JP6188426B2 - Home control system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a home control system that controls the operation of equipment installed in a house.

  There is a technique for preventing troubles such as accidents due to erroneous operation of equipment by prohibiting operation of equipment by children or the elderly.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a network home appliance that can be locked by an instruction from a mobile phone with respect to a home appliance connected to a home local area network (LAN) and having a communication function capable of communicating with each other. .

JP 2008-005267 A

  However, the technique described in Patent Document 1 has a problem in that it is necessary to manually unlock the operation lock to enable use of the household appliance that is operation-locked, and a complicated operation is required.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above facts, and an object of the present invention is to provide a home control system that permits or prohibits the operation of equipment by an individual based on the result of identifying the individual.

The invention of claim 1 for solving the above problem is provided in an electronic key in which identification information unique to the owner is recorded and a predetermined area of a building, and the identification information is transmitted from the electronic key by communication with the electronic key. Identification information acquisition means for acquiring the information, equipment provided in the building and controllable from other devices in the building, and permission for operation of the equipment by the owner in the identification information of the owner Or, the storage device in which operation permission information associated with prohibition is stored, and the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition unit is compared with the operation permission information, and the operation of the equipment by the owner according to the identification information authorization or a home control system comprising a control unit, a for a prohibition, the control unit, the identification information acquiring unit acquires a plurality of identification information in the predetermined region, the plurality of the acquired As a result of collating different information with the operation permission information, when the operation of the equipment is permitted to at least one owner, the operation of the equipment by all owners existing in the predetermined area is possible. To .

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the identification information of the owner of the electronic key received by the identification information acquisition means is collated with the operation permission information to permit or prohibit operation of the equipment by the owner of the electronic key. be able to.

In addition, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when at least one of the owners of the electronic key existing in a predetermined area is permitted to operate the equipment, the electronic key exists in the predetermined area. All owners of other electronic keys also control the equipment so that the equipment can be operated.

  As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the identification information of the owner of the electronic key received by the identification information acquisition unit is collated with the operation permission information to permit the operation of the equipment by the owner of the electronic key. Or ban. Thereby, based on the result which identified the individual, it has the effect that the operation of the facility apparatus by the said individual can be permitted or prohibited.

In addition, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when at least one of the owners of the electronic key existing in a predetermined area is permitted to operate the equipment, the electronic key exists in the predetermined area. All owners of other electronic keys also control the equipment so that the equipment can be operated. Thereby, when at least one person who is permitted to operate the facility equipment is included, there is an effect that all other persons can operate the equipment.

It is the schematic which shows an example of the home control system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the home control system control part which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process of permission or prohibition of the operation of the equipment based on the identification of the individual in the home control system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation permission information in the home control system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation permission information when the mother and the child are in the same room in the home control system according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation permission information in case the child and elderly person are in the same room in the home control system concerning an embodiment of the invention.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a home control system 10 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the present embodiment, power from the grid power 22 is supplied to the distribution board 24 of the building such as the house 20 through the main breaker 100. In addition, a main breaker current sensor 120 that detects a current value of power supplied from the grid power 22 is provided on the grid power side of the main breaker 100.

  The power supplied from the system power 22 to the distribution board 24 is supplied to the equipment via the branch circuits 30A to 30E. A television 62 is connected to the branch circuit 30A, an air conditioner 64 is connected to the branch circuit 30B, a rice cooker 66 is connected to the branch circuit 30C, an IH heater 68 is connected to the branch circuit 30D, and a washing machine 70 is connected to the branch circuit 30E. ing. Information lines for notifying the home control system control unit 40 of the respective operation statuses are connected to each equipment such as the television 62, the air conditioner 64, the rice cooker 66, the IH heater 68, and the washing machine 70. Moreover, each equipment is controlled by the home control system control part 40 which manages and controls the energy in a building via the connected information line.

