JP2017156056A - Area condition control device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide users with a specific condition relating to each area.SOLUTION: An environment information generation part 14 creates environment information containing a congestion condition and air-conditioning control condition relating to an area, for each area and provides the environment information to each communication terminal 40 from an environment information providing part 15 based on air-conditioning control information acquired for each area from an air-conditioning control system 20 and occupied room information acquired for each area from an occupied room condition control system 30.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an area status management technique for managing a status related to each area provided in a building.

  In offices and public buildings, an unspecified number of users may use a plurality of areas. For example, in the case of an office, unspecified employees use sections such as living rooms, meeting rooms, and reception rooms for a certain period of time as needed. In particular, in a free address system office that has been introduced in recent years, employees do not have fixed rooms or seats, and a plurality of rooms can be freely selected and used. In addition, in the library reading room, there are some buildings in which a plurality of different interior reading spaces with sofas and desks are provided so that the user can freely select.

  When controlling the air-conditioning environment of an area that is used by an unspecified user, compared to the case where only a specific user uses the area, the user feels that the air-conditioning environment of the area is hot / There is a tendency that cold and cold feelings such as comfort / discomfort tend to change. For this reason, it is difficult to provide an air conditioning environment that satisfies the user by automatic control based on detection data such as room temperature of the area.

  Conventionally, in order to provide a better air-conditioning environment in an area used by such unspecified users, the users who use the area may experience hot / cold, comfortable / uncomfortable, etc. There has been proposed a technique for collecting reports on the feeling of coolness and controlling the air-conditioning of these areas by an air-conditioning control system based on the result of counting the contents of the reports (see, for example, Patent Document 1-2).

  In this technique, the user's feeling of coolness and temperature notified from the communication terminal is totaled for each area in the server, and the totaled result is reflected in the air conditioning control of the area. As a result, even when multiple users are using the same area, the air conditioning environment that satisfies more users can be achieved by adding up the coolness and warmth reported by each user. It can be selected as a set value.

JP 05-149601 A JP 2010-025547 A

  In such a conventional technology, the cold feeling sensed by the user is aggregated for each area, and the average value or mode value is selected as a setting value for air conditioning control. When there is not much difference, it is possible to provide an air conditioning environment that satisfies many users who use the same area.

  However, in reality, each user has individual differences due to differences in activity status, preferences, physical condition, etc., so even users who use the same area have some degree of cold feeling reported. A difference is made. For this reason, it is difficult to deal with all of these individual differences, and there is a problem that any user must accept an air conditioning environment different from his / her own request. In addition, a separate setting system that does not match the air conditioning control and the conflicting application may disturb the air conditioning environment in the area, resulting in wasteful energy consumption.

  The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and an object thereof is to provide an area status management technique capable of providing a user with a specific status regarding each area.

  In order to achieve such an object, an area status management apparatus according to the present invention is an area status management apparatus that provides a user with air conditioning environment information regarding each area provided in a building, and controls the area by air conditioning. The air conditioning control information related to the air conditioning control in the area is obtained from the air conditioning control information acquisition unit for each area and the occupancy status management system that manages the entrance / exit of the area. Based on the occupancy information acquisition unit for acquiring the occupancy information regarding the occupancy status of the occupant for each area, the air conditioning control information, and the occupancy information, the congestion status and air conditioning for the area Environment information generating unit that generates environment information including a control status for each area, and environment information that provides the environment information related to each of the areas to a communication terminal And a test unit.

  In one configuration example of the area status management device according to the present invention, the environment information generation unit generates a room temperature or a set temperature of the area included in the air conditioning control information as the air conditioning control status. It is.

  In one configuration example of the area status management device according to the present invention, the environment information generation unit includes, as the congestion status, the number of people that can be in the area and the number of people in the area that are included in the room information. A congestion rate composed of a ratio is generated.

  An area status management method according to the present invention is an area status management method used in an area status management apparatus that provides a user with air conditioning environment information related to each area provided in a building, and the occupancy information acquisition unit includes An occupancy information acquisition step for acquiring occupancy information regarding the occupancy status of a user who is occupying the area from the occupancy status management system that manages the area, and an air conditioning control information acquisition unit An air-conditioning control information acquisition step for acquiring air-conditioning control information related to air-conditioning control in the area for each area from an air-conditioning control system for air-conditioning control of the area; and an environment information generation unit including the occupancy information and the air-conditioning control. An environment information generating step for generating, for each area, environmental information including congestion status and air conditioning control status related to the area based on the information; Providing portion, and an environment information providing step of providing to the environment information communication terminal for each of the areas.

