JP6739053B2 - Management device, program, and management method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a management device, a program, and a management method for communicating with an information terminal and managing one or more facilities of a facility.

Conventionally, a screen for managing facilities such as a display screen of an information terminal, which communicates with an information terminal such as a mobile terminal, displays a sketch of a facility such as a house, a building, or a factory, and a lighting fixture on the sketch. There has been proposed a management device that displays objects (icons) indicating facilities such as an air conditioner, a ventilation fan, and a security camera. In this management device, by associating the object with the equipment installed in the facility, the equipment can be managed (for example, controlled or monitored) via the object displayed on the screen for managing the equipment. .. Patent Document 1 describes a technique relating to such a management device.

JP, 2014-164346, A

By the way, in the conventional management apparatus, an object and, for example, information indicating the operating state of the facility as the control content of the facility are associated in advance. For example, it is assumed that an object indicating that the light bulb type lighting device is lit and information that the lighting device is lit are associated with each other in advance. However, in addition to the bulb type, there are various types of lighting fixtures actually installed in the facility, such as a straight tube type, a ceiling light, or a downlight. The object shown may not be an object that the user sees, for example, a lighting device installed in the user's house in a lighting state and that indicates that the lighting device is lighting. As described above, the association between the object and the information indicating the control content of the equipment, which is performed by the manufacturer in advance, may give the user a feeling of strangeness.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a management device, a program, and a management method that can match an object displayed on a screen for managing equipment with a user's image.

A management device according to one aspect of the present invention is a management device that communicates with an information terminal and manages one or more facilities of a facility, and determines an object indicating the facility based on an instruction from the information terminal. An object determining unit, an associating unit that associates the object with the control content of the equipment, and a display control unit that causes an object associated with the control content of the equipment to be displayed on a screen for managing the equipment. Prepare

A program according to one aspect of the present invention communicates with an information terminal and instructs a computer included in a management device that manages one or more facilities of a facility to display an object indicating the facility based on an instruction from the information terminal. The object is determined and the control content of the equipment is associated, and the object associated with the control content of the equipment is displayed on the screen for managing the equipment.

A management method according to an aspect of the present invention is a management method for controlling an operation of a management device that communicates with an information terminal and manages one or more facilities of a facility, and an object indicating the facility is provided from the information terminal. Display for displaying an object determining step based on the instruction, an associating step for associating the object and the control content of the equipment, and an object associating the control content of the equipment on a screen for managing the equipment And a control step.

According to the management device, the program, and the management method according to the aspect of the present invention, it is possible to match the object displayed on the screen for managing the facility with the image of the user.

It is a figure which shows an example of the control content of the object and equipment linked|related beforehand. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the management apparatus which concerns on embodiment. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of operation of the management device according to the exemplary embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen for selecting the equipment linked|related with an object. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen in which the control content of the lighting fixture was displayed. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen for confirming the object which the object determination part which concerns on embodiment determines. It is a figure which shows another example of the screen in which the control content of the lighting fixture was displayed. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen for linking an object and the address which a facility has. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen in which the background was displayed. FIG. 10A is a diagram showing an example of a screen for managing equipment before an object is operated. FIG. 10B is a diagram showing an example of a screen for managing the equipment after the object is operated. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen in which the information which the equipment acquired was displayed.

(Knowledge that was the basis of the invention)
Hereinafter, the knowledge on which the present invention is based will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of control contents of objects and equipment associated in advance.

The conventional management device manages the facility by displaying an object (icon) together with a floor plan of the facility on a screen for managing the facility such as a display screen of an information terminal. As the object, for example, an object as shown in FIG. 1 is prepared in advance. For example, the management device displays an object representing the operating state of the facility on a screen for managing the facility so that the user can determine the current operating state of the facility (for example, whether it is operating or not). It can be monitored (managed). In addition, for example, by displaying an object having a function of a switch that controls the operation of the equipment on a screen for the management device to manage the equipment, the user operates the object (for example, the object displayed on the touch panel display). You can control (manage) the equipment by tapping.

In FIG. 1, as an example, an object showing a state in which a light bulb is lit from above, an object showing a state in which an air conditioner is operating, and an object showing a state in which a ventilation fan is operating are shown. Further, these objects are associated beforehand with the control content of the equipment, such as information indicating the operating state of the equipment. As an example, the objects shown in FIG. 1 are associated in advance with, from above, information that the lighting equipment is in a lighting state, information that the air conditioner is in an operating state, and information that the ventilation fan is in an operating state. That is, an object indicating that the light bulb is lit is displayed on the screen for managing the equipment, so that the user can know that the lighting fixture is lit.

