KR20150118273A - Remote maintenance server, total maintenance system including the remote maintenance server and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a remote management server and a remote management method which receives state information of at least one control area, where an energy consuming facility is installed, for a predetermined period, and generates a control command to manage the control area on the basis of the state information to control the control area. The predetermined period is changed on the basis of the state information. Accordingly, provided is an effect of efficiently managing the amount of transmission and/or storage of the state information according to the state of the control area.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a remote management server, a remote integrated management system including the same, and a remote management method including the remote management server,

The present invention relates to a remote maintenance system (TMS) and a remote management method for remotely managing a control area (or a control site) in which an energy consuming facility is installed.

A remote management system (TMS: Total Maintenance System) that remotely manages control areas (control sites, management points) in which energy consuming facilities are installed is being developed. Especially, when there are a plurality of control areas, it becomes possible to manage efficiently and easily through a remote management system. Here, the plurality of control areas may be buildings or buildings arranged at various positions.

In the case of existing buildings or buildings, automatic control systems that automatically control sub-systems (equipment or equipment) such as power, lighting, air conditioning, disaster prevention, and crime prevention installed in buildings have been expanded as facilities installed there have been modernized.

At the same time, a centralized control system such as a building management system (BMS) capable of integrally managing the subsystems as a whole is being actively developed. However, such a building management system is concentrated in controlling functions of facilities installed in one building.

Therefore, a management system for managing the amount of energy (or electric power) to maintain, repair and consume facilities installed in each building is required. In particular, a remote integrated management system for managing one or more control sites remotely and integrally Can be needed.

Also, when data for managing the amount of energy to be maintained, repaired, and consumed by the management system is remotely transmitted, data may be unnecessarily increased in the case where data is transmitted in the same cycle at all times A management system that improves this may be needed.

An object of the present invention is to provide a remote management server and a remote management method that can efficiently manage the amount of state information of the control area and the amount of stored received state information transmitted by a control area in which a facility is installed.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a remote management server comprising: a communication unit for performing communication with at least one control area in which an energy consuming facility is installed; And a controller for controlling the communication unit to receive state information of the control area at a predetermined period, generating a control command for managing the at least one control area based on the state information, and transmitting the generated control command to the at least one And a control unit for controlling the communication unit to transmit the control signal to the control area. The predetermined period may be changed based on the status information.

As one example related to the present specification, the predetermined period may be changed when the state of the control region changes from the first state to the second state or changes from the second state to the first state. In this case, the first state may be a state in which the state information is more important than the second state.

The aspect of the above-described configuration is characterized in that, when the state information has a low importance, based on the state information of the control area in which the facility is installed, a transmission period is set differently from a data transmission period in a state in which the state information is high in importance, There is an effect of reducing the transmission amount and the storage amount when the state information is not frequently received. Therefore, it is effective to efficiently manage the power, storage capacity, and communication amount of the remote management server and related facilities and to save energy.

As an example related to the present specification, the state information of the control area may include state information of the facility. And the predetermined period is a first period in which the communication unit receives the status information in the first state; And a second period in which the communication unit receives the status information in the second status.

And the first period may be shorter than the second period. For example, the first period may be set to 10 seconds, and the second period may be set to 600 seconds.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the facility includes an air conditioner having a compressor that constitutes a refrigerant compression cycle, wherein the first state is a state in which the compressor is in operation, and the second state is an operation in which the compressor is in operation It may be in a stopped state.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the facility includes an air conditioner having an indoor unit and an outdoor unit, wherein the first state is a state in which the outdoor unit is in operation, and the second state is a state in which the operation of the outdoor unit is stopped .

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the facility includes an air conditioner having an indoor unit and an outdoor unit, and the first state is a state in which the indoor unit is operating in at least one of a cooling mode, a heating mode, and a dehumidification mode, The second state may be a state where the indoor unit is operating in a blowing mode or the indoor unit is in a stopped state.

As an example related to the present specification, the communication unit may communicate with a local controller provided in the at least one control area and controlling the facility. The control unit may manage the facility through the local controller.

As an example related to the present specification, the local controller determines whether the current state of the control region has been changed from the state before the predetermined period based on the state information, and if the current state changes from the first state to the second state Or if it is determined that the state has changed from the second state to the first state, the predetermined period can be changed.

As an example related to the present specification, the local controller changes the predetermined period from the first period to the second period when the current state is changed from the first state to the second state, The predetermined period may be changed from the second period to the first period when the second state is changed to the first state.

As an example related to the present specification, the local controller may determine whether the state of the control area has been changed every predetermined period.

As an example related to the present specification, the control unit determines whether the current state of the control area has been changed in the state before the predetermined period based on the state information, and if the current state changes from the first state to the second state If it is determined that the second state is changed to the first state, the predetermined period may be changed.

As an example related to the present specification, the control unit changes the predetermined period from the first cycle to the second cycle when the current state is changed from the first state to the second state, 2 state to the first state, the predetermined period may be changed from the second period to the first period.

As an example related to the present specification, the control unit may determine whether the state of the control area has been changed every predetermined period.

As an example related to the present specification, the communication unit may communicate with the local controller through a first communication method, and the local controller may communicate with the facility by a second communication method.

As an example related to the present specification, the first communication method may be a mobile communication network, a TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol), a LAN, a wireless LAN, a Wi- Wireless Broadband (Wibro), and World Interoperability for Microwave Access (Wimax), and the second communication method may be RS 485.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the communication unit communicates with a plurality of control areas provided with facilities for consuming energy, and each of the plurality of control areas is connected to a building, a building , A store, a mall, and a school.

As an example related to the present specification, the apparatus may further include an input unit for inputting user input, and the predetermined period may be determined based on the user input.

As an example related to the present specification, the status information and the predetermined period may be stored.

In order to accomplish the above objects, a remote management method according to the present invention is a remote management method by a remote management server that remotely maintains, maintains, and manages at least one control area installed with an apparatus consuming energy, A status information receiving step of receiving information at a predetermined period; And a transmission period changing step in which the predetermined period is changed based on status information of the control area.

As an example related to the present specification, the predetermined period is a first period in which the communication unit receives the status information when in a first status; And a second period in which the communication unit receives the status information in the second status.

In this case, the first state may be a state in which the state information is more important than the second state.

The aspect of the above-described configuration is characterized in that, when the state information has a low importance, based on the state information of the control area in which the facility is installed, a transmission period is set differently from a data transmission period in a state in which the state information is high in importance, There is an effect of reducing the transmission amount and the storage amount when the state information is not frequently received. Therefore, it is effective to efficiently manage the power, storage capacity, and communication amount of the remote management server and related facilities and to save energy.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control method for a control apparatus, comprising: a state change determination step of determining whether a state of the control region changes from a first state to a second state or from a second state to a first state based on state information of the control region; As shown in FIG.

As an example related to the present specification, the transmission period changing step changes the predetermined period to a second period when the state of the control area is changed from the first state to the second state, To the first state, the predetermined period may be changed to the first period.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the facility is an air conditioner, the first period is shorter than the second period, the first condition is a state in which the compressor of the air conditioner is in operation, The operation of the compressor may be stopped.

As an example related to the present specification, the state change determination step may determine whether the state of the control area has been changed for each of the predetermined periods.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the determining step may determine whether the status of the control area is changed as soon as the status information of the control area is received.

As an example related to the present specification, the determining step may determine whether the state of the control area has been changed after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the state information of the control area was received.

According to the remote management server, the remote management system including the remote management server, and the remote management method according to an embodiment disclosed herein, it is possible to reduce the importance of the status information The transmission period of the status information is set to be long, and if the status information has a high importance, the transmission period and the storage amount of the status information can be efficiently managed by setting the transmission period to be short.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to further the understanding of the technical idea of the invention, And shall not be interpreted.
1 is a conceptual diagram of a remote integrated management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a remote management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a specific connection relationship between a local controller and equipment or equipment in a remote integrated management system according to an embodiment disclosed herein.
FIG. 4 is an exemplary view illustrating a connection structure between a remote management server and a plurality of local controllers in a remote integrated management system according to an embodiment disclosed herein.
5 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration of a remote management server according to an embodiment disclosed herein.
FIG. 6 is a graph illustrating a state information graph of a facility or control area received over time in a remote management server according to an embodiment disclosed herein, and being received every predetermined period.
7 is a flow diagram illustrating a remote management method in accordance with one embodiment disclosed herein.
8 is a flow diagram illustrating a remote management method in accordance with another embodiment disclosed herein.
9 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an external terminal connected to a remote management server according to an embodiment disclosed herein.
FIG. 10 shows a configuration in the case where a terminal according to the embodiments disclosed herein is implemented in the form of a mobile terminal.

