JP5924068B2 - Equipment control system, equipment control program and equipment control system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to control of devices installed in a conference room and a living room.

  Systems that automatically turn on / off devices such as air conditioners and lighting installed in a space such as a conference room are known. For example, Patent Document 1 controls air conditioning based on a conference room reservation schedule in conjunction with a conference room reservation system, and also includes a room air conditioner where a conference room user is located at the conference start time. The control is described.

Japanese Patent No. 4274157

  In Patent Document 1, the air conditioning of the conference room user's room is turned off on the assumption that the conference room user goes to the conference room as scheduled, but one of the conference room users continues working in the room after the meeting. Even if you have to do it, the air conditioning in your room will be turned off. In addition, since it is not expected that conference room users will move to another place without returning to the room after the meeting is over, if no one returns to the room after the meeting is over, The air conditioning in the person's room is turned on uselessly.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a device control system capable of performing efficient device control in consideration of not only the conference room reservation schedule but also the actual user entry / exit status.

In one aspect of the present invention, a device control system that controls devices installed in a conference room and a living room includes reservation information acquisition means for acquiring reservation information of the conference room, the ID of the user in the conference room and the living room, and the above-mentioned and entry and exit information obtaining means for obtaining entry and exit information including entry and exit and the occupancy status of the user, based on the reservation information and the entering exit information, the on / off devices installed in the conference room and room A plurality of areas are set for each group of one or a plurality of users, and the device can be controlled for each of the plurality of areas. In the living room, the means turns on a device in an area where at least one user is present among the plurality of areas, and turns off a device in an area where there is no user .

The device control system controls on / off of, for example, an air conditioner, a lighting device, and an electronic device installed in a conference room or a living room. The device control system acquires reservation information for the conference room and also acquires entrance / exit information for the conference room and the living room. The reservation information includes the use start time and use end time of the conference room. The entrance / exit information includes IDs of users in conference rooms and living rooms. The control means controls on / off of the devices installed in the conference room and the living room based on the reservation information and the entrance / exit information. As a result, even when there is a change in the conference schedule indicated by the reservation information, it is possible to suppress wasteful power consumption and prevent troubles in necessary work. In the living room, on / off of the device can be controlled for each of a plurality of areas based on the user ID.

  In one aspect of the device control system, the control means turns off the device in the conference room when there is no user in the conference room even during the use time of the conference room indicated by the reservation information. To do. In this aspect, since the conference room device is turned off when the conference ends earlier than the scheduled end time, wasteful power consumption can be prevented.

  In another aspect of the device control system described above, the control unit may include at least the user in the living room if there is a user who has returned from the meeting room to the living room during the use time of the meeting room indicated by the reservation information. Turn on the device related to the user. In this aspect, since the device in the room is turned on when the user returns to the room for some reason during the conference, the user can perform necessary work in the room without any trouble.

  In another aspect of the device control system described above, the control unit relates to the user in the room if there is a user in the room even after the use start time of the conference room indicated by the reservation information has elapsed. Do not turn off the equipment. In this aspect, even when the user finishes the work in the room and joins the meeting late, the work in the room can be performed without any problem.

In another aspect of the present invention, a device control program executed by a device control system that controls devices installed in a conference room and a room is a reservation information acquisition unit that acquires reservation information of the conference room, the conference room, and the room. Equipment installed in conference rooms and rooms based on user ID and entry / exit information acquisition means for acquiring entrance / exit information including the user's entrance / exit and occupancy status, the reservation information and the entrance / exit information The device control system is made to function as a control means for controlling on / off of the device, and in the living room, a plurality of areas are set for each group of one or a plurality of users, and the device is set for each of the plurality of areas. It is comprised so that control is possible, and the said control means turns on the apparatus of the area with at least 1 user among the said several areas in the said living room, and there is no user To turn off the rear of the device. By executing this program on a computer, the device control system described above can be realized.

In another aspect of the present invention, an equipment control system includes an entrance / exit management system that manages entry / exit of users in a conference room and a room, a device control system that controls equipment installed in the conference room and the room, and a conference. A conference room reservation management system for managing the reservation status of the room and the actual use status, and the device control system includes reservation information acquisition means for acquiring the reservation information of the conference room from the conference room reservation management system, Entrance / exit information acquisition means for acquiring entrance / exit information including IDs of users in conference rooms and living rooms and entrance / exit of the user and the occupancy status from the entrance / exit management system, the reservation information, and the entrance / exit information based on, and a control means for controlling the on / off devices installed in the conference room and room, the room has a plurality of collar each of one or more groups of users Is set so that the device can be controlled for each of the plurality of areas, and the control unit turns on a device in an area where at least one user is included in the plurality of areas in the living room. , Turn off devices in areas where there are no users .

