JP2017016564A - Control device, control method for the same, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device, a control method and a program which allow optimal energy consumptions for a user.SOLUTION: A control device 100 comprises: a meter reading value acquisition part 102 for acquiring meter reading values of power and gas measured by a watt-hour meter and a gas meter; and a generation part 104 for generating control information of an energy consumption instrument on the basis of the meter reading values of power and gas.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a control device, a control method thereof, and a program, and more particularly, to a control device that controls an energy consuming device including electric power and gas, a control method thereof, and a program.

Patent Document 1 describes an example of a management device that controls energy consumption between a plurality of buildings in accordance with information from a utility. The management device of Patent Document 1 has a configuration that collects information on devices, saves a consumption energy history, creates an optimum consumption energy pattern from the consumption energy history, and transfers the pattern to another adjacent building. ing.
Patent Document 2 describes an example of an air conditioning control device. In the air conditioning control device of Patent Document 2, the controller controls the electric heat pump air conditioner and the gas heat pump air conditioner. The contract gas amount in the first demand time period and the contract power amount in the second demand time period determined by the gas demand contract and the power demand contract are stored, and the gas charge of the gas heat pump air conditioner and the electricity of the electric heat pump air conditioner are stored. The electric heat pump air conditioner and the gas heat pump air conditioner are controlled based on the contract gas amount and the contract power amount so that the total energy cost with the charge is suppressed.

International Publication No. 2011/108244 JP 2012-7868 A

  However, the above document only discloses checking the gas and power consumption of the gas heat pump air conditioner and the electric heat pump air conditioner, and refers to checking the gas and power consumption of the entire house. Not. In other words, gas charges and electricity charges based on gas and power consumption in the entire consumer's house, including energy consuming equipment other than air conditioners, could not be kept low in total.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a control device, a control method, and a program that enable optimal energy consumption by consumers.

  Each aspect of the present invention employs the following configurations in order to solve the above-described problems.

The first aspect relates to a control device.
The control device according to the first aspect is
A meter reading value acquisition means for acquiring a meter reading value of electric power and gas measured by a watt-hour meter and a gas meter;
Generating means for generating control information of the energy consuming device based on the power and gas meter reading values.

The second aspect relates to a control method executed by at least one computer.
In the control method according to the second aspect, the control device includes:
Obtain meter readings of electricity and gas measured by electricity meters and gas meters,
Generating control information of the energy consuming device based on the power and gas meter reading values.

As another aspect of the present invention, there may be a program for causing at least one computer to execute the method of the second aspect, or a computer-readable recording medium recording such a program. May be. This recording medium includes a non-transitory tangible medium.
The computer program includes computer program code that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to implement the control method on the content control device.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements and a conversion of the expression of the present invention between a method, an apparatus, a system, a recording medium, a computer program, etc. are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  The various components of the present invention do not necessarily have to be independent of each other. A plurality of components are formed as a single member, and a single component is formed of a plurality of members. It may be that a certain component is a part of another component, a part of a certain component overlaps with a part of another component, or the like.

  Moreover, although the several procedure is described in order in the method and computer program of this invention, the order of the description does not limit the order which performs a several procedure. For this reason, when the method and computer program of the present invention are implemented, the order of the plurality of procedures can be changed within a range that does not hinder the contents.

  Furthermore, the plurality of procedures of the method and the computer program of the present invention are not limited to being executed at different timings. For this reason, another procedure may occur during the execution of a certain procedure, or some or all of the execution timing of a certain procedure and the execution timing of another procedure may overlap.

  According to each said aspect, the control apparatus, control method, and program which enable the optimal energy consumption of a consumer can be provided.

It is a functional block diagram which shows the logical structure of the control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows notionally the system configuration | structure of the information processing system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structural example when the control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention is provided with the extended function. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the computer which implement | achieves the control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the logical structure of the control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structural example when the control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention is provided with the extended function. It is a figure which shows an example of the apparatus list regarding the apparatus made into the control object by the control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the procedure of the electricity bill calculation process of the control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the procedure of the gas charge calculation process of the control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the procedure of the control information generation process of the control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the procedure of the power consumption apparatus control information generation process of the control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the procedure of the gas consumption apparatus control information generation process of the control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the procedure of the electric power and gas consumption apparatus control information generation process of the control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the logical structure of the control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the information processing system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structural example of HEMS as an Example of the control apparatus of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure of the information processing system of the Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the whole information processing system of the Example of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure of the information processing system of the Example of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structural example of the communication unit of a smart meter as an Example of the control apparatus of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure of the information processing system of the Example of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure of the information processing system of the Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the information processing system of the Example of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structural example of a cloud server as an Example of the control apparatus of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure of the information processing system of the Example of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In all the drawings, the same reference numerals are given to the same components, and the description will be omitted as appropriate.

(First embodiment)
The control device, control method, and program according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described below.
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram logically showing the configuration of the control device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The control device 100 generates a meter reading value acquisition unit 102 that acquires a meter reading value of power and gas measured by a watt hour meter and a gas meter, and generates control information of the energy consuming device based on the meter reading value of the power and gas. Unit 104.
In the following drawings, the configuration of parts not related to the essence of the present invention is omitted and not shown.

FIG. 2 is a diagram conceptually showing an example of the entire system configuration related to the information processing system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The information processing system 1 according to the present invention includes a smart meter 10 and a gas meter 12 in FIG. 2 as metering function devices that measure the consumption of electric power and gas in the customer's home. Further, the information processing system 1 includes a HEMS (Home Energy Management System) 40 that acquires meter reading values of power and gas measured by the smart meter 10 and the gas meter 12.
In the present embodiment, the HEMS 40 in FIG. 2 corresponds to the control device 100 in FIG. 1, and the meter reading value acquisition unit 102 and the generation unit 104 in FIG. 1 are realized by the HEMS 40.
The apparatus which implement | achieves each element of the control apparatus 100 of this invention is not limited to this example, A several form can be considered. Although illustrated below, it is not limited to these.
(A1) Configuration in which HEMS 40 implements meter reading value acquisition unit 102 and generation unit 104 (a2) Configuration in which smart meter 10 implements meter reading value acquisition unit 102 and generation unit 104 (a3) Cloud server 36 provides meter reading value acquisition unit 102 In this embodiment, a configuration example (a1) will be described. Other configuration examples will be described later.

  Hereinafter, the connection method between each device or each device can be at least one of wireless and wired, and is not particularly limited. The communication methods shown below are examples and are not limited to these. It is desirable that encryption processing for ensuring security, hacking countermeasures, and the like are appropriately performed in each communication path.

  The smart meter 10 is a watt-hour meter having a communication function. For example, the smart meter 10 is supplied from a power company 20 to consumers. The watt-hour meter measures the consumption of power supplied from the power company 20 or a power retailer (not shown). The meter reading value measured by the watt-hour meter is information including at least one of an instantaneous power consumption value, an integrated power consumption value for a predetermined period (for example, 30 minutes), and time information of each value. Furthermore, the meter reading value of electric power may include a reverse power flow value of surplus electric power such as a consumer generator (PV system 42 in FIG. 2) and time information thereof.

  The meter reading value of the measured electric power is periodically transmitted from the smart meter 10 to the electric power company server 22 of the electric power company 20 via a so-called A route (shown as network 3 in the figure). The power company server 22 stores the received information in a database 24 (shown as “DB” in the figure).

  The communication method of the A route between the smart meter 10 and the electric power company server 22 is not particularly limited. For example, a specific low power wireless method using a 920 MHz band, 3G (3rd Generation), LTE (Long Term Evolution), or the like The mobile phone communication system can be used.

The gas meter 12 is a gas flow meter having a communication function. For example, the gas meter 12 is supplied from a gas company 30 to consumers. The gas meter 12 measures the amount of city gas or propane gas supplied from the gas company 30. The meter reading value such as the measured gas usage amount and information related to the gas may be transmitted from the gas meter 12 to the gas company server 32 of the gas company 30 via the network 5. The gas company server 32 stores the received information in a database 34 (shown as “DB” in the figure).
The communication method between the gas meter 12 and the gas company server 32 is not limited. For example, multi-hop communication between other gas meters 12 using a so-called U-bus air communication method in which a specific low power wireless method using a 920 MHz band is adopted. Or a mobile phone communication system such as 3G (3rd Generation) or LTE (Long Term Evolution) can be used.

  Furthermore, the smart meter 10 transmits information including a meter reading value such as the power consumption amount to the HEMS 40 via a so-called B route (indicated as a network 7 in the figure) different from the A route. The communication method of the B route between the smart meter 10 and the HEMS 40 is not particularly limited. For example, a specific low power wireless method using the 920 MHz band, for example, a communication method based on a communication standard such as WiSUN, or Zigbee (registered) It is possible to use a communication method of a wireless communication standard that operates on IEEE 802.15.4 such as a trademark.

  The gas meter 12 also transmits information including a meter reading such as a gas usage amount to the HEMS 40 via the B route (network 7). The communication method of the B route between the gas meter 12 and the HEMS 40 is not particularly limited. For example, a specific low power wireless system using a 920 MHz band can be used.

  In FIG. 2, the smart meter 10 and the gas meter 12 communicate with the power company 20 and the gas company 30 and communicate with the HEMS 40, respectively, but are not limited thereto. In another example, for example, when the gas meter 12 is configured to transmit a meter reading value using the communication module of the smart meter 10, information including a meter reading value such as a gas usage amount is transmitted from the gas meter 12 to the smart meter 10. . Then, the smart meter 10 transmits information on the gas usage amount to the power company 20 along with the information on the power usage amount via the A route. Then, the power company 20 transmits information including a meter reading value such as the amount of gas used to the gas company 30 and the like. Further, information including the meter reading value may be transferred to the HEMS 40 via the B route of the smart meter 10. In this configuration, the gas meter 12 only needs to have a configuration capable of communicating with at least the smart meter 10 and may not have a function of communicating with the network 5 or the network 7.

