JP2005354293A - System for controlling facility in building by utilizing mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for controlling facilities in a building by using a mobile phone that suppresses unnecessary facility operations by accurately detecting an operating state of a living room on the basis of the presence/absence of a user in the living room through the use of the user's mobile phone in the living room. <P>SOLUTION: The system includes: private telephone lines 10, 9, 6b used for making communication with the mobile phone 8 in the living room 100 in the building wherein controlled system facilities 2, 3 are installed; and a facility management control apparatus 1 including a facility management control means that applies ON/OFF control to the facilities on the basis of a facility operation schedule preset in advance for the controlled system facilities 2, 3 and turns off the facilities when the user is absent even in a facility ON period in the facility operation schedule on the basis of the presence/absence of the user 7 in the living room according to a result of communication with the mobile phone in the living room by using the private telephone lines. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an in-building equipment control system using a mobile phone, and more particularly to an apparatus for controlling air conditioning or lighting equipment in a room according to the presence / absence of a user in the room in the building.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a facility control system using a mobile phone, current position information of a device user of an electronic device is collected from a GPS signal by a location information collecting unit of the mobile phone, and the collected location information of the device user is stored in a mobile phone. Is transmitted to the device control means arranged in the home of the predetermined transmission destination by the position information transmission means, and the received position information of the device user is received by the device control means, and the received device user Some electronic devices arranged in the home are controlled by device control means based on the position information (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2001-231083 A

  A conventional equipment control system using this type of mobile phone controls the devices in the home according to the location information of the user who is out by GPS satellite or the like, and basically the home of the user who is out It helps to control the equipment inside. In addition, for example, the usage status of a room with a device to be controlled is not considered.

  Moreover, in the conventional building equipment control system, it is ON / OFF (on / off) at a fixed timing according to the operation schedule, or ON / OFF by individual operation by the user or equipment supervisor, and the use situation of the living room etc. It was difficult to automatically perform equipment control following real time. In addition, there are human sensors etc. as a means to detect the usage situation of the living room etc., but it is difficult to detect the movement of the person depending on the sensor installation position, or even if the installation position is appropriate but there is little movement of the person Regardless, there were problems such as equipment turning off.

  The present invention uses a mobile phone of a user in the room to accurately detect the use state of the room based on the presence / absence of the user's room, thereby suppressing unnecessary equipment operations. An object is to provide a building equipment control system using a telephone.

  According to the present invention, a facility telephone line that communicates with a mobile phone in a room where a facility to be controlled in a building is installed, and on / off of the facility based on a preset facility operation schedule for the facility to be controlled. Control based on the presence / absence of the presence / absence of the user's room in accordance with the result of communication with the mobile phone in the room using the local telephone line. And a facility management control device including facility management control means for turning off the facility when a person is not present.

  In the present invention, unnecessary equipment operations can be suppressed by detecting the use state of the room based on the presence / absence of the user's room using the mobile phone of the user of the room.

  In this invention, the detection information (presence / absence, location) in the mobile phone base station owned by each individual is used as the presence / absence information in the user's room, and a preset equipment operation schedule and This makes it possible to operate the equipment automatically only during the time required by the user. In addition, the sensor installation cost is not required compared to the case of using the presence sensor, and the position of the mobile phone in the room does not affect the detection of the presence / absence of the user. Problems that occur (undetected due to low user movement, or inappropriate operation of equipment due to inadequate sensor installation position) are also resolved. In this invention, mobile phone detection information (presence / absence, location) is transmitted to the equipment management control device via the base station, and the equipment management control device combines the equipment operation schedule and mobile phone detection information (presence / position). Control equipment that prevents unnecessary equipment operation. Since the mobile phone owned by each individual is used as the presence / absence sensor of the user, it is not necessary to install a human sensor or the like in the living room.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an in-building equipment control system using a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention. The equipment management control device 1 is a device that controls the air conditioning equipment 2 and the lighting equipment 3 installed in the living room 100 according to the operation from the equipment operation switch 5 or the equipment operation schedule set in the own equipment. They are connected by a transmission line 6a for equipment control. By communicating with the mobile phone 8 possessed by the user 7, the mobile phone base station 10 in the living room 100 passes the PBX (private telephone exchange system) 9 to the equipment management control device 1 to move the mobile phone in the room. 8 detection information is transmitted. The PBX 9 is connected to the equipment management control device 1 and the mobile phone base station 10 via a transmission line 6b for a telephone line. The PBX 9 exchanges voice data from the mobile phone 8 and transfers the detection information of the mobile phone 8 to the equipment management control device 1. Send. A plurality of mobile phone base stations 10 are installed in each room, connected to the PBX 9 by the transmission line 6b, and the presence / absence of the mobile phone 8 is detected in each room, and the mobile phone 8 is connected between the PBX 9 and the mobile phone 8. Is wireless, and the PBX 9 is wired to transmit and receive data. A private telephone line is constituted by the mobile phone base station 10, the PBX 9, and the transmission line 6b for the telephone line.

