JP6146939B2 - Power saving action induction system and method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a power saving action induction system and a method thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to a power saving action induction system and method for inducing a user's power saving action for power saving of home electric appliances.

  Since last year, various power-saving activities have begun in various places to make up for the power shortage caused by the shutdown of nuclear power plants. There are 52 million households across Japan, and these households are said to account for 25% to 35% of peak electricity. For this reason, you can go shopping without using the highest peak air conditioner (nearly 60%) at home from 1 pm to 4 pm on weekdays, especially during peak hours in summer, or cool off at a nearby coffee shop or restaurant. A campaign such as shopping while walking in a shopping mall or the like has been promoted (see Non-Patent Document 1).

  On the other hand, in the patent literature, various systems for supporting energy saving activities including power saving have been proposed. For example, in Patent Document 1, when an action history outside the home is recorded on an IC card, and the IC card is held over an IC card reader / writer, the recorded action history information is read, and information on greenhouse gas reduction is stored at home. A CO2 emission amount or reduction amount management device displayed on a display connected to the home controller is described. In Patent Document 2, a power saving request mail is distributed to a mobile phone registered in advance through an electric power company or a local government, and the energy saving action taken by a power consumer is recorded on a server and converted into a point. A system that accumulates cashbacks and points in the organization and sends specific alarms via e-mail to relevant people's mobile phones when specific forecasts of power consumption or CO2 emissions exceed target values Is described.

Environmental Business Online, “Outing Power Saving Campaign”, [ONLINE], [March 10, 2013 search], Internet <URL: http://www.kankyo-business.jp/column/002845.php>

JP 2012-38234 A JP 2013-16137 A

  However, in the management device described in Patent Document 1 above, as an example of managing CO2 reduction outside the home, (1) boarding history information on IC card tickets, (2) purchased using an electronic money card Carbon footprint of products (a mechanism for converting CO2 emissions of greenhouse gases emitted throughout the entire life cycle from procurement of raw materials for products and services to disposal / recycling and displaying them in an easy-to-understand manner on products and services) (3) Usage history of EV (Electronic Vehicle) user card is described, but only by providing the user with information on CO2 emission or reduction, actions related to power saving, especially in and outside the home It does not directly promote the power-saving behavior.

  In addition, the system described in Patent Document 2 prompts the user to save energy by delivering a simultaneous power saving request mail, which is useful for reducing power at peak power, but for reducing power at times other than peak power. Is unlikely to contribute much. Power reduction during peak power is very important to avoid large-scale power outages in advance, while reducing total power usage is also important. Currently, the power shortage due to the shutdown of the nuclear power plant is compensated by full operation of the thermal power plant, but it is also pointed out that the wealth of the country is lost on the order of several trillion yen every year due to the increase in fuel costs.

  Therefore, in the present invention, in view of the problems as described above, not only the power saving behavior at the peak power but also the power saving behavior other than the peak power is promoted. It is an object of the present invention to provide a power saving action induction system and method that can also enjoy the merit of action.

  In order to solve the above problems, the power saving action induction system of the present invention provides the following solution.

(1) A power saving action induction system for a user who uses a card, wherein a card company server that manages the use of the card acquires the power usage amount of the home appliance of the user and records it as home appliance energization information Home appliance energization information acquisition unit, purchase information acquisition unit that acquires purchase information including purchase date and time and purchase place when the user purchases a product or service using a card, and records as purchase history, the purchase Based on the history, the user's behavior is estimated for each day, and the user behavior estimation unit that records as a user behavior record, and the power saving behavior taken by the user is evaluated based on the home appliance energization information and the user behavior record and, a user incentive determination unit that determines an incentive to grant to the user in accordance with the evaluation, the power from the system power company or government A power supply information acquisition unit for acquiring power supply information, and the user incentive determination unit, when there is a power saving request in the information acquired by the power supply information acquisition unit, It is characterized in that the evaluation is taken into account when the time period in which power is reduced at home matches .

According to said structure, a card company server acquires the electric power usage of a user's home from the electric power usage detector in a household, etc., and records it in DB or a memory | storage part as household appliance energization information. When a user purchases a product using a card, purchase information including a purchase date and time and a purchase place is acquired and recorded in the purchase history. And based on this purchase history, a user's action about purchase with a card is estimated every day, and it records on a user action record. Then, the card company server evaluates the household power saving amount and the purchase behavior of the card taken by the user based on the home appliance energization information and the user behavior record, and gives an incentive (privilege) to the user according to the evaluation. To decide. Further, the card company server includes a power supply information acquisition unit that acquires power supply information from a power company or local government system, and the user incentive determination unit saves power in the information acquired by the power supply information acquisition unit. In the case where there is a request, if the time zone for requesting power saving matches the time zone during which power was reduced in the home, the evaluation is taken into consideration.

