JP6230628B2 - ELECTRIC DEVICE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, ELECTRIC DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ELECTRIC DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, ELECTRIC DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an electric equipment management device, an electric equipment management system, an electric equipment, a terminal device , an electric equipment management method, and a program.

  There is a HEMS (Home Energy Management System) as a system for suppressing power consumption in a house. Generally, the HEMS includes an electric equipment management device that collects and holds power consumption data in a house and manages the electric equipment installed in the house. For example, if the technique described in Patent Document 1 is applied to an electrical equipment management apparatus, the evaluation result as to whether or not the actual power consumption value is less than or equal to the target consumption amount is displayed on the calendar, and the user's awareness of energy conservation Can be attached.

Japanese Patent No. 4684195

  However, in order to maintain the comfort of the user while saving energy, it takes time and effort for the user to operate the electric device, for example, setting a timer for the electric device in accordance with the scheduled time of returning home. Even if the user is conscious of energy saving, the user may forget to operate the electric device, for example, when he goes out, forgets to turn off the air conditioner.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and it is possible to suppress energy consumption while maintaining the comfort desired by the user without the user consciously operating the electrical device. An object is to provide a device management apparatus and the like.

In order to achieve the above object, an electrical equipment management apparatus according to the present invention includes:
And user scheduling obtaining means for obtaining user schedule data including the information indicating the timing associated with the first predetermined user information indicating the user associated with information and the first schedule showing the contents of the first schedule ,
The content of the second schedule, the user associated with the second scheduled, a storage means for interlocking control rule data and interlock control rule is associated to determine the control schedule of the electrical equipment is stored,
A user schedule data acquired by the user schedule acquisition means, wherein based on the stored synchronous control rule data in the storage means, wherein a user associated with the first scheduled and the first contents of the scheduled first Device schedule setting means for setting a control schedule for the device to be controlled according to the time associated with one schedule .

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, even if a user does not operate an electric equipment consciously, it becomes possible to suppress energy consumption, maintaining the user's desired comfort.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the electric equipment management system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the electric equipment management apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of apparatus schedule data. It is a figure which shows an example of apparatus schedule data. It is a figure which shows an example of the calendar schedule data which an electric equipment management apparatus hold | maintains. It is a figure which shows an example of interlocking definition data. It is a figure which shows an example of collective setting definition data. It is a figure which shows an example of division data. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of user schedule registration processing according to the first embodiment. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow of interlock control processing according to the first embodiment. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow of interlock control processing according to the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the calendar displayed on a display part. It is a figure which shows the structure of the electric equipment management system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the calendar schedule data which the server apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 hold | maintains. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of management data according to Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the electric equipment management apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the electric equipment management system which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the calendar schedule data which the server apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 3 hold | maintains. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of management data according to the third embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the electric equipment management apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 3. FIG.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The same elements are denoted by the same reference symbols throughout the drawings.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, an electrical device management system 100 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention includes an electrical device 101 (lighting) installed in each room (a bedroom, a study, a children's room, a living room, a kitchen, etc.) of a house A. Apparatus 101a_1-5, air conditioner 101b_1-4, IHCH (IH cooking heater) 101c_5, refrigerator 101d_5, hot water supply system 101e), and electric apparatus management apparatus 102 are comprised. The electrical device management apparatus 102 communicates with the electrical device 101 via a home network configured by wire, wireless, or a combination thereof, thereby managing the electrical device 101 installed in the house A as a management target area. . The electrical device management apparatus 102 is connected to the terminal device 103 by wire, wireless, or a combination of these, and transmits and receives instructions and information related to management of the electrical device 101 to and from the terminal device 103.

  The terminal device 103 is, for example, a multi-function mobile phone (so-called smartphone), a tablet computer, or a personal computer. In the terminal device 103, for example, a software program (program) for realizing a function for creating an instruction, information, and the like related to the management of the electrical device 101 and transmitting it to the electrical device management device 102 is installed and executed. Good.

  When a schedule is input by a member (user) of a family in the house A, the electrical device management apparatus 102 controls the operation of the electrical device 101 in conjunction with the schedule. The members of the family may be set as appropriate. In the present embodiment, an example in which the family in the house A is composed of a father, a mother, a child, and a dog as a pet will be described. In the present embodiment, an example in which family members are distinguished will be described. However, for example, in a case where a family member is not distinguished in a house living alone, information indicating each user may be omitted as appropriate.

  The storage unit 104 includes, for example, a flash memory, an HDD (Hard Disc Drive), etc., and stores various data.

  The device schedule data 105 is data including a schedule related to the control of the operation of the electric device 101 by the electric device management apparatus 102. Here, the control of the operation of the electric device 101 is performed by, for example, starting the operation of the electric device 101 that is in the standby state, stopping the operation of the electric device 101 and setting the electric device 101 in the standby state, or setting the electric device 101 that is being operated. (For example, changing the set temperature of the air conditioner).

  In the device schedule data 105, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, a device schedule ID (Identification Data), a control target device, control contents, a control time, and a setting method are associated with each other. In the present embodiment, the schedule (control schedule) for controlling the electric device 101 includes a control target device, control contents, and a control time.

  The device schedule ID is information for specifying each of the device schedule data 105. The control target device is information for specifying the electric device 101 whose operation is controlled by the electric device management apparatus 102. The control content is information indicating the content of control for the associated control target device. The control time is information indicating the date and time when the control is performed according to the associated control target device and control content. The setting method is information indicating whether each of the device schedule data 105 is manually set individually based on a user input to the input unit 112 or automatically set in conjunction with a schedule input by a family. It is.

  In the device schedule data 105 set in conjunction with the schedule, the setting method indicates the linked schedule and the type of batch setting. Accordingly, when the linked schedule is changed or deleted, the device schedule data 105 can be changed or deleted in conjunction with the schedule.

  Here, the collective setting means that a control schedule is automatically set in conjunction with a schedule input by a family. The type of batch setting is executed according to the user's action (for example, going out of the house, returning to the house from outside), an event (for example, a visitor) scheduled for the family, etc. It is an identifier given to one control or a group of a plurality of controls.

  In this embodiment, the type of collective setting “outing” indicates a control group that is executed when a scheduled subject goes out of the house. The type of collective setting “return home” indicates a control group that is executed when a scheduled subject returns from the outside to the home. The type of batch setting “customer” indicates control executed two hours before the visitor.

  The type of batch setting “stop boiling” indicates control that stops (prohibits) boiling that the hot water supply system 101e executes regularly (for example, at the same time every day) for a period according to a schedule. At this time, for example, when the hot water supply system 101e can set the boiling stop period, the boiling stop period may be set for the hot water supply system 101e. For example, when the effective period of the boiling stop by the boiling stop control is one day, the hot water supply system 101e is heated up periodically (for example, at the same time every day) during the period according to the schedule. It is good to perform control to stop. The type of batch setting “resume boiling” indicates a control for releasing the stop of boiling of the hot water supply system 101e and thereby restarting the regular boiling of the hot water supply system 101e.

  In the present embodiment, for example, like the device schedule data 105 having the device schedule IDs 11 and 12 in FIG. It also includes a schedule for sending an email to inform the user.