  FIG. 2 shows a functional block diagram of the equipment management control device 1 of the building equipment control system of FIG. Equipment management control means 101 that performs ON / OFF control of the equipment to be controlled such as the air conditioning equipment 2 and the lighting equipment 3, confirmation notification means 103 that causes the PBX 9 to be described later to communicate with the mobile phone 8 for confirmation, and time The management timer 105 is basically composed of a computer that performs processing according to a program, and the storage means 107 storing the equipment operation schedule 107a and the mobile phone number information 107b is composed of a memory. The equipment operation schedule 107a includes information on users who use the living room 100 together with the equipment operation schedule. The mobile phone number information 107b is a list of mobile phone numbers of users who may use the room, and further includes telephone priority information 107ba described later.

  Next, the operation will be described. First, conventionally, control target equipment such as the air conditioning equipment 2 and the lighting equipment 3 is the ON / OFF control executed according to the equipment operation schedule 107 a set by the equipment management control device 1, or the equipment management control device 1 and the equipment operation switch 5. The operation / stop was performed by the ON / OFF operation. However, when controlling the equipment of a living room (meeting room, etc.) 100 where the usage time zone is not constant, if only the equipment operation schedule is used, the equipment may be operating even when it is not used, Even then, there was a situation where the equipment was not in operation. When the user operates the equipment operation switch 5 to be ON when in use and OFF when not in use, equipment operation is required every time when the equipment is used / unused, which is troublesome. Moreover, there is a possibility that useless facility operation may occur due to forgetting to turn it off. In addition, for example, when occupancy detection with a human sensor (not shown) is used, there is no problem if there is human movement, but depending on where the human movement is low or depending on where the human sensor is installed, The equipment may be turned off even though it is used.

  Therefore, in the equipment management control means 101 of the equipment management control apparatus 1 of the present invention, the mobile phone 8 is communicated with the mobile phone 8 via the PBX 9 using the mobile phone number information 107b in addition to the equipment operation schedule 107a. The facility management control is performed based on the presence / absence of the inside of the living room of the user 7 in accordance with the confirmation of whether or not it is inside.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a control operation pattern in the equipment management control device 1. 3 shows an example of the equipment operation schedule of a certain room 100 in which the equipment ON time is set to T _ON and the equipment OFF time is set to T _OFF. And, four pattern examples consisting of control states of the control target facilities 2 and 3 actually performed based on this are shown.

In the pattern 1, when the time T _ON is reached according to the equipment operation schedule, the equipment in the living room 100 is turned on once. However, the mobile phone 8 remains after the time T ₁ set in the timer 105 of the equipment management control device 1 has elapsed. If it is not detected, the equipment is automatically turned off. Thereafter, when the presence of the mobile phone 8 is detected during the ON period in the equipment operation schedule, the equipment is automatically turned ON. However, even when the equipment operation schedule is ON, when the absence of the mobile phone 8 is detected, the equipment is automatically turned off after the time T ₂ set in the timer 105 of the equipment management control device 1 has elapsed.

In Pattern 2, the presence of the mobile phone 8 is detected outside the ON period in the equipment operation schedule. In this case, the mobile phone 8 automatically confirms that the mobile phone 8 is on at the timing A when the mobile phone 8 is detected. Notify by announcement, email transmission, etc. When the user 7 in the room holding the mobile phone 8 turns on the equipment, the equipment is installed even outside the ON period by notifying the specified extension number, e-mail address, etc. of the ON confirmation. It can be turned ON. The timing A similarly phone automatically announce the extension checking facilities ON the portable telephone 8 which is detected at the timing B is the time T ₃ previous ON period end time T _OFF, notified by e-mail transmission, etc., the The user 7 who has the mobile phone 8 notifies the extension number, e-mail address, etc. to the extension number before the end of the ON period end time T _OFF , so that the equipment is continuously installed after T _OFF It becomes ON. When the absence of the mobile phone 8 is detected after the extension, the equipment is automatically turned off after the time T _{2 has} passed, as in the case of pattern 1. Note that the above-described response reception processing such as notification to the mobile phone 8 by telephone and confirmation notification from the mobile phone 8 is performed by the confirmation notification means 103 (the same applies hereinafter). In the pattern 2 of FIG. 3, the one-dot chain line on the left side of the diagram indicates the case where ON is not confirmed at timings A to T _ON , and the right dotted line in the diagram indicates the case where ON is not confirmed at timings B to T _OFF .

