KR20150035913A - Complex apparatus for controlling power based on Smart Grid using smart-device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a power control complex based on a smart grid using a smart device. The power control complex of the present invention comprises; an appliance tag which is formed of an RFID tag or an NFC tag and provides unique identification (ID) information and function information regarding each appliance with an RF method; and a smart device. The smart device comprises; a tag reader which is formed of an RFID reader or an NFC reader to perform the detection for the appliance and data transmission and reception; and a precision control module which performs the data transmission and reception with the appliance tag and transmits a power on and off order for the appliance to the appliance tag in the detection for the appliance tag. The precision control module turns off the power of the appliance if the power of the appliance is turned on. On the contrary, the precision control module turns on the power of the appliance if the power of the appliance is turned off. Therefore, the present invention provides an effect capable of controlling power on and off for various appliances through the detection of the smart device for the RFID tag or the NFC tag.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a Smart Grid-

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a Smart Grid-based power control complex device using a smart device, and more particularly, to a smart grid based power control device that performs power on / off for various home appliances through sensing smart devices for RFID tags or NFC tags The present invention also relates to a smart grid-based power control complex device using a smart device for transmitting customized functions according to characteristics of each home appliance by transmitting information including unique home appliances to each tag.

With the spread of portable smart devices with computing capabilities such as smart phones and smart pads, a variety of functions can be implemented in smart devices. Among them, it is possible to exchange one-to-one customized information by using smart devices by receiving education information such as payment from public transportation fares using RFID tags or NFC tags.

In addition, smart grid technology, which is a fusion of power, communication, and information technology, is trying to solve the problem of supply and demand imbalance caused by inconsistency of power generation and demand by using demand and response. In other words, the technology of demand and response is composed of two methods, the first is by policy, and the second is electricity demand by real-time price fluctuation method. The demand response technology based on the first policy is a method in which the power supply is cut off when the power supply is not sufficient according to the importance of the power consumer. In the real time pricing method, the power supply price is set according to the power demand, To reduce power consumption, thereby solving the power supply imbalance problem.

In the field of smart grid technology, in order to implement the method for blocking the power supply, although the power supply interruption based on the convenience of the user must be performed, effective techniques for blocking the power supply have not been provided so far. Accordingly, by using RFID tagging or NFC tagging technology in the related art, development of technology for more effective power control is required.

[Related Technical Literature]

1. Apparatus and method for monitoring and controlling the state of an information appliance using an in-home server (Patent Application No. 10-2000-0067243)

2. Keyboard device using RFID tag and RFID tag and control system of control object (Patent Application No. 10-2011-0000495) (RFID Tag, AND Keyboard Device and Device Control Tag)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a smart grid-based power control complex device capable of reducing infrastructure cost and economically controlling power by removing wiring connected to a conventional switch, .

It is another object of the present invention to provide a Smart Grid-based power control complex device for allowing a user to change the position of an RFID tag or an NFC tag, thereby reducing a radius of action of control over power.

The present invention also provides a smart grid-based power control complex device using a smart device for performing power on / off of various home appliances through detection of smart devices for RFID tags or NFC tags.

The present invention also relates to a smart device using a smart device for transmitting customized function control corresponding to each home appliance characteristic through application of the smart device by transmitting information including home appliance unique to the RFID tag or NFC tag, And to provide a grid-based power control complex device.

Further, the present invention is to provide a smart grid-based power control complex device capable of economically controlling power by reducing infrastructure cost by eliminating wiring connected to a conventional switch and utilizing a controller and wireless transmission / reception.

However, the objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a smart grid-based power control complex device using a smart device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an RFID tag or an NFC tag, And a home appliance tag for providing function information in an RF manner; And a smart device, wherein the smart device comprises: a tag reader formed of an RFID reader or an NFC reader for performing sensing and data transmission / reception with respect to the household tag; And transmitting data to and from the household tag to transmit the power on / off command to the home appliance when the home appliance detects the home appliance tag to be turned off when the appliance is powered on, To turn on when the power of the power source is off; .

In this case, the smart device may include a transmitting / receiving unit for transmitting and receiving signals and data through a short distance wireless communication method with the control signal transmitting / receiving unit of the home appliance; And a controller for performing a loading on a system memory of a home appliance control application app including the precision control module when detecting the home appliance tag by the tag reader, A controller for causing a power control process to proceed; .

In addition, if the smart device is detected within a preset area through short-range wireless transmission / reception with respect to the home appliance tag formed around the home appliance or integrally with the home appliance, the smart device performs tag reading to identify Information (ID), and a precision control module for acquiring and storing the function information in a storage unit; .