  The branch circuits 30A to 30E are provided with current sensors 32A to 32E for measuring the current values of the branch circuits 30A to 30E, respectively. Information lines from the current sensors 32 </ b> A to 32 </ b> E are connected to the home control system control unit 40 together with information lines for the home control system control unit 40 to control the distribution board 24. In FIG. 1, the broken line is an information line through which measurement data or control information flows.

  The branch circuits 30A to 30E of the distribution board 24 are respectively provided with branch breakers 34A to 34E for switching the branch circuits 30A to 30E to an on state or an off state. The branch breakers 34A to 34E are provided as home control system control units. 40.

  In FIG. 1, for simplicity of description, only five branch circuits are shown, but in this embodiment, the number of branch circuits may be five or more and five or less, and the number of branch circuits is not particularly limited. .

  In the present embodiment, the occupants 72A, 72B, 72C, and 72D of the house 20 can lock and unlock doors and the like, and also have smart keys 74A that record identification information unique to the occupants 72A to 72D. 74B, 74C, and 74D. The smart keys 74A to 74D are card-type keys as an example, and are configured to be able to transmit the recorded identification information. Further, the smart keys 74A to 74D may be portable information terminals such as smart phones configured to transmit the above-described identification information.

  In addition, a sensor 86A is provided in a living area 80 including a television 62 and an air conditioner 64, and a sensor 86B is provided in a kitchen 82 serving as a predetermined area including the rice cooker 66 and the IH heater 68. Furthermore, a sensor 86 </ b> C is provided in a washroom 84, which is a predetermined area provided with the washing machine 70. The sensors 86A to 86C detect the smart keys 74A to 74D, acquire the identification information of the smart keys 74A to 74D, and transmit the acquired identification information to the home control system control unit 40. The home control system control unit 40 identifies the residents 72A to 72D based on the identification information from the sensors 86A to 86C, and permits or prohibits the operation of the equipment for the identified residents 72A to 72D. . The following two types of communication between the sensors 86A to 86C and the smart keys 74A to 74D can be considered. One is a passive type in which the smart keys 74A to 74D are charged with electromagnetic waves transmitted from the sensors 86A to 86C, and the identification information can be transmitted. The other is an active type in which identification information is transmitted to the sensors 86A to 86C using electric power such as batteries provided in the smart keys 74A to 74D. In this embodiment mode, either a passive type or an active type may be used.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the home control system control unit 40 according to the home control system 10 according to the present embodiment. The home control system control unit 40 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 42, a hard disk drive (HDD) 44, a random access memory (RAM) 46, a network I / F unit 48, and a read only memory (ROM) 50. A display unit 52, an operation input unit 54, and a bus 56.

  The CPU 42 governs the overall operation of the home control system control unit 40, and the CPU 42 determines whether to permit or prohibit the operation of the facility device based on the individual identification described later. The HDD 44 is a non-volatile storage device in which a program relating to permission / prohibition of operation of facility equipment based on individual identification described later, operation permission information described later, an OS (Operating System), and the like are recorded. The RAM 46 is a volatile storage device in which the OS, programs, and data are expanded. The network I / F unit 48 is for connecting to a network, and includes a NIC (Network Interface Card) and its driver. The ROM 50 is a nonvolatile storage device that stores a boot program that operates when the home control system control unit 40 is activated. The display unit 52 displays information regarding the home control system control unit 40 to the operator. The operation input unit 54 is used when an operator inputs operations and information of the home control system control unit 40, and includes an input device such as a touch panel and a keyboard and a pointing device such as a mouse as an example. The bus 56 is used when information is exchanged.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of processing for permitting or prohibiting the operation of the facility device based on identification of an individual in the home control system 10 according to the present embodiment. In step 300, the person in the room is specified based on the identification information from the smart key. In step 302, the person in the room is collated with the operation permission information stored in the HDD 44.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of operation permission information in the home control system 10 according to the present embodiment. The operation permission information is obtained by associating identification information such as the name of the owner of the smart key with permission or prohibition of operation of the equipment by the owner, and is set by operation of the operation input unit 54.