However, for example, even if the lighting device actually installed in the facility is a ceiling light, an object indicating the light bulb type lighting device shown in FIG. 1 is displayed on the screen for managing the facility, The ceiling light is managed by an object representing a light bulb type luminaire. Therefore, for example, there is a demand for associating the control content of the facility with an image such as an illustration or a photograph (for example, an illustration or a photograph of the facility actually installed) in which the user can imagine the facility installed in the facility. ..

Therefore, the present invention provides a management device, a program, and a management method that can match an object displayed on a screen for managing equipment with a user's image.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that each of the embodiments described below shows a preferred specific example of the present invention. Therefore, the numerical values, shapes, components, arrangements and connection forms of the components, steps (processes), the order of steps, and the like shown in the following embodiments are examples, and are not intended to limit the present invention. .. Therefore, among the constituent elements in the following embodiments, the constituent elements that are not described in the independent claims showing the highest concept of the present invention are described as arbitrary constituent elements.

In addition, each drawing is a schematic view, and is not necessarily strictly illustrated. Further, in each drawing, the same constituent elements are designated by the same reference numerals.

(Embodiment)
Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 11.

[Configuration and operation of management device]
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram illustrating an example of the management device 10 according to the embodiment.

The management device 10 communicates with the information terminal 20 and manages one or more facilities 30 of the facility. The facility is, for example, a house, a building, a factory, or the like, and the facility 30 is, for example, a facility installed in a facility such as a lighting fixture, an air conditioner, a ventilation fan, a thermometer, or a security camera. The information terminal 20 is, for example, a smartphone, a tablet, a PC (Personal Computer), or the like. The management device 10 manages the facility 30 by using a Web, for example.

The management device 10 and the information terminal 20 are connected via the Internet, for example. The management device 10 transmits data configured by, for example, HTML (HyperText Markup Language) by HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol). As a result, the Web browser of the information terminal 20 can display the data configured by HTML, so that it is not necessary to install dedicated software on the information terminal 20. Then, the user can manage the facility 30 on the Web by operating the display on the Web browser of the information terminal 20.

Further, the management device 10 is configured to be communicable with the facility 30 via, for example, a wireless or wired LAN (Local Area Network), and manages the facility 30 by communicating with the facility 30.

The management device 10 includes an object determination unit 11, an association unit 12, a display control unit 13, an equipment control unit 14, and a background determination unit 15. The management device 10 may include at least the object determination unit 11, the association unit 12, and the display control unit 13. Here, the operation of the management device 10 including at least the object determination unit 11, the association unit 12, and the display control unit 13 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the management device 10 according to the exemplary embodiment.

The object determining unit 11 sets an object indicating the facility 30 based on an instruction from the information terminal 20 (step S11). As described with reference to FIG. 1, the object is an icon representing the appearance, operation state, control instruction, etc. of the facility 30. The operation of the object determining unit 11 will be described in detail later with reference to FIG.

The associating unit 12 associates the object with the control content of the facility 30 (step S12). The control content of the facility 30 includes, for example, information indicating the operating state of the facility 30, information indicating a control instruction to the facility 30, or information acquired by the facility 30. The information indicating the operating state of the facility 30 may be, for example, information indicating that the facility 30 is powered on, information indicating that the facility 30 is powered off, or an abnormal state of the facility 30. The information to be shown is included. The information indicating the control instruction to the facility 30 indicates, for example, information indicating control for turning on the power of the facility 30, information indicating control for turning off the power of the facility 30, or control for changing the setting of the facility 30. Information etc. are included. The information acquired by the facility 30 includes, for example, information indicating the temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, water level, etc. acquired by the facility 30 when the facility 30 is a sensor or the like.

In this way, the associating unit 12 associates the object with the information indicating the operating state of the facility 30 as the control content of the facility 30. Further, the associating unit 12 associates the object with the information indicating the control instruction to the equipment 30 as the control content of the equipment 30, for example. Further, the associating unit 12 associates the object with the information acquired by the facility 30 as the control content of the facility 30, for example. The operation of the associating unit 12 will be described in detail later with reference to FIG.

