KR101043828B1 - Service system and method of living environment information in home network system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing residential environment information in a home network system. In the home network system, a home terminal requests to inquire a home network server of usage information on energy items selected by a user through key input. In response to the inquiry request, the received energy information of each energy item retrieved from the home network server is stored and stored in the storage unit or transmitted to the display unit, and it is displayed by checking whether the key input by the user or the specified time has elapsed by the built-in timer. A home terminal controller generating a control signal; And a display control unit driven by a display control signal generated by the home terminal control unit to turn on / off power supplied from the home terminal in the household to the display unit. Real-time inquiry and display of residential environment information and specific energy usage information, and automatic control of the display operation to prevent overheating or overcooling to increase energy savings.

Home network, energy usage, real time, meter reading, lookup

Description

Service system and method of living environment information in home network system

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing residential environment information in a home network system, and more particularly, to be measured and detected at a home terminal at each terminal of a home gateway terminal connected to a server of a home network system and transmitted to a central server. Display and display the energy usage and cost information for each household stored in real time, automatically control the display operation, and automatically turn on / off air conditioners, household appliances, and gas circuit breakers within the household. Residential environment information providing system.

A general home network system is a system that enables residents in each household to actively manage and maintain an indoor environment. As illustrated in the configuration of the home network system according to the related art of FIG. It is composed of the home gateway (300-1 ~ 300-n), the home terminal in the household is connected to each of the home gateway (300-1 ~ 300-n) is configured.

In particular, home terminals connected to home gateways 300-1 to 300-n are connected to lighting devices, boiler devices, gas valves, digital door locks, gas leak detectors, fuselage detectors, various home appliances, and cameras installed in each household. Terminals that are individually installed in each household to control these devices or to transmit data therewith, and are connected to the home network server 100 through the switch 200 in the complex or to the Internet network. Accordingly, the home gateways 300-1 to 300-n may be connected to a personal computer (PC) through an internet network or to a mobile terminal through a mobile communication network.

On the other hand, the home network system may be configured to enable a variety of services by putting a remote meter server, parcel delivery server, parking control server, access control server, household policy server, CCTV server, etc. in addition to the home network server 100, The servers (not shown) support not only services within the complex but also remote services such as remote control and remote information retrieval. In addition, the switch 200 is a commercial switch installed to provide high-speed Internet services such as xDSL and optical Internet in the complex.

The home network system as described above should be properly operated according to the indoor environment felt by the residents in each household to enable more efficient environment maintenance and energy saving.

Therefore, in the home network system, it is one of the most important items to display the information measured or read for each household to the outside of the home terminal so that the residents in the household can recognize the household.

However, existing home network system is designed with ubiquitous technology, and even if indoor environment control technology is introduced, it is only enough to control indoor lighting. In addition, the provision of real-time indoor environment information or specific energy usage information is insufficient.

Samsung Raemian 2009-style kitchens, which were recently unveiled at housing exhibitions, are using Intelli Pads, which provide real-time energy consumption for each generation. That is, it is configured to provide usage information on three items including electricity, water, and gas to residents in each household, and is configured to distinguish and display energy consumption by actual load and energy consumption by load, respectively. The energy usage indication is configured to provide only the usage amount for the current month.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is the real-time inquiry and display of the residential environment information and specific energy usage information in each household, and the automatic control of the display operation, the automatic on / off of air conditioners, household appliances, gas circuit breakers in the household The purpose of the present invention is to provide a system and method for providing residential environment information in a home network system that can prevent overheating or overcooling and increase energy saving effect.

Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is through real-time inquiry and display of cost information according to energy consumption in each household, and automatic control of the display operation, automatic on / off of air conditioners, household appliances, and gas circuit breakers in households. In order to provide a system and method for providing residential environment information in a home network system that can improve the consciousness and willingness of residents to feel energy consumption more directly to residents in households according to the indication of energy consumption in monetary units. It is.

Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is the inquiry and display of the current energy usage and past energy usage in each generation and the average usage of the neighbors of the same equilibrium, and automatic control of the display operation, air conditioning and heating in households, household appliances System and method for providing residential environment information in home network system that enables residents in each household to compare current energy consumption and cost in various aspects through automatic on / off of gas circuit breaker. It is to provide.

