KR101759593B1 - Central control apparatus for controlling facilities and operation method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A central control device for controlling equipment and a method of operating the same is disclosed. According to such a central control device and its operating method, it is possible to confirm the facilities meeting the specific state value on a screen without adding additional control points, and to visually display them on a virtual facility basis Thus, it is possible to minimize the perceived cost of the manager ' s equipment condition and to manage the management of the building efficiently. In addition, by constructing a user screen on the basis of facilities corresponding to a specific state value in units of virtual facilities, and by using the attribute information included in the virtual facility unit as another search condition, the user screens are variously configured, It is possible to easily grasp the current situation, and it is possible to respond more quickly to facilities with errors.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a central control apparatus for controlling equipment, and a method of operating the same. [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a central control device for controlling equipment and a method of operating the same, and more particularly, to a central control device capable of selectively controlling and monitoring facilities conforming to specific conditions and a method of operating the same.

Recently, with the modernization of buildings, automatic control systems that automatically control facilities such as power, lighting, air conditioning, disaster prevention, and crime prevention installed in buildings are being expanded. In addition, a facility management system capable of managing such facilities as a whole is being actively developed.

The facility control system is based on one or more control points or monitoring points, commonly referred to as "control points".

Specifically, an administrator establishes multiple points or single points in a single facility (equipment), and performs services such as monitoring and control of facilities through the values of the points. To accomplish this, the engineer sets the control point for each type and type of equipment installed in the building, registers the control point in the facility control system, and automatically controls the facilities in the building by the control point.

That is, in general, the facility control system does not display the property values of the facility (for example, the installation location, the facility name, the set temperature, etc.) in units of facilities, but in units of points.

However, in order to provide a variety of services according to a user's demand, it is often difficult to accommodate only the currently set control points. In addition, the establishment and registration of a new control point requires a long period of time. Since the operation of the facility control system is mostly controlled through the control or monitoring of the control points, the setting and registration must be performed more carefully. There is a problem that much time and cost are wasted. Further, there is a problem in that it is difficult to confirm facilities having a specific state value at a time on a user screen mapped in units of previously registered point-by-point.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a central control device capable of dynamically searching and displaying facilities corresponding to a specific state value on a screen without adding additional control points and controlling and monitoring them, Method.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a system and method for configuring a user screen by arranging facilities corresponding to a specific state value on a virtual facility basis and attribute information corresponding to a virtual facility on another search condition And a method of operating the same.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a central control apparatus for controlling at least one of the above-mentioned problems, comprising: an input unit having at least one input means and receiving state information of a facility or a space through the input means; A facility search unit for searching at least one facility matching the input state information; A display unit for displaying on a screen a first area including a graphic object corresponding to the searched one or more facilities and a second area including attribute information for a facility corresponding to the graphic object; And a control unit for reconfiguring the graphic object included in the first area using the attribute information of the second area or controlling the facility corresponding to the graphic object.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the graphic object is an icon representing the searched one or more facilities. In the first area, a graphic page is displayed in which the icon and the status values of equipment corresponding to the icon are displayed. do.

Also, in one embodiment, when the icon is selected, the graphic page is switched to a screen displaying attribute information of a facility corresponding to the selected icon and an attribute value corresponding thereto.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the facility search unit searches for one or more facilities that simultaneously satisfy a plurality of input state information if the state information received through the input unit is a plurality.

Also, in one embodiment, the control unit dynamically generates a graphics page composed of facilities or spaces corresponding to the input state information, and controls attribute information on equipment or a space included in the generated graphic page Accordingly, the operation logic for the facility or the space is set.

In one embodiment, input means for receiving a control command for selecting one of a first mode and a second mode in which the display range of the attribute information for the facility corresponding to the graphic object is different, Wherein when the first mode is selected, the control unit configures the second area on the basis of common property information for a facility corresponding to a graphic object included in the first area, The second area is configured based on all attribute information about the facilities included in the first area.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the central control apparatus further includes a storage unit for storing status values of the equipment searched according to the received status information and the status information.

In one embodiment, when at least one of the attribute information included in the second area is selected, the controller reconfigures the graphic object included in the first area based on the selected attribute information.