  The HEMS 40 is connected to the smart meter 10 and the gas meter 12, and further includes an energy consuming device 50, a photovoltaic power generation (PV) system 42, a power storage system 44, and an electric vehicle (EV: Electric Vehicle, PHV: Plug-). in Hybrid Vehicle) 46 or the like.

  A communication method between the HEMS 40 and each device such as the energy consuming device 50, the PV system 42, the power storage system 44, and the electric vehicle 46 is not particularly limited. For example, a specific low power wireless method using a 920 MHz band, For example, a communication method based on a communication standard such as WiSUN or a communication method based on a wireless communication standard operating on IEEE 802.15.4 such as Zigbee (registered trademark) can be used. Further, the HEMS 40 may communicate with the energy consuming device 50 that is ECHONET Lite certified in accordance with the ECHONET Lite communication standard.

  The HEMS 40 has a communication function for communicating with the smart meter 10, the gas meter 12, the energy consuming device 50, the PV system 42, the power storage system 44, and the electric vehicle 46. It is assumed that a corresponding communication interface function unit (not shown) is provided.

The energy consuming device 50 is a device that consumes at least power and / or gas, and includes a power consuming device 52 that mainly consumes power and a gas consuming device 54 that mainly consumes gas. The energy consuming equipment 50 includes, for example, ECHONET Lite certified equipment such as water heaters, air conditioners, and lighting equipment, floor heating systems, gas stoves, bathroom heating dryers, heating equipment, bath water heaters, and other various home appliances, gas equipment, and gas. Including equipment.
The power consuming device 52 may include a device that consumes gas in addition to power, and the gas consuming device 54 may include a device that consumes power in addition to gas. That is, there is no clear distinction between the power consuming device 52 and the gas consuming device 54.

  For example, the dishwasher uses hot water from a gas hot water supply during washing and performs drying with electric power during drying, and thus can be included in both the power consuming device 52 and the gas consuming device 54. The energy consuming device 50 may include a device that can be used by switching between gas and electric power, such as a dishwasher, or that can be used by changing the consumption ratio of gas and electric power. In this case, the generation unit 104 may generate the control information of the energy consuming device 50 by including an instruction to change the consumption ratio of power and gas.

Further, the HEMS 40 uses the information acquired from the smart meter 10 and the gas meter 12 as a gas company 30 or a power retailer (not shown) via a C route (network 9 such as a public network) different from the A route and the B route. ) To the cloud server 36 or the like. In the embodiment described later, the HEMS 40 receives demand control information (so-called demand response (DR)) from the cloud server 36, and the energy consuming device 50, the PV system 42, and the power storage system 44 according to the received DR. The electric vehicle 46 is controlled or transferred to the smart meter 10 or the gas meter 12.
The communication method between the HEMS 40 and the cloud server 36 is not particularly limited, and for example, a wireless communication method such as WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), 3G, or LTE can be used.

  The cloud server 36 may be a server other than the gas company 30 or the electric power retailer. For example, the cloud server 36 manufactures or sells at least one of the energy consuming device 50, the PV system 42, the power storage system 44, and the electric vehicle 46. It may be a server of a provider 35 that provides various services to consumers (for example, home appliance manufacturers, home appliance mass retailers, gas equipment or gas equipment manufacturers), or consumers.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the HEMS 40 has a gateway function for communicating with a plurality of apparatuses or devices using different communication protocols, but is not limited thereto. For example, the communication function with each device or device may be left to other gateway devices or routers, and the HEMS 40 may be configured to communicate with each device or device via the gateway or router.

  In the present embodiment, the HEMS 40 is a mobile type, and can be installed by selecting a place with a good communication environment in the house. In addition, it is preferable that the HEMS 40 has a function that cannot be used when taken out of the house. For example, the HEMS 40 is used only when it is confirmed that the distribution board has a Bluetooth or wireless LAN (Local Area Network) communication function and the communication distance with the distribution board is within a predetermined range. You may make it control so that operation | movement is possible. There are various methods for confirming existence, but it is determined whether or not the HEMS 40 exists in the Bluetooth communication area, or whether or not there is a response by transmitting a beacon from the distribution board or the HEMS 40 side in the wireless LAN. Includes judgment.

The HEMS 40 may include a power measuring device or may be included in a residential distribution board. Further, for example, a CT (Current Transformer) may be connected to the power measuring device or the distribution board. The current waveform of the total consumption current of a plurality of devices (in FIG. 2, the energy consuming device 50, the PV system 42, the power storage system 44, the electric vehicle 46, etc.) connected to the distribution board may be acquired by CT. The total total power consumption of a plurality of devices connected to the distribution board may be acquired by one CT or may be acquired by a plurality of CTs.
The HEMS 40 may have a function of acquiring and using information on the measured power usage of each device or transmitting the information to the cloud server 36 by wireless communication.

Returning to FIG. 1, the meter reading value acquisition unit 102 acquires the power and gas meter reading values measured by the watt hour meter and the gas meter.
In this specification, “acquisition” means that the device itself obtains data or information stored in another device or storage medium (active acquisition), for example, requests or inquires of another device. Receiving data, accessing and reading out other devices and storage media, etc., and inputting data or information output from other devices into the device (passive acquisition), for example, distribution (or , Transmission, push notification, etc.) and / or receiving received data or information. It also includes selecting and acquiring from received data or information, or selecting and receiving distributed data or information.

  The information acquired by the meter reading value acquisition unit 102 may include not only the meter reading value but also information regarding power and gas. For example, as described above, the meter reading value acquired from the smart meter 10 includes at least one of an instantaneous power consumption value, an integrated power consumption value for a predetermined period (for example, 30 minutes), and time information of each value. Information may be included, and the reverse power flow value of surplus power such as a consumer generator (PV system 42 in FIG. 2) and the time information thereof may be included. The meter reading value acquired from the gas meter 12 includes the meter reading value such as the amount of gas used and the information related to gas (for example, information related to gas shutoff (flow rate shutoff, continuous use time overshutdown, pressure drop shutoff, leak detection shutoff, earthquake shutoff, etc. )), And information including time information of each value may be included.

  The production | generation part 104 produces | generates the control information of the energy consumption apparatus 50 based on the meter-reading value of electric power and gas.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration example when the control device 100 of the present embodiment includes an extended function.
In the present embodiment, the control device 100 may further include a notification unit 106 that notifies the consumer of information related to optimal control of the energy consuming device 50 based on the control information generated by the generation unit 104.
The device to be controlled may include not only the energy consuming device 50 but also at least one of the PV system 42, the power storage system 44, and the electric vehicle 46.

The control information includes, for example, identification information (at least one of a model number, a name registered in advance by a customer, a product type (for example, a refrigerator, an air conditioner, etc.)) and the device to be controlled. Time designation information to be controlled (designated period (days to days, hours to hours), designated days of the week, designated dates and times, designated time zones (nighttime, daytime, etc.)) and control details (operation / stop / mode setting, temperature) Including specifying whether the target of control and control is electric power or gas).
The notification unit 106 is, for example, a display unit (liquid crystal display, organic EL ((ElectroLuminescence)) display, LED (Light Emitting Diode) display) provided in the HEMS 40, or a tablet terminal (not shown) used together with the HEMS 40. indicate. Or the notification part 106 may transmit a message to the terminal or mail address which the consumer registered beforehand. The terminal that has received the message may have a function of popping up the message by an application or the like and notifying the customer of the reception of the message. Upon receiving these notifications from the notification unit 106, the consumer controls the energy consuming device 50.

  There are various methods for registering such information by a customer. For example, when using the system, for example, a user may access a predetermined website to perform user registration, log in, and perform various settings.

In the present embodiment, the control device 100 may further include a control unit 108 that controls the energy consuming device 50 based on the control information generated by the generation unit 104.
The device to be controlled may include not only the energy consuming device 50 but also at least one of the PV system 42, the power storage system 44, and the electric vehicle 46.
Based on the control information, the control unit 108 automatically controls the device to be controlled with the designated control content at the designated time.

  The control device 100 may include any one of the notification unit 106 and the control unit 108, or both. In the present embodiment, the notification unit 106 will be described as a configuration provided in the HEMS 40. However, in another example, the control information generated by the generation unit 104 is received by another computer such as the cloud server 36, and the computer has the control information. It is good also as a structure displayed on the display part (not shown).

  The control unit 108 may be configured to notify the customer of the control contents before the control start or control end, and to start or end the control after obtaining the consent of the customer, or the control unit 108 performs automatic control. It is good also as a structure which notifies a consumer of the thing and the control content.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the computer 60 that implements the control device 100.
The computer 60 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 62, a memory 64, a program 70 that implements the components shown in FIG. 1 or 3 loaded in the memory 64, a storage 66 such as a hard disk that stores the program 70, and a network connection. An interface (I / O (Input / Output) 68) is provided. The memory 64, the storage 66, and the I / O 68 are connected to each other via a bus 69, and the entire control apparatus 100 is controlled by the CPU 62 together with each element.

  Each component of the control apparatus 100 of this embodiment of FIG. 1 or 3 is implement | achieved by arbitrary combinations of the hardware and software of the computer 60 of FIG. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that there are various modifications to the implementation method and apparatus. The functional block diagram showing the control device of each embodiment described below shows a logical functional unit block, not a hardware unit configuration. Further, there may be a plurality of computers 60, and each computer may be assigned a function.

  The CPU 62 of the computer 60 of FIG. 4 reads out the program 70 stored in the storage 66 to the memory 64 and executes it, thereby realizing each function of each unit of the control device 100 of FIG.

