JP6347659B2 - Facility management system and method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a facility management technique, and more particularly to a facility management technique for controlling facility equipment based on a home position of a user who uses the facility.

Conventionally, a home position (area unique to each user) is set in advance for users who work daily in a predetermined space, and various events (lighting devices) are set according to the number of people in each home position. Home position control that implements ON / OFF control of air conditioning equipment, etc.) has been proposed.
In order to perform such home position control, a server for setting and a controller for control are required. When adding a new user, the administrator registers new user information in the server, The user information registered from the server to the controller is expanded (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2005-214495 A

  However, in such a conventional technology, the user can log in to the server for the first time when the administrator registers the home position of each user. Therefore, until the registration of user information by the administrator is completed, the user cannot log in to the server, and the home position control cannot be performed until then. In addition, there is a problem that the administrator needs to register each user information and the registration work is troublesome.

  The present invention is to solve such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a facility management technique that allows a user to register his / her home position without requiring an administrator's registration work.

  In order to achieve such an object, the facility management system according to the present invention remotely connects devices installed in each section of the facility based on a home position that is a permanent section of each registered user. A facility management system to be controlled, for each user, a user registration information DB storing user registration information in which home position information including a section ID indicating the user's home position is registered, and entering and exiting each section In the entrance / exit management system that manages the user, the user information acquisition unit that acquires the user information of the user in response to the determination of the entry / exit permission to the arbitrary section for the user, and the user corresponding to the acquired user information The presence / absence of registration in the user registration information is confirmed. If there is no registration, the user is identified based on the user information. In response to a home position registration request from the user and the user registration unit to be registered in the record information, the user registration information is confirmed in the user registration information. A home position registration unit that registers the section ID of the section as the home position information in association with the user and registers the user registration information, and the user position information from the user registration information in response to a device control request from the user. And a device control processing unit for remotely controlling the devices installed in the section corresponding to the home position information.

  Further, in the configuration example of the facility management system according to the present invention, for each user, the home position information and a registration level related to use of the system by the user are registered in the user registration information. The registration unit is configured to register the registration level of the user in the user registration information as temporary registration indicating a temporary registration state when the registration is not performed.

  Further, in the configuration example of the facility management system according to the present invention, the user registration unit responds to a main registration request from the user whose registration level is temporarily registered in the user registration information. In the registration information, the registration level of the user is changed to the main registration.

  In addition, according to one configuration example of the facility management system according to the present invention, when the user registration unit is in a temporary registration state with a registration level related to an arbitrary user in the user registration information for a certain grace period or more, The registration contents regarding the user are deleted from the user registration information.

  The facility management method according to the present invention is used in a facility management system that remotely controls devices installed in each section of the facility based on a home position that is a permanent section of each registered user. A facility management method, in which a user registration information DB stores user registration information in which home position information including a section ID indicating the user's home position is registered for each user, and a user information acquisition unit In the entrance / exit management system for managing entrance / exit to each section, a user information acquisition step for acquiring user information of the user in response to a determination of entry / exit permission for the user to any section, and user registration Confirms the presence or absence of registration in the user registration information related to the user corresponding to the acquired user information. The user registration step of registering the user in the user registration information based on the user information, and the home position registration unit, in response to a home position registration request from the user, the user registration information in the user registration information A home position registration step of confirming the presence or absence of registration and registering in the user registration information in association with the user as the section ID of the section designated by the user as home position information, and device control processing In response to a device control request from the user, the unit obtains the home position information of the user from the user registration information, and remotely controls a device installed in a section corresponding to the home position information And steps.

  According to the present invention, the user is automatically registered as a user who can use the facility management system in response to the determination of the room entry / exit permission for any section in the room entry / exit management system. For this reason, in the facility management system, the user can register his / her home position without requiring an administrator's registration work.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the facility management system concerning this Embodiment. It is an example of composition of user registration information. It is a sequence diagram which shows the user registration operation | movement of a facility management system. It is a sequence diagram which shows the home position registration operation | movement of a facility management system. It is a structural example of a home position registration screen. It is a sequence diagram which shows the apparatus operation operation | movement of a facility management system. It is a sequence diagram which shows other apparatus operation operation | movement of a facility management system. It is a sequence diagram which shows the registration level management operation | movement of a facility management system.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[Facility management system]
First, a facility management system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facility management system according to the present embodiment.
This facility management system 1 is a system for remotely controlling the equipment 43 installed in each section 40 in the facility based on a home position that is a permanent section of each user registered in advance. It consists of a management device 10 and a home position management device 20.