  In FIG. 4, “◯” indicates that the operation is permitted and “×” indicates that the operation is prohibited. In FIG. 4, it is stipulated that a part that does not generate high heat such as an air conditioner or a television and that does not directly touch a human hand can be operated by a child or an elderly person. Also, in principle, operations relating to devices that generate heat, such as IH heaters, toasters, pots, rice cookers, microwave ovens, and hot water remote controllers, are not permitted for children or the elderly. It is not permitted for children or the elderly to operate devices that allow human hands to touch parts such as mixers and washing machines.

  In this embodiment, accidents such as burns, fires, and injuries are prevented by control such as not permitting children or the elderly to operate devices that generate heat. However, if a resident who is permitted to operate these devices is accompanied by a person other than those who are not permitted to operate these devices in the room, children or elderly persons, etc. Allow operation.

  In other words, when there are both a person who is permitted to operate an IH heater or the like and a person who is not permitted to operate the apparatus in the room, by turning on the equipment in the room, Allow the operation of all who are. When there is only a person whose operation is not permitted in the room, the operation of all persons in the room is prohibited by turning off the equipment in the room. In addition, when permitting the operation of all persons in the room, the power of the equipment may be controlled to be on and the operation may be permitted. Further, when the operation of all persons in the room is prohibited, the power of the equipment may be controlled to be on or controlled to be prohibited.

  This is because if the person who is permitted to operate the device is watching over the person who is not, the risk of an accident such as a fire is reduced even if the operation of all persons in the room is permitted.

  In step 304, based on the collation result in step 302, on / off of the equipment is controlled and the process is terminated.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of operation permission information when the mother and the child are in the same room in the home control system 10 according to the present embodiment. When only the child is in the room, the child cannot operate the devices that generate heat, such as an IH heater, but since the mother who can operate all the devices is accompanied, in the case of FIG. Turn on the indoor equipment.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of operation permission information when a child and an elderly person are in the same room in the home control system 10 according to the present embodiment. Although the child cannot operate the microwave oven, since the operation is permitted for the elderly person a, the microwave oven is turned on so that the child in the same room as the elderly person a can also operate the microwave oven. However, since IH heaters, toasters, pots, mixer rice cookers, hot water remote controllers and washing machines are not permitted to be operated by elderly people a and children, elderly people a and children can be controlled by turning off these devices. The operation of is prohibited.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, based on the result of identifying an individual, the operation of the facility device by the individual can be permitted or prohibited. Note that. In the present embodiment, the home control system control unit 40 controls on / off of each power load via the information line connected to each power load. The power supplied to each power load may be turned off. Specifically, the supply of power is cut off by turning off the branch breaker of the branch circuit that supplies power to equipment that does not permit operation.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Home control system 20 Housing 22 System electric power 24 Distribution board 30A, 30B, 30C, 30D, 30E Branch circuit 32A, 32B, 32C, 32D, 32E Current sensor 34A, 34B, 34C, 34D, 34E Branch breaker 40 Home control system Control unit 42 CPU
44 HDD
46 RAM
48 Network I / F 50 ROM
52 Display unit 54 Operation input unit 56 Bus 62 Television 64 Air conditioner 66 Rice cooker 70 Washing machines 72A, 72B, 72C, 72D Residents 74A, 74B, 74C, 74D Smart key 80 Living 82 Kitchen 84 Toilet 86A, 86B, 86C Sensor

Claims (1)

An electronic key with identification information unique to the owner,
Identification information acquisition means provided in a predetermined area of a building, for acquiring the identification information from the electronic key by communication with the electronic key;
Equipment installed in the building and controllable from other devices in the building;
Storage means storing operation permission information in which permission or prohibition of operation of the equipment by the owner is associated with identification information of the owner;
Control means for collating the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition means with the operation permission information and permitting or prohibiting operation of the equipment by the owner relating to the identification information;
A home control system with
As a result of the identification information acquisition unit acquiring a plurality of identification information in the predetermined area and collating the acquired plurality of identification information with the operation permission information, the control unit is provided with respect to at least one owner. A home control system that enables operation of the equipment by all owners existing in the predetermined area when the operation of the equipment is permitted.

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