  The calendar schedule data 106 includes data indicating the schedule of the family (user schedule data 106a) and data indicating the schedule in which the electrical device management apparatus 102 executes the batch setting specified by the family (control schedule data 106b). As shown in FIG. 4, it includes a calendar ID, a subject, a schedule type, a schedule title, and a period consisting of a start period and an end period.

  The calendar ID is information for specifying each of the calendar schedule data 106.

  The subject is information indicating the subject related to the schedule. Calendar schedule data 106 (user schedule data 106a) whose main subject is a family member is data indicating a family schedule. The calendar schedule data 106 (control schedule data 106b) whose main body is an apparatus is a schedule of the electric equipment management apparatus 102.

The type of schedule is information indicating the type of family schedule, and is appropriately selected from a preset list when the user inputs the schedule, for example.
The schedule title is information indicating a name given to the schedule, and is arbitrarily input by the user when the user inputs the schedule, for example.

  The type of schedule in the present embodiment is an example of the contents of the schedule. The content of the schedule may be information that can associate the calendar schedule data 106 with the link definition data 108 described later. For example, the schedule title may be adopted as the content of the schedule, and the combination of the schedule type and the schedule title May be adopted for the scheduled content.

  For example, the subject, the schedule type, and the scheduled title have a relationship in which the subject and the schedule type are determined when the scheduled title is determined. That is, when a new scheduled title is created, the subject and the type of schedule are associated with it. These relationships may be stored in the storage unit 104 as data (not shown).

  The start period and the end period are information indicating the scheduled start time and the scheduled end time, respectively.

  The interlocking control rule data 107 includes a rule (interlocking control rule) for determining a control schedule of the electric device according to the schedule when the user's schedule is a target of batch setting. Specifically, the interlock control rule data 107 is data including a control target device corresponding to a scheduled type, control contents for the control target device, and timing. The timing is information for determining a control time as a time for performing the control by the collective setting, and is determined in association with a scheduled start or end, for example.

  In the present embodiment, the interlock control rule data 107 is composed of interlock definition data 108, batch setting definition data 109, and partition data 110, as shown in FIG.

  The link definition data 108 is data that associates the type and timing of the batch setting with the type of schedule, and as shown in FIG. 5, the type of schedule, the subject, the type of batch setting, the timing, the notification, Including display.

  The schedule type is the same information as the schedule type included in the calendar schedule data 106. The subject is information indicating one or more members of the family. The type and timing of batch setting are information indicating the above-described contents.

  For each type of batch setting associated with the schedule type, the notification is sent to the user as to whether or not to notify the user that the control included in the batch setting type is to be executed. It is the information that determines. For example, the notification is performed by sending an e-mail to the terminal device 103 of the user. To send to all of the associated entities. Note that the notification is not limited to before the timing associated with the linkage definition data 108, and may be at the same time or after that timing.

  For each type of batch setting associated with the scheduled type, the display determines whether or not to display that the control included in the batch setting is executed, for example, before the control is executed. Information.

  The batch setting definition data 109 is data for defining the contents of the batch setting. As shown in FIG. 6, the batch setting type, the section to be batch set in the batch setting type, the control target device, Includes control contents, setting conditions, and control conditions.

  The type of batch setting is information indicating the contents described above. The section is information for specifying an area set in advance in the control target area of the electrical equipment management apparatus 102, and in this embodiment, a room that is a divided area of the house A that is the control target area is specified. It is information to do. The device to be controlled is the electrical device 101 that is the target of batch setting, and is installed in the section associated with the batch setting definition data 109. The control content is information indicating the content of control performed on the associated electrical device 101.

  The setting condition is associated with the electric device in order to determine whether or not the electric device (control target device) associated with the section in the collective setting definition data 109 is the control target device as the target of the collective setting. It is a condition. The setting condition is determined by the relationship between the user associated with the section in the section data 110 and the user included in the schedule data 106a.

  For example, “everyone” is a target of collective setting of the electric devices associated therewith, on condition that all of the users who use the associated section are absent from the house A according to the schedule. Indicates that the device is to be controlled. “One or more” means that at least one of the users who use the associated section is at home according to the schedule, and the electric devices associated therewith are subject to batch setting, that is, control. Indicates the target device.

  The control condition is a condition for determining whether or not to actually control the associated control target device.

  The section data 110 is data indicating a user who uses the room, and associates the room with the user as shown in FIG. The partition data 110 shown in the figure indicates that, for example, the user who uses the living room is a father, mother, child, and dog.

  The display unit 111 is composed of a liquid crystal display, for example, and displays images, characters, and the like. As shown in FIG. 2, the display unit 111 refers to the calendar schedule data 106 and displays, for example, a calendar in which a family schedule is associated with a control schedule set in conjunction with the schedule. The calendar display unit is preferably switched to day / week / month or the like in accordance with a user's instruction.

  The input unit 112 includes, for example, a touch panel and buttons, and receives an input of a schedule by a family.

  The user schedule registration unit 113 creates user schedule data 106 a based on a user input to the input unit 112 and stores it in the storage unit 104.

  The user schedule acquisition unit 114 monitors the calendar schedule data 106 stored in the storage unit 104. The user schedule acquisition unit 114 acquires the user schedule data 106 a from the storage unit 104 when the user schedule data 106 a is changed by the user schedule registration unit 113. In addition, when the user schedule registration unit 113 acquires the user schedule data 106a, the user schedule acquisition unit 114 may acquire the user schedule data 106a directly from the user schedule registration unit 113 without using the storage unit 104. Good.

  When the user's schedule is input, the interlock control determination unit 115 determines whether or not the schedule is a target of the interlock control. Specifically, the interlock control determination unit 115 adds the schedule type included in the user schedule data 106 a registered in the storage unit 104 to the user schedule data 106 a based on whether or not the schedule definition data 108 includes the schedule type. It is determined whether or not the corresponding user's schedule is subject to interlock control.

  The device schedule setting unit 116 associates the user schedule data 106a with the interlock control rule data 107 using the type of the schedule as a key when the schedule input by the user is the target of the interlock control. And the apparatus schedule setting part 116 makes time according to the start or end contained in the user schedule data 106a, and the timing of the interlocking control rule data 107 (interlocking definition data 108) a control time. Thus, the device schedule setting unit 116 sets a control schedule (control target device, control content, and control time) according to the input schedule.

  Specifically, the device schedule setting unit 116 associates the user schedule data 106a and the link definition data 108 with the type of the schedule and the user as keys. The device schedule setting unit 116 associates the link definition data 108 with the batch setting definition data 109 using the type of batch setting as a key. The device schedule setting unit 116 associates the batch setting definition data 109 with the partition data 110 using the partition as a key. The device schedule setting unit 116 determines whether or not the user included in the associated partition data 110 and the user included in the user schedule data 106a satisfy the setting condition included in the associated batch setting definition data 109. . Thereby, the device schedule setting unit 116 sets the control target device, the control content, and the control time according to the input schedule.

  The device schedule registration unit 117 stores device schedule data 105 in which the device schedule ID and the setting method are associated with the control target device, the control content, and the control time set by the device schedule setting unit 116 in the storage unit 104. The device schedule ID may be a serial number, for example, and the device schedule ID may be a device schedule ID obtained by adding 1 to the maximum device schedule ID among the device schedule data 105 stored in the storage unit 104. The setting method includes the calendar ID of the user schedule data 106a and the type of batch setting, from which the device schedule setting unit 116 sets the control target device, the control contents, and the control time.