The technique disclosed in this specification is applied to a remote integrated management system (TMS: Total Maintenance System) and a remote management method for remotely managing at least one control area (control site, management point) in which facilities consuming energy are installed .

In addition, the technology disclosed in this specification can be applied to a portable device or a terminal connected to the remote integrated management system or the remote management server by wire or wireless, and capable of managing at least one management point remotely.

The portable terminal or terminal refers to a terminal in a broad sense and may be a digital television (TV), a smart TV, a smart phone, a portable terminal, a mobile terminal, a personal computer Digital assistants (PDAs), portable multimedia player (PMP) terminals, notebook computers, wibro terminals, IPTV terminals, digital broadcasting terminals, telematics terminals, navigation terminals, AVN Video navigation) terminal, a television, a 3D television, an audio / video (A / V) system, a home theater system, an information providing center, a call center, Lt; / RTI >

The control area, control site, or management point means a management point to be maintained, managed and managed by a management object or a remote management server which must be collectively managed from a central (or main office) And schools and the like.

For example, the store may be a store, a bakery, a convenience store, or the like.

Therefore, the technology disclosed in this specification can be applied to a remote management server, a chain store management system, and a store management method for maintenance, maintenance, and energy management of facilities installed in a store.

The store is a concept including a chain store corresponding to a store organization that centrally controls a plurality of shops handling a plurality of merchandise.

Therefore, the techniques disclosed in this specification can be applied to a remote management server, a chain store management system, and a chain store management method for maintenance, maintenance and energy management for chain stores.

The remote management server or the remote management system according to an embodiment disclosed herein can mainly perform maintenance and repair functions related to equipment or equipment installed in the control area.

Therefore, the remote management server or the remote management system may monitor the facility status of the facilities to perform maintenance and repair functions for the facilities installed in the control area, And the maintenance of the failed equipment can be performed.

In addition, the remote management server or the remote management system may perform a report writing function for the facilities, an alarm function for a failed facility, and a long term data related to the status of the facilities.

The remote management server or the remote management system may also manage the energy or the amount of power consumed by the facilities.

Therefore, the remote management server or the remote management system can manage the energy associated with the facilities installed at one management point or integrally manage the energy associated with the facilities installed at each of the plurality of management points to provide a pleasant indoor environment at the management point And can also serve as an energy management system used to enhance energy performance.

It is noted that the technical terms used herein are used only to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the technology disclosed herein. Also, the technical terms used herein should be interpreted as being generally understood by those skilled in the art to which the presently disclosed subject matter belongs, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise in this specification, Should not be construed in a broader sense, or interpreted in an oversimplified sense. In addition, when a technical term used in this specification is an erroneous technical term that does not accurately express the concept of the technology disclosed in this specification, it should be understood that technical terms which can be understood by a person skilled in the art are replaced. Also, the general terms used in the present specification should be interpreted in accordance with the predefined or prior context, and should not be construed as being excessively reduced in meaning.

Also, the singular forms "as used herein include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, the terms "comprising ", or" comprising ", etc. should not be construed as necessarily including the various elements or steps described in the specification, Or may be further comprised of additional components or steps.

Furthermore, terms including ordinals such as first, second, etc. used in this specification can be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals denote like or similar elements, and redundant description thereof will be omitted.

Further, in the description of the technology disclosed in this specification, a detailed description of related arts will be omitted if it is determined that the gist of the technology disclosed in this specification may be obscured. It is to be noted that the attached drawings are only for the purpose of easily understanding the concept of the technology disclosed in the present specification, and should not be construed as limiting the spirit of the technology by the attached drawings.

Description of Remote Integrated Management System

Hereinafter, a remote integrated management system (or a remote management system) according to an embodiment disclosed herein will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG.

However, the remote integrated management system disclosed in Figs. 1 to 4 is merely exemplary and it should be understood that the techniques disclosed herein are applicable to various types of remote management systems, branch management systems, store management systems, As will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a remote integrated management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 (a) is a conceptual diagram in terms of a connection relationship between components of a remote integrated management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 (a), a remote integrated management system 10 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes at least one facility 200 consuming energy, a plurality of facilities 200 that control or manage the at least one facility 200 A local controller 100 and a remote management server 1.

The remote management server 1 may serve to maintain, repair and manage at least one control area, control site or management point (sites A to D).

Each of the at least one control area (field A to field D) includes the at least one facility 200 that consumes energy or power.

Also, the at least one control area (field A to field D) includes a local controller 100 for controlling or managing the at least one facility.

The remote management server 1 remotely monitors the state of at least one facility 200 installed in each of the at least one control areas A through D, , Maintenance and management functions. To this end, the remote management server 1 receives information on various states of the control area including the state of the facility 200 from the local controller 100 at predetermined intervals.

Here, the state of the at least one facility 200 may be related to at least one of a control set state, an operation state, and a fault state corresponding to the at least one facility 200. Hereinafter, various types of information on the at least one state will be referred to as state information.

Here, the control setting state means a control attribute or a control parameter for the at least one facility 200, and the object to be controlled in the control of the facility may mean various variables.

For example, when the facility is an air conditioner, the control setting, the control attribute, and the control parameter may be set based on a target temperature (or set temperature), an upper limit temperature, a lower limit temperature, .

In addition, the status information of the air conditioner may include status information of the refrigerant compression cycle provided in the air conditioner, status information of the compressor, outdoor information, and weather information. The state information of the refrigerant compression cycle includes not only the operation / stop information of the refrigerant compression cycle, but also physical state information such as the temperature and pressure of the refrigerant. The state information of the compressor includes various information for controlling based on the state of the compressor such as whether the compressor is in operation or stopped, and the driving speed (Hz).

Further, for example, when the facility is an illumination facility, the control setting, the control attribute or the control parameter may be illumination brightness or the like. In addition, the status information of the lighting equipment may include whether the lighting equipment is operated or stopped, the intensity of illumination, and the like.

The remote management server 1 may detect a failure state or the like for the at least one facility 200. [ In this case, the remote management server 1 may obtain status information on the at least one facility 200 from the local controller 100. That is, the status information includes information on the failure of the facility.

The remote management server 1 includes a service center (specifically, a service center server) for providing a service for repairing the facility so that the repair of the specific facility is performed when the specific facility is out of the at least one facility 200, (Not shown) to request maintenance work.

When the service center receives a request for the maintenance work, the service center can work to allow the service engineer for the maintenance work to dispatch to the control site where the specific facility is installed.

The communication between the remote management server 1 and the local controller 100 may be performed using various communication methods or communication protocols.

For example, the remote management server 1 and the local controller 100 can be connected to each other via a mobile communication network, a transmission control protocol / Internet protocol (TCP / IP), a local area network (LAN), a wireless LAN, ), A wireless broadband (Wibro), and a World Interoperability for Microwave Access (Wimax).

Communication between the local controller 100 and the at least one facility 200 may be performed using various communication methods or communication protocols.

For example, the local controller 100 and the at least one facility 200 may communicate with the RS 485.

The remote management system 10 may further include a separate terminal 40 connected to the remote management server 1 by wire or wirelessly.

A user or an administrator of the remote management system 10 can access the remote management server 1 through the separate terminal 40 to remotely manage the at least one control area (field A to field D) .

The separate terminal 40 means a broader terminal, and may be a concept including a portable terminal. For example, the separate terminal 40 may be a personal computer (PC), a digital television (TV), a smart TV, a smart phone, a portable terminal, a mobile terminal, A mobile terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP) terminal, a notebook computer, a wibro terminal, an IPTV terminal, a digital broadcasting terminal, a telematics terminal, Various devices or devices such as an AVN (Audio Video Navigation) terminal, a television, a 3D television, an A / V system, a home theater system, an information providing center, a call center, .

1 (b) is a conceptual diagram in terms of a geographic positional relationship between components of a remote integrated management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 (b), the remote integrated management system 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of control areas, control sites or management points 11 to 19 disposed at various locations nationwide, It is possible to manage functions. However, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to a plurality of control areas and can be applied to one control area.

The remote management system 10 includes at least one control area 11 to 19 in which equipment for consuming energy is installed, a remote management server 1 for managing the at least one control area 11 to 19, ).

The at least one control area 11 to 19 may correspond to the field A to field D shown in FIG. 1 (a).

The remote management system 10 may have a structure in which the at least one control areas 11 to 19 are interconnected nationwide.

