JP2010182159A - System and method for disclosing energy-saving apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to select a commodity suitable for a life-style, in energy-saving apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: An energy-saving apparatus disclosure system has: a measurement part 23 measuring power consumption of each household electric appliance installed inside a house of the user as a time function; a power consumption pattern decision part 33 deciding a power consumption pattern of each household electric appliance based on the time function of the power consumption of each household electric appliance measured in the measurement part 23; a life-style decision part 34 deciding the life-style of the user based on the power consumption pattern of each household electric appliance decided in the power consumption pattern decision part 33; a storage part 42 storing the life-style of the user decided in the life-style decision part 34; and an apparatus disclosure part 43 disclosing the commodity corresponding to the life-style of the user of commodities of a household electric appliance when commodity introduction of the energy-saving household electric appliance is requested from the user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an energy-saving device disclosure system and an energy-saving device disclosure method that disclose products suitable for a user for energy-saving devices such as home appliances.

  In recent years, development of energy-saving devices having improved energy-saving performance by reducing power consumption has been promoted in various fields. One example is home appliances.

  For home appliances, a power consumption measurement method is defined by Japanese Industrial Standards, and power consumption values measured based on the measurement method are used as catalog values.

  In addition, regarding the energy saving performance of some home appliances, the power consumption value (catalog value) of the product with the best energy saving performance at a certain point in time is used as the reference value, and how much the target product exceeds the reference value A top runner method has been introduced since 1999 (for example, Non-Patent Document 1).

  Therefore, the user can compare the energy saving performance for each product before purchase by checking the power consumption value and the energy saving achievement rate at the store of the electric store.

Energy Conservation Center, frequently asked questions and answers (legal / machinery related, top runner standards), [Search January 22, 2009], Internet <URL: http://www.eccj.or.jp/ qanda / machine / qa01.html>

  However, even if some home appliances have excellent performance such as energy saving, there is a possibility that the performance may not be sufficiently exhibited depending on the user who uses the device.

  For example, taking a washing machine as an example, if the user is a single person, the operation of the washing machine is concentrated on weekends, but the washing capacity may be relatively small.

  However, even if the washing machine has excellent energy saving performance, it is not appropriate to use extra power when washing a small amount with a large-capacity model.

  Taking an air conditioner as an example, a so-called night-type user who is staying at home mainly at midnight will also operate the air conditioner at midnight. .

  In this way, the home appliance cannot fully exhibit its performance unless it is selected in consideration of the lifestyle (actual life) of the user who uses it.

  However, conventionally, when purchasing a home appliance, a user selects a product mainly based on a power consumption value and an energy saving achievement rate as described above, and selection of a product that takes into account each user's lifestyle is not necessarily performed. There was a problem that the effects such as the energy saving performance of home appliances could not be obtained sufficiently.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an energy saving device disclosure system and an energy saving device disclosure method that allow a user to select a product suitable for a lifestyle for energy saving devices.

The energy-saving device disclosure system of the present invention is
An energy-saving device disclosure system that publishes products for energy-saving devices,
Measuring means for measuring the power consumption of each home appliance installed in the user's house as a time function;
Based on the time function of the power consumption of each home appliance measured by the measuring means, the power consumption pattern determination means for determining the power consumption pattern of each home appliance,
Lifestyle determination means for determining the user's lifestyle based on the power consumption pattern of each home appliance determined by the power consumption pattern determination means;
Storage means for storing the lifestyle of the user determined by the lifestyle determination means;
When a product introduction of energy-saving home appliances is requested from the user, the device includes a disclosure unit that discloses a product according to the lifestyle of the user among the products of the home appliance.

The energy-saving device disclosure method of the present invention is:
An energy-saving device disclosure method by an energy-saving device disclosure system that publishes products of energy-saving devices,
Measuring the power consumption of each home appliance installed in the user's home as a function of time;
Determining a power consumption pattern of each home appliance based on the time function of the measured power consumption of each home appliance;
Determining the user's lifestyle based on the determined power consumption pattern of each home appliance;
Storing the determined lifestyle of the user;
When a product introduction of energy-saving household electrical appliances is requested by the user, a step of releasing a product according to the user's lifestyle among the products of the household electrical appliance is included.

  According to the present invention, the power consumption of each home appliance installed in the user's home is measured as a time function, the power consumption pattern of each home appliance is determined based on the measurement result, and the determination result is based on the determination result. The user's lifestyle is determined and stored. And when the product introduction of the household appliances which is energy saving is requested | required from a user, the goods according to the lifestyle of the user among the products of the household appliances will be disclosed with respect to the user.