  When the device schedule registration unit 117 acquires the device schedule data 105 based on the user input to the input unit 112, the device schedule registration unit 117 stores the device schedule data 105 in the storage unit 104.

  The device control unit 118 controls each operation of the electric device 101 installed in the house A, for example, by transmitting a control signal via a home network. Specifically, the device control unit 118 operates the set control target device at the set control time in accordance with the control content set by the device schedule setting unit 116.

  More specifically, the device control unit 118 refers to the batch setting definition data 109 when there is the device schedule data 105 whose control time has arrived, and sets the type of batch setting included in the setting method of the device schedule data 105. Extract the corresponding control conditions. When the extracted control condition is satisfied, the device control unit 118 executes the control schedule indicated by the device schedule data 105 that has reached the control time. When the extracted control condition is not satisfied, the device control unit 118 does not execute the control schedule indicated by the device schedule data 105 that has reached the control time.

  For example, in the example of the device schedule data 105 in FIG. 3B, when “July 17, 2013, 12:00” is reached, the device control unit 118 sets the “device schedule ID” to “22” in the device schedule data 105. Extract “Batch setting type”. The device control unit 118 refers to the batch setting definition data 109 including “customer” which is the extracted “type of batch setting”. If it is the collective setting definition data 109 shown in FIG. 6, the device control unit 118 has a case where the “water supply amount” of the refrigerator 101d_5 is “presence” above a predetermined threshold and the “ice amount” is “below threshold”. In addition, the control schedule (acceleration of ice making of the refrigerator) of the device schedule data 105 whose “device schedule ID” is “22” is executed.

  The control calendar creation unit 119 displays the type of batch setting when the device schedule setting unit 116 is associated with the type of batch setting from which the device schedule setting unit 116 sets the control schedule. Calendar schedule data 106 (control schedule data 106 b) in which the time, the calendar ID, and the subject are associated with each other is created and stored in the storage unit 104. As this time, for example, the time at which the control included in the batch setting is executed, the reference time adopted to determine the time (that is, the start or end included in the user schedule data 106a), etc. are adopted. Good. The calendar ID may be a serial number, for example, and the calendar ID obtained by adding 1 to the maximum calendar ID among the calendar schedule data 106 stored in the storage unit 104 may be adopted as the calendar ID. In the main body, predetermined information indicating that the electrical device management apparatus 102 is scheduled, for example, “apparatus” may be set. In FIG. 4, calendar schedule data 106 (control schedule data 106 b) with calendar IDs 2, 3, and 5 is an example of what is created by the control calendar creation unit 119.

  The notification schedule creation unit 120 displays the link definition data 108 when the notification in the link definition data 108 is associated with the type of batch setting from which the device schedule setting unit 116 sets the control schedule. The device schedule data 105 for notifying the user that the control included in the batch setting type of the linkage definition data 108 is executed according to the content of the notification shown is created and stored in the storage unit 104. In FIG. 3, device schedule data 105 having device schedule IDs 11, 12, and 23 is an example created by the notification schedule creation unit 120.

  For example, when a mail transmission unit (not shown) detects that the “control time” of the device schedule data 105 in which the control target device is “mail notification” has arrived, it notifies that the control included in the batch setting is executed. Create an email for The mail transmission unit transmits the created mail to the user terminal device 103. Thereby, the user can know that the control included in the batch setting is executed. If necessary, the user may transmit information indicating a schedule change, an instruction to change the device schedule data 105, and the like from the terminal device 103 to the electric device management apparatus 102, for example.

  Each of the processing units 113 to 120 is realized by a processor that operates a software program stored in advance in a ROM (Read Only Memory), for example, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) as a work area.

  So far, the configuration of the electric equipment management apparatus 102 according to the present embodiment has been described. From here, the process which the electric equipment management apparatus 102 performs is demonstrated.

  For example, when the input unit 112 receives an instruction to the user to input a schedule, the electrical device management apparatus 102 executes a calendar schedule registration process illustrated in FIG.

  The input unit 112 receives a schedule type, a subject (user) related to the schedule, and a schedule title (step S101). When the input unit 112 receives a timing including the start and end of the schedule (step S102), the schedule is repeatedly set. It is determined whether or not has been made (step S103). Here, the repeat setting is a setting for creating user schedule data 106a indicating that the schedule received in step S101 and step S102 is repeated.

  When it is determined that the setting has not been repeated (step S103; No), the input unit 112 creates user schedule data 106a indicating the schedule received in step S101 and step S102 (step S104).

  If it is determined that the repetition setting has been made (step S103; Yes), it is determined whether or not the type of repetition has been selected (step S105). Here, the types of repetition include, for example, repeating an input schedule every day, repeating only a specific day of the week, repeating only a weekday, and the like.

  When determining that the type of repetition has not been selected (step S105; No), the input unit 112 repeatedly executes step S103. If it is determined that the type of repetition has been selected (step S105; Yes), the user schedule data 106a corresponding to the selected type of repetition is created based on the schedule received in step S101 and step S102 (step S106). .

  The input unit 112 displays a registration confirmation screen on the display unit 111, and determines whether or not a registration instruction has been received from the user (step S107).

  When it is determined that the registration instruction has not been received (step S107; No), the input unit 112 ends the user schedule registration process by regarding that the scheduled input has been canceled. When it is determined that the registration instruction has been received (step S107; Yes), the input unit 112 delivers the created user schedule data 106a to the user schedule registration unit 113. The user schedule registration unit 113 stores the user schedule data 106a acquired from the input unit 112 in the storage unit 104 (step S108), and ends the user schedule registration process. As a result, the schedule input by the user is stored in the storage unit 104 as calendar schedule data 106.

  For example, when the user inputs a schedule, the electrical device management apparatus 102 executes the interlock control process illustrated in FIGS. 9 and 10. For example, when the user schedule acquisition unit 114 monitors the calendar schedule data 106 in the storage unit 104 and detects that the user schedule data 106a has been updated, it is determined that the user has input a schedule.

  When the interlock control determining unit 115 acquires the user schedule data 106 a corresponding to the schedule input by the user from the user schedule acquiring unit 114, the interlock control determining unit 115 stores the interlock definition data 108 including the same schedule type as the user schedule data 106 a from the storage unit 104. Extract (step S111). The interlocking control determination unit 115 determines whether there is an object of interlocking control in the input schedule according to the presence / absence of the interlocking definition data 108 extracted in step S111 (step S112).

  When there is no interlocking definition data 108 extracted in step S111, the interlocking control determination unit 115 determines that there is no object of interlocking control (step S112; No), and ends the interlocking control process. When there is the link definition data 108 extracted in step S111, the link control determination unit 115 determines that there is a target for link control (step S112; Yes), and uses the extracted link definition data 108 as a device schedule setting unit. Hand over to 116.

  The device schedule setting unit 116 extracts the batch setting definition data 109 including the same batch setting type as the interlocking definition data 108 acquired from the interlocking control determining unit 115 from the storage unit 104 (step S113). For all the extracted batch setting definition data 109, the batch setting definition data 109 repeats steps S115 to S125 (loop A; step S114).

  The device schedule setting unit 116 determines whether or not the batch setting definition data 109 to be processed includes setting conditions (step S115). If it is determined that the setting condition is included (step S115; Yes), the device schedule setting unit 116 stores all users who use the sections included in the batch setting definition data 109 to be processed in the storage unit 104. The section data 110 is specified by referring to it (step S116).

