KR101977330B1 - Indoor environmental quality monitoring and evaluation system reflecting user satisfaction and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for monitoring and evaluating an indoor environment of an indoor environmental monitoring and evaluation system connected to a controller for controlling an environmental appliance through a network is disclosed. In the present invention, the server receives the basic information of the indoor environment space for controlling the indoor environment from the controller,
The server reads the environment control information corresponding to the type and the basic information from the database unit. The server transmits environment control information corresponding to the controller to the controller. In this embodiment of the present invention, since the user satisfaction level is confirmed in real time, the energy can be managed more efficiently. In particular, since there is no firm standard for user satisfaction, such as a supercooling room in the summer, winter and heating, it is possible to gain full-scale control over the parts that were being wasted, thus saving energy.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to indoor environmental monitoring and evaluation system,

The present invention relates to an indoor environment monitoring and evaluation system that reflects user satisfaction, and more particularly, to an indoor environment monitoring and evaluation system that monitors user's satisfaction in a current state by monitoring four elements constituting an indoor environment, air quality, thermal environment (temperature and humidity) The results are presented to the user in numerical and graphical form. In this process, statistics, data mining, machine learning, etc. are used to evaluate the user satisfaction and provide graphs And an indoor environment monitoring and evaluation system and method reflecting user satisfaction.

Since the indoor environment management technology has been developed mainly in the heat environment (temperature and humidity) and the air quality, there is a constant concern that the user's comfort and satisfaction are not properly reflected in the indoor environment.

The reason for this is that the existing indoor environmental management technologies have not considered the noise level and illumination, and the detailed analysis itself has been insufficient due to lack of standards and data on indoor environmental components.

In addition, the fact that there was no specific criteria for satisfaction even when trying to apply user satisfaction was also one of the big problems.

Therefore, it is necessary to develop a system that can check the current state by presenting a reference point that can accurately grasp user satisfaction.

The background art of the present invention is disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2009-0033305 (published on April 2, 2009), which discloses an environmental load evaluation method capable of evaluating the environmental performance of a building, The comfort evaluation apparatus or method is not disclosed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in an effort to solve the conventional problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for measuring indoor environment, And to provide an indoor environment monitoring and evaluation system and method that reflects the user satisfaction that improves the indoor environment qualitatively.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system and method for monitoring and evaluating an indoor environment that reflects a user satisfaction that provides a user with a real time user satisfaction level evaluation result in numerical value and graph format will be.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a real-time survey function for real- And an indoor environment monitoring and evaluation system and method that reflects the user satisfaction that improves the indoor environment by receiving and reflecting inconvenience felt by the user in real time.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method of controlling an indoor environment element at a level that maintains a user satisfaction level of 80% or more, The present invention also provides a system and method for indoor environmental monitoring and evaluation that reflects user satisfaction to obtain an energy saving effect obtained by detecting and wasting an element that is wasting energy.

In order to solve the above problems, an indoor environment monitoring and evaluation system, which reflects user satisfaction according to features of the present invention,

An indoor environmental monitoring and evaluation system connected through a network to a controller for controlling environmental equipment,

A database unit for storing a type of indoor environment space for controlling the indoor environment and environmental control information corresponding thereto;

And a server for referring to the database unit and transmitting environment control information corresponding to the controller to the controller.

And the server provides the user satisfaction index to the controller in real time in the form of a numerical value and a graph.

The server is provided with an alarm function for performing a real-time survey and immediately informing the administrator of the result of the survey in order to immediately reflect the result in the indoor environment.

The database unit,

A controller information DB for storing information on a space in which the controller is installed and controller information;

A collection information DB for storing environment information of the controller collected from the controller and operation information for operating the controller;

 An indoor environment space information DB for storing the indoor environment space for controlling the indoor environment;

An environment control information DB for storing environment control information corresponding to the indoor environment space information;

Survey information DB for storing survey information and survey result information;

And an administrator terminal DB for storing manager terminal information.

