JP2019080435A - Smart meter determination system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a smart meter determination system which determines a smart meter of a predetermined user when a plurality of smart meters are installed such as in an apartment house.SOLUTION: A smart meter determination system 1 determines a smart meter which measures used electric energy of a predetermined user when a plurality of smart meters are installed, and is provided with: a smart meter 2 which is communicably connected via a network NW; a server 3; and a terminal 4 communicably connected with the server 3 via a dedicated line. The terminal 4 transmits specification information of input user information and meter information to the server 3, the server 3 is provided with a management DB 31 in which the user information and the meter information are stored, a matching smart meter 2 is determined from the received specification information, and an instrument display part 23 flickers in the smart meter 2.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a smart meter specifying system for specifying a smart meter of a predetermined customer when a plurality of smart meters are installed.

  In a power company, when there is an offer such as contract termination or re-use from a customer who receives power supply, a worker of the power company or a worker of a outsourcing company commissioned by the power company visits a customer's house and makes a smart The construction of the meter has been carried out, and power supply has been shut down and resupplied. At this time, especially in multi-dwelling houses, the smart meters of each door may be collectively stored in a multi-purpose instrument box or the like, and it may not be known which smart meter belongs to the requested customer. .

  In such a case, since the worker of the outsourcing company can not cope, the worker of the power company is identifying the corresponding smart meter in the presence of the worker. As a result, it takes time to adjust the time with the customer and the work load is placed on the workers of the power company.

  Therefore, for example, a meter reading management system using a IC tag is known, which prevents a meter reader from erroneously authenticating by loading an IC tag on an electric meter and reading the IC tag to perform a meter reading. (See, for example, Patent Document 1). By using the authentication of the IC tag in this system, it is possible to identify the smart meter of a predetermined customer.

JP, 2006-228109, A

  However, in the meter reading management system of the meter described in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to attach the IC tag to the meter, and it is very difficult to attach the IC tag to the smart meter for all the customers of the power company. It took time and effort.

  Then, this invention aims at providing a smart meter specific system which specifies a smart meter of a predetermined demander, when a plurality of smart meters are installed like a housing complex.

  In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 comprises a smart meter installed at each consumer home of power, and a server installed at the power supplier side and communicably connected to the smart meters. And a terminal communicably connected to the server, wherein the smart meter identification system identifies the smart meter, the terminal identifies customer information identifying the customer and the meter identifies the smart meter. A storage unit including an input unit capable of inputting at least one of the information as specification information, transmitting the input specification information to the server, and the server associating and storing the customer information and the meter information And, when the designation information is received, a smart meter that conforms to the designation information is identified based on the storage unit, and an instrument display signal is sent to the smart meter. And Shin, the smart meter comprises a meter display unit for performing predetermined display when receiving the instrument display signal, characterized in that.

  In the present invention, at the terminal, at least one of the customer information and the meter information input to the input unit is transmitted to the server as specification information. In the server, a smart meter that conforms to the designated information is specified from a storage unit that associates and stores customer information and meter information, and an instrument display signal is transmitted to the smart meter. In the smart meter that has received the meter display signal, the meter display unit performs a predetermined display.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the smart meter identification system according to claim 1, wherein the smart meter includes a detection unit for detecting a predetermined operation in the facility of the customer, and the detection unit performs the predetermined operation. If it detects, it will transmit meter information which specifies the smart meter to the server, and the server will specify from the storage unit the customer information that conforms to the received meter information, and a terminal including the specified customer information A display signal is transmitted to the terminal, and the terminal includes a terminal display unit that performs a predetermined display when the terminal display signal is received.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the smart meter identification system according to claim 2, wherein the detection unit detects the current of the power supplied to the customer's home, and the smart meter detects the current by the detection unit. The meter information is transmitted to the server when the detection can not be performed more than a predetermined number of times within a predetermined time.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the smart meter identification system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the instrument display unit is configured of a light emitter that blinks when the instrument display signal is received. It is characterized by

  According to the invention of claim 1, when the designation information input to the input unit of the terminal is transmitted to the server, the server identifies the smart meter that conforms to the designation information from the storage unit, and displays the meter display signal to the smart meter Is transmitted, and in the smart meter, a predetermined display is performed by the instrument display unit. Therefore, even when the smart meters of each door are collectively stored in a collective measuring box or the like as in a housing complex, it is possible to identify the smart meter of the customer by the predetermined display of the smart meter. . As a result, when the worker of the outsourcing company operates this terminal, it becomes possible to identify the smart meter of the predetermined customer without the worker of the power company being present.