  The device schedule setting unit 116 determines whether the setting condition is satisfied (step S117). For example, it is determined whether or not the setting condition is satisfied by comparing the user specified in step S116 with the subject included in the user schedule data 106a input by the user.

  In detail, for example, the setting condition is represented by an AND condition (first setting condition) for all or a person other than a specific person, an OR condition (second setting condition) for all or a person other than a specific person, and the like. When a set obtained by applying the setting condition to the user specified in step S116 is included in the users related to the schedule, it is determined that the setting condition is satisfied. Further, when the set applied to the user specified in step S116 is not included in the users related to the schedule, it is determined that the setting condition is not satisfied.

  More specifically, the first setting condition is a setting condition indicating that the user included in the user schedule data 106a includes all or part of the user specified in step S116. Therefore, when the users included in the user schedule data 106a include all or part of the users specified in step S116, it is determined that the first setting condition is satisfied, and in other cases, It is determined that the first setting condition is not satisfied.

  The second setting condition is a setting condition indicating that the user included in the user schedule data 106a includes any one or all of the users specified in step S116. Therefore, when the user included in the user schedule data 106a includes any one of a part or all of the users specified in step S116, it is determined that the second setting condition is satisfied. In this case, it is determined that the second setting condition is not satisfied.

  If it is determined that the setting condition is not satisfied (step S117; No), the device schedule setting unit 116 ends the process of loop A (step S114) for the current setting target batch setting definition data 109, and the unprocessed batch. If there is setting definition data 109, the process of loop A (step S114) is executed for the batch setting definition data 109. If there is no unprocessed batch setting definition data 109, the device schedule setting unit 116 ends the interlock control process.

  When it is determined that the setting condition is satisfied (step S117; Yes), the device schedule setting unit 116 sets the control target device included in the current processing target batch setting definition data 109 as the control target device (step S118). . The device schedule setting unit 116 sets the control contents included in the current batch setting definition data 109 to be processed as control contents (step S119).

  The device schedule setting unit 116 refers to the link definition data 108 extracted in step S111, and extracts the timing associated with the same batch setting type as the current processing target batch setting definition data 109. The device schedule setting unit 116 extracts the start time and the end time included in the user schedule data 106a corresponding to the schedule input by the user, that is, the user schedule data 106a that is the basis of the current batch setting definition data 109 to be processed. . The device schedule setting unit 116 calculates the date and time for performing control on the control target device according to the control content set in step S118 and step S119, based on the extracted timing, start time, and end time. The device schedule setting unit 116 sets the calculated date and time as the control time (step S120).

  The device schedule setting unit 116 delivers information indicating the control schedule (control target device, control content, and control time) set in steps S118 to S120 to the device schedule registration unit 117. The device schedule registration unit 117 associates a device schedule ID and a setting method with the control target device, control content, and control time acquired from the device schedule setting unit 116. The device schedule registration unit 117 stores the device schedule data 105 in which the control target device, the control content, the control time, the device schedule ID, and the setting method are associated with each other in the storage unit 104 (step S121).

  The notification schedule creation unit 120 refers to the link definition data 108 extracted in step S111, and refers to the content of the notification associated with the same batch setting type as the current processing target batch setting definition data 109. The notification schedule creation unit 120 determines whether notification is necessary based on the content of the referred notification (step S122).

  If it is determined that notification is necessary (step S122; Yes), the notification schedule creation unit 120 transmits a notification based on the timing associated with the notification in the linkage definition data 108 and the content of the notification. The time to do is calculated. The notification schedule creation unit 120 creates a notification schedule that includes the calculated time and that the control included in the type of batch setting associated with the notification in the linkage definition data 108 is executed (step S123). The notification schedule creation unit 120 creates device schedule data 105 in which the device schedule ID and the control target device “mail notification” are associated with the created notification schedule, and stores the device schedule data 105 in the storage unit 104. Here again, the device schedule ID may be assigned with a serial number as described above.

  When it is determined that notification is not necessary (step S122; No), or after step S123, the control calendar creation unit 119 refers to the link definition data 108 extracted in step S111, and collects the current processing target batch. The display contents associated with the same batch setting type as the setting definition data 109 are referred to. The notification schedule creation unit 120 determines whether display is necessary based on the content of the referenced display (step S124).

  When it is determined that display is necessary (step S124; Yes), the control calendar creation unit 119 creates a control calendar including the type of batch setting and the time associated with the display in the link definition data 108. (Step S125).

  This time is, for example, the time when control included in the type of batch setting is executed. In this case, the control calendar creation unit 119 determines the timing associated with the type of batch setting in the link definition data 108 and the start schedule included in the user schedule data 106a that is the basis of the current batch setting definition data 109 to be processed. And the time is calculated based on the final period. The control calendar creation unit 119 creates calendar schedule data 106 (control schedule data 106 b) in which the calendar ID and the subject “device” are associated with the created control calendar, and stores the calendar schedule data 106 in the storage unit 104. Here again, the calendar ID is preferably assigned with a serial number as described above.

  When it is determined that display is not necessary (step S124; No), or after step S125, the control calendar creation unit 119 ends the process of loop A (step S114) for the current batch setting definition data 109 to be processed. If there is unprocessed batch setting definition data 109, the process of loop A (step S114) is executed for the batch setting definition data 109. If there is no unprocessed batch setting definition data 109, the control calendar creation unit 119 ends the interlock control process.

  The process performed by the electrical equipment management apparatus 102 according to the present embodiment has been described.

  For example, by executing the user schedule registration process, the user schedule data 106a having calendar IDs 1, 4, 6 to 10 shown in FIG. 4 is registered. When each of these user schedule data 106a is input, the electric equipment management apparatus 102 performs an interlocking control process. As a result, the device schedule data 105 shown in FIG. 3 is stored in the storage unit 104. Also, calendar schedule data 106 (control schedule data 106b) having calendar IDs 2, 3, and 5 shown in FIG. 4 is registered.

  The display unit 111 displays, for example, the image shown in FIG. 11 with reference to the calendar schedule data 106 shown in FIG. Thereby, the user can easily know when the control included in the preset batch setting is executed. By pressing the area where the schedule is displayed, detailed information such as a specific control target device may be displayed.

  For example, some IHCH 101c_5 has a standby power of 0 when the power is turned off. In such an electric device 101, when the user turns off the power and goes out, the electric device management apparatus 102 cannot receive the signal even if the electric device management apparatus 102 transmits an OFF control signal in response to the user going out. is there. In this case, it seems that there is no consumption of safe and wasteful power because the power is turned off, but if a child who remains alone in the house accidentally turns on the power of IHCH 101c_5, IHCH 101c_5 starts operation. End up.

  Therefore, for example, a communication adapter that operates on a battery may be mounted on the IHCH 101c_5. When the power supply of the IHCH 101c_5 is OFF, the communication adapter buffers the control signal from the electric equipment management apparatus 102, and before the operation is started after the power supply of the IHCH 101c_5 is switched ON (on). The control signal being transmitted may be transmitted to the IHCH 101c_5. Alternatively, when the electrical device management apparatus 102 buffers the control signal and detects that the IHCH 101c_5 has started to operate, the buffered control signal may be transmitted to the IHCH 101c_5. Alternatively, when starting the operation of the IHCH 101c_5, an instruction may always be given via the communication adapter. According to these configurations, even if the child accidentally turns on the power of the IHCH 101c_5, the operation can be controlled by the control signal from the electrical device management apparatus 102.