Preferably, the precision control module outputs identification information (ID) of the home appliances obtained by the precision control module, and the function information to the input / output unit.

The precise control module may control the transceiver to transmit a power on / off command to the home appliance, and when the home appliance is currently powered on under the control of the power supply by the controller of the appliance, And turns on when the power supply of the household appliances is currently off.

The smart device controls the transceiver to perform a pairing mode with the controller upon receiving a request for precise control of the home appliance from the input / output unit. .

Preferably, the precision control module outputs a precise control user interface screen using unique identification information (ID) and function information stored in the storage unit to the input / output unit.

Also, the precision control module may receive a function button selection signal from the input / output unit according to a user's selection input to a function button implemented on the precise control user interface screen, and then transmit the function button selection signal to the home appliance It is preferable to control the transmitting / receiving unit to transmit.

Preferably, the controller controls the control signal transmitting / receiving unit to receive the function button selection signal, and then executes a function corresponding to the function button selection signal on the household appliance.

The household appliance may further comprise: a piezoelectric element formed between the controller and the power supply unit integrally with the household tag; .

The piezoelectric element senses a pressure change when an external force is applied and cuts off a power line and a data bus between the controller and the power supply unit to control the household appliance directly . ≪ / RTI >

The smart device may further include a power on / off control module for detecting a plurality of home appliances matched to the plurality of home appliances by the precision control module, the precision control module, and the precision control module, An integrated smart grid implementation module that implements status information on the input / output unit in real time when the off-function and the precise control function are implemented; .

In addition, the integrated smart grid implementation module may be configured such that, when the home appliance TAG of each of the plurality of home appliances is detected within a predetermined area, the integrated smart grid module performs reading to identify the home appliances, It is preferable that the device name information is acquired and stored in the storage unit.

Also, the integrated smart grid implementation module may output identification information (ID) for each home appliance acquired by the precision control module to the input / output section, and may be provided to one of the appliances corresponding to the implemented identification information According to the touch input of the user, it is preferable that the input / output unit implements the home appliance name information for the selected home appliance, and the user interface screen that implements the function information button.

In addition, the present invention provides a terminal box for implementing an integrated power on / off state of the plurality of home appliances, the integrated switch comprising: a touch screen; Wherein the integrated switch box directly receives a power on / off control command for each of the plurality of home appliances and transmits a power on / off control command to a control signal transmitter / receiver of each home appliance . ≪ / RTI >

The Smart Grid-based power control complex device using the smart device according to the embodiment of the present invention reduces the infrastructure cost by removing the wiring connected to the conventional switch and using the controller and the wireless transmission / reception, Effect.

In addition, the Smart Grid-based power control complex device using the smart device according to another embodiment of the present invention can change the position of the RFID tag or the NFC tag, To provide a smart grid-based power control complex device to make it convenient for the user.

In addition, the smart grid-based power control complex device using the smart device according to another embodiment of the present invention controls the power on / off of various home appliances through detection of the smart device for the RFID tag or the NFC tag Provides a possible effect.

In addition, the smart grid-based power control complex device using the smart device according to another embodiment of the present invention transmits information to the smart device by including information on the home appliance unique to the RFID tag or the NFC tag, Customized function control for the characteristics provides effects that can be performed through the application of the smart device.

1 is a diagram illustrating a smart grid-based power control complex apparatus using a smart device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the smart device of Fig. 1;
3 is a diagram illustrating a smart grid based power control complex device using a smart device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an integrated switch box included on a Smart Grid-based power control complex device using the smart device of FIG. 3. FIG.
5 is a view for explaining a control time implemented in a smart grid-based power control complex device using a smart device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a detailed description of preferred embodiments of the present invention will be given with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

In the present specification, when any one element 'transmits' data or signals to another element, the element can transmit the data or signal directly to the other element, and through at least one other element Data or signal can be transmitted to another component.

1 is a diagram showing a smart grid-based power control complex device 1 using a smart device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1, a smart grid-based power control complex device 1 using a smart device includes a smart device 10 and a home appliance 20. The home appliance 20 includes a home appliance tag 30, A controller 50, a control signal transmission / reception unit 60, and a power supply unit 70. [

The smart device 10 is a device that provides the Internet service including the Internet data to the user via a wireless link and a computing function, which is a comprehensive concept of mobile devices. (Global System for Mobile) phone, a W-CDMA (Wideband CDMA) phone, a CDMA-2000 phone, an MBS (Mobile Broad and System) phone, a PMP Players, handheld computers, smart phones, and smart pads, as well as multimedia phones and multimedia players. Here, the MBS phone may be a cell phone to be used in the fourth generation system currently being discussed.