According to one embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the electricity, gas, water, heating, hot water meter for meter reading energy consumption in each household is connected to the home terminal in each household, the home network server is the home In a home network system configured to collect and accumulate energy consumption for each household item through a terminal, the home terminal transmits usage information on energy items selected by a user to a home network server through a key input. Inquiry request, and receives the energy information for each energy item retrieved from the home network server according to the inquiry request, stored in the storage unit or forwarded to the display unit, whether the key input by the user or the specified time by the built-in timer has elapsed or indoors Display control signal and device control signal by checking temperature or gas use A home terminal controller for generating a; A display control unit driven by a display control signal generated by the home terminal control unit to turn on / off power supplied from the home terminal in the household to the display unit; And a device control unit driven by a device control signal generated by the home terminal control unit to turn on / off the operation of a heating / cooling unit, a home appliance, and a gas circuit breaker in a household.

According to another embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the electricity, gas, water, heating, hot water meter for meter reading energy consumption in each household is connected to the home terminal in each household, the home network server is the home A home network system configured to collect and accumulate energy consumption for each household item through a terminal, wherein the home network server is configured to calculate energy consumption for each household item transmitted from a plurality of home terminals and their usage. Accumulated and aggregated cost information in real time and stored in the database for each household, and according to the energy usage inquiry request of a plurality of home terminals, the corresponding energy consumption and cost information according to the usage is retrieved from the database to the requested home terminal A home server control unit for transmitting the home terminal; A request is made to inquire the home network server of the amount of energy items selected by the user and the cost information according to the amount of usage using a key input, and according to the amount of each energy item retrieved from the home network server according to the inquiry request and Receives the cost information and stores it in the storage unit or transmits it to the display unit, and generates a display control signal and a device control signal by checking whether a key input by a user or a specified time has elapsed by a built-in timer or whether room temperature or gas is used. A home terminal controller; A display control unit driven by a display control signal generated by the home terminal control unit to turn on / off power supplied from the home terminal in the household to the display unit; And a device control unit driven by a device control signal generated by the home terminal control unit to turn on / off the operation of a heating / cooling unit, a home appliance, and a gas circuit breaker in a household.

According to still another embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the electricity, gas, water, heating, hot water meter for meter reading energy consumption in each household is connected to the home terminal in each household, the home network server is In the home network system configured to collect and accumulate the energy consumption for each household item through a home terminal, the home network server, the energy consumption for each household item transmitted from a plurality of home terminals and the amount A generational energy usage calculation unit for accumulating the cost information according to generations in real time, and accumulating the energy consumption for each generation and the cost information according to the usage for each month, day, day of the week, and time zone, respectively, and storing them in a database; The energy consumption of each household item transmitted from multiple home terminals and the cost information according to the usage are accumulated and accumulated in the same balance zone in real time, and the energy consumption and the cost information according to the usage of the same balance zone are monthly, daily, weekly, And a home server control unit including an equal balance band energy usage calculation unit configured to calculate an average for each time zone and store the same in a database. The home terminal requests to search the home network server for the amount of energy items selected by the user and the cost information according to the amount of the energy items selected through the key input, and uses the amount of energy items retrieved from the home network server according to the inquiry request. Receives the cost information according to the usage amount and stores it in the storage unit or forwards it to the display unit, and checks whether the key input by the user or the specified time has elapsed by the built-in timer or whether the room temperature or gas is used. A home terminal controller generating a control signal; A display control unit driven by a display control signal generated by the home terminal control unit to turn on / off power supplied from the home terminal in the household to the display unit; And a device control unit driven by a device control signal generated by the home terminal control unit to turn on / off the operation of a heating / cooling unit, a home appliance, and a gas circuit breaker in a household.

In each embodiment of the present invention, the home terminal comprises a plurality of item selection keys for providing a user interface signal to a home terminal controller for selecting an energy item for any one of electricity, gas, water, heating, and hot water. A display unit which displays a key input unit, an energy consumption for each item in each household delivered from the home terminal control unit or cost information according to the consumption, and residential environment information measured in each household, and is turned on / off by the display control unit It is characterized by further comprising.

According to still another embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the electricity, gas, water, heating, hot water meter for meter reading energy consumption in each household is connected to the home terminal in each household, the home network server is In a home network system configured to collect and accumulate energy consumption for each household item through a home terminal, in the method of providing residential environment information made by the home terminal, performing initialization at the same time as power supply. ; Checking whether there is a key input before a predetermined time elapses, and generating a display control signal for controlling the display unit power or a device control signal for controlling the in-generation device connection unit ; Checking whether the display mode change key is inputted, temperature measured value, humidity measured value, current date and time value counted by the built-in timer, and past and present energy usage of my home inquired from home network server This includes the first time screen, or the temperature measurement measured in the household, the humidity measurement, the current date and time value counted by the built-in timer, the average energy usage of the neighborhood of the same equilibrium in our house looked up from the home network server Selectively presenting an included second navigation screen; Checking whether the detailed item selection key is input and selectively presenting any one of the first detail screen and the third detail screen including usage information about the selected item and cost information according to the usage amount; It is a method of providing residential environment information in a network system.

