KR101569581B1 - System and method for providing integrated energy network service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to remote automatic control of building energy facilities through a network, and more particularly, to a method and system for controlling a building energy facility through a network using an energy integrated management service server node capable of data communication with a plurality of building service server nodes based on a wireless network In order to integrally manage the energy, monitoring information for each building energy integrated management control device installed for each building is obtained from the building service server node, and standardized as a protocol that is individually implemented for each control device, Based on the standardized protocol-based monitoring results obtained by the nodes, the operation of the building service server node is integrated and controlled based on the platform in which the energy facilities of each building are operated. Thus, It is not only possible to provide an energy integration framework that can manage integrated protocols, but also it is possible to effectively control building facilities by interworking with various types of local building facility solutions and networks, And a technology capable of reducing energy used in a building facility by applying various energy saving measures such as scheduling of building facilities operation by the system.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to an energy integrated network service system,

The present invention relates to remote automatic control of building energy facilities through a network, and more particularly, to an energy management service server node capable of data communication with a plurality of building service server nodes based on a wireless network. To an energy integrated network providing service system and method for integrally managing energy.

In an existing building, the operator manually controls the operation of energy facilities such as cooling, heating, and air conditioning by manually switching on / off the manual operation panel of the building installed in the building, It is not easy to exchange data between the urban energy integrated control center and the regional energy integrated control center, and there is a problem that energy is wasted by each energy management system.

In addition, there is a need to make the energy management module and the environmental regulation module operate through a single platform due to the operating system of the facility-specific equipment supporting various platforms.

Accordingly, the present invention aims to provide a more efficient and convenient expandable energy integration management system by sharing common functional elements when performing the energy integration network providing service for each building facility.

In addition, in order to integrally manage energy used in a building facility through an energy integrated management service server node capable of data communication with a plurality of building service server nodes, By acquiring the monitoring information for each device and standardizing the individually implemented protocol to a predetermined protocol and integrating the operation of the building service server node based on the platform in which the energy facility of each building is operated, It is possible to provide an energy integration framework that can manage various types of protocols according to local buildings in an integrated manner and effectively control the building facilities that are robust against multi-platform environment by linking with various types of local building facility solutions and networks. It is to provide a technology.

According to one aspect of the present invention, in an energy integrated network providing service system, in order to manage energy used in a building facility, it is interlocked with building energy integrated management control devices installed in a building, A building service server node for providing objects to the energy integration service server node by linking the objects obtained through the respective building energy integration management control devices when a data request is received from the energy integration service server node in the network, An infrastructure service server distributed in the network for wirelessly transmitting an event transmitted from the building service server node to an associated node to relay data between the building service server node, a plurality of upper service nodes, and the energy integration service server node And an infrastructure service server node, which supports an adaptive platform for an object provided in a corresponding platform environment for each building service server node, processes the object, communicates with a plurality of building service server nodes, And an energy integration management service server node that stores and integrally manages a plurality of events.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing an energy integrated network, wherein when a data service request for a building facility is received from a user terminal or a client at an energy integrated management service server node, The method comprising the steps of: broadcasting the requested data to a plurality of lower service server nodes through a plurality of lower service server nodes through an energy service management server node, The device-specific protocol is converted into data according to a pre-stored protocol through a protocol editor unit using a standard protocol interface and is synchronized to link the objects obtained through the respective building energy management and control devices, Not integrated service server nodes support the adaptive platform with respect to the process and, each building service server node specific object provided by the platform environment provided as to be characterized in that it comprises the step of processing the object.

The present invention can provide an energy integration framework capable of integrally managing various types of protocols according to local buildings converted into a standard protocol on one platform, And it is possible to reduce energy used in building facilities by applying various energy saving measures such as schedule scheduling of building facilities by system as well as reducing system construction cost by controlling equipment automatically from a remote place have.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an energy integrated network providing service system according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
2 is a detailed block diagram of a building service server node in an energy integrated network providing service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 illustrates an example of class object sharing in an energy integrated management service server node in an energy integrated network providing service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is an example of a class association in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flow chart of a method of providing an energy convergence network according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of providing a data service to a client in an energy integrated management service server node according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It will be appreciated that those skilled in the art will readily observe that certain changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims. To those of ordinary skill in the art.