  In the case where an incompatible relationship occurs between the device schedule data 105 created based on the input from the input unit 112 and the device schedule data 105 created according to the scheduled input, for example, the device schedule data 105 is created later. May be applied preferentially and the previously created one may be discarded.

  Note that the remote controller for operating the electric device 101 has the function of the electric device management apparatus 102 according to the present embodiment as the electric device management apparatus according to the present invention, and the electric controller according to the present embodiment. Processing executed by the device management apparatus 102 may be performed. In this case, as described above, the remote controller creates and controls the device schedule data 105 according to the user's schedule. The control target of the remote controller is mainly one of the electric devices 101 installed in the house A (for example, the air conditioner 101b_4), and a part of the other electric devices 101 (for example, the air conditioner 101b_3, Lighting equipment 101a_4, 101a_5, refrigerator 101d_5, etc.) or all. Further, the control target of the remote controller may be only one of the electric devices 101 installed in the house A (for example, the air conditioner 101b_4), and the device schedule data 105 in this case is the one ( For example, information relating to only the air conditioner 101b_4) may be included.

  Note that the electric device 101 itself (for example, the air conditioner 101b_4) has the function of the electric device management apparatus 102 according to the present embodiment as the electric device according to the present invention, and the electric device management apparatus according to the present embodiment. The processing executed by 102 may be performed. In this case, the electric device 101 itself (for example, the air conditioner 101b_4) creates and controls the device schedule data 105 according to the user's schedule as described above. The electric device 101 (for example, the air conditioner 101b_4) may have a function of controlling a part of the other electric devices 101 (for example, the air conditioner 101b_3, the lighting devices 101a_4, 101a_5, the refrigerator 101d_5, or the like) or the whole.

  Note that the terminal device 103 has a function included in the electric device management apparatus 102 according to the present embodiment as a terminal device according to the present invention, and also performs processing executed by the electric device management apparatus 102 according to the present embodiment. You may go. Specifically, the terminal device 103 realizes the functions of the electric device management apparatus 102 according to the present embodiment by executing the installed program, and the electric device management apparatus 102 according to the present embodiment. It is good to perform the process executed by.

  In this case, the terminal device 103 may communicate with each of the electrical devices 101 via a home network, or may communicate directly. Further, the terminal device 103 may communicate with each of the electrical devices 101 via an external network such as the Internet. Each of the electrical devices 101 may be directly connected to an external network or may be connected via a home network.

  According to the present embodiment, when someone in the family inputs a schedule, the device schedule data 105 is created accordingly, and the operation of the electric device 101 is automatically controlled according to the device schedule data 105. Thereby, even if the user does not operate the electric device 101 in consideration of comfort and energy saving, the electric device 101 can be appropriately and reliably operated. Therefore, even if the user does not consciously operate the electric device 101, it is possible to suppress energy consumption while maintaining the comfort desired by the user.

  According to the present embodiment, in the interlocking control rule data 107, the contents of the schedule, the user related to the schedule, and the interlocking control rule are associated.

  Therefore, the device schedule setting unit 116 can set a user schedule included in the user schedule data 106a and a control schedule corresponding to the user related to the schedule. That is, a control schedule corresponding to not only the contents of the schedule but also the users related to the schedule is set. Thereby, even if the user does not consciously operate the electric device 101, it is possible to appropriately suppress energy consumption while maintaining the comfort desired by the user.

  In the present embodiment, the linkage control rule includes the batch setting type and timing of the linkage definition data 108, each piece of information included in the batch setting definition data 109 associated with the batch setting type, and as necessary. This corresponds to each piece of information included in the partition data 110.

  Since the collective setting definition data 109 includes setting conditions, depending on whether a user (a user associated with the section in the section data 110) is in the house or not, the electric device 101 installed in the section The operation can be appropriately controlled. Further, by associating different control contents with different setting conditions, the control contents to be executed can be changed according to the setting conditions, so that the operation of the electric device 101 installed in the section is controlled more appropriately. be able to.

  For example, it is assumed that the schedule for the entire family (father, mother, child, dog) to go on a family trip is registered.

  In this case, referring to the link definition data 108 in FIG. 5, for example, a control schedule according to “type of batch setting” such as “going out” is set. Referring to the collective setting definition data 109 in FIG. 6 for the “collective setting type” “outing”, “living lighting” and “living air conditioner” are included in the “section” “living” as “control target devices”. And are associated. In addition, “living lighting” is associated with “all members other than dogs” (that is, AND conditions for those other than dogs) as “setting conditions”. “Living air conditioner” is associated with “all members” (that is, AND conditions for all members) as “setting conditions”.

  The user related to the schedule in this example is the entire family (father, mother, child, dog). Further, in the section data 110 shown in FIG. 7, “Father, mother, child, dog” is associated as “User” with “Partition” “Living”. Therefore, the “setting condition” of “all members other than dogs” means that the father, mother, and child are included in the user related to the schedule. The “setting condition” of “all members” means that the father, mother, child, and dog are included in the user related to the schedule. In this example, since all the setting conditions are satisfied, both “living lighting” and “living air conditioner” are determined as devices to be controlled. Then, a control schedule “control content” of “OFF” (operation stop) is set for these control target devices in accordance with the collective setting definition data 109 shown in FIG. 6. The “control content” “OFF” is an example of “first control” which is the control content set when the first setting condition is satisfied.

  For example, it is assumed that the schedule for all family members (father, mother, child) to go out is registered. In conjunction with this schedule, it is assumed that a control schedule corresponding to “type of batch setting” of “going out” in the batch setting definition data 109 shown in FIG. 6 is set. As for the “compartment” of “living room”, as in the above example, the “setting condition” of “all members except the dog” means that the father, mother, and child are included in the user related to the schedule. The “setting condition” of “everyone” means being included in users related to the schedule. Therefore, the “setting condition” “all members other than dogs” is satisfied, but the “setting condition” “all members” is not satisfied. Therefore, “living lighting” is determined as a control target device, but “living air conditioner” is determined not to be a control target device.

  As a result, in accordance with the collective setting definition data 109 shown in FIG. 6, a control schedule “control content” of “OFF” (operation stop) is set in “living lighting”.

  On the other hand, a control schedule “control content” of “OFF” (operation stop) is not set in the “living air conditioner”. For this reason, when the living air conditioner 101b_4 is operating at the control time, the living air conditioner 101b_4 continues to operate even when all the family members except the dog go according to the schedule. Thereby, the living air conditioner 101b_4 can be stopped in summer, for example, and a dog left in the house can be prevented from becoming heat stroke.

  For example, it is assumed that a schedule for going out by father and mother is registered. Then, it is assumed that a control schedule corresponding to the “collective setting type” of “going out” in the collective setting definition data 109 shown in FIG. 6 is set in conjunction with this schedule. Referring to the collective setting definition data 109 in FIG. 6 for the “collective setting type” “outing”, “kitchen lighting” and “IHCH” are included as “control target devices” in the “compartment” “kitchen”. Associated. Further, “everyone” (that is, an AND condition for all members) is associated with “kitchen lighting” as a “setting condition”. “IHCH” is associated with “all members other than children” (that is, AND conditions for children other than children) as “setting conditions”.