As shown in FIG. 1 (b), the remote management system 10 includes at least one control area 11 to 19 in which facility equipment is installed, and the remote management server 1 So that one network can be formed.

At this time, the remote management system 10 is connected to at least one specific control area of the at least one control area 11 to 19, and manages the specific control area and is connected to a local server (Not shown).

The local server may be a separate server relaying the specific control region and the remote management server 1, or one of the plurality of control regions may operate as a server.

At this time, the control areas 11 to 19 may be distributed in the whole country or in some areas.

In addition, each of the control areas 11 to 19 is connected to the remote management server 1, and the remote management server 1 can monitor and manage the plurality of control areas.

For example, each control area refers to a management point that must be maintained, managed, and managed by a managed object or a remote management server that must be collectively managed from the central (or main office), and is a building site, a building, a store, And the like.

For example, when the control area is a store, the control area may be a chain store of a convenience store, a bakery, or the like.

The remote management system 10 may be configured to form at least one control area 11 to 19 in which not only an air conditioner but also other equipment is installed by forming a network as shown in FIG. Can manage and control a plurality of control areas that are widely distributed.

At this time, the remote management system 10 can manage the power consumption (or the energy consumption amount) for each branch office in units of not only a regional unit but also a nationwide unit, and can widely apply to a wide range including a plurality of countries have.

Each of the at least one control areas 11 to 19 may include one or more equipment (or equipment) and equipment.

The facility is a facility (or a subsystem) provided in the control area, for example, an air conditioner, a ventilator, an air conditioner, a fan, a boiler, a cooling tower, a pump, a temperature / humidity sensor, , Power equipment, refrigerator, freezer, showcase, fire system, and the like.

In addition, the above equipment may mean, for example, a cooling tower, a pump, a temperature sensor, and the like in the case of using a cooling tower system.

According to an embodiment disclosed herein, the remote management server 1 obtains information on the energy usage amount during a specific period of the at least one control region 11 to 19 as one of the state information of the control region can do.

Here, the specific period may be designated or set by a user.

In addition, the specific period may be one that can be specified in units of one day, one week, or one month.

For example, the remote management server 1 may obtain information on the energy usage amount every day. Also, for example, the remote management server 1 may obtain information on energy usage from January 1 to January 20.

According to one embodiment, the remote management server 1 may include at least one control region 11 to 19 with at least one group (a control group, a management group, a group, a control group, or a management group ).

The specific classification criteria may be plural. Therefore, when there are a plurality of specific classification criteria, classification into at least one group may be performed based on the above-described multi-dimensional clustering technique.

The sorting criterion may be a sorting criterion according to an area characteristic (characteristic for a control site or a management point) for the at least one control area 11-19.

According to one embodiment, the region characteristic may include at least one of a static property and a dynamic property of the control region. This region characteristic is included in the state information of the control region. That is, the status information of the control area includes information on the area characteristics, and information on the area characteristics may be transmitted to the remote management server 1 every predetermined period.

Wherein the static attribute comprises at least one of the size of the at least one control region 11-19, the position of the at least one region 11-19, and the equipment installed in (or provided in) the at least one region 11-19. Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > and / or < / RTI >

For example, the attribute of the size of the at least one control area 11 to 19 may mean the size of the area, the floor height, the number of floors, the window width, and the like.

For example, the attribute of the position of the at least one control region 11 to 19 may be a direction in which the at least one region 11 to 19 is located (east, west, south, north) Hardness and geographical location of the site.

Further, for example, the facility capacity for the facility may mean the number of lights, the lighting power consumption, the number of air conditioners, the air conditioner capacity, the number of refrigeration facilities, and the capacity of refrigeration facilities.

In addition, the dynamic property may be weather information corresponding to a point (or a region) where the at least one control region 11 to 19 is located.

For example, the dynamic property may include at least one of an average outdoor air temperature, a maximum outdoor air temperature, a minimum outdoor air temperature, a precipitation amount, a snowfall amount, and a cloudiness corresponding to a point (or region) where the at least one control region 11 to 19 is located One can be included.

More specifically, the remote management server 1 may divide the at least one control area 11 to 19 into a plurality of groups based on a store size (size) and an illumination scale (number of lights).

For example, the remote management server 1 may determine the size of the control area and the size of the large scale group (first group), the size of the store, (The second group) and the small size group (the third group) in which the store size and the illumination scale are small.

In this case, each of the first group to the third group may include at least one control area corresponding thereto.

According to one embodiment, the classification criteria may be plural.

For example, the classification criterion may include a plurality of classification criteria related to the static attribute and the dynamic attribute of the control region described above.

In this case, the remote management server 1 may classify the at least one control region 11 to 19 into the at least one group according to the plurality of classification criteria by applying the multi-dimensional clustering technique.

The multidimensional clustering technique may have various schemes.

For example, the multi-dimensional clustering technique is a K-means clustering technique.

The K-means clustering scheme selects a number k of clusters and a criterion from a plurality of data sets, classifies the clusters corresponding to the criterion into a cluster, Or clustering).

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various other clustering techniques may be applied to the techniques disclosed herein.

According to one embodiment, the classification into the at least one group can be done by various requests.

For example, the remote management server 1 may perform the classification operation according to a user request (or a user input) or periodically.

In addition, for example, the remote management server 1 may perform the sorting operation as needed. Specifically, for example, the remote management server 1 may include a new control region, a control site, When added, the classification can be performed automatically.

Also, for example, the remote management server 1 may periodically perform the classification. Specifically, for example, the remote management server 1 can perform the classification in units of one day, one week, or one month.

The remote management server 1 classifies the control regions into groups according to the static attribute among the classification criteria described above when the new control region is registered, according to a specific group classification performance according to the embodiment disclosed herein .

This is because, in the case of the static attribute, classification may be performed only at the time of registration of the new control area, which is not a temporally frequently changing or changing classification standard.

In addition, the remote management server 1 may reclassify the control regions according to the dynamic property among the classification criteria described above on a day-by-day basis based on the classification result based on the static attribute.

This is because, in the case of dynamic attributes, periodic classification may be necessary since the property has a characteristic that changes in units of one day.

Finally, the remote management server 1 generates a control command for each group on the basis of the static attribute and the last group sequentially classified on the basis of the dynamic attribute, and controls consumed energy or power consumption of each group have.

2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a remote management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, a remote management system (or remote integrated management system) 10 according to an embodiment includes a remote management server 1, a local controller (not shown) connected to the remote management server 1 via a communication network 100 ', 100 ", one or more facilities 200', 200" and equipment 300 ', 300 ".

The facility 200 ', 200' 'is a subsystem that constitutes the remote management system 10 and may include, for example, an air conditioner, a ventilator, an air conditioner, a fan, a boiler, a cooling tower, a pump, , Lighting equipment, electric power equipment, fire system, and the like.

The apparatuses 300 'and 300' 'may be, for example, a cooling tower, a pump, a temperature sensor, or the like in the case of a cooling tower system.

The remote management server 1 is an apparatus for collectively controlling, monitoring (or monitoring) or managing a situation of an entire building. The facilities 200 'and 200' ', for example, , Access control, disaster prevention, parking management, facility management, and the like.

The remote management server 1 shares information with the local controllers 100 'and 100' 'via network communication, and the facilities 200' and 200 '' and the devices 300 ' , 300 ", which are connected to the Internet.

Here, the first local controller 100 'and the second local controller 100' 'may refer to local controllers provided at different control areas, control sites, or management points, respectively.

According to an embodiment disclosed herein, the remote management server 1 may collect information about equipment installed or disposed in each control area in order to efficiently maintain, repair, or manage each control area have.

To this end, the remote management server 1 may receive a user input and provide a user interface or an input / output screen capable of outputting a maintenance or repair process or a processing result of the facility according to the user input.

The control area, control site, or management point means a management point to be maintained, managed and managed by a management object or a remote management server which must be collectively managed from a central (or main office) And schools and the like.

Here, the building or building means a building to be controlled, and may mean a shopping mall, a convenience store, a store, a house, an office, an office building, a factory building, a schoolhouse, or a hospital building.

The local controllers 100 'and 100 " may be connected to the remote management server 1 via a communication network and may execute a management program received from the remote management server 1. [

The local controllers 100 'and 100' 'are responsible for maintaining, repairing, controlling and managing the facilities 200' and 200 '' within the control area, and may be referred to as ACP (Advanced Control Platform) have.

The local controllers 100 'and 100' 'communicate with each other and exchange information with the remote management server 1, and receive and execute control commands according to the management programs or the management programs, (200 ', 200 "). At this time, the information includes status information of the control area such as the status information of the facility, and the details are as described above.