In this way, cardholders can check the power consumption of their homes, turn off their home appliances, go out for shopping, etc. If you can check the purchase history with a card), you can receive an incentive such as a point from a card company. Therefore, further power saving behavior of the user can be induced. In addition, if there is a request from an electric power company or local government during peak power, a greater incentive can be received if power is saved at home during the power saving request period.

  (2) In the configuration of (1), the user incentive determination unit is based on a facility point table storing facility points predetermined according to the energy saving contribution degree of the facility or place where the user uses the card. And taking account of the above evaluation.

  According to said structure, the energy-saving degree (electric power consumption) of the facility which the user shopped with the card | curd, or the place itself can be considered in evaluation of power-saving action. In this way, the user can not only save electricity in his / her home, but also select a facility or place with low power consumption (place with a lot of natural environment) as a place to go and use the card in the vicinity. , Receive greater incentives.

  (3) In the configuration of (2), the user incentive determining unit is based on a moving means point table that is predetermined according to the energy saving contribution degree of the moving means when the user visits the facility or the place. , Added to the evaluation.

  According to said structure, in this evaluation, the energy-saving degree of the moving means itself from the home to the facility and place which purchased with the card | curd can also be considered. Therefore, when going out for shopping, the more incentives can be received, the more the transportation means that does not use electricity as much as possible, such as walking or cycling.

(4) In the configuration of (1), the purchase information acquisition unit acquires the purchase information from a vending machine, an automatic ticket gate, or a toll gate on a highway connected via a network.

  According to the above configuration, if you purchase products and services using cards at vending machines, automatic ticket gates, and highway tolls connected to the network, you can make purchases in the same way as at merchant stores. Since the history remains, the outing behavior can be estimated without using location information or the like. This is effective when there are no member stores around the park.

(5) A power saving action induction method for a user who uses a card, wherein a card company server that manages the use of the card acquires the power usage amount of the home electric appliance of the user's home and records it as electric home appliance energization information Acquiring purchase information including purchase date and time and purchase place when the user purchases a product or service using a card, and storing the purchase information as a purchase history based on the purchase history. estimated for each action day and recording the user action record, the before and SL Appliances current information based on a user action record, and evaluate the power saving actions taken of the user, to the user in response to the evaluation determining an incentive to grant, acquiring power supply information from the system power company or municipal, the acquired power supply If there is a power-saving request in the information, and characterized in that the time zone was a power reduction in the home and time period of the power-saving request is if it meets, it executes the steps of adding to the evaluation To do.

The configuration of the above (5) regards the power saving behavior induction system of (1) as an invention of a method for inducing power saving behavior, and has the same effects as the invention of (1).

(6) A method for inducing power-saving behavior for a user who uses a card, when the card company server that manages the use of the card purchases a product or service using the card, Acquiring the purchase information including the location and storing it as a purchase history, estimating the user's behavior every day based on the purchase history, and recording it as a user behavior record, and executing the card company The server or the power service provider server acquires the power usage amount of the household electrical appliances of the user and records it as household appliance energization information, and based on the household appliance energization information and the user action record, were evaluated power saving actions, determining an incentive to grant to the user in response to the evaluation, the power company or municipal sheet The power supply information from the system, and when there is a power saving request in the acquired power supply information, the time zone of the power saving request matches the time zone where the power was reduced in the home And a step of adding to the evaluation .

The configuration of (6) above regards the power saving action induction system of (1) or the power saving action induction method of (5) as the invention of the power saving action induction method in the embodiment using the server of the power service provider. Yes, there are the same effects as the invention of (1) or (5) .
Further, the power saving action induction system of (1) may have the following configuration (7).
(7) A power saving action induction system for a user who uses a card, wherein a card company server that manages the use of the card acquires the power usage amount of the home appliance of the user and records it as home appliance energization information Home appliance energization information acquisition unit, purchase information acquisition unit that acquires purchase information including purchase date and time and purchase place when the user purchases a product or service using a card, and records as purchase history, the purchase Based on the history, the user's behavior, going out time, returning time, going out time, moving means, moving time, and facility stay time are estimated for each day, and recorded as a user behavior record, the home appliance Based on the energization information and the user action record, the power saving action taken by the user is evaluated, and an incentive to be given to the user is determined according to the evaluation. And a user incentive determination unit, characterized in that it comprises.

  According to the present invention, power saving behavior induction that promotes power saving behavior at peak power and power saving behavior at times other than peak power, so that each individual in the home is always conscious of power saving and can also enjoy the benefits of power saving behavior. A system and method thereof can be provided.