The entrance / exit management system 30 is a system for determining whether the user can enter / exit in the section when the user enters / exits in each section 40 in the facility, and the entrance / exit management device 31 and the entrance / exit processing device 32. It consists of and.
The entrance / exit management device 31 is composed of an information processing device such as a server as a whole, and has a function of managing personal information of each user and history information of entrance / exit determination used for entrance / exit determination in the entrance / exit processing device 32. Yes.

  The entrance / exit processing device 32 is composed of a control processing device such as an industrial controller as a whole, and the user information read from the ID card 42 distributed in advance by the operation terminal 41 such as a card reader installed in the section 40. A function to acquire via the communication line L2 and a function to determine whether or not to enter or leave the compartment 40 by comparing the obtained user information with the personal information of the user registered in advance from the entrance / exit management device 31. And the function of unlocking the electric lock of the section 40 according to the determination of permission to enter / exit, and keeping the electric lock of the section 40 locked according to the determination of entering / exiting the room.

[Facility management device]
Next, the facility management apparatus 10 of the facility management system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
The facility management apparatus 10 includes a control processing apparatus such as an industrial controller as a whole, and a user registration information DB 11, a user information acquisition unit 12, and a device control unit 13 are provided as main functional units.

The user registration information DB 11 is a database that stores, for each user, user registration information in which home position information including a section ID indicating the home position of the user and a registration level regarding the use of the system by the user are registered. .
FIG. 2 is a configuration example of user registration information. Here, for each user, a user ID for identifying the user, a user name, home position information, a registration level related to the use of the system by the user, and a temporary registration date and time indicating the date and time of temporary registration are registered as a set. Has been.

  The user information acquisition unit 12 determines the entry / exit permission of any user for any user in the entrance / exit management system 30 that manages the entrance / exit to each compartment 40, and the user information used for the determination A function for obtaining user information, a function for confirming whether or not the user registration information relating to the user corresponding to the user information is registered by referring to the user registration information DB 11, and based on the user information according to the determination of no registration. According to the function of registering the user in the user registration information of the user registration information DB 11 and setting the user registration level as temporary registration indicating a temporary registration state and the determination of no registration, the acquired user information is stored in the home position management device. 20 and a function of notifying to 20.

  Further, the user information acquisition unit 12 has a function of changing the registration level of the designated user to the main registration among the user registration information in the user registration information DB 11 in response to the main registration instruction from the home position management device 20, When the registration level related to an arbitrary user in the user registration information in the registration information DB 11 is in a temporary registration state for a certain grace period or longer, it has a function of deleting the registration content related to the user from the user registration information.

  In response to an instruction from the home position management device 20, the device control unit 13 performs remote data communication with the facility device 43 installed in the designated section 40 via the communication line L3. It has a function to control.

[Home position management device]
Next, the home position management device 20 of the facility management system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
The home position management device 20 includes an information processing device such as a server as a whole, and includes a user registration information DB 21, a user registration unit 22, a home position registration unit 23, and a device control processing unit 24 as main functional units. Yes.

  The user registration information DB 21 is a database that stores, for each user, user registration information in which home position information including a section ID indicating the user's home position is registered. The configuration of the user registration information is the same as the user registration information DB 11 described with reference to FIG.

  The user registration unit 22 refers to the user registration information DB 21 according to the function of confirming the presence / absence of registration in the user registration information related to the user corresponding to the user information notified from the facility management apparatus 10 and the determination of no registration. The function of registering the user in the user registration information in the user registration information DB 21 based on the user information and setting the user registration level as temporary registration indicating a temporary registration state is provided.

  Further, the user registration unit 22 performs main registration of the registration level of the user in the user registration information in response to a main registration request from a user whose registration level is temporarily registered in the user registration information in the user registration information DB 21. And a function for deleting the registration contents regarding the user from the user registration information when the registration level regarding an arbitrary user in the user registration information in the user registration information DB 21 is in a temporary registration state for a certain grace period or longer. And have.

  The home position registration unit 23 has a function of confirming whether or not the user is registered in the user registration information in the user registration information DB 21 in response to a home position registration request from the user terminal 44 received via the communication line L1, and a registration According to the determination, the section ID of the section designated by the user is associated with the user as home position information and registered in the user registration information in the user registration information DB 21.

  The device control processing unit 24 has a function of acquiring home position information of the user from the user registration information in the user registration information DB 21 in response to a device control request from the user terminal 44 received via the communication line L1, and the home It has a function of instructing the facility management apparatus 10 to remotely control the equipment installed in the section corresponding to the position information.