The local controllers 100 ', 100 "may also be connected to one or more devices 400, 400' provided in the facilities 200 ', 200", for example via respective sensors and operating devices And may record or store equipment-related information such as control output and state change of equipment in the control area.

The local controller 100 '' 100 '' may include a microcontroller 100 '' for controlling, managing or monitoring the facility 200 ', 200' 'or the equipment 300' or 300 '', for example, Lt; / RTI >

In other words, the local controllers 100 'and 100' 'are connected to the remote management server 1 through the communication network P10 to exchange necessary information with each other.

Accordingly, the local controller 100 ', 100' 'may be adapted to monitor or control the air conditioning and other facilities installed in the control area, Output signal of the input / output unit 300 "

Specifically, the local controllers 100 'and 100' 'are connected between the remote management server 1 and the one or more facilities 200' and 200 '', And can execute it.

And the local controller 100 ', 100' 'may transmit the execution result to the remote management server 1. [ To this end, the remote management server 1 transmits a control command according to the management program or the management program to the local controller 100 ', 100' ', and the local controller 100' And a means for receiving an execution result according to the control program according to the management program or the management program.

The local controllers 100 'and 100' 'may further include a display unit as a means for displaying the execution result on the user screen.

The remote management server 1 and the local controllers 100 'and 100' 'may be connected to each other through a communication network P10.

According to one embodiment disclosed herein, the communication network may include various communication protocols.

For example, the remote management server 1 and the local controllers 100 'and 100' 'may include a mobile communication network, a TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol), a LAN (Local Area Network) Wi-Fi, Wireless Broadband (Wibro), and World Interoperability for Microwave Access (Wimax).

Also, according to one embodiment, the local controllers 100 ', 100 "may be interconnected with the facilities 200', 200" and the communication networks P20 ', P20 ".

For example, the local controllers 100 'and 100' 'may be connected to each other based on RS 485 of the facilities 200' and 200 ''.

3 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a specific connection relationship between a local controller and equipment or equipment in a remote integrated management system (or remote management system) according to one embodiment disclosed herein.

Referring to FIG. 3, the remote management server 1 may be connected to the local controller 100 as described above.

The remote management server 1 may include a terminal 40 that accesses the remote management server 1 from the outside.

In addition, an air conditioner, a cooler, a heating device such as an air conditioner, a lighting device, and a security device may be installed inside the control point or control area 30 '.

Further, a plurality of power meters 151 to 154 connected to the equipments and measuring the amount of power consumed may be provided.

At this time, the indoor units 154_1, 151_1 and 151_2, the outdoor unit 154_2, the refrigerator 152_3, the showcase 152_2, the warming room 152_1, the calculator 153_1 and the lighting unit 151_3 may be installed in the store.

The plurality of indoor units 154_1, 151_1, and 151_2 may air-condition the indoor units, and the plurality of indoor units may be operated together or independently according to the indoor air-conditioning load.

The air conditioner may further include units such as a ventilator, an air purifier, a dehumidifier, and a humidifier in addition to an indoor unit and an outdoor unit. Hereinafter, an indoor unit and an outdoor unit will be described. Is not limited to the drawings.

In addition, the indoor unit can be controlled in a plurality of operation modes. The plurality of operation modes include a cooling mode for lowering the indoor air temperature, a heating mode for raising the indoor air temperature, a dehumidifying mode for lowering the indoor air humidity, a blowing mode for circulating the indoor air or exchanging with the outdoor air And various operation modes for air conditioning of the air conditioner.

At least one of the plurality of operation modes may be performed by controlling a refrigerant compression cycle and / or a blowing fan provided in the air conditioner. Since this control is well known, a detailed description will be omitted.

Here, the indoor unit includes an indoor heat exchanger (not shown), an indoor unit fan (not shown), an expansion valve (not shown) that constitutes a refrigerant compression cycle and a refrigerant to be supplied is expanded, and a plurality of sensors (not shown).

The outdoor unit includes a compressor (50) constituting a refrigerant compression cycle and supplying and compressing the refrigerant, a heat exchanger (not shown) in which refrigerant and outdoor air are heat-exchanged, a gas refrigerant is extracted from the supplied refrigerant, And a four-way valve (not shown) for selecting a refrigerant passage according to the cooling / heating mode.

At least one lighting device 151_3 is installed and controlled by a connected switch.

The refrigerator 152_3 or the showcase 152_2 is used to store foods by keeping the inside at a set temperature.

The showcase 152_2 exposes the cold air according to the cooling cycle so that the internal temperature is lowered.

The warming room 152_1 maintains the internal temperature at a predetermined temperature or higher so that the inside of the object is kept warm.

Also, the calculator 153_1 manages money and issues receipts.

The facility installed at such a point can be managed by the local controller 100 (or the branch point controller) in the management point or the control area, and the state information including information on the operation state and the power consumption of each device can be managed.

The local controller 100 is an apparatus for collectively controlling, managing, or monitoring the status of the entire control area. The local controller 100 is a device for controlling equipment, Parking management, facility management, and the like.

The local controller 100 stores the power amount data measured and inputted from the power measuring devices 151 to 154, and stores the control data and the operation state data for each device.

The local controller 100 is connected to the remote management server 1 and transmits and receives data. The local controller 100 changes the control settings for each device according to the data received from the remote management server 1, can do. At this time, the local controller 100 transmits the state data of the facilities to the remote management server 1, and transmits the state data at a predetermined period.

For example, the local controller 100 may transmit the status information of the air conditioner to the remote management server 1 at predetermined intervals. At this time, the state information of the air conditioner includes data on the operation and stop state of the air conditioner, the operation and stop state of the compressor, the operation and stop state of the outdoor unit, and the operation mode of the indoor unit. And also includes the above-described various status information and data necessary for the control of the air conditioner.

At this time, a unique account is assigned to each branch (or each branch) in the local controller 1, and an ID according to the account can be issued.

The local controller 100 can receive control data for a corresponding point and receive a control record by accessing the remote management server 1 through an ID, which is an account of a point.

Here, the control data may be a broad concept including the facility control schedule or facility management schedule described above.

The facility control schedule may include information on a time-dependent setting value of the control attribute or control parameter for the facilities described above.

Also, the facility management schedule may be a schedule for maintaining or repairing the facilities, and may include information on maintenance schedules of the facilities, past history, and the like.

The facility management schedule is for managing the amount of electric power consumed by the facilities. The facility management schedule includes information on setting values of the control attributes or control parameters for managing the amount of electric power consumed by the facilities to a certain level or less .

The local controller 100 can transmit information on the amount of power consumption (or energy consumption amount) collected and stored in each control area to the remote management server 1, and receive the corresponding charge information. As described above, the local controller 100 may transmit the information to the remote management server 1 at predetermined intervals.

In addition, the local controller 100 may transmit its own facility control schedule or facility management schedule to the remote management server 1, as required or at the request of the remote management server 1.

The remote management server 1 can distinguish each control area using an account assigned to each control area and transmit the requested data.

In addition, the local controller of each control area can access the remote management server 1 using the account assigned thereto, and can request data for each control area to the remote management server 1. [

At this time, IDs having different rights are allocated to the remote management server 1 and the respective control areas, and data displayed according to the rights set in the IDs at the time of connection using the IDs may be limited.

The remote management server 1 can receive data on the corresponding management point only from the remote management server 1 when the remote management server 1 is accessed through the control area, the control site, or the ID of the management point.

The remote management server 1 can control (or manage) a plurality of control areas, control sites, or management points in accordance with the setting, individually control (or manage) Can be exceptionally handled.

Also, the remote management server 1 can provide data on a predetermined management point in accordance with a connection account for connection of the terminal 40 such as a portable terminal, a notebook computer, and the like.

At this time, data of the management point corresponding to the connection account can be transmitted regardless of the type of the connected terminal.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram specifically illustrating a connection structure between a remote management server and a plurality of local controllers in a remote integrated management system (or remote management system) according to an embodiment disclosed herein.

Referring to FIG. 4, a remote integrated management system according to an embodiment disclosed herein includes a plurality of control areas, a control site or management point 30, and a plurality of control areas 30, And a management server 1.

In addition, each of the plurality of control areas 30 may include local controllers 100_1 to 100_3.

The local controllers 100_1 to 100_3 may perform a role of a gateway for converting various information or communication data according to a remote communication protocol and transmitting or receiving the converted information to the remote management server 1. [ That is, the local controllers 100_1 to 100_3 may function as a router for transmitting and receiving signals corresponding to the various information or communication data.