According to the present invention, inquiring and displaying the specific energy consumption information for each household together with the residential environment information including the temperature and humidity in each household, and the display operation and automatic control of the equipment in the household, the air conditioner and the household appliances, Since the automatic on / off of the gas circuit breaker can be performed in real time through the home terminal, it is possible to prevent overheating or overcooling through proper operation and management of the home network system, and also to improve the consciousness and behavioral will of residents. There is an advantage in that energy savings can be expected.

In addition, according to the present invention, the cost information according to the energy consumption in each household can be inquired and displayed, and the automatic control of the display operation, the automatic heating / cooling, household appliances, gas circuit breakers can be performed on / off, According to the energy consumption display of the monetary unit, there is an advantage that the residents of the household can feel the energy consumption more directly, thereby improving the consciousness and the willingness of the residents.

In addition, according to the present invention, the current energy consumption and the past energy usage in each household can be inquired and displayed together, and the average usage of the neighbors of the same equilibrium is also displayed and displayed, automatic control of the display operation, heating and cooling in households, household appliances Since the automatic on / off of the device and the gas circuit breaker can be performed, there is an advantage that residents in each household can compare the current energy consumption and cost in various aspects by using various comparison criteria on their own.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a home network server 100 implemented for a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The home network server 100 includes a home server controller 110 and an energy usage storage 120. ), And the home gateway interface unit 130, and the home server control unit 110 includes the energy balance calculation unit 112 that is the same as the generation energy usage calculation unit 111. The home server controller 110 is connected to the plurality of home gateways 300-1 to 300-n through the switch 200, and the home terminal 300 is connected to each home gateway.

The home server controller 110 accumulates in real time the energy consumption for each household item and the cost information according to the household consumption transmitted from the plurality of home gateways through the home gateway interface unit 130, and calculates the energy consumption calculator for each household generation ( 111 and the same balance band energy usage calculation unit 112 and calculates the energy consumption of each generation and the same balance band energy consumption is stored in the energy usage storage unit 120, respectively. The energy usage storage unit 120 may separately store and store the energy consumption for each generation and the cost information according to the usage amount, or the energy balance and the cost information according to the usage amount. Accordingly, the home server controller 110 retrieves the energy usage corresponding to the energy usage inquiry request of the plurality of home terminals and the cost information according to the usage from the energy usage storage 120 and transmits the information to the home terminal requested for inquiry. The action can be processed.

That is, the home server controller 110 stores the daily data of each generation, which is aggregated in real time through the network, in addition to the accumulated usage amount accumulated until yesterday. The accumulated energy consumption is processed and stored by day, month, time zone, and day of the week, and the stored historical data is transmitted to each household's home networking system whenever the residents of each household want to inquire. .

The energy usage storage unit 120 may be implemented as a database that can be accessed by the home server control unit 110.

The home gateway interface unit 130 is connected to one end of the switch 200, and selectively connected to at least one of the plurality of home gateways 300-1 to 300-n through the switch 200.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a home terminal 300 implemented for the preferred embodiment of the present invention. The home terminal 300 includes a network interface unit 310, a storage unit 320, and a voice processing unit ( 330, a display unit 340, a key input unit 350, a home terminal control unit 360, an in-house device connection unit 370, a display control unit 380, and a device control unit 390.

The network interface 310 is connected to the other end of any one of the home gateways 300-1 to 300-n and is connected to the home network server 100 through the switch 200.

The storage unit 320 temporarily stores information set by a user through the key input unit 350 of the home terminal, information retrieved and transmitted from a home network server, or residential environment information measured indoors. It can be implemented as a memory means that can be accessed by the control unit 360.

The voice processor 330 may be implemented as a speaker as a means for processing and outputting a voice signal transmitted from the user's voice or the home server controller 110.

The display unit 340 displays the energy consumption for each item in each household delivered by the home terminal controller 360 or cost information according to the consumption, and residential environment information such as indoor temperature or humidity measured in each household. Is turned on / off by.

The key input unit 350 includes a plurality of item selection keys for selecting energy items for any one of electricity, gas, water, heating, and hot water, and provides a user interface signal to the home terminal controller 360.