It is a figure which shows the basic concept of the power-saving action induction system of this invention. It is a figure which shows the system configuration | structure and functional block of a power-saving action induction system which concern on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the specific example of a purchase history table and a household appliance energization information table. It is a figure which shows the flow of user action estimation. It is a figure which shows the specific example of a user action recording table. It is a figure which shows a user incentive determination flow. It is a figure which shows the specific example of a facility point table and a movement means point table. It is a figure which shows an example of a power saving amount confirmation screen.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the same number or code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same element through the whole description of embodiment. Further, the arrows between the functional blocks indicate the data flow direction or the process flow direction.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a basic concept of a power saving action induction system (hereinafter, this system) according to the present invention. In this system, a power usage detector (smart meter, home controller, power strip, etc.) with a communication function that can detect home appliance energization information including the power usage of home appliances in the home and transmit it to the outside As a user terminal possessed by a card company server, a card member store system, and a card member who is a user, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, etc. (hereinafter simply referred to as a smartphone) is connected to an arbitrary network mainly of the Internet. Connected and communicable.

  In the home appliance energization information, the date of power on / off is recorded for each home appliance or for each power strip to which each home appliance is connected. Similarly, the power consumption (power consumption) is recorded for each home appliance or each power strip. An electric vehicle (EV) consumes electric power during charging, and is therefore treated as a part of home appliances. However, since EV can also function as a storage battery, the amount of electric power used by EV is obtained by subtracting the amount of power supplied to the home as a storage battery from the amount of power required for charging.

  Here, each home appliance or power strip can be connected to a smartphone possessed by the user via a home wireless router. Home appliances that can communicate individually with smartphones are called smartphone-compatible home appliances, and home appliances that cannot communicate with smartphones individually are called non-smartphone-compatible home appliances. It is assumed that a non-smartphone-compatible home appliance is connected to the power tap with the communication function and can communicate with the smartphone indirectly. In addition, it is assumed that the smartphone-compatible home appliance is connected to a normal power strip or outlet without a communication function.

  If the user is a member of a credit card or electronic money card, the home appliance energization information of all home appliances in the user's home is sent to the card company's server on the condition that the user registers for this service. To be set.

  The user's smartphone uses the power usage detectors such as devices, power strips, smart meters, etc. built in each home appliance, the power on / off status of home appliances (including EVs), and the power consumption of the entire home for each time zone The quantity can be acquired and displayed. In particular, in the case of a smartphone compatible home appliance, the power on / off status can be displayed for each product name. In addition, the home appliance can be turned on / off by remote control from a smartphone. Even home appliances that are not compatible with smartphones can grasp the power on / off power usage for each outlet number of the power strip when connected to a power strip with a communication function.

  In addition, the card member store here is a public transport that can use a transportation IC ticket in addition to a member store having an actual store, a member store having a store on the net, and charging an IC ticket. Includes public transport operators that can make payments by card. In addition, when paying with an ETC card at a toll gate on a toll road, the toll gate can also be handled as a card member store. Furthermore, vending machines that can purchase merchandise with a card can also be handled as a kind of member store as long as they are connected to the network and have means for identifying the date and place of purchase.

  The household appliance energization information and the purchase history transmitted to the card company in this way are stored in the database, respectively, and the user's behavior is estimated based on the purchase history information. The estimated behavior is stored in the database as a user behavior record. The action records recorded here include the location and date of purchase of goods or services (hereinafter referred to as goods, etc.), as well as transportation means (train, bus, private car, walking, bicycle, etc.) to the place of purchase. Presumed. And based on this user action record and household appliance energization information, the power saving contribution degree to a user's daily action is evaluated by a predetermined rule, and as a result of the evaluation, in order for the card company to continue the power saving action by the user Some kind of incentive is given. The predetermined rule is based on whether or not a reduction in power consumption in the home has a causal relationship with the behavior of the user using the card inside or outside the home. Further, the energy saving contribution degree of the place where the product etc. is purchased and the energy saving contribution degree of the moving means when moving from the home to the purchase place may be considered.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration and functional blocks of a power saving action induction system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this system, the card company server 10, the member store system 20, the smartphone 30 as a card member user terminal, and the power company / local government system 60 are combined in any network centered on the Internet. Are communicably connected to each other via the network 70 configured as described above. It is assumed that the non-smartphone compatible home appliance 40 is connected to the power tap 42 with a communication function and can communicate with the smartphone 30 indirectly.