  The computer program 70 according to the present embodiment is based on the procedure for acquiring the power and gas meter reading values measured by the watt hour meter and the gas meter in the computer 60 for realizing the control device 100, and the power and gas meter reading values. , A procedure for generating control information of the energy consuming device 50 is described.

  The computer program 70 of this embodiment may be recorded on a recording medium readable by the computer 60. The recording medium is not particularly limited, and various forms can be considered. The program 70 may be loaded from the recording medium into the memory 64 of the computer 60, or may be downloaded to the computer 60 through the network and loaded into the memory 64.

  The recording medium for recording the computer program 70 includes a medium that can be used by the non-transitory tangible computer 60, and a program code that can be read by the computer 60 is embedded in the medium. When the computer program 70 is executed on the computer 60, the computer 60 is caused to execute the following control method for realizing the control device 100.

A control method of the control device 100 of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described below.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the control device 100 according to the present embodiment.
The control method according to the embodiment of the present invention is a control method of the control device 100, and is a control method executed by the computer 60 that implements the control device 100.
In the control method of the present embodiment, the control device 100 acquires the power and gas meter reading values measured by the watt hour meter and the gas meter (step S101), and the energy consuming device 50 based on the power and gas meter reading values. Generating control information (step S103).

As described above, in the control device 100 of the present embodiment, the meter reading value acquisition unit 102 acquires the power and gas meter reading values measured by the watt hour meter and the gas meter, and the generation unit 104 acquires the power and gas readings. Based on the meter reading value, control information of the energy consuming device 50 is generated.
According to this configuration, since the control information is generated based on the meter reading values of both power and gas, the energy consuming device 50 is controlled based on the power and gas consumption of the entire consumer's house. It becomes possible.
By controlling the energy consuming device 50 as described above, it is possible to suppress the gas charge and the electricity charge in the entire house of the consumer in total, thereby realizing the optimum energy consumption of the consumer.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a control device and a control method according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described below. Note that the program according to the present embodiment causes the control method of the control device to be executed by at least one computer, as in the above-described embodiment, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram showing a logical configuration of control device 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The control device 200 of the present embodiment further obtains power and gas rate plan information and generates control information of the energy consuming equipment 50 in addition to the rate plan information, with the control device 100 of the above embodiment. It is different in that it has a configuration to do.
The control device 200 of the present embodiment includes a meter reading value acquisition unit 102 similar to the control device 100 of the above embodiment, and further includes a fee information acquisition unit 202 and a generation unit 204.

In the control device 200, a charge information acquisition unit 202 acquires charge plan information for power and gas.
The generation unit 204 has the same function as that of the generation unit 104 of the above-described embodiment, and further obtains control information for the energy consuming device 50 based on the meter reading values for power and gas and the charge plan information for power and gas. Generate.

  The power and gas rate plan information includes not only conventional power or gas rate plan information but also rate plan information based on a combination of power and gas. For example, in a conventional rate plan, for example, for electricity, the basic rate (determined by the contract size assuming the maximum value of instantaneous current (hereinafter also referred to as “the number of contracted amperes”)) and the amount of power used It includes information on the electricity system based on the electricity system and the system of electricity set up according to the restrictions on the usage time and the amount of power used (high charge due to use above the threshold). In the case of gas, it includes information on basic charges (determined according to monthly usage) and pay-as-you-go charges.

  The charge plan information based on the combination of power and gas according to the present invention is, for example, when the gas company 30 is engaged in a new power business, or when the gas company 30 is affiliated with the power company 20 or another new power company. When providing a service, etc., it includes information on a fee system set based on the use of the target power and gas. For example, the price plan information includes information such as discounts on the use of predetermined new power and gas, and incentives given when the use of power and gas is switched in response to a demand response described later. But you can.

The charge information acquisition unit 202 may request and acquire the charge plan information from each acquisition destination based on the acquisition destination information of the charge plan information regarding power and gas.
For example, the rate plan information is acquired from at least one of the power company 20, a new power company (including the gas company 30), and another service provider (power company server 22, gas company server 32). And / or cloud server 36). The acquisition destination information is an IP address or identification information of a server for acquiring information from these servers, or a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of a predetermined website.

  When acquiring from a server or a website, you may acquire automatically and a consumer may instruct | indicate manually and may acquire according to an instruction | indication. When acquiring automatically, rate plan update information is acquired from the server or website, and when it is detected that the rate plan has been updated, it may be requested or automatically transmitted from the server You may automatically receive the updated price plan. It is also possible to automatically inquire of the acquisition destination periodically whether or not there is an update, and when there is an update, the updated price plan information may be acquired. Alternatively, the price plan information may be periodically acquired to determine whether there is a difference from the previously acquired information, and when there is a difference, it may be detected that the price plan has been updated. Then, when it is updated, it is possible to inquire the customer whether or not to apply the rate plan in advance, accept the selection of the plan to apply, acquire the rate plan selected by the customer, The updated price plan may be automatically acquired according to the conditions set by the house (for example, automatic update if the plan is a plan with a lower price than before).

  The control device 200 acquires the acquisition destination information from at least one of the servers, and stores it in the memory 64 or the like. Alternatively, the charge plan information may be transmitted from at least one of the servers to the customer's HEMS 40 or the user terminal attached to the mail text or mail. When it is transmitted to the user terminal by e-mail, the charge plan information may be transferred from the user terminal to the HEMS 40. The transfer may be performed by the user terminal communicating with the HEMS 40 by Bluetooth, wireless LAN, infrared communication, or the like. Alternatively, the charge plan information may be recorded from a user terminal to a recording medium (SD card, USB memory, etc.) and read by the HEMS 40 from the recording medium, or the HEMS 40 may be connected to the user terminal via a wire. May be sent and received.

The generation of control information based on electric power and gas meter reading values and rate plan information by the generation unit 204 will be described below.
The payment fee is calculated from the current power and gas rate plan information of the consumer and the information on the meter reading values of the power and gas. Determine a combination of electricity and gas usage that will make future payments cheaper. The payment fee may be calculated for each predetermined time unit or time zone, and the combination of power and gas usage may be determined for each time unit or time zone.
And the production | generation part 204 produces | generates the control information with respect to the power consumption apparatus 52 and the gas consumption apparatus 54 based on the determined combination.

  Further, the control device 200 includes at least one of the energy consumption device 50 (the power consumption device 52 and the gas consumption device 54) from the usage status, the operating status, information on each sensor, and information on usage efficiency. You may further provide the apparatus information acquisition part (not shown) which acquires information. The generation unit 204 may generate control information by further using the device information of the energy consuming device 50 acquired by the device information acquisition unit.

  For example, the usage status and operation status (operation, stop, mode, etc.) of each of the power consuming device 52 and the gas consuming device 54, information on each sensor (temperature, humidity, wind speed, air volume, wind direction, impurity concentration in the air, (Smell, light, human feeling, weight, movement, acceleration, GPS (Global Positioning System), water level, water flow, etc.) current information) and information on utilization efficiency may be acquired and used to generate control information.

  Moreover, the history of these information may be preserve | saved and history information may further be utilized. For example, information on utilization efficiency includes information on power consumption and gas usage required when using an air conditioner and floor heating to keep the room temperature at a predetermined temperature when the outside air is at a certain temperature. Including. Moreover, you may discriminate | determine from the log | history the time slot | zone (a weekday may be distinguished from a weekend) when a consumer uses the power consumption apparatus 52 and the gas consumption apparatus 54. FIG. This cost is calculated from the required power consumption and gas usage, and power and gas charge information, and a combination that lowers the charge is obtained.

The control device 200 according to the present embodiment may further include at least one of a selection unit 206 and a specification unit 208. FIG. 7 shows a configuration example in which the control device 200 of FIG. 6 further includes a selection unit 206 and a specification unit 208.
The selection unit 206 holds list information that can identify the energy consuming device 50 regarding the device to be controlled based on the control information, and selects the device to be controlled based on the control information based on the list information. .

  The list information that can identify the energy consuming device 50 is, for example, information such as the name of the device (for example, air conditioner, floor heating, refrigerator, lighting, etc.), manufacturer name, product name (brand name), model number, manufacturing number, etc. Including at least one of the following. In addition, if the customer has the same equipment, add the place of use (living room, kitchen, toilet, bath, Western-style room 1, Western-style room 2, Japanese-style room, etc.) or simply add an identifier (1, 2, etc.) May be. The list information includes at least information such as what the customer is using (air conditioner) and if there are two devices (air conditioner 1, air conditioner 2). Furthermore, in the case where each device consumes either gas or power or a device that consumes both, information such as the consumption ratio is further included. Further, in order for the HEMS 40 to control each device, the list information may further include IP address information of each device.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the device list 210 as an example of list information according to the present embodiment.
In the example of FIG. 8, the device list 210 of devices used by the customer includes at least device identification information (IP address or device type) and information on whether each device consumes gas or power. Contains.
In the device list 210, the device type includes, for example, names such as an air conditioner, floor heating, refrigerator, and lighting, and information for identifying a plurality of devices (such as “1” for the air conditioner 1). The device type may be information such as a manufacturer name, a product name (brand name), a model number, and a manufacturing number in addition to the name of the device.
Furthermore, although the device list 210 is not illustrated, the list of devices used by the customer may include information such as energy consumption (by mode), usage time zone, usage location, and priority for each device. . Alternatively, the device list 210 may include only the devices used by the consumer, and may have each piece of information for each device in a separate list.