[Operation of this embodiment]
Next, the operation of the facility management system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

[User registration operation]
First, a user registration operation of the facility management system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing a user registration operation of the facility management system.

  In response to the card operation of the ID card 42 by the user (step 100), the operation terminal 41 installed in the section 40 reads the user information from the ID card 42 and sends a determination request including this user information to the entrance / exit processing device 32. (Step 101).

  In response to this determination request, the entry / exit processing device 32 collates the notified user information with the personal information of the user registered in advance to determine whether the entry / exit in the section 40 is possible (step 102). ). Thereafter, the entrance / exit processing device 32 executes entrance / exit permission processing such as unlocking the electric lock of the section 40 in accordance with the determination of entrance / exit permission (step 103).

  Further, the entrance / exit processing device 32 notifies the facility management device 10 of the user information used for the determination in response to the determination of the entrance / exit permission (step 110). At this time, if it is determined that the user cannot enter or leave the room, the facility management apparatus 10 is not notified of the user information.

  The user information acquisition unit 12 of the facility management apparatus 10 acquires user information from the entry / exit processing apparatus 32 and refers to the user registration information DB 11 to check whether user registration information related to the user corresponding to the user information is registered. (Step 111). Here, according to the determination of no registration, the user is registered in the user registration information based on the user information, and the registration level of the user is set as temporary registration indicating a temporary registration state (step 112).

  Further, the user information acquisition unit 12 notifies the acquired user information to the home position management device 20 according to the determination of no registration (step 113). When it is determined that there is registration, user registration to the user registration information and notification of user information to the home position management device 20 are not performed.

  In response to the user information notification from the facility management apparatus 10, the user registration unit 22 of the home position management apparatus 20 refers to the user registration information DB 21 and confirms whether or not user registration information related to the user corresponding to the user information is registered. (Step 114). Here, according to the determination of no registration, the user is registered in the user registration information based on the user information, the registration level of the user is set as temporary registration indicating a temporary registration state (step 115), and a series of user registrations are performed. End the operation. If it is determined that there is registration, user registration in the user registration information is not performed.

[Home position registration operation]
Next, a home position registration operation in the facility management system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing a home position registration operation of the facility management system.

  In response to a home position registration request from the user terminal 44 in response to a user operation (step 120), the home position registration unit 23 of the home position management apparatus 20 determines whether or not the user is registered in the user registration information of the user registration information DB 21. Is confirmed (step 121). Here, in accordance with the determination that there is registration, the section ID of the section designated by the user is used as home position information, and is registered in the user registration information of the user registration information DB 21 in association with the user (step 122).

  FIG. 5 is a configuration example of the home position registration screen. In response to a home position registration request from the user terminal 44, the home position registration unit 23 distributes a home position registration screen as shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 5, symbols corresponding to each section 40 are arranged according to the actual layout. When the user checks the check box arranged in the symbol of the section to be the home position among the symbols and then presses the registration button, the home position information of the user is notified to the home position registration unit 23. At this time, a plurality of sections where the user is always present may be registered as home positions.

Thereafter, the home position registration unit 23 notifies the facility management apparatus 10 of a home position registration instruction (step 123).
In response to this, the facility management apparatus 10 uses the section ID of the section designated by the home position registration instruction as home position information, and registers it in the user registration information in the user registration information DB 11 in association with the user (step 124). Then, a series of home position registration operations are completed.

[Device operation]
Next, with reference to FIG. 6, the apparatus operation operation | movement of the facility management system 1 concerning this Embodiment is demonstrated. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating the device operation operation of the facility management system.
After the above-described home position registration operation in FIG. 4 is completed, the facility management system 1 starts the device control operation in FIG. 6 in accordance with a user entry / exit availability determination process in the entry / exit management system 30.

  The operation terminal 41 installed in the section 40 reads the user information from the ID card 42 in response to the card operation of the ID card 42 by the user (step 130), and sends a determination request including this user information to the entrance / exit processing device 32. (Step 131).

  In response to this determination request, the entry / exit processing device 32 compares the notified user information with the personal information of the user registered in advance to determine whether the entry / exit in the section 40 is possible (step 132). ). Thereafter, the entrance / exit processing device 32 executes entrance / exit permission processing such as unlocking the electric lock of the section 40 according to the determination of entrance / exit permission (step 133).

  Further, the entrance / exit processing device 32, in response to the judgment of entry / exit permission, together with the user information of the entry / exit user used for the judgment, other presence in the entry / exit user's movement source and destination compartments. The in-room information indicating the room user is notified to the facility management apparatus 10 (step 140). At this time, when it is determined that the user cannot enter or leave the room, the user information is not notified to the facility management apparatus 10.