The server comprises:

An information collecting unit for storing the environment information of the controller collected from the controller and the operation information for operating the controller in the collection information DB;

And an environment control unit for receiving indoor environmental space information from the controller and reading environment control information corresponding to the indoor environmental space information of the controller from the environmental control information DB and transmitting the environmental control information to the controller.

Further comprising a surveying unit for performing a questionnaire survey on whether the current environmental condition of the user terminal in the environment of the controller is appropriate with reference to the questionnaire information DB and storing the result in the questionnaire information DB And the environment control unit transmits environment control information of the corresponding controller by reflecting the survey result of the questionnaire unit and the collected information of the information collecting unit.

The server further includes an alarm unit for performing a real-time survey and immediately informing the administrator of the result of the survey to reflect the result immediately in the indoor environment.

And the environment control unit transmits environment control information to the controller to turn off illumination when the body is not detected for a predetermined time or longer in the environment information of the information collecting unit.

Wherein the environment control unit further includes a user satisfaction generating unit for numerically graphically generating user satisfaction by reflecting survey results of the questionnaire unit and collected information of the information collecting unit,

And the environment control unit transmits the generated user satisfaction to the controller.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an indoor environment monitoring and evaluation method reflecting user satisfaction,

A method for indoor environmental monitoring and evaluation of an indoor environmental monitoring and evaluation system connected to a controller for controlling an environmental appliance through a network,

The server receiving basic information of the indoor environment space for controlling the indoor environment from the controller;

Reading the environment control information corresponding to the type and basic information from the database unit;

And the server transmits environment control information corresponding to the controller to the controller.

In the embodiment of the present invention, by analyzing and analyzing all four elements of the indoor environment by analyzing the accurate state of the indoor environment by applying the user satisfaction standard for the indoor environment derived through the Big Data, the indoor environment is improved in quality The indoor environment monitoring and evaluation system and method reflecting the user satisfaction can be provided.

Also, in the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide an indoor environment monitoring and evaluation system and method that reflects the user satisfaction that provides the user with the results of the real-time user satisfaction level evaluation in numerical value and graph format.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the user satisfaction is the highest when promptly solving a realistic demand of a person who uses the current space. Therefore, the real time questionnaire survey function is installed to receive the user's discomfort in real time Thereby providing an indoor environment monitoring and evaluation system and method reflecting the user satisfaction that improves the indoor environment.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the indoor environment element is controlled at a level that maintains a user satisfaction level of 80% or more only for a building that can be controlled for the facility. In this process, the energy- And an indoor environment monitoring and evaluation system that reflects the user satisfaction that also obtains the energy saving effect.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the user satisfaction can be converted into a specific numerical value, so that the indoor environment can be efficiently improved as well as the objective evaluation on the indoor environment. In particular, the user satisfaction It is possible to provide a system and method for an indoor environment monitoring and evaluation system that can fully control the waste that has been wasted and can see energy saving effects.

1 is a configuration diagram of an indoor environment monitoring and evaluation system that reflects user satisfaction according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of the controller of Fig.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the user satisfaction provided by the indoor environment monitoring and evaluation system reflecting the user satisfaction according to the embodiment of the present invention is displayed on the controller.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an indoor environment monitoring and evaluation method reflecting user satisfaction according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as " comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

The server may be a processor and a memory, and the database may be a storage device such as a hard disk.

1 is a configuration diagram of an indoor environment monitoring and evaluation system that reflects user satisfaction according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an indoor environment monitoring and evaluation system that reflects user satisfaction according to an embodiment of the present invention,

An indoor environmental monitoring and evaluation system connected to a controller (200) for controlling an environmental appliance through a network (500)

A database unit 120 for storing indoor environment space for controlling the indoor environment and environment control information corresponding thereto;

And a server 110 for transmitting environment control information corresponding to the controller 200 to the controller 200 by referring to the database unit 120.

The server 110 provides the user satisfaction index to the controller 200 in real time in the form of numerical values and graphs.