  According to the invention of claim 2, when the detection unit of the smart meter detects a predetermined operation in the facility of the customer, meter information for identifying the smart meter is transmitted to the server, and the server matches the customer with the meter information. The information is identified from the storage unit, and a terminal indication signal including the identified consumer information is transmitted to the terminal. In the terminal, a predetermined display is performed by the terminal display unit. Therefore, since the smart meter and the consumer can be linked, it is possible to identify the smart meter of the consumer. As a result, the customer can confirm that the wiring of the smart meter is correct by performing a predetermined operation in his / her facility.

  According to the invention of claim 3, when the detection unit detects the current of the power supplied to the home of the customer and the smart meter can not detect the current more than a predetermined number of times within a predetermined time, the meter information is In order to transmit to the server, for example, when the customer switches on and off the electric breaker a predetermined number of times or more, the smart meter of the customer can be identified. Therefore, the smart meter can be identified by easy operation.

  According to the invention of claim 4, since the meter display portion of the smart meter is constituted by the light emitter which blinks when the meter display signal is received, it is easy to grasp that the smart meter has received the meter display signal. Identification of the smart meter is easy.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows the outline of the smart meter specific system 1 which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention, and is a schematic diagram (b) which shows the example of the functional block block diagram (a) and the collective instrument box K of a figure (a). is there. It is a functional block block diagram which shows the function of the smart meter 2 of FIG. It is a front view which shows the external appearance of the smart meter 2 of FIG. It is an image figure which shows the example of the storing content of management DB31 of FIG. It is a functional block block diagram which shows the function of the terminal 4 of FIG. It is an image figure which shows the example of an input of the input display part 41 of FIG. It is a data flow which shows the flow of a process and data of the smart meter specific system 1 of FIG. It is a functional block block diagram which shows the function of the smart meter 2a of the smart meter specific system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a data flow which shows the process of the smart meter specific system which concerns on Embodiment 2, and the flow of data. FIG. 16 is an image view showing a display example of an input display unit 41 according to Embodiment 2;

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on the illustrated embodiments.

Embodiment 1
1 to 7 show a smart meter identification system 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a functional block configuration diagram (a) schematically showing the smart meter identification system 1 and a diagram (a). It is a schematic diagram (b) which shows the example of the collective instrument box K of (1). The smart meter identification system 1 is a system for identifying a smart meter that measures the amount of power used by a predetermined customer when a plurality of smart meters are installed, such as an apartment house, mainly To a plurality of smart meters 2 stored in a collective instrument box K as shown in FIG. 1 (b) installed in a collective housing M of a customer's home, and a power supplier side (for example, a power company) P The smart meter 2 and the server 3 are communicably connected via a network NW. The smart meter 2 and the server 3 are provided with a server 3 installed and a terminal 4 communicably connected to the server 3 via a dedicated line.

  2 is a functional block diagram showing the function of the smart meter 2 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a front view showing the appearance of the smart meter 2 of FIG. The smart meter 2 is housed in the collective measuring box K and measures the power consumption of the customer's home, has a communication function for communicating with the server 3, and has a function of transmitting the measured power consumption data etc. Electricity meter. As shown in FIG. 2, the smart meter 2 mainly includes a weighing unit 21, a communication unit 22, an instrument display unit 23, a display unit 24, and a central processing unit 25.

  The measuring unit 21 is a device that detects the voltage and current of the lead-in wire for drawing the electricity supplied by the electric power company P into the home of the customer, and measures the amount of power used in the home of the customer from the detected voltage and current. The communication unit 22 transmits, for example, the power usage data measured by the weighing unit 21 by Power Line Communication (PLC), and a communication for receiving a display signal transmitted from the server 3 described later. It is an interface.