The home terminal controller 360 controls the entire home terminal so that the entire network can be controlled by the network interface 310, the storage 320, the voice processor 330, the display 340, the key input 350, and the in-house device controller ( 370, the display controller 380, and the device controller 390. The home terminal controller 360 having such a configuration transmits the usage information on the energy item selected by the user through the key input unit 350 and the cost information according to the usage to the home network server 100 through the network interface 310. Inquiry request, in response to the inquiry request, and receives the usage information of each energy item and the cost information according to the usage information from the home network server 100 is stored in the storage unit 320 or transmitted to the display unit 340. In addition, the home terminal controller 360 generates a display control signal and a device control signal by checking whether a key input by a user has elapsed by a predetermined time by a time setting timer or whether room temperature or gas is used to generate a display control signal and a device control signal. Control the display of energy consumption at the home terminal in the household through the control unit, or control the on / off device connection unit 370 in the household through the device control unit 390 to connect the cooling unit, fluorescent lamp, TV, computer connected to the home terminal in the household Control the on / off operation of the gas circuit breaker. That is, at least one time setting timer may be provided, and the time setting timer may be configured as an up-counter or a down-counter for counting a specified time, and the home terminal controller 360 checks whether a key is input. When there is a key input, it checks whether the specified time elapses from immediately afterwards, and generates a display control signal for turning on the display unit 340 until the specified time elapses, and transmits it to the display control unit 380. If no or a specified time elapses after the key input is made, a display control signal for turning off the display unit 340 is generated and transmitted to the display control unit 380.

In addition, the home terminal controller 360 checks whether a key is input, and if there is a key input, checks whether the specified time has elapsed and whether the room temperature has elapsed, and turns on the device controller 390 until the specified time has elapsed. Generate a device control signal to be transmitted to the device control unit 390, and if no key input or a specified time elapses after the key input is made or the room temperature satisfies the set temperature reference value or the gas is not used for the specified time By generating the device control signal to turn off the in-house device connection unit 370 through the device control unit 390 to the device control unit 390, it is possible to turn on / off the operation of the air conditioner, household appliances, gas breaker in the household. Will be.

In-house device connection unit 370 is connected to lighting devices, boiler devices, gas valves, digital door locks, gas leak detectors, fuselage detectors, various home appliances and cameras installed in each household, and can control these devices through a home terminal. It is also configured to be connected to various meter readings for reading energy usage including electricity, gas, water, heating, hot water, etc., so that the home network server can directly collect energy usage in each household through the home terminal. .

The display controller 380 is driven by a display control signal generated by the home terminal controller to turn on / off the power supplied from the home terminal in the household to the display unit 340. That is, the power is supplied to the display unit 340 immediately after the key input is made and before the time specified by the time setting timer has elapsed. Allows the user to recognize the current date and time being counted, and reduces energy consumption by cutting off the power supplied to the display unit 340 after the time specified by the time setting timer has elapsed after the key is input. It becomes possible.

The device control unit 390 is connected between the home terminal control unit 360 and the in-house device connection unit 370, the in-house air conditioner, through the in-house device connection unit 370 by the device control signal generated in the home terminal control unit, Turn on / off the operation of home appliances and gas circuit breakers.

2 and 3, the home terminal 300 includes a home terminal controller 360, a display controller 380, and a device controller 390. The form is a configuration in which the home network server 100 includes a home server controller 110, and the home terminal 300 includes a home terminal controller 360, a display controller 380, and a device controller 390. In an embodiment, the home network server 100 includes a home server control unit 110 including a household energy usage calculation unit 111 and an equilibrium band energy usage calculation unit 112, and the home terminal 300 includes the home terminal control unit 360. ), The display control unit 380 and the device control unit 390.

4 and 5A are detailed views illustrating an exemplary configuration of the display unit 340 and the key input unit 350.

The display unit 340 of FIG. 4 is configured to subdivide the entire display screen into a plurality of areas and display different information in each of the subdivided areas, and each subdivided area includes a temperature display unit 341 and a humidity display unit 342. , Date / time display unit 343, display information guide unit 344, and energy usage display unit 345. These components may selectively implement the first and second display (see FIG. 7A) and the second and second display (see FIG. 7B).

In the first aspect of the present invention, the room temperature and humidity measured in the household, the current date and time counted by the built-in timer, the energy consumption of the current month accumulated from the meter readings from the household to the present, the energy consumption of the past month and the Cost information for usage is displayed.

In the second aspect screen, the indoor temperature and humidity measured in the household, the current date and time counted by the built-in timer, the energy consumption of the day accumulated from the household meter readings to the present, the meter reading of the same equilibrium in the complex Information about the average energy usage for the day accumulated and counted from the systems is displayed.

