KR20150090726A - System and method for smart inspecting - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a smart inspecting system and a method thereof. The smart inspecting system includes: a thermo-hygrometer apparatus having a near field communication (NFC) function and measuring temperature and humidity to store the generated temperature and humidity measurement data as NFC tag information; and a mobile terminal having an NFC function and obtaining the NFC tag information including the temperature and humidity measurement data; and air conditioning and heating control server which generates air conditioning and heating control information for a space in which temperature and humidity have been measured by using the temperature and humidity data if the temperature and humidity measurement data is received from the mobile terminal and transmits a control command including the air conditioning and heating control information to an air conditioning and heating apparatus installed in the space.

Description

System and method for smart inspecting "

The present invention relates to a smart meter reading system and method.

Generally, in an obsolete building, a person's direct meter reading with a regular mercury thermometer or a temperature probe equipped with a mobile communication module (M2M module) is attached to various places, and the temperature change situation is periodically transmitted to the heating / Accordingly, the indoor temperature and humidity in the building are managed. Such a temperature probe using M2M is a representative energy saving / control technology that is attracting attention by combining with IT technology such as Smart Grid or Smart Green.

However, the above-mentioned related art has a problem that the M2M module is expensive and the monthly fee for paying the mobile communication fee is burdened by the enterprise, and it is inconvenient to check whether the meter and the M2M module are faulty .

The present invention proposes a smart meter reading system and method for controlling the heating and cooling apparatus by using the temperature and humidity meter using the temperature and humidity meter device and the mobile terminal equipped with the near field wireless communication function and using the measured temperature and humidity.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a smart meter reading system is disclosed.

The smart meter reading system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a thermometer device having an NFC (Near Field Communication) function and storing temperature and humidity measurement data generated by measuring temperature and humidity as NFC tag information, And a wireless terminal for acquiring the NFC tag information including the temperature and humidity measurement data, and a controller for receiving the temperature and humidity measurement data from the mobile terminal, And a cooling and heating control server for transmitting the control command including the cooling and heating control information to the cooling and heating apparatus installed in the space.

The NFC tag information may be stored in the NFC Data Exchange Format (NDEF) when the temperature and humidity measurement data is stored in the NFC tag information, .

And a tag management server for managing connection information to the cooling / heating control server mapped to the tag ID of the hygroscopic device, wherein the mobile terminal transmits the tag ID included in the tag information to the tag management server, Requests connection information to the cooling / heating control server, and acquires the connection information.

The mobile terminal is redirected to the URL of the heating / cooling control server by the tag management server.

The mobile terminal notifies the tag management server of call information of an application that can be interlocked with the heating / cooling control server, and immediately drives the application.

The hygroscopic device includes an RF antenna, a sensor for measuring the temperature and the humidity, a temperature / humidity sensor unit for periodically measuring temperature and humidity to generate the temperature / humidity measurement data, an NFC tag information And a controller for receiving the temperature and humidity measurement data periodically from the temperature sensor unit and mapping the temperature and humidity measurement data to measurement time information and storing the data in the storage unit. When tagging is performed by the mobile terminal, And a controller for reading the tag information stored in the storage unit and transmitting the read tag information to the mobile terminal through the RF antenna.

The RF antenna, the storage unit, and the control unit are replaced by one NFC tag module.

The cooling / heating control server determines whether the temperature and the humidity are adjusted according to a predetermined cooling / heating condition for the space by using the temperature / humidity measurement data, calculates the degree of adjustment if necessary, And generates the cooling / heating control information for controlling the apparatus.

The cooling and heating control server determines whether direct control of the cooling and heating apparatus is possible or not and transmits a control command including the cooling and heating control information to the cooling and heating apparatus when the direct control is possible.

If the direct control is not possible, the cooling / heating control server transmits the cooling / heating control information to the mobile terminal, and provides the cooling / heating control information to the manager so that the manager directly adjusts the appropriate temperature and humidity.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a smart meter reading method performed by a smart meter reading system using an NFC (Near Field Communication) function is disclosed.