The household appliance (20) is a comprehensive concept electronic appliance that operates in a home, a company, a factory, or another area divided into an area, a washing machine, a refrigerator, a TV, and other external power sources.

The home appliance tag 30 is formed of an RFID tag or an NFC tag when separated from the home appliance 20. The home appliance tag 30 basically provides unique identification information (ID) and function information to the home appliance 20 in an RF manner do.

The piezoelectric element 40 can be formed integrally with the household electrical tag 30 between the controller 50 and the power supply unit 70. When the piezoelectric element 40 receives external force from the piezoelectric element 40, And cut off the power line and the data bus between the power supply unit 70 and the power supply unit 70 so that the home appliance 20 can be controlled directly. The controller 50, the control signal transmission / reception unit 60, and the power supply unit 70, which are other structures, will be described in detail below with reference to FIG.

2 is a diagram showing a configuration of the smart device 10 of Fig. 1 and 2, the smart device 10 includes a tag reader 11, a transmitter / receiver 12, a controller 13, a storage 14, a precision control module 17, an integrated smart grid implementation module (18), and an input / output unit (19).

The tag reader 11 is formed of an RFID reader or an NFC reader for performing detection and data transmission / reception with respect to the household electrical tag 30 formed of an RFID tag or an NFC tag in the household appliance 20. [

The transceiver unit 12 transmits and receives signals and data to and from the control signal transmitting and receiving unit 60 of the home appliance 20 through the short-range wireless communication system.

The control unit 13 controls the tag reader 11, the transmitter-receiver unit 12 and the storage unit 14 constituting the smart device 10 as a whole and controls the tag reader 11 The Smart Grid 10 using the smart device 10 is loaded on the system memory by performing the loading onto the system memory for the home appliance control application app composed of the precise control module 17 and the integrated smart grid implementation module 18. [ The home power control process of FIG.

Hereinafter, the Smart Grid-based power control complex device 1 using the smart device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the precise control module 17 and the integrated smart grid implementation module 18. Herein, a module may mean a functional and structural combination of hardware for carrying out the technical idea of the present invention and software for driving the hardware. For example, the module may mean a logical unit of a predetermined code and a hardware resource for executing the predetermined code, and it does not necessarily mean a physically connected code or a kind of hardware. Can be easily deduced to the average expert in the field of < / RTI >

The precision control module 17 performs tag reading when it is detected within a preset area through the short distance wireless transmission / reception with respect to the household electrical appliance 20 or with the household electrical appliance 20 formed integrally with the household appliance 20 The identification information (ID) for the home appliance 20, and the function information, and stores it in the storage unit 14. [ The storage unit 14 is a non-volatile memory (NVM) that does not lose power even if power is not supplied. The storage unit 14 is a flash memory, a magnetic random access memory (MRAM), a PRAM Phase-change random access memory (FRAM), and ferroelectric RAM (FRAM).

The precision control module 17 transmits data with the household tag 30 to transmit a power on / off command to the home appliance 20 upon detection of the household tag 30, Off when the current power supply of the home appliance (20) is turned on under the control of the power supply unit (70) by the controller (50) of the home appliance (20) 20 are turned off.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the precision control module 17 can output identification information (ID) and function information for the home appliance 20 to the input / output unit 19. [ The precision control module 17 controls the power supply unit 70 by the controller 50 of the home appliance 20 by transmitting the power on / off command to the home electric appliance 20 by controlling the transmitting / And turns on when the power source of the current household appliances 20 is off, and turns on when the power source of the current household appliances 20 is off.

When the precise control module 17 receives a precise control request for the home appliance 20 from the input / output unit 19 according to the user's input, the precise control module 17 controls the transmission / reception unit 20 to perform the pairing mode with the controller 50 of the home appliance 20. [ (12). Thereafter, the precision control module 17 outputs the precise control user interface screen using the identification information (ID) unique to the home appliance 20 stored in the storage unit 14 and the function information to the input / output unit 19 . In the present invention, the input / output unit 19 is preferably formed of a touch module-based input unit and a touch screen integrally formed with an output unit.

Accordingly, the precision control module 17 receives the function button selection signal from the input / output unit 19 according to the user's selection input to the function button implemented on the precision control user interface screen, (12) so as to transmit the signal to the transmitter (20). The controller 50 of the home appliance 20 controls the control signal transmitting and receiving unit 60 to receive the function button selection signal and then executes the function corresponding to the function button selection signal on the home appliance 20. [ Here, the function button selection signal may be one of lighting, tilt, yawing, rotation, and other lighting functions when the household appliance 20 is an LED lamp. However, the function button selection signal may vary depending on the type of the home appliance 20 And can be applied in a modified manner. The smart device 10 can output the recognition success of tagging of the household tag 30 by the precision control module 15 through an audio output unit (not shown) in addition to the input / output unit 19.