The display control unit 13 causes the object associated with the control content of the equipment 30 to be displayed on the screen for managing the equipment 30 (step S13). The screen for managing the facility 30 is, for example, a display screen included in the information terminal 20 or a display screen included in the management device 10. In addition, the display control unit 13 switches the display content of the screen for managing the facility 30 by operating the object displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30. The operation of the display controller 13 will be described in detail later with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11.

Hereinafter, the management device 10 further including the equipment control unit 14 and the background determination unit 15 will be described.

The equipment control unit 14 controls the equipment 30 according to information indicating a control instruction to the equipment 30. Specifically, the equipment control unit 14 operates the object displayed on the screen for managing the equipment 30, so that the equipment 30 is controlled according to the control instruction to the equipment 30 associated with the object. Control. Here, the operation is an operation such as tapping of an object displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30 when the information terminal 20 is a smartphone or a tablet, and when the information terminal 20 is a PC or the like, click And the like. The operation of the equipment control unit 14 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 10 described later.

The background determination unit 15 determines the background displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30. The operation of the background determining unit 15 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 9 described later.

The object determination unit 11, the association unit 12, the display control unit 13, the equipment control unit 14, and the background determination unit 15 are, for example, a processor that executes a control program stored in a storage unit (not shown) included in the management device 10. However, it may be realized by a microcomputer or a dedicated circuit.

Next, details of the operation of the management device 10 will be described.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for selecting the facility 30 associated with the object. The display in the screen shown in FIG. 4 is, for example, a display on the Web browser of the information terminal 20. Similarly, the displays in the screens shown in FIGS. 5 to 11 described later are also displays on the Web browser of the information terminal 20, for example.

The management device 10 displays the selection screen shown in FIG. 4 on the display screen of the information terminal 20 via the Internet, for example. The user selects the button displaying the facility 30 desired to be associated with the object from the buttons displaying the device name. The button is an image displayed on the screen and is an image selected by tapping with a finger or the like or clicking with a mouse or the like. Here, lighting devices, air conditioners, ventilation fans, thermometers, and security cameras are displayed as devices that are candidates for the facility 30. However, the devices displayed here are not limited to these, and other devices may be displayed. The user selects a button by, for example, tapping or clicking. When the button displaying "lighting equipment" is selected, for example, the control contents of the lighting equipment are displayed on the display screen of the information terminal 20 as shown in FIG.

FIG. 5: is a figure which shows an example of the screen in which the information which shows the control content of a lighting fixture was displayed.

The "lighting state" shown in FIG. 5 means the information that the lighting equipment is in the lighting state among the control contents of the lighting equipment. Further, for example, a square area shown under the “lighting state” is an area in which an object is displayed for the user's confirmation, which will be described in detail later with reference to FIG. For example, the user selects an image such as an illustration or a photograph to be associated with the information that the lighting device is in the lighting state by selecting the button in which “file selection” displayed below the square area is displayed. For example, the user selects an image, which is stored in the information terminal 20 or an external server or the like, and which shows the lighting fixture in the lighting state that the user imagines. Specifically, the user selects a photo of a lighting device in a lighting state installed in the user's house.

Similarly, “light-off state” means information that the lighting equipment is in the light-off state in the control content of the light equipment, and “abnormal” means information that the light equipment is in the abnormal state in the control content of the light equipment. To do. Then, the user selects an image to be associated with each of the control contents of the lighting equipment shown in FIG. 5, and then selects a button displaying “upload”. As a result, the image selected by the user is uploaded to the management device 10. Then, the management device 10 (object determining unit 11) determines the uploaded image as an object. In this way, the object determining unit 11 determines an object as an instruction from the information terminal 20, for example, based on uploading from the information terminal 20.

The object determination unit 11 does not have to determine the image uploaded from the information terminal 20 to the management device 10 as an object. For example, the object determination unit 11 may determine an object from a plurality of objects stored in advance in the storage unit included in the management device 10. In this case, for example, the button with “upload” shown in FIG. 5 is not necessary, and the user selects the button with “file selection” displayed and is stored in advance in the storage unit included in the management device 10. A desired object is selected from the plurality of objects. Thereby, the object determination unit 11 determines the object as an instruction from the information terminal 20, for example, based on selection of the object via the information terminal 20.