  The communication function power tap 42 is connected to the network 70 via a smart meter 45 or a home controller (not shown). The smartphone-compatible home appliance 41 is connected to a power strip 43 without a communication function, but can communicate with the smartphone 30. The smartphone 30 has the dedicated application 31 installed, and can acquire from the power tap 42 with communication function the on / off state and power consumption of the home appliance connected to each outlet of the power tap 42 with communication function. it can. Further, it is possible to remotely operate power on / off for each outlet of the power tap 42 with communication function. Furthermore, it is also possible to directly acquire the smartphone compatible home appliance 41, the power on / off state, and the amount of power used. Such a power tap 42 with a communication function and a smartphone-compatible home appliance have already been commercialized. The acquired home appliance information may be stored in the energization information storage unit 33 of the smartphone 30 and may be appropriately transmitted to the card company server 10 from the smartphone 30 side.

  All the outlets in the home, the power supply tap 42 with communication function, the power supply tap 43 without communication function, and the charging outlet of the EV 50 are supplied with power from the switchboard 44. The smart meter 45 is connected to the power company's power transmission network 46 and constantly monitors the power consumption of the entire household electrical appliances connected to the switchboard 44, and uses the power company's information via the power company's system. Send to the outside. The card company server 10 can acquire information on the amount of power used in the home of the user who is the card member via the system of the power company. Moreover, the card company server 10 can acquire the power on / off information for each home appliance of the communication function power tap 42 or the smartphone-compatible home appliance 41 and the information on the power used for each home appliance.

  Further, the user's smartphone may have a card function. In this case, card authentication information for the card company server is stored in the card information storage unit 32 inside the smartphone. Of course, if the smartphone does not have a card function, a conventional IC card is used. When a user purchases a product or the like at a card member store using a card, the purchase information is sent to a card company server at the time of card authentication or payment, and is recorded as a purchase history for each user.

  Next, the internal configuration of the card company server 10 will be described. In this embodiment, the card company server 10 includes a home appliance energization information acquisition unit 11, a home appliance energization information DB 12, a user purchase information acquisition unit 13, a purchase history DB 14, a user behavior estimation unit 15, a user behavior record DB 16, and a user incentive determination unit 17. And a power supply information acquisition unit 18. Hereinafter, each functional block will be described in order.

  The home appliance energization information acquisition unit 11 acquires the power on / off state of the home appliances in the home and the amount of power used (hereinafter collectively referred to as energization information) from the smart meter 45 or the like. It is desirable that the amount of power used can be acquired for each home appliance as well as the amount of power used by the entire home. The acquired energization information is stored in the home appliance energization information DB 12.

  The user purchase information acquisition unit 13 acquires purchase information when a user shop using a card from the card purchase authentication unit 21 of the member store system 20 and stores the purchase information in the purchase history DB 14. The card purchase authentication unit 21 reads the card information such as the card number, the card holder, the expiration date, etc. from the smartphone 30 storing the card or the card information presented by the user, and after confirming the identity of the user, Or it transmits to the card company server 10 with the information of a service. Details of the data stored in the purchase history DB 14 will be described in detail with reference to the following drawings.

  The user behavior estimation unit 15 reads the purchase history DB 14, estimates the user's daily behavior from the purchase record, and stores it in the user behavior record DB 16 as a user behavior record. The action records estimated here are the date and time of going out, the time to go out, the means for moving to a member store (purchase location) using the card, the travel time, the stay time at the purchase location, and the like. In this behavior estimation, a part of home appliance energization information stored in the home appliance energization information DB 12 or energization information transmitted from the smartphone 30 (power on / off information of a specific home appliance) can also be referred to. Details of the data stored in the user action record DB 16 will be specifically described with reference to the drawings described later.

  The user incentive deciding unit 17 is based on the home appliance energization information DB 12, the user action record DB 16, the facility point table 130, the moving means point table 140, and the power supply information acquired by the power supply information acquiring unit 18. The power saving action taken is evaluated, and incentives such as power saving points are provided to the user according to the evaluation result. This incentive is funded by an increase in commissions due to increased sales from member stores, power saving cooperation from electric power companies, and subsidies from local governments.

  The facility point table 130 represents the degree of energy-saving contribution of a facility or place where the user has gone out for shopping for each facility or place. The moving means point table 140 represents the degree of energy saving contribution of the moving means used by the user for moving to the facility or place as a point for each moving means. Details of the facility point table 130 and the moving means point table 140 will be specifically described with reference to the following drawings.

  The power supply information acquisition unit 18 appropriately acquires the amount of power supply (predicted value and actual value for each day and time zone) from the power company / local government system 60, passes it to the user incentive determination unit 17, and Use power-saving behavior evaluation data. The user incentive determining unit 17 determines that there is a causal relationship if the time zone requested to save power matches the time zone actually saved in the user's home, and evaluates the power saving behavior in the power saving request time zone higher. be able to.