In the facility control system described above, the device control system controls on / off of, for example, an air conditioner, a lighting device, and an electronic device installed in a conference room or a living room. The device control system acquires conference room reservation information from the conference room reservation management system, and acquires entrance / exit information in the conference room and living room from the entrance / exit management system. The reservation information includes the use start time and use end time of the conference room. The entrance / exit information includes IDs of users in conference rooms and living rooms. The control means controls on / off of the devices installed in the conference room and the living room based on the reservation information and the entrance / exit information. As a result, even when there is a change in the conference schedule indicated by the reservation information, it is possible to suppress wasteful power consumption and prevent troubles in necessary work. In the living room, on / off of the device can be controlled for each of a plurality of areas based on the user ID.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently manage the devices in the conference room and the room even if the conference schedule is changed immediately before and the conference is not performed according to the reservation schedule.

It is a block diagram of the equipment control system concerning an embodiment. The example of the occupancy status in the entrance / exit information is shown. The example of the management information which a meeting room reservation management system has is shown. It is a flowchart of an apparatus control process. It is a flowchart of an apparatus control process.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[Constitution]
FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a building equipment control system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The in-building equipment control system (hereinafter referred to as “equipment control system”) includes a conference room 1, a living room 2, an entrance / exit management system 3, an equipment control system 4, and a conference room reservation management system 5. . In the embodiment described below, there are three conference rooms A to C and one living room in the building. However, for convenience of explanation, the facility control system is a device installed in one conference room and one living room. Shall be controlled.

The conference room 1 is a room used in a conference by a plurality of users, and devices such as an air conditioner and a lighting device electronic device are installed. An IC card reader / writer (hereinafter referred to as “IC card R / W”) 11 is provided near the entrance door of the conference room 1. The IC card R / W 11 reads the user ID and the like from the IC card possessed by the user and transmits it to the entrance / exit management system 3.

  The living room 2 is a room where a plurality of users individually perform normal work, and for example, a desk or a space is provided for each user. In the living room 2, equipment such as air conditioning and lighting is also installed. In the living room 2, it is assumed that a plurality of devices can be controlled on / off for each user or for several groups. For example, a plurality of areas are set for one user or a group of several users, and air conditioning, lighting, and the like are turned on / off for each area. Therefore, all the devices are turned on when all the users who have seats in the living room 2 are in the living room 2, but they are in the room when only a few users are present. Only devices in the area to which the user belongs are turned on.

  An IC card R / W 21 is provided near the entrance door of the living room 2. The IC card R / W 21 reads the user ID and the like from the IC card possessed by the user and transmits it to the entrance / exit management system 3.

  The entrance / exit management system 3 is based on signals from the IC card R / W 11 provided in the conference room 1 and the IC card R / W 21 provided in the living room 2, and the user's entrance / exit in the conference room 1 and the living room 2. Manage the situation and occupancy status. Information indicating the user's entry / exit status and occupancy status is referred to as “entrance / exit information”. The entrance / exit information is stored in an entrance / exit database (DB) 31.

  Specifically, the entry / exit DB 31 stores the entry / exit status and the occupancy status as entry / exit information. The entry / exit status indicates the ID of the user who entered / leaved each room, entry / exit time, and the like. The occupancy status indicates the ID of the user currently in each room. An example of the occupancy status is shown in FIG.

  The conference room reservation management system 5 manages reservations for conference rooms. Specifically, the conference room reservation management system 5 grasps the reservation status of the conference room and the actual usage status. The management information possessed by the conference room reservation management system 5 is schematically shown in FIG. The reservation status indicates the use start time, use end time, scheduled user ID, and the like for each conference room. Further, the current situation indicates the ID of the user who is actually using each conference room. The conference room reservation management system 5 periodically acquires the entrance / exit information of each conference room from the entrance / exit management system 3, and updates the current status based on the information.

  The device control system 4 is a device installed in the conference room 1 and the living room 2, specifically, an air conditioner, a lighting device, an electronic device (such as a personal computer or a printer), a main power source of the room, etc. This is called “device”. Specifically, the device control system 4 acquires conference room reservation information from the conference room reservation management system 5, and acquires entrance / exit information of the conference room 1 and the living room 2 from the entrance / exit management system 3. On / off of devices installed in the conference room 1 and the living room 2 is controlled based on the reservation information and the entrance / exit information.