Also, in one embodiment, when at least one of the attribute information included in the second area is selected, an attribute value list for the facility searched for the selected attribute information is displayed in the second area.

Also, in one embodiment, when at least one of the attribute information included in the second area is selected and a control command for changing the state value of the selected attribute information is inputted, the reconfigured graphics And controls the operation of the equipment corresponding to the object.

In one embodiment, when the changed state information is inputted through the user interface, the controller reconfigures the first region and the second region displayed on the display unit to correspond to the changed state information .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of operating a central control apparatus, comprising: receiving state information of a facility or a space through one or more input means; Searching for one or more facilities matching the input state information; Displaying a first area including a graphic object corresponding to the retrieved one or more facilities and a second area including attribution information corresponding to the graphic object on a screen; And reconfiguring the graphic object included in the first area using the attribute information included in the second area or controlling the facility corresponding to the graphic object.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the graphic object is an icon representing the searched one or more facilities, and the first area is displayed with a graphic page in which the icon and the status value of the equipment corresponding to the icon are displayed .

In one embodiment, the operating method of the central control unit may include: receiving at least one of attribute information included in the second area; And reconstructing a graphic object included in the first area based on the selected attribute information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the operation method of the central control apparatus further includes displaying an attribute value list of the equipment searched for the selected attribute information in the second area.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of operating a central control apparatus, the method comprising: receiving a control command for changing an attribute value of the selected attribute information; And controlling the operation of the facility.

According to the central control device and the operation method thereof according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to confirm the facilities meeting the specific state value on a screen without adding additional control points, So that the recognition cost for the manager's facility condition can be minimized, and more efficient management of the building operation can be achieved. In addition, by constructing the facilities corresponding to the specific state value in units of virtual facilities to constitute the user screen, and by using the attribute information included in the virtual facility unit as another search condition, the user screens are variously configured, It is possible to easily grasp the operation status of the apparatuses and to cope with errors in the apparatus more quickly.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a facility control system including a central control device according to the present invention.
2A and 2B are views showing a structure for controlling or monitoring a facility connected to a control point through a user interface in a general facility control system.
3 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a central control unit according to the present invention.
FIGS. 4A and 4B are exemplary conceptual diagrams illustrating operation screens of the virtual facility unit based on the received state information in the central control apparatus according to the present invention. FIG.
5A, 5B, 6, and 7 are conceptual diagrams illustrating an example of controlling and monitoring facilities using a virtual facility unit generated based on input state information in a central control apparatus according to the present invention.
8 is an exemplary flowchart of a method of operating a central control device according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

First, FIG. 1 schematically shows a configuration of an overall facility control system including a central control device 100 according to the present invention.

1, the facility control system includes a central control device 100, a facility control device 200 connected through a communication network, at least one facility 300, and an equipment 400.

The facility 300 refers to a subsystem that constitutes the facility control system and refers to an air conditioner, a ventilator, an air conditioner, a fan, a boiler, a cooling tower, a pump, a temperature / humidity sensor, a refrigerator, a lighting device, And the equipment 400 means, for example, a cooling tower, a pump, a temperature sensor, etc. when a cooling tower system is used as a facility.

The facility control system is generally based on a monitoring point for control or monitoring, referred to as a control point. A user or the like sets multiple points or single points of control in one facility 300 or equipment 400 and performs monitoring and control of the facilities through the values of the points of control. Here, the control point is a monitoring or control item used in a facility or equipment, for example, control, monitoring, error, or the like.

The central control device 100 is a device for collectively controlling or monitoring the overall situation of the building. The central control device 100 is a device for controlling or monitoring the overall situation of the building. For example. The central control device 100 may share mutual information through communication with the facility control device 200 and control or monitor the facility 300 and the devices 400 included therein through the control point. do.

The central control apparatus 100 registers one or more preset points set in the facility 300 or the equipment 400 and generates a control program for operating the facility 300 or the equipment 400 through the registered control points . Here, the control program includes at least one operation logic for monitoring or controlling the facilities 300. [ The central control apparatus 100 controls or monitors the facilities 300 using the control program.