The smart meter reading method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes storing the temperature and humidity measurement data generated by measuring the temperature and humidity of the thermometer device having the NFC function as NFC tag information, The method comprising: acquiring the NFC tag information including the temperature and humidity measurement data; transmitting the temperature and humidity measurement data to an air conditioner control server for controlling the air conditioner installed in the space in which the temperature and humidity are measured; The control server generates the cooling / heating control information for the space using the temperature / humidity measurement data, and the cooling / heating control server transmits the control command including the cooling / heating control information to the cooling / heating apparatus.

The step of storing the temperature / humidity measurement data as NFC tag information may include a step of the temperature / humidity measurement device writing the temperature / humidity measurement data to an NDEF (NFC Data Exchange Format) The mobile terminal reads the temperature and humidity measurement data stored in the NDEF.

After the step of acquiring the NFC tag information and the step of transmitting the temperature and humidity measurement data, the mobile terminal sends a tag ID included in the tag information to the tag management server to request connection information to the air conditioning control server And transmitting the connection information to the heating / cooling control server corresponding to the tag ID to the tag management server, wherein the tag management server further includes a tag management server And manages connection information to the cooling / heating control server.

The mobile terminal is redirected to the URL of the heating / cooling control server by the tag management server after obtaining the NFC tag information and before transmitting the temperature / humidity measurement data.

The mobile terminal is notified of the calling information of the application that can be interlocked with the cooling / heating control server from the tag management server after the step of obtaining the NFC tag information and before the step of transmitting the temperature / humidity measurement data, .

The step of storing the temperature and humidity measurement data as tag information may include the steps of periodically measuring temperature and humidity to generate the temperature and humidity measurement data, And storing the tag information as tag information; and when the hygroscopic device accesses and performs tagging, reading the tag information and transmitting the read tag information to the mobile terminal through the RF antenna.

Wherein the step of generating the cooling / heating control information includes the steps of: the cooling / heating control server determining whether the temperature and the humidity are adjusted according to a predetermined cooling / heating condition for the space using the temperature / humidity measurement data; And if necessary, calculating the degree of conditioning and generating the cooling / heating control information for controlling the cooling / heating device in accordance with the degree of control.

Wherein the step of transmitting the control command to the cooling / heating device includes the steps of: determining whether the cooling / heating control server is capable of direct control of the cooling / heating device; and when the cooling / heating control server is capable of direct control, And transmitting the control command to the air conditioner.

And transmitting the cooling / heating control information to the mobile terminal when the cooling / heating control server can not directly control the cooling / heating control server.

The present invention can control the heating and cooling apparatus using the temperature and humidity meter using the temperature and humidity meter using the temperature and humidity meter device and the mobile terminal having the short range wireless communication function.

Brief Description of the Drawings Fig. 1 schematically illustrates the configuration of a smart meter reading system. Fig.
Fig. 2 is a view schematically illustrating a configuration of a hygrometer device; Fig.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a smart meter reading method in the smart meter reading system of FIG.

While the present invention has been described in connection with certain exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and similarities. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, numerals used in the description of the present invention are merely an identifier for distinguishing one component from another.

Also, in this specification, when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" with another element, the element may be directly connected or directly connected to the other element, It should be understood that, unless an opposite description is present, it may be connected or connected via another element in the middle.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In order to facilitate a thorough understanding of the present invention, the same reference numerals are used for the same means regardless of the number of the drawings.

1 is a view schematically illustrating a configuration of a smart meter reading system.

Referring to FIG. 1, the smart meter reading system includes a temperature sensor 10, a mobile terminal 20, a tag management server 30, a cooling / heating control server 40, and a cooling / heating device 50.