The server 110 provides an alarm function for notifying the administrator terminal 400 of the result of the survey in order to perform a real-time survey and immediately reflect the result in the indoor environment.

The database unit 120 may include:

A controller information DB (121) for storing information on a space where the controller (200) is installed and controller information;

A collection information DB 122 for storing the environment information of the controller 200 collected from the controller 200 and the operation information of the controller 200;

 An indoor environment space information DB 123 for storing the indoor environment space for controlling the indoor environment;

An environment control information DB (124) for storing environment control information corresponding to the indoor environment space information;

A questionnaire information DB 125 for storing questionnaire information and survey result information;

And an administrator terminal DB 126 for storing administrator terminal information.

The server (110)

An information collection unit (111) for storing environment information of the controller (200) collected from the controller (200) and operation information for operating the controller (200) in the collection information DB;

An environment control unit 112 for receiving indoor environmental space information from the controller 200 and for reading environmental control information corresponding to indoor environmental space information of the controller 200 from the environmental control information DB and transmitting the environmental control information to the controller 200 ).

The user inquires the mobile terminal whether the current environmental conditions are appropriate for the user terminal in the environment of the controller 200 by referring to the survey information DB 125. The result of the survey is transmitted to the survey information DB 125, The environment control unit 112 controls the environment of the corresponding controller 200 to reflect the survey result of the surveying unit 113 and the collected information of the information collecting unit 111, And transmits the control information.

The server 110 further includes an alarm unit 114 for notifying the administrator terminal 400 of the results of the survey in order to perform a real-time survey and immediately reflect the result in the indoor environment.

The environment control unit 112 transmits environment control information to the controller 200 to turn off illumination when the moving body is not detected for a predetermined time or more in the environment information of the information collecting unit.

The environment control unit 112 further includes a user satisfaction generating unit for numerically graphically generating user satisfaction by reflecting the survey result of the questionnaire unit 113 and the collected information of the information collecting unit,

And the environment control unit 112 transmits the generated user satisfaction to the controller 200. [

The surveying unit 113 is equipped with a real-time questionnaire function, and can receive the user's discomfort in real time and can reflect the indoor environment.

The survey result may be immediately reflected in the environment control information or may be updated in the environment control information DB 124 to change the reference value of environment control information to be used later.

Furthermore, only the buildings that can control the controlled device 300 can control the indoor environmental elements at a level that maintains user satisfaction of 80% or more. In this process, energy-consuming elements are found and controlled, . For example, if it is determined that there is no person by detecting the movement of a person in the environmental space from the collected information received from the controller 200, the server 110 may control the lighting 360 controlled by the controller 200 or the air conditioner 310 The heater 320, the humidifier 330, the dehumidifier 340, the air cleaner 350, and the like.

When the movement of the body of the environment space is detected to a small extent in the collected information received from the controller 200, the server 110 slightly increases the set temperature of the air conditioner controlled by the corresponding controller 200 to maintain the comfort, The environment control information may be provided.

If necessary, the server 110 may utilize weather station weather forecast data as sensor data.

In addition, the server 110 may control the indoor environment factors at a level that maintains a user satisfaction level of 80% or more. If necessary, the server 110 may set a user satisfaction standard according to the international standards of IEQ (Indoor Environmental Quality).

2 is a block diagram of the controller 200 of FIG.

2, a controller 200 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a controller 200 connected to a server 110 through a network 500 and controlling the controlled device 300, as,

A sensor unit 230 for receiving environmental information;

A first communication unit 210 for performing a communication function with the server 110;

A second communication unit 220 for communicating with the controlled device 300;

A storage unit 270 for storing setting information for controlling the controlled device 300;

An input unit 250 including a touch panel or a keypad for receiving a selection of a user;

A display unit 240 for displaying information;

A storage unit 270 for storing a control code of the controlled device 300 in a designated area for each product model of each manufacturer;

And transmits the environment information received by the sensor unit 230 from the server 110 through the first communication unit 210. The server 210 transmits the environmental information received by the sensor unit 230 to the server 110 via the first communication unit 210, And a control unit (260) for controlling the controlled device (300) through the second communication unit with reference to the control code of the storage unit (270) when the environment control information is received from the control unit (110).