  The user related to the schedule of this example is the whole family (father, mother). Further, in the section data 110 illustrated in FIG. 7, “Father, Mother, Child” is associated with “Partition” “Kitchen” as “User”. Therefore, the “setting condition” of “all members” means that the father, mother, and child are included in the users related to the schedule. The “setting condition” of “all members other than children” means that the father and mother are included in the user related to the schedule. In this example, the “setting condition” “all members” is not satisfied, but the “setting condition” “all members other than children” is satisfied. Therefore, “kitchen lighting” is determined not to be a control target device, but “IHCH” is determined as a control target device.

  As a result, the control schedule “control content” of “OFF” (stop of operation) is not set for “kitchen lighting”.

  On the other hand, in “IHCH”, a control schedule “control content” of “OFF (locked)” (stopping operation and locking not to drive) is set according to the collective setting definition data 109 shown in FIG. The This lock may be released by a specific operation such as pressing a specific button for a predetermined time or more. Thereby, when only a child remains in the house, the risk of accidentally driving the IHCH 101c_5 can be reduced. The “control content” “OFF (locked)” is the control content set when the first setting condition is satisfied, and is different from the “first control” “third control”. It is an example.

  For example, it is assumed that after the entire family (father, mother, child, and dog) goes out, a schedule for one family member (for example, a child) to go home first is registered. Then, in conjunction with this schedule, it is assumed that a control schedule corresponding to the “collective setting type” of “return home” in the collective setting definition data 109 shown in FIG. 6 is set. Referring to the collective setting definition data 109 in FIG. 6 for the “collective setting type” of “return home”, “living air conditioner” is associated with “division” of “living” as “control target device”. In addition, “one or more people” (that is, OR conditions for all members) is associated with “living air conditioners” as “setting conditions”.

  The user associated with the schedule in this example is a child. Further, in the section data 110 shown in FIG. 7, “Father, mother, child, dog” is associated as “User” with “Partition” “Living”. Therefore, the “setting condition” of “one or more” means that the father, mother, child or dog is included in the user related to the schedule. In this example, the “setting condition” of “one or more” is satisfied. Accordingly, the “living air conditioner” is determined as the control target device. As a result, a control schedule “control content” of “ON 10 minutes ago” (start of operation) is set in the “living air conditioner”. The “control content” “ON” is a control content that is set when the second setting condition is satisfied, and is different from both “first control” and “third control”. It is an example of “second control”.

  As a result, even if the whole family is away, if one of the family members is planning to go home, the living air conditioner can be started from an appropriate time before going home to make the living room a comfortable environment. I can leave.

  In the case of the OR condition, as in the case of the AND condition, a setting condition for setting an OR condition for those other than a specific user may be determined.

  Thus, in the present embodiment, the section data 110 and the setting conditions are adopted. As a result, only by registering the user's schedule, the operation of the electric device 101 installed in the section used by the user related to the schedule can be reliably and appropriately controlled. Therefore, for example, even when the user forgets to stop the household electrical appliance 101 and goes out, the operation of the appropriate electrical device 101 according to the user related to the schedule can be reliably stopped. In addition, even when the user goes out without setting a timer for starting operation before returning home, the appropriate operation of the electric device 101 according to the user related to the schedule is surely performed from an appropriate time. Can be started. Therefore, even if the user does not consciously operate the electric device 101, it is possible to suppress energy consumption while maintaining the comfort desired by the user.

  According to the present embodiment, the interlock control rule data 107 includes the batch setting definition data 109. As a result, it is possible to collectively manage controls executed with a temporal relationship with user operations, events, etc., and to appropriately operate the electric device 101. Therefore, it becomes possible to facilitate the management and setting of the interlock control rule data 107 for suppressing the energy consumption while maintaining the comfort desired by the user.

  As described above, the schedule content may include at least one of the schedule type and the schedule title. Thereby, a control schedule can be set according to the content of the schedule classified appropriately. Therefore, it becomes possible to facilitate the management and setting of the interlock control rule data 107 for suppressing the energy consumption while maintaining the comfort desired by the user.

  Since the batch setting definition data 109 includes control conditions, it is possible to finely set whether or not to actually control the operation of each control target device under the batch setting. Thereby, it becomes possible to appropriately respond to the complicated demands of the user and suppress the energy consumption while maintaining the comfort desired by the user.

(Modification 1)
In the first embodiment, the example in which the partition data 110 is used for determining whether or not the setting condition is satisfied has been described. However, the control target device may be determined based on the partition data 110 without adopting the setting condition.

  Specifically, the device schedule setting unit 116 identifies a section associated with the user included in the user schedule data 106a in the section data 110. And the apparatus schedule setting part 116 specifies the electric equipment (control object apparatus) linked | related with the specified division by the interlocking control rule data 107 (batch setting definition data 109). The device schedule setting unit 116 may determine the electrical device specified in this manner as a control target device.

  According to this modification, an appropriate device can be determined as a control target device among electric devices installed in a section used by a user related to a schedule without adopting a setting condition. Therefore, even if the user does not consciously operate the electric device 101, it is possible to appropriately suppress energy consumption while maintaining the comfort desired by the user.

(Modification 2)
In the first modification, the setting condition is not adopted. However, in the first modification, setting conditions may be further adopted. Specifically, the device schedule setting unit 116 may determine, as a control target device, a device that satisfies a corresponding setting condition among the electric devices specified by the same processing as that of the first modification.

  According to this modification, it is possible to determine a more appropriate electrical device as the control target device among the electrical devices installed in the section used by the user related to the schedule. Therefore, even if the user does not consciously operate the electric device 101, it is possible to more appropriately suppress energy consumption while maintaining the comfort desired by the user. In addition, by changing the control content according to different setting conditions, the operation of the electric device 101 installed in the section can be controlled more appropriately. Accordingly, even if the user does not consciously operate the electric device 101, it is possible to more appropriately suppress energy consumption while maintaining the comfort desired by the user.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 12, the electrical device management system 200 according to the present embodiment is configured by a server device 222 that communicates via an external network 221 such as the Internet, an electrical device management device 202, and a terminal device 203. The

  The server device 222 is a device that manages the calendar schedule data 223 in synchronization with the electrical equipment management device 202, and as shown in the figure, a storage unit in which the calendar schedule data 223 and the management data 224 are stored. 225 and a synchronization unit 226.

  Calendar schedule data 223 includes an electric device management apparatus ID in addition to calendar schedule data 106 according to the first embodiment. The electric device management device ID is information for specifying the electric device management device 202 of the residence A, and information unique to the electric device management device 202 may be appropriately given by the server device 222. Note that an address in the external network 221 may be adopted.

  The management data 224 is data for associating the electrical device management apparatus 202 and the terminal device 203 in order to communicate with each of the electrical device management apparatus 202 and the terminal device 203, and includes the electrical equipment management device ID and the terminal device ID. Including. The electric equipment management device ID is the same as that of the calendar schedule data 223. The terminal device ID is information for specifying the terminal device 203.

  The synchronization unit 226 receives the calendar schedule data 106 transmitted from the terminal device 203 via the external network 221. The synchronization unit 226 identifies the terminal device ID of the transmission source terminal device 203 by referring to the management data 224. The synchronization unit 226 stores, in the storage unit 225, calendar schedule data 223 in which the identified terminal device ID is included in the received calendar schedule data 106. As a result, the calendar schedule data 223 in the storage unit 225 is updated.