The temperature display unit 341 displays the current temperature measured by the temperature sensor in the room where the home terminal is installed.

The humidity display unit 342 displays the current humidity measured by the humidity sensor in the room where the home terminal is installed.

The date / time display unit 343 displays the current date / time counted by a timer built in the home terminal, and the year / month / day and hour / minute / second are respectively displayed.

In the display information guide unit 344, a message or a description for guiding the details of the information displayed in the energy consumption display unit is displayed in text. For example, the first hour screen displays a cumulative count of energy usage, a comparison with the previous month, and a message indicating that the average usage of neighbors of the same equilibrium can be viewed on the next screen, and the second hour screen is the same as my home of the day. Messages are displayed indicating that this is a real-time aggregation of the average usage of the counterbalance neighbors.

The energy usage display unit 345 includes a display item presentation unit 345a, a first energy usage display unit 345b, and a second energy usage display unit 345c, and accumulate past and present from the home network server 100. The aggregated energy usage information is displayed.

In the display item presentation unit 345a, items displayed through the first energy usage display unit 345b and the second energy usage display unit 345c are presented as messages or explanations. For example, a message indicating that the energy consumption of my house is displayed on the first always-on screen, and a message indicating that the average consumption of the neighborhood of the same equilibrium is displayed on the second always-on screen.

The first energy usage display unit 345b selectively displays total energy usage information for each item up to the present month in the case of the first time screen or total energy usage information for each item of the day in the case of the second time screen.

In the second energy usage display unit 345c, the energy usage information for each item of the last month in the case of the first time display screen and the cost information according to the usage, or the average energy usage information for each item in the neighborhood of the same equilibrium on the same day in the case of the second time display Is optionally displayed.

In particular, the second energy consumption display unit 345c includes, for example, electricity consumption and cost information, gas consumption and cost information, water consumption and cost information, heating consumption and cost information, hot water consumption and cost information, respectively. Is displayed.

As a result, the display unit 340 displays the room temperature and humidity currently measured in the household, the current date and time, the energy consumption of the current month accumulated from the meter readings from the household to the present, the energy consumption of the previous month, and the usage thereof. 1st screen including cost information (FIG. 7A), or room temperature and humidity currently measured within a household, current date and time, and current energy usage accumulated from the meter readings within the household, within the complex From the meter readings of the neighbors of the same equilibrium, a second time screen (FIG. 7B) including information on the average energy usage accumulated on the day accumulated to date can be implemented and selectively displayed.

In addition, the display unit 340 of FIG. 4 uses the entire display screen as one display area to display detailed information on any one kind of detailed item selected from electricity, gas, water, gas, heating, and hot water. The display unit 340 may be configured to display the first detail screen to the third detail screen (FIG. 8A through FIG. 8A through FIG. 8A through FIG. 8A) by using a user interface through a key input unit. 8C) can be selectively displayed.

In the first detail screen (refer to FIG. 8A), a selection screen for inquiring past monthly usage and daily usage regarding each energy item selected by the user interface is displayed.

In the second detail screen (refer to FIG. 8B), past monthly usage information on each energy item is displayed by the user interface, and may be selected and displayed for each year.

In the third detail screen (refer to FIG. 8C), past daily usage information on each energy item is displayed by the user interface, and may be selected and displayed by year and month.

The past monthly usage and daily usage provided by the second detail screen and the third detail screen and cost information according to each of them may be provided in one or both of graphs and tables.

The key input unit 350 of FIG. 5A is composed of a plurality of selection keys for arbitrarily selecting or changing the display state of the display unit 340. These selection keys include the electric selection key 351, the gas selection key 352, A water supply selection key 353, a heating selection key 354, a hot water supply selection key 355, and a display mode change key 356.

Each of the selection keys 351 to 355 provides a user interface signal for selecting an energy item including electricity, gas, water, heating, and hot water. 2 Provides user interface signals for changing the display mode of the screen.

FIG. 5B is a detailed view illustrating a configuration example of the device control unit of FIG. 3, wherein the device control unit 390 is connected between the home terminal control unit 360 and the in-house device connection unit 370. The home terminal checks whether the key is input, the room temperature and the time elapsed, and there is no key input, the specified time elapses after the key input is made, the set temperature is equal to the room temperature, or the gas is not used for the specified time. If not, the device control unit 390 generates a device control signal for turning off at least one of the air conditioner, the home appliance, and the gas circuit breaker in the household.