<Second Embodiment>
In the above configuration (referred to as the first embodiment), the energization information is collected on the card company side, but the energization information on one's home may be collected on the smartphone side. Further, the user may access the card company server 10 and acquire the purchase history in his / her smartphone (this configuration is the second embodiment). In this way, a part of the processing of the card company server 10 can be taken over on the smartphone side. Specifically, the smartphone dedicated application 31 can have the functions of the home appliance energization information acquisition unit 11, the user purchase information acquisition unit 13, and the user behavior estimation unit 15. Moreover, the data regarding the said user of the household appliance energization information DB12 of the card company server 10, purchase history DB13, and user action record DB16 can also be given to the memory | storage part by the side of a smart phone. In this way, even if there is data that cannot be automatically acquired on the server side, or the behavior estimated on the server side is partially incorrect, the user can add or correct on the smartphone side. However, it is necessary to send the addition / correction result to the card company server 10 for verification.

<Third embodiment>
Furthermore, as another embodiment (third embodiment), the collection of energization information is not performed by the card company server 10 but by an external power company or a specialized service business (hereinafter collectively referred to as a power service business). The card company server 10 may acquire the energization information from the external server. That is, the home appliance energization information acquisition unit 11 and the home appliance energization information DB 12 exist in the server of the power service provider, and the user behavior estimation unit 15 of the card company server 10 obtains the energization information of the user's home from the power service provider server. It is configured to receive and acquire. Further, the user incentive determining unit 17 may be configured to be placed on the power service provider server. By doing in this way, since the card company server 10 can concentrate on accumulation | storage of purchase history DB14 and user action estimation, a load is reduced greatly. Further, the incentive given to the user can be more flexible and wider than that performed by the card company alone. Therefore, it becomes easy for various card companies to enter this service.

  The functional configuration of the system described above is merely an example, and one functional block (database and function processing unit) may be further divided, or a plurality of functional blocks may be configured as one functional block. . Each function processing unit reads a computer program stored in a storage device such as a ROM (Read Only Memory) or a hard disk by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) built in the device, and executes the computer program executed by the CPU. Realized. That is, in each function processing unit, this computer program reads and writes necessary data such as a table from a database (DB; Data Base) stored in a storage device or a storage area on a memory, and may be related in some cases. This is realized by controlling hardware (for example, an input / output device, a display device, and a communication interface device). Further, the database (DB) in the embodiment of the present invention may be a commercial database, but it simply means a collection of tables and files, and the internal structure of the database itself is not questioned.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating specific examples of the purchase history table and the home appliance energization information table. As shown in the upper part of the figure, the purchase history table 100 includes purchase date and time, purchase store (purchase place), purchased product (or service), and purchase price. Purchase information is divided for each day as indicated by reference numerals 101 to 104.

  Purchase stores include general merchant stores, vending machines that can be purchased with cards, ticket gates at stations, bus toll machines, airport counters, toll road toll gates, ship ticket sales offices, etc. included. Further, it is assumed that the purchase store includes information that can specify the location of the store. When purchased at a store on the Internet, it may be regarded as purchased from a home PC. However, when purchasing with a smartphone with a card function, the location information of the smartphone at that time may be used.

  As shown in the lower part of FIG. 3, the home appliance energization information table 110 includes power on time, off time, energization time, and power consumption of home appliances as energization information. The energization information is divided for each day as indicated by reference numerals 111 to 114. For home appliances without a communication function, the outlet number of the power strip is recorded in the home appliance column. The power consumption is calculated from the energization time and the rated power consumption of the home appliance when the actual measurement value cannot be acquired. When a power strip whose power consumption cannot be measured for each outlet number is used, the power consumption of the entire home appliance connected to the power strip is recorded. These energization information is totaled for each time zone. You may enable it to total for every room in a home. The sum of the power consumption of each home appliance finally becomes the power consumption of the entire home. When the smart meter is already installed, the power consumption of the entire home can be obtained more accurately.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a user behavior estimation flow. It is possible to estimate to some extent the user's behavior from the purchase history including the purchase date and time and purchase place information. Here, a processing flow when the user behavior estimation unit 15 (see FIG. 2) estimates a user behavior from the purchase history table 100 will be described.

  First, in step S10, the user behavior estimating unit 15 reads the purchase history table 100 from the user behavior recording DB 16. If there is purchase information for that day (step S11: Y), the processing after step S12 is performed. If there is no purchase information for that day, a blank is recorded in the day column of the user action record in step S26. In other words, the day when purchase information is not recorded at all is not the target of the power saving action handled by this system.

