JPH07243686A - Environment control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To control a lighting lamp and an air conditioner and the like in response to a state of individual so as to. save electrical energy and at the same time to enable a comfortable environment to be attained. CONSTITUTION:As Mr.A approaches an entrance or exit of a room 1 and a card reader head 8 reads an ID card carried by Mr.A, an automatic door 7 is opened and at the same time a lighting lamp 4A above a desk 2A where Mr.A sits and a lighting lamp 6 at a common location are lit. As Mr.A approaches the entrance or exit in order to go out of a house and the card reader head 9 reads the ID card, the automatic door 7 is opened and at the same time the lighting lamp 4A is turned off. As all the persons are out of the room 1, the lighting lamp 6 at the common location is also turned off.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for controlling environmental equipment such as an illumination lamp and an air conditioning (hereinafter referred to as air conditioning) equipment in a predetermined compartment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an illumination lamp in a room is turned on or off by a switch or the like regardless of the presence / absence of an individual. In addition, the air conditioner is also automatically controlled according to the room temperature and the like, regardless of individual requests.

[0003]

In the conventional environment control device as described above, since the illumination lamp and the air conditioner are controlled by the switch or the surrounding environment, the illumination or the personal presence or absence is performed, or the individual environment is controlled. There is a problem in that the temperature and humidity desired by the individual cannot be controlled, and individual hopes are ignored.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an environmental control device capable of providing a comfortable working environment by controlling environmental equipment by adapting it to an individual. To aim.

[0005]

An environment control device according to a first aspect of the present invention is an input device for detecting that a person who belongs to a work area of an individual set in a predetermined section has entered or left the work area. An exit detector is provided, and a control means for controlling the environment of the work area is provided in association with the operation of the entrance detector.

An environmental control apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention includes an entrance detector for detecting a person who belongs to an individual work area set in a predetermined section before the person arrives at the work area. It is provided with control starting means for starting the environmental control of the work area after the time when the entrance detector operates.

Further, the environment control device according to the third aspect of the present invention is provided with an exit detector for detecting that a person who belongs to an individual work area set in a predetermined section has left the work area. When the detector operates, control termination means for terminating the environmental control of the work area after that time is provided.

The environment control device according to the fourth aspect of the present invention is an entrance detector for detecting that a person who belongs to a predetermined section has entered the section, and an exit detector for detecting that the person has left the section. And the control start means for starting the environmental control of the place shared by a plurality of people when the entrance detector operates, and the output of the entrance and exit detectors to calculate that all the persons who belong to the above-mentioned section have left the section. The unmanned calculating means and the control ending means for ending the environmental control when the unmanned calculating means operates.

The environmental control device according to the fifth aspect of the present invention includes an entrance detector for detecting that a person who belongs to a work area for a plurality of people in a predetermined compartment has entered the compartment, and an exit detector for exiting the compartment. An exit detector that detects that the entry detector is installed, and the control start means that starts environmental control of the shared work area when the entrance detector operates, and all the people who belong to the above division from the output of the entrance and exit detector It is provided with an unmanned calculation means for calculating the fact that the information has been output and a control termination means for terminating the environmental control when the unmanned calculation means operates.

The environment control device according to the sixth aspect of the invention has the entrance detector and the exit detector of the fourth aspect of the invention, and the optimum value of the degree of environment for each person who belongs to the section and the optimum value of each person. An environment storage device for storing the average value or the predetermined value is provided,
The presence calculating means for calculating the number of persons existing in the section from the output of the entrance and exit detectors, and when this presence calculating means calculates one person, the environment is controlled to a stored optimum value, and a plurality of persons are controlled. An environment control means for controlling the calculated average value or a predetermined value to be stored is provided.

An environmental control device according to a seventh aspect of the present invention includes the entrance detector of the fourth aspect of the invention, and is provided with an illumination storage device for storing an optimum value of the brightness of illumination corresponding to a person who belongs to the work area. When the entrance detector operates, the lighting control means is provided for controlling the brightness of the work area to the stored brightness.

The environment control device according to the eighth aspect of the invention has the entrance detector of the fourth aspect of the invention, and the optimum value of temperature and humidity corresponding to each person who belongs to the work area and the average value of the optimum values of all persons. Alternatively, an air conditioning storage device for storing a predetermined value between the maximum value and the minimum value is provided, and when the entrance detector operates, a personal air conditioning control means for controlling the temperature and humidity of the person's personal work area to the stored optimum value, and When the entrance detector operates, the common air conditioning control means for controlling the temperature and humidity of the common place to the stored average value or a predetermined value is provided.

Further, in the environment control device according to the ninth aspect of the present invention, in the first to the eighth aspects, the entrance or exit detector is also used as a detector for individual discrimination for judging permission of passage to a predetermined section. It was done like this.

[0014]

According to the first invention of the present invention, it is detected that a person who belongs to the work area of an individual in the compartment enters or leaves the work area, and the environment of the work area is controlled in conjunction with this. In the third invention, the environment control is started before the work area is reached, and the environment control is ended when the work area leaves the work area. Therefore, the environment of the work area is controlled according to the entrance and exit of a person.

Further, in the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is detected that a person who belongs to a section has entered this section, and environmental control of a place shared by a plurality of persons is started, and it is calculated that all the persons have left the section. Since the environment control is ended by doing so, the environment of the common place is controlled according to the presence of a person.

In the fifth aspect of the invention, when a person who belongs to the shared work area in the compartment detects that the person has entered the compartment, the environmental control of the shared work area is started and all the people leave the compartment. Since the above is calculated and the environment control is ended, the environment of the shared work area is controlled according to the presence of a person.

Further, in the sixth invention, it is calculated whether the number of persons existing in the section is one or a plurality of persons, and in the case of one person, the environment is controlled to the stored optimum value, and in the case of a plurality of persons, it is stored. Further, since it is controlled to the average value or the predetermined value of the optimum values of a plurality of people, it is controlled to an appropriate value depending on whether the number of existing people is one or a plurality of people.

Further, in the seventh invention, when a person who belongs to the compartment enters the compartment, the brightness of the illumination of the work area of the person is controlled to the stored optimum value, and in the eighth invention, The temperature and humidity of the work area of the person is controlled to the stored optimum value, and the temperature and humidity of the common area are controlled to the average value or the predetermined value of the stored optimum values of all the persons, so that the environment is personalized. Correspondingly controlled.

Further, in the ninth aspect of the invention, since the human detector is also used as the individual discrimination detector for judging permission to pass through the predetermined section, it is not necessary to use a detector dedicated to environmental control. Good.

[0020]

【Example】

Example 1. 1 to 3 are views showing an embodiment of the first to fourth inventions of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a plan view of a room, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control device, and FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart.
The same reference numerals indicate the same parts.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, (1) is a room, and (2A)
~ (2C) is a desk placed in the room (1) and constitutes a personal work area, (3A) ~ (3C) is a chair corresponding to the desk (2A) ~ (2C), (4A)
~ (4C) is an illumination lamp installed on the ceiling above the desks (2A) to (2C), (5) is a shelf, (6) is installed on the ceiling above the common area of room (1). Lighting, (7) is an automatic door that opens and closes the entrance of the room (1), (8) is installed outside the entrance of this room (1)
The card reader head (outside), which constitutes the entrance detector that reads the personal identification card (hereinafter referred to as the ID card) carried by the person who belongs to, without contact, and (9) is also installed inside the entrance and exit detector. Card reader head (inside).

Reference numeral (10) is a control device composed of a computer, which has a CPU (10A), a ROM (10B), a RAM (10C) and an interface (10D), which are interconnected by a bus (10E). ing. Further, card reader heads (outer) (inner) (8) (9) are also connected to the bus (10E). (11) is a lighting control circuit that is connected to the interface (10D) and turns on and off each of the lightings (4A) to (4C) (6), and (12) is an automatic door control that also controls opening and closing of the automatic door (7). Circuit.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The program of this flowchart is R
It is stored in the OM (10B). In step (21), it is judged whether the card reader head (outside) (8) has read the ID card carried by the person (Mr. X) who belongs to the room (1), and if not, go to step (26). Flying, card reader head
(In) Determine if (9) read Mr. X's ID card. If it has not read, the process returns to step (21), and the step does not proceed thereafter.

Now, when a person (Mr. A) sitting at the desk (2A) approaches the doorway and reads the ID card at step (21),
Proceeding to step (22), a flag indicating that Mr. A is present in room (1) is set. Interface (1 in step (23)
The automatic door control circuit (12) is instructed via 0D) to open and close the automatic door (7) once. During this time, Mr. A will enter room (1). In step (24) (control start means), the lighting control circuit (11) is connected to the lighting control circuit (11) via the interface (10D).
Issue a lighting command for (4A) and the shared lighting (6).

In step (25), Mr. A's illumination lamp (4A) is turned on. The shared lighting (6) is also turned on. At this time, if the common illumination lamp (6) is already turned on, the lighting is continued. After the process of step (25), the process returns to step (21).

Next, in step (26), the card reader head
Judging whether (in) (9) read Mr. X's ID card,
If not read, the process returns to step (21), and steps (21) and (26) are repeated thereafter. Now, in the room (1), Mr. A approaches the doorway to go out and reads the ID card in step (26). Then, in step (27), the flag indicating that Mr. A is in the room is cleared (that is, absent. Indicates). In step (28), the automatic door (7) is once opened and closed as described above, during which Mr. A goes out of the room (1). Step (29) (Control end means)
Then, a turn-off command is issued to Mr. A's lamp (4A), and the lamp (4A) is turned off in step (30).

In step (31) (unmanned calculation means), this room
It is determined whether or not all of Mr. A to Mr. C belonging to (1) are in the room, that is, all are absent, and if any one is present, the process proceeds to step (21) and the step ( 21) (26) ~ (3
Repeat 0) to turn off only Mr. A's illumination lamp (4A). If it is determined that all are absent, the process proceeds to step (32) (control ending means) to issue a turn-off command to the common illumination lamp (6), and the common illumination lamp (6) is turned off in step (33). After the process of step (33), the process returns to step (21).

In this way, the illumination lamp (4A) and the common illumination lamp (6) are turned on before Mr. A sits at the desk (2A), and the illumination lamp (4
B) (4C) does not light up. Lighting when Mr. A leaves the room (1)
(4A) goes off. When all of Mr. A to Mr. C leave the room (1), the common illumination lamp (6) is also turned off. Therefore, it is possible to save time and effort for each person to turn on and off the illumination lamps (4A) to (4C), and to save power.

Although the first embodiment has been described as controlling the illumination lamps (4A) to (4C) (6), it can be similarly applied to an air conditioner. In short, it can be widely applied to devices for controlling the environment (the same applies to the following examples).

Example 2. Embodiment 2 shows another embodiment of the second and third inventions of the present invention, in which the card reader head (inside)
When you leave room (1) without using (9), turn it off with a switch (not shown), or use a card reader head.
The outside (8) is not used, and when entering the room (1), it is turned on by a switch (not shown). Even in this case, it is possible to obtain the effect according to the first embodiment.

Example 3. Example 3 shows another example of the fourth aspect of the present invention. When the room (1) has a large number of entrances / exits, the entrance / exit of a person to / from a common place is detected, and when the person enters the area, environmental control is started. However, when people or all leave, the environmental control is terminated. As a result, even if the room (1) has a large number of entrances and exits, the environment is controlled according to the presence / absence of a person, and power can be saved.

Example 4. Example 4 shows an example of the fifth aspect of the present invention. For example, in the case where there is one illuminating lamp for two desks (2A) and (2B), one of Mr. A and Mr. B can enter. For example, the illumination light is turned on, and the illumination light is turned off when neither of them is present. In this way, the environment is controlled according to the presence of a person in a work area shared by a plurality of people, so that power can be saved.

Example 5. FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart showing an embodiment of the sixth invention of the present invention. Note that FIG.
And FIG. 2 are also used in this embodiment. In this example,
For each of Mr. A to Mr. C, the ROM (10B) stores the optimum value of the environmental degree such as brightness, temperature, and humidity, and the average value of the optimum values of each person or a predetermined value between the maximum value and the minimum value. There is. At this time, the ROM (10B) constitutes an environment storage device.

In step (41), the card reader head (outside)
It is judged whether (8) has read Mr. X's ID card, and if not, in step (42) the card reader head
It is judged whether (in) (9) leads, and if not, the process returns to step (41). Step (41) or step (42)
If the ID card is read by, proceed to step (43). At step (43), the number of leads of each card reader head (outer) (inner) (8) (9) is accumulated. Then, in step (44) (present person calculation means), the number of persons present in the room (1) is calculated from the cumulative number.

In step (45), it is determined whether there are a plurality of persons in the room. ROM (10B) in step (46) when there is only one person in the room
The optimum value of the degree of environment of the person is extracted from the lighting (4A)
Control the environment such as ~ (4C) brightness. When there are a plurality of people in the room, the environment is controlled by extracting the average value of the optimum values or the intermediate value between the maximum value and the minimum value of each person from the ROM (10B) in step (47). The steps (45) to (47) constitute an environment control means.

In this way, according to the number of people in the room,
Since the environment is controlled to an appropriate value for the person, each person can work in a comfortable environment.

Example 6. Embodiment 6 shows an embodiment of the seventh and eighth inventions of the present invention. In this example,
Similarly, the ROM (10B) stores optimum values of brightness, temperature, and humidity, and the average value or predetermined value of each person for each of Mr. A to Mr. C. And, for example, Mr. A is a room
When the entry into (1) is detected, the brightness of the illumination lamp (2A) is controlled to the optimum value stored in the ROM (10B).

In the common area of the room (1), the air conditioner is controlled so that the temperature and humidity thereof become the average value or the predetermined value of each person stored in the ROM (10B). The sixth embodiment can be easily implemented by utilizing a part of FIG. 4, and has the same effect as the fifth embodiment.

Example 7. Embodiment 7 shows an embodiment of the ninth invention of the present invention. It is well known that a personal identification device (hereinafter referred to as an ID identification device) is usually used to determine whether to permit passage to a section requiring security. In the seventh embodiment, an entrance / exit detector (card reader head (outer) (inner) (8) (9)) for detecting entry / exit to / from the room (1) is used as a detector for the ID determining device for the traffic control. It was shared with. Therefore, the structure is simple.

However, it is obvious that the ID determining device for traffic control and the ID determining device for environment control may be separately provided. Further, the ID discriminating apparatus can be configured by using an ID card of a different type from the non-contact type ID card, a fingerprint collation, a ten-key operation, etc., alone or in combination.

[0041]

As described above, according to the first invention of the present invention, it is detected that a person who belongs to the work area of an individual in the compartment enters or leaves the work area, and the environment of the work area is linked with this. In the second invention, the environmental control is started before arriving at the work area, and in the third invention, the environmental control is ended when the user leaves the work area. This has the effect of controlling the area, saving the labor required for environmental control, and contributing to power saving.

Further, in the fourth aspect of the invention, it is detected that a person who belongs to the compartment has entered the compartment, the environmental control of the place shared by a plurality of people is started, and it is calculated that all the people have left the compartment. Since the environment control is ended by controlling the environment of the common place according to the presence of people, even if there are many entrances and exits in the room, the environment is controlled according to the presence / absence of people and power saving can be achieved. effective.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, it is detected that a person who belongs to the shared work area in the compartment has entered the compartment, the environmental control of the shared work area is started, and all the people have left the compartment. Since we calculated and ended the environmental control,
The environment of the joint work area is controlled according to the presence of a person, and there is an effect that it can contribute to power saving.

Further, in the sixth aspect of the present invention, it is calculated whether the number of persons existing in the section is one or a plurality of persons, and in the case of one person, the environment is controlled to the stored optimum value, and in the case of a plurality of persons, it is stored. Since it is controlled to the average value or the predetermined value of the optimum value of multiple people,
The number of people present is controlled to an appropriate value depending on whether the number of people is one or more, and each person can work in a comfortable environment.

Further, in the seventh invention, when a person who belongs to the section enters the section, the brightness of the illumination of the work area of the person is controlled to the stored optimum value, and in the eighth invention, the person is controlled. Control the temperature and humidity of the work area to the stored optimum value,
Since the temperature and humidity of the common place are controlled to the average value or predetermined value of the stored optimum values of all people, the environment is controlled according to the individual, and each person can work in a comfortable environment. There is.