The user information acquisition unit 12 of the facility management apparatus 10 acquires user information and occupancy information from the entry / exit processing device 32, and refers to the user registration information DB 11 to perform user registration related to the entry / exit user corresponding to the user information. Whether or not information is registered is confirmed (step 141).
Here, in response to the determination that there is registration, the home position information of the entering / leaving user is acquired from the user registration information, and among the in-room users included in the in-room information, the user registration information is registered in the user registration information DB 11. The home position information of the resident user who has been registered is acquired (step 142).

  Next, the device control unit 13 selects the facility device 43 installed in the movement source section or the movement destination section of the entering / leaving user based on the user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit 12 and the home position information of each user. It is determined whether device control is necessary (step 143).

  At this time, for example, when the section ID of the destination section of the entering / leaving user included in the user information matches the section ID indicated by the home position information of the entering / leaving user, the entering / leaving user has his / her home position (resident When it is confirmed that the user has entered the section, if there is no other user in the room whose home position is the destination area, the equipment 43 installed in the destination area must be activated. Is determined.

  In addition, for example, when the section ID of the movement source section of the entering / leaving user included in the user information matches the section ID indicated by the home position information of the entering / leaving user, the entering / leaving user can change his home position (resident section). ), It is necessary to stop the equipment 43 installed in the movement source section when there are no other occupants who have the movement position in the home position. judge.

In this way, when it is determined that device control is necessary by determining whether device control is required for the equipment device 43 (step 143: YES), the device control unit 13 moves the destination block of the entry / exit user to be controlled. Alternatively, the equipment device 43 is remotely controlled by performing data communication with the equipment device 43 installed in the movement source section (step 144).
In response to this remote control, the facility device 43 starts a designated operation (step 145) and ends a series of device operation operations.

Next, with reference to FIG. 7, another equipment operation operation of the facility management system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing another device operation operation of the facility management system.
In response to a device operation request from the user terminal 44 corresponding to the user operation (step 150), the device control processing unit 24 of the home position management device 20 determines whether or not the user is registered in the user registration information of the user registration information DB 21. Confirmation (step 151). Here, according to the determination that there is registration, the section corresponding to the home position information registered in the user registration information of the user is confirmed, and the equipment of the section is determined based on the operation content specified in the device operation request. A facility control instruction for instructing remote control for the device 43 is notified to the facility management apparatus 10 (step 153).

In response to this, the device control unit 13 of the facility management apparatus 10 remotely controls the facility device 43 by performing data communication with the facility device 43 installed in the designated section 40 (step 154).
In response to this remote control, the facility device 43 starts a designated operation (step 155) and ends a series of device operation operations.

[Registration level management operation]
Next, the registration level management operation of the facility management system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram showing a registration level management operation of the facility management system.

  In response to the main registration request from the user terminal 44 according to the user operation (step 160), the user registration unit 22 of the home position management device 20 confirms whether or not the user is registered in the user registration information of the user registration information DB 21. (Step 161). Here, in response to the determination of registration, the registration level registered in the user registration information of the user is changed to main registration (step 162), and the facility management apparatus 10 is notified of the main registration instruction ( Step 163).

  In response to the main registration instruction from the home position management device 20, the user information acquisition unit 12 of the facility management apparatus 10 changes the registration level of the specified user among the user registration information in the user registration information DB 11 to main registration ( Step 164).

  Also, the user registration unit 22 refers to the user registration information in the user registration information DB 21 to check the temporary registration date and time related to the user whose registration level is temporary registration among the users (step 170), and the period in which the temporary registration state is in effect Is equal to or longer than a certain grace period (step 171), the registered content related to the user is deleted from the user registration information (step 172).

  Similarly, the user information acquisition unit 12 of the facility management apparatus 10 refers to the user registration information in the user registration information DB 11 and checks the temporary registration date and time related to the user whose registration level is temporarily registered among the users (step 180). If the period of the temporary registration state is equal to or longer than a certain grace period (step 181), the registered content related to the user is deleted from the user registration information (step 182).

[Effects of the present embodiment]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user information acquisition unit 12 determines whether the user is allowed to enter / exit into any section in the entrance / exit management system 30 that manages entry / exit into each section. The user registration information is acquired, and the user registration unit 22 confirms the presence / absence of registration in the user registration information related to the user corresponding to the acquired user information. If there is no registration, the user registration unit 22 selects the user based on the user information. Registered in the registration information, the home position registration unit 23 confirms whether or not the user is registered in the user registration information in response to a home position registration request from the user. The section ID of each section is registered in the user registration information in association with the user as home position information.