The second wireless communication unit 220 transmits the control code applied from the control unit 260 through IR communication or RF communication so that the operation of the controlled device 300 can be controlled.

The controlled device 300 may include an air conditioner 310, a heater 320, an illumination 360, a humidifier 330, a dehumidifier 340, an air cleaner 350, etc., which can be controlled by a wireless remote control control signal have.

It is preferable that the controller 200 is installed for each floor, but in some cases, only one building may be installed for each small building.

The sensor unit 230,

An air quality measurement sensor 232 for measuring the air quality by a carbon dioxide sensor or the like,

A temperature and humidity sensor 231 for measuring temperature and humidity;

A noise sensor 233 for measuring the noise level;

An illuminance sensor 234 for measuring illuminance;

And at least one moving body detecting sensor 235 for measuring the movement of the moving body.

And evaluates the level of comfort and satisfaction experienced by the user in the current state and provides the result to the user's controller 200 in numerical and graphical form. And may be provided to a user terminal such as a smart phone if necessary

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example in which the controller 200 displays user satisfaction provided by an indoor environment monitoring and evaluation system that reflects user satisfaction according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, an indoor environment monitoring and evaluation system that reflects user satisfaction according to an embodiment of the present invention monitors in real time the four elements constituting the indoor environment, the air quality, the thermal environment (temperature and humidity), the noise level, Evaluates the level of comfort and satisfaction experienced by the user in the current state, and provides the result to the user's controller 200 in numerical and graphical form. In particular, referring to FIG. 3, a graph showing the percentages of each degree of satisfaction such as roughness, temperature, air quality, and humidity with respect to satisfaction, satisfaction, generally satisfactory, generally complaint, complaint, .

And may be provided to the user terminal 600 such as a smart phone if necessary. The user terminal 600, the administrator terminal 400, the controller 200, and the sensor unit 300 may be plural, and the user terminal 600 may be a smartphone owned by a resident or an administrator residing in the indoor environment .

In this process, the server 110 comprehensively evaluates user satisfaction using statistics, data mining, machine learning, and the like and provides the graph.

The user satisfaction is set to the indoor environment condition that the level of 80% or more is guaranteed, so that the user can maintain the pleasant environment at all times. In particular,

In the embodiment of the present invention, user satisfaction can be converted into concrete numerical values, so that the indoor environment can be improved efficiently as well as the objective evaluation of the indoor environment.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an indoor environment monitoring and evaluation method reflecting user satisfaction according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4, the user inputs architectural basic information for evaluation evaluation using the input unit 250 of the controller 200, and the controller 260 controls the server 110 through the first communication unit 210, .

Then, the input basic building information is received by the information collection unit 111 of the server 110 (S401). At this time, the basic information of the building includes the address of the building, the number of the rooms to be controlled, the direction of the building (southward, trend, northward, westward, etc.), and the average number of users.

Then, the environment control unit 112 of the server 110 reads the environment control information from the environment control information DB 124 based on the inputted building basic information.

For example, the environmental control information DB 124 stores the average temperature and the like according to the current date and time according to the structure and address of the building, and the appropriate control temperature of the control target environment space corresponding thereto is stored in the form of a table.

Also, depending on whether the structure is concrete or wood, the environmental control information can be changed. That is, in case of wood, since it is vulnerable to adiabatic heat, the cooling temperature should be kept lower.

Then, the target temperature is determined differently depending on the number of floors of the controlled environment space and the direction of the building (southward, trend, northward, westward, etc.). For example, if the number of floors is high and the number is south, the cooling temperature should be lower.

And, the more the average number of users, the lower the control temperature of the environment control information is, the more pleasant environment is formed.