The integrated smart grid implementation module 18 is useful when a plurality of home appliances 20-1 to 20-n (n is a natural number of 2 or more) are provided in a home, company, or other factory as shown in Fig. 3 . This will be described in detail below with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a smart grid-based power control complex device 2 using a smart device according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a view for explaining an integrated switch box 80 included in the smart grid-based power control complex device 2 using the smart device of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3, a smart grid-based power control complex device 2 using a smart device includes a smart device 10, a home appliance aggregate 20a, and an integrated switch box 80. FIG.

Here, the housing assembly 20a includes the first home appliances 20-1, ..., and the nth home appliances 20-n, where n is a natural number of 2 or more.

The first home appliance 20-1 includes a first home appliance TAG 30-1, a first piezoelectric element 40-1, a first controller 50-1, a first control signal transceiver 60-1 The n-th home electric appliance 20-n also includes an n-th household electrical TAG 30-n, a n-th piezoelectric device 40-n, and a second power supply unit 70-1. n controller 50-n, an n-th control signal transmitting / receiving unit 60-n, and an n-th power supply unit 70-n. In the same manner, the second home appliances 20-2 to the (n-1) th home appliances 20 are also formed in the same manner when they are provided.

The integrated smart grid implementation module 18 is connected to the first home appliances 20-1 to 20-n that match the first home appliances TAG 30-1 through n-th home appliances TAG 30-n by the precise control module 17, When the power on / off function and the precise control function according to the tag detection for the n-th home appliance 20-n are implemented, the input / output unit 19 realizes the main function of realizing the state information.

More specifically, the integrated smart grid implementation module 18 is provided around each of the first to n < th > appliances 20-1 to 20-n or the first to n < th > appliances 20-1 to 20- When tag detection is performed within a predetermined area through short-range wireless transmission / reception for each of the first and second home appliances TAG 30-1 to 30-n formed integrally with each of the devices 20-n, tag reading is performed Obtains the appliance information name information function information in addition to the identification information (ID) and the function information for each of the home appliances 20-1 to 20-n, and stores it in the storage unit 14. [

The integrated smart grid implementation module 18 can output identification information (ID) for each of the home appliances 20-1 to 20-n obtained by the precision control module 17 to the input / output unit 19. [ The integrated smart grid implementation module 18 then selects and displays the selected smart grid in accordance with the user's touch input to one of the home appliances 20-1 to 20-n corresponding to the identification information (ID) implemented in the input / The home appliance name information for the home appliance, and the user interface screen that implements the function information button are implemented in the input / output unit 19.

Accordingly, the precision control module 17 controls the transmitting / receiving unit 12 to transmit a power on / off command to the selected home appliance, thereby controlling the power supply of the selected home appliance And turns on when the power source of the currently selected home appliance is turned off.

In addition, the precision control module 17 performs a pairing mode with the controller of the selected home appliance in response to the selection input of one of the function information buttons for the home appliance selected from the input / output section 19 corresponding to the user's input And controls the transmission / reception unit 12.

4, the integrated switch box 80 formed in the integrated switch box 80 formed in the smart grid-based power control complex device 2 includes first to nth appliances 20-1 to n And a terminal box for implementing an integrated power on / off state of the household appliances 20-n. 4, the identification number (ID) of the first household electrical tag for controlling the LED and the like is 0001, the identification number (ID) of the second household electrical tag for refrigerator control is 0002, In the case where the identification number (ID) of the tag is 0003, the identification number (ID) of the integrated tag provided through the integrated switch box 80 is 0010. By utilizing the identification numbers of digits different from those of the individual home appliances, So that a clear recognition is performed.

The integrated switch box 80 directly receives the power on / off control command for each of the first to n < th > appliances 20-1 to 20-n from the smart device 10, Off control command to the first to n < th > control signal transmitting and receiving units 60-1 to 60-n respectively provided to the n-th home appliances 20-1 to 20-n .

In addition, the integrated switch box 80 implements an arrangement state of tags for implementing an integrated multi-switch, and performs an entire turn-off function for household appliances that do not require standby power.