  If purchase information is recorded, it is checked in step S12 whether the purchase destination is an online shop. If it is a net shop, in step S13, the home appliance energization information table 110 of the day is read, and then in step S14, it is determined whether or not the home PC (personal computer) designated in advance has been turned on at the time of purchase. To check. If the home PC is not on, the process proceeds to step S16, and it is estimated that the net shop is used on the go. If it is determined in step S14 that the home PC is on, it is presumed that the home PC was purchased at a net shop while staying at home (step S15).

  This is because if you use a PC at home and shop with a card on the net, the purchase history will remain, so if you do power saving at home on the same day, it will be evaluated as power saving action without going out. This is so that it can be received. At that time, if the home PC is designated in the home appliance energization information in advance, it can be easily confirmed that the shopping is at home from the power on / off state of the PC. Of course, when a user uses a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a mobile PC, or the like for shopping at home, the shopping at home may be estimated using position information acquired by GPS or the like. In addition, if a distinction can be made between shopping at home and shopping on the go, services such as making a difference in benefits are possible. For example, a user who frequently goes out provides points advantageous to outdoor products, and a user who often stays at home provides points advantageous to indoor products.

  After the process of step S15, the process returns to step S11 to check whether there is another purchase information of the day. In addition, the process of step S13-step S15, when a user purchases using a smartphone, the location information of the smartphone is transmitted as purchase information at the time of card authentication. You can also estimate whether it is a purchase.

  Step S17 and subsequent steps are processing when it is estimated that the purchase is made on the go. First, in step S17, it is checked whether the purchase information on the day includes the use of a parking lot or the use of a toll gate. If either one is used, the moving means is determined to be a car (step S22). At that time, it is also possible to distinguish between a passenger car and a motorcycle from information on usage fees and usage facilities. When the user travels by piggybacking on another person's car, the user's ETC card is installed in the ETC on-board unit of the car, or in the case of an ETC on-board unit that can mount two ETC cards, the vehicle You can estimate the user's going out in the car (you can also pay a toll) if you try to install and use your ETC card together with your own ETC card.

  If it is determined that the moving means is a car, in step S23, from the record of the entrance time and the exit time of the parking lot or toll booth, to some extent estimate the time of going out from home and the time of going home when going out by car. Can do. For example, the pre-registered average travel time from your home to the nearest toll booth is 15 minutes, the entrance time at the entrance toll gate on the outbound route is 9:00, the departure time at the exit toll gate is 10:00, and on the return trip If the entrance time of the toll gate is 17:15 and the departure time is 18:15, it can be estimated that the going-out time is around 8:45 and the return time is around 18:30. Also, the travel time and the stay time at the travel destination can be estimated at the same time.

  When the moving means is not a car (step S17: N), in step S18, it is checked whether the purchase information includes information on purchasing a public transport ticket. If a ticket is purchased, it is determined in step S24 that the transportation means is a public transportation such as a train or a bus. In step S25, the time of going out and returning home is estimated from the boarding time and the getting off time, and the average travel time from home to the boarding station or bus stop.

  If it is determined in step S18 that the moving means is not public transportation, it is determined that walking or bicycle is the moving means (step S19). In this case, in step S20, from the purchase location of the product, the purchase time, and the average travel time on foot from home (if the use of bicycle can be determined by the use of bicycle parking, etc., the average travel time from home to bicycle) Estimate time to go out and time to go home.

  After the travel location, travel means, outing time, and return home time are estimated in this way, in step S21, the stay time of the store or the like that is the purchase location is estimated. Then, returning to step S21, if there is no other purchase information for the day, in step S26, the user's going-out time, return time, moving means, moving time, and staying time at the facility on the day will be described below. Create and record a recording table.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of the user action record table created in this way. The user action record table 120 shown in the figure records, for each date, the estimated user action, outing time, return time, outing time, moving means, moving time, and facility stay time. If there is no going out, it will be recorded as “all day” in the action column. However, regardless of whether or not he / she has gone out, nothing is recorded in the user action record table 120 when there is no card purchase record. For example, when you stayed at home all day, you went out on foot or by bicycle, but you did not purchase anything with a card.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a user incentive determination flow. The user incentive is a privilege given by the card company such as a power saving point to a power saving action performed by the user. The illustrated flowchart is a process in which the user incentive determining unit 17 of the card company server 10 determines an incentive to be given to a certain user.

  In step S <b> 30, the user incentive determination unit 17 reads the already-described home appliance energization information table 110 and the user action record table 120. Next, in step S31, the average power consumption at the user's home in the past predetermined period (for example, one week in the same period of last year) is calculated as a reference value. This is because the extracted average power consumption is used as a reference value, and the increase or decrease in the power consumption on the evaluation target day is examined.