6A and 6B are diagrams illustrating an operation flow performed by the home terminal controller 360. The steps of performing initialization at the same time as supplying power (S301 and S303) and key input before a specified time elapses are performed. Generating a display control signal for controlling the power of the display unit (S305-S309), and checking the input of the display mode change key, and checking the temperature measurement value, humidity measurement value, and built-in timer measured in the household. The current date and time value counted by, the first time display containing the previous energy usage viewed from the home network server, or the temperature measurement measured within the household, the humidity measurement, and the current date counted by the built-in timer. And selectively presenting a second time screen including a time value and average energy usage of neighbors of the same balance as inquired by the home network server (S311-S317), and the detailed terms. Checking whether the neck selection key is input, and presenting the usage information on the selection item and the cost information according to the usage amount in a graph or a table (S319-S329).

6A and 6B, the home terminal controller 360 initializes the time setting timer at the same time when the power is supplied (S301) and at the same time (S303). While driving the setting timer, it is checked whether there is a key input by the user during the designated time counted by the time setting timer (S305).

When there is no key input (N branch of S305) before the specified time elapses as a result of the checking, a display control signal for turning off the power of the display unit 340 is generated (S307) and transmitted to the display control unit 380. Therefore, the display control unit 380 cuts off the power supplied to the display unit 340, and the display of the first time screen as shown in FIG. 7A is no longer performed, thereby reducing power consumption.

On the other hand, if there is a key input before the specified time elapses (Y branch of S305), a display control signal for turning on the power of the display unit 340 is generated (S309) and transmitted to the display control unit 380. . Therefore, since the display control unit 380 continues to apply the power supplied to the display unit 340, when there is an initial state key input, the data transmitted from the home server control unit 110 is previously displayed through the first always-time screen as shown in FIG. 7A. Display (S311). The entire display screen is subdivided into a plurality of areas on the first hour screen, such as a temperature display unit 341, a humidity display unit 342, a date / time display unit 343, a display information guide unit 344, and an energy usage display unit 345. Each of these displays displays the temperature readings, humidity readings, current date and time values counted by the built-in timer, current and past home energy usage from the home network server, and The cost information according to the usage is displayed. That is, in the first time screen, each household's current room temperature, relative humidity, date and time, the energy consumption of the month accumulated from each household to the current time, the energy consumption of each household last month and the amount of payment accordingly It is displayed and inputs a plurality of item selection keys (351-355), and the past regarding the electricity consumption and cost of each household, gas consumption and cost, water consumption and cost, heating consumption and cost, and hot water (hot water) usage and cost Data inquiry is possible.

Next, the home terminal controller 360 checks whether the display mode change key is input in the first always-on screen display state (S313). When the check result display mode input key is input (Y branch of S313), the second time screen as shown in FIG. 7B is displayed (S315). The entire display screen is further subdivided into a plurality of areas on the second always-on screen, such as the temperature display unit 341, the humidity display unit 342, the date / time display unit 343, the display information guide unit 344, and the energy usage display unit 345. Each of these displays displays temperature, humidity, and current date and time values counted by the built-in timer, the same as the current home on the home network server. Average energy usage is included. That is, in the second time screen, it is possible to query the real-time cumulative aggregate of energy consumption of each household on the day, and the real-time cumulative aggregate of the average energy consumption of neighboring houses in the same equilibrium for the same day.

In the second always-on-screen display state, it is checked whether the display mode change key is input again (S317), and when there is an input of the check result display mode change key (Y branch of S317), the first one-time screen is displayed again (S311). Return to step). That is, the home terminal controller 360 selectively displays the first or second always screen according to whether the display mode change key is input.

Next, the home terminal controller 360 selects detailed items such as electricity, gas, water, heating, and hot water in the selective display state of the first or second time screen according to whether the display mode change key is input. Check whether one of the plurality of item selection keys is input (S319).

As a result of the detailed item checking, if any one of the detailed items is selected, the first detail screen for arbitrarily selecting monthly usage or daily usage for the selected item is displayed on the entire display area 340 (S321). do. In the first detail screen, the user may arbitrarily select monthly usage information and cost information according to the usage, or daily usage information and cost information according to the usage, for the selected item through the item selection key of the key input unit 350. do.

The first detail screen as shown in FIG. 8A is a screen illustrated when a detail item is selected using the electricity selection key 351 on the first or second time screen, and the first detail screen for the electric item is a display unit. 340 is displayed in the whole area.