[Device control processing]
Next, device control processing executed by the device control system 4 will be described in detail. In the device control process, the device control system 4 controls on / off of the devices installed in the conference room 1 and the living room 2 based on the reservation information of the conference room and the entrance / exit information of the conference room 1 and the living room 2. To do. 4 and 5 are flowcharts of the device control process. This process is realized mainly by the computer of the device control system 4 executing a program prepared in advance. As a premise, it is assumed that a user who plans to use the conference room is in the living room 2.

  First, the device control system 4 acquires conference room reservation information from the conference room reservation system 5 (step S11), and whether or not a predetermined time (X minutes) before the use start time of the conference room 1 in the reservation information. Is determined (step S12). If it is not the predetermined time before the use start time (step S12; No), the device control system 4 stands by until the predetermined time is reached. On the other hand, when the predetermined time has passed (step S12; Yes), the device control system 4 turns on the device in the conference room 1 (step S13). The reason for turning on the device before the use start time of the conference room is to operate the air conditioner in advance to prepare the use environment.

  Next, the device control system 4 waits for a predetermined time (Y minutes) to elapse (step S14), and acquires entry / exit information from the entry / exit management system 3 (step S15). As described above, the entrance / exit information includes the user's entrance / exit status and occupancy status of the conference room 1 and the living room 2. Next, the device control system 4 determines whether all users who plan to use the conference room 1 have left the room 2 based on the acquired entry / exit information (step S16). When all the users leave the room 2 (step S16; Yes), since there is no one in the room 2, the device control system 4 turns off the device in the room 3 (step S17). On the other hand, when all the conference room users have not left the room 2 (step S16; No), the device control system 4 proceeds to step S18.

  Next, the device control system 4 determines whether there is no one in the conference room 1 based on the entrance / exit information (step S18). If there is no one in the conference room 1 (step S18; Yes), the device control system 4 turns off the device in the conference room 1 (step S19) and ends the process. This corresponds to a case where the reservation information of the conference room reservation management system 5 is not updated, but the conference is suddenly canceled.

  On the other hand, when there is someone in the conference room (step S18; No), the device control system 4 acquires the entrance / exit information from the entrance / exit management system 3 (step S20), and based on the acquired entrance / exit information, the conference room 1 determines whether all users have left the room (step S21). When all the users have left the conference room (step S21; Yes), the device control system 4 proceeds to step S26. This corresponds to a case where the conference ends earlier than scheduled.

  On the other hand, when all the users have not left the conference room (step S21; No), the device control system 4 determines whether there is a person who has returned from the conference room 1 to the living room 2 based on the entrance / exit information. (Step S22). When there is a person who has returned to the living room 2 (step S22; Yes), the device control system 4 turns on the device regarding the person who has returned to the living room (step S23). As described above, the air conditioners, lighting devices, and the like in the living room 2 can be turned on / off individually for each user or for some group, so here, the room 2 is returned to the living room 2. Only equipment related to people is turned on. Thereby, when there is a person who has returned to the room 2 due to emergency or forgotten things during the meeting, the person can work in the room 2 without any trouble. On the other hand, when no person has returned to the living room 2 (step S22; No), the device control system 4 proceeds to step S24.

  Next, the device control system 4 acquires conference room reservation information from the conference room reservation management system 5 (step S24), and determines whether or not the conference room use end time has come (step S25). When it is not the use end time of the conference room (step S25; No), the device control system 4 returns to step S21 and repeats steps S21 to S25. On the other hand, when the use end time of the conference room is reached (step S25; Yes), the device control system 4 proceeds to step S26.

  Thus, when the conference ends earlier than scheduled (step S21; Yes) or when the scheduled end time is reached (step S25; Yes), the device control system 4 turns off the devices in the conference room 1 (step S26). ). Therefore, if the conference ends earlier than scheduled and no one is in the conference room 1, the devices in the conference room 1 are turned off even before the scheduled end time, thereby suppressing unnecessary power consumption and the like. be able to.

  Next, the device control system 4 acquires the entry / exit information from the entry / exit management system 3 (step S27), and determines whether there is a person who has returned to the room 2 (step S28). If no person has returned to the room (step S28; No), the device control system 4 returns to step S27. On the other hand, when there is a person who has returned to the living room 2 (step S28; Yes), the device control system 4 turns on the devices related to the person who has returned to the living room (step S29).

  Next, the device control system 4 determines whether all the users have returned to the living room 2 (step S30). When all the members have not returned to the living room 2 (step S30; No), the device control system 4 returns to step S27. On the other hand, when all the members return to the living room 2 (step S30; Yes), the device control system 4 ends the process.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the device control system 4 considers not only the conference room reservation information but also the actual entrance / exit status of the user in the conference room and the room, and the conference room and the room. Control on / off of the equipment installed in the.