  According to the present invention, as the specific situation in each area, the congestion status and the air conditioning control status are provided to the user by the environmental information. It is possible to specifically check whether the room temperature and the set temperature in each area are. Therefore, each user can select an area according to his / her own request for the air-conditioning environment. For this reason, even in a building where a large number of unspecified users use multiple areas, such as offices with free addresses, air conditioning environments that satisfy users without counting the coolness and warmth reported by the users Can be provided.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of an area status management apparatus. It is a structural example of area information. It is a structural example of environmental information. It is a flowchart which shows an environmental information provision process. This is an example of providing environmental information.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[Area status management device]
First, an area status management apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the area status management apparatus.

  The area status management device 10 is composed of an information processing device such as a server device or a personal computer as a whole, and is a device that manages the status related to each area provided in a building. The present invention is based on the air condition control information of each area acquired from the air condition control system 20 and the occupancy information of each area acquired from the occupancy condition management system 30 in the area status management device 10. The environmental information including the status and the air conditioning control status is provided to the communication terminal 40 of the user connected via the communication network NW.

  The air conditioning control system 20 performs air conditioning control in each area by controlling the air conditioner 22 based on the room temperature measured by the thermometer T provided in each area by the air conditioning controller 21. Air conditioning control system.

The occupancy status management system 30 controls the authentication device CR provided at the entrance of each area by the entrance / exit management controller 31, thereby managing the entrance / exit of the user in each area. System.
As for the occupancy status management system 30, in addition to the entrance / exit management system, a occupant detection system that detects the number and positions of users in the area based on the temperature distribution in the area detected by the thermopile array sensor. It may be used.

  The area status management device 10 is provided with an occupancy information acquisition unit 12, an air conditioning control information acquisition unit 11, an area information storage unit 13, an environmental information generation unit 14, and an environmental information provision unit 15 as main functional units. Yes.

  The air conditioning control information acquisition unit 11 has a function of acquiring, for each area, air conditioning control information related to air conditioning control in the area by performing data communication with the air conditioning controller 21 of the air conditioning control system 20. The air conditioning control information includes control information such as the indoor temperature, indoor humidity, set temperature, and air volume of the area. FIG. 1 shows an example in which the air conditioning control of all areas is performed by one air conditioning control system 20, but when the air conditioning control of all areas is shared by a plurality of air conditioning control systems 20, each air conditioning control system 20 What is necessary is just to acquire the air-conditioning control information of each area from the control system 20.

  The occupancy information acquisition unit 12 has a function of acquiring, from the occupancy status management system 30, occupancy information regarding the occupancy status of the users who are occupying the area for each area. The occupancy status includes the number of people who entered the area, the number of people who left the area, and the number of people who are in the difference between the number of people who entered and the number of people who left the room. FIG. 1 shows an example in which entrance / exit management of all areas is performed by one occupancy status management system 30, but when occupancy management of all areas is shared by a plurality of occupancy status management systems 30. For example, the occupancy information of each area may be acquired from each occupancy status management system 30.

The area information storage unit 13 includes a storage device such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory, and has a function of storing area information regarding each area.
FIG. 2 is a configuration example of area information. Here, for each area ID for identifying the area, the area name and the number of people who can be in the room are registered as a set. The number of people that can be in the room is the maximum number of people that can be in the area.

The environment information generation unit 14 is based on the air conditioning control information acquired by the air conditioning control information acquisition unit 11, the occupancy information acquired by the occupancy information acquisition unit 12, and the area information read from the area information storage unit 13. It has a function of generating environmental information for each area including the congestion status and air conditioning control status related to the area.
The air conditioning control status is an index indicating the content of air conditioning control in the area, and for example, the indoor temperature or set temperature of the area included in the air conditioning control information is used.
The congestion status is an index indicating the degree of congestion in the area. For example, a congestion degree is used which is a ratio between the number of people in the area and the number of people in the area included in the room information.

  FIG. 3 is a configuration example of environment information. Here, for each area ID for identifying an area, the area name, the number of people in the room, the number of people in the room, the degree of congestion, the room temperature, and the set temperature are registered as a set.

  The environment information providing unit 15 has a function of providing environment information about each area generated by the environment information generating unit 14 to the communication terminal 40 via the communication network NW. As a method for providing environment information, the environment information may be browsed from the communication terminal 40 using a Web page or SNS, or may be notified to the communication terminal 40 by e-mail.

[Operation of this embodiment]
Next, the operation of the area status management apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing environment information provision processing.
The area status management apparatus 10 executes the environment information provision process of FIG. 4 at a predetermined period with a length of time that causes a change in the number of people in the area.