The present invention relates to remote automatic control of building energy facilities through a network, and more particularly, to a method and system for controlling a building energy facility through a network using an energy integrated management service server node capable of data communication with a plurality of building service server nodes based on a wireless network In order to integrally manage the energy, monitoring information for each building energy integrated management control device installed for each building is obtained from the building service server node, and standardized as a protocol that is individually implemented for each control device, Based on the standardized protocol-based monitoring results obtained by the nodes, the operation of the building service server node is integrated and controlled based on the platform in which the energy facilities of each building are operated. Thus, It is not only possible to provide an energy integration framework that can manage integrated protocols, but also it is possible to effectively control building facilities by interworking with various types of local building facility solutions and networks, In addition to reducing the construction cost, it also provides various energy saving measures such as scheduling of building facilities operation by system to provide energy saving technology for buildings.

The energy integrated network providing system according to the present invention includes monitoring and communication functions and is provided with energy status information of the entire network from the integrated energy control center of the upper system, And to provide technology to ensure energy efficiency and savings by ensuring power usage.

Hereinafter, an energy integrated network providing service system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

1 is a configuration diagram of an energy integrated network providing service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a system 110 to which the present invention is applied includes a user terminal 111, an integrated energy management service server node 112, a client 113, an infrastructure service server node 114, and a building service server node 116 ).

The building service server node 116 manages the objects provided by each building energy integrated management control device in cooperation with the building energy integrated management control devices installed in the building to manage the energy used in the building facility, When the data request is received from the energy integration service server node, the energy integration service server node 112 provides the energy integration service server node 112 with the objects acquired through the respective building energy integration management control devices.

Here, the building service server node 116 controls at least one or more building facilities grouped by geographical area in the system 110 to which the present invention is applied by paging one by one for each group. Therefore, the number of building facilities managed by building service server nodes differs depending on the size of the building or the number of buildings installed in the area.

The building service server node 116 may also include other equipment interfaces 118 of the building, a power control system 120, a lighting control system 122, a hardware automatic control system 124, (Not shown), which are connected to a plurality of building-specific building energy management control systems (not shown), and receive and monitor energy state information of each building.

Then, the building service server node 116 converts the protocols individually implemented for each energy management control device into data according to the protocol stored through the protocol editor unit using a standard protocol interface, and synchronizes them.

At this time, the protocol editor unit can perform functions such as data collection, storage, transmission, environment setting, and remote command execution. That is, the monitoring data received from each building energy management control device for each building can be converted into a standard protocol, collected in real time, and transmitted to a plurality of upper service server nodes in the network based on the collected data.

In addition, the object is state information for each building energy integrated management control device configured based on a standard or a user-defined protocol that is serviced through an open API (Application Programming Interface) for a protocol implemented individually for each manufacturer.

Referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of a building service server node in an energy integrated network providing service system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the building facility interface 212, the facility status information generation unit 214, the facility status control unit 216, the network interface 218, the facility status / control transmission unit 220, and the facility status / control information transmission / And a processing unit 222.

The building facility interface 212 matches the control and alarm signals of the integrated energy management control device installed in the building and controls on / off of the integrated energy management control device.

For example, the building facilities may include a broadcasting system, a parking control system, an integrated control system, an unmanned guidance system, an access control system, a CATV system, a CCTV system, and the like. And may include an alarm.

In this case, the building facility interface 212 can be connected to the on / off switches and alarms provided in each building facility and the manual operation panel to match the control and alarm signals of the building facility and control the switches of the manual operation panel.

The facility state information generation unit 214 converts the matched control and alarm signals to generate state information for the building facility.

The facility state control unit 216 controls the overall operation of the building service server node 210 and controls on / off of the energy integrated management control device based on the generated state information, State.

The facility state information transmission unit 220 remotely integrates and manages the generated state information through each building energy management and control device.

The facility state / control information transmission / reception protocol processing unit 222 processes the facility state information transmission unit 220 and the protocol for controlling the state information and the building facility.

The network interface 218 transmits and receives the status information and control information through a network.