Then, after the object determining unit 11 determines the object, the display shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display screen of the information terminal 20, for example.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for confirming the object determined by the object determination unit 11.

As shown in FIG. 6, an object 100a determined by the object determining unit 11 is displayed in a square area under “lighting state” (for example, a lighting fixture in a lighting state uploaded from the information terminal 20 to the management device 10). The object determined from the image) is displayed. Similarly, the object 100b determined by the object determination unit 11 is displayed in the square area shown under the "off state", and the object determination unit 11 has been determined in the square area shown under the "abnormal" state. The object 100c is displayed. For example, the object determination unit 11 changes the size of the uploaded image according to the size of the object. Therefore, the objects 100a to 100c are displayed so that it can be confirmed whether or not the object desired to be associated with the control content of the facility 30 matches the image of the user.

Then, the user selects the button in which "confirm" is displayed. Thereby, the management device 10 receives the information indicating that the association between the object and the control content of the facility 30 is confirmed from the information terminal 20, and the associating unit 12 associates the object and the control content of the facility 30. Then, for example, the associating unit 12 stores the object associated with the control content of the facility 30 in the storage unit or the like included in the management device 10. As a result, the display control unit 13 acquires an object associated with the control content of the equipment 30 from the storage unit, and displays the object on a screen for managing the equipment 30, as illustrated in FIG. 10 described later. Can be made.

As described with reference to FIG. 5, the user has selected an image to be associated with the facility 30 before the image is uploaded from the information terminal 20. Therefore, the associating unit 12 does not have to associate the object with the control content of the facility 30 after the user confirms the object as described with reference to FIG. 6, and when the object determining unit 11 determines the object, the object is determined to be the object. You may relate with the control content of the equipment 30. That is, when the image is uploaded from the information terminal 20, the associating unit 12 may associate the object with the control content of the facility 30.

Similarly, even when the object determining unit 11 sets an object from a plurality of objects stored in advance in the storage unit included in the management device 10, when the object is selected via the information terminal 20, the association is performed. The unit 12 may associate the object with the control content of the facility 30.

In FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the control contents of the lighting fixture include information indicating the operating state of the lighting fixture, and as the information indicating the operating state of the lighting fixture, information indicating the lighting state, information indicating the extinguished state, and an abnormality. Is displayed, but these are examples, and other information may be displayed. For example, the information indicating the control contents of the luminaire may include information indicating a control instruction to the luminaire, and the information indicating the control instruction to the luminaire may be control for turning on or off the power of the luminaire. The control etc. to perform may be displayed.

FIG. 7: is a figure which shows another example of the screen in which the control content of the lighting fixture was displayed.

“On control” shown in FIG. 7 means information indicating the control for turning on the power of the lighting fixture among the control contents of the lighting fixture. Similarly, “off control” means information indicating control for turning off the power supply of the lighting equipment among the control contents of the lighting equipment. In this way, the information indicating the control instruction to the lighting equipment may be displayed on the display screen of the information terminal 20. Although FIG. 5 shows the display of only the information indicating the operating state of the lighting fixture, information indicating the control instruction to the lighting fixture as shown in FIG. 7 may also be displayed. ..

The associating unit 12 may associate a plurality of control contents of the facility 30 with one object. Specifically, for one object, for example, as the control content of the lighting fixture, the information indicating the lighting state and the information indicating the ON control may be associated with each other. As described above, as the control content of the facility 30, for example, information indicating the operating state of the facility 30 or information indicating a control instruction to the facility 30 is associated with the object selected by the user.

By the way, in order to operate the object displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30 and manage the facility 30 installed in the facility, the object and the address of the facility 30 (for example, the user may It is necessary to associate it with the identification information (specified number, etc.). Here, the association between the object and the address of the facility 30 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for associating an object with an address of the facility 30.

FIG. 8 shows an example of associating the address of the lighting fixture with the object 100a associated with the information indicating the lighting state. For example, the user inputs the address of the luminaire to be associated, such as "100" shown on the right side of the "address" shown in FIG. Thereby, the facility 30 (for example, a lighting fixture) having the address 100 installed in the facility can be associated with the object 100a. In addition, when the management device 10 receives a signal indicating High (for example, 1) from the lighting device, when the user wants to display the object 100a indicating the lighting state on the screen for managing the facility 30, the user needs to display the object 100a illustrated in FIG. For example, "1" is input to the right of the "lighting state" shown in. Similarly, when the management device 10 receives a signal indicating Low (for example, 0) from the lighting fixture and wants to display the object 100a indicating the lighting state on the screen for managing the facility 30, the user needs to For example, “0” is input on the right side of the “lighting state” shown in 8. Here, for example, 1 is input as the lighting state. As a result, when the management device 10 receives the signal including the address 100 and the information indicating High from the facility 30, the management device 10 knows that the lighting fixture having the address 100 is in the lighting state. Then, the management device 10 displays the object 100a associated with the information indicating the lighting state and the address 100 on the screen for managing the facility 30.