The hygrometer device 10 is an NFC tag coupling device having a sensor for measuring temperature and humidity and an NFC (Near Field Communication) tag module. Here, the NFC tag module stores the temperature and humidity data generated by the sensor for measuring the temperature and the humidity, and the unique ID of the thermometer device 10, and transmits the unique ID to the mobile terminal 20. For example, NFC (Near Field Communication) is one of RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) technology. It is a mobile communication terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet, and a notebook, To-point wireless communication capable of transmitting data at a low power (424kbps). The NFC terminal greatly supports peer to peer communication function, RFID read / write function, and card emulation function, among which RFID read / write function is required on NFC device It is a function that must be done.

For example, FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of the configuration of the hygrometer device. 2, the hygroscopicity measuring apparatus 10 includes a temperature and humidity sensor 11, a controller 12, a storing unit 13, and an RF antenna 14. The controller 12, the storage unit 13, and the RF antenna 14 are connected to each other by a single NFC tag module. In other words, the components other than the temperature and humidity sensor unit 11 of the thermometer apparatus 10 can be NFC tag modules. Of NFC tag module.

The temperature / humidity sensor unit 11 includes a sensor for measuring temperature and humidity. The temperature / humidity sensor unit 11 periodically transmits temperature and humidity measurement data generated by measuring temperature and humidity to the controller 12 in response to a periodic request of the controller 12.

The storage unit 13 stores NFC tag information including the temperature and humidity measurement data generated by the temperature sensor unit 11. Here, the NFC tag information may further include a tag ID (i.e., a unique ID of the thermometer device 10) and time information on temperature and humidity.

The control unit 12 periodically receives the temperature and humidity measurement data from the temperature sensor unit 11 and stores the temperature and humidity measurement data in the storage unit 13 as NFC tag information. At this time, the controller 12 may map the time information for measuring temperature and humidity and the corresponding temperature and humidity measurement data, and store the mapped data in the storage unit 13.

The controller 12 reads the NFC tag information stored in the storage unit 13 and transmits the NFC tag information to the mobile terminal 20 through the RF antenna 14 when the mobile terminal 20 having the NFC function is accessed and tagged. Lt; / RTI >

For example, the NFC tag information may be stored in the storage unit 13 in the NDEF (NFC Data Exchange Format), which is a storage format of NFC tag data defined in the NFC forum. NDEF is a method that can store text, URL, telephone number, and vCard that can be recognized by all ordinary smartphones. An extended record area is defined that allows a user to arbitrarily define a format for service scalability. As an example of an implementation method, an extended record area can be used when the service for the NFC hygrometer is not available in a general standard format. As described above, the NFC tag information stored in the NDEF can be represented as shown in Table 1 below.

Extended record configuration item example Explanation Temperature and humidity information acquisition cycle 60 Unit: seconds, every 60 seconds Temperature and humidity sensor approach NFC Tag ID 10.111.333.444 NFC unique ID of the hygrometer Number of data 20 Number of stored data Temperature and humidity information # 1 13:20, 80, 20 13:20: hour: minute
80: Temperature data (80 degrees Celsius)
20: Humidity data (20%) Temperature and humidity information # 2 Homology Homology Temperature and humidity information #n Homology Homology
#n = number of data

The mobile terminal 20 acquires the NFC tag information including the temperature and humidity measurement data from the hygrometer device 10 and transmits the obtained temperature and humidity measurement data to the air conditioner control server 40 as the terminal having the NFC reader.

At this time, the mobile terminal 20 transmits the tag ID included in the NFC tag information to the tag management server 30 and transmits the connection information (for example, the connection information to the air conditioner control server 40) And receives connection information to the heating / cooling control server 40 from the tag management server 30. The mobile terminal 20 can transmit the temperature and humidity measurement data to the air conditioner control server 40 by using the connection information to the air conditioner control server 40 acquired from the tag management server 30 . For example, the mobile terminal 20 may transmit the temperature and humidity measurement data measured in a predetermined cycle and the measurement time information mapped thereto to the cooling / heating control server 40 together.