Referring back to FIG. 1, the infrastructure service server node 114 wirelessly transmits an event transmitted from the building service server node 116 to the related node dispersed in the network, and transmits the event to the building service server node 116, A plurality of high-level service nodes and the energy integration service server nodes 112. The infrastructure service server nodes 114 according to the present invention exist in a plurality of networks. Depending on the scale of the network or the data to be relayed The number is differentiated.

The energy integrated management service server node 112 is connected to the infrastructure service server node 114 and supports an adaptive platform for the object provided in the corresponding platform environment for each building service server node to process the object, Communicates with a plurality of building service server nodes, and stores and manages a plurality of events in the network.

The energy integrated management service server node 112 receives a data provision request signal from the building service server node 116 via the infrastructure service server node 114 and transmits information corresponding to the data request signal Broadcasts them to a plurality of lower service server nodes 114 and 116, and collects them according to the object format (for example, according to the requested data type (image, text, video)) specific to the service server node.

The energy integrated management service server node 112 includes an object management table for storing at least one piece of data received from a plurality of lower service server nodes 114 and 116, And converts the object management table into a predetermined format that can be transmitted according to a data request signal from the plurality of lower service server nodes 114 and 116, and transmits the converted data to the plurality of lower service server nodes 114 and 116, .

At this time, the object management table is shared by a relational database (RDB) table between cities, regions, and buildings, and a city energy management table including a city energy OID (object identifier) Which means a management table for each region and each building energy.

The regional energy management table includes local energy and building energy OID, and the building energy management table includes building energy and energy usage tag OID.

In the energy integrated management service server node 112, a programming language and a library that are supported in respective environments according to building facilities are individually implemented by applying universal data processing and communication services in a predetermined platform environment according to standard protocol conversion It is aimed at reducing the number of airborne changes to the development and verification of data processing and reception required by multiple building platforms.

In addition, when the energy management service server node 112 receives a data request from a connected user terminal, the energy integrated management service server node 112 links the objects obtained through the plurality of lower service server nodes 114 and 116 to the user terminal.

Meanwhile, the energy integrated management service server node 112 manages a plurality of applications through an application providing unit, determines suitability for the client 113 in providing a service, .

At this time, the appropriateness of the client determines whether the application requested from the client 113 corresponds to the profile of the client. In order to allow the application to be provided to be smoothly output from the client device The energy integrated management service server node can support an application requested through profiles such as unique identification information of a client attempting to access, that is, a device operating parameter, a resolution of a display screen, a CPU type, a local information, an operating system, It is judged whether or not it is proper to correspond to the device characteristic.

The client 113 communicates with the energy integrated management service server node through a wireless network, defines a device identifier in the operating system, and transmits the application ID to the energy integrated management service server node through a profile corresponding thereto. Request service delivery.

At this time, the application provided to the client in the energy integrated management service server node of the present invention is an application specialized in providing monitoring and energy output according to building facilities in each region.

In addition, the energy integrated management service server node may designate a class in which a shared interface is implemented as a shared class when operating a class for object-oriented programming including a class accessible to the application, Class is specified as an individual class, the class type is checked by checking whether the shared interface is implemented in the class according to the access request of the object or method, and the object or method of the shared class is stored according to the type of the confirmed class And executes the corresponding application with reference to the section.

FIG. 3 illustrates an example of class object sharing in an energy management service server node in an energy integrated network providing service system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, Class objects are shared through the same or similar hierarchical inheritance elements.

Referring to FIG. 4, FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a class according to an embodiment of the present invention. When a shared interface 416 is created when class 410 is created, And is stored in the storage unit 420.

The configuration of the energy integrated network providing service system according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described above.

Hereinafter, a method of providing an energy convergence network according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5 to FIG.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an energy integrated network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, in step 518, a user terminal or a client 510 requests a building facility-related data service to the energy integration management service server node 512.

In step 520, when a data service request for the building facility is received from the user terminal or the client 510 at the energy integration management service server node 512, the infrastructure service server node 514 interworking through the network, And broadcasts the requested data to the server node.

More specifically, the energy integrated management service server node 512 receives a data provision request signal from the building service server node 516 through the infrastructure service server node 514, and responds to the data request signal Information to the plurality of lower service server nodes 516 and 516, and collects and provides the information according to the object format specific to each service server node.