  Thereby, since the user can browse a product suitable for his / her lifestyle with respect to the energy-saving device, an effect that the user can select a product suitable for his / her lifestyle can be obtained.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the energy-saving apparatus disclosure system of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the internal structure of the electric power measurement unit, control unit, and management server which were shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the table showing the correspondence of user identification ID of a user, and user information. It is a figure which shows an example of the table showing the correspondence of a user's lifestyle and the power consumption pattern of each household appliance. It is a figure which shows an example of the table showing the correspondence of a user's user identification ID and a lifestyle. It is a figure which shows an example of the table showing the goods suitable for the lifestyle for every user's lifestyle according to the kind of household appliances. It is a figure which shows an example of the product performance suitable for the lifestyle for every user's lifestyle about a washing machine. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen which introduces the goods suitable for a user's lifestyle about a washing machine. FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an operation in a case where a user's lifestyle is determined in the energy-saving device disclosure system shown in FIG. 1. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an operation when introducing a product to a user in the energy-saving device disclosure system shown in FIG. 1.

  EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Below, the form for implementing this invention is demonstrated with reference to drawings.

  In addition, although this embodiment demonstrates as an energy-saving apparatus what is a household appliance of a washing machine and a television, this invention is not limited to this. In addition, the user's lifestyle is classified into one of four types, “single person type”, “double working type”, “elderly type”, or “night type”, depending on the operating conditions of the washing machine and the television. Although described as a thing, this invention is not limited to this.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the energy-saving device disclosure system of the present embodiment includes a washing machine 10-1 and a television 10-2 as home appliances, power meter side units 20-1 and 20-2, and control. The unit 30 and the management server 40 are included.

  In FIG. 2, only the internal configuration of the wattmeter side unit 20-1 is shown, but the internal configuration of the wattmeter side unit 20-2 is the same as that of the wattmeter side unit 20-1. In FIG. 2, only the components related to the present invention are shown among the components of the power measurement unit, the control unit, and the management server, and other components are omitted.

  The wattmeter side unit 20-1 is provided corresponding to the washing machine 10-1, and is installed between the power plug and the outlet of the washing machine 10-1, and includes a communication unit 21 and a power supply unit. 22 and a measurement unit 23.

  The communication unit 21 performs wireless communication with the control unit 30.

  The power supply unit 22 supplies power to the washing machine 10-1.

  The measuring unit 23 measures the power consumption of the washing machine 10-1 as a time function indicating the time transition of the power consumption, and transmits the measurement data to the control unit 30 via the communication unit 21.

  Specifically, the measurement unit 23 measures the voltage value and the current value output from the washing machine 10-1 at regular intervals, calculates the power consumption by multiplying both, and further calculates the calculated power consumption. The power consumption (Wh) per minute is calculated by multiplying the measurement time, and a time function is obtained based on the time transition of the calculated power consumption.

  The wattmeter side unit 20-2 is installed between the power plug of the television 10-2 and an outlet corresponding to the television 10-2, and the configuration and operation thereof are the wattmeter side unit 20-. Since this is the same as 1, the description is omitted.

  The control unit 30 includes a communication unit 31, a storage unit 32, a power consumption pattern determination unit 33, a lifestyle determination unit 34, an input unit 35, and a display unit 36.

  The communication unit 31 performs wireless communication with the power meter units 20-1 and 20-2 and performs network communication with the management server 40. In addition, the communication part 31 is good also as a structure which isolate | separated the part which performs wireless communication, and the part which performs network communication.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the storage unit 32 includes a table representing a correspondence relationship between a user identification ID given in advance to a user and user information such as the user name of the user, and a home appliance as shown in FIG. 4. A table representing a correspondence relationship between the power consumption pattern and the user's lifestyle is stored in advance. In the table shown in FIG. 4, for example, “single person type” and “power consumption pattern in which the operation of the washing machine concentrates on weekends” are associated with each other.

  For each user, the power consumption pattern determination unit 33 determines the power consumption of each home appliance transmitted from the power meter side units 20-1 and 20-2 corresponding to each home appliance installed in the user's home. Based on the time function, the time and day of the week that each home appliance is operating are determined, and further, the power consumption pattern of each home appliance is determined based on the determination result.

  For example, it can be determined that the power consumption is greater than or equal to a certain threshold value, that is, the operating state, and if the power consumption amount is less than the threshold value, the stop state. Further, if the operation of the washing machine 10-1 is concentrated on the weekend, it can be determined that “the power consumption pattern in which the operation of the washing machine is concentrated on the weekend”.