In addition, the central control device 100 includes a storage unit (not shown) for storing one or more standard unit operation logic, a setting unit (not shown) for setting the conditions of the site, And a control unit (not shown) for generating the driving logic based on the condition. At this time, the field conditions refer to, for example, the number of sensors of equipment or equipment, data values of control points, connection relations, and the like. The central control device 100 further includes an output unit (not shown) for displaying the operation status and status of the facility 300 and the equipment 400 in the facility control system and displaying the execution result of the operation logic can do. The storage unit is a means for storing a program for the operation of the central control unit 100, and may be a storage unit in the form of a ROM (Read Only Memory) or a flash memory, for example, And a storage unit in the form of a random access memory (RAM) for temporarily storing data to be output.

In the present invention, the central control apparatus 100 receives status information on a specific space in which the facility 300 or the at least one facility 300 exists, through one or more user interface units, It is possible to configure the user screen dynamically. In this case, a user screen is not configured on a per-point basis, but a user screen is configured on a per-virtual facility basis. For example, when the indoor unit having the set temperature of 25 degrees or less is input as the status information, indoor units satisfying the condition that the set temperature is 25 degrees or less among all the indoor units existing in the building are created in one virtual facility unit, .

Herein, the virtual facility unit is a grouping of facilities having the inputted state information as an attribute, and when the inputted state information is changed, the virtual facility unit is also changed accordingly. Here, the user interface unit may include a plurality of independent graphics objects for the sake of convenience of the user. The user interface unit may be configured to input a pointing signal to the graphic objects or to input a touch input, Control can be performed.

In addition, the central control device 100 may display the property information of the facilities corresponding to the generated virtual facility unit on the user screen, change the virtual facility unit differently using the property information displayed on the user screen, Can control or monitor the facilities corresponding to " At this time, the virtual facility unit includes a graphic object corresponding to the facility corresponding to the inputted state information. In one embodiment, the graphic object may be an icon representing a facility corresponding to the received status information. In addition, a representative state value (e.g., type of equipment, set temperature, etc.) of the equipment corresponding to the icon may be displayed on the basis of the input state information on the user screen configured by the virtual facility unit. In this case, the central control unit 100 may generate a control command for selecting a specific icon and changing a state value for a specific facility. Also, the central control device 100 may select at least one of the property information of the facilities displayed on the user screen, reconstruct the virtual facility unit with the facilities having the selected property information, or change the state values of the facilities having the selected property information A control command to be changed at the same time can be generated. At this time, the individual control commands generated by the central control device 100 are transmitted to the facility control device 200 together with the control program.

In addition, the central control unit 100 recognizes attribute information of facilities corresponding to the inputted state information as a sub-search condition on a user screen made up of a virtual facility unit, reconstructs the virtual facility unit based on the sub- And provide the user with a list of attribute values for the reconstructed virtual facility unit. In this case, the configuration of the user screen can be variously changed by changing the virtual facility unit by changing the lower search condition.

The facility control apparatus 200 is located between the central control apparatus 100 and the at least one facility 300 and executes the control program received from the central control apparatus 100 or controls the central control apparatus 100, (E.g., state control command) received from the controller 300 to the equipment 300 to be mapped.

That is, the facility control apparatus 200 is a direct digital controller that controls the facilities 300 and communicates with the central control apparatus 100 to exchange information. The facility control device 200 is a device that receives the control program and controls the facilities 300 by operating the operation logic included therein or receives the control command (e.g., a state control command) (300). At this time, the facilities corresponding to the virtual facility units may receive different control commands from each of the facility control devices 200 connected to the mapped facilities 300, since the spaces or facilities where the facilities are located may be different from each other.

Also, the facility control apparatus 200 may control the operation of the facilities 300 through one or more equipments 400 provided in the equipments 300, for example, through a point set on each of the sensors and the manipulation devices, Records and stores all equipment-related information, including control outputs and status changes of in-building facilities.

The facility control apparatus 200 may be a microcomputer that controls or monitors the facility 300 or the equipment 400 according to the operation logic in the control program. In other words, the facility control apparatus 200 is connected to the central control apparatus 100 through a communication network, and transmits and receives necessary information to each other. Accordingly, each control point of the air conditioner and other facilities installed in the building is monitored or controlled, and the input / output signals of the facility 300 or the equipment 400 are directly controlled using the functions built in the control points. And the facility control apparatus 200 can transmit the execution result to the central control apparatus. To this end, the central control device 100 is connected to a communication unit (not shown) as means for transmitting the operation logic to the facility control device 200 and for receiving the execution result of the operation logic from the facility control device 200 And an output unit (not shown) as the means for outputting the execution result.

