JP6101157B2 - Incentive grant system - Google Patents

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an incentive provision system.

  There is a technology called demand response as an approach on the consumer side when power demand is tight.

  The demand response is intended to limit the use of electric power on the consumer side based on a request from a power management company, a business such as a power aggregator, etc. for the purpose of suppressing the demand peak when the demand is tight and leveling the load.

  A system that realizes a demand response by requesting a consumer who has a contract with an operator as described above to accept the restrictions on the use of power and giving the customer an incentive to comply with the request. Has been developed.

JP 2012-196052 A

  However, when a demand for response is requested from a railway company or a transportation company by an operator, and the use of station equipment such as energy-saving air-conditioning or energy-saving lighting is restricted, the station user is less comfortable than usual. However, the conventional system cannot give incentives to station users.

  Therefore, in order to solve these problems, an embodiment of the present invention provides an incentive provision system that can provide an incentive to a station user at the time of restriction of power use of a station facility.

  In order to achieve the above object, the incentive provision system according to the embodiment includes a command for acquiring, via a network, a power limit time for limiting power use of station equipment at a station and a total value of incentives for the power use limit. An acquisition unit; unique identification information stored in an identification information holding unit possessed by a user of the station; a boarding / exiting information acquisition unit for acquiring a bid time and a bid time of the identification information holding unit; and the identification information Every time from the bid time to the bid time, a total time calculation unit that calculates a total time that overlaps the power limit time, a total value of the incentive acquired by the command acquisition unit, and the total time calculation An incentive calculating unit that calculates an incentive for each identification information based on the total time calculated by the unit; A.

The whole block diagram which shows the relationship between the incentive provision system which concerns on 1st Embodiment, and a peripheral device. The block diagram which shows the structure of the incentive provision system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The block diagram which shows the structure of the memory | storage part of the incentive provision system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. An example of the table stored in boarding / alighting information DB of the incentive provision system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. An example of the table stored in incentive information DB of the incentive provision system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the incentive provision system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The whole block diagram which shows the relationship between the incentive provision system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment, and a peripheral device. The block diagram which shows the structure of the memory | storage part of the incentive provision system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. An example of the table stored in the purchase information DB of the incentive provision system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the incentive provision system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

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

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing the relationship between an incentive provision system and peripheral devices according to the first embodiment.

  The incentive provision system 1 is connected to the ticket gate 3 via the transmission path 2a.

  The identification information holding means 4 stores unique identification information therein and transmits the identification information. Examples of the identification information holding means 4 include terminal devices such as an IC card and a mobile phone.

  The ticket gates 3 are installed in the station, and each ticket gate 3 shown in FIG. 1 may be a ticket gate in the same station, or may be a ticket gate in a different station.

  Each ticket gate 3 reads the identification information transmitted from the identification information holding unit 4 when the identification information holding unit 4 possessed by the station user enters the readable range of the ticket gate 3. At this time, each ticket gate 3 transmits the identification information of the identification information holding means 4 and the bidding time or the withdrawal time of the identification information holding means 4 to the incentive provision system 1 via the transmission path 2a.

  Moreover, the incentive provision system 1 is connected with the terminal device 5 via the transmission line 2b.

  The terminal device 5 is a terminal device such as a personal computer, a smartphone, or a tablet terminal of a station user who possesses the identification information holding unit 4.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the incentive provision system according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the incentive provision system 1 includes an arithmetic processing unit 101, a communication IF (interface) 102, and a storage unit 103. In addition, an IF for mounting an external storage device such as a USB memory may be provided.

  The arithmetic processing unit 101 is a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that reads out each program stored in the storage unit 103 and performs arithmetic processing. A plurality of arithmetic processing units 101 may be provided depending on functions. Moreover, you may provide the built-in memory.

  The communication IF 102 is a communication device and communication means for exchanging data with the ticket gate 3 and the terminal device 5 via the transmission paths 2a and 2b.

  The storage unit 103 is a non-volatile storage device such as a hard disk drive (HDD) or storage means. In addition, a semiconductor memory such as a flash memory may be used without being limited to the nonvolatile storage unit, or a storage medium in which the semiconductor memory and the HDD are combined may be used.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the storage unit of the incentive provision system according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the storage unit 103 includes a command acquisition program 201, a boarding / alighting information acquisition program 202, a boarding / alighting information DB (Data base) 203, and a total time calculation program used for processing in the arithmetic processing unit 101 204, an incentive calculation program 205, an incentive information DB 206, an incentive information update program 207, and an incentive information output program 208 are stored.