Next, when the monthly usage is selected through the first detailed screen (Y quarter of S323), a graph and a table related to the monthly electricity usage are selectively displayed as shown in FIG. 8B (S325), and the daily details are displayed through the first detailed screen. When the amount of usage is selected (Y quarter in S327) A graph and a table related to daily electricity usage as shown in FIG. 8C are selectively displayed (S329).

Although these detailed screens are not illustrated in the drawings, they may be displayed on the same principle for each energy item including gas, water, heating, and hot water.

The present invention as described above displays the actual energy usage information for each generation, the cost information according to the usage, the average usage of neighbors of the same equilibrium together with the residential environment information including the temperature and humidity in each household, or even display operation automatically. As it can be controlled, according to the display of energy consumption in monetary units, residents can feel the energy consumption more directly, thereby improving the consciousness and willingness of the residents. This allows you to compare your current energy usage and costs in various ways.

The present invention is not limited to the above described and illustrated in the drawings, and of course, more modifications and variations are possible to those skilled in the art within the scope of the following claims.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a home network system according to the prior art.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a home network server implemented for the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a home terminal 300 implemented for the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a detailed view illustrating an example of a configuration of a display unit of FIG. 3.

5A and 5B are detailed views showing an example of the configuration of the key input unit and the device control unit of FIG.

6A and 6B are diagrams illustrating an operation flow performed by the home terminal controller of FIG. 3.

7A and 7B are exemplary views of the first and second always screens displayed on the home terminal of the present invention.

8A to 8C are exemplary views of the first to third detail screens displayed on the home terminal of the present invention.

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100: home network server 110: home server control unit

111: energy consumption calculation unit for each generation 112: energy consumption calculation unit of equal balance

130: home gateway interface 200: switch

300-1 to 300-n: home gateway 300: home terminal

310: network interface unit 320: storage unit

330: voice processing unit 340: display unit

341: temperature display unit 342: humidity display unit

343: date / time display unit 344: display information guide unit

345: energy consumption display unit 345a: display item presentation unit

345b: first energy usage indicator 345c: second energy usage indicator

350: key input unit 351: electric selection key

352: gas selection key 353: water selection key

354: Heating selection key 355: Hot water (hot water) selection key

356: display mode change key 360: home terminal control unit

370: In-house device connection unit 380: Display control unit

390: device control unit

Claims (22)