When the object 100b associated with the information indicating the extinguished state is associated with the address 100 associated with the object 100a, the extinction state is automatically set on the screen for associating the address with the object 100b. The state where “0” is input may be entered. Accordingly, the object 100a is displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30 when the management device 10 receives a signal indicating High from the lighting fixture, and when the management device 10 receives a signal indicating Low from the lighting fixture. The object 100b comes to be displayed. The switching of the display of the object will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 10 described later.

In this way, by associating the object with the address of the facility 30 installed in the facility, the facility 30 can be managed through the object displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30.

As described above, in FIGS. 5 to 8, the control content of the lighting fixture is described as an example. Here, as the control contents of devices other than the lighting equipment, the control contents of the air conditioner and the thermometer will be described as an example.

When the facility 30 is an air conditioner, the control contents of the air conditioner include information indicating the operating state of the air conditioner, information indicating a control instruction to the air conditioner, and the like. The information indicating the operating state of the air conditioner includes, for example, information indicating that the air conditioner is operating, information indicating that the air conditioner is stopped, information indicating that the air conditioner is in an abnormal state, and the like. The information indicating the control instruction to the air conditioner includes, for example, information indicating control for turning on the power of the air conditioner, information indicating control for turning off the power of the air conditioner, information indicating control for increasing the temperature of the air conditioner, and decreasing the temperature of the air conditioner. It includes information indicating control, information indicating control for increasing the air volume of the air conditioner, information indicating control for reducing the air volume of the air conditioner, and the like.

When the facility 30 is a thermometer, the control contents of the thermometer include information acquired by the thermometer. The information acquired by the thermometer includes, for example, information indicating the current temperature and information indicating the temperature transition in a predetermined period. When the equipment 30 is a sensor such as a thermometer, the management device 10 manages the equipment 30 to manage the environment of the place where the equipment 30 is installed.

In this way, the control content of the equipment 30 is determined for each equipment 30 installed in the facility, and the control content of the equipment 30 for each equipment 30 and the object selected by the user are associated with each other.

Next, the background of the screen for managing the facility 30 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a screen on which a background is displayed.

The management device 10 displays a facility sketch 200 as shown in FIG. 9 as a background of a screen for managing the facility 30, and also displays an object indicating the facility 30 on the sketch 200 (see FIG. (A)). As a result, the object is superimposed and displayed at the position on the floor plan 200 corresponding to the place where the facility 30 is installed, so that the user can specify the place of the facility 30 installed at the facility. .. At this time, the floor plan 200 displayed as the background is different for each facility, and therefore, for example, it is preferable that the floor plan 200 is a floor plan of the facility used (lives) by the user.

Therefore, the background determination unit 15 determines the background displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30. Specifically, when the user selects the sketch 200 or the like stored in the information terminal 20 or an external server and uploads it to the management device 10, the background determination unit 15 causes the uploaded sketch 200 or the like to be installed in the facility. Determined as the background displayed on the screen for managing 30. Thereby, for example, the floor plan 200 of the facility used by the user becomes the background of the screen for managing the facility 30, so that the user can easily specify the location of the facility 30 installed in the facility. ..

[Example of equipment management]
Next, an example of management of the equipment 30 by the management device 10 will be described.

FIG. 10A is a diagram showing an example of a screen for managing the facility 30 before an object is operated. FIG. 10B is a diagram showing an example of a screen for managing the facility 30 after the object is operated.

The display control unit 13 causes the screen for managing the facility 30 to display the floor plan 200 in which the objects 201a to 201g are superimposed, as shown in FIG.