  In addition, the synchronization unit 226 specifies the electrical equipment management device ID associated with the terminal device ID of the transmission source terminal device 203 in the management data 224. The synchronization unit 226 transfers the calendar schedule data 106 received from the terminal device 203 to the electrical device management device 202 corresponding to the identified electrical device management device ID.

  As shown in FIG. 15, electrical device management apparatus 202 is configured to be communicable with electrical device 101 in house A, as in the first embodiment. The electrical equipment management apparatus 202 is the same as that of the first embodiment except that it includes a user schedule registration unit 213 and a user schedule acquisition unit 214 that replace the user schedule registration unit 113 and the user schedule acquisition unit 114 according to the first embodiment. The electric apparatus management apparatus 102 has substantially the same configuration.

  The user schedule registration unit 213 has the same function as the user schedule registration unit 113 according to the first embodiment. In addition, when a user inputs a schedule, the user schedule registration unit 213 transmits calendar schedule data 106 (user schedule data 106a) to the server device 222 via the external network 221.

  The user schedule acquisition unit 214 includes the functions of the user schedule acquisition unit 114 according to the first embodiment. In addition, the user schedule acquisition unit 214 receives the user schedule data 106a from the server device 222 via the external network 221. get. When the user schedule acquisition unit 214 acquires the user schedule data 106 a from the server device 222, the user schedule acquisition unit 214 delivers the user schedule data 106 a to the user schedule registration unit 213. Thereby, the user schedule registration unit 213 stores the user schedule data 106 a acquired from the server device 222 in the storage unit 104.

  The terminal device 203 updates the calendar schedule data 223 of the server 222 via the external network 221 based on the user input. Thereby, the user can update the calendar schedule data 223 from outside the house.

  According to the present embodiment, the user can update the calendar schedule data 223 of the server device 222 using the terminal device 203. The calendar schedule data 223 of the server device 222 and the calendar schedule data 106 of the electric equipment management device 202 are synchronized. As a result, the user can update the calendar schedule data 106 (user schedule data 106a) of the electric equipment management apparatus 202 even from outside the house, and the user can input a schedule to the terminal device 203 and respond to a new schedule. The electric device 101 can be operated with the appropriate device schedule data 105. Therefore, even if the user does not consciously operate the electric device, it is possible to suppress energy consumption while maintaining the comfort desired by the user.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
As shown in FIG. 16, the electric equipment management system 300 according to the present embodiment includes a server device 322 that communicates via an external network 221, electric equipment management devices 302 a to 302 c, and a terminal device 203. .

  The server apparatus 322 manages the calendar schedule data 223 in synchronization with the electrical device management apparatus 302, similarly to the server apparatus 222 according to the second embodiment. In addition, the server apparatus 322 is indicated by the calendar schedule data 323. The electric device 101 managed by each of the electric device management apparatuses 302a to 302c is caused to perform a predetermined operation in accordance with the content relationship.

  As shown in the figure, the server device 322 includes a storage unit 325 in which calendar schedule data 323 and management data 324 are stored, and a device management unit 327.

  As shown in FIG. 17, the calendar schedule data 323 is configured in the same manner as the calendar schedule data 223 according to the second embodiment. Unlike the calendar schedule data 223 according to the second embodiment, the calendar schedule data 323 includes schedules for a plurality of houses A to C. Each of the electric equipment management apparatus IDs A to C is an ID of the electric equipment management apparatus 302a installed in the house A, the electric equipment management apparatus 302b installed in the house B, and the electric equipment management apparatus 302c installed in the house C. Indicates.

  The management data 324 is data for managing the electric device management apparatuses 302a to 302c, and an electric device management apparatus address is associated with each electric device management ID of the electric device management apparatuses 302a to 302c.

  The device management unit 327 has the same function as the synchronization unit 226 according to the second embodiment. In addition, the device management unit 327 includes a calendar schedule data 323 in which the contents of information associated with different electrical device management apparatus IDs are predetermined, that is, the houses A to C indicated by the calendar schedule data 323. When the schedule for each user has a predetermined relationship, a control signal is transmitted to each of the electric device management apparatuses 302a to 302c via the external network 221. This control signal is a signal for causing the electric device 101 managed by each of the electric device management apparatuses 302a to 302c to perform a predetermined operation.

  The electric equipment management apparatuses 302a to 302c are installed in the houses A to C, respectively, and manage the electric equipment 101 provided in the houses A to C. The electric device management apparatuses 302a to 302c each have the same configuration, and FIG. 19 shows an example of the functional configuration of the electric device management apparatus 302a. As shown in the figure, the electric equipment management apparatus 302a includes an electric equipment management apparatus 202 according to the second embodiment, except that it includes an equipment control section 318 instead of the equipment control section 118 according to the second embodiment. It has almost the same configuration.

  The device control unit 318 has the same function as the device control unit 118 according to the second embodiment (that is, the device control unit 118 according to the first embodiment). In addition, the device control unit 318 receives a control signal for controlling the operation of the electric device 101 from the server device 322 via the external network 221. Upon receiving the control signal from the server device 322, the device control unit 318 operates the electrical device 101 in the house according to the control signal.

  According to the present embodiment, it is possible to cause each of the electric device management apparatuses 302a to 302c to perform a predetermined operation in accordance with the relationship of the contents indicated by the calendar schedule data 323. For example, in the calendar schedule data 323 of the residences A to C shown in FIG. 17, the night of July 13, 2013 is night absence in all of the residences A to C. When the residences A to C are neighboring residences, for example, the lighting devices of the residences A to C may be turned on at night on July 13, 2013 for crime prevention. Thereby, a user can go out in comfort and a user's comfort improves.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to each embodiment, The form which combined each embodiment and the modification suitably, and the form which added the various change to it including.

  The invention according to the present application can be used for an electric device management apparatus, an electric device management system, an electric device, and a terminal device having a function of managing electric devices, and is also used for an electric device management method and program therefor can do.

100, 200, 300 Electrical device management system, 101 Electrical device, 102, 202, 302a to c Electrical device management device, 103, 203 Terminal device, 104, 204, 225, 325 Storage unit, 105 Device schedule data, 106, 223 , 323 Calendar schedule data, 107 interlock control rule data, 108 interlock definition data, 109 batch setting definition data, 110 section data, 111 display section, 112 input section, 113, 213 user schedule registration section, 114, 214 user schedule acquisition section 115 interlock control determination unit, 116 device schedule setting unit, 117 device schedule registration unit, 118, 318 device control unit, 119 control calendar creation unit, 120 notification schedule creation unit, 221 external network, 22, 322 server, 224, 324 control data, 226 synchronization unit, 327 device management unit.