Then, the mobile terminal 20 can receive the cooling / heating control information from the cooling / heating control server 40 and output it. The user of the mobile terminal 20 confirms the cooling / heating control information outputted to the mobile terminal 20 and manages the temperature and humidity of the corresponding space manually by operating the cooling / heating device 50 in accordance with the confirmed cooling / Can be controlled.

The tag management server 30 is a server for managing the tag ID of the hygrometer device 10 and the connection information to the air conditioner control server 40 mapped. The tag management server 30 transmits connection information to the corresponding cooling / heating control server 40 to the mobile terminal 20 upon request of connection information to the cooling / heating control server 40. For example, the tag management server 30 inquires the cooling / heating control server 40 corresponding to the tag ID in the provided database by using the received tag ID according to the request of the connection information, (IP, port, URL, etc. of the cooling / heating control server 40) to the mobile terminal 20 or redirect to the URL of the cooling / heating control server 40. Alternatively, when the mobile terminal 20 is a smart phone, the tag management server 30 notifies the mobile terminal 20 of call information of an application that can be interlocked with the cooling / heating control server 40, .

The cooling / heating control server 40 is a server for controlling the cooling / heating device 50, and controls the cooling / heating device 50 by using the temperature / humidity measurement data received from the mobile terminal 20.

For example, the cooling / heating control server 40 determines whether temperature and humidity are adjusted according to a predetermined cooling / heating condition with respect to the space using the temperature / humidity measurement data, calculates the degree of adjustment if necessary, It is possible to generate the cooling / heating control information for controlling the cooling / heating device 50 according to the degree of control. Next, the cooling / heating control server 40 determines whether direct control of the cooling / heating device 50 is possible. If direct control is possible, the cooling / heating control server 40 can transmit a control command including the generated cooling / heating control information to the cooling / have.

If direct control of the cooling / heating device 50 is not possible, the cooling / heating control server 40 can transmit the cooling / heating control information to the mobile terminal 20.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a smart meter reading method in the smart meter reading system of FIG.

In step S310, the thermohygrometer device 10 measures temperature and humidity, and stores the temperature and humidity measurement data as NFC tag information. At this time, the thermohygrometer device 10 can store the time information for measuring the temperature and the humidity and the corresponding temperature and humidity measurement data as NFC tag information. Here, the NFC tag information may further include a tag ID (i.e., a unique ID of the hygrometer apparatus 10).

In step S320, the mobile terminal 20 accesses the hygroscopic device 10 to acquire NFC tag information from the hygroscopic device 10 when tagging is performed. For example, the user can tag the mobile terminal 20 to the hygrometer device 10 installed in each space to collect NFC tag information including the temperature and humidity measurement data.

In step S330, the mobile terminal 20 requests the tag management server 30 of the connection information to the cooling / heating control server 40 in accordance with the acquisition of the tag information including the temperature and humidity measurement data. For example, the mobile terminal 20 is provided with a temperature / humidity management application. The temperature / humidity management application that operates according to the acquisition of the NFC tag information including the temperature / humidity measurement data extracts the tag ID from the NFC tag information, To the tag management server 30 to request connection information to the heating / cooling control server 40.

In step S340, the tag management server 30 transmits connection information to the corresponding cooling / heating control server 40 to the mobile terminal 20 upon request of connection information to the cooling / heating control server 40. [ For example, the tag management server 30 inquires the cooling / heating control server 40 corresponding to the tag ID in the provided database by using the received tag ID according to the request of the connection information, The IP address, the port, and the URL of the cooling / heating control server 40) to the mobile terminal 20 or redirect to the URL of the cooling / heating control server 40, When the mobile terminal 20 is a smart phone, it can notify application calling information that can be interlocked with the cooling / heating control server 40 so that the corresponding application can be immediately activated.