  As a result, the user is automatically registered as a user who can use the facility management system 1 in accordance with the determination of permission to enter / exit an arbitrary section in the entry / exit management system 30. For this reason, in the facility management system 1, the user can register his / her home position without requiring the registration work of the administrator.

In the present embodiment, when user registration information related to the user corresponding to the acquired user information is not registered, the user registration unit 22 registers the user registration level as temporary registration indicating a temporary registration state. You may make it register to information.
Specifically, the user registration unit 22 changes the registration level of the user in the user registration information to the main registration in response to a main registration request from a user whose registration level is in the temporary registration state in the user registration information. In addition, when the registration level related to an arbitrary user in the user registration information is in a temporary registration state for a certain grace period or longer in the user registration unit 22, the registration contents regarding the user are registered as the user registration. You may make it delete from information.

  Thereby, the automatic registration of the user according to the determination of the entrance / exit permission to the arbitrary section in the entrance / exit management system 30 can be managed as a registration state separate from the formal main registration. Therefore, for users who do not use the facility management system 1, the registration is automatically deleted, so that wasteful registration can be automatically organized, and only for the user who made the main registration request, the facility Continuous use of the management system 1 can be permitted, and high security can be provided.

[Extended embodiment]
The present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. Various changes that can be understood by those skilled in the art can be made to the configuration and details of the present invention within the scope of the present invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Facility management system, 10 ... Facility management apparatus, 11 ... User registration information DB, 12 ... User information acquisition part, 13 ... Equipment control part, 20 ... Home position management apparatus, 21 ... User registration information DB, 22 ... User registration , 23 ... Home position registration unit, 24 ... Device control processing unit, 30 ... Entrance / exit management system, 31 ... Entrance / exit management device, 32 ... Entrance / exit processing device, 40 ... Section, 41 ... Operation terminal, 42 ... ID card 43, equipment, L1, L2, L3 ... communication lines.

Claims (5)

A facility management system that remotely controls equipment installed in each section of a facility based on a home position that is a permanent section of each user registered in advance,
For each user, a user registration information DB that stores user registration information in which home position information including a section ID indicating the home position of the user is registered;
In the entrance / exit management system for managing entrance / exit to each section, a user information acquisition unit for acquiring user information of the user according to the determination of permission to enter / exit to any section for the user;
A user registration unit that confirms the presence or absence of registration in the user registration information related to the user corresponding to the acquired user information, and in the case of no registration, a user registration unit that registers the user in the user registration information based on the user information;
In response to a home position registration request from the user, the user registration information is confirmed in the user registration information, and if registered, the section ID of the section designated by the user is used as the home position information. A home position registration unit for registering in the user registration information in association with a user;
In response to a device control request from the user, a device control processing unit that acquires the home position information of the user from the user registration information and remotely controls a device installed in a section corresponding to the home position information. A facility management system comprising: In the facility management system according to claim 1,
In the user registration information, for each user, the home position information and a registration level related to the use of the system by the user are registered.
The facility management system, wherein the user registration unit registers the registration level of the user in the user registration information as temporary registration indicating a temporary registration state when the registration is not performed. In the facility management system according to claim 2,
The user registration unit changes the registration level of the user in the user registration information to main registration in response to a main registration request from the user whose registration level is in a temporary registration state in the user registration information. A facility management system characterized by In the facility management system according to claim 2 or claim 3,
The user registration unit, when the registration level related to an arbitrary user among the user registration information is in a temporary registration state for a certain grace period or longer, deletes the registration content related to the user from the user registration information. Facility management system. A facility management method used in a facility management system that remotely controls equipment installed in each section in a facility based on a home position that is a permanent section of each user registered in advance,
A storage step in which the user registration information DB stores, for each user, user registration information in which home position information including a section ID indicating the user's home position is registered;
The user information acquisition unit acquires user information of the user in accordance with the determination of permission to enter and exit the arbitrary section for the user in the entrance / exit management system that manages the entrance / exit to each section. Steps,
The user registration unit checks whether or not there is registration in the user registration information related to the user corresponding to the acquired user information, and if there is no registration, the user who registers the user in the user registration information based on the user information Registration step;
In response to a home position registration request from the user, the home position registration unit confirms whether or not the user is registered in the user registration information. If there is registration, the section ID of the section designated by the user A home position registration step of registering in the user registration information in association with the user as home position information;
A device control processing unit acquires the user's home position information from the user registration information in response to a device control request from the user, and remotely controls a device installed in a section corresponding to the home position information. A facility management method comprising: a device control processing step.

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