Claims (18)

And user scheduling obtaining means for obtaining user schedule data including the information indicating the timing associated with the first predetermined user information indicating the user associated with information and the first schedule showing the contents of the first schedule ,
The content of the second schedule, the user associated with the second scheduled, a storage unit interlock control rule data and interlock control rule is associated for determining the control schedule of the electrical equipment is stored,
A user schedule data acquired by the user schedule acquisition means, wherein based on the stored synchronous control rule data in the storage means, wherein a user associated with the first scheduled and the first contents of the scheduled first An electrical equipment management device comprising: equipment schedule setting means for setting a control schedule of equipment to be controlled in accordance with a time related to one schedule . The interlocking control rule data, as the interlocking control rules for determining the control target device, along with further comprising a partition data associated with the compartment and Yoo chromatography The set in advance, and the said compartment electrical equipment Including associated data,
The device schedule setting means identifies a section associated with the section data by the user associated with the first schedule, and identifies the electrical device associated with the identified section by the interlock control rule data. The electric device management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the device to be controlled is determined. The interlocking control rule data includes a setting condition in which a relationship between a user associated with the identified section in the section data and a user associated with the first schedule is determined in association with the electrical device, As the interlock control rule for determining a control target device, further includes,
The electrical device management apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the device schedule setting unit determines, as the control target device, a device that satisfies the corresponding setting condition among the identified electrical devices. The interlock control rule data is
As the interlocking control rules for determining the control target device, a partition data associated with partitions and the User chromatography The set in advance,
Data associating the section with the electrical device;
A setting condition that defines a relationship between a user associated with the section in the section data and a user associated with the first schedule in association with the electrical equipment;
The device schedule setting means, said identifying the compartment associated with partition data, the partition user and the first plan associated with data in a compartment that is the specific user associated with the first scheduled The electric device management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the user associated with the condition satisfies the setting condition, the electric device associated with the setting condition is determined as the control target device. The setting condition includes a first setting condition indicating that all of the predetermined users among the users associated with the section in the section data are included in the user related to the first schedule. ,
When the first setting condition is satisfied, the device schedule setting unit sets a control schedule in which the electric device associated with the first setting condition is the control target device and the first control is control content. The electrical equipment management device according to claim 3 or 4. The setting condition includes a second setting condition indicating that at least one user associated with the section in the section data is included in a user related to the first schedule ,
When the second setting condition is satisfied, the device schedule setting unit sets a control schedule in which the electric device associated with the second setting condition is the control target device and the second control is a control content. The electrical equipment management apparatus according to any one of claims 3 to 5. The setting condition is a first setting condition indicating that all of the predetermined users among the users associated with the section in the section data are included in the user related to the first schedule ; A second setting condition indicating that at least one user associated with the partition in the partition data is included in a user related to the first schedule ;
When the first setting condition is satisfied, the device schedule setting unit sets a control schedule in which the electric device associated with the first setting condition is the control target device and the first control is control content. When setting and satisfying the second setting condition, set an electric device associated with the second setting condition as the control target device, and set a control schedule with the second control as a control content,
The electrical equipment management device according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the first control and the second control indicate different control contents. The electrical equipment management apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising equipment control means for controlling the equipment to be controlled according to a control schedule set by the equipment schedule setting means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a notification unit that notifies the control target device to be controlled before the control target device is controlled according to the control schedule set by the device schedule setting unit. The electrical equipment management apparatus of description. The electrical equipment management according to any one of claims 1 to 9, further comprising display means for displaying a calendar including information indicating the control schedule set by the equipment schedule setting means and the first schedule. apparatus. The interlock control rule data is
The type of batch setting in response to the user associated with the content and the second scheduled for the second schedule, the interlock definition data including information for determining the control time for controlling by the batch setting,
A batch setting definition data including a type of the batch setting, a control target device according to the type of the batch setting, and a control content for the control target device;
The device scheduling means, the user based on the schedule data and the interlocking definition data wherein a batch setting definition data, corresponding to the user associated with the first scheduled and the contents of the first schedule, the The electrical equipment management apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the control schedule including a control time, the control target equipment, and the control content is set. The contents of the scheduled an electrical equipment management device according to any one of claims 1 to 11 comprising at least one of the kind scheduled event title. A terminal device that generates and transmits calendar schedule data based on user input; and
The electrical equipment management device according to any one of claims 1 to 12,
A server device connected to each of the terminal device and the electrical equipment management device via a communication line;
The server device
Management storage means for storing management data for associating the terminal device with the electrical equipment management device;
Calendar schedule storage means for storing the calendar schedule data;
Synchronizing means for receiving the calendar schedule data transmitted from the terminal device, updating the calendar schedule storage means with the received calendar schedule data, and transferring the received calendar schedule data to the electrical equipment management device. Prepared,
The electric device management system, wherein the user schedule acquisition unit acquires the calendar schedule data from the synchronization unit via the communication line. A plurality of electrical equipment management devices according to any one of claims 1 to 12,
A server device connected to each of the electrical equipment management devices via a communication line,
The server device
Management storage means for storing management data including an address in the communication line of each of the electrical equipment management devices,
Calendar schedule storage means for storing calendar schedule data for each user of the electrical equipment management device;
A control signal for controlling the operation of each device managed by each of the electrical equipment management devices when the user schedule indicated by the calendar schedule data for each user of the electrical equipment management device has a predetermined relationship And a device management means for transmitting to each address of the electrical device management device,
Each of the electrical equipment management devices receives the control signal transmitted from the equipment management means, and controls the operation of the equipment according to the control signal. And user scheduling obtaining means for obtaining user schedule data including the information indicating the timing associated with the first predetermined user information indicating the user associated with information and the first schedule showing the contents of the first schedule ,
The content of the second schedule, the user associated with the second scheduled, a storage unit interlock control rule data and interlock control rule is associated for determining the control schedule of the electrical equipment is stored,
A user schedule data acquired by the user schedule acquisition means, wherein based on the stored synchronous control rule data in the storage means, wherein a user associated with the first scheduled and the first contents of the scheduled first An electric device comprising device schedule setting means for setting a control schedule of a device to be controlled according to a time related to one schedule . And user scheduling obtaining means for obtaining user schedule data including the information indicating the timing associated with the first predetermined user information indicating the user associated with information and the first schedule showing the contents of the first schedule ,
The content of the second schedule, the user associated with the second scheduled, a storage unit interlock control rule data and interlock control rule is associated for determining the control schedule of the electrical equipment is stored,
A user schedule data acquired by the user schedule acquisition means, wherein based on the stored synchronous control rule data in the storage means, wherein a user associated with the first scheduled and the first contents of the scheduled first A terminal device comprising device schedule setting means for setting a control schedule of a device to be controlled in accordance with a time related to one schedule . Computer
Obtains user schedule data including the information indicating the timing associated with the first predetermined user information indicating the user associated with information and the first schedule showing the contents of the first appointment,
The acquired user based on the interlock control rule data in which the contents of the second schedule, the user related to the second schedule, and the interlock control rule for determining the control schedule of the electric device are associated. electrical equipment management method for setting a control schedule of the control target device in accordance with the time associated with the user and the first plan associated with the first scheduled and the first content to be included in the schedule data. Computer
User scheduling obtaining means for obtaining user schedule data including the information indicating the timing associated with the first predetermined user information indicating the user associated with information and the first schedule showing the contents of the first appointment,
The content of the second schedule, the user associated with the second scheduled, storage means for interlocking control rule data and interlock control rule is associated for determining the control schedule of the electrical equipment is stored,
A user schedule data acquired by the user schedule acquisition means, wherein based on the stored synchronous control rule data in the storage means, wherein a user associated with the first scheduled and the first contents of the scheduled first A program for functioning as device schedule setting means for setting a control schedule of a device to be controlled in accordance with a time related to one schedule .

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