Meanwhile, the integrated switch box 80 recognizes the representative ID of the integrated tag by touching the smart device 10 when the integrated switch box 80 is attached to the entrance of the door in the form of a multi-switch or integrated tag, Subsequently, off control commands are sent to home appliances corresponding to all control objects (TV, lighting device, gas valve, etc.) in the house, and the troubles of turn-off of individual switches are solved Provides a configuration to do.

The first to n-th piezoelectric elements 40-1 to 40-2 formed in the first to nth home electric appliances 20-1 to 20-n are connected to the first home appliances 20-1 to 20- N) and each of the power supply units 70-1 to 70-n can be formed integrally with the respective controllers 50-1 to 50-n and the n-th home appliances 20- N and the power supply units 70-1 to 70-n when the external power is applied to the controllers 50-1 to 40-n, Off function, so that each home appliance can be controlled directly.

5, a tagging time for recognizing the home appliance tag 30 by the smart device 10 is A time, and a transmission for transmission from the smart device 10 to the controller 50 of the home appliance. A time is 0.1 to 0.2 μS (microseconds), B time is 0.02 to 0.04 μS, and A time is a B time, and a control time for power on / off control by the controller 50 is C time. C time corresponds to 0.01 to 0.03 μS. Accordingly, the present invention can generate a relation of A time> B time and A time> (B time + C time). That is, the tagging time according to the present invention is relatively large compared to the transmission time and the control time, but transmission and control are performed rapidly from the recognition of the home appliance tag, thereby preventing malicious tagging of the user.

As described above, preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed in the present specification and drawings, and although specific terms have been used, they have been used only in a general sense to easily describe the technical contents of the present invention and to facilitate understanding of the invention , And are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It is to be understood by those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention are possible in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

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70: Power supply
80: Integrated switch box

Claims (1)

A household tag formed of an RFID tag or an NFC tag and providing unique identification information (ID) and function information for each home appliance in an RF manner and formed integrally with the home appliance; And a smart device, the smart device comprising:
A tag reader formed of an RFID reader or an NFC reader for performing detection and data transmission / reception on the household tag; And
And transmits a power on / off command to the household appliance when the appliance is detected, and turns off when the appliance is powered on, A precision control module that turns on when the power of the household electric appliances is turned off; / RTI >
Wherein the household appliance comprises: a piezoelectric element formed between the controller and the power supply unit integrally with the household tag; Wherein the piezoelectric element senses a pressure change when an external force is applied and cuts off a power line and a data bus between the controller and the power supply unit to directly control the household appliance Function,
The smart device includes a transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting and receiving signals and data through a short-range wireless communication method with a control signal transmitting and receiving unit of the home appliance; And a controller for performing a loading on a system memory of a home appliance control application app including the precision control module when detecting the home appliance tag by the tag reader, A controller for causing a power control process to proceed; Further comprising:
Wherein the precision control module performs tag reading and detects identification information on the household appliances when the appliance is detected within a predetermined area through short-range wireless transmission / reception with respect to the household appliance, which is formed around the appliance or integrated with the appliance (ID) of the home appliances acquired by the precision control module, and outputting the function information to the input / output unit and controlling the transmitter / receiver to acquire the function information, Off command to the home appliance to turn off the power when the power of the home appliance is currently on according to the control of the power supply by the controller of the home appliance, The control unit controls the input / output unit to perform fine control on the electric appliance The control unit controls the transmission / reception unit to perform the pairing mode with the controller, and transmits the precise control user interface screen using the unique identification information (ID) and the function information stored in the storage unit to the input / Output unit, receives the function button selection signal from the input / output unit according to a user's selection input to the function button implemented in the precise control user interface screen, and transmits the function button selection signal to the home appliance Control,
Wherein the controller controls the control signal transmitting and receiving unit to receive the function button selection signal and then executes a function corresponding to the function button selection signal on the household appliance,
When the smart device has a plurality of home appliances, if the power on / off function according to the detection of the household tag matching each of the plurality of home appliances by the precision control module is implemented, An integrated Smart Grid implementation module; Further comprising:
The Integrated Smart Grid Implementation Module may be configured such that when the home appliance TAG of each of the plurality of home appliances is detected within a predetermined area, the integrated smart grid module performs reading to identify the home appliance, And outputs the identification information (ID) of each of the household appliances acquired by the precision control module to the input / output unit, and one of the appliances corresponding to the implemented identification information (ID) And a user interface screen that implements the function information button in the input / output unit according to the touch input of the user for the selected home appliance,
An integrated switch box formed of a touch screen as a terminal box for implementing an integrated power on / off state of the plurality of home appliances; Further comprising:
Wherein the integrated switch box receives a power on / off control command for each of the plurality of home appliances through the smart device.

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