In this case, the local controllers 100_1 to 100_3 may include a protocol conversion unit (not shown) for converting the various information or communication data according to a remote communication protocol.

According to the modified embodiment, the remote integrated management system according to the embodiment disclosed herein may separately include a gateway (not shown) performing a role of a router.

In this case, the gateway may be disposed between the remote management server 1 and the local controllers 100_1 to 100_3.

The remote management server 1 may include a display unit (not shown) for displaying a device management screen.

Here, the device management screen may be any one of a screen related to air conditioner information, refrigeration information, power use information, facility information, failure history information, failure setting information, and energy use detailed information.

The remote management system may further include a terminal (40) connected to the remote management server (1) via a network and receiving and displaying the device management data from the remote management server (1).

The plurality of control areas 30 may include at least one facility or device 110_1 to 110_3 provided in the plurality of control areas 30. [

The facility or devices 110_1 to 110_3 include an air conditioner, a refrigerator, a freezer, a shelf, and the like arranged in the plurality of control areas 30,

The remote management server 1 may collect status data for the at least one facility or devices 110_1 to 110_3.

The status data may include information on room temperature in the case of an air conditioner, information on a room temperature in the case of a refrigerator, a freezer, and a shelf.

The status data may include not only the current temperature but also the humidity and the flow rate.

In addition, since the facilities or devices 110_1 to 110_3 include facilities in a control area such as a watt-hour meter, the status data may include power consumption and total power consumption (or energy usage) of the facilities or devices 110_1 to 110_3 And the like.

The plurality of control areas 30 may include local controllers 100_1 to 100_3 for receiving the status data from the facility or devices 110_1 to 110_3.

Also, the local controllers 100_1 to 100_3 may transmit data for remotely controlling or managing the facilities or devices 110_1 to 110_3 from the remote management server 1 to the facilities or devices 110_1 to 110_3 Do.

The remote management server 1 may be connected to the facility or the devices 110_1 to 110_3, and may generate the failure history data if the abnormality state in which the status data is greater than a preset threshold value persists.

Also, the remote management server 1 can output the failure history data to the user or the manager through the output means when the duration of the abnormal state passes the threshold time.

Accordingly, the remote management server 1 notifies the user or the manager of the occurrence of an abnormality of the equipment or the apparatus in the control area, so that the user or the administrator can manage the plurality of control areas effectively.

Also, the remote management server 1 may transmit the failure history data to a manager server or a service center that provides services related to maintenance or repair.

The work disclosed herein In the embodiment  Description of remote management server according to

The remote management server according to an embodiment disclosed herein below may be implemented as a part or a combination of the configurations or steps included in the above embodiments or a combination of the embodiments, Duplicate portions can be omitted for the sake of clarity of the embodiment of the server.

Therefore, in the following, description of the remote management server duplicated with the contents of the above-described remote management system may be omitted.

The remote management server according to an embodiment disclosed herein controls the communication unit to receive status information of at least one of the facility and the control area at a predetermined period, and, based on the status information, And a control unit for controlling the communication unit to transmit the generated control command to the at least one control area. At this time, the predetermined period is changed based on the status information.

5 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration of a remote management server according to an embodiment disclosed herein. Referring to FIG. 5, the remote management server 1 according to the embodiment disclosed herein may include a communication unit 1_3 and a control unit 1-4.

In addition, according to one embodiment, the remote management server 1 may further include an input unit 1_1, a display unit 1_2, and a storage unit 1_5. In addition, the remote management server 1 may further include various components for the remote management function according to the embodiment disclosed herein.

The components shown in Fig. 5 are not essential, so that the remote management server 1 having more or fewer components can be implemented.

Hereinafter, the components will be described in order.

However, the parts overlapping with those related to the remote management server 1 disclosed in Figs. 1 to 4 may be omitted.

The communication unit 1_3 may be responsible for communicating with at least one control area 30 equipped with facilities for consuming energy.

Each of the at least one control area 30 may include a local controller (or local manager) 100 that controls or manages the facility.

In this case, the communication unit 1_3 may communicate with the local controller 100 included in each of the at least one control area 30. [

That is, the communication unit 1_3 is provided in each of the at least one control areas 30, and communicates with the local controller 100 for controlling at least one facility installed in each of the at least one control areas 30 Can be performed.

In this case, the controller 1_4 may manage the at least one facility through the local controller.

Here, each of the at least one control areas 30 may be an area corresponding to at least one of a building, a building, a store, a shopping center, and a school maintained, managed and managed by the remote management server 1. [

The at least one control zone 30 may also be referred to as a control site, a management site, or a management point.

Also, according to an embodiment, the communication unit 1_3 may acquire state information of the at least one control region 30. For example, information on energy usage (or power consumption) during a specific period of the control area. Or the state information of the facility and the characteristic information of the control area as described above. The communication unit 1_3 receives this state information at a predetermined period.

For example, the communication unit 1_3 may communicate with the local controller 100 to obtain the status information at a predetermined period.

As described above, the local controller 100 may serve as a gateway, but the communication unit 1_3 may include a separate gateway (not shown) for connecting between the remote management server 1 and the local controller 100, To communicate with the local controller 100 via the network.

Here, the specific period may be one that can be specified in units of one day, one week, or one month. The communication unit 1_3 can communicate with the local controller 100 through a first communication method. Also, the local controller 100 can perform communication with the at least one facility through a second communication method.

Here, the first communication method may be a wireless communication method using a mobile communication network, a TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet protocol), a LAN (Local Area Network), a wireless LAN, a Wi-Fi, a Wireless Broadband And World Interoperability for Microwave Access (Wimax).

The second communication method may be RS 485.

According to another embodiment, the communication unit 1_3 includes a data center server (not shown) for collecting information on the energy usage amount and / or status information of the control area from the at least one control area 30, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > and / or < / RTI >

Here, the data center server may be a component corresponding to the power management server included in the power management system described above.

Therefore, the communication unit 1_3 may obtain the power consumption amount information and / or the status information directly from each of the at least one control areas 30, but may calculate the power consumption amount information from each of the at least one control areas 30 Or may acquire the power consumption amount information and / or the status information indirectly from the power amount management system to be collected.

According to one embodiment, the remote management server 1 can generate a control command for a control area including a facility based on state information obtained from the control unit 1_4 and the communication unit 1_3 have.

For example, the remote management server 1 determines whether the current state of the control area has been changed in the state before the predetermined period based on the state information, and if the current state changes from the first state to the second state Or to change the predetermined period when it is determined that the state has changed from the second state to the first state.

Alternatively, the remote management server 1 may generate a control command that causes the local controller to determine whether the current state of the control area is changed in the state before the predetermined period, based on the state information. And generate a control command to change the predetermined period if the current state is determined by the local controller to change from the first state to the second state or from the second state to the first state.

The remote management server 1 may determine whether the current state has been changed every predetermined period, or may generate a control command to determine whether the current state of the control area has been changed by the local controller at predetermined intervals.

In this case, the first state is a state in which the state information is more important than the second state. That is, in the first state, the state information of the control region is required more frequently to control the control region than the second state.

For example, the facility includes an air conditioner having a compressor constituting a refrigerant compression cycle, the first state being a state in which the compressor is in operation, and the second state being a state in which the operation of the compressor is stopped .

Alternatively, the facility may include an air conditioner having an indoor unit and an outdoor unit, and the first state may be a state in which the outdoor unit is in operation, and the second state may be a state where the operation of the outdoor unit is stopped.

Or the facility includes an air conditioner having an indoor unit and an outdoor unit, wherein the first state is a state in which the indoor unit is in operation in at least one of a cooling mode, a heating mode, and a dehumidifying mode, Or the indoor unit may be in a stopped state.

The aspect of the above-described configuration is characterized in that, when the state information has a low importance, based on the state information of the control area in which the facility is installed, a transmission period is set differently from a data transmission period in a state in which the state information is high in importance, There is an effect of reducing the transmission amount and the storage amount when the state information is not frequently received. Therefore, it is effective to efficiently manage the power, storage capacity, and communication amount of the remote management server and related facilities and to save energy.

When the state of the control region is changed from the first state to the second state or from the second state to the first state as described above, the predetermined period is changed to the second period in the first period, 1 cycle.

That is, the predetermined period is a first period in which the communication unit receives the status information in the first state; And a second period in which the communication unit receives the status information in the second status.

And the first period may be shorter than the second period. For example, the first period may be set to 10 seconds, and the second period may be set to 600 seconds.