  Next, in step S32, it is checked whether or not the power usage amount on the day is equal to or less than a reference value. If it exceeds the reference value, in step S40, the power saving point is set to minus according to the excess amount, and the process proceeds to step S39. If it is below the reference value (step S32: Y), in step S33, it is checked whether or not the user has gone out on that day with reference to the user action record table 120. If there is no evidence that the user has gone out, the process proceeds to step S41, and a power saving point P (Σ (Km × Tm)) is calculated from the average power reduction amount Km per unit time and the reduction time Tm. Here, if the time zone is every hour, m is 24. Km is positive if it is lower than the reference value and negative if it is higher than the reference value.

  Next, in step S33, if there is a sign that the user has gone out on the day, in step S34, a facility point Kn for each outing place on the day is obtained from a facility point table described later. Specifically, the facility point is a numerical value that predetermines the power consumption (energy-saving level) of the destination facility or place where the user has gone out. For example, the facility point is set to be higher in places where there are more natural environments such as the sea and mountains, and conversely, the facility point is set lower as there are more places that consume power. In step S35, a power saving point P is calculated by multiplying the facility point Kn by the average power reduction amount Km per unit time and the reduction time Tm. For example, P = Σ (KnΣ (Km × Tm)). Here, n is the number of facilities visited on the day. The definitions of Km and Tm are the same as in the previous case. By doing in this way, the energy-saving degree of the facility and place itself of going out can also be considered as a part of a user's power-saving action. This is because even if you turn off your home appliances to save electricity and you go out, you can't say that it's a real power saving in places where you use electricity for cancer.

  Furthermore, when there is going out, you may consider a moving means. In this case, the process of step S36 is added, the moving means power saving point P2 is obtained from the moving means point table described later, multiplied by the moving time, and added to the previously obtained power saving point P. The moving means point table is a table storing numerical values determined in advance according to the energy saving degree of the moving means when the user visits shopping.

  It may also be taken into account whether or not the time zone in which the user has saved power is a time zone in which a power saving request has been received from an electric power company or the like. In this case, in step S37, it is checked whether or not there is a power saving request on that day. If there is a request for power saving, in step S38, the time zone for requesting power saving is compared with the time zone in which the user's household has reduced power, and the degree of coincidence between both times and the power reduction in that time zone. A point corresponding to the degree is added to the power saving point P.

  When the above steps are completed, the processing after step S32 is repeated until the processing is completed for all purchase information on the day on which power saving points should be determined in step S39.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing specific examples of the facility point table and the moving means point table. As shown in the upper part of FIG. 7, in the facility point table 130, the highest facility point is set in the case of a facility or place in the natural environment itself such as the sea or a mountain. Points are also set higher in parks and botanical gardens, and on the contrary, facilities with higher artificial power consumption have lower points. In addition, there are facilities such as a pool whose facility points change depending on the time. This is because the summer pool uses little electric power, but the winter pool uses a lot of electric power to warm the water and keep it at an appropriate temperature.

  The lower part of FIG. 7 shows a specific moving means point table 140. As shown in the figure, the walking means and the bicycle moving means point are set to be the highest, and the solo driving gasoline vehicle is set to have the lowest moving means point.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a power saving amount confirmation screen. In order to confirm the effect of the power saving action performed by the user, the user can start up a dedicated application and display a power saving amount confirmation screen as illustrated on the smartphone or the home PC. The figure shows an example of a screen in which the target value (reference value) of the power usage every 2 hours and the actual power usage are shown in a graph. The difference between the target value and the actual value is the power saving amount (power reduction amount), and the power saving point is calculated according to the procedure described above and given to the user. If the actual power consumption is higher than the target value, the power saving point will be negative during the time period.

  Further, when there is a power saving request from an electric power company or the like, the time zone may be displayed as a power saving request time zone, and the power saving amount in the power saving request time zone may be higher than usual. In the example of FIG. 8, one power saving point is given for every 10 power savings, but the power saving point is set to twice the normal time point at the time of 18:00 to 18:00 that is the power saving request time zone. To be.