The priority order described above may be designated in advance by at least one of the customer, the provider 35, the gas company 30, the PPS (Power Producer and Supplier) 80, and the power company 20. The priority order is, for example, the priority order to be a candidate to be stopped when the electricity price is equal to or higher than the first predetermined value or when it is predicted to be equal to or higher than the first predetermined value. It may be less than a second predetermined value lower than a predetermined value, and may be at least one of priority orders to be operated when there is no request for reducing power consumption due to demand response or the like.
The device list 210 includes information that associates devices having the same function in the same room as alternative devices in advance, such as a living air conditioner (heating) of the power consuming device 52 and a floor heater of the gas consuming device 54 of the living room. May be included.

In the present embodiment, the HEMS 40 holds the device list 210 in the storage 66 or the memory 64. Various acquisition methods and storage locations of the device list 210 are conceivable and exemplified below, but are not limited thereto. These may be combined in plural. In the device list 210, a device that holds information on a device used by a consumer may be different from a device that holds attribute information of each device (such as power and gas).
(B1) When using this system, information on each device used by the customer is registered in the HEMS 40 or the cloud server 36. The attribute information of each device may be registered by the consumer, or the device attribute information collected or held in advance by the HEMS 40 or the cloud server 36 and the information of each device used by the customer You may associate.
(B2) The HEMS 40 makes an inquiry to each device, acquires device information, and holds it. As the attribute information of each device, the device attribute information held in advance by the HEMS 40 may be used, or may be acquired from each device, or by accessing the homepage of the cloud server 36 or the device manufacturer, You may acquire based on information, such as a model, and may hold | maintain in relation with the information of a consumer's apparatus.
(B3) The cloud server 36 acquires information on the device registered by the user as a user from a device manufacturer and the attribute information of the device, and stores the information in association with each other. The cloud server 36 may provide device information and attribute information thereof to the HEMS 40 as necessary.
(B4) The cloud server 36 acquires information on the device used by the customer by registration from the customer, and also acquires attribute information of the device from a device manufacturer or the like, and stores the information.

The identifying unit 208 identifies the acquisition destination of the power and gas meter reading values and the power and gas rate plan information.
The meter reading value acquisition unit 102 acquires the power and gas meter reading values from the acquisition source specified by the specifying unit 208.
The fee information acquisition unit 202 acquires power and gas fee plan information from the acquisition destination specified by the specifying unit 208.

There are various power and gas meter reading values and power and gas charge plan information acquisition destinations and acquisition routes, which are exemplified below, but are not limited thereto.
<Acquisition destination and route of power meter reading value>
(C1) Acquired by the HEMS 40 on the B route from the smart meter 10 (c2) Acquired by the HEMS 40 on the B route from the smart meter 10, and further acquired by the cloud server 36 (PPS server 82, gas company server 32) on the C route (c3) The electric power company server 22 acquires from the smart meter 10 by the A route, and the cloud server 36 (PPS server 82, gas company server 32) is acquired from the electric power company server 22 through a predetermined network. (C4) The A route from the smart meter 10 The power company server 22 acquires the cloud server 36 (PPS server 82, gas company server 32) from the power company server 22 via the predetermined network, and the cloud server 36 (PPS server 82, gas company server 32). From HEMS40 via C route

<Gas meter reading acquisition location and route>
(D1) Acquired by the HEMS 40 via the B route from the gas meter 12 (via the smart meter 10) (d2) Acquired by the HEMS 40 via the B route (via the smart meter 10) from the gas meter 12 and further the cloud server 36 (PPS server via the C route) 82, acquired by the gas company server 32) (d3) acquired by the gas company server 32 via the U bus from the gas meter 12, and acquired by the HEMS 40 via the C route from the gas company server 32 (d4) via the U bus from the gas meter 12 Acquired by the gas company server 32 and acquired by the cloud server 36 (PPS server 82) from the gas company server 32 via a predetermined network (d5) The gas company server 32 acquires from the gas meter 12 via the U bus, and the gas company server 32 through a predetermined network Ba 36 (PPS server 82) obtains, HEMS 40 is acquired from the cloud server 36 (PPS server 82) via Route C

<Pricing plan acquisition destination and route>
(E1) The cloud server 36 acquires from the power company server 22 (gas company server 32) via a predetermined network, and the HEMS 40 acquires via the C route. (E2) The C route is acquired from the gas company server 32 or the PPS server 82. Acquired by the HEMS 40 As described above, the method in which the control device 200 acquires the power meter reading value, the gas meter reading value, the charge plan, and the like assumes a case in which the control device 200 is in the HEMS 40 or the cloud server 36.

  The specifying unit 208 may hold information on the acquisition destination and the route (for example, specification of the acquisition destination IP address and communication method) in advance and specify the acquisition destination information with reference to the acquisition destination information. The information on the acquisition destination and the route may be registered in advance by the customer or the provider 35, or may be changed by the customer or the provider 35 when the system configuration is changed.

A control method of the control device 200 of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described below.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the control device 200 of the present embodiment.
The control method according to the embodiment of the present invention is a control method of the control device 200, and is a control method executed by the computer 60 (FIG. 4) that implements the control device 200.
In the control method of the present embodiment, the control device 200 acquires the power and gas meter reading values measured by the watt hour meter and the gas meter (step S205), and acquires the charge plan information of the power and gas (step S207). And generating control information of the energy consuming device 50 based on the meter reading values of the power and gas and the charge plan information of the power and gas (step S209).

More specifically, the specifying unit 208 specifies the smart meter 10 as an acquisition source of electric power and gas meter reading values, and specifies a B route using a wireless communication method using a 920 MHz band as a communication method (step S201). . Further, the specifying unit 208 specifies the gas company server 32 of the gas company 30 as an acquisition destination of the electricity and gas rate plan information (step S203). And the meter-reading value acquisition part 102 acquires the meter-reading value of the electric power and gas which were measured with the watt-hour meter and the gas meter from the acquisition destination (smart meter 10) specified by the specification part 208 (step S205). Then, the charge information acquisition unit 202 acquires the power and gas charge plan information from the acquisition destination (the gas company server 32 of the gas company 30) specified by the specifying unit 208 (step S207).
The generation unit 204 generates control information of the energy consuming device 50 based on the power and gas meter reading values and the power and gas rate plan information (step S209).

Hereinafter, although a specific example is demonstrated about the procedure in which the production | generation part 104 produces | generates control information, the production | generation process of the control information of this invention is not limited to this.
10 to 12 are flowcharts illustrating an example of a procedure of control information generation processing of the control device 200 according to the present embodiment.
Various timings for executing this processing flow are conceivable and exemplified below, but are not limited thereto. A plurality of the following timings may be combined.
(F1) Regularly (for example, every several hours, regularly, every predetermined number of days, every week, every month, deadline, etc.)
(F2) When contracted for electricity charges by time zone, before and after the time zone changes (f3) When a demand response is received (f4) When a consumer manually requests (for example, the operation part (not (By the operation in the figure)

First, the generation unit 104 calculates an electricity bill based on the power and gas meter reading values and the electricity and gas rate plan information.
FIG. 10 is a flow chat illustrating an example of a process for calculating an electricity bill of a consumer.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, the generation unit 104 acquires a basic charge corresponding to the customer's contract amperage (step S211), and reads the power meter reading value, for example, the power consumption integrated value (30 minutes). Based on the history of (value), a power consumption settlement value for a predetermined period (by time period) of the consumer is calculated (step S213).
Further, the generation unit 104 refers to the power rate plan information, acquires the power amount unit price for each time zone (step S215), and based on the acquired unit price, the power amount with respect to the power consumption integrated value for each time zone A fee is calculated (step S217). The electricity charge is calculated by adding the power charge and basic charge for each time zone (step S219).

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing for calculating a gas charge of a consumer.
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 11, the generation unit 104 calculates the gas usage amount for the current month by adjusting the meter reading value of the consumer's gas (step S211), and obtains the basic charge according to the calculated gas usage amount. Obtain (step S223). Further, the generation unit 104 acquires a unit charge according to the gas usage (step S225), calculates a metered charge based on the unit charge and the gas consumption (step S227), and adds the basic charge and the metered charge. Then, the gas charge is calculated (step S229).
10 and 11 may be executed in parallel or at different timings.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing for generating control information.
As shown in FIG. 12, the generation unit 104 determines whether the calculated electricity bill and gas bill are less than predetermined values (α, β), respectively (step S241). When both the electricity charge and the gas charge are less than the predetermined values (CASE 1 in step S241), the generation unit 104 generates control information indicating that there is no device to be controlled (step S243), and ends this process. To do.

  In addition, in this embodiment, it is set as the structure which does not perform control, when an electricity bill and a gas bill are less than predetermined value, respectively, However, It is not limited to this. Even if it is less than the predetermined value, the generation unit 104 may generate the control information so that the energy consumption is more efficient than the current state. Further, the generation unit 104 may generate control information such that the charge is lower than the current price.

  When the electricity charge is equal to or higher than the predetermined value and the gas charge is lower than the predetermined value (CASE 2 in step S241), the process proceeds to the power consuming device control information generation process in FIG. 13 (step S245). If the electricity charge is less than the predetermined value and the gas charge is greater than or equal to the predetermined value (CASE 3 in step S241), the process proceeds to the gas consuming equipment control information generation process in FIG. 14 (step S247). If the electricity charge is equal to or higher than the predetermined value and the gas charge is equal to or higher than the predetermined value (CASE 4 in step S241), the process proceeds to the power and gas consuming equipment control information generation process in FIG. 15 (step S249). After executing each process, this process ends.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure of power consumption device control information generation processing according to the present embodiment.
In step S241 in FIG. 12, when the electricity charge is equal to or higher than the predetermined value and the gas charge is lower than the predetermined value (CASE2 in step S241), this process (step S245) is executed.
First, the selection unit 206 refers to the device list 210, searches for the power consuming device 52 or a device whose power consumption is a predetermined value or more, and extracts it as a stop candidate (step S251). When a stop candidate is not extracted (NO in step S251), the notification unit 106 notifies the customer of information indicating that power consumption cannot be reduced (step S252), returns to FIG. 12, and ends the process.

