JP2000121383A - Charging unit in building - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten data communication time by commanding a used quantity integrating section for data request while sorting the daily used quantity from the total used quantity during a period for each tenant based on the registered dates of starting and ending occupation. SOLUTION: When a date for billing the charges of electricity, gas, city water, and the like, to tenants of buildings A-N is reached, an operator operates the input section 6 of a processor 3 to deliver a data request command. In response to the data request command and based on tenant information stored in a memory section 5 a control section 4 transmits a request of total used quantity and a request of daily used quantity for each tenant through a telephone line 2. Based on the used quantities indicated on the meters in the buildings A-N and stored in the memory section 5, the processor 3 calculates charges for each tenant and prints out a slip at a print section 7. Since the used quantity data is transmitted to the processor 3 while sorting the daily used quantity from the total used quantity, useless data can be eliminated from the used quantity data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a building used for preparing a bill for billing at least one of electricity, water and gas used by a plurality of residents in the building. It relates to an internal billing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a single building often contains a plurality of residents. Also, these tenants are electricity,
Water and gas (hereinafter collectively referred to as electricity) will be used.

[0003] The in-building billing apparatus is composed of a usage amount integrating section installed for each building, and a processing device connected to each usage amount integrating section via communication means. In this case, the usage amount accumulating unit includes a storage unit, and accumulates the usage amount instructed by the meter for each purpose of use every day for a certain period of time, for example, for one month, and stores the integration result in the storage unit. The processing device includes a control unit for controlling the overall operation, an input unit for inputting various requests, a storage unit for storing various data, a printing unit for printing necessary data, and a display for displaying necessary data. And information such as the occupancy date of the resident who is occupying the building.

In the processing apparatus, when a data request is input at the input section, a data request is made from the control section to each of the usage accumulation sections via the communication means. Reads the daily usage data stored in the storage unit and transmits it to the processing device via the communication means, and the usage data is stored in the storage unit. Next, when a calculation process is input by the input unit, the control unit reads the usage amount data and the like stored in the storage unit, and performs a calculation process such as data addition as appropriate based on the registered information. This calculation method is based on the resident and departure date set for each resident, and the resident who has moved in during the period will calculate the total usage from the occupancy date to the last day of the period, The resident who leaves the office calculates the total usage from the first day of the period to the day of departure, and multiplies the calculation result by the usage unit price.

Next, when a printing process is input at the input unit, the printing unit prints the result of the calculation process in a predetermined format.

[0006]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional in-building billing device, the usage data transmitted from the usage integrating section to the processing device via the communication means is related to the resident's occupancy date. Therefore, it takes a long time for data communication because the total value is a daily integrated value of all residents for a certain period. Therefore, for example, when a telephone line is used as a communication unit between the usage amount accumulating unit and the processing device, there is a problem that communication costs increase.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide an in-building billing apparatus capable of reducing the time required for data communication.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, at least one usage of electricity, water and gas in a building is occupied by the building. A usage accumulating unit that performs daily accumulation for each user, and is connected to the usage accumulating unit via a communication unit, and includes at least a control unit, an input unit, a storage unit, a display unit, and a printing unit, and registers the resident information. The control unit causes the storage unit to store the usage amount output from the usage amount integration unit in response to the data request input signal of the input unit via the communication unit. In a billing device in a building for calculating a usage fee for a predetermined period for each resident and printing out by the printing unit, the resident date or departure date of the resident registered in the processing device. Based on Divided by Shah to the total use amount and the daily amount of the period are the configuration in which a data transmission request means for requesting the data request to the use amount integrating section.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 2 of the present invention is characterized in that the usage amount integrating section is configured to determine the time period based on the usage amount integrated daily in response to a data transmission request from the processing device. And a transmission data editing means for calculating the total usage of the data and transmitting the calculated data to the processing device.

[0010] Claim 1 of the present invention configured as described above,
According to the invention described in (2), the data transmission request means provided in the processing device divides the total occupancy for a certain period and the daily occupancy for each occupant on the basis of the registered occupant's moving-in or moving-out date. Request a data request via the communication means to the usage amount integrating unit. The usage amount accumulating unit that receives the data request determines whether the data request is a data request for the total usage amount or a data request for the daily usage amount. Based on the usage amount thus calculated, the total usage amount for a certain period is calculated and transmitted to the processing device as usage amount data. In this way, by discriminating the usage data into the total usage amount and the daily usage amount and transmitting the data to the processing device, it is possible to eliminate useless data from the usage data, thereby reducing the time required for data communication. can do.

[0011]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a billing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a billing apparatus in a building according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a processing device provided in the billing apparatus in a building in FIG. 1, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a usage amount integrating unit provided in the in-building billing device of FIG. 1.

As shown in FIG. 1, the in-building billing apparatus according to the present embodiment is installed in buildings A to N and used amount indicating meters 9A1 to 9A9 installed for different purposes in the same building.
Am, 9B1 to 9Bm, 9N1 to 9Nm receive a pulse signal output each time the meter indication is increased, and use amount accumulating units 1A to 1 for daily accumulating the amount of use for each resident.
N, daily storage units 1Aa to 1Na provided in the usage amount integrating units 1A to 1N and storing daily usage amounts for at least one month, and communication units such as the usage amount integrating units 1A to 1N. A control unit 4 connected via the telephone line 2 for controlling the overall operation, a storage unit 5 for storing various data, an input unit 6 for inputting various requests, a printing unit 7 for printing necessary data, and And a processing device 3 having a display unit 8 for displaying data.