  Although illustration is omitted here, the on / off time of the home appliance and its power consumption may be displayed on the power saving amount confirmation screen. This allows the user to reconfirm home appliances with a high power saving effect, and in some cases, can check whether there are any home appliances with high power consumption that are not displayed on this screen.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, it cannot be overemphasized that the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications or improvements can be added to the above embodiment. Further, it is apparent from the scope of the claims that the embodiments added with such changes or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

10 Card Company Server 11 Home Appliance Energization Information Acquisition Unit 12 Home Appliance Energization Information DB
13 User purchase information acquisition unit 14 Purchase history DB
15 user action estimation part 16 user action record DB
17 User Incentive Determination Unit 18 Power Supply Information Acquisition Unit 20 Member Store System 21 Card Purchase Authentication Unit 30 Smartphone / Tablet Terminal 31 Dedicated Application (Dedicated Application)
32 Card information storage unit 33 Energization information storage unit 40 Non-smartphone-compatible home appliances 41 Smartphone-compatible home appliances 42 Power supply tap with communication function 43 Power supply tap without communication function 44 Switchboard 45 Smart meter 46 Power transmission network 50 EV (electric vehicle)
51 ETC Card 60 Electric Power Company / Local Government 70 Network 100 Purchase History Table 110 Home Appliance Energization Information Table 120 User Action Record Table 130 Facility Point Table 140 Moving Means Point Table

Claims (7)

A power saving action induction system for a user who uses a card,
A card company server that manages the use of the card,
A home appliance energization information acquisition unit that acquires the power consumption of the user's home appliances and records it as home appliance energization information;
When the user purchases a product or service using a card, a purchase information acquisition unit that acquires purchase information including a purchase date and time and a purchase place, and records it as a purchase history;
Based on the purchase history, the user's behavior is estimated every day, and recorded as a user behavior record, a user behavior estimation unit;
A user incentive determination unit that evaluates power saving behavior taken by the user based on the home appliance energization information and the user behavior record, and determines an incentive to be given to the user according to the evaluation ;
A power supply information acquisition unit that acquires power supply information from a power company or local government system;
With
The user incentive determining unit, when there is a power saving request in the information acquired by the power supply information acquiring unit, when a time zone of the power saving request matches a time zone in which the power is reduced in the home A power saving action induction system, which is added to the evaluation .   The user incentive determining unit takes into account the evaluation based on a facility point table storing facility points predetermined according to the energy saving degree of the facility or place where the user uses the card. The power saving action induction system according to claim 1.   The said user incentive determination part considers the said evaluation based on the moving means point table predetermined according to the energy saving degree of the moving means when the said user visits the said facility or the said place. Item 3. The power saving action induction system according to Item 2.   2. The power saving action induction system according to claim 1, wherein the purchase information acquisition unit acquires the purchase information from a vending machine, an automatic ticket gate, or a highway tollgate connected via a network. A method for inducing power saving behavior for a user who uses a card,
A card company server that manages the use of the card,
Obtaining the power usage of the user's home appliances and recording it as home appliance energization information;
When the user purchases a product or service using a card, obtaining purchase information including a purchase date and time and a purchase place and storing it as a purchase history;
Estimating the user's behavior on a daily basis based on the purchase history, and recording as a user behavior record ;
A step in which the before and SL Appliances current information based on a user action record, and evaluate the power saving actions taken of the user, determines the incentive to grant to the user in response to the evaluation,
Obtaining power supply information from a power company or municipal system;
In the case where there is a power saving request in the acquired power supply information, if the time zone of the power saving request matches the time zone where the power was reduced in the home, the step of adding to the evaluation,
A power saving action induction method characterized by executing A method for inducing power saving behavior for a user who uses a card,
A card company server that manages the use of the card,
When the user purchases a product or service using a card, obtaining purchase information including a purchase date and time and a purchase place and storing it as a purchase history;
Estimating the user's behavior on a daily basis based on the purchase history, and recording as a user behavior record;
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The card company server or the power service provider server is
Obtaining the power usage of the user's home appliances and recording it as home appliance energization information;
Based on the home appliance energization information and the user action record, evaluating the power saving action taken by the user, and determining an incentive to be given to the user according to the evaluation ;
Obtaining power supply information from a power company or municipal system;
In the case where there is a power saving request in the acquired power supply information, if the time zone of the power saving request matches the time zone where the power was reduced in the home, the step of adding to the evaluation,
A power saving action induction method characterized by executing   A power saving action induction system for a user who uses a card,
  A card company server that manages the use of the card,
  A home appliance energization information acquisition unit that acquires the power consumption of the user's home appliances and records it as home appliance energization information;
  When the user purchases a product or service using a card, a purchase information acquisition unit that acquires purchase information including a purchase date and time and a purchase place, and records it as a purchase history;
  Based on the purchase history, the user's behavior, going out time, returning time, going out time, moving means, moving time, and facility stay time are estimated for each day, and recorded as a user behavior record,
  A user incentive determining unit that evaluates power saving behavior taken by the user based on the home appliance energization information and the user behavior record, and determines an incentive to be given to the user according to the evaluation,
  A power saving action induction system characterized by comprising.