When a stop candidate is extracted (YES in step S251), the selection unit 206 refers to the device list 210 and searches for a gas consuming device 54 that is an alternative device of the stop-consumption power consumption device 52 extracted in step S251. Then, it is extracted as a motion candidate (step S253).
When the operation candidate is extracted (YES in Step S253), the generation unit 104 stops the operation of the stop candidate power consuming device 52 corresponding to the gas consuming device 54 and the gas consuming device 54 of the alternative device. Control information indicating that the operation is to be started is generated (step S255). At this time, the control information may include information indicating settings such as an operation mode and a set temperature of the gas consuming device 54. Thereafter, the processing returns to FIG.

  When a plurality of power consuming devices 52 are extracted as stop candidates in step S253, the selection unit 206 determines that the total power consumption (instantaneous value or integrated value) of the entire customer's house is less than a predetermined value according to the priority order specified in advance. Until at least one power consuming device 52 may be selected as a stop target (not shown).

When the motion candidate is not extracted (NO in step S253), the selection unit 206 and the generation unit 104 determine the type of the power consumption device 52 that is a stop candidate, the priority order designated in advance, and the mode of the power consumption device 52. Based on the information on the power consumption and the like, the selection of the stop target power consuming device 52 and the control content are determined (step S257). The control content includes, for example, control such as stopping the power consuming device 52, switching to the power saving mode, or adjusting the set temperature.
The generation unit 104 generates control information indicating that the power consuming device 52 selected in step S257 is controlled with the determined control content (step S259). Thereafter, the processing returns to FIG.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the procedure of the gas consuming equipment control information generation process of the present embodiment.
In step S241 in FIG. 12, when the electricity charge is less than the predetermined value and the gas charge is equal to or higher than the predetermined value (CASE 3 in step S241), this process (step S247) is executed.
First, the selection unit 206 refers to the device list 210, searches for the gas consuming device 54, or a device having a gas usage amount equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and extracts it as a stop candidate (step S261). When the stop candidate is not extracted (NO in step S261), the notification unit 106 notifies the customer of information indicating that the gas usage cannot be reduced (step S262), returns to FIG. 12, and ends the process.

When the stop candidate is extracted (YES in step S261), the selection unit 206 refers to the device list 210 and searches for the power consumption device 52 that is an alternative device of the stop candidate gas consuming device 54 extracted in step S261. Then, it is extracted as a motion candidate (step S263).
When the operation candidate is extracted (YES in step S263), the generation unit 104 stops the operation of the candidate gas consuming device 54 corresponding to the power consuming device 52 and the power consuming device 52 of the alternative device. Control information indicating that the operation is to be started is generated (step S265). At this time, the control information may include information indicating settings such as the operation mode of the power consuming device 52 and the set temperature. Thereafter, the processing returns to FIG.

  When a plurality of gas consuming devices 54 are extracted as stop candidates in step S263, the selecting unit 206 follows at least one of the gas consumption devices 54 according to the priority specified in advance until the total gas usage amount of the entire customer's house becomes less than a predetermined value. You may select the gas consumption apparatus 54 as a stop candidate (not shown).

When an operation candidate is not extracted (NO in step S263), the selection unit 206 and the generation unit 104 determine the type of the gas consuming device 54 that is a stop candidate, the priority order specified in advance, and the mode of the gas consuming device 54. Based on the information on the amount of gas used, etc., the selection and control details of the candidate gas consuming device 54 to be stopped are determined (step S267). The control content includes, for example, control such as stopping the gas consuming device 54, switching to the eco mode, or adjusting the set temperature. Here, the eco mode is a mode in which the gas consumption device 54 operates while suppressing the gas consumption or the power consumption more than usual.
The production | generation part 104 produces | generates the control information which shows controlling the gas consumption apparatus 54 selected by step S267 by the determined control content (step S269). Thereafter, the processing returns to FIG.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure of power and gas consuming device control information generation processing according to the present embodiment.
In step S241 in FIG. 12, when the electricity charge is equal to or higher than the predetermined value and the gas charge is equal to or higher than the predetermined value (CASE4 in step S241), this process (step S249) is executed.
First, the selection unit 206 refers to the device list 210, searches for devices whose power consumption or gas usage is a predetermined value or more, and extracts them as stop candidates (step S271). When the stop candidate is not extracted (NO in step S271), the notification unit 106 notifies the customer of information indicating that the power consumption and the gas usage cannot be reduced (step S272), and returns to FIG. Exit.

  Furthermore, when a plurality of devices are extracted as stop candidates in step S271 (YES in step S271 and YES in step S273), the selection unit 206 selects at least one power consuming device 52 in accordance with the priority order specified in advance. Then, the gas consuming device 54 is selected as a stop target, and a reduction amount of power consumption or gas usage when the selected stop target device is stopped is calculated (step S275).

  When the selection unit 206 stops the selected device to be stopped, the power consumption amount and the total gas usage amount of the entire customer's house are less than predetermined values (x, y), respectively (NO in step S277). Returning to step S275, the selection of the stop target device is repeated.

  When the power consumption amount and the total gas consumption amount of the entire customer's house are less than the predetermined values (YES in step S277), the generation unit 104 determines the types of the power consumption device 52 and the gas consumption device 54 to be stopped, The power consumption device 52 and the gas consumption device 54 to be stopped are based on the pre-specified priority order of the devices, the information on the power consumption amount by mode of the power consumption device 52 and the gas consumption amount by mode of the gas consumption device 54 and the like. The control contents are determined (step S279). The control content includes, for example, control such as stopping the power consuming device 52 or the gas consuming device 54, switching to the power saving or eco mode, and changing the set temperature. Then, the generation unit 104 generates control information indicating that the power consuming device 52 and the gas consuming device 54 selected in step S275 are respectively controlled with the control content determined in step S279 (step S281). Thereafter, the processing returns to FIG.

  When the electric charge and the gas charge are equal to or higher than a predetermined value, the power consuming device 52 and the gas consuming device 54 that have the same function, that is, mutually substitute devices, are not selected as the devices to be stopped. In other words, when the electricity charge and the gas charge are equal to or greater than the predetermined value, the power consuming device 52 and the gas consuming device 54 having different functions, that is, mutually substitute devices, are selected as the devices to be stopped.

  Note that the method of selecting a device to be stopped by the selection unit 206 is not limited to the above example. For example, when the air conditioner is stopped, a method of predicting the room temperature of a predetermined room based on the outside air temperature, and when the air temperature is higher than a predetermined value, the air conditioner of the room is not selected as a stop target may be considered. As a result, when the device to be stopped cannot be selected, the process proceeds to step S272, and the notification unit 106 may notify the consumer of information indicating that the power consumption and the gas usage cannot be reduced.

  When one device is extracted as a stop candidate in step S271 (NO in step S273), the selection unit 206 selects the extracted device as a stop target, and proceeds to step S279. Also in this case, in step S275 and step S277, the power consumption amount and gas usage amount of the entire customer's house after the stop are calculated, and it is determined whether or not each becomes less than a predetermined value. If not less than the predetermined value, step S272 The notification unit 106 may notify the consumer of information indicating that the power consumption and the gas usage cannot be reduced even if the operation of the device is stopped.

  Also in this case, the selection unit 206 refers to the device list 210 and searches for at least one of the replacement candidate power consumption devices 52 and gas consumption devices 54 extracted in step S271 and extracts them as operation candidates. May be. At this time, the generation unit 104 may generate control information for switching to an alternative device with good energy efficiency based on the energy efficiency of each device.

The control information generated in this way is transferred to the control unit 108 or the notification unit 106.
Then, the control unit 108 controls the device selected by the selection unit 206 based on the control information. Moreover, the notification part 106 notifies a consumer of the information regarding the optimal control of the energy consuming apparatus 50 based on control information.

As described above, in the control device 200 according to the present embodiment, the charge information acquisition unit 202 acquires the power and gas charge plan information, and the generation unit 204 acquires the power and gas meter reading values, and the power and gas Control information of the energy consuming device 50 is generated based on the gas rate plan information.
According to this configuration, since the control information is generated based on the meter reading values of both electric power and gas, and further, the electric power and gas rate plan information, the control information has the same effect as the above embodiment, Furthermore, the energy consuming apparatus 50 can be controlled so that the charge is reduced in consideration of the charge plan of the consumer.

(Third embodiment)
FIG. 16 is a functional block diagram showing a logical configuration of the control device 300 of the present embodiment.
In FIG. 16, the control device 300 includes the meter reading value acquisition unit 102, the charge information acquisition unit 202, the selection unit 206, and the specification unit 208 of the control device 200 of the above embodiment of FIG. A demand control information acquisition unit 302 that acquires demand control information and a generation unit 304 are further provided. In another example, a demand control information acquisition unit 302 and a generation unit 304 may be further included in the configuration of the above-described embodiment other than FIG.
The generation unit 304 updates the control information based on the power and gas meter reading values based on the demand control information.

The demand control information is a so-called demand response (hereinafter also referred to as a demand response). For example, when power shortage is expected, or in order to maintain the same amount of power for 30 minutes, Sent to ask for reduction. There are various demand response transmission sources and transmission paths, which are exemplified below, but are not limited thereto. Moreover, you may combine the following plurality.
Here, a description will be given using the schematic diagram of the system configuration of FIG.
(G1) It is transmitted from the electric power company 20 to the smart meter 10 via the A route, and is transmitted from the smart meter 10 to the HEMS 40 via the B route.
(G2) Transmitted from the power company 20 to the PPS 80 (or gas company 30) or the provider 35 via a predetermined network (not shown), and transmitted from the PPS 80 (or gas company 30) or the provider 35 to the HEMS 40 via the C route. Is done.
(G3) Transmitted from the PPS 80 (or the gas company 30) to the HEMS 40 via the C route.
(G4) It is transmitted from the PPS 80 (or the gas company 30) to the provider 35 via a predetermined network (not shown), and is transmitted from the provider 35 to the HEMS 40 via the C route.