  The command acquisition program 201 is a command acquisition unit that causes the arithmetic processing unit 101 to execute a function of acquiring a demand response command (DR command) via the communication IF 102.

  The DR command is a command for requesting restriction of power usage of the station equipment of the station where the ticket gate 3 is installed, and is output from a power management company, a power aggregator, or the like (not shown) via the network.

  Here, the station equipment includes, for example, air conditioning equipment and lighting equipment in the station where the ticket gate 3 is installed, and air conditioning equipment and lighting equipment for trains that arrive at or pass through the station. As an example of the restriction | limiting of electric power utilization, restrict | limiting air-conditioning temperature and illumination of a station installation is mentioned.

  The DR command includes a power limit time that is a time for limiting power use, such as from 10:00 to 16:00, and a total value of incentives given to station users for the power use limit.

  Incentives are rewards for station users, and include, for example, amounts (including electronic money) and points.

  The boarding / alighting information acquisition program 202 is a boarding / alighting information acquisition unit that causes the arithmetic processing unit 101 to execute a function of acquiring boarding / alighting information from the ticket gate 3 via the communication IF 102 and a function of recording the acquired boarding / alighting information in the boarding / alighting information DB 203. .

  Here, the boarding / alighting information includes the identification information of the identification information holding means 4, the bidding time and the billing time, and are stored in the boarding / alighting information DB 203 in association with each other as shown in FIG. 4.

  Since the identification information is unique to the identification information holding means 4, when the identification information matches, it represents the same station user, and when the identification information is different, it represents a different station user.

  The total time calculation program 204 calculates a function for calculating the total time that overlaps the power limit time from the bid time to the billing time for each identification information of the identification information holding means 4 acquired by the getting-on / off information acquisition program 202. This is a total time calculation unit to be executed by the unit 101.

  The incentive calculation program 205 calculates the incentive for each identification information of the identification information holding unit 4 based on the total value of the incentive acquired by the command acquisition program 201 and the total time calculated by the total time calculation program 204. Is an incentive calculation unit that causes the arithmetic processing unit 101 to execute

  In the incentive information DB 206, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, the identification information of the identification information holding means 4 and the accumulated incentive that is the accumulated value of the incentive so far are stored in association with each other.

  The incentive information update program 207 includes a function for calculating a new cumulative incentive by adding the incentive calculated by the incentive calculation program 205 and the cumulative incentive stored in the incentive information DB 206, and the new cumulative incentive to the incentive information. This is an incentive information updating unit that causes the arithmetic processing unit 101 to execute a function of writing to the DB 206 and updating the incentive information DB 206.

  The incentive information output program 208 is an incentive information output unit that causes the arithmetic processing unit 101 to execute a function of outputting a new cumulative incentive calculated by the incentive information update program 207 to the terminal device 5 via the communication IF 102.

  Next, the operation of each component will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the incentive provision system according to the first embodiment.

  The command acquisition program 201 acquires a DR command via the communication IF 102 (step S301).

  For example, the total value of the power limitation time for limiting the power usage from 10:00 to 16:00 and the incentive given to the station user for the power usage limitation is acquired.

  The boarding / alighting information acquisition program 202 acquires boarding / alighting information from the ticket gate 3 via the communication IF 102 (step S302).

  Moreover, the boarding / alighting information acquisition program 202 records the acquired boarding / alighting information in boarding / alighting information DB203 (step S303).

  The total time calculation program 204 calculates, for each identification information of the identification information holding means 4 acquired by the getting-on / off information acquisition program 202, a total time that overlaps the power limit time from the bid time to the bid time (step S304). .

  Here, the case where the power limit time acquired by the command acquisition program 201 is from 10:00 to 16:00 and the boarding / alighting information acquired by the boarding / alighting information acquisition program 202 is as shown in FIG. 4 is taken as an example. Take.

  In the identification information “1”, the time overlapping with the power limit time from the bid time to the bid time is 30 minutes from 10:00 to 10:30 and 20 minutes from 13:40 to 14:00. That is, since the total time is 50 minutes, the total time in the identification information “1” is calculated as 50 minutes.

  In the identification information “2”, the time overlapping with the power limit time from the bid time to the billing time is 120 minutes from 11:00 to 13:00. That is, the total time in the identification information “2” is calculated as 120 minutes.

  In the identification information “3”, the time overlapping with the power limit time from the bid time to the bid time is 35 minutes from 10:10 to 10:45 and 60 minutes from 15:00 to 16:00. That is, since the total time is 95 minutes, the total time in the identification information “3” is calculated as 95 minutes.