An example of the predetermined period change according to the change of the current state of the control region will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 6 is a graph of various state information of the control area received by the communication unit according to time, wherein x axis represents the time (sec) at which state information is transmitted to the communication unit, and y axis represents numerical values of various state information to be transmitted.

As shown in the figure, various state information is received every second period when the control area, for example, the compressor 50 of the air conditioner is at rest (second state). If it is determined that the current state of the compressor 50 is changed to the operation state (first state) after the state information is received every second cycle, the second cycle is changed to the first cycle, . That is, if it is determined that the compressor is changed from the stopped state to the operating state, the transmission cycle is changed so that the state information is received more frequently.

Likewise, when it is determined that the compressor is changed from the operating state to the stopped state, the transmission period of the state information is changed again to the first period and received again irrevocably.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the state of the compressor has not been changed, that is, when the state in which the compressor is continuously operating is maintained or the compressor is maintained in the stopped state, the predetermined period as the transmission period of the state information is not changed.

In this manner, if it is determined that the current state of the control region including various facilities has been changed in the state before the predetermined period as described above, the state information is received by changing the predetermined period.

7 through 8 are flowcharts illustrating a remote management method according to various embodiments disclosed herein. A remote management method according to an embodiment disclosed herein with reference to FIG. 7 may include the following steps.

(S10). The state of the control region is changed from the first state to the second state based on the state information of the control region, or the state of the control region is changed from the second state to the first state (S30).

At this time, this determination can be performed every predetermined period. However, as shown in FIG. 7, it is possible to wait until one predetermined period has elapsed after receiving the status information (S21), and then determine whether the current status has been changed (S30).

If it is determined based on the state information of the control area that the current state has changed in a state before the predetermined period, the predetermined period is changed (S40). Specifically, if it is determined that the current state of the control region is changed from the first state to the second state, the predetermined period is changed to the second period, and it is determined that the state of the control region is changed from the second state to the first state The predetermined period is changed to the first period.

If it is determined that the current state is the same as the state before the predetermined period based on the state information of the control region, that is, if the previous state is the first state and the current state is also the first state or the previous state is the second state If it is determined that the state is also the second state, the state information is received again without changing the predetermined period (S10).

Since the state information, the first state, the second state, the first period, and the second period, which are received at this time, have been described above, redundant contents are omitted.

8 is a flowchart of a remote management method according to another embodiment. Referring to FIG. 8, first, the control information of the control area is received at a predetermined period (S10). The control area is changed from the first state to the second state based on the state information of the control area, 2 state to the first state (S30).

At this time, this determination can be performed every predetermined period. However, the embodiment of FIG. 8 differs from the embodiment of FIG. 7 in the determination timing. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, after the state information is received, it is determined whether the current state is changed immediately (S30), the state determined by the upper device is changed and the state information is received again after waiting for the predetermined predetermined period do.

If it is determined that the current state is the same as the state before the predetermined period based on the state information of the control region, that is, if the previous state is the first state and the current state is also the first state or the previous state is the second state If it is determined that the state is also the second state, the state information is received again (S10) after waiting for a predetermined period (S31) without changing the predetermined period.

The remote management server 1 determines whether it is necessary to reduce the power consumption based on the power consumption information obtained from the control unit 1_4 and the communication unit 1_3. The control command can be generated

The controller 1_4 may control the components included in the remote management server 1 to provide the remote management function according to the embodiment disclosed herein.

The transmission period in which the status information is transmitted to the communication unit may be predetermined or stored, or may be input from the outside.

To this end, the remote management server 1 may include an input unit 1_1 for receiving a user input. In this case, the control unit 1_4 may receive the transmission period based on the user input.

According to one embodiment, the input unit 1 _ 1 can receive (or receive) various user inputs as described above from the user. For example, the input unit 1_1 may receive a control input related to facility control on the control screen displayed by the display unit 1_2.

The input unit 1_1 may include a key pad, a dome switch, a touch pad (static / static), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like. Particularly, when the touch pad has a mutual layer structure with the display unit 1_2, it can be called a touch screen.

Referring again to FIG. 5, the input unit 1_1 may receive a user input for controlling the remote management server 1. The input unit 1_1 may generate input data for controlling the operation of the remote management server 1 by a user.

The display unit 1_2 displays information to be processed by the remote management server 1 and outputs the information. For example, the display unit 1_2 may display a UI (User Interface) or a GUI (Graphic User Interface) related to the function provided by the remote management server 1. That is, the display unit 1_2 may display the control screen.

Also, the display unit 1_2 can display the processing result of the controller 1_4 on the screen.

The display unit 1_2 may be a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, a flexible display, a three-dimensional display (3D display).

Also, there may be two or more display units 1_2 according to the implementation mode of the remote management server 1. For example, the remote management server 1 may be provided with an external display unit (not shown) and an internal display unit (not shown) at the same time.

(Hereinafter, referred to as a 'touch screen') having a mutual layer structure with a sensor (hereinafter, referred to as 'touch sensor') for sensing a touch operation with the display unit 1_2, It can also be used as an input device in addition to the device. The touch sensor may have the form of, for example, a touch film, a touch sheet, a touch pad, or the like.

The storage unit 1_5 may store information received, processed and generated by the remote management server 1. [

For example, the storage unit 1_5 may store a program for processing and controlling the control unit 1_4 and may store input / output data (for example, user input through a user interface, control processing A process or a control result, and the like).

Specifically, the storage unit 1_5 may store information on control regions including the above-described state information and energy information. And may store the predetermined period.

Also, the storage unit 1_5 may store the user interface screen (or the control screen).

The storage unit 1_5 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, an SSD (solid state disk or solid state drive), a multimedia card micro type, a card type (RAM), a static random access memory (SRAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) A programmable read-only memory (PROM) magnetic memory, a magnetic disk, and an optical disk.

Also, the remote management server 1 may operate a web storage that performs a storage function of the storage unit 1_5 on the Internet.

Remote management function through terminal connected with remote management server

Hereinafter, a remote management function through an external terminal connected to the remote management server according to an embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 9 through FIG.

The remote management function through the terminal according to an embodiment disclosed below may be implemented as a part or a combination of the configurations or steps included in the above embodiments or a combination of the embodiments, The redundant portion can be omitted for the sake of clarity of the remote management function through the terminal.

9 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an external terminal connected to a remote management server according to an embodiment disclosed herein.

Referring to FIG. 9, the remote management server 1 according to an embodiment disclosed herein may be connected to a terminal (or an external terminal 500) by wire or wireless.

To this end, the remote management server 1 may be connected to the terminal 500 through the communication unit 1_3 described above.

A user or an administrator of the remote integrated management system (TMS) can control the remote management server 1 through the terminal 500.

Accordingly, the user or administrator of the remote integrated management system (TMS) can execute all of the remote management functions according to the embodiments described above through the terminal 500. [

10 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration of a terminal connected to the remote management server disclosed in this specification.

FIG. 10 shows a configuration in which the terminal 500 according to the embodiments disclosed herein is implemented in the form of a mobile terminal.

The terminal 500 includes a wireless communication unit 510, an audio / video input unit 520, a user input unit 530, a sensing unit 540, an output unit 550, a memory 560, An interface unit 570, and a control unit 580. The components shown in Fig. 9 are not essential, and a terminal having more or fewer components may be implemented.

Hereinafter, the components will be described in order.

The wireless communication unit 510 may enable wireless communication between the terminal 500 and the wireless communication system or between the terminal 500 and the network where the terminal 500 is located or between the terminal 500 and the central control apparatus 100 Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > and / or < / RTI >

For example, the wireless communication unit 310 may include a broadcast receiving module 511, a mobile communication module 512, a wireless Internet module 513, a short-range communication module 514, and a location information module 515 .

The broadcast receiving module 511 receives broadcast signals and / or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast center through a broadcast channel.

The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel. The broadcast center may be a server for generating and transmitting broadcast signals and / or broadcast-related information, or a server for receiving broadcast signals and / or broadcast-related information generated by the broadcast center and transmitting the generated broadcast signals and / or broadcast- related information. The broadcast signal may include a TV broadcast signal, a radio broadcast signal, a data broadcast signal, and a broadcast signal in which a data broadcast signal is combined with a TV broadcast signal or a radio broadcast signal.

The broadcast-related information may refer to a broadcast channel, a broadcast program, or information related to a broadcast service provider. The broadcast-related information may also be provided through a mobile communication network. In this case, it may be received by the mobile communication module 212.