In step 522, the building service server node 516 transmits the requested data through the infrastructure service server node 514 from the energy integrated management service server node 512, Is converted into data according to a pre-stored protocol through a protocol editor unit using a standard protocol interface and is synchronized.

In step 524, the building service server node 516 links the objects obtained through the respective building energy management and control devices, and provides the collected information to the energy integration service server node 512 in step 526.

At this time, the object is state information according to a building energy integrated management control device configured based on a standard or a user-defined protocol serviced through an open API (Application Programming Interface) for a protocol implemented individually for each manufacturer.

In step 528, an adaptive platform is supported for the object provided in the corresponding platform environment for each building service server node, and the object is provided to the user terminal or the client 510 in step 530.

At this time, the energy integrated management service server node 512 includes the platform set in the adaptive platform support in step 528, and the at least one data received from the plurality of lower service server nodes 514 and 516, And converts the object management table into a predetermined format that can be transmitted according to a data request signal from the plurality of lower service server nodes 514 and 516, To the plurality of lower service server nodes (514, 516).

6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of providing a data service to a client in an energy integrated management service server node according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, in operation 610, The entire event in the network is retrieved through the management service server. At this time, the event search is performed by executing the building-related application managed in real time in the energy integrated management service server node in the client terminal.

In step 612, the client requests the application to the energy integrated management service server node, and in step 614, it is determined whether the client is suitability for the client requesting the application.

At this time, the appropriateness of the client is determined by determining whether the application requested by the client corresponds to the profile of the client. In order to smoothly output the application to be provided to the client, The management service server node determines whether the requested application is capable of supporting the application through the profile such as the unique identification information of the client attempting to connect, that is, the operation parameters of the device, the resolution of the display screen, the CPU type, the local information, the operating system, It is judged whether or not it is appropriate.

The client communicates with the energy integrated management service server node through a wireless network, defines a device identifier in an operating system, and provides an application service to the energy integrated management service server node through a profile corresponding thereto request.

In step 616, the client performs sharing of the class object with the energy integrated management service server node, and executes the requested application in step 618.

Wherein the energy integrated management service server node designates a class in which a shared interface is implemented as a shared class when operating a class for object oriented programming including a class accessible to the application, The class is identified by checking whether the shared interface is implemented in the class according to the access request of the object or method, and the object or method of the shared class is stored from the storage part according to the type of the confirmed class And executes the corresponding application.

As described above, the operation of the energy integrated network providing service system and method according to the present invention can be performed. However, while the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the specific embodiments, various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. . Accordingly, the scope of the present invention should not be limited by the illustrated embodiments, but should be determined by equivalents of the claims and the claims.

111: User terminal 112: Energy integration management service server node
113: client 114: infrastructure service server node
116: Energy Integrated Management Service Server Node
212: Building Facility Interface 214: Facility Status Information Generation Unit
216: equipment state control section 218: network interface
220: Equipment status / control transmitting unit 222: Equipment status / control information transmitting / receiving protocol processing unit

Claims (19)

In an energy integrated network providing service system,
In order to manage the energy used in the building facility, it manages the objects provided by each building energy integrated management control device in cooperation with the building integrated energy management control devices installed in the building, and requests data from the energy integration service server node in the network A building service server node, which, when received, provides the energy integrated service server node with the objects obtained through the respective building energy integrated management control devices in association with each other;
An infrastructure service server node that is dispersed in the network and wirelessly transmits an event transmitted from the building service server node to an associated node to relay data between the building service server node, a plurality of upper service nodes, Wow,
A plurality of building service server nodes connected to the infrastructure service server node and supporting an adaptive platform for an object provided in a corresponding platform environment for each building service server node to process the object and communicate with a plurality of building service server nodes, An energy integrated management service server node for storing and managing events,
The building service server node,
Each building energy management control device protocol is converted into data according to the protocol stored in the protocol editor unit using the standard protocol interface,
The object is state information for each building energy integrated management control apparatus configured based on a standard or user-defined protocol served through an open API,
Wherein the energy integrated management service server node comprises:
Receives a data provision request signal from the building service server node through the infrastructure service server node, broadcasts information corresponding to the data request signal to a plurality of lower service server nodes and collects the information, And an application providing unit for providing a requested application, managing a plurality of applications, judging suitability of a client when providing a service, and providing an application requested by a confirmed client,
The suitability for the client,
And determines whether the application requested from the client corresponds to the profile of the client. delete delete delete 2. The energy management system according to claim 1,
And generating and storing at least one data received from a plurality of lower service server nodes and an object management table storing information of the data including a predetermined platform and transmitting the data request signal from the plurality of lower service server nodes And transforms the object management table into a predetermined format that can be transmitted according to a predetermined format, and shares the converted data with the plurality of lower service server nodes. 2. The energy management system according to claim 1,
Wherein when a data request is received from a connected user terminal, the plurality of lower service server nodes are linked to each other and the obtained objects are provided to the user terminal. 2. The building service server node according to claim 1,
A building facility interface for matching the control and alarm signals of the energy integrated management control devices installed in the building and controlling on / off of the energy integrated management control devices,
A facility state information generator for generating state information for the building facility by converting the matched control and alarm signals,
And a facility state controller for controlling the operation state of the building equipment remotely by controlling on / off of the energy integrated management controller based on the generated state information. 8. The method of claim 7,
A facility state information transmitting unit for transmitting the generated state information to a building energy remote integrated management unit for remotely and integrally managing each building energy integrated management control device;
A facility state / control information transmission / reception protocol processing unit for processing the building energy remote integrated management unit, a protocol for controlling the state information and the building facility,
And a network interface for transmitting and receiving the status information and the control information through a network. delete delete The method according to claim 1,
A system for communicating with an energy integrated management service server node through a wireless network, the apparatus having a device identifier defined in an operating system and requesting provision of an application service to the energy integrated management service server node through a profile corresponding thereto, Further comprising: an energy integration network providing service system. 2. The energy management system according to claim 1,
When operating a class for an object-oriented programming implementation having a class accessible to the application,
A class in which a shared interface is implemented is designated as a shared class, a class in which the shared interface is not implemented is designated as an individual class, and whether or not a shared interface is implemented in the class according to an access request of the object or method, And the execution of the corresponding application is performed by referring to the storage unit of the object or method of the shared class according to the type of the confirmed class. In an energy integrated network providing service method,
A step of broadcasting the requested data to a plurality of lower service server nodes via an infrastructure service server node linked through a network when a data service request for a building facility is received from a user terminal or a client at an energy integrated management service server node and,
In order to provide the requested data from the energy integrated management service server node through the infrastructure service server node at the building service server node, the protocol for each building energy management control device is transmitted through the protocol editor unit using the standard protocol interface, Data, and providing the objects to the energy integration service server node by linking the objects acquired through the respective building energy integration management control devices;
And processing the object by supporting an adaptive platform for an object provided in a corresponding platform environment for each building service server node,
The object may include:
It is the status information of the building energy integrated management control device configured by standard or user defined protocol service which is served through open API,
Wherein the energy integrated management service server node comprises:
Receives a data provision request signal from the building service server node through the infrastructure service server node, broadcasts information corresponding to the data request signal to a plurality of lower service server nodes and collects the information, In addition,
Wherein the energy integrated management service server node comprises:
A plurality of applications are managed, a suitability of a client is determined at the time of providing a service, an application requested by the client is provided,
The suitability for the client,
And determining whether the application requested by the client corresponds to the profile of the client. delete delete 14. The energy management system according to claim 13,
And generating and storing at least one data received from a plurality of lower service server nodes and an object management table storing information of the data including a predetermined platform and transmitting the data request signal from the plurality of lower service server nodes And converting the object management table into a predetermined format that can be transmitted in accordance with the converted data, and sharing the converted data with the plurality of lower service server nodes. delete delete 14. The energy management system according to claim 13,
When operating a class for an object-oriented programming implementation having a class accessible to the application,
A class in which a shared interface is implemented is stored as a shared class, a class in which the shared interface is not implemented is stored as an individual class, and whether or not a shared interface is implemented in the corresponding class according to an access request of the object or method, And the execution of the corresponding application is performed by referring to the storage class of the object or method of the shared class according to the type of the confirmed class.

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