  The incentive calculation program 205 calculates an incentive for each identification information of the identification information holding unit 4 based on the total value of the incentive acquired by the command acquisition program 201 and the total time calculated by the total time calculation program 204 ( Step S305).

Specifically, the total value of incentives acquired by the command acquisition program 201 is I _all , and the total time calculated by the total time calculation program 204 is t _i (i = 1, 2, 3,..., N). Then, the incentive I _i for each piece of identification information is calculated by the formulas (1) and (2).

  Here, n is the number of identification information stored in the boarding / alighting information DB 203. However, the same identification information is counted as 1. That is, n represents the number of station users.

I _i = t _i × α (1)

However, α in Equations (1) and (2) has an upper limit, and the upper limit can be set as appropriate by the operator of the station where the ticket gate 3 is installed.

  The incentive information update program 207 calculates a new cumulative incentive by adding the incentive calculated by the incentive calculation program 205 and the cumulative incentive stored in the incentive information DB 206 (step S306).

  The incentive information update program 207 writes the calculated new cumulative incentive in the incentive information DB 206 and updates the incentive information DB 206 (step S307).

  The incentive information output program 208 outputs the new cumulative incentive calculated by the incentive information update program 207 to the terminal device 5 via the communication IF 102 (step S308).

  As explained above, according to the incentive provision system which concerns on 1st Embodiment, the incentive can be provided to the station user who utilized the said station at the time of restriction | limiting of the electric power use of a station facility.

  Further, since the accumulated incentive is output to the terminal device 5 such as the station user's personal computer, smartphone, tablet terminal or the like by the incentive information output program 208, the station user contributes to the restriction on the power use of the station facility through the terminal device 5. The degree can be confirmed.

(Second Embodiment)
The configuration of the second embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same part as 1st Embodiment is shown with the same code | symbol, and description is abbreviate | omitted.

  FIG. 7 is an overall configuration diagram showing the relationship between an incentive provision system and peripheral devices according to the second embodiment.

  The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a register 6 is provided.

  The register 6 is installed in a store in the station premises, and is connected to the incentive provision system 1 through the transmission path 2c. In FIG. 7, only one register 6 is shown, but a plurality of registers 6 may be installed.

  The register 6 reads the identification information of the identification information holding means 4 when the station user purchases the goods with the identification information holding means 4, and the identification information of the identification information holding means 4, the purchase price of the goods and the purchase The time is transmitted to the incentive provision system 1 via the transmission line 2c.

  Here, the identification information holding means 4 may be a credit card or an IC card of a bus company.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the storage unit of the incentive provision system according to the second embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the storage unit 103 includes a command acquisition program 201, a purchase information acquisition program 401, a purchase information DB 402, a time determination program 403, an incentive calculation program 404, an incentive used for processing in the arithmetic processing unit 101. An information DB 206, an incentive information update program 207, and an incentive information output program 208 are stored.

  The purchase information acquisition program 401 is a purchase information acquisition unit that causes the arithmetic processing unit 101 to execute a function of acquiring purchase information from the register 6 via the communication IF 102 and a function of recording the acquired purchase information in the purchase information DB 402.

  Here, the purchase information includes the identification information of the identification information holding unit 4, the purchase price and the purchase time of the product purchased by the identification information holding unit 4, and is associated with the purchase information DB 402 as shown in FIG. Stored.

  The time determination program 403 is a time determination unit that causes the arithmetic processing unit 101 to execute a function of determining whether or not the purchase time acquired by the purchase information acquisition program 401 is within the power limit time.

  The incentive calculation program 404 calculates an incentive for each identification information of the identification information holding unit 4 based on the total value of incentives acquired by the command acquisition program 201 and the purchase amount acquired by the purchase information acquisition program 401. Is an incentive calculation unit that causes the arithmetic processing unit 101 to execute

  Next, the operation will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the incentive provision system according to the second embodiment.

  The purchase information acquisition program 401 acquires purchase information from the register 6 via the communication IF 102 (step S501).

  Further, the purchase information acquisition program 401 records the acquired purchase information in the purchase information DB 402 (step S502).

  The time determination program 403 determines whether or not the purchase time acquired by the purchase information acquisition program 401 is within the power limit time (step S503).

  For example, when the power limit time acquired by the command acquisition program 201 is from 10:00 to 16:00, it is determined that the purchase time is 11:00 and within the power limit time, and if it is 18:00, the power limit time It is determined to be outside.