Then, the environment control unit 112 of the server 110 transmits the environment control information to the corresponding controller 200 (S402).

Then, the controller 200 drives the controlled device 300 according to the environment control information (S403). For example, the control unit 260 controls the controlled device 300 in response to the environmental control information through the second communication unit 220. [ For example, the control unit 260 controls the air conditioner 310, the heater 320, the lighting unit 360, the humidifier 330, the dehumidifier 340, and the air purifier 350 with the wireless remote controller control signal to control the target temperature Humidity, lighting, and air quality.

On the other hand, the surveying unit 113 of the server 110 refers to the survey information DB 125, transmits survey information to smartphones of people residing in the environment control space, and receives survey results (S404 ). The contents of the questionnaire include an evaluation item, and the evaluation items include content of satisfaction with air quality, temperature, humidity, lighting, and the like. At this time, the user can respond to the questionnaire in real time whether the current indoor environment is satisfied or dissatisfied, and the unsatisfactory element of the user received at the server 110 can be managed in real time to organically respond to the request of the user .

The information collecting unit 111 of the server 110 receives the environment information collected by the sensor unit 230 of the controller 200 and the operation information of the input unit 250 (S405). The collected information is cumulatively stored in the environment control information DB by the information collection unit 111 to update the environment control information.

Thereafter, when the user satisfaction survey result is received, the environment control unit 112 of the server 110 compares the current indoor environment condition with the optimal indoor environment condition according to characteristics of the user and the space (S406). In addition, the collection information is stored in the collection information DB 122.

When the current indoor environmental condition reaches the target environmental condition, the environment control information reflecting the survey result and the operation information of the controller is transmitted to the controller (S407).

Here, the environment control unit 112 immediately inputs operation information, such as when the current indoor environment condition is the target indoor environment level, or when indoor users operate the controller 200 to lower or raise the temperature, immediately to the environment control information And controls the controller 200 for the corresponding space to drive the controlled device 300.

If the current indoor environment condition is the target indoor environment condition, which is the optimal indoor environment level, or the satisfaction and the indoor environment condition is not the optimal indoor environment condition, the environment control unit 112 generates and provides the satisfaction (S408) .

For example, the environment control unit 112 of the server 110 may provide the user satisfaction calculated as shown in FIG. 3 to the user through the controller 200 in the form of a numerical value and a graph. At this time, the environment control unit 112 of the server 110 uses statistics, data mining, and machine learning as necessary to provide the user satisfaction index to the user in real time in numerical value and graph form.

In addition, the satisfaction result can display whether the current indoor environmental condition is the optimal indoor environment level and the satisfaction information at the same time by comparing the optimal indoor environment level with the current indoor environment condition. Therefore, the user can simultaneously view the current indoor environment information and the satisfaction information.

If necessary, the environment control unit 112 determines whether a moving body is detected from the moving body detection sensor from the sensor information received from the controller 200 (S409).

If the moving body is not detected, the environment control unit 112 outputs a control signal to the controller to stop the operation of the controlled device such as lighting, cooling and heating (S410). Thus, if there is no person, it saves energy.

On the other hand, when there is a movement of a person, the environment control unit 112 determines whether there is a reference person in the indoor environment from the plurality of the moving body detection sensors 235, and controls the cooling and heating by reflecting the case where the number of persons is large or the number of persons is small (S411). At this time, it is possible to determine the source number according to the number of sensors which are detected by the body. At this time, if motion signals are detected by the ten moving object detection sensors 235, it can be determined that there are about 20 persons.

For example, if the current number of people is larger than the standard number, the cooling air temperature is slightly lowered in the summer when the air conditioner is cooled, and the heating temperature is slightly lowered in the winter when the heating is required.

If the current number of people is less than the standard number, raise the cooling air temperature a little higher and raise the heating temperature a little to make the people feel comfortable.