In the present embodiment, the content of the demand response is exemplified below, but is not limited thereto. Moreover, you may combine the following plurality.
(H1) The fee is increased when the amount of power consumption in the specified period (or time period, etc.) is equal to or greater than the first predetermined value.
(H2) An incentive is given when the amount of power consumption in a specified period (or time zone or the like) is less than a second predetermined value.

The operation of the control device 300 of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described.
FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the control device 300 according to the present embodiment.
First, when the demand response is acquired by the demand control information acquisition unit 302 (YES in step S301), this processing is started, and the generation unit 304 predicts the power consumption amount for the specified period (or time period). Calculate (step S303).
Various calculation methods are conceivable and exemplified below, but are not limited thereto. A plurality of them may be combined.
(I1) Based on the historical information of the past consumer's power consumption, the past power consumption in the same time zone is calculated.
(I2) The power consumption amount in the specified period is calculated from the fluctuation trend (differential value and schedule) of the power consumption amount of the past customer.

  Moreover, the structure which performs the following processes may be sufficient when the instruction | indication whether a consumer accepts the demand response which the demand control information acquisition part 302 accepts is accepted. Alternatively, a criterion for accepting a demand response by a consumer may be set in advance, and it may be determined whether or not the acquired demand response is accepted according to the set criterion.

  It is determined whether or not the calculated power consumption is equal to or greater than a first predetermined value (indicated as “W1” in the figure) designated by the demand response (step S305). When the value is equal to or greater than the first predetermined value (YES in step S305), the generation unit 304 generates control information of the energy consuming device 50 according to the power consuming device control information generation process (step S245) of FIG. . For example, control information for stopping the operating power consuming device 52 and operating the alternative gas consuming device 54 or switching the operating mode of the operating power consuming device 52 from the normal mode to the power saving mode is generated. . When it is less than the first predetermined value (NO in step S305), the power consumption device control information generation process is bypassed, and the process proceeds to step S307.

Further, it is determined whether or not the calculated power consumption is less than a second predetermined value (indicated as “W2” in the figure) designated by the demand response (step S307). When it is less than the second predetermined value (YES in step S307), the generation unit 304 generates control information of the energy consuming device 50 according to the power consuming device control information generation process (step S245) of FIG. . When the value is equal to or greater than the second predetermined value (NO in step S307), the power consuming device control information generation process is bypassed, and this process ends.
Through these operations, the power consumption of the entire customer's house is reduced, and the PPS 80 is more likely to be able to maintain the same amount of power for 30 minutes by demand response.

As described above, in the control device 300 of the present embodiment, the demand control information acquisition unit 302 acquires power and gas demand control information, and the generation unit 304 generates control information based on the power and gas meter reading values. And updated based on demand control information.
According to this configuration, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained. Furthermore, when a demand response is received, it is possible to optimally control power and gas consumption while receiving the demand response.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described with reference to drawings, these are the illustrations of this invention, Various structures other than the above are also employable.

Example 1
In this example, a configuration example in which the HEMS realizes the control device according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the configuration example in which the HEMS realizes the control device, the power used by the consumer can be provided from the power company 20 or from the PPS. In addition, the PPS is considered to be performed by the gas company 30 or a case other than the gas company 30. First, a configuration in which power is supplied from the power company 20 will be described. Here, FIG. 2 is used for description of the entire system.

FIG. 19 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the HEMS 400 according to the present embodiment.
In the present example, each component of the HEMS 400 in FIG. 19 realizes the configuration of at least one of the control devices of the above embodiment. Although it is HEMS40 in FIG. 2, it shall read as HEMS400 in a present Example.

  The HEMS 400 includes a control unit 402, a B route communication unit 404, a C route communication unit 406, a photothermal usage efficiency database 408, a calculation unit 410, and a data storage unit 412.

  The control unit 402 corresponds to the CPU 62 of the computer 60 in FIG. 4, operates according to the program 70, and controls the entire HEMS 400 together with each element in FIG. 19, thereby realizing each control device in the above embodiment.

The B route communication unit 404 has an interface function of performing B route authentication with the smart meter 10 or the gas meter 12 and communicating via the B route. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the gas meter 12 transmits a meter reading value of the amount of gas used to the smart meter 10, and the meter reading value of power and the meter reading value of gas are transmitted from the smart meter 10 to the HEMS 400 through the B route.
The meter-reading value acquisition part 102 of the control apparatus of each said embodiment uses the B route communication part 404, and acquires the meter-reading value of electric power and gas from the smart meter 10. FIG.

  The C route communication unit 406 has an interface function for communicating with the gas company server 32 or the cloud server 36 via the C route. The charge information acquisition unit 202 of the control device of each of the above embodiments uses the C route communication unit 406 to acquire power and gas charge plan information.

  The photothermal use efficiency database 408 stores information on the energy use efficiency of the power consuming device 52 and the gas consuming device 54. For example, it includes information on the energy use efficiency of each device (by setting temperature, by mode, relationship with outside air or room temperature), information on the use time zone (day of the week, season, etc.) of each device (history information may be used), and the like.

  The calculation unit 410 corresponds to the generation unit 104 (204, 304) of each control device of the above embodiment. For example, the calculation unit 410 generates control information for the energy consuming device 50 based on the power and gas meter reading values and the power and gas charge plan information.

The data storage unit 412 stores the power and gas meter reading value information acquired by the meter reading value acquiring unit 102, the power and gas fee plan information acquired by the fee information acquiring unit 202, and the like.
The photothermal use efficiency database 408 and the data storage unit 412 are realized by the memory 64 or the storage 66 in FIG. 4, for example.

A control method of the control device (HEMS 400) of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described below.
FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of the information processing system 1 according to the present exemplary embodiment.
First, the B route communication unit 404 of the HEMS 400 acquires the power and gas meter reading values from the smart meter 10 via the B route (step S401). As described above, it is assumed that the B route authentication procedure is performed in advance between the HEMS 400 and the smart meter 10. Further, it is assumed that the meter reading value of the gas of the gas meter 12 has been transmitted to the smart meter 10. The acquired meter reading value is stored in the data storage unit 412.

  Then, power plan information of power is transmitted from the power company server 22 to the smart meter 10 via the A route, and is transferred from the smart meter 10 to the HEMS 400 via the B route. Further, gas rate plan information is transmitted from the gas company server 32 or the cloud server 36 to the HEMS 400. In this way, in the HEMS 400, the C route communication unit 406 acquires the power and gas rate plans, respectively (step S403). The acquired rate plan information is stored in the data storage unit 412.

  In the HEMS 400, the calculation unit 410 makes the charge cheaper based on the power and gas meter reading values, the charge plan information, and the information on the energy use efficiency of each device stored in the photothermal use efficiency database 408, or Control information indicating control contents for performing energy selection, selecting a device to be used, switching to the selected device, stopping the device, switching the mode of the device, and the like is generated. Then, the control unit 402 controls the energy consuming device 50 based on the control information (step S405).

Next, a configuration when electric power is supplied from the PPS 80 to the consumer will be described. Here, the description will be made assuming that the PPS 80 and the gas company 30 are separate companies, but the gas company 30 may include the PPS 80.
FIG. 21 is a block diagram illustrating the overall configuration of the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment. The example of FIG. 22 is the same as FIG. 20 except that the acquisition destination of the electricity rate plan information is different from that of FIG.
In this embodiment, power rate plan information is transmitted from the PPS 80 to the HEMS 400. Further, gas rate plan information is transmitted from the gas company server 32 or the cloud server 36 to the HEMS 400.
In the HEMS 400, the C route communication unit 406 communicates with the PPS 80 via the C route, acquires power rate plan information, and acquires the gas rate plan information from the gas company server 32 or the cloud server 36 via the C route ( Step S413).

(Example 2)
Next, a configuration example in which the smart meter realizes the control device according to the embodiment of the present invention described above will be described. Even in the configuration example in which the smart meter realizes the control device, the power used by the customer can be provided from the power company 20 or from the PPS. In addition, the PPS is considered to be performed by the gas company 30 or a case other than the gas company 30. Here, a case where power is supplied from the power company 20 and a case where power is supplied from a PPS other than the gas company 30 will be described. First, a configuration in which power is supplied from the power company 20 will be described. Here, FIG. 2 is used for description of the entire system.

FIG. 23 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the communication unit 500 of the smart meter 10 according to the present embodiment.
In the present example, each component of the communication unit 500 of FIG. 23 realizes the configuration of at least one of the control devices of the above embodiment. In this embodiment, the communication unit 500 is included in the housing (not shown) of the smart meter 10.
The communication unit 500 includes a control unit 502, an A route communication unit 504, a B route communication unit 506, a photothermal use efficiency database 508, a calculation unit 510, a data storage unit 512, a power metering device communication unit 514, A gas metering device communication unit 516.

  The control unit 502, the photothermal use efficiency database 508, the calculation unit 510, and the data storage unit 512 are the control unit 402, the photothermal use efficiency database 408, the calculation unit 410, the data storage unit 412 of the above embodiment, Since each has the same function, detailed description is omitted.

The A route communication unit 504 has an interface function for communicating with the power company server 22 of the power company 20 via the A route. It is assumed that authentication processing is also performed in advance for communication with the power company server 22 via the A route.
The B route communication unit 506 has an interface function of performing B route authentication with the HEMS 40 and communicating via the B route.