Specifically, the communication unit (not shown) transmits the control program including the generated operation logic to the facility control device 200 to control or monitor the facilities 300, or the facility control device 200 (Not shown) through the output unit (not shown).

The central control apparatus 100, the facility control apparatus 200 and the respective facilities 300 are connected to each other through a communication network such as a TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) & Control Network (BACnet).

Hereinafter, FIGS. 2A and 2B are views showing a structure for controlling or monitoring a facility connected to a control point through a user interface in a general facility control system.

2A shows an example of configuring a user screen by classifying facilities or classifying spaces based on registered control points in a general facility control system. As shown in FIG. 2A, user screens may be configured for each facility such as, for example, an indoor unit, a lighting unit, a hydro-cooling unit, a ventilating unit and the like, and each facility may be divided into a plurality of control points, , A dimming control value, an operation mode, and the like. In addition, different types of facilities are configured in a user's screen for each specific space in the building, for example, the floor, and the respective spaces are displayed on the basis of a plurality of control points, for example, room temperature, room humidity, can do.

In this manner, after the registered screens are classified according to facilities or classified according to spaces, a user screen is configured in advance, and the facilities are controlled and monitored through a pre-configured user screen. In this case, in order to search for a specific state value (for example, an indoor unit having a set temperature of less than 20 degrees) in a building, all pre-configured user screens must be checked. This increases the expense for the operator to recognize the state of the entire facility do.

FIG. 2B shows a structure for directly controlling or monitoring a facility connected to a physical control point through a user interface in a general facility control system. 2B, the central control apparatus 100 generates direct operation logic for the physical point of control connected through the interface of the user screen, and controls the control unit 300 to monitor or control the facility 300. Accordingly, . Therefore, in the general facility control system, only the registered control points are monitored or controlled, and in order to add the service or the function to the facility 300, a new control point must be set and registered. However, the process of setting up and registering a new point is time consuming and costly. In some cases, it may be satisfied that only a particular facility or facilities satisfying a specific condition are temporarily controlled without registering a control point.

Thus, the present invention implements a central control device capable of dynamically searching and displaying facilities corresponding to a specific state value on a screen without adding additional control points and controlling and monitoring them, and an operation method thereof .

3 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a central control unit according to the present invention.

3, the central control apparatus 100 according to the present invention includes an input unit 110, a facility search unit 120, a display unit 130, a communication unit 140, a controller 150 And a storage unit 160. The central control device 100 transmits and receives data to and from the facility control device 200 through the communication unit 140. [

The input unit 110 includes at least one input unit, and receives status information of the facility or the space through the input unit. Here, the facility is a subsystem that constitutes a facility control system, and is a sub-system that constitutes a facility control system. The sub-system includes an air conditioner, a ventilator, an air conditioner, a fan, a boiler, a cooling tower, a pump, a temperature / humidity sensor, a refrigerator, And the like. Further, if the space means an area where one or more of such facilities exist, the space is classified into a plurality of areas according to a predetermined standard. In addition, the status information includes all attribute information of the facility or the space, and may include, for example, the name of the facility, the temperature set in the facility, the current operation mode of the facility,

Also, the input unit 110 may be configured to allow the user to select the displayed state information by clicking a tool bar corresponding to the input means, or directly input the state information to be searched to the input means, State information is input. In this case, the input means may be plural, and in this case, a plurality of state information may be input to each input means or state information may be input only to some input means.

The input unit 110 transmits the received status information to the control unit 150 and causes the control unit 150 to drive the facility search unit 120. More specifically, when at least one state information is input to one or more input means and a control command for applying the input state information is input, the input unit 110 provides the data value of the input state information to the control unit 150 do. At this time, if the inputted state information is plural, the data value including the AND combination formula is transmitted to the connection relation between the state information.

