information of the building 100 is added. It transmits to the analysis server 11.

(Embodiment 3)
FIG. 7 shows the configuration of an outing support system using the controller 3B of the present embodiment, and the controller 3B constitutes the outing support device 1B.

The controller 3B includes a communication unit 301, a power data generation unit 302, a power information acquisition unit 303, an absence information acquisition unit 304, a storage unit 305, a device determination unit 306, a notification data generation unit 307, a device monitoring Part 308.

The communication unit 301 is communicably connected to the wide area network 8 via the router 500. The communication unit 301 has a function of performing network communication through the wide area network 8, and can perform communication with the terminal device 5 through the wide area network 8.

The power data generation unit 302 receives branch power measurement data from the power measurement unit 22, generates power consumption data (also referred to as power data) for each branch circuit 92, and stores the power data for each branch circuit 92. Remember history.

The power information acquisition unit 303 can acquire power data from the power data generation unit 302.

The absence information acquisition unit 304 can acquire the absence information indicating that the building 100 is away from the terminal device 5 via the communication unit 301.

The storage unit 305 stores target information for setting power data to be monitored in the building 100.

The device determination unit 306 determines whether there is an electric device 6 newly used in the absence of the building 100 based on the monitored power data.

The notification data generation unit 307 generates notification data that notifies the determination result of the device determination unit 306. The communication unit 301 transmits the notification data to the terminal device 5.

Furthermore, the device monitoring unit 308 monitors and controls the operation of the electric device 6 via the router 500, and can construct a HEMS by using the power data together. In HEMS, the device monitoring unit 308 has a function of visualizing power consumption by presenting power data to an appropriate presentation device. In the HEMS, the device monitoring unit 308 has a function of controlling the electrical device 6 for the purpose of power saving based on the power data. That is, the controller 3B also functions as a HEMS controller.

The controller 3B includes the functions of the analysis server 11 and the application server 12 of the first embodiment, and the controller 3B also functions as an outing support device.

In the present embodiment, the outing support system is configured using the controller 3B in the building 100. Therefore, the outing support system of the present embodiment is not a large-scale system configuration using a server, but a small scale for each building. Suitable for various system configurations.

Furthermore, the notification unit 400 may be provided in the building 100, and the controller 3B may include the notification control unit 309. The notification unit 400 includes a speaker that emits sound in the building 100, and sound output control is performed by the notification control unit 309.

First, the device determination unit 306 of the controller 3B also notifies the notification control unit 309 that the electrical device 6 has been used in the absenceed building 100. Then, the notification control unit 309 transmits a warning message audio signal to the notification unit 400. The notification unit 400 warns the intruder by issuing a warning message to the intruder.

Further, the controller 3B may further include an absence determination unit 310. The absence determination unit 310 determines whether the building 100 is in an absence state based on the power data, and generates absence information. Specifically, the absence determination unit 310 determines that the building 100 is in the absence state when the power data for each branch circuit 92 generated by the power data generation unit 302 matches the predetermined reference data for the absence state. Then, absence information to which the ID information of the building 100 is added is generated. The absence information acquisition unit 304 can acquire the absence information from the absence determination unit 310.

In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the structure similar to the going-out assistance system using the going-out assistance apparatus 1 of Embodiment 1, and description is abbreviate | omitted. Further, the functions of the analysis server 11 and the application server 12 of the second embodiment can be provided in the controller 3B.

As described above, the outing support system according to each embodiment includes the outing support device 1, 1 A, or 1 B, the power data transmission unit 32 that is provided in the building 100 and transmits power data, and receives notification data. And a terminal device 5 for displaying notification data.

Therefore, the outing support system can monitor the presence / absence of an intruder in the building 100 that is away by using the power data related to the power consumption.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the

outing support device

1, 1A or 1B is equipped with a computer composed of a microcomputer or the like, and when this computer executes a program, the

outing support device

1, 1A or 1B The function of 1B is realized. In addition, as a computer which comprises the going-

out assistance apparatus

1, 1A, or 1B, the processor and interface which operate | move according to a program are provided as main hardware structures. This type of processor includes a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an MPU (Micro-Processing Unit), and the like. And if a processor can implement | achieve the function of the above-mentioned going-

out assistance apparatus

1, 1A, or 1B by running a program, the kind will not ask | require.

As a program providing form, a computer-readable ROM (Read Only Memory), a form stored in advance in a recording medium such as an optical disk, or the like is supplied to the recording medium via a wide area communication network including the Internet. There are forms.

That is, the program is a program for causing the computer to function as the

outing support device

1, 1A or 1B.

Therefore, a program for causing a computer to function as the

outing support device

1, 1A or 1B can also achieve the same effect as described above. That is, this program can monitor the presence / absence of an intruder in the building 100 that is away by using the power data related to the power consumption.

The above embodiment is an example of the present invention. For this reason, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and according to the design or the like, as long as the technical idea according to the present invention is not deviated from other embodiments. Of course, various modifications are possible.

In addition, the embodiment can be realized by arbitrarily combining the components and functions in each embodiment without departing from the scope of the present invention, or a form obtained by subjecting each embodiment to various modifications conceived by those skilled in the art. Forms are also included in the present invention.

1, 1A, 1B Outing support device 5

Terminal device

6, 60, 60A, 60B, 60C Electrical device 35, 310

Absence determination unit

92, 92A, 92B Branch circuit 100

Building

111, 121, 301

Communication unit

112, 303 Power

information acquisition Unit

113, 305 Storage unit 114, 306

Device determination unit

122, 304 Absence information acquisition unit 123, 307 Notification data generation unit

Claims

A power information acquisition unit that acquires power data related to power consumption of electrical equipment in the building;
Absence information acquisition unit for acquiring absence information indicating that the building is in an absence state;
Based on the power data, a device determination unit that determines whether there is the electric device that is newly used in the building in the absence state;
A notification data generation unit for generating notification data for notifying the determination result of the device determination unit;
A going-out support device comprising: a communication unit that transmits the notification data to a terminal device.
The device determination unit compares the power data when the inside of the building changes to the absence state, and the power data when the inside of the building is in the absence state. The outing support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not there is the used electric device.
A storage unit for storing target information for setting power data to be monitored;
The outing support device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the device determination unit determines whether there is the electric device newly used in the building in the absence state based on the power data to be monitored. .
The power data is power data of a branch circuit to which the electrical device is electrically connected,
The target information is information for designating a specific branch circuit,
The outing support device according to claim 3, wherein the device determination unit sets power data of the specific branch circuit specified by the target information as power data to be monitored.
The power data is individual power data of the electrical equipment,
The target information is information for designating a specific electrical device,
The outing support device according to claim 3, wherein the device determination unit uses power data of the specific electrical device specified by the target information as power data to be monitored.
The going-out support apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the power data is associated with information on a type and a location of the electric device.
The device determination unit invalidates power data of an electric device that is used when the inside of the building changes to an absence from the monitoring target power data set in the target information. The outing support apparatus according to any one of 1 to 6.
The device determination unit invalidates power data of an electric device that automatically starts operation while the inside of the building is out of the monitoring target power data set in the target information. Item 8. The outing support device according to any one of items 3 to 7.
The notification data generation unit notifies that an abnormality has occurred in the building in addition to the determination result of the device determination unit when there is the newly used electric device in the building in the absence state. The outing support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, which generates notification data.
The outing support according to any one of claims 1 to 9, further comprising an absence determination unit that determines whether the building is in an absence state based on the power data and generates the absence information. apparatus.
A program for causing a computer to function as the outing support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10.