The object 201a is associated with information indicating that the ventilation fan is in a stopped state and information indicating control for turning on the power of the ventilation fan, and is associated with the address of the ventilation fan installed in the bathroom. The object 201b is associated with information indicating that the ventilation fan is in the operating state and information indicating control for turning off the power of the ventilation fan, and is associated with the address of the ventilation fan installed in the kitchen. The object 201c is associated with information indicating that the lighting fixture is in a lighting state and information indicating control for turning off the power of the lighting fixture, and is associated with the address of the lighting fixture installed in the living room. The object 201d is associated with the information indicating that the security camera is in the recording state and the information indicating the control for stopping the recording of the security camera, and the address of the security camera installed on the balcony. The object 201e is associated with information indicating that the luminaire is in the off state and information indicating control for turning on the power of the luminaire, and is associated with the address of the luminaire installed in the Western-style room. The information (temperature information) acquired by the thermometer is associated with the object 201f, and the address of the thermometer installed in the Western-style room is associated therewith. The object 201g is associated with information indicating that the air conditioner is operating and information indicating control for turning off the power of the air conditioner, and is associated with the address of the air conditioner installed in the living room.

The display control unit 13 displays an object associated with the operating state on a screen for managing the facility 30 according to the operating state of the facility 30. Specifically, the management apparatus 10 includes an acquisition unit (not shown) that acquires information indicating the current operating state of the equipment 30 from the equipment 30, and the display control unit 13 includes the equipment 30 acquired by the acquisition unit. An object associated with the operating state is displayed on a screen for managing the facility 30 according to the operating state. For example, when the lighting fixture installed in the living room is in the lighting state, the display control unit 13 responds to the information indicating that the lighting fixture installed in the living room acquired by the acquisition unit is in the lighting state. The object 201c associated with the information indicating that is turned on is displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30.

The facility control unit 14 controls the facility 30 according to a control instruction to the facility 30 associated with the object by operating the object displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30. For example, since the object 201a is associated with the information indicating the control of turning on the power of the ventilation fan, the equipment control unit 14 operates the object 201a (for example, taps) to control the ventilation fan installed in the bathroom. Control to turn on the power. When the objects 201b to 201e and 201g are also operated, the operation of the equipment 30 is controlled according to the corresponding control instruction.

By operating the object displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30, the operating state of the facility 30 changes. For example, when the object 201e is operated, the power of the lighting equipment in the Western-style room is changed from off to on. At this time, the object 201e displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30 also needs to be changed to an object indicating a lighting device in a lighting state.

Therefore, the display control unit 13 switches the display content of the screen for managing the facility 30 by operating the object displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30. Specifically, the display control unit 13 operates the object 201e as shown in (a) of FIG. 10 so that the lighting device in the off state is displayed as shown in (b) of FIG. The object 201e shown is switched to the object 201h showing the lighting fixture in the lit state. The object 201h is associated with the address of the lighting fixture installed in the Western-style room. In this way, when the operation state of the equipment 30 changes due to the operation of the object, the object indicating the operation state before the operation is switched to the object indicating the operation state after the operation.

In this way, an object indicating a different operation state (for example, an object indicating a lighting state, an object indicating a light-off state, an object indicating an abnormality, etc.) may be associated with one piece of equipment 30. As a result, the objects displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30 are switched according to the operating state of the facility 30. Since the user can associate each of the objects corresponding to various operating states of one facility 30 with the one facility 30, the user can easily understand the operating state of the facility 30.

Further, management of the equipment 30 when the equipment 30 is a sensor such as a thermometer will be described with reference to FIG. 11.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a screen on which the information acquired by the facility 30 is displayed.

As described above, the object 201f is associated with the information (temperature information) acquired by the thermometer installed in the Western-style room. For example, the display control unit 13 operates the object 201f displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30 to display the display content of the screen for managing the facility 30 as shown in FIG. Switch to the display. In FIG. 11, a transition of the temperature acquired by the thermometer in a predetermined period is displayed as the temperature information, but the temperature when the object 201f is operated may be displayed, for example.

As described above, the management device 10 displays the object indicating the operation state of the equipment 30, that is, the object associated with the information indicating the operation state of the equipment 30, on the screen for managing the equipment 30, 30 is managed (monitored). Further, the management device 10 causes an object for switching the control content of the equipment 30 by being operated, that is, an object associated with information indicating a control instruction to the equipment 30, to be displayed on a screen for managing the equipment 30. Thus, the facility 30 is managed (controlled). In addition, the management device 10 displays an object that displays information acquired by the facility 30 by being operated, that is, an object that is associated with information acquired by the facility 30, on a screen for managing the facility 30. Then, the equipment 30 is managed.