The facility searching unit 120 searches one or more facilities in the building corresponding to the inputted state information. The facility searching unit 120 can quickly scan the status values of all the facilities existing in the building based on the control command received by the controller 150 to search for facilities matching the inputted state information .

If the plurality of pieces of state information input through the input unit 110 are detected, the facility searching unit 120 searches for facilities that simultaneously satisfy a plurality of input state information.

The display unit 130 displays the search result of the facility search unit 120 on the screen. Specifically, the display unit 130 may include a first area including a graphic object corresponding to the searched one or more facilities, and attribute information for a facility corresponding to the graphic object through the facility searching unit 120 On the screen. Here, the graphic object may be an icon representing the searched one or more facilities. In the first area, a graphic page may be displayed in which the icon and the status value of the equipment corresponding to the icon are displayed.

Also, the display unit 120 displays at least one of a facility view page corresponding to the first area and a facility control page corresponding to the second area on a user screen configured in units of virtual facilities. The facility view page displays an icon representing the searched facilities and a main status value of the facility, and the facility control page displays the property information of the searched facilities. Also, the display unit 120 may display selection results of graphic objects or control items included in the facility view page or the facility control page, and may generate one or more operation logic through them. At this time, the display unit 120 may simultaneously perform the functions of the output unit and the input unit.

The controller 150 configures a user screen in units of virtual facilities composed of facilities corresponding to the state information input to the input unit 110. [ Here, the virtual facility unit is a grouping of the facilities classified on the basis of the inputted state information, and the grouped facilities may have different space where the facilities in the building are located, or different types of facilities. For example, referring again to FIG. 2A, even facilities installed in different pre-configured user screens are disposed on one user screen only if the input state information is satisfied.

In addition, the control unit 150 may reconstruct a graphic object output to the first area using the attribute information output in the second area in the user screen displayed on the display unit 130, Equipment can be controlled or monitored. Here, the graphic object refers to an icon (e.g., an indoor unit thumbnail image or the like) that visually displays one or more facilities searched through the facility search unit 120, A graphic object matched to the equipment can be fetched and displayed on the display unit 130.

4A and 4B are schematic views illustrating a process of displaying facilities searched based on state information received by the central control device 100 on a user screen configured in units of virtual facilities.

First, referring to 4a, when a plurality of status information, for example, a set temperature (17 degrees to 21 degrees), an operation state (on), and an alarm setting condition are inputted through one or more user interfaces, A virtual facility unit consisting of facilities in the searched building is created. A new virtual facility unit is generated each time the state information is changed, and a user screen configured by the previous virtual facility unit is stored or deleted in the storage unit 160. [ The search result based on the input state information is output to the display unit 130 on the user screen.

Here, the user screen may include a graphical object (e.g., an icon representing a facility) that is composed of facilities that simultaneously satisfy a set temperature condition, an operating condition, and an alarm setting condition, for example, Is output. In this case, the output order of the facilities corresponding to the output graphic object is output in the order of increasing or decreasing range if the range includes the range, ) Is not included, it is output in accordance with a preset priority (the priority can be set in advance between equipments).

On the other hand, referring to FIG. 4B, when a specific icon is selected on the user screen shown in the lower part of FIG. 4A, the screen is switched to a screen displaying all the attribute information of the specific facility corresponding to the selected icon and corresponding attribute values, Lt; / RTI > That is, when a specific icon is selected on the user screen made up of virtual facility units, a control screen for controlling a specific facility is output. For example, the IDU-09 indoor unit can display the entire lock, operation, alarm, air volume, wind direction, operation mode, and the like, and control the property of the IDU-09 indoor unit. After changing the attribute values for each attribute information and selecting the refresh menu, it is possible to control the specific facility to have changed attribute values. Also, by selecting the back menu, the specific facility can be controlled to have the previous property value again.

3, the control unit 150 of the central control apparatus 100 dynamically generates a user screen configured by facilities or spaces corresponding to the state information input through the input unit 110. [ In addition, the control unit 150 may set the driving logic for the facility or the space included in the user screen by controlling the property information on the facility or the space included in the generated user screen.

The storage unit 160 may store the status information input through the input unit 110 and may store status values of the searched equipment according to the input status information. Here, the status value means an attribute value of attribute information corresponding to at least inputted status information among the attribute information of the searched equipment. In addition, the storage unit 160 may update and store the changed state value when the state value is changed for at least a part of the searched facilities.

