JPH08261539A - Control system for general-purpose instrument - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To save electricity while always keeping a comfortable room environment by controlling operation of general-purpose instruments based upon a detection result of presence or absence of a person in a closed space and operation delay time set to an input device. CONSTITUTION: A user sets to an input device 1 haw many minutes after an air conditioner 5 is to be interrupted after absence of a person was detected by human body detection means. Then, when a person enters a conference room (certain closed space 2) and a human body sensor 3 is turned on, for example, an operation state is kept provided the air conditioner 5 is in operation, while the operation is started provided the air conditioner 5 is interrupted. Then, when the person gets out the room and hence the room becomes empty, the human body detection sensor 3 is turned off. Provided the air conditioner 5 is in the operation at this time, a timer of a microcomputer is started, and provided after the starting no person enters the room and set time of the timer inputted into the input device 1 (operation delay time of the general-purpose instrument) has been passed, the operation of the air conditioner 5 is interrupted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a general-purpose equipment control system for controlling the operation of various kinds of general-purpose equipment such as an air conditioner in a closed space depending on the presence or absence of a person.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a conventional system for controlling general-purpose equipment such as an air conditioner, lighting, and an outlet when a person in and out of a room enters and leaves, and is disclosed in JP-A-4-259794. is there. In FIG. 6, 1A is an exit-only card reader, 1B is an entry-only card reader, 2 is a door, 2A is an electric lock, 3 is an intrusion monitoring sensor, 4 is an electric lock for discriminating the contents of an ID card, and lights. It is a controller that controls the operation.

In FIG. 6, when the signal from the intrusion sensor 3 is initially input to the controller 4, the controller 4 enters the intrusion monitoring mode, but the room lighting is off. In such a state, an ID card (not shown) is read by the card reader 1B on the entrance side, and when the lighting is OK based on the contents of the card, the electric lock 2A is controlled to be temporarily unlocked and the lighting is turned on. To be controlled. Further, when the verification is NO, the electric lock 2A is not unlocked and the illumination is not turned on. When the ID determination result shows that the verification is OK, the controller 4 finishes receiving the intrusion monitoring mode signal from the intrusion sensor 3, and sets the presence flag indicating that the person whose ID is determined has entered the room. Next, when leaving the room, the ID card is read by the card reader 1A on the exit side, the ID number is checked, and when the check is OK, the electric lock 2A is temporarily unlocked and the person leaves the room. , Control to turn off the person's presence flag. When the ID number verification is NO, the ID card input is awaited. In this way, the controller 4 determines whether or not the occupancy flag of another person is set for each leaving person, and when all the remaining persons are gone and the occupancy flag is not set, the lighting is gradually reduced while thinning the illumination. The lights are turned off after a predetermined period of time. If there are air conditioners, etc., these air conditioners are also stopped at the same time. When the intrusion sensor 3 operates in such a state, the controller 4 reports the occurrence of intrusion to the management room of the building based on the intrusion mode signal from the intrusion sensor 3. When an unmanned person in the space is detected, intrusion monitoring by the intrusion sensor is started, and after an inhabitant is detected, intrusion monitoring by the intrusion sensor is ended.

[0004]

In the conventional general equipment control system, it is troublesome for a person who goes in and out of a room or the like to notify the presence or absence of a person in a room or the like.
It was necessary to operate the D card. In addition, when a certain space such as the room becomes unattended, the operation of all general-purpose machines is controlled at the same time after a fixed period of time. There is a problem that the operation of general-purpose equipment cannot be operated.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is troublesome to inform the presence or absence of a person in a room by a non-contact detecting means such as infrared rays or ultrasonic waves. The purpose is to obtain a general-purpose device control system that is easy to use and does not require operation work. In addition, the operation delay time of various general-purpose devices in the room etc. can be arbitrarily set by the indoor user so that the indoor user can control the operation of various general-purpose devices according to the usage situation of the space such as the room. The purpose is to obtain an economical and easy-to-use general-purpose equipment control system that saves electricity while always maintaining a comfortable room.