The broadcast-related information may exist in various forms. For example, an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) of DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) or an ESG (Electronic Service Guide) of Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H).

For example, the broadcast receiving module 511 may be a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DMB-T), a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting-Satellite (DMB-S), a Media Forward Link Only (DVF-H) And a Digital Broadcasting System (ISDB-T) (Integrated Services Digital Broadcast-Terrestrial). Of course, the broadcast receiving module 211 may be adapted to other broadcasting systems as well as the digital broadcasting system described above.

The broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information received through the broadcast receiving module 511 may be stored in the memory 560.

The mobile communication module 512 transmits and receives a radio signal to at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. The wireless signal may include various types of data depending on a voice call signal, a video call signal or a text / multimedia message transmission / reception.

The wireless Internet module 513 is a module for wireless Internet access, and may be built in or externally attached to the terminal 500. WLAN (Wi-Fi), Wibro (Wireless broadband), Wimax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and the like can be used as wireless Internet technologies.

The short range communication module 514 is a module for short range communication. Bluetooth®, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IRDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee®, and the like can be used as short range communication technology. Meanwhile, USB (Universal Serial Bus), IEEE 1394, Thunderbolt (TM), or the like can be used as the near-field communication of the wire.

The wireless Internet module 513 or the short-range communication module 514 may establish a data communication connection with the central control unit 100.

When the wireless Internet module 513 or the local area communication module 514 transmits an audio signal wirelessly through the established data communication, if there is an audio signal to be output, the audio signal is transmitted through the local communication module To the central control unit (100). In addition, through the established data communication, the wireless Internet module 513 or the local area communication module 514 can transmit the information to the central control unit 100 when there is information to be displayed. Alternatively, the wireless Internet module 513 or the short-range communication module 514 may receive an audio signal input through a microphone built in the central control unit 100 through the established data communication. The wireless Internet module 513 or the local area communication module 514 may transmit the identification information of the mobile terminal 500 (for example, a telephone number or a device name in the case of a mobile phone) To the device (100).

The location information module 515 is a module for acquiring the location of the terminal, for example, a Global Position System (GPS) module.

Referring to FIG. 10, an A / V (Audio / Video) input unit 520 is for inputting an audio signal or a video signal, and may include a camera 521 and a microphone 522. The camera 521 processes image frames such as still images or moving images obtained by the image sensor in the video communication mode or the photographing mode. The processed image frame can be displayed on the display unit 551. [

The image frame processed by the camera 521 may be stored in the memory 260 or may be transmitted to the outside via the wireless communication unit 510. [ More than two cameras 521 may be provided depending on the use environment.

The microphone 522 receives an external sound signal by a microphone in a communication mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, or the like, and processes it as electrical voice data. The processed voice data can be converted into a form that can be transmitted to the mobile communication base station through the mobile communication module 512 when the voice data is in the call mode, and output. The microphone 522 may be implemented with various noise reduction algorithms for eliminating noise generated in the process of receiving an external sound signal.

The user input unit 530 generates input data for controlling the operation of the terminal. The user input unit 530 may include a key pad dome switch, a touch pad (static / static), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like.

The sensing unit 540 may include a proximity sensor 541, a pressure sensor 542, a motion sensor 543, and the like. The proximity sensor 541 can detect an object approaching the mobile terminal 500 or the presence or absence of an object in the vicinity of the mobile terminal 200 without mechanical contact. The proximity sensor 541 can detect a nearby object by using a change in the alternating magnetic field or a change in the static magnetic field, or a rate of change in capacitance. The proximity sensor 241 may include two or more sensors according to the configuration.

The pressure sensor 542 can detect whether the pressure is applied to the mobile terminal 500, the magnitude of the pressure, and the like. The pressure sensor 542 may be installed at a portion where the pressure of the mobile terminal 500 is required according to the use environment. If the pressure sensor 542 is installed on the display unit 551, a touch input through the display unit 551 and a pressure larger than the touch input may be generated according to a signal output from the pressure sensor 542 To identify the applied pressure touch input. In addition, the magnitude of the pressure applied to the display unit 551 when the pressure touch is input can be determined according to the signal output from the pressure sensor 542. [

The motion sensor 543 senses the position and movement of the mobile terminal 500 using an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, or the like. An acceleration sensor that can be used for the motion sensor 543 is an element that converts an acceleration change in one direction into an electric signal. Acceleration sensors are usually constructed by mounting two or three axes in one package. Depending on the usage environment, only one axis of Z axis is required. Therefore, when the acceleration sensor in the X-axis direction or the Y-axis direction is used instead of the Z-axis direction for some reason, the acceleration sensor may be mounted on the main substrate by using a separate piece substrate. In addition, the gyro sensor is a sensor for measuring the angular velocity of the mobile terminal 500, which is rotating, and can sense a rotated angle with respect to each reference direction. For example, the gyro sensor may sense azimuth, pitch and roll angles based on axes in three directions.

The output unit 550 is for generating an output relating to a visual, auditory or tactile sense and includes a display unit 551, an acoustic output module 552, an alarm unit 553, and a haptic module 554 .

The display unit 551 displays (outputs) the information processed by the terminal 500. [ For example, when the terminal is in the call mode, a UI (User Interface) or a GUI (Graphic User Interface) associated with a call is displayed. When the terminal 200 is in the video communication mode or the photographing mode, the photographed and / or received image, UI, or GUI is displayed.

The display unit 551 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), a flexible display display, and a 3D display.

Some of these displays may be transparent or light transmissive so that they can be seen through. This can be referred to as a transparent display, and a typical example of the transparent display is TOLED (Transparent OLED) and the like. The rear structure of the display unit 251 may also be of a light transmission type. With this structure, the user can see an object located behind the terminal body through the area occupied by the display portion 551 of the terminal body.

There may be two or more display units 551 according to the embodiment of the terminal 500. For example, in the terminal 500, a plurality of display portions may be spaced apart from one another or may be disposed integrally with each other, or may be disposed on different surfaces.

(Hereinafter, referred to as a 'touch screen') in which a display unit 551 and a sensor for sensing a touch operation (hereinafter, referred to as 'touch sensor') have a mutual layer structure It can also be used as an input device. The touch sensor may have the form of, for example, a touch film, a touch sheet, a touch pad, or the like.

The touch sensor may be configured to convert a change in a pressure applied to a specific portion of the display portion 551 or a capacitance generated in a specific portion of the display portion 551 into an electrical input signal. The touch sensor can be configured to detect not only the position and area to be touched but also the pressure at the time of touch.

If there is a touch input to the touch sensor, the corresponding signal (s) is sent to the touch controller. The touch controller processes the signal (s) and transmits the corresponding data to the control unit 280. Thus, the control unit 580 can know which area of the display unit 251 is touched or the like.

A proximity sensor 541 may be disposed in an inner region of the terminal to be wrapped by the touch screen or in the vicinity of the touch screen. The proximity sensor refers to a sensor that detects the presence or absence of an object approaching a predetermined detection surface or a nearby object without mechanical contact using the force of an electromagnetic field or infrared rays. The proximity sensor has a longer life span than the contact sensor and its utilization is also high.

Examples of the proximity sensor include a transmission type photoelectric sensor, a direct reflection type photoelectric sensor, a mirror reflection type photoelectric sensor, a high frequency oscillation type proximity sensor, a capacitive proximity sensor, a magnetic proximity sensor, and an infrared proximity sensor. And to detect the proximity of the pointer by the change of the electric field along the proximity of the pointer when the touch screen is electrostatic. In this case, the touch screen (touch sensor) may be classified as a proximity sensor.

Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the act of recognizing that the pointer is positioned on the touch screen while the pointer is not in contact with the touch screen is referred to as "proximity touch & The act of actually touching the pointer on the screen is called "contact touch. &Quot; The position where the pointer is proximately touched on the touch screen means a position where the pointer is vertically corresponding to the touch screen when the pointer is touched.

The proximity sensor detects a proximity touch and a proximity touch pattern (e.g., a proximity touch distance, a proximity touch direction, a proximity touch speed, a proximity touch time, a proximity touch position, a proximity touch movement state, and the like). Information corresponding to the detected proximity touch operation and the proximity touch pattern may be output on the touch screen.