[Effects, etc.]
In the conventional management apparatus, the object displayed on the screen for managing the equipment and the control content of the equipment are associated with each other in advance. At this time, the association between the object and the control content of the equipment, which is performed in advance, may not match the image of the user.

Therefore, the management device 10 according to the present embodiment is a management device that communicates with the information terminal 20 and manages one or more facilities 30 of the facility. The management apparatus 10 determines an object indicating the facility 30 based on an instruction from the information terminal 20, an object determination unit 11, an association unit 12 that associates the object with the control content of the facility 30, and the control content of the facility 30. And a display control unit 13 for displaying the object associated with the item on a screen for managing the facility 30.

In addition, the program according to the present embodiment communicates with the information terminal 20 and sends an object indicating the facility 30 from the information terminal 20 to a computer included in the management device 10 that manages one or more facilities 30 of the facility. The object is determined based on the instruction, the object is associated with the control content of the equipment 30, and the object associated with the control content of the equipment 30 is displayed on the screen for managing the equipment 30.

The management method according to the present embodiment is a management method that communicates with the information terminal 20 and controls the operation of the management device 10 that manages one or more facilities 30 of the facility. The management method includes an object determining step of determining an object indicating the facility 30 based on an instruction from the information terminal 20, an associating step of associating the object with the control content of the facility 30, and an object associating the control content of the facility 30. Is displayed on a screen for managing the facility 30.

As a result, the object displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30 and the control content of the facility 30 can be associated in advance by the manufacturer or the like from the information terminal 20 by a user operation or the like. That is, the user can associate the object displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30 with the control content of the facility 30. Therefore, the object displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30 can be matched with the image of the user.

Further, the associating unit 12 associates the object with the information indicating the operation state of the equipment 30 as the control content of the equipment 30, and the display control unit 13 associates the operation state with the object according to the operation state of the equipment 30. Is displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30.

Accordingly, the user can associate the object displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30 with the information indicating the operation state of the facility 30. Therefore, the operation state of the equipment 30 can be managed (monitored) by an object that matches the image of the user.

Further, the associating unit 12 associates the object with the information indicating the control instruction to the equipment 30 as the control content of the equipment 30.

Accordingly, the user can associate the object displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30 with the information indicating the control instruction to the facility 30. Therefore, the facility 30 can be managed (controlled) by an object that matches the image of the user.

Further, the equipment 30 further includes an equipment control unit 14 that controls the equipment 30, and the equipment control unit 14 associates the equipment 30 with the object by operating an object displayed on a screen for managing the equipment 30. Control according to the control instruction.

Accordingly, the user can easily control the facility 30 by operating the object displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30.

Further, the associating unit 12 associates the object with the information acquired by the equipment 30 as the control content of the equipment 30.

Accordingly, the user can associate the object displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30 with the information acquired by the facility 30 such as the sensor. Therefore, it is possible to manage (monitor) the environment information and the like of the place where the facility 30 is installed, which is acquired by the facility 30 with an object that matches the image of the user.

Further, the display control unit 13 further switches the display content of the screen for managing the facility 30 by operating the object displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30.

Thereby, by operating the objects displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30, different objects can be displayed, for example. Further, by operating the object displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30, for example, the information acquired by the facility 30 can be displayed.

Further, the background determination unit 15 that determines the background displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30 is further provided.

Thereby, for example, the floor plan 200 of the facility used (lived) by the user can be used as the background displayed on the screen for managing the facility 30.

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Although the management device 10, the program, and the management method according to the embodiment have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

For example, in the above embodiment, the information terminal 20 is, for example, a smartphone, a tablet, a PC, or the like, but is not limited to this. For example, the information terminal 20 may be an input/output device (for example, a keyboard, a touch panel, etc.) configured integrally with the management device 10.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which one piece of information indicating the operating state of the equipment 30 and one piece of information indicating a control instruction to the equipment 30 are associated with the object is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, taking the object 201g as an example, in the above-described embodiment, the object 201g is associated with the information indicating that the air conditioner is in the operating state and the information indicating the control for turning off the power of the air conditioner. However, for example, in the object 201g, information indicating that the air conditioner is operating, information indicating control for turning off the power of the air conditioner, information indicating control for increasing the set temperature of the air conditioner, and decreasing the set temperature of the air conditioner are provided. Information indicating control may be associated. In this case, the equipment control unit 14 controls the air conditioner according to the type of operation on the object 201g. For example, the equipment control unit 14 controls to turn off the power of the air conditioner by tapping the object 201g. Further, for example, the equipment control unit 14 controls to raise the set temperature of the air conditioner by swiping the object 201g upward. Further, for example, the equipment control unit 14 controls to lower the set temperature of the air conditioner by swiping the object 201g downward. In this way, a plurality of control contents may be associated with the object.