The storage unit 150 may include a storage unit in the form of a read only memory (ROM) or a flash memory, for example, as a means for storing a program for driving the central control server 100, And a storage unit in the form of a RAM (Random Access Memory) for storing temporary output data to be processed. In addition, the storage unit 150 may store at least one of graphic objects included in the generated virtual facility unit, property information of equipment corresponding to the graphic object, and a control program.

The communication unit 140 communicates with at least one facility control apparatus 200 to transmit a control command and a control program for a specific facility to the facility control apparatus 200 or to transmit a control command and a control program for the facility from the facility control apparatus 200 And receives the execution result of the program.

As described above, the facility control system according to the present invention can generate the facilities searched for based on the input state information on the basis of the virtual facility, and control or monitor the facilities through the user screen made up of the virtual facility.

Hereinafter, a process of dynamically configuring a user screen based on state information input through a user interface will be described in detail.

5A, 5B, 6, and 7 are diagrams for explaining a method for controlling and controlling equipments using a virtual facility unit generated based on state information inputted through a user interface in a central control apparatus according to the present invention. It shows an example of monitoring.

5A and 5B illustrate an apparatus or a space to be inquired using a tool bar of a user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention, and display a user screen corresponding to the selected result. First, a tool bar is clicked to select one of the state information of equipment or space that has been registered in advance, or directly input the state information to be inquired.

If there are a plurality of tool bars, first select a large category item for the status information to be searched, and then select an intermediate category or a small category item corresponding to the selected large category item. For example, as shown in FIG. 5A, the status information input through the user interface is targeted to indoor units (middle class items) among the status information of the facility (large classification item), and the LG DDC 2.0 indoor unit Item). On the other hand, this too bar can be displayed at the top of the user screen.

FIG. 5B shows a user screen configured based on the search result of the state information input in FIG. 5A. The user screen is composed of virtual facilities corresponding to the input state information, and includes a B area including graphic objects corresponding to the found facilities and a list of property information of facilities corresponding to graphic objects included in the B area It is divided into indicated A area. The A area is displayed on the left side of the user screen, and the B area is displayed on the right side of the user screen.

In the area A, a main status value (e.g., a location where the facility is installed, a set temperature value, etc.) of the facilities and the icons of the facilities satisfying the inputted status information among all the facilities located in the building are displayed. Each icon is displayed one by one in the area separated from each other. In the area B, a list of the attribute information of the facilities corresponding to the icons displayed in the area A is displayed. For example, the common attribute information of the facilities includes operation information, alarm, air volume, The temperature is displayed as a text or graphic image.

At this time, the list of attribute information displayed in the area A varies depending on the selected mode. To this end, an input means (e.g., a menu icon) 501 for changing the display range of the attribute information of facilities corresponding to the icons displayed in the area B may be provided in the area A, for example. The controller 150 of the central control device 100 determines whether the common mode ('first mode') in which the 'common' indication is displayed on the menu icon 501 is selected, And configures the area A based on the common attribute information for the facilities. For example, when the entire mode (the 'second mode') in which the 'all' indication is displayed on the menu icon 501 is selected, the controller 150 controls the devices corresponding to the icons displayed in the area B A region is constructed based on all the attribute information about the object.

Meanwhile, FIG. 6 illustrates a process of reconstructing a virtual facility unit using a facility control page corresponding to the area A in FIG. 5B. The configuration of the facility control page includes an attribute information block, a status graphic element, and a list range selection element. When a specific attribute information block is selected, the attribute values of the corresponding facilities are displayed in the form of one or a plurality Slots. When the displayed attribute value is changed, the operating logic for changing facilities at once by the facility having the attribute information is generated.

In the present invention, when at least one of the attribute information displayed in the area A1 in the user screen of FIG. 6 is selected, the control unit 150 of the central control device 100 determines whether the attribute information included in the area B1 of the user screen Reconstruct the graphic object.