In the pattern 3, the first detection of the presence of the mobile phone 8 is a case between the timing B and the time _TOFF (timing C) of the pattern 2. In this case, the detected mobile phone is _{turned on} at the same time as the equipment is turned on at the timing C. The extension confirmation of equipment ON is notified to the telephone 8 by automatic telephone announcement, e-mail transmission, etc. in the same way as the timing A, and the user 7 who is present in the room where the mobile telephone 8 is owned is specified by the extension number. By notifying the e-mail address and the like before the elapse of the ON period end time T _OFF , the equipment is continuously _{turned on} after the time T _OFF . The operation after the extension is the same as pattern 2. In the pattern 3 of FIG. 3, the broken line on the right side of the figure shows the case where the ON is not confirmed at timings C to T _OFF .

In pattern 4, the first detection of the presence of the mobile phone 8 is after time T _OFF (timing D). By automatic telephone announcement, email transmission, etc., and the user 7 in the room holding the mobile phone 8 notifies the specified extension number, email address, etc. of the ON confirmation. The equipment is turned on. The operation after the extension is the same as pattern 2.

The values of the times T ₁ , T ₂ , T ₃ managed by the timer 105 can be arbitrarily set in the equipment management control device 1. Further, in the patterns 2 to 4, when two or more mobile phones 8 are detected, the mobile phone 8 to be a confirmation notification process is the mobile phone number information 107 b in the storage unit 107 of the equipment management control device 1. The priority set in the telephone priority order information 107ba of the mobile phone is the higher-order mobile phone.

  In this way, the detection information (presence / absence, location) at the mobile phone base station owned by each individual is used as the presence / absence information of the user and can be used in combination with a preset operation schedule. It is possible to automatically operate the equipment only when the user is in the time zone required and when the user is in the room. In addition, the sensor installation cost is not required compared to the case of using a human sensor, and the position of the mobile phone in the room does not affect the detection of the presence / absence of the user. Problems that occur (undetected due to low user movement, and inappropriate operation of equipment due to undetected sensor installation position) are also resolved.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the facility control system in a building using the mobile telephone by one embodiment of this invention. The functional block diagram of the equipment management control apparatus of the building equipment control system of FIG. 1 is shown. It is the figure which showed the example of control operation | movement pattern in the equipment management control apparatus for demonstrating operation | movement of the in-building equipment control system of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Equipment management control apparatus, 2 Air conditioning equipment (control object equipment), 3 Lighting equipment (control object equipment), 5 Equipment operation switch, 6a, 6b Transmission line, 7 User, 8 Mobile phone, 9 PBX (Private telephone exchange system ) 10 mobile phone base station, 100 living room, 101 equipment management control means, 103 confirmation notification means, 105 timer, 107 storage means, 107a equipment operation schedule, 107b mobile phone number information, 107ba telephone priority information.

Claims (4)

A private telephone line that communicates with a mobile phone in the room where the controlled equipment in the building is installed;
The room of the user is controlled according to the result of communication with the mobile phone in the room using the local telephone line while controlling the on / off of the equipment based on a preset equipment operation schedule for the equipment to be controlled. An equipment management control device including equipment management control means for turning off the equipment when the user is absent even in the equipment operation period in the equipment operation schedule based on the presence / absence of
An in-building equipment control system using a mobile phone.   According to the result of communication with the cellular phone in the room using the local telephone line, the equipment management control means is a period in which the equipment is turned off due to the absence of a user in the equipment operation schedule. 2. The building equipment control system using a mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the equipment is turned on when it is confirmed that the user is in the room.   The facility management control apparatus further includes confirmation notification means for performing confirmation notification regarding facility management control to a mobile phone in a room using the local telephone line regardless of the facility on period and the off period of the facility operation schedule, The facility management control means, when the confirmation from the user is taken by the confirmation notification means, manages and controls the equipment according to the confirmation items regardless of the equipment on period and off period of the equipment operation schedule. Item 3. A building facility control system using the mobile phone according to item 1 or 2.   The presence / absence of the user's room in the room according to the result of communication with the mobile phone in the room using the local telephone line, regardless of whether the equipment management control means is on or off in the equipment operation schedule. 4. The building equipment control system using a mobile phone according to claim 3, wherein the equipment is turned off when the user is absent.

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