  The lifestyle determination unit 34 determines the lifestyle of the user by comparing the power consumption pattern of each home appliance determined by the power consumption pattern determination unit 33 with the table shown in FIG. The user identification ID of the user is added to the style information and transmitted from the communication unit 31 to the management server 40 via the network.

  Various inputs are performed on the input unit 35 by the user.

  For example, when the product introduction request designating the type of household electrical appliance (washing machine, television, etc.) is input by the user, the input unit 35 adds the user identification ID of the user to the product introduction request and performs communication. The data is transmitted from the unit 31 to the management server 40 via the network.

  The display unit 36 performs various displays.

  For example, when a screen on which a product suitable for the lifestyle of the user is transmitted from the management server 40 to the home appliance for which the user has requested product introduction, the display unit 36 displays the screen.

  The management server 40 includes a communication unit 41, a storage unit 42, and a device disclosure unit 43.

  The communication unit 41 performs network communication with the control unit 30.

  As illustrated in FIG. 5, the storage unit 42 stores a table that represents the correspondence relationship between the user identification ID of the user and the lifestyle transmitted from the control unit 30.

  In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the storage unit 42 stores in advance a table representing products suitable for a lifestyle for each user lifestyle for each type of home appliance. Note that the information in the table shown in FIG. 6 is classified and stored for each lifestyle based on the catalog information of each product separately stored in the storage unit 42. Further, the product information shown in FIG. 6 is an example, and in addition, the URL of the product introduction site of each manufacturer may be included. For example, in the case of a washing machine, power consumption, driving during driving Noise, water usage, size, etc. may be included.

  As a product suitable for the lifestyle, for example, in the case of a washing machine, a product having performance as shown in FIG. In the example illustrated in FIG. 7, for example, in the case of a washing machine, a product suitable for a “single person type” user is a “compact product with low power consumption”.

  When the product introduction request to which the user identification ID of the user is added is transmitted from the control unit 30, the device disclosure unit 43 compares the user identification ID with the table shown in FIG. Identify the style.

  Furthermore, the device publicizing unit 43 extracts a product suitable for the lifestyle with respect to the home appliance for which the user has requested the product introduction by checking the lifestyle of the user specified above with the table shown in FIG. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, a screen on which the extracted product is posted is generated and transmitted from the communication unit 41 to the control unit 30 via the network. Thereby, about the household electrical appliance which the user requested | required product introduction, the product suitable for the user's lifestyle can be disclosed.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the energy saving device disclosure system of the present embodiment will be described.

[User lifestyle judgment operation]
First, an operation for determining a user's lifestyle will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 9, it is assumed that the user is a user who has the washing machine 10-1 and the television 10-2 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 in the home and whose user identification ID is “U001”. Assume that the storage unit 32 stores the tables shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 in advance (the same applies to FIG. 10 below).

  As shown in FIG. 9, first, the wattmeter side units 20-1 and 20-2 are respectively measured by the measuring unit 23 every predetermined time (for example, 1 minute), respectively, with the washing machine 10-1 and the television 10-2. Is measured as a time function (step A1), and the measurement data is wirelessly transmitted to the control unit 30 at regular intervals (for example, every few minutes) (step A2).

  Next, the control unit 30 uses the power consumption pattern determination unit 33 to calculate the time function of the power consumption of the washing machine 10-1 and the television 10-2 transmitted from the power meter side units 20-1, 20-2. Based on the time and day of the week on which the washing machine 10-1 and the television 10-2 are operating, the determination result is stored in the storage unit 32 (step A3).

  When the determination result stored in the storage unit 32 reaches a certain amount (for example, for one week), the control unit 30 causes the power consumption pattern determination unit 33 to determine the washing machine 10-1 and the television based on these determination results. The power consumption pattern 10-2 is determined (step A4). Here, it is determined that “the power consumption pattern in which the operation of the washing machine is concentrated on weekends” is determined.

  Next, the control unit 30 uses the lifestyle determination unit 34 to show the power consumption pattern of the washing machine 10-1 and the television 10-2 “power consumption pattern in which the operation of the washing machine is concentrated on weekends” in FIG. A user's lifestyle is determined by collating with a table (step A5). Here, it is determined as “single person type”.

  Next, the control unit 30 adds the user identification ID “U001” of the user to the lifestyle “single person type” of the user and transmits it to the management server 40 (step A6).

  After that, as shown in FIG. 5, the management server 40 stores the correspondence between the user identification ID “U001” of the user and the lifestyle “single person type” in the storage unit 42 (step A7).

[Operation to introduce products to users]
Next, the operation when introducing the product of the washing machine to the user will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 10, it is assumed that the user is a user having the washing machine 10-1 and the television 10-2 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 in the home, the user identification ID is “U001”, and the management server 6 is stored in advance, and the table shown in FIG. 5 is stored by the processing in FIG.