For example, when the operation, the operation mode and the set temperature are selected in the A1 area, and the statuses of the operation: stop, the operation mode: cooling, and the set temperature: In the upper part of the A1 area, the property information of the facilities indicated by B1 is displayed, and only the attribute information to which the state value is inputted is separately displayed in the lower part of the A1 area. In the B1 area, graphic objects (e.g., icons) of facilities having the status value displayed at the lower part of the A1 area as attribute information are displayed. Compared with the B area of 5b, among the facilities displayed in the B area, the facilities that do not satisfy the input state value can be confirmed to be filtered. If the status value displayed at the lower part of the A1 area is changed, the facilities displayed in the B1 area are also changed, which is also less than or equal to the facilities displayed in the area B of 5b.

If at least one of the attribute information included in the facility control page (the 'second area') is selected on the user screen displayed on the display unit 130, the controller 150 searches for the attribute information A list of attribute values for the facility can be displayed on the facility control page. Also, in one embodiment, the controller 150 may select at least one of the attribute information included in the facility control page ('second area') on the user screen output to the display unit 130, The operation of the equipment corresponding to the graphic object included in the equipment view page (the 'first area') can be controlled based on the inputted control command.

For example, if a specific attribute information block is selected from the attribute information displayed on the upper part of the area A1 in FIG. 6, it is displayed as one or a plurality of slots below the selected attribute information block. By controlling the information displayed in the slot, it is possible to change the state value of a specific facility among the facilities displayed in the B1 area or to change the state values of some facilities at once.

7, when the B1 is zoomed-in with respect to one point in FIG. 6, the enlarged facility view page is displayed on the entire display unit 130, and in the B2 area, When a specific icon 701 is selected, a list of all the attribute information possessed by the facility corresponding to the specific icon is overlapped and displayed on the right side of the facility view page. At this time, when the user input is received in the attribute information, Value is displayed.

Meanwhile, when different status information is input through the user interface displayed on the upper part of the user screen output to the display unit 130, a new virtual facility unit including facilities searched based on the changed status information is generated. Accordingly, the control unit 150 reconstructs the facility view page and the facility control page of the user screen. That is, a new virtual facility unit is created each time the state information is newly input, and the user screen is dynamically configured each time. Then, the dynamically configured user screen can be captured and stored in the storage unit 160.

8 is an exemplary flowchart of a method of operating the central control device according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, the central control apparatus 100 receives status information on equipment and space through a user interface (S10). Next, a facility matching the input state information is searched (S20).

Then, the search result is displayed on the user screen. That is, a user screen is configured on a virtual facility basis based on the searched facilities. The virtual facility unit is a grouping of facilities having the input state information as an attribute. When the inputted state information is changed, the virtual facility unit is also changed. Specifically, the central control apparatus 100 displays a first area including a graphic object corresponding to the searched facility and a second area including attribute information for the facility corresponding to the graphic object on the screen (S30 ). Here, the graphic object is an icon representing the searched one or more facilities. In the first area, the icon and the status value of the equipment corresponding to the icon are displayed.

Next, the graphic object included in the first area is reconstructed or the equipment corresponding to the graphic object is controlled or monitored using the attribute information included in the second area (S40). Specifically, when an input for selecting at least one of the attribute information included in the second area is received, the graphic object included in the first area is reconstructed based on the selected attribute information. If a control command for displaying an attribute value list for the facility searched for based on the selected attribute information is displayed in the second area and an attribute value of the selected attribute information is changed, The operation of the above facilities is provided.

Herein, the operating method of the present invention as described above can be implemented as a program and stored in a computer-readable recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.). In addition, this process can be easily performed by a person having ordinary skill in the art, and will not be described in detail.

As described above, according to the central control device and the operation method thereof according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to confirm the facilities meeting the specific state value at a time without adding additional control points, By constructing a user screen and visually displaying it, it is possible to minimize the perceived cost of the administrator's facility condition and to manage the building operation more efficiently. In addition, by constructing a user screen on the basis of facilities corresponding to a specific state value in units of virtual facilities, and by using the attribute information included in the virtual facility unit as another search condition, the user screens are variously configured, It is possible to easily grasp the current situation, and it is possible to respond more quickly to facilities with errors.