  The instrument display unit 23 is a device that performs predetermined display when the instrument display signal transmitted from the server 3 is received. For example, the instrument display unit 23 is configured by a light emitter such as an LED and blinks when the instrument display signal is received. It is provided in front of the smart meter 2 as shown in FIG. The meter display unit 23 can identify the corresponding smart meter 2 when the worker of the power company or the worker of the outsourcing company inputs customer information and meter information to the terminal 4 and transmits the information to the server 3 as described later. To make it flash.

  The display unit 24 is a device that displays the amount of power consumption measured by the measuring unit 21 and a notification from the power company, and is configured of, for example, a liquid crystal panel or the like. ing. The central processing unit 25 is a device for performing program control of the weighing unit 21, the communication unit 22, the instrument display unit 23, and the display unit 24, and is configured of, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit).

  The server 3 is a computer installed in the power company P for managing the supply status of the power and the consumers, etc. As shown in FIG. 1, the server 3 mainly manages the management DB (storage unit) 31, the communication unit 32, and the center. The processing unit 33 is configured.

  FIG. 4 is an image diagram showing an example of storage contents of the management DB 31 of FIG. The management DB 31 is a database that associates and stores information (consumer information) of customers receiving power supply from the electric power company P, device information (meter information) of a smart meter, transmission line information, etc. , And the hard disk of the server 3 and the like. As shown in FIG. 4, the management DB 31 stores, for example, a contract number identifying a customer and a contractor name as customer information, and an instrument number specifying a smart meter as meter information. And a smart meter can be specified by searching a contract number and a contractor name of this management DB 31, and a consumer can be specified by searching an instrument number.

  The communication unit 32 communicates with the smart meter 2 and the terminal 4, receives the power consumption data transmitted from the smart meter 2, receives specification information transmitted from the terminal 4 described later, and transmits the meter data to the smart meter 2. It is a communication interface for transmitting a display signal. The central processing unit 33 is a device for program control of the management DB 31 and the communication unit 32. Further, in the central processing unit 33, when the communication unit 32 receives the designation information from the terminal 4, the management DB 31 is searched from at least one of a contract number, a contractor name, and an instrument number of designation information described later. It has a function of identifying a compatible smart meter and transmitting an instrument display signal to blink the instrument display unit 23 from the communication unit 32 to the identified smart meter 2.

  FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing functions of the terminal 4 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 6 is an image diagram showing an input example of the input display unit 41 of FIG. The terminal 4 is, for example, a mobile terminal owned by a worker of a power company P or a worker of a outsourcing company, used to acquire information on a customer's home performing construction, etc., or to input construction result information It is composed of a tablet terminal, a portable notebook PC and the like. As shown in FIG. 5, the terminal 4 mainly includes an input display unit (input unit) 41, a communication unit 42, a confirmation unit 43, and a central processing unit 44.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the input display unit 41 can input, for example, a contract number or a contractor name as customer information, and an meter number can be input as meter information. For example, the item column 411 is a pull-down method And can be selected from “Contract No.”, “Contractor Name”, or “Instrument Information”, and according to the selected item, among the contract number, contractor name, or instrument number in the input column 412 At least one of the can be input. In the case of inputting in the input column 412, for example, in the case of a tablet terminal, a keyboard is displayed on the screen and can be input by inputting a predetermined key, and in the case of a notebook PC, it can be input from the keyboard. Then, when the confirmation button 413 is pressed, the confirmation unit 43 described later generates an input signal and is transmitted from the communication unit 42.

  The communication unit 42 is a communication interface for communicating with the server 3 and transmitting an input signal to the server 3. The confirmation unit 43 has a function of generating a designation signal based on at least one of the contract number, the contractor name, and the meter number input to the input display unit 41 and causing the communication unit 42 to transmit the specified signal.

  Next, the operation and action of such a smart meter identification system 1 will be described below.