The audio output module 552 may output audio data received from the wireless communication unit 210 or stored in the memory 260 in a call signal reception mode, a call mode or a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, The sound output module 252 also outputs sound signals related to functions (e.g., call signal reception sound, message reception sound, etc.) performed in the terminal 200. [ The sound output module 252 may include a receiver, a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The alarm unit 553 outputs a signal for notifying the terminal 500 of the occurrence of an event. Examples of events that occur in the terminal include call signal reception, message reception, key signal input, touch input, and the like. The alarm unit 553 may output a signal for informing occurrence of an event in a form other than a video signal or an audio signal, for example, vibration. The video signal or the audio signal may also be output through the display unit 551 or the audio output module 552 so that they may be classified as a part of the alarm unit 253. [

The haptic module 554 generates various tactile effects that the user can feel. A typical example of the haptic effect generated by the haptic module 554 is vibration. The intensity and the pattern of the vibration generated by the hit module 554 are controllable. For example, different vibrations may be synthesized and output or sequentially output.

In addition to the vibration, the haptic module 554 may be arranged in a variety of forms such as a pin arrangement vertically moving with respect to the contact skin surface, a spraying force or suction force of the air through the injection port or the suction port, a touch on the skin surface, And various tactile effects such as an effect of reproducing a cold sensation using an endothermic or exothermic element can be generated.

The haptic module 554 can be implemented not only to transmit tactile effect through direct contact, but also to allow a user to feel a tactile effect through the muscular sensation of a finger or an arm. More than one haptic module 554 may be provided according to the configuration of the terminal 500.

The memory 560 may store a program for the operation of the controller 580 and temporarily store input / output data (e.g., a phone book, a message, a still image, a moving picture, etc.). The memory 560 may store data related to vibration and sound of various patterns output upon touch input on the touch screen.

In some embodiments, the memory 560 may include an operating system (not shown), a module that performs the function of the wireless communication unit 510, a module that operates in conjunction with the user input unit 530, an A / V input unit 520, And a module that operates in conjunction with the output unit 550. The software components may be stored in a memory. The operating system (e.g., LINUX, UNIX, OS X, WINDOWS, Chrome, Symbian, iOS, Android, VxWorks or other embedded operating systems) provides various software for controlling system tasks such as memory management, power management, Components and / or drivers.

In addition, the memory 560 may store a program (e.g., a control program) associated with control or management of the facility. The program may be executed by the control unit 580. [

In addition, the memory 560 may store an application related to facility control or management downloaded from an application providing server (e.g., an application store).

The memory 560 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (e.g., SD or xD memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), PROM A disk, and / or an optical disk. The terminal 500 may operate in association with a web storage that performs the storage function of the memory 560 on the Internet.

The interface unit 570 serves as a path to all the external devices connected to the terminal 200. The interface unit 570 receives data from an external device or supplies power to each component in the terminal 500 or transmits data in the terminal 500 to an external device. For example, a wired / wireless headset port, an external charger port, a wired / wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio I / O port, A video input / output (I / O) port, an earphone port, and the like may be included in the interface unit 570.

The identification module is a chip for storing various information for authenticating the usage right of the terminal 500 and includes a user identification module (UIM), a subscriber identity module (SIM), a universal user authentication module A Subscriber Identity Module (USIM), and the like. Devices with identification modules (hereinafter referred to as "identification devices") can be manufactured in a smart card format. Accordingly, the identification device can be connected to the terminal 500 through the port.

When the terminal 500 is connected to an external cradle, the interface unit may be a path through which the power from the cradle is supplied to the terminal 500, or various command signals input from the cradle by the user are transmitted to the terminal . The various command signals input from the cradle or the power source may be operated as a signal for recognizing that the terminal is correctly mounted on the cradle.

The controller 280 typically controls the overall operation of the terminal. For example, voice communication, data communication, video communication, and the like. The control unit 580 may include a multimedia module 581 for multimedia playback. The multimedia module 581 may be implemented in the control unit 580 or separately from the control unit 580.

The control unit 580 may perform a pattern recognition process to recognize a handwriting input or a drawing input performed on the touch screen as characters and images, respectively.

The power supply unit 590 receives an external power supply and / or an internal power supply under the control of the controller 580 and supplies power necessary for operation of the respective components.

The power supply unit 590 includes a battery 599 that supplies power to each component of the terminal 500 and may include a charging unit 598 for wired or wirelessly charging the battery 599.

Although the present invention discloses a mobile terminal connected to the central control apparatus 100 as an example, the configuration according to the embodiment described herein may be applied to a fixed terminal such as a digital TV, a desktop computer, It will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be applied to a terminal.

1: central management server 10: store management system
1_1: input unit 1_2: display unit
1_3: communication unit 1_4: control unit
1_5: storage unit 100: local controller

Claims (20)

A communication unit for performing communication with at least one control area in which an energy consuming facility is installed; And
Controlling the communication unit to receive status information of the control area at a predetermined period, generating a control command for managing the at least one control area based on the status information, and transmitting the generated control command to the at least one And a control unit for controlling the communication unit to transmit the control signal to the control area,
Wherein the predetermined period is changed based on the status information. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the predetermined period is changed when the state of the control region changes from the first state to the second state or when the state changes from the second state to the first state. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the state information of the control area includes state information of the facility,
The predetermined period may be,
A first period in which the communication unit receives the status information in the first status; And
And a second period in which the communication unit receives the status information in the second state,
Wherein the first period is shorter than the second period. The method of claim 3,
The facility includes an air conditioner having a compressor constituting a refrigerant compression cycle,
Wherein the first state is a state in which the compressor is in operation,
And the second state is a state in which the operation of the compressor is stopped. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the facility includes an air conditioner having an indoor unit and an outdoor unit,
Wherein the first state is a state in which the outdoor unit is in operation,
And the second state is a state in which the operation of the outdoor unit is stopped. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the facility includes an air conditioner having an indoor unit and an outdoor unit,
Wherein the first state is a state in which the indoor unit is in operation in at least one of a cooling mode, a heating mode, and a dehumidification mode,
Wherein the second state is a state in which the indoor unit is operating in a blowing mode or the indoor unit is in a stop state. 7. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 6,
Wherein the communication unit performs communication with a local controller provided in the at least one control area and controlling the facility,
Wherein the control unit manages the facility through the local controller. 8. The method of claim 7,
The local controller comprising:
Determines whether the current state of the control area has been changed in the state before the predetermined period based on the state information,
And changes the predetermined period when it is determined that the current state is changed from the first state to the second state or from the second state to the first state. 9. The method of claim 8,
The local controller comprising:
Changing the predetermined period from the first period to the second period when the current state is changed from the first state to the second state,
And changes the predetermined period from the second period to the first period when the current state is changed from the second state to the first state. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the local controller determines whether the state of the control area has been changed every predetermined period. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein,
Determines whether the current state of the control area has been changed in the state before the predetermined period based on the state information,
And changes the predetermined period when it is determined that the current state is changed from the first state to the second state or changed from the second state to the first state. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein,
Changing the predetermined period from the first period to the second period when the current state is changed from the first state to the second state,
And changes the predetermined period from the second period to the first period when the current state is changed from the second state to the first state. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the control unit determines whether the state of the control area has been changed for each of the predetermined periods. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the communication unit communicates with the local controller through a first communication method,
Wherein the local controller communicates with the facility in a second communication manner. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Wherein the communication unit performs communication with a plurality of control areas provided with facilities for consuming energy,
Wherein each of the plurality of control areas is an area corresponding to at least one of a building, a building, a store, a mall, and a school maintained, managed, and managed by the remote management server. A remote management method by a remote management server that remotely maintains, maintains, and manages at least one control area in which an energy consuming facility is installed,
Receiving status information of the control area at a predetermined period; And
And changing the predetermined period based on state information of the control area. 17. The method of claim 16,
Further comprising a state change determination step of determining whether the state of the control area is changed from the first state to the second state or from the second state to the first state based on the state information of the control area,
The predetermined period may be,
A first period in which the communication unit receives the status information in the first status; And a second period in which the communication unit receives the status information in the second state,
The transmission period changing step includes:
If it is determined that the state of the control region is changed from the first state to the second state, the predetermined period is changed to the second period,
And changing the predetermined period to a first period if it is determined that the state of the control region has changed from the second state to the first state. 18. The method of claim 17,
The facility is an air conditioner,
Wherein the first period is shorter than the second period,
Wherein the first state is a state in which the compressor of the air conditioner is in operation,
And the second state is a state in which the operation of the compressor is stopped. 18. The method of claim 17,
Wherein the state change determination step determines whether the state of the control area has been changed every predetermined period. 20. The method of claim 19,
Wherein,
Wherein the controller determines whether the status of the control area is changed as soon as the status information of the control area is received or whether the status of the control area is changed after a predetermined period has elapsed after the status information of the control area is received Remote management method.

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