[0006]

In a general-purpose equipment control system according to the present invention, an input device for setting an operation delay time of a general-purpose equipment such as an air conditioner or lighting, and a certain closed equipment having the general-purpose equipment. Human body detection means for detecting the presence / absence of a person in a closed space, and controlling the operation of the general-purpose equipment based on the detection result of the human body detection means and the operation delay time of the general-purpose equipment set in the input device. And a general-purpose device control means.

An input device for setting the operation delay time of each general-purpose device such as an air conditioner and lighting, and the presence / absence of a person in a closed space having the various general-purpose devices are detected. And a general-purpose device control unit that controls the operation of each general-purpose device based on the detection result of the human-body detection unit and the operation delay time of each general-purpose device set in the input device. ,
It is provided with.

Further, the general-purpose equipment control means determines the absence time of the person in the space from the operation delay time based on the detection result of the human body detection means and the operation delay time of the general-purpose equipment set in the input device. When it exceeds, the operation of the general-purpose device is stopped, and when the absence time of the person in the space is within the operation delay time of the general-purpose device, the operation of the general-purpose device is controlled to be continued.

Further, the general-purpose device control means stops the operation of the general-purpose device in each of the general-purpose devices whose operation delay time exceeds the absence time of a person in the space, and the operation delay time is The control is performed so that the operation of the general-purpose device that does not exceed the absence time of the person in the space is continued.

Further, the human body detecting means comprises non-contact detecting means such as infrared rays and ultrasonic waves, and detects the presence or absence of a person in a certain closed space.

[0011]

In the general-purpose device control system configured as described above, when a user who uses a general-purpose device such as an air conditioner or a light in a closed space receives an operation delay time of the general-purpose device to the input device. When the presence or absence of a person in the closed space where the human body detection means is set is set, the general equipment control means controls the operation of the general equipment from the detection result and the operation delay time set in the input device. Therefore, the user can operate the operation of the general-purpose device.

A user who uses various general-purpose devices such as an air conditioner and a light in a closed space,
When the operation delay time of each general-purpose device is set in the input device and the human body detection means detects the presence or absence of a person in the closed space, the general-purpose device control means is determined from the detection result and each operation delay time. However, since the operation of each general-purpose device is controlled, the user can arbitrarily operate the operation of each general-purpose device.

Further, the general equipment control means determines that the absence time of the person in the space exceeds the operation delay time of the general equipment from the detection result of the human body detection means and the operation delay time of the general equipment set in the input device. Sometimes, the operation of the general-purpose equipment is stopped, and when the absence of a person in the space is within the operation delay time of the general-purpose equipment, it is controlled to continue the operation of the general-purpose equipment. Operate the operation of the equipment.

Further, the general-purpose device control means stops the general-purpose device in each general-purpose device whose operation delay time exceeds the absence time of the person in the space, and the operation delay time is absent of the person in the space. Since the control is performed so as to operate the general-purpose device that has not exceeded the time, the operation of each general-purpose device is controlled according to the usage status in the space.

Further, since the human body detecting means is composed of non-contact detecting means such as infrared rays or ultrasonic waves, and detects the presence or absence of a person in a certain closed space, the person in the space can detect his / her presence. , Eliminate the troublesome operation work to notify the absence.

[0016]

【Example】

Example 1. The general equipment control system of the first embodiment will be described below. FIG. 1 is an overall schematic diagram of the first embodiment, and 1 is a user input device having a timer function for a user to arbitrarily set an operation delay time of a general-purpose device,
2 is a closed space such as a conference room, 3 is the presence or absence of a human body (present,
It is a human body detection sensor that confirms (absence), and the human body detection sensor 3 is a human body detection unit that uses infrared rays, ultrasonic waves, or the like to detect the presence or absence of a human body in a non-contact manner. Reference numeral 4 is connected to the human body detection sensor 3 and the user input device 1 by each transmission line, and based on the detection signal from the human body detection sensor and the delay time set by the user in the timer of the user input device 1, It is a general-purpose controller that is a general-purpose control unit that controls the operation, for example, the time until the air conditioner 5 operates.

FIG. 2 shows a connection diagram of the general-purpose controller 4 and various devices.
Is a microcomputer 4a having a built-in timer that works with the time set in the user input device 1, and a general-purpose input control circuit 4b for inputting signals from the human body detection sensor 3 and the like.
A general-purpose output control circuit 4c for outputting a signal for controlling the operation of a general-purpose device such as the air conditioner 5; and a delay time set by the user in the timer of the user input device 1 from the user input device 1 to the general-purpose controller. Conversion I for input into 4
And C4d.