In this embodiment, the gas rate plan information is transmitted from the gas company server 32 or the cloud server 36 to the HEMS 40 via the C route, and transferred from the HEMS 40 to the smart meter 10.
The charge information acquisition unit 202 of the control device of each of the above embodiments uses the A route communication unit 504 to acquire power charge plan information, and uses the B route communication unit 506 to obtain gas charge plan information. Obtain from HEMS40.

The power meter communication unit 514 has an interface function for communicating with the smart meter 10 (power meter device).
The gas metering device communication unit 516 has an interface function for communicating with the gas meter 12 (gas metering device).
In this embodiment, it is assumed that the gas meter 12 transmits a meter reading value of the amount of gas used to the smart meter 10. The meter reading value acquisition unit 102 of the control device of each of the above embodiments uses the power metering device communication unit 514 and the gas metering device communication unit 516 to acquire the power and gas meter reading values, respectively.

A control method of the control apparatus of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described below.
FIG. 24 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of the information processing system 1 according to the present exemplary embodiment.
First, in the smart meter 10, the power metering device communication unit 514 and the gas metering device communication unit 516 of the communication unit 500 respectively acquire power and gas meter reading values (step S <b> 501). The acquired meter reading value is stored in the data storage unit 412.

  Then, the electricity rate plan information is transmitted from the power company server 22 to the smart meter 10 via the A route. Further, the gas rate plan information is transmitted from the gas company server 32 or the cloud server 36 to the HEMS 400 and transferred from the HEMS 40 to the smart meter 10. Thus, in the smart meter 10, the A route communication unit 504 and the B route communication unit 506 of the communication unit 500 respectively acquire power and gas rate plan information (step S503). The acquired rate plan information is stored in the data storage unit 412.

  In the smart meter 10, the calculation unit 510 of the communication unit 500 determines the charge based on the power and gas meter reading values, the charge plan information, and the information on the energy use efficiency of each device stored in the photothermal use efficiency database 508. Control information indicating the control contents for selecting a device to be used, switching to the selected device, stopping the device, switching the device mode, etc. is generated (step S505). .

  Then, the B route communication unit 506 of the communication unit 500 of the smart meter 10 transmits control information to the HEMS 40 via the B route. The HEMS 40 receives control information from the smart meter 10. In the HEMS 40, for example, the control unit 108 of the above embodiment may control the energy consuming device 50 (step S507), and the notification unit 106 may notify the customer of the control content (not shown). .

Next, a configuration when electric power is supplied from the PPS 80 to the consumer will be described. Here, FIG. 21 is used for the description of the entire system, and the PPS 80 and the gas company 30 are described as separate companies. However, the gas company 30 may include the PPS 80.
FIG. 25 is a flowchart illustrating the operation procedure of the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment. The example of FIG. 25 is the same as FIG. 24 except that the acquisition destination of the electricity rate plan information is different from FIG.
The electricity rate plan information is transmitted from the PPS server 82 to the HEMS 40 via the C route, and is transferred from the HEMS 40 to the smart meter 10 via the B route. In the smart meter 10, the B route communication unit 506 acquires the power rate plan information and the gas rate plan information from the HEMS 40 via the B route (step S513).

(Example 3)
Next, a configuration example in which the cloud server 36 realizes the control device according to the embodiment of the present invention described above will be described. Even in the configuration example in which the smart meter realizes the control device, the power used by the consumer can be provided from the power company 20 or from the PPS 80. Further, the PPS 80 can be considered to be performed by the gas company 30 or a case other than the gas company 30. Here, a configuration in which the gas company 30 also serves as the PPS 80 will be described.
FIG. 26 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 27 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the cloud server 600 according to the present embodiment.
In the present example, each component of the cloud server 600 of FIG. 27 realizes the configuration of at least one of the control devices of the above embodiment.

The cloud server 600 includes a control unit 602, a C route communication unit 604, a light heat use efficiency database 608, a calculation unit 610, and a data storage unit 612.
The control unit 602, the photothermal use efficiency database 608, the calculation unit 610, and the data storage unit 612 are the control unit 402, the photothermal use efficiency database 408, the calculation unit 410, and the data storage unit 412 of the above embodiment. Since they have the same functions, detailed description is omitted.
The C route communication unit 604 has an interface function for communicating with the HEMS 40 via the C route. The meter reading value acquisition unit 102 of the control device of each of the above embodiments uses the C route communication unit 604 to acquire the power and gas meter reading values. In addition, the charge information acquisition unit 202 of the control device of each of the above embodiments uses the C route communication unit 604 to acquire power and gas charge plan information.
The C route communication unit 604 acquires the power and gas meter reading values obtained by the HEMS 40 from the smart meter 10 and the gas meter 12 via the B route through the C route.

  In this example, the power meter server 22 collects power meter reading values from the smart meter 10 via the A route, and transmits the information to the cloud server 600 via a predetermined network (not shown). The configuration to acquire is not excluded. In addition, the gas meter server 32 collects gas meter reading values from the gas meter 12 via the U bus, and transmits the information to the control device 300 via a predetermined network (not shown), which the meter reading value acquisition unit 102 acquires. The configuration is not excluded.

A control method of the control apparatus of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described below.
FIG. 28 is a flowchart illustrating the operation procedure of the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment.
First, power and gas meter reading values are transmitted from the gas meter 12 and the smart meter 10 to the HEMS 40 via the B route, and transferred from the HEMS 40 to the cloud server 600 via the C route. In the cloud server 600, the C route communication unit 604 acquires power and gas meter reading values from the HEMS 40 via the B route (step S601). As described above, it is assumed that the B route authentication procedure is performed in advance between the HEMS 40 and the smart meter 10 (and the gas meter 12). In the present embodiment, the meter reading value of the gas of the gas meter 12 is transmitted separately from the smart meter 10. The acquired meter reading value is stored in the data storage unit 612.

  Electricity and gas rate plan information is stored in advance in at least one of a database (shown as “DB” in the figure) 38, a database (shown as “DB” in the figure) 84, and the database 34. Is used. The data may be stored in the data storage unit 612 of the cloud server 600.

  Next, the HEMS 40 accesses the energy consuming device 50, acquires device information, and is transferred from the HEMS 40 to the cloud server 600. In the cloud server 600, the C route communication unit 604 acquires device information via the C route (step S603). The acquired device information is stored in the photothermal use efficiency database 608. Here, the device information includes information such as operation status (operation, stop, mode, set temperature, etc.), energy use efficiency, etc., for the energy consuming device 50 used (or owned) by the consumer. These pieces of information may be stored together with time information and used as a device usage history.

  In the cloud server 600, the calculation unit 610 reduces the charge based on the power and gas meter reading values, the charge plan information, and the information on the energy use efficiency of each device stored in the photothermal use efficiency database 608. Alternatively, control information indicating control contents for performing energy selection, selecting a device to be used, switching to the selected device, stopping the device, switching the device mode, and the like is generated (step S605).

  Then, the C route communication unit 604 of the cloud server 600 transmits control information to the HEMS 40 via the C route. The HEMS 40 receives control information from the smart meter 10. In the HEMS 40, for example, the control unit 108 of the above embodiment may control the energy consuming device 50 (step S507), and the notification unit 106 may notify the customer of the control content (not shown). .

While the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments and examples, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments and examples. Various changes that can be understood by those skilled in the art can be made to the configuration and details of the present invention within the scope of the present invention.
In addition, when acquiring and using the information regarding a user in this invention, this shall be done legally.

Hereinafter, examples of the reference form will be added.
1. The control unit
Obtain meter readings of electricity and gas measured by electricity meters and gas meters,
Based on the power and gas meter reading values, control information for energy consuming equipment is generated.
Control method.
2. The control device is
Get electricity and gas rate plan information,
1. Generate control information for energy consuming equipment based on the power and gas meter reading values and the power and gas rate plan information. A control method for the control device according to claim 1.
3. The control device is
Based on the meter reading value of the power and gas and the charge plan information of the power and gas, the customer's payment fee is calculated,
Determining a combination of power and gas usage of the energy consuming device based on the payment fee;
Generating the control information based on the determined combination; 2. A control method for the control device according to claim 1.
4). The control device is
1. Request and acquire the rate plan information from each acquisition source based on acquisition destination information of the rate plan information related to the power and the gas; Or 3. A control method for the control device according to claim 1.
5. The control device is
With respect to a device to be controlled based on the control information, list information that can identify the energy consuming device is held, and a device to be controlled based on the control information is selected based on the list information. . To 4. The control method of the control apparatus as described in any one.
6). The control device is
1. Realized by at least one of smart meter, HEMS (Home Energy Management System), and cloud server. To 5. The control method of the control apparatus as described in any one.
7). The control device is
1. Specify the power and gas meter reading values and the acquisition destination of the power and gas rate plan information. To 6. The control method of the control apparatus as described in any one.
8). The control device is
Obtaining power and gas demand control information;
Updating the control information based on the power and gas meter reading values based on the demand control information; To 7. The control method of the control apparatus as described in any one.
9. The control device is
Further, based on the control information, the customer is notified of information related to the optimal control of the energy consuming equipment. To 8. The control method of the control apparatus as described in any one.
10. The control device is
And controlling the energy consuming device based on the control information. To 9. The control method of the control apparatus as described in any one.
11. The energy consuming device is a device that consumes both power and gas, and the power and gas consumption ratio can be changed,
The control device is
Generating the control information of the energy consuming device including an instruction to change the consumption ratio of the power and gas; To 10. The control method of the control apparatus as described in any one.
12 The control device is
Further, from the energy consuming device, the device information including at least one of the usage status, operation status, information on each sensor, and information on usage efficiency is acquired,
The control information is generated by further using the acquired device information of the energy consuming device. To 11. The control method of the control apparatus as described in any one.
13. The control device is
When a power consuming device whose power consumption is equal to or greater than a predetermined value is extracted as a stop candidate, a gas consuming device that can replace the power candidate of the stop candidate is extracted. To 12. The control method of a control apparatus as described in any one.
14 The control device is
When a gas consuming device having a gas consumption amount equal to or greater than a predetermined value is extracted as a stop candidate, a power consuming device that can replace the gas consuming device of the stop candidate is extracted. To 12. The control method of a control apparatus as described in any one.
15. The control device is
12. The operation is stopped for the power consumption device as the candidate for stop corresponding to the gas consuming device, and control information indicating that the operation is started for the gas consuming device of the alternative device is generated. A control method for the control device according to claim 1.
16. The control device is
13. The operation of the gas consuming device that is a candidate for the stop corresponding to the power consuming device is stopped, and control information indicating that the operation is started for the power consuming device of the alternative device is generated. A control method for the control device according to claim 1.
17. The control device is
When there is an alternative device in the power consumption device of the stop candidate, generate control information indicating that the power consumption device stops operating,
12. When there is no substitute device for the power consuming device that is the candidate for stop, control information indicating that the power consuming device is stopped or put into a power saving mode is generated. To 16. The control method of the control apparatus as described in any one.

18. On the computer,
Procedure to obtain meter readings of power and gas measured by watt-hour meters and gas meters,
The program for performing the procedure which produces | generates the control information of an energy consumption apparatus based on the meter-reading value of the said electric power and gas.
19. In addition, procedures for obtaining power and gas rate plan information,
18. for causing a computer to execute a procedure of generating control information of an energy consuming device based on the meter reading value of the power and gas and the charge plan information of the power and gas. The program described in.
20. A procedure for calculating a payment fee of a consumer based on the meter reading value of the power and gas and the charge plan information of the power and gas,
Determining a combination of power and gas usage of the energy consuming device based on the payment fee;
18. for causing a computer to execute a procedure for generating the control information based on the determined combination; The program described in.
21. 18. causing a computer to execute a procedure for requesting and acquiring the rate plan information from each acquisition destination based on acquisition destination information of the rate plan information related to the power and the gas; Or 20. The program described in.
22. With respect to a device to be controlled based on the control information, a procedure for holding list information capable of identifying the energy consuming device and selecting a device to be controlled based on the control information based on the list information. 18. To make a computer execute To 21. The program as described in any one.
23. The computer is realized by at least one of a smart meter, a HEMS (Home Energy Management System), and a cloud server. To 22. The program as described in any one.
24. 18. for causing a computer to execute a procedure for specifying the power and gas meter reading values and the acquisition destination of the power and gas rate plan information; To 23. The program as described in any one.
25. Further, a procedure for acquiring demand control information for the power and gas,
17. for causing a computer to execute a procedure for updating the control information based on the power and gas meter reading values based on the demand control information; To 24. The program as described in any one.
26. 18. for causing a computer to execute a procedure for notifying a consumer of information related to optimal control of the energy consuming equipment based on the control information; To 25. The program as described in any one.
27. 18. for causing a computer to execute a procedure for controlling the energy consuming device based on the control information; To 26. The program as described in any one.
28. The energy consuming device is a device that consumes both power and gas, and the power and gas consumption ratio can be changed,
18. for causing a computer to execute a procedure for generating the control information of the energy consuming device including an instruction to change the consumption ratio of the power and gas. To 27. The program as described in any one.
29. Furthermore, a procedure for acquiring device information including at least one of the usage status, operation status, information on each sensor, and information on usage efficiency from the energy consuming device,
18. Further causing the computer to execute a procedure for generating the control information by further using the device information of the acquired energy consuming device. To 28. The program as described in any one.
30. 18. When causing a computer to execute a procedure for extracting a gas consuming device that can replace the power consuming device that is a candidate for stoppage when a power consuming device that has a power consumption of a predetermined value or more is extracted as a stop candidate. To 29. The program as described in any one.
31. 18. When a gas consuming device having a gas consumption amount equal to or greater than a predetermined value is extracted as a stop candidate, the computer executes a procedure for extracting a power consuming device that can replace the gas consuming device of the stop candidate. To 29. The program as described in any one.
32. 30 for causing the computer to execute a procedure for generating control information indicating that the operation of the power consuming device corresponding to the gas consuming device is stopped and the gas consuming device of the alternative device is started. . The program described in.
33. 31 for causing the computer to execute a procedure for generating control information indicating that the operation of the gas consuming device corresponding to the power consuming device is stopped and the operation of the power consuming device of the alternative device is started. . The program described in.
34. A procedure for generating control information indicating that operation of the power consuming device is to be stopped when the power consuming device of the stop candidate has an alternative device;
30. causing a computer to execute a procedure for generating control information indicating that the power consuming device is to be stopped or put into a power saving mode when the power consuming device of the stop candidate has no substitute device; To 33. The program as described in any one.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing system 3 Network 5 Network 7 Network 9 Network 10 Smart meter 12 Gas meter 20 Electric power company 22 Electric power company server 24 Database 30 Gas company 32 Gas company server 34 Database 35 Provider 36 Cloud server 38 Database 40 HEMS
42 PV system 44 Power storage system 46 Electric vehicle 50 Energy consuming equipment 52 Power consuming equipment 54 Gas consuming equipment 60 Computer 62 CPU
64 Memory 66 Storage 69 Bus 70 Program 80 PPS
82 PPS server 84 Database 100 Control device 102 Meter reading acquisition unit 104 Generation unit 106 Notification unit 108 Control unit 200 Control device 202 Fee information acquisition unit 204 Generation unit 206 Selection unit 208 Device list 300 Control device 302 Demand control information acquisition Part 304 generation part 400 HEMS
402 Control unit 404 B route communication unit 406 C route communication unit 408 Photothermal use efficiency database 410 calculation unit 412 Data storage unit 500 Communication unit 502 Control unit 504 A route communication unit 506 B route communication unit 508 Photothermal use efficiency database 510 calculation unit 512 Data storage unit 514 Power meter communication unit 516 Gas meter communication unit 600 Cloud server 602 Control unit 604 C route communication unit 608 Photothermal use efficiency database 610 Calculation unit 612 Data storage unit

Claims (19)

A meter reading value acquisition means for acquiring a meter reading value of electric power and gas measured by a watt-hour meter and a gas meter;
Generating means for generating control information of energy consuming equipment based on the meter reading values of the power and gas;
A control device comprising: It further comprises a charge information acquisition means for acquiring power and gas charge plan information,
The control device according to claim 1, wherein the generation unit generates control information of an energy consuming device based on the meter reading values of the power and gas and the charge plan information of the power and gas. The generating means includes
Based on the meter reading value of the power and gas and the charge plan information of the power and gas, the customer's payment fee is calculated,
Determining a combination of power and gas usage of the energy consuming device based on the payment fee;
The control device according to claim 2, wherein the control information is generated based on the determined combination.   4. The control device according to claim 2, wherein the rate information acquisition unit requests and acquires the rate plan information from each acquisition source based on acquisition destination information of the rate plan information related to the power and the gas. .   A selection unit that holds list information that can identify the energy consuming device with respect to a device to be controlled based on the control information, and that selects a device to be controlled based on the control information based on the list information The control device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising:   The control device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which is realized by at least one of a smart meter, a HEMS (Home Energy Management System), and a cloud server.   The control device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a specifying unit that specifies an acquisition destination of the power and gas meter reading values and the charge plan information of the power and gas. Demand control information acquisition means for acquiring the power and gas demand control information is further provided,
The control device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the generation unit updates the control information based on the power and gas meter reading values based on the demand control information.   The control device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising notification means for notifying a consumer of information related to optimal control of the energy consuming device based on the control information.   The control device according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit that controls the energy consuming device based on the control information. The energy consuming device is a device that consumes both power and gas, and the power and gas consumption ratio can be changed,
The control device according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the generation unit generates the control information of the energy consuming device by including an instruction to change the consumption ratio of the power and gas. From the energy consuming equipment, further comprising equipment information acquisition means for acquiring equipment information including at least one of the usage status, operating status, information on each sensor, and information on usage efficiency,
The control device according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the generation unit generates the control information by further using the device information of the energy consuming device acquired by the device information acquisition unit. The generating means includes
13. The control according to claim 1, wherein when a power consuming device whose power consumption is equal to or greater than a predetermined value is extracted as a stop candidate, a gas consuming device that can replace the power consuming device of the stop candidate is extracted. apparatus. The generating means includes
The control according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein when a gas consuming device having a gas consumption amount equal to or greater than a predetermined value is extracted as a stop candidate, a power consuming device that can replace the gas consuming device of the stop candidate is extracted. apparatus. The generating means includes
The control device according to claim 13, wherein the control apparatus generates operation information indicating that the operation of the power consuming device that is a candidate for the stop corresponding to the gas consuming device is stopped and the operation of the gas consuming device of the alternative device is started. The generating means includes
The control device according to claim 14, wherein the control apparatus generates operation information indicating that operation is stopped for the gas consuming device corresponding to the power consuming device, and operation is started for the power consuming device of the alternative device. The generating means includes
When there is an alternative device in the power consumption device of the stop candidate, generate control information indicating that the power consumption device stops operating,
The control device according to any one of claims 13 to 16, wherein when there is no substitute device in the power consumption device as the candidate for stop, control information indicating that the power consumption device is stopped or put into a power saving mode is generated. The control unit
Obtain meter readings of electricity and gas measured by electricity meters and gas meters,
Based on the power and gas meter reading values, control information for energy consuming equipment is generated.
Control method. On the computer,
Procedure to obtain meter readings of power and gas measured by watt-hour meters and gas meters,
The program for performing the procedure which produces | generates the control information of an energy consumption apparatus based on the meter-reading value of the said electric power and gas.

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