Further, in the ninth aspect of the invention, since the human detector is also used as a detector for individual discrimination for judging passage to a predetermined section, it is not necessary to use a detector dedicated to environmental control. The effect is that the configuration can be simplified.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a room showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control device showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart showing a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 division (room) 2A to 2C personal work area (desk) 4A to 4C individual lighting 6 common lighting 8 entrance detector (card reader head (outside)) 9 exit detector (card reader head (inside)) 10 control Device 10B Environmental storage device (ROM)

Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification code Office reference number FI technical display location H05B 37/02 E

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A work area for an individual is set in a predetermined section, and an apparatus for controlling the environment for each work area is shared by two or more persons, and a person who belongs to the work area performs the work. An environment control device, comprising: a person leaving / arriving detector for detecting entry / exit of an area, and a control means for controlling the environment in association with the operation of the entering / leaving detector. 2. An individual work area is set in a predetermined section, and a device for controlling the environment for each work area is shared by two or more persons, and a person who belongs to the work area performs the work. An environment control device comprising an entrance detector for detecting the person before arriving at the area, and a control starting means for starting the environment control after that time when the entrance detector operates. 3. An individual work area is set within a predetermined section, and a device that controls the environment for each work area is shared by two or more persons and the person who belongs to the work area performs the work. An environment control device comprising an exit detector for detecting that the user has left the area, and control termination means for ending the environmental control after the exit detector operates. 4. An entrance detector for setting a place for use by a plurality of people in a predetermined section, and controlling the environment of this place, and an entrance detector for detecting that a person who belongs to the section has entered the section. , An exit detector for detecting that a person who belongs to the compartment has left the compartment, and a control start means for starting the environmental control when the entrance detector operates, and outputs of the entrance and exit detectors Environment control characterized by including unmanned calculation means for calculating that all the persons who belong to the section have come out of the section, and control termination means for terminating the environment control when the unmanned calculation means operates. apparatus. 5. A device for setting a work area for use by a plurality of persons in a predetermined compartment and controlling the environment of this work area,
An entrance detector that detects that a person who belongs to the work area has entered the compartment and an exit detector that detects that a person who belongs to the work area has left the compartment are provided to detect the entrance. Control means for starting the environmental control when the vessel operates, unmanned calculation means for calculating from the output of the entrance and exit detectors that all the persons belonging to the section have left the section, and this unmanned calculation means And a control ending means for ending the above environmental control when the above-mentioned is operated. 6. An apparatus for controlling the environment in a predetermined compartment, wherein an entrance detector for detecting that a person who belongs to the compartment has entered the compartment, and a person who belongs to the compartment to exit the compartment. An exit detector for detecting the fact that an entrance is detected, and an environment storage device for storing the optimum value of the degree of environment corresponding to each person who belongs to the section and an average value or a predetermined value of the optimum value of each person, And an existence calculating means for calculating a person existing in the section from the output of the exit detector, and when this existence calculating means calculates one person, the environment is controlled to the stored optimum value, and a plurality of people are controlled. An environment control device comprising: an environment control unit that controls the calculated average value or a predetermined value when calculated. 7. A device in which a work area of an individual is set in a predetermined section and lighting is controlled for each work area,
An entrance detector that is shared by two or more persons and that detects a person who belongs to the work area before the person arrives at the work area, and the brightness of the illumination corresponding to the person who belongs to the work area. And a lighting storage device for storing the optimum value of
An environment control device comprising lighting control means for controlling the brightness of the work area of the person to the stored brightness when the entrance detector operates. 8. An apparatus for controlling the temperature and humidity of a work area of each individual and a common place set in a predetermined compartment, and a person who is shared by two or more persons and belongs to the work area performs the work. An entrance detector that detects the person before arriving at the area, and an optimum value of the temperature and humidity corresponding to the person who belongs to the work area and an average value of the optimum values of all persons or the middle value between the maximum value and the minimum value. An air conditioning storage device for storing a predetermined value is provided, and when the entrance detector operates, a personal air conditioning control means for controlling the temperature and humidity of the person's personal work area to the stored optimum value, and the entrance detector. And a common air-conditioning control means for controlling the temperature and humidity of the common place to the stored average value or predetermined value when the environment control device operates. 9. The entrance or exit detector is also used as a detector for individual discrimination for judging permission of passage to a predetermined section, according to any one of claims 1 to 8. Environmental control device.