First, the air conditioning control information acquisition unit 11 performs data communication with the air conditioning controller 21 of the air conditioning control system 20, thereby acquiring the air conditioning control information regarding the air conditioning control in the area for each area (step 100).
Further, the occupancy information acquisition unit 12 acquires occupancy information related to the occupancy status of the users who are occupying the area from the occupancy status management system 30 for each area (step 101).

  Subsequently, based on the air conditioning control information acquired by the air conditioning control information acquisition unit 11, the occupancy information acquired by the occupancy information acquisition unit 12, and the area information read from the area information storage unit 13, the congestion situation regarding the area And environmental information including the air conditioning control status are generated for each area (step 102).

FIG. 5 is an example of providing environmental information. Here, each area is filled with a color or a pattern corresponding to the degree of congestion based on a plan view of the floor where the area is provided. As detailed information, the degree of congestion and the room temperature are displayed in characters.
The provided environment information does not need to include all of the environment information of FIG. 3 described above, and may be arranged so that the user can easily grasp it.

Thereafter, the environment information providing unit 15 provides the environment information relating to each area generated by the environment information generating unit 14 to the communication terminal 40 via the communication network NW (step 103), and a series of environment information providing processes. Exit.
The communication terminal 40 may be a smart phone or a personal computer used by the user, or a communication terminal for providing information installed in each area or guide location.

[Effects of the present embodiment]
As described above, in the present embodiment, the environment information generation unit 14 is based on the air conditioning control information acquired for each area from the air conditioning control system 20 and the occupancy information acquired for each area from the occupancy status management system 30. However, the environment information including the congestion status and the air conditioning control status regarding the area is generated for each area and provided from the environment information providing unit 15 to each communication terminal 40.

  As a result, since the congestion status and the air conditioning control status are provided to the user by the environmental information as a specific situation in each area, the number of people currently present in each area is the user. It is possible to confirm specifically how much the room temperature and the set temperature are in each area. Therefore, each user can select an area according to his / her own request for the air-conditioning environment.

For example, it is possible to go straight to a desired area by confirming environmental information with a user's smart phone on the way from the outside to the office. Moreover, it is also possible to move from the area where the room is present to an area with a better air conditioning environment, and it is not necessary to stay in the area while feeling an uncomfortable cold feeling.
For this reason, even in a building where a large number of unspecified users use multiple areas, such as offices with free addresses, air conditioning environments that satisfy users without counting the coolness and warmth reported by the users Can be provided.

[Extended embodiment]
The present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. 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, each embodiment can be implemented in any combination within a consistent range.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Area condition management apparatus, 11 ... Air-conditioning control information acquisition part, 12 ... In-room information acquisition part, 13 ... Area information storage part, 14 ... Environmental information generation part, 15 ... Environmental information provision part, 20 ... Air-conditioning control system, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 21 ... Air-conditioning controller, 22 ... Air conditioner, 30 ... Occupancy status management system, 31 ... Entrance / exit management controller, 40 ... Communication terminal, NW ... Communication network, T ... Thermometer, CR ... Authentication apparatus.

Claims (4)

An area status management device that provides users with air conditioning environment information about each area provided in a building,
From an air conditioning control system that controls the air conditioning of the area, an air conditioning control information acquisition unit that acquires air conditioning control information related to air conditioning control in the area for each area;
An occupancy information acquisition unit that acquires occupancy information regarding the occupancy status of a user who is occupying the area from the occupancy status management system that manages entry / exit of the area;
Based on the air conditioning control information and the occupancy information, an environment information generating unit that generates environmental information for each area including congestion status and air conditioning control status related to the area;
An area status management device comprising: an environment information providing unit that provides the environment information regarding each of the areas to a communication terminal. In the area situation management device according to claim 1,
The environment information generation unit generates an indoor temperature or a set temperature of the area included in the air conditioning control information as the air conditioning control status. In the area situation management device according to claim 1 or 2,
The environment information generation unit generates a congestion rate that is a ratio of the number of people in the area and the number of people in the area included in the room information as the congestion state. Management device. An area status management method used in an area status management device that provides air conditioning environment information about each area provided in a building to a user,
An occupancy information acquisition step in which the occupancy information acquisition unit acquires occupancy information related to the occupancy status of a user who is occupying the area from the occupancy status management system that manages the area for each area. When,
An air conditioning control information acquisition unit acquires air conditioning control information related to air conditioning control in the area for each area from an air conditioning control system that controls the air conditioning of the area; and
An environment information generating unit that generates, for each area, environmental information including congestion status and air conditioning control status related to the area based on the occupancy information and the air conditioning control information;
An area information management method, comprising: an environment information providing step in which an environment information providing unit provides the environment information regarding each of the areas to a communication terminal.

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