Then, based on the moving-in or moving-out date of the resident registered in the processing device 3, the occupancy accumulating units 1A to 1A are divided into the total usage and the daily usage for a certain period for each resident.
1N is provided with a data transmission requesting unit for requesting a data request, for example, a control unit 4, and the usage amount integrating units 1A to 1N
Are provided with transmission data editing means for calculating the total usage amount for a certain period based on the usage amount integrated daily in response to a data transmission request from the processing device 3 and transmitting the total usage amount to the processing device 3.

In this embodiment, when it is time to charge for electricity, water, gas and the like used by the residents occupying the buildings A to N, the operator enters the input unit of the processing device 3. 6 is operated to input a data request and output a data request command. The control unit 4 transmits a request for the total usage amount and a request for the daily usage amount via the telephone line 2 for each resident based on the resident information stored in the storage unit 5 in response to the data request command. I do.

Here, the processing unit 3 sends the usage amount integrating unit 1A.
Will be described with reference to FIG. First, when the control unit 4 of the processing device 3 receives a data request command of the building A for which settlement is performed from the input unit 6, the control unit 4 proceeds to step S1.
The first resident information is acquired from the resident information of building A stored in the storage unit 5 as 01. The resident information includes a meter used by the resident, a resident date, and a departure date. Next, in step S102, it is determined from the resident information whether or not the resident has moved in and out during the settlement period. At this time, when it is determined that there is entry / exit within the period, the usage amount request code is set every day in step S103, and transmitted to the usage totaling unit 1A via the telephone line 2 in step S105. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S102 that there is no entry / exit within the period, the total usage request code is set in step S104, and transmitted to the usage integrating section 1A via the telephone line 2 in step S105. Thereafter, when the usage data is received from the usage integrating section 1A according to the request code, the usage data is stored in the storage section 5. Thus, as shown in step S107, step S10 is performed for all the resident information of building A.
When it is determined that the processing of 1 to S106 has been repeated,
A series of operations ends.

Next, the processing of the usage amount integrating section 1A that has received the data transmission request will be described with reference to FIG. First, step S2
When the usage amount accumulating unit 1A receives a data transmission request from the processing device 3 via the telephone line 2 as 01, it determines whether the request code is a daily usage amount request code or a total usage amount request code in step S202. At this time, if it is determined that the code is the daily usage amount request code, the daily usage amount of the meter stored in the daily storage unit 1Aa is set in the transmission data in step S203, and the telephone line 2 is set in step S206.
To the processing device 3 via the. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S202 that the code is the total usage request code, then in step S204, the total usage during the settlement period is calculated based on the daily usage of the meter stored in the storage unit 1Aa daily. In S205, the calculation result is set in transmission data, and in step S206, the data is transmitted to the processing device 3 via the telephone line 2 as usage data.

After the above-described series of operations, the processing device 3 calculates the usage fee for each resident based on the meter usage of the buildings A to N stored in the storage unit 5, Create.

In the embodiment configured as described above, by discriminating the usage amount data into the total usage amount and the daily usage amount and transmitting the total usage amount to the processing device, useless data can be omitted from the usage amount data. The time required for data communication can be reduced.

[0020]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to reduce the time required for data communication by eliminating useless data from the usage data, thereby reducing the communication cost. There is an effect that can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a billing apparatus in a building according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a processing device provided in the in-building billing device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a usage amount integrating unit provided in the in-building billing device of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of Signs] 1A to 1N Usage amount integration unit 1Aa to 1Na Daily storage unit 2 Telephone line 3 Processing unit 4 Control unit 5 Storage unit 6 Input unit 7 Printing unit 8 Display unit 9A1 to 9Am, 9B1 to 9Bm, 9N1 to 9Nm Usage indicator meter A to N building

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A usage accumulating unit for accumulating at least one usage of electricity, water and gas in a building for each occupant in the building on a daily basis, and via the usage accumulating unit and communication means. A processing unit connected to and provided with at least a control unit, an input unit, a storage unit, a display unit, and a printing unit, and capable of registering information on the resident, wherein the control unit is a data request input signal of the input unit. The storage amount is stored in the storage unit via the communication unit in accordance with the usage amount accumulation unit, and the usage fee for a predetermined period for each resident is calculated, and the printing unit In the billing device in a building, which is printed out at the same time, based on the moving-in or moving-out date of the resident registered in the processing device, the occupancy is divided into the total usage amount and the daily usage amount for each occupant for each occupant. For the quantity accumulator Building the billing apparatus comprising the data transmission request means for requesting over data request. 2. A transmission data editing means for calculating a total usage amount of the period based on a usage amount integrated daily in response to a data transmission request from the processing device, and transmitting the total usage amount to the processing device. 2. The billing device in a building according to claim 1, further comprising: