KR101645489B1 - A method for registering an electric appliance with an electricity management network - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of registering a power management network of an electrical product, and is provided to easily register an electrical product in a power management network.

The present invention provides a method of controlling a portable terminal, comprising the steps of: (A) installing a detachable communication modem in a predetermined electrical product; (B) receiving an initialization command of a communication modem installed in a predetermined electrical appliance; (C) transmitting information of the electrical appliance to the communication modem initialized by the initialization command; (D) transmitting and registering the information of the electrical product to the power management network to which the electrical product is to be registered by the communication modem; and (E) transmitting the information of the electrical product to the power management program The method comprising the steps of: registering a power management program of the electrical product according to whether or not the application is registered.

Energy management devices, power management network binders, communication modems

Description

[0001] METHOD FOR REGISTRATION OF ELECTRICAL POWER MANAGEMENT NETWORK [0002]

The present invention relates to a method of registering a power management network of an electrical product, and more particularly, to a method of easily registering a new electrical product in a power management network using a removable communication modem.

Electric power used for electric appliances such as home electric appliances or office appliances to be used is generally supplied through a power plant operated by KEPCO, a transmission line, and a wiring line in this order Feature.

It is a centralized power source rather than a distributed power source. It has a radial structure that spreads from the center to the periphery, and is characterized by a supplier center rather than a consumer center.

In addition, the technology base is analog or electro-mechanical, has to be manually restored in case of an accident, and the equipment must also be manually restored.

The price information on electricity can not be known in real time, but only through the KPX. The price system is also a fixed fixed price system, so incentives such as incentives to consumers through price changes are used There was also a problem that it can not be.

In order to solve these problems and improve the efficiency of energy, researches on a power network capable of realizing flexible power control are actively underway, and such power control includes demand response control and intelligent power control.

As described above, the current grid is a centralized and producer-controlled vertical, centralized network, while the system for demand response control or intelligent power control is less focused on suppliers, It is a horizontal, collaborative, and distributed network that enables interaction between the two.

In order to realize such a flexible power control, a power management network, in which individual electric appliances and a plurality of electric products are connected to each other, is required to be unilaterally received in order to be implemented in the position of a power user such as a home or a building. There has been a need for two-way communication with respect to power information and a need for new devices for such two-way communication.

The present invention provides a registration method in which an electric appliance not registered in a power management network for performing a power management program capable of reducing a power charge or a power consumption can be easily registered. have.

It is also an object of the present invention to allow a user to easily combine the electrical product with a removable communication modem and to enable a power management program for the electrical product to be performed through the combined assembly.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile communication terminal, including: (A) a detachable communication modem mounted on a predetermined electrical product;

(B) receiving an initialization command of a communication modem installed in a predetermined electrical appliance;

(C) transmitting information of the electrical appliance to the communication modem initialized by the initialization command;

(D) transmitting and registering information on the electrical product to the power management network to which the electrical product is to be registered,

(E) requesting registration of the electric power management program of the electric product according to whether or not the electric product is registered with the electric power management program for reducing electric power charges or power consumption.

In the step (B), the initialization of the communication modem is performed by inputting an initialization command for an initialization button of an input unit provided in at least one of the electrical product, the communication modem, and the power management network binder.

Determining whether the communication modem is a new communication modem without previously stored information;

Deleting the information stored in the communication modem by an instruction based on an input of an initialization button and making a request for withdrawal of a power management program of an electrical product associated with previous information when it is determined that the modem is a new modem other than a new communication modem;

 And transmitting and registering the information of the electrical product by an instruction by re-inputting the initialization button.

And transmitting and registering the information on the electrical product by the instruction based on the input of the initialization button when it is determined that the communication modem installed in the electrical product is a new communication modem.

And providing a code for identification at the time of registration of the electrical product,

The code comprising: a home code identifying the power management network;

A product code indicating the type of the electric product;

And includes a unique identification code that can distinguish two or more same types of electrical products, if any.

According to the present invention, an electrical product to which the communication modem is connected can be easily registered in the power management network while generating an initializing operation of the communication modem by at least one of a communication modem, an electrical product, and a power management network binder .

When a used modem installed in a new electric appliance other than a new modem without any existing information is used in a new electric appliance, information on the existing electric appliance can be easily deleted, There is also the convenience of being able to leave the program.

On the other hand, by attaching a removable communication modem to the electrical product without significantly changing the design of the electrical product, the electrical product can easily participate in the power management program performed in the power management network and operate according to the contents of the program This has the advantage of saving power charges and power consumption.

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

Figure 1 shows a power management network 10 in the home.

The power management network 10 includes a measuring device (smart meter) 20 capable of real-time measuring power and electric power charges supplied to each home, a home appliance (home appliance) 20 connected to the measuring device And an energy management device (EMS) 30 connected to and controlling the operation of the plurality of electric devices.

Here, the electric power charge is charged based on the hourly electric power charge, and the electric power charge becomes high in the time interval in which the electric power consumption is rapidly increased, and the electric power charge becomes low in the nighttime interval in which the electric power consumption is relatively small.

The power management network 10 is driven by a power management program that efficiently manages and controls power charges and power consumption in the home based on the variable rate system over time.

In order to perform the power management program, the energy management device (EMS) 30 and the measurement device (smart meter) 20 can communicate with the operation subject 50 of the power management program such as a power company.

Here, the energy management device (EMS) 30 includes a screen 31 for displaying current electricity consumption state and external environment (temperature, humidity), and is provided with an input button 32 or the like And is provided in the form of a terminal equipped.

The energy management device 30 and the metering device 30 may be connected to the refrigerator 101, the washer and dryer 102, the air conditioner 103, , A TV 105 or a cooking appliance 104 and communicates with them.

Each of the electrical appliances is detachably provided with a communication modem 200 (201 to 205) for wireless communication with the energy management device (EMS) 30 and the measurement device (smart meter) 30.

Here, it is preferable that the communication modem 200 is coupled to the outside of the electrical product so that a user can easily attach and detach the same.

The communication mode of the communication modem 200 is implemented by a ZigBee method, which is a type of wireless communication method, and is capable of one-to-one communication, one-to-many communication, and multi-party communication. However, The method is also possible.

Accordingly, the electric power information or operation information of the electrical product to which the communication modem 200 is connected is transmitted to the energy management device (EMS) 30 or the measurement device (smart meter) 20 through the communication modem 200 And communication in the opposite direction becomes possible.

In order to attach or detach the communication modem 200, it is preferable that each electric appliance is provided with a slot or a port for mounting.

On the other hand, a power management network binder (hereinafter referred to as "binder") 300 is provided for registering an unregistered electrical product in the power management network 10.

 The binder 300 communicates with a communication modem installed in an unregistered electrical product to initialize the communication modem 200, to set the internal state of the communication modem 200 in a default state, and then register the binding modem 300 in the power management network 10.

Registration to the power management network 100 is performed by assigning a home code and a product code to an unregistered electrical product. .

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control system in which each component is connected to a power management network according to the present invention.

Here, the power management program operating entity 50 may be a power company having general power generation equipment (thermal power, nuclear power, hydro power) or generating power using renewable energy (solar power, wind power, geothermal power) But is not limited thereto.

In addition, the power management network includes an electric power generating facility 51 such as a solar power generating facility that can be installed in each household, and a fuel cell 52 that can be provided in a fuel cell vehicle or a home.

The power supply source and the power management program operating entity 50 are connected to the measurement device (smart meter) 20 and the energy management device (EMS) 30.

The measuring device (smart meter) 20 and the energy management device (EMS) 30 are communicable with the electrical products through the communication modem 200.

The EMS 30 includes a control unit 35 and an input unit 38, a communication unit 34 and a display unit 39. The measurement device (smart meter) 20 Also includes a control unit 25 and an input unit 28, a communication unit 24, and a display unit 29.

The communication units 34 and 24 are connected to a communication modem 200 installed in a home appliance, that is, a refrigerator 101, a washing machine or a dryer 102, an air conditioner 103, 201 to 204 to transmit and receive power information and driving information.

The control unit 25 or 35 may be configured to receive setting information input by the user through the input unit 28 or 38 and / The operation history and the electric power usage history information of the accumulated electric products, and the amount of electric power supplied from the outside in real time.

Then, these pieces of information are processed in real time to control the operation of the electrical products and control the power supplied to the electrical products

The display units 29 and 39 display the electric power information supplied from the electric power source or the operation information and the electric power information of the electric appliance, and the communication status of each electric appliance.

The energy management device (EMS) 30 and the metering device (smart meter) 20 serve to control the operation of the electrical product, Saving mode and an energy saving mode that can save power consumption.

Here, the power-saving mode is performed based on information about the electric power rate that varies depending on the time when the electric appliance is operated.

The energy management device (EMS) 30 or the metering device (smart meter) 20 may control the electric appliance in consideration of the peak time during which the electric power charge is the highest during the day, or considering the upper limit target value of the electric power consumption or electric charge . .

Here, it is preferable that the power charge saving mode operation considering the peak time period or the upper limit target value is performed by subscribing to the power management program provided by the electric power company.

By subscribing to these power management programs and receiving power management, they can save on electricity bills and enjoy beneficial effects such as electricity tariff policies provided by utilities.

The communication modem 200 (201 to 204) is provided with a control unit, a display unit, a communication unit, and an input unit, and can display a current communication state and can receive a user's command.

The communication modem 200 is communicably connected to the energy management device (EMS) 30 or the measurement device (smart meter) 20, and transmits a command according to the power management program, To the product (100).

Thus, the electrical product 100 can perform a control operation according to the power management program.

The controller of the communication modem 200 may be provided with a function of controlling the electric appliance 100 in consideration of the upper limit target value of the electric power charge, the electric power charge or the upper limit target value of the electric power consumption according to the time zone. It is possible to perform a power saving operation such as a power bill saving operation or a power consumption saving operation of the electric product 100 by the operation.

 Each of the electric appliances is provided with a display unit and a control unit. The display unit displays not only the operation status of each appliance, but also the communication status of the communication modem installed in the appliance.

Thus, when the user views the energy management device (EMS) 30 or the metering device (smart meter) 20, or the communication modem 200, or each electrical product, If the communication state is not normal, the communication modem connected to the electric appliance can be properly installed or replaced.

The binder 300 includes a control unit 300a, a display unit 300b, a communication unit 300c, and an input unit 300d.

 As described above, the role of the binder 300 is such that, when the communication modem 200 detachable from the unregistered electrical product 100 is mounted, after the initialization operation for the communication modem 200 is performed, And gives the home code to the electrical product 100 and the communication modem 200.

Existing information in the communication modem 200 is deleted through the initialization operation. Thus, it is possible to prevent the existing information from colliding with the operation-related information of the electric power management network 10 and the electric product 100 to be newly registered.

After the initialization process, an unregistered electrical product is registered through a predetermined process to be described later, becomes a member of a power management network performing a power management program provided by a utility company, etc., Power or carbon emissions.

The communication unit 300c communicates with the communication unit of the electric appliance to be registered and the communication unit 34 of the energy management device (EMS) 30 and the communication unit 24 of the measurement device (smart meter) 300d serve to receive a registration command of the electric appliance to be registered.

Usually, the initialization command and the registration command are made by the user manually manipulating the input unit 300d.

The display unit 300b displays information related to the initialization and registration, that is, information of another electric appliance or other electric power management network that is to be stored and deleted, a home code to be newly assigned, a product code, Displayed

The control unit 300a is connected to the display unit 300b, the communication unit 300c, and the input unit 300d and provides the command to the communication modem 200 when there is an input command for initialization and registration.

The initialization and registration of the communication modem 200 can be performed not only by manipulating the binder 300 but also by using an input unit provided in the communication modem 200 or an electronic product equipped with the communication modem 200 May be performed by operating the input unit of the display unit.

That is, when the initialization button provided on the input unit of the communication modem 200 or the input unit of the electrical product 100 is pressed, the communication modem 200 is activated thereby to perform the power management program through the initialization operation And may be registered on the power management network.

3, when the communication modem 200 is mounted on the unregistered electrical product 100 to be registered, the binder 300 is brought into proximity with the connector 300, and then an initialization button The unregistered electrical product 100 is registered through the above-described series of processes.

At this time, the display unit 300b displays a home code, a product code, and other unique identification codes so that the user can easily recognize the home code.

The binder 300 and the communication modem 200 perform a registration process through a home code assignment by a local communication method capable of communicating only within a predetermined distance, so as not to affect other electrical products.

Also, as described above, the initialization button provided in the input unit 200d provided in the communication modem 200 may be pressed to perform registration.

 2) 30 provided in the power management network by the communication unit 200c or the measurement apparatus (see FIG. 2) provided in the power management network while the communication modem 200 exchanges information with the electric product 100 2, 20) to register the electrical product 100 as a member of the power management network.

The initialization and registration process may be performed by operating an initialization button on the input unit 100d provided in the electrical product 100 as described above.

As described above, the information related to the registration process is transmitted to the display unit 100b of the electrical product 100 or the display unit 200b of the communication modem 200 or the display unit 200b of the power management network binder 300 300b.

Hereinafter, a method of connecting and registering an unregistered electrical product in the power management network provided by the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

4, after the electrical product to be registered is mounted with the communication modem (S401), an initialization button provided in the electrical product, the communication modem itself, or the input section of the power management network binder is operated to perform the communication The initialization operation of the modem is started (S402).

If the initialization button is pressed, a determination is made as to whether the communication modem installed in the electrical appliance is a new modem or a used modem used in another electrical appliance or another power management network (S403).

If it is determined that the modem is a new modem, it is determined that there is no information to be deleted in the modem, so that information on the electrical product connected to the communication modem is transmitted to the communication modem and stored (S404).

On the other hand, if it is determined that the communication modem is a used modem, the existing information stored in the communication modem is deleted (S405).

In this way, the operation information or the power information of the electric appliance which was previously connected will be deleted, or information on another power management network that has been connected before, or information on a previous power management program will be deleted.

If the electric appliance related to the stored information is registered in the other power management program while performing the deletion process, a signal for requesting withdrawal from such a program is transmitted (S406).

A signal for such a withdrawal application is transmitted to the operating entity operating the power management program via the energy management device or the measurement device.

After the deletion of the existing information and the withdrawal of the previous power management program, the reset button is re-entered (S407).

Then, information on the currently connected electrical product is transmitted to the communication modem and stored in the communication modem (S408).

When the information of the currently connected electrical product is transmitted to and stored in the communication modem, the communication modem communicates with the energy management device or the measurement device provided in the power management network, and by this communication, the energy management device or the measurement device A code for controlling the electric appliance is received from the controller (S409).

These codes include a home code representing the power management network, a product code associated with the type of the electrical product, and a unique identification number for distinguishing the same type of product if any.

If the control method controlled by the power management network differs depending on the type of the electric appliance, if there are a plurality of electric appliances having the same type, a unique identification number is necessary because there may be a confusion in execution of the control command unless the electric appliance is discriminated.

That is, there are control methods for cooking and defrosting in cooking devices, control methods for rapid cooling and defrosting operation in refrigerators, and control methods such as dehumidification function, cooling function, heating function, etc., This method is different in that it can be applied to the same control method for electrical appliances of the same kind in order to prevent confusion.

When the code providing process is completed, the electric appliance is registered in the power management network (S410).

Then, in accordance with the user's selection, it is determined whether there is a request to register the newly registered electrical appliance equipped with the communication modem with a power management program operated by an operating entity such as a power company (S411).

Wherein the power management program is a program for controlling an electrical product to adjust a power charge or power consumption according to a time zone,

If there is a request for registration, information on the electric appliance newly registered in the power management program operating entity is notified and the power management program registration application of the product is notified (S412).

Thus, electric appliances newly registered in the power management network are controlled by the power management program.

5 and 6 illustrate an embodiment of the energy management apparatus (EMS) of the present invention. In the energy management apparatus (EMS) 30, information related to the new registration of the above- .

As shown in FIG. 5 (a), it is preferable that the energy management apparatus (EMS) is in the form of a terminal having a touch panel 33.

The touch panel 33 displays today's energy information such as the current electricity usage amount and the electricity rate, the estimated rate estimated by the accumulated history and the carbon dioxide generation amount, the electricity rate of the current time interval, And a screen 31 on which real-time energy information and weather information including a time interval in which the electricity rate varies are displayed.

The screen 31 of the touch panel 33 includes a graph showing the amount of power consumed by each time period of each electric appliance and its change.

In addition, a status display window is displayed on the screen 31 to display the communication status of each electrical product, so that the user can easily recognize whether or not the communication modem connected to the electrical product can communicate.

A button unit 32 is provided on one side of the screen 31 to allow the user to set the operation of the electric appliance if necessary.

By using the button unit 32, the user can select or set information related to the operation of each electric appliance or the use of electric power. Based on the setting, the energy management apparatus (EMS) 30 can communicate with each electric appliance So that the operation of each electric appliance can be controlled.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5 (b), the status of the electrical appliance on the power management network can be displayed on the screen 31. The table showing the status shows the type of the registered appliance, Can be displayed.

Also, a special situation such as a new registration to the power management network or a power management program or an application for withdrawal may be displayed, thereby guiding the user to be interested in the newly registered or withdrawn electric appliance.

On the other hand, as shown in Fig. 6 (a), when it is desired to know more about the newly registered electric appliance, if it is searched, the type of the electric appliance, the registration date and the code number (where H001 is the home code WM, WM002 is the product code (For example, a unique identification number), capacity, maximum power consumption, and the like.

Also, as shown in 6 (b), information on the electrical appliances that are originally requested to be withdrawn on the power management network by being discarded or exchanged on the power management network is also displayed on the screen displayed on the energy management apparatus (EMS) .

1 is a schematic diagram of a power management network of the present invention.

2 is a control block diagram of the power management network of the present invention.

3 is a perspective view of a power management network binder and registration target electrical product according to the present invention.

4 is a control flowchart illustrating a process of registering a registration target electrical product using the power management network binder according to the present invention.

5 to 6 are front views of an energy management apparatus used in the power management network of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

20: Measuring device 30: Energy management system

34: communication unit 34:

38: input unit 39: display unit

100: Electric appliance 200: Communication modem

300: Power management network binder

Claims (10)

(A) a step in which a detachable communication modem is mounted on a predetermined electric appliance; (B) receiving an initialization command of a communication modem installed in a predetermined electrical appliance; (C) transmitting information of the electrical appliance to the communication modem initialized by the initialization command; (D) transmitting and registering information on the electrical product to the power management network to which the electrical product is to be registered, (E) requesting registration of the electric power management program of the electric product according to whether or not the electric product is registered with the electric power management program for reducing electric power charges or power consumption, The step (C) Determining whether the communication modem is a new communication modem without previously stored information; Deleting the information stored in the communication modem by an instruction based on an input of an initialization button and making a request for withdrawal of a power management program of an electrical product associated with previous information when it is determined that the modem is a new modem other than a new communication modem;  And transmitting and registering the information of the electrical product by an instruction by re-inputting the initialization button. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the initialization of the communication modem in the step (B) is performed by an initialization command input for an initialization button of an input unit provided in at least one of the electric appliance, the communication modem, and the power management network binder. A method for registering a power management network of a product. delete The method according to claim 1, And transmitting and registering the information of the electrical product on the basis of an instruction by the input of the initialization button when it is determined that the communication modem installed in the electrical product is a new communication modem. A method for registering a power management network of a product. The method according to claim 1, And providing a code for identification at the time of registration of the electrical product, The code comprising: a home code identifying the power management network; A product code indicating the type of the electric product; Characterized in that it comprises a unique identification code that can distinguish two or more identical types of electrical products, if any. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the communication modem is coupled to the outside of the electrical product in the step (A). The method according to claim 1, Wherein the power management network includes a measurement device for measuring power and electric charges in real time and an energy management device connected to the measurement device for controlling the operation of one or more appliances, Wherein the signal for requesting withdrawal is transmitted to an operating entity that operates a power management program through an energy management device or a measurement device provided in the power management network in the step (C) . The method according to claim 1, If there is an application for registration of the electrical product to the power management program in the step (E), the information about the electrical product newly registered in the power management program operating entity is notified and the application for registering the power management program is notified Wherein the electric power management network registration method comprises: 6. The method of claim 5, Wherein the power management network includes a measurement device for measuring power and electric charges in real time and an energy management device connected to the measurement device for controlling the operation of one or more appliances, Wherein the communication modem communicates with an energy management device or a measurement device provided in the power management network to receive the code from the energy management device or the measurement device. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the information related to the registration process including steps (A) through (E) is displayed on at least one of a display of the electrical product, a display of the communication modem, and a display of the power management network binder. Way.

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