  Specifically, the device control system 4 turns off the device in the conference room when there is no user in the conference room even during the usage time of the conference room indicated by the reservation information. Therefore, useless power consumption can be prevented when the conference ends earlier than scheduled.

  In addition, when there is a user who has returned from the conference room to the room during the usage time of the conference room indicated by the reservation information, the device control system 4 turns on at least the device related to the user in the room. Further, the device control system 4 turns off the device related to the user in the room if the user who has reserved the conference room is in the room even after the use start time of the meeting room indicated by the reservation information has elapsed. Don't make it. Therefore, even if it is during the scheduled meeting time, if the user who has reserved the conference room is in the room for some reason, the necessary work can be done by making the equipment related to the user available. Prevent inconveniences such as not being able to.

[Modification]
In the above example, the air-conditioning / lighting device in the living room 2 is configured to be able to be turned on / off for each user or for several groups, but for each user or for several groups. When a plurality of rooms are prepared, the device control system 4 may turn on / off the devices for each room. On the other hand, when only the integrated on / off control for the devices set in the living room 2 can be performed, the device control system 4 may perform the on / off control for the entire living room 2.

  In addition, when the air conditioner set in the living room 2 can only perform integrated on / off control, the device control system 4 grasps the number of people in the living room 2, and for example, as the number of people in the living room 2 increases, It may be controlled so as to weaken the air conditioner as the number of people in the room 2 decreases.

  In the above device control process, for example, in steps S16, S18, S21, etc., the device control system 4 determines that no one is in the conference room 1 or the living room 2 based on the entrance / exit information. Instead, a human sensor may be provided in the conference room 1 or the living room 2, and it may be determined that there is no one in the conference room 1 or the living room 2 when the human sensor does not detect a person for a predetermined time. Furthermore, when entering / leaving information and detection by a human sensor are used together, and both of them indicate the absence of a person, it may be determined that no one is present.

1 Conference room 2 Living room 3 Entrance / exit management system 4 Device control system 5 Conference room reservation management system 11, 12 IC card reader / writer 31 Entrance / exit database

Claims (6)

A device control system for controlling devices installed in conference rooms and living rooms,
Reservation information acquisition means for acquiring conference room reservation information;
Entrance / exit information acquisition means for acquiring entrance / exit information including the ID of the user in the conference room and the room and the entrance / exit of the user and the occupancy status;
Control means for controlling on / off of the devices installed in the conference room and the living room based on the reservation information and the entrance / exit information ,
The room is configured such that a plurality of areas are set for each group of one or more users, and the device can be controlled for each of the plurality of areas.
In the living room, the control means turns on a device in an area where at least one user is present among the plurality of areas, and turns off a device in an area where no user is present .   2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit turns off the equipment in the conference room when there is no user in the conference room even during the use time of the conference room indicated by the reservation information. The device control system described.   The control means turns on at least a device related to the user in the room when there is a user who has returned from the conference room to the room during the use time of the meeting room indicated by the reservation information. The apparatus control system according to claim 1 or 2.   The said control means does not turn off the apparatus regarding the said user of a living room, when there is a user in a living room even if the use start time of the meeting room which the said reservation information passes passes. The device control system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. A device control program executed by a device control system that controls devices installed in a conference room and a living room,
Reservation information acquisition means for acquiring conference room reservation information,
Entrance / exit information acquisition means for acquiring entrance / exit information including the ID of the user in the conference room and the room and the entrance / exit of the user and the occupancy status;
Based on the reservation information and the entrance / exit information, the device control system functions as a control unit that controls on / off of devices installed in a conference room and a living room ,
The room is configured such that a plurality of areas are set for each group of one or more users, and the device can be controlled for each of the plurality of areas.
In the room, the control means turns on a device in an area where at least one user is present among the plurality of areas, and turns off a device in an area where no user is present . An equipment control system,
An entrance / exit management system for managing entrance / exit of users in conference rooms and living rooms;
An equipment control system for controlling equipment installed in the conference room and living room;
A conference room reservation management system for managing conference room reservation status and actual use status,
The device control system includes:
Reservation information acquisition means for acquiring reservation information of a conference room from the conference room reservation management system;
From the entrance / exit management system, entrance / exit information acquisition means for acquiring entrance / exit information including IDs of users in conference rooms and living rooms, and entrance / exit of the users and occupancy status;
Control means for controlling on / off of the devices installed in the conference room and the living room based on the reservation information and the entrance / exit information ,
The room is configured such that a plurality of areas are set for each group of one or more users, and the device can be controlled for each of the plurality of areas.
In the living room, the control means turns on a device in an area where at least one user is present among the plurality of areas, and turns off a device in an area where no user is present .

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