In step S350, the mobile terminal 20 transmits the temperature and humidity measurement data to the cooling / heating control server 40 in accordance with the acquisition of the connection information to the cooling / heating control server 40. Here, the mobile terminal 20 can transmit the tag ID (that is, the unique ID of the thermometer device 10) and the measured temperature and humidity measurement data to the air conditioner control server 40 together.

In step S360, the cooling / heating control server 40 generates cooling / heating control information in accordance with the reception of the temperature / humidity measurement data. For example, the cooling / heating control server 40 determines whether temperature and humidity are adjusted according to a predetermined cooling / heating condition with respect to the space using the temperature / humidity measurement data, calculates the degree of adjustment if necessary, It is possible to generate the cooling / heating control information for controlling the cooling / heating device 50 according to the degree of control.

In step S370, the cooling / heating control server 40 determines whether direct control of the cooling / heating device 50 is possible.

In step S380, the cooling / heating control server 40 transmits a control command including the generated cooling / heating control information to the cooling / heating device 50 when the cooling / heating control server 40 is directly controllable.

In step S390, the cooling / heating control server 40 can transmit the cooling / heating control information to the mobile terminal 20 when the direct control of the cooling / heating device 50 is impossible. Here, the mobile terminal 20 can receive the cooling / heating control information from the cooling / heating control server 40 and output it. The user of the mobile terminal 20 confirms the cooling / heating control information outputted to the mobile terminal 20 and manages the temperature and humidity of the corresponding space manually by operating the cooling / heating device 50 in accordance with the confirmed cooling / Can be controlled.

Meanwhile, the smart meter reading method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in a form of a program command that can be executed through a variety of means for processing information electronically and recorded in a storage medium. The storage medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination.

Program instructions to be recorded on the storage medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of software. Examples of storage media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, magneto-optical media and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. The above-mentioned medium may also be a transmission medium such as a light or metal wire, wave guide, etc., including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal designating a program command, a data structure and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as devices for processing information electronically using an interpreter or the like, for example, a high-level language code that can be executed by a computer.

The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be understood that the invention may be varied and varied without departing from the scope of the invention.

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Claims (19)