delete delete The electricity, gas, water, heating, and hot water meters for metering energy usage in each household are connected to the home terminals in each household, and the home network server collects and accumulates the energy consumption for each household item through the home terminal. In a home network system configured to be, The home network server, The energy consumption of each household item transmitted from multiple home terminals and the cost information for each household are accumulated in real time, and the energy consumption for each household and the cost information for each household are collected monthly, daily, weekday, and time zone. An energy usage calculation unit for each generation that accumulates and stores the data in a database; The energy consumption of each household item transmitted from multiple home terminals and the cost information according to the usage are accumulated and accumulated in the same balance zone in real time, and the energy consumption and the cost information according to the usage of the same balance zone are monthly, daily, weekly, And a home server control unit including an equal balance band energy usage calculation unit configured to calculate an average for each time zone and store the same in a database. The home terminal, Inquiring the usage of the energy item selected by the user and the cost information according to the usage amount to the home network server through the key input, and based on the usage amount of the energy item retrieved from the home network server and the usage amount of the energy item according to the inquiry request. A home terminal controller which receives the cost information and checks whether a key is input by a user or whether a predetermined time has elapsed by a built-in timer or whether room temperature or gas is used and generates a display control signal and a device control signal; A display unit configured to include a humidity display unit to display current humidity, and to display cost information according to the energy consumption per item or the energy consumption per item received from the home terminal controller; A storage unit for storing the cost information according to the energy consumption for each item or the energy consumption for each energy item received from the home terminal controller; A display control unit driven by a display control signal generated by the home terminal control unit to turn on / off power supplied from the home terminal in the household to the display unit; In the home network system characterized in that it is driven by the device control signal generated by the home terminal control unit to turn on / off the operation of the air conditioner, household appliances, gas circuit breaker in the household through the device connection unit in the household; Residential environment information system. The method of claim 3, The home terminal further includes a key input unit having a plurality of item selection keys for providing a user interface signal for selecting an energy item for any one of electricity, gas, water, heating, and hot water to the home terminal controller. The display unit displays the residential environment information measured in each household together with the energy consumption for each item in each household delivered from the home terminal controller or the cost information according to the household consumption. Providing system. The method of claim 3, The device control unit is connected between the home terminal control unit and the generation device connection unit, The home terminal checks whether the key is input, the room temperature and the time elapsed, and there is no key input, a specified time elapses after the key input is made, the set temperature is equal to the room temperature, or the gas is used for the specified time. If not, the residential environment information providing system in a home network system, characterized in that for generating a device control signal for turning off at least one of the air conditioner, household appliances, gas blocker in the household. The method of claim 4, wherein the key input unit, Changing the display mode for selecting the display mode of the electric selection key, gas selection key, water selection key, heating selection key, hot water supply selection key, and display mode selection for the selection of energy items including electricity, gas, water, heating, hot water Residential environment information providing system in a home network system, characterized in that comprises a key. The method of claim 4, wherein the display unit, A temperature display unit and a date / time display unit for displaying the current temperature and date / time, respectively; Residential environment information providing system for a home network system, comprising: an energy usage display unit for displaying the accumulated energy usage information from the home network server. The method of claim 7, wherein the display unit, And a display information guide unit for guiding display information of the energy usage display unit. The method of claim 7, wherein the energy usage display unit, A first energy usage display unit for displaying energy usage information for each item of the current month; Residential environment information providing system in the home network system, characterized in that divided into; second energy usage display unit for displaying the last month energy consumption information of each item. The method of claim 9, wherein the second energy usage display unit, A residential environment information providing system in a home network system, characterized by displaying the energy consumption information of each item in the household and the cost information according to the energy consumption of each item. The method of claim 9, wherein the second energy usage display unit, Residential environment information in the home network system, characterized by displaying electricity consumption and cost information, gas consumption and cost information, water consumption and cost information, heating consumption and cost information, hot water consumption and cost information for each category Providing system. The method of claim 9, wherein the second energy usage display unit, A residential environment information providing system of a home network system, characterized by displaying the average energy consumption information for each item of the neighborhood of the same equilibrium. The method of claim 7, wherein the energy usage display unit, The residential environment information providing system of the home network system, characterized in that any one of the past monthly usage and daily usage information for each energy item selected by the key input is selectively displayed. The method of claim 13, wherein the energy usage display unit Residential environment information providing system in the home network system, characterized in that the past monthly usage, daily usage and the cost information according to each of them are provided in a graph. The method of claim 13, wherein the energy usage display unit Residential environment information providing system in the home network system, characterized in that the past monthly usage, daily usage and the cost information according to each of them are provided in a graph. The method of claim 13, wherein the energy usage display unit Residential environment information providing system in the home network system, characterized in that the past monthly usage, daily usage and cost information according to each of them are provided in graphs and tables. The method of claim 4, wherein the display unit, Implement and display the paragraph 1 screen including the room temperature and humidity currently measured in the household, the current date and time, the current month's energy usage accumulated from the household meter readings, and the last month's energy usage information. Residential environment information providing system in a home network system, characterized in that. The method of claim 17, wherein the first always on the screen, Residential environment information providing system in the home network system, characterized in that the cost information for each energy consumption of the last month in the household. The method of claim 4, wherein the display unit, The room temperature and humidity currently measured in the household, the current date and time, the energy consumption of the day accumulated from the meter readings to the present, the day of the day accumulated from the meter readings of the same equilibrium neighbors in the complex A residential environment information providing system in a home network system, characterized in that the display implements a second time screen including information on the average energy consumption. The electricity, gas, water, heating, and hot water meters for metering energy usage in each household are connected to the home terminals in each household, and the home network server collects and accumulates the energy consumption for each household item through the home terminal. In the home network system is configured to be, in the residential environment information providing method made by the home terminal, Performing initialization at the same time as power supply; Generating a display control signal for controlling the display unit power or a device control signal for controlling the in-generation device connection unit by checking whether there is a key input before a predetermined time elapses; Checking whether the display mode change key is inputted, temperature measured value, humidity measured value, current date and time value counted by the built-in timer, and past and present energy usage of my home inquired from home network server This includes the first time screen, or the temperature measurement measured in the household, the humidity measurement, the current date and time value counted by the built-in timer, the average energy usage of the neighborhood of the same equilibrium in our house looked up from the home network server Selectively presenting an included second navigation screen; Checking whether the detailed item selection key is input and selectively presenting any one of the first detail screen and the third detail screen including usage information on the selected item and cost information according to the usage amount; , The display control signal is a control signal that turns on the display unit power when there is a key input before a specified time elapses and turns off the display unit power when there is no key input until a specified time elapses. How to provide residential environment information in delete The method of claim 20, wherein the second detail screen or the third detail screen, A method of providing residential environment information in a home network system, characterized by presenting usage information on a selected item and cost information according to the usage in a graph or a table.

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