  The incentive calculation program 404, when the time determination program 403 determines that the purchase time is within the power limit time (YES in step S503), the incentive total value acquired by the command acquisition program 201 and the purchase information acquisition program Based on the purchase amount acquired in 401, an incentive for each piece of identification information in the identification information holding means 4 is calculated (step S504).

Specifically, the total value of incentives acquired by the command acquisition program 201 is I _all , and the purchase amount acquired by the purchase information acquisition program 401 is _Pi (i = 1, 2, 3,..., K). Then, the incentive I _i for each piece of identification information is calculated according to equations (3) and (4).

  Here, k is the number of identification information of the identification information holding means 4 for which the product was purchased from the register 6 within the power limit time, that is, the station user who purchased the product with the identification information holding means 4 within the power limit time. Is the number of

Also, the purchase information acquisition program 401 by when multiple purchase amount is acquired within power limit time for one identification information, their total value is used as the P _i.

I _i = P _i × β (3)

However, in Equations (1) and (2), there is an upper limit, and the upper limit can be set as appropriate by the operator of the station where the register 6 is installed.

  As described above, according to the incentive provision system according to the second embodiment, when the power use of the station facility is restricted, the incentive is given to the station user who purchased the product at the store in the station premises. Can do.

  If there is a record of shopping by the identification information holding means 4 in the building during the power suppression time period, an incentive can be given to the user of the identification information holding means 4 by the same mechanism.

  The accumulated incentive calculated by the incentive information update program 207 may be configured to be browsed by the station user operating the terminal device 5 and accessing the incentive provision system 1.

  The programs executed in the incentive provision system 1 of each embodiment described above, the boarding / exiting information DB 203, the incentive information DB 206, and the purchase information DB 402 are files of an installable format or an executable format, and are a CD-ROM and a flexible disk (FD). , CD-R, DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), and the like may be recorded on a computer-readable storage medium and provided.

  Further, the program executed in the incentive provision system 1 of each of the above-described embodiments, the boarding / exiting information DB 203, the incentive information DB 206, and the purchase information DB 402 are stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and downloaded via the network. It may be configured to be provided, or various programs may be executed by the computer, and the incentive provision system 1 may acquire the execution result via a network such as the Internet.

  However, various functions and processing procedures described in each embodiment may be realized by hardware.

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments have been presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the invention described in the claims and equivalents thereof in the same manner as included in the scope and gist of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Incentive provision system 2a, 2b, 2c ... Transmission path 3a, 3b, 3c ... Ticket gate 4 ... Identification information holding means 5 ... Terminal apparatus 6 ... Register 101 ... Arithmetic processing part 102 ... Communication IF
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 103 ... Memory | storage part 201 ... Command acquisition program 202 ... Boarding / alighting information acquisition program 203 ... Boarding / alighting information DB (Data Base: database)
204 ... Total time calculation program 205, 404 ... Incentive calculation program 206 ... Incentive information DB
207 ... Incentive information update program 208 ... Incentive information output program 401 ... Purchase information acquisition program 402 ... Purchase information DB
403 ... Time determination program

Claims (3)

A command acquisition unit for acquiring, via a network, a power limit time for limiting power usage of station equipment at a station and a total value of incentives for the power usage limit;
Unique identification information stored in the identification information holding means possessed by the user of the station, a boarding / alighting information acquisition unit for acquiring a bid time and a billing time of the identification information holding means,
For each of the identification information, a total time calculation unit that calculates a total time that overlaps the power limit time from the bid time to the bid time,
An incentive provision system comprising: an incentive calculation unit that calculates an incentive for each identification information based on the total value of the incentive acquired by the command acquisition unit and the total time calculated by the total time calculation unit. A command acquisition unit for acquiring, via a network, a power limit time for limiting power usage of station equipment at a station and a total value of incentives for the power usage limit;
Unique identification information stored in the identification information holding means possessed by the user of the station, from the register installed in the store on the premises of the station, the purchase price for purchasing the product by the identification information holding means, and A purchase information acquisition unit for acquiring a purchase time;
For each of the identification information, a time determination unit that determines whether the purchase time acquired by the purchase information acquisition unit is within the power limit time;
When the time determination unit determines that the purchase time is within the power limit time, the total value of the incentive acquired by the command acquisition unit and the purchase amount acquired by the purchase information acquisition unit And an incentive calculating unit that calculates an incentive for each piece of identification information. An incentive information update unit that calculates a cumulative value of the incentive based on the incentive calculated by the incentive calculation unit;
The incentive information output unit according to claim 1, further comprising: an incentive information output unit that outputs the cumulative value calculated by the incentive information update unit to a terminal device of a user having the identification information holding unit. .

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