  FIG. 7 is a data flow showing the process and data flow of the smart meter identification system 1 of FIG. First, when there is an offer from the customer such as contract termination or reuse, the worker of the outsourcing company commissioned by the power company holds the terminal 4 and visits the customer house. In this embodiment, the smart meter 2 is used as a watt-hour meter, and the power consumption data is transmitted to the server 3 by the communication unit 22 of the smart meter 2. There is no need to visit your home. A worker visits a customer's home only when the customer offers a contract change such as contract termination or reuse. In the future, if it becomes possible to process contract changes by remote control of the smart meter, there is no need for the worker to visit the home of the customer, but under the present circumstances, the smart meter 2 of the customer who made the offer If it does not specify, contract change processing can not be performed. If the customer's home is the apartment complex M shown in FIG. 1A, the smart meter 2 is housed in the collective instrument box K, and the smart meter 2 of the requested customer can not be identified, the worker can Select “Contract No.”, “Contractor Name”, or “Instrument Information” from the item column 411 on the input display section 41 of the terminal 4, and enter the contract number, contractor name, or instrument number in the input column 412. And at least one of them is input (step S11). Then, the operator presses the confirmation button 413 (step S12). Then, a confirmation signal is generated by the confirmation unit 43 of the terminal 4 based on at least one of the entered contract number, contractor name, or instrument number, and transmitted to the server 3 by the communication unit 42 (step S13). .

  In the server 3, when the input signal is received, the management DB 31 is searched from the contract number, the contractor name or the meter number of the input signal, and the smart meter 2 is specified (step S14). An instrument display signal for flashing the instrument display unit 23 is generated, and the instrument display signal is transmitted to the identified smart meter 2 (step S15).

  In the smart meter 2, when the display signal is received, the instrument display unit 23 blinks (step S16). When the worker confirms the blinking of the instrument display unit 23, the smart meter 2 on which the construction is to be performed can be specified. After that, the worker performs construction such as contract abolition and reuse for the specified smart meter 2.

  As described above, according to the smart meter identification system 1, when at least one of the contract number, the contractor name, and the meter number is input to the input display unit 41 of the terminal 4 and the confirmation button 413 is pressed, management is performed. The DB 31 is searched to identify the smart meter 2, and the instrument display unit 23 of the identified smart meter 2 blinks. Therefore, even if the smart meter 2 is housed in the collective instrument box K and the consumer smart meter 2 can not be identified in the multifamily housing M of the customer home, the smart meter 2 can be It is possible to identify. As a result, when the worker of the outsourcing company operates this terminal 4, the smart meter 2 can be specified without the worker of the power company being present.

  Further, by providing the meter display unit 23 in the smart meter 2, the smart meter 2 can be easily identified.

Second Embodiment
8 to 10 show a smart meter identification system according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram showing functions of the smart meter 2a of the smart meter identification system. The smart meter 2a differs from the smart meter 2 according to the first embodiment in that a detection unit 26 is provided in addition to the smart meter 2 shown in FIG. The detection unit 26 is a device that detects a predetermined operation in the facility of the customer, and has a function of detecting the current of the power supplied to the customer house, for example.

  If the detection unit 26 can not detect the current more than a predetermined number of times (for example, 3 times) within a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds), the central processing unit 25 communicates meter information for specifying the smart meter 2a. It has a function of transmitting an instrument signal from the unit 22 to the server 3. This specifies the smart meter 2a at the terminal 4 carried by the worker as described later, for example, by the customer turning on and off the electric breaker of his / her electric facility three or more times within 10 seconds, for example. The smart meter 2a is identified by displaying the fact that there is an abnormality in the electrical installation together with the meter information, and is used, for example, to confirm that the wiring of the smart meter 2 is correct.

  In the central processing unit 33 of the server 3 shown in FIG. 1, when the communication unit 32 receives meter information from the smart meter 2a, the management DB 31 is searched to identify a customer who fits the meter information. The terminal display unit 41 has a function of transmitting a terminal display signal for performing a predetermined display, for example, an abnormality display, to the input display unit (terminal display unit) 41 including the identified customer information. The other configuration is the same as that of the smart meter identification system 1 according to the first embodiment.

  Next, the operation and action of such a smart meter identification system will be described below.