Further, the present invention can be realized not only as the management apparatus 10 but also as a method including steps (processes) performed by the respective constituent elements of the management apparatus 10.

For example, those steps may be performed by a computer. Then, the present invention can be realized as a program for causing a computer to execute the steps included in those methods. Further, the present invention can be realized as a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM in which the program is recorded.

For example, when the present invention is realized by a program (software), each step is executed by executing the program by utilizing hardware resources such as a CPU, a memory and an input/output circuit of a computer. .. That is, each step is executed by the CPU acquiring data from the memory or the input/output circuit or the like and performing the operation or outputting the operation result to the memory or the input/output circuit or the like.

Further, the plurality of constituent elements included in the management device 10 of the above-described embodiment may be realized as an LSI (Large Scale Integration) which is an integrated circuit (IC: Integrated Circuit). These constituent elements may be individually made into one chip, or may be made into one chip so as to include some or all of them.

Further, the integrated circuit is not limited to the LSI and may be realized by a dedicated circuit or a general-purpose processor. A programmable FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) or a reconfigurable processor in which connection and setting of circuit cells inside the LSI are reconfigurable may be used.

Further, if an integrated circuit technology that replaces the LSI appears due to the advancement of semiconductor technology or another derivative technology, it is natural that the plurality of constituent elements included in the management apparatus 10 be integrated circuit by using the technology. May be.

Other forms obtained by making various modifications to those skilled in the art that a person skilled in the art can think of, and forms realized by arbitrarily combining the components and functions of each embodiment without departing from the spirit of the present invention Are also included in the present invention.

10 management device 11 object determination unit 12 association unit 13 display control unit 14 facility control unit 15 background determination unit 20 information terminal 30 facility 100a to 100c, 201a to 201h object

Claims (9)

A management device that communicates with an information terminal and manages one or more facilities of a facility,
An association for associating a plurality of control contents of the facility with one image selected using the information terminal for the plurality of control contents of the facility and registering as an image object indicating the control content of the facility. Department,
A display control unit for displaying the image object on a screen for managing the facility ,
When the control content of the equipment changes, the display control unit switches an image object showing the control content of the equipment before the change to an image object showing the control content of the equipment after the change . The associating unit associates the image with information indicating the operating state of the equipment as the control content of the equipment,
The management device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays the image object associated with the operating state on a screen for managing the facility according to the operating state of the facility. The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the associating unit associates the image with information indicating a control instruction to the equipment as the control content of the equipment. Furthermore, an equipment control unit for controlling the equipment is provided,
The management apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the equipment control unit controls the equipment according to the control instruction by operating the image object displayed on the screen. The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the associating unit associates the image with information acquired by the facility as control content of the facility. The management device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit switches the display content of the screen by further operating the image object displayed on the screen. The management device according to claim 1, further comprising a background determination unit that determines a background displayed on the screen. For a computer included in a management device that communicates with the information terminal and manages one or more facilities of the facility,
A plurality of control contents of the equipment, and one image respectively selected using the information terminal for the plurality of control contents of the equipment, are registered as an image object showing the control content of the equipment in association with each other,
Displaying the image object on a screen for managing the equipment ,
A program for switching, when the control content of the equipment changes, an image object showing the control content of the equipment before the change to an image object showing the control content of the equipment after the change . A management method for controlling the operation of a management device that communicates with an information terminal and manages one or more facilities of a facility,
An association for associating a plurality of control contents of the facility with one image selected using the information terminal for the plurality of control contents of the facility and registering as an image object indicating the control content of the facility. Steps,
A display control step of displaying the image object on a screen for managing the facility;
When the control content of the equipment changes, an image object showing the control content of the equipment before the change, a switching step of switching to an image object showing the control content of the equipment after the change,
Management method including.

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