100 - Central control unit 110 - Input unit
120 - facility search unit 130 - display unit
140 - communication unit 150 - control unit
160 - Storage unit 200 - Equipment control device
300 - Equipment 400 - Equipment

Claims (16)

An input unit having one or more input means and receiving status information of facilities or space through the input means;
A facility search unit for searching at least one facility corresponding to the input state information;
A display unit for displaying on a user screen a first area including a graphic object corresponding to the searched one or more facilities and a second area including attribute information for a facility corresponding to the graphic object; And
And a controller for reconfiguring a graphic object included in the first area using the attribute information of the second area or controlling a facility corresponding to the graphic object,
And a storage unit for storing status values of the equipment searched according to the received status information and the status information,
Wherein,
Configuring at least one facility corresponding to the received state information in units of virtual facilities to form the user screen,
Wherein the virtual facility unit comprises:
A unit for grouping facilities classified on the basis of the received state information,
Wherein the second region comprises:
Input means for receiving a control command for selecting either a first mode or a second mode in which a display range of attribute information for a facility corresponding to the graphic object is changed,
Wherein,
Wherein when the first mode is selected through the input means, the second region is configured based on common property information for a facility corresponding to a graphic object included in the first region,
Wherein when the second mode is selected, the second area is configured based on all the attribute information about the facilities included in the first area. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the graphic object is an icon representing the searched one or more facilities,
Wherein the first area displays the icons and status values of equipment corresponding to the icons. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein when the icon is selected, the user screen is switched to a screen displaying attribute information of an equipment corresponding to the selected icon and attribute values corresponding thereto. The method according to claim 1,
The facility search unit,
Wherein the central control unit searches for one or more facilities that simultaneously satisfy a plurality of input state information when the state information received through the input unit is plural. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein,
Dynamically generating a user screen composed of facilities or spaces corresponding to the input state information,
And sets driving logic for the facility or the space according to control of the property information on the facility or the space included in the generated user screen. delete delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein,
And reconstructs the graphic object included in the first area based on the selected attribute information when at least one of the attribute information included in the second area is selected. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein,
And displays the attribute value list for the equipment searched based on the selected attribute information in the second area when at least one of the attribute information included in the second area is selected. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein,
When at least one of the attribute information included in the second area is selected and a control command for changing the state value of the selected attribute information is inputted, the operation of the equipment corresponding to the reconfigured graphic object based on the input control command To the central control unit. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein,
Wherein when the changed state information is input through the input unit, the central controller reconfigures the first region and the second region displayed on the display unit to correspond to the changed state information. In the operation method of the central control device,
Receiving status information of a facility or a space through one or more input means;
Searching for one or more facilities matching the input state information;
Displaying on a user screen a first area including a graphic object corresponding to the searched one or more facilities and a second area including attribute information for a facility corresponding to the graphic object; And
Reconfiguring a graphic object included in the first area using the attribute information included in the second area or controlling a facility corresponding to the graphic object,
The method of claim 1, further comprising: after the step of searching, displaying, and controlling, storing state values for equipment searched according to the input state information and the state information,
Wherein the displaying comprises:
Configuring at least one facility corresponding to the input state information in units of virtual facilities and displaying the virtual facility in the user screen,
Wherein the virtual facility unit comprises:
A unit for grouping facilities classified on the basis of the received state information,
Wherein the second region comprises:
A control command for selecting any one of a first mode and a second mode in which a display range of attribution information for a facility corresponding to the graphic object is varied,
Wherein the displaying comprises:
If the first mode is selected, displays and configures the second area on the basis of common property information for a facility corresponding to the graphic object included in the first area,
And if the second mode is selected, the second area is configured and displayed based on all attribute information of the equipment included in the first area. 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the graphic object is an icon representing the searched one or more facilities,
Wherein the first area displays the icons and status values of the equipment corresponding to the icons. 13. The method of claim 12,
Receiving an input for selecting at least one of attribute information included in the second area; And
And reconfiguring the graphic object included in the first area based on the selected attribute information. 15. The method of claim 14,
Further comprising the step of displaying an attribute value list for the equipment searched for on the condition of the selected attribute information in the second area. 15. The method of claim 14,
Receiving a control command for changing an attribute value of the selected attribute information
Further comprising controlling an operation of the equipment corresponding to the reconfigured graphic object based on the received control command.

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