Next, the operation flow of the general-purpose equipment control system configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 5 when the air conditioner is controlled as a general-purpose equipment. Figure 5
FIG. 6 shows a flowchart of the control operation of the microcomputer 4a. First, the user sets in the user input device 1 how many minutes after the human body detection means detects the unmanned state, the air conditioner 5 is stopped (S1). In addition,
The operation of general-purpose equipment such as the air conditioner 5 is maintained in the state before entering the room.

Next, in this state, for example, when a person enters the conference room (a certain closed space 2) and the human body detection sensor 3 is turned on, the air conditioner 5 is in operation as described above. If so, the operating state is maintained (S2 to S3), and if the air conditioner 5 is stopped, the operation is started (S2 to S3).
4).

Next, when a person leaves the room and the conference room becomes unattended, the human body detection sensor 3 is turned off. At this time, the air conditioner 5
If the operation is continuing, the timer of the microcomputer 4a is started (S2, S5, S6). After the timer starts, there is no person entering the room and the user input device 1
When the set time of the timer (operation delay time of general-purpose equipment) input to lapses, the operation of the air conditioner 5 is stopped (S7,
S8), after resetting the timer (S10), the process returns to step S2.

However, when the timer is started (S
6) When a person enters the room within the set time of the timer, the human body detection sensor 3 is turned on (S7, S9), the timer is reset (S10), the process returns to step S2, and the operation of the air conditioner is continued.

If the unmanned state continues, the air conditioner 5 remains stopped (loop routine of S2 and S5).

As described above, since the indoor user can arbitrarily operate the general-purpose device by setting the operation delay time of the general-purpose device, for example, people come and go hard and the indoor temperature rises. During the daytime in summer, which is easy to do, set a long delay time so that the air conditioner will continue to operate even if people enter and leave, and the room temperature will not change too much to maintain a comfortable room temperature at all times. Or
In addition, during summer nights when the number of people entering and leaving is reduced or during spring daytime when the temperature change is small, the operation delay time can be set to be short so that the operation of the air conditioner is not continued, and power is saved as much as possible. In this way, it is possible to obtain an economical and easy-to-use general-purpose device control system that can maintain a comfortable room temperature and save power according to the usage situation in the room.

Embodiment 2 FIG. The second embodiment of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 3 is an overall schematic view of the second embodiment, in which 1 is a user input device having a timer for the user to arbitrarily set the operation delay time of each general-purpose device, and 2 is a closed conference room or the like. Space, 3 is the presence or absence of human body (present, absent)
The human body detection sensor 4 for confirming that
And the user input device 1 via a transmission line, and the operation of each general-purpose device based on the detection signal from the human body detection sensor and the delay time of the timer set by the user, for example, the air conditioner 5, the lighting 6, the ventilation fan. It is a general-purpose controller that controls the operations of the device 7 and the like.

FIG. 4 is a connection diagram of the general-purpose controller and various devices.

Next, regarding the operation of the general-purpose control system configured as described above, the operation of the second embodiment is different from the operation of the first embodiment in that the user operates each of various general-purpose devices. The delay time is differently set in the user input device 1 (S1 in FIG. 5), and the different setting contents (the operation delay time of each general-purpose device)
The operation of each of the various general-purpose devices is different, and the other operations are the same as those in the first embodiment. Therefore, the description of the other operations will be omitted.

As described above, the user can set the operation delay time of various general-purpose devices in the user input device 1, and the setting contents can individually control the operations of various general-purpose devices in the room. For example, when there are no more people in the room, the lighting 6 and the ventilation fan 7 are immediately turned off, and then the air conditioner 5 is stopped after a predetermined time has passed, especially in the daytime in summer or winter. Even if a person enters the room and the human body detection sensor 3 is turned on within a predetermined time until the air conditioner 5 is stopped after turning off the lighting 6 and the ventilation fan 7, as described above, the air conditioner 5 is still operating. Therefore, since the room temperature is kept constant, the occupants can work at a comfortable room temperature, and the lighting 6 and the ventilation fan 7 are provided.
As a result, a general-purpose device control system that is economical and easy to use can be obtained that can save power while maintaining a comfortable indoor state.