In this embodiment of the present invention, since the user satisfaction level is confirmed in real time, the energy can be managed more efficiently. In particular, since there is no firm standard for user satisfaction, such as a supercooling room in the summer, winter and heating, it is possible to gain full-scale control over the parts that were being wasted, thus saving energy.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, by analyzing and analyzing all four elements of the indoor environment by applying the user satisfaction standard for the indoor environment derived through the Big Data, the accurate state of the indoor environment is analyzed, Can be improved.

Also, in the embodiment of the present invention, the result of the real-time user satisfaction level evaluation can be provided to the user in numerical value and graph format.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the user satisfaction is the highest when promptly solving a realistic demand of a person who uses the current space. Therefore, the real time questionnaire survey function is installed to receive the user's discomfort in real time So that the indoor environment can be improved.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the indoor environment factor is controlled at a level that maintains user satisfaction of 80% or more only for the buildings that can be controlled for the facilities. In this process, the energy- Saving effect can be obtained.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the user satisfaction can be converted into a specific numerical value, so that the indoor environment can be efficiently improved as well as the objective evaluation on the indoor environment. In particular, the user satisfaction It is possible to see the energy saving effect by making full-scale management of the part that was being wasted.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not only implemented by the apparatus and method but may be implemented through a program for realizing the function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded, The embodiments can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art from the description of the embodiments described above.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, It belongs to the scope of right.

Claims (7)

An indoor environmental monitoring and evaluation system connected through a network to a controller for controlling environmental equipment,
A database unit for storing a type of indoor environment space for controlling the indoor environment and environmental control information corresponding thereto;
And a server for referring to the database unit and transmitting environment control information corresponding to the controller to the controller,
Wherein the server provides the user satisfaction index to the controller in real time in numerical and graphical form,
Wherein the server provides an alarm function for notifying the administrator terminal of the result of the survey in order to perform a real-time survey and immediately reflect the result in the indoor environment. delete delete The method according to claim 1,
The database unit,
A controller information DB for storing information on a space in which the controller is installed and controller information;
A collection information DB for storing environment information of the controller collected from the controller and operation information for operating the controller;
An indoor environment space information DB for storing the indoor environment space for controlling the indoor environment;
An environment control information DB for storing environment control information corresponding to the indoor environment space information;
Survey information DB for storing survey information and survey result information;
An indoor environment monitoring and evaluation system that reflects user satisfaction including an administrator terminal DB that stores administrator terminal information. 5. The method of claim 4,
The server comprises:
An information collecting unit for storing the environment information of the controller collected from the controller and the operation information for operating the controller in the collection information DB;
And an environment control unit which receives indoor environmental space information from the controller and reads environmental control information corresponding to the indoor environmental space information of the controller from the environmental control information DB and transmits the environmental control information to the controller, Evaluation system. 6. The method of claim 5,
Further comprising a surveying unit for performing a questionnaire survey on whether the current environmental condition of the user terminal in the environment of the controller is appropriate with reference to the questionnaire information DB and storing the result in the questionnaire information DB And the environment control unit transmits the environment control information of the corresponding controller by reflecting the survey result of the survey unit and the collected information of the information collection unit. A method for indoor environmental monitoring and evaluation of an indoor environmental monitoring and evaluation system connected to a controller for controlling an environmental appliance through a network,
The server receiving basic information of the indoor environment space for controlling the indoor environment from the controller;
Reading the environment control information corresponding to the type and basic information from the database unit;
The server sending environment control information corresponding to the controller to the controller,
Wherein the server provides an alarm function for prompting the manager terminal to promptly transmit a survey result to the client terminal in order to perform a real-time survey and immediately reflect the result in the indoor environment.
The surveying unit of the server refers to the questionnaire information DB to perform a questionnaire survey on the user terminal in the environment of the controller as to whether the current environmental condition is suitable and stores the result in the questionnaire information DB,
And the environment control unit of the server reflects the survey result of the questionnaire survey unit and the collected information of the information collecting unit to transmit the environmental control information of the corresponding controller
Indoor environment monitoring and evaluation method reflecting user satisfaction.

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