A hygrometer device having an NFC (Near Field Communication) function and storing temperature and humidity measurement data generated by measuring temperature and humidity as NFC tag information;
A mobile terminal having the NFC function and acquiring the NFC tag information including the temperature and humidity measurement data; And
Wherein the control unit generates cooling / heating control information for a space in which the temperature and humidity are measured by using the temperature / humidity measurement data when receiving the temperature / humidity measurement data from the mobile terminal, And a cooling / heating control server for transmitting the cooling water to the cooling / heating device.
The method according to claim 1,
The hygroscopic device writes the NFC tag information, the mobile terminal reads the written NFC tag information,
Wherein the NFC tag information is stored in the NDEF (NFC Data Exchange Format).
The method according to claim 1,
And a tag management server for managing connection information to the heating / cooling control server mapped with the tag ID of the hygroscopic device,
Wherein the mobile terminal transmits the tag ID included in the tag information to the tag management server, requests connection information to the cooling / heating control server, and acquires the connection information.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the mobile terminal is redirected to the URL of the heating / cooling control server by the tag management server.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the mobile terminal notifies the tag management server of call information of an application that can be interlocked with the heating / cooling control server, and directly drives the application.
The method according to claim 1,
The hygrometer device includes:
RF antenna;
A temperature and humidity sensor unit including a sensor for measuring the temperature and the humidity and periodically measuring temperature and humidity to generate the temperature and humidity measurement data;
A storage unit for storing NFC tag information including the temperature and humidity measurement data; And
The temperature and humidity measurement data is periodically received from the temperature sensor unit, and the temperature and humidity measurement data is mapped to measurement time information and stored in the storage unit. When tagging is performed by the mobile terminal, tag information And transmits the read data to the mobile terminal via the RF antenna.
The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the RF antenna, the storage unit, and the controller are replaced by one NFC tag module.
The method according to claim 1,
The cooling / heating control server determines whether the temperature and the humidity are adjusted according to a predetermined cooling / heating condition for the space by using the temperature / humidity measurement data, calculates the degree of adjustment if necessary, And generates the cooling / heating control information for controlling the apparatus.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the cooling / heating control server determines whether direct control of the cooling / heating device is possible, and transmits a control command including the cooling / heating control information to the cooling / heating device when the direct control is possible.
10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the cooling / heating control server transmits the cooling / heating control information to the mobile terminal when the direct control is impossible, and provides the cooling / heating control information to the manager so that the manager directly controls the appropriate temperature and humidity.
A smart meter reading method performed by a smart meter reading system using an NFC (Near Field Communication) function,
Storing the temperature and humidity measurement data generated by measuring the temperature and humidity of the thermometer device having the NFC function as NFC tag information;
Acquiring the NFC tag information including the temperature and humidity measurement data by the mobile terminal having the NFC function;
Transmitting the temperature and humidity measurement data to an air conditioner control server for controlling the air conditioner installed in the space where the temperature and humidity are measured by the mobile terminal;
Wherein the cooling / heating control server generates cooling / heating control information for the space using the temperature / humidity measurement data; And
And the cooling / heating control server transmits a control command including the cooling / heating control information to the cooling / heating unit.
12. The method of claim 11,
The step of storing the temperature / humidity measurement data as NFC tag information includes:
And the temperature and humidity measurement device writes the temperature and humidity measurement data to an NDEF (NFC Data Exchange Format)
The step of acquiring the NFC tag information includes:
And reading the temperature and humidity measurement data stored in the NDEF by the mobile terminal.
12. The method of claim 11,
After the step of acquiring the NFC tag information and the step of transmitting the temperature and humidity measurement data,
The mobile terminal transmits a tag ID included in the tag information to the tag management server to request connection information to the heating / cooling control server; And
The tag management server transmitting connection information to the cooling / heating control server corresponding to the tag ID to the mobile terminal,
Wherein the tag management server manages connection information to the air conditioner control server mapped with the tag ID of the hygroscopic device.
14. The method of claim 13,
After the step of acquiring the NFC tag information and the step of transmitting the temperature and humidity measurement data,
Further comprising the step of the mobile terminal being redirected to the URL of the heating / cooling control server by the tag management server.
14. The method of claim 13,
After the step of acquiring the NFC tag information and the step of transmitting the temperature and humidity measurement data,
Further comprising the step of notifying the tag management server of call information of an application that can be interlocked with the cooling / heating control server by the mobile terminal and directly driving the application.
12. The method of claim 11,
The step of storing the temperature / humidity measurement data as tag information includes:
Generating the temperature and humidity measurement data by periodically measuring the temperature and the humidity by the hygroscopic device;
Wherein the temperature / humidity meter device maps the temperature and humidity measurement data to measurement time information and stores the data as the tag information; And
And reading the tag information and transmitting the read tag information to the mobile terminal through the RF antenna when the temperature and humidity meter device performs tagging by accessing the mobile terminal.
12. The method of claim 11,
The step of generating the cooling / heating control information includes:
Determining whether the temperature and the humidity are adjusted according to a predetermined cooling / heating condition for the corresponding space using the temperature / humidity measurement data; And
And generating the cooling / heating control information for controlling the cooling / heating apparatus according to the degree of control when the cooling / heating control server requires adjustment.
12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the step of transmitting the control command to the heating /
Determining whether the cooling / heating control server is capable of direct control of the cooling / heating device; And
And transmitting the control command including the cooling / heating control information to the cooling / heating device when the heating / cooling control server is capable of direct control.
19. The method of claim 18,
And sending the cooling / heating control information to the mobile terminal when the cooling / heating control server can not directly control the cooling / heating control server.

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