[0028]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it has the following effects.

A user who uses a general-purpose device such as an air conditioner or a light in a closed space sets an operation delay time of the general-purpose device in the input device, and a human body detection means exists in the closed space. When the presence / absence of a person is detected, the general-purpose device control means controls the operation of the general-purpose device based on the detection result and the operation delay time set in the input device, so that the user can operate the operation of the general-purpose device. Therefore, a general-purpose device control system that is easy to use can be obtained.

In addition, a user who uses various general-purpose devices such as an air conditioner and lighting in a certain closed space,
When the operation delay time of each general-purpose device is set in the input device and the human body detection means detects the presence or absence of a person in the closed space, the general-purpose device control means is determined from the detection result and each operation delay time. However, since the operation of each general-purpose device is controlled individually, the user can arbitrarily operate the operation of each general-purpose device, so that a general-purpose device control system with good usability can be obtained.

Further, the general equipment control means determines that the absence time of the person in the space exceeds the operation delay time of the general equipment from the detection result of the human body detection means and the operation delay time of the general equipment set in the input device. Sometimes, the operation of the general-purpose equipment is stopped, and when the absence of a person in the space is within the operation delay time of the general-purpose equipment, it is controlled to continue the operation of the general-purpose equipment. To operate the equipment, it is economical to maintain a comfortable state and save electricity according to the usage in the space.
A general-purpose device control system that is easy to use can be obtained.

Further, the general-purpose device control means stops the general-purpose device in which the operation delay time exceeds the absence time of the person in the space in each general-purpose device, and the operation delay time of the person in the space is absent. Since it controls to operate the general-purpose equipment that has not exceeded the time, the operation of each general-purpose equipment is controlled according to the usage status in the space, so a suitable state is maintained according to the usage status in the space. However, it is possible to obtain an economical and convenient general-purpose device control system that can save power.

Further, the human body detecting means is composed of non-contact detecting means such as infrared rays or ultrasonic waves, and detects the presence or absence of a person in a certain closed space. Since the troublesome operation work of notifying the absence is eliminated, a general-purpose device control system with good usability can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic view of a first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a general-purpose controller 4 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
It is a connection diagram with various devices.

FIG. 3 is an overall schematic diagram of a second embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a connection diagram of a general-purpose controller and various devices according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart diagram of the first embodiment according to the present invention and the general-purpose controller 4 of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an overall schematic diagram of a conventional general equipment control system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 user input device, 2 closed space, 3 human body detection sensor, 4 general-purpose controller, 5 air conditioner, 6 lighting, 7 ventilation fan.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An input device for setting an operation delay time of a general-purpose device such as an air conditioner or lighting, and a human body detection means for detecting the presence or absence of a person in a certain closed space having the general-purpose device. And a general-purpose device control unit for controlling the operation of the general-purpose device based on the detection result of the human body detection unit and the operation delay time of the general-purpose device set in the input device. Equipment control system. 2. An input device for setting an operation delay time of each general-purpose device such as an air conditioner and lighting.
Human body detection means for detecting the presence or absence of a person in a closed space having the various general-purpose equipment, the detection result of the human body detection means, and the operation delay time of each general-purpose equipment set in the input device. And a general-purpose device control unit that controls the operation of each of the general-purpose devices based on the above. 3. The general-purpose device control means, when the absence time of a person in the space exceeds the operation delay time based on the detection result of the human body detection means and the operation delay time set in the input device. The operation of the general-purpose device is stopped, and when the absence of a person in the space is within the operation delay time of the general-purpose device, control is performed so as to continue the operation of the general-purpose device. The general-purpose device control system described in. 4. The general-purpose device control means stops the operation of the general-purpose device in each of the general-purpose devices when the operation delay time exceeds the absence time of a person in the space, and the operation delay time is The general-purpose device control system according to claim 2, wherein the general-purpose device control system is controlled so as to continue the operation of the general-purpose device that has not exceeded the absence time of a person in the space. 5. The human body detecting means comprises non-contact detecting means such as infrared rays and ultrasonic waves, and detects the presence or absence of a person in a certain closed space.
Alternatively, the general-purpose device control system according to claim 2.