  First, when a product introduction request specifying “washing machine” as the type of home appliance is input to the input unit 35 by the user (step B1), the control unit 30 includes the user identification ID of the user in the product introduction request. “U001” is added and transmitted to the management server 40 (step B2).

  Next, the management server 40 compares the user identification ID “U001” added to the product introduction request transmitted from the control unit 30 with the table shown in FIG. The user's lifestyle is specified (step B3). Here, it is specified as “single person type”.

  Next, the management server 40 compares the user's lifestyle “single person type” with the table shown in FIG. A product suitable for a single person user is extracted, a screen on which the extracted product is posted is generated (step B4), and transmitted to the control unit 30 (step B5).

  Thereafter, the control unit 30 displays on the display unit 36 a screen on which the product “washing machine” suitable for the “single person type” user, transmitted from the management server 40, is displayed (step B6).

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the power consumption of each household electrical appliance installed in the user's home is measured as a time function, the power consumption pattern of each household electrical appliance is determined based on the measurement result, and the determination Based on the result, the lifestyle of the user is determined and stored. And when the product introduction of a household electrical appliance is requested | required from a user, the product according to the lifestyle of the user among the products of the household electrical appliance will be disclosed with respect to the user.

  Thereby, since the user can browse a product suitable for his / her lifestyle with respect to the home appliance, the user can select a product suitable for his / her lifestyle.

  In this embodiment, the determination of the user's lifestyle is performed by the control unit 30, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be performed by the management server 40. In this case, the lifestyle determination unit 34 and the table shown in FIG. Then, the control unit 30 transmits the power consumption pattern of each home electric appliance of the user to the management server 40 by the power consumption pattern determination unit 33, and the management server 40 uses the lifestyle determination unit 34 to transmit the table shown in FIG. And the lifestyle of the user is determined.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the control unit 30 performs input of home appliances that the user desires to introduce products and displays a screen displaying products suitable for the user's lifestyle. The method is not limited to this, and may be performed by a Web terminal (not shown). In this case, the input unit 35 and the display unit 36 are moved to the Web terminal. And the screen which posted the user's product introduction request and the product suitable for the user's lifestyle is transmitted and received via the control unit 30 between the Web terminal and the management server 40.

10-1 Washing machine 10-2 Television 20-1, 20-2 Power meter side unit 21 Communication unit 22 Power supply unit 23 Measurement unit 30 Control unit 31 Communication unit 32 Storage unit 33 Power consumption pattern determination unit 34 Lifestyle determination unit 35 Input unit 36 Display unit 40 Management server 41 Communication unit 42 Storage unit 43 Device disclosure unit

Claims (4)

An energy-saving device disclosure system that publishes products for energy-saving devices,
Measuring means for measuring the power consumption of each home appliance installed in the user's house as a time function;
Based on the time function of the power consumption of each home appliance measured by the measuring means, the power consumption pattern determination means for determining the power consumption pattern of each home appliance,
Lifestyle determination means for determining the user's lifestyle based on the power consumption pattern of each home appliance determined by the power consumption pattern determination means;
Storage means for storing the lifestyle of the user determined by the lifestyle determination means;
An energy-saving device disclosure system comprising: a disclosure unit that releases a product according to a lifestyle of the user among the products of the home appliance when a product introduction of the energy-saving home appliance is requested by the user. Means for storing in advance a table representing a correspondence relationship between the lifestyle of the user and the power consumption pattern of each home appliance;
The energy saving according to claim 1, wherein the lifestyle determination unit determines the lifestyle of the user by comparing a power consumption pattern of each home appliance determined by the power consumption pattern determination unit with the table. Equipment disclosure system. An energy-saving device disclosure method by an energy-saving device disclosure system that publishes products of energy-saving devices,
Measuring the power consumption of each home appliance installed in the user's home as a function of time;
Determining a power consumption pattern of each home appliance based on the time function of the measured power consumption of each home appliance;
Determining the user's lifestyle based on the determined power consumption pattern of each home appliance;
Storing the determined lifestyle of the user;
When the product introduction of the household electrical appliance which is energy saving is requested | required from the said user, the step according to the lifestyle according to the said user's lifestyle is disclosed among the products of the said household electrical appliance. Storing a table representing a correspondence relationship between the user's lifestyle and the power consumption pattern of each home appliance in advance,
The step of determining the lifestyle includes determining the lifestyle of the user by comparing the power consumption pattern of each home appliance determined by the power consumption pattern determination unit with the table. Energy saving equipment disclosure method.

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