  FIG. 9 is a data flow showing the processing and data flow of this smart meter identification system. FIG. 10 is an image diagram showing a display example of the input display unit 41. As shown in FIG. First, the customer performs a predetermined operation, that is, turning on and off the electric breaker of his / her electric installation three or more times within 10 seconds (step S21). Then, since the detection unit 26 of the smart meter 2a can not detect the current, the central processing unit 25 transmits meter information for specifying the smart meter 2a to the server 3 by the communication unit 22 (step S22).

  In the server 3, when the meter information is received, the management DB 31 is searched to identify a consumer matching the meter information (step S <b> 23). A terminal display signal for displaying an abnormality on the input display unit 41 including the contract number of the identified consumer, the contractor name, and the instrument number is transmitted to the terminal 4 carried by the worker (step S24).

  In the terminal 4, when the terminal display signal is received, “contract No.”, “contractor name”, or “meter information” is displayed in the item column 414 as shown in FIG. The received contract number, contractor name, and instrument number are displayed, and an abnormality display column 416 displays an abnormality indicating that there is an abnormality in the customer's electrical installation (step S25). Since the smart meter 2 for measuring the power of the customer's electrical equipment can be specified by the worker confirming the display of the abnormality display column 416, it is confirmed that the wiring of the smart meter 2 is correct. it can.

  As described above, according to this smart meter identification system, when the customer performs a predetermined operation, the detection unit 26 of the smart meter 2 a can not detect the detected current, and the meter information is transmitted to the server 3. The management DB 31 is searched from the meter information to identify the customer matching the meter information, and the terminal indication signal including the contract number of the identified customer, the contractor name, and the meter number is transmitted to the terminal 4 and the terminal In 4, the above information is displayed and an abnormal display is made. Therefore, since the smart meter 2 of the customer can be identified, it can be confirmed that the wiring of the smart meter 2 is correct.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described above, but the specific configuration is not limited to the above embodiment, and even if there is a change in design or the like within the scope of the present invention, Included in the invention. For example, in the embodiment described above, the server 3 is provided with the management DB 31 and the management DB 31 is searched when specification information and meter information are received. However, the terminal 4 is a part of the management DB 31 (for example, A configuration may be adopted in which a search is performed at the terminal 4. Further, the smart meter 2 and the terminal 4 may be configured to be able to directly communicate with each other. Thereby, the communication load of the server 3 can be reduced.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 smart meter specific system 2, 2a smart meter 3 server 4 terminal 21 measurement part 22 communication part 23 meter display part 24 display part 25 central processing part 26 detection part 31 management DB (storage part)
32 communication unit 33 central processing unit 41 input display unit 42 communication unit 43 confirmation unit 44 central processing unit

Claims (4)

A smart meter installed at each customer home of power, a server installed on the power supplier side and communicably connected to the smart meters, and a terminal communicably connected to the server, A smart meter identification system for identifying the smart meter, comprising:
The terminal includes an input unit capable of inputting at least one of customer information specifying the customer and meter information specifying the smart meter as specification information, and transmits the input specification information to the server ,
The server includes a storage unit that associates and stores the customer information and the meter information, and when the designation information is received, identifies a smart meter that conforms to the designation information based on the storage unit. Send an instrument display signal to the meter,
The smart meter includes an instrument display unit that performs a predetermined display when receiving the instrument display signal.
Smart meter identification system characterized by The smart meter includes a detection unit that detects a predetermined operation in a facility of the customer, and when the detection unit detects the predetermined operation, the smart meter transmits meter information for identifying the smart meter to the server.
The server specifies, from the storage unit, customer information conforming to the received meter information, and transmits a terminal display signal including the specified customer information to the terminal.
The terminal includes a terminal display unit that performs a predetermined display when the terminal display signal is received.
The smart meter specific system according to claim 1 characterized by things. The detection unit detects the current of the power supplied to the home of the customer,
The smart meter transmits the meter information to the server when the detection unit can not detect the current more than a predetermined number of times within a predetermined time.
The smart meter specific system according to claim 2 characterized by things. The said meter display part is comprised by the light-emitting body which blinks when the said meter display signal is received,
The smart meter specific | specification system of any one of the Claims 1 thru | or 3 characterized by the above-mentioned.

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