KR20160063666A - Method for Certification and Registration of Smart Plug and System thereof - Google Patents

Method for Certification and Registration of Smart Plug and System thereof Download PDF

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KR20160063666A
KR20160063666A KR1020140167195A KR20140167195A KR20160063666A KR 20160063666 A KR20160063666 A KR 20160063666A KR 1020140167195 A KR1020140167195 A KR 1020140167195A KR 20140167195 A KR20140167195 A KR 20140167195A KR 20160063666 A KR20160063666 A KR 20160063666A
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a smart plug identification method and a system thereof. The method comprises: a step (a) of performing a subscriber identification process through a management server of a home energy management system (HEMS); a step (b) of transmitting a short message, which includes an identification code, to the HEMS; a step (c) of confirming a registration in the HEMS and sending a smart plug registration request to the HEMS, through the HEMS management server; a step (d) of performing the identification process by using a key value; and a step (e) of registering the smart plug by searching a network through the HEMS. According to the present invention, a user can monitor electricity use and a bill of a relevant electronic device in real time through a mobile terminal by using electricity use data transmitted by the smart plug.

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[0001] The present invention relates to smart plug authentication and registration methods, and more particularly,

The present invention relates to a method and system for authenticating and registering a smart plug, and more particularly, to a method and system for authenticating and registering a smart plug in an energy profile between a Smart Plug and a Home Energy Management System (HEMS) And a method for registering the same and a system thereof.

Home Energy Management System (HEMS) enables real-time monitoring of power usage and charges. The home energy management system should be capable of displaying real-time measurement data through interworking with household appliances using various communication companies. Furthermore, a device called Smart Plug is required to measure the electric power consumption of household appliances. Smart plug is a device that can remotely control the product and monitor the electricity usage with the Internet or smart phone. The smart plug is a device that can cut off standby power in a form similar to a general plug to reduce power consumption, promote purchase of highly efficient devices, and expect various effects for energy management, such as inducing change in power consumption behavior.

In the home energy management system, it is necessary to register the equipment for information sharing between the smart home appliance and the system. However, older home appliances do not have a direct connection to the home energy management system. Therefore, the smart plug measures the energy consumption and usage time of the old home appliances and transmits the data to the home energy management system.

In addition, smart plugs must support the same version of the energy profile on different types of smart plugs to transmit the correct power usage data to the home energy management system.

As a prior art related to the present invention, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for measuring power consumed in an electric device by connecting to an electric device, and when the registered mode of the smart socket smart socket to which the code is assigned is performed, The code image of the management apparatus and the code image of the smart socket are received and the information of the electric device to be connected to the smart socket is inputted and the code image of the obtained power management apparatus and the smart socket is read, A smart socket code, and an electric device, and transmits the pairing information to the power management device. Thus, users of all ages and users who are unfamiliar with digital devices can use smart sockets and electric devices It is possible to easily register, change, and release it, thereby increasing the utility of the user, It is one that is disclosed for maximum accessibility.

In addition, Patent Document 2 discloses an adapter that has unique identification information, detects whether the connected electrical product is used and reports the fact that the home server is out of service, and supplies the electrical product based on the identification information transmitted from the adapter And a home server for controlling power supply to the home server, and a standby power interruption system using the adapter, which can be easily installed in a system capable of blocking standby power It is disclosed that only the desired electrical products can be controlled individually based on the identification information.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2012-0037551 (2012.04.20., Disclosure, power management apparatus, power management system having the same, and control method thereof) Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2012-0138253 (December 26, 2012, an adapter for detecting whether or not the battery is used, and a standby power interruption system using the same)

In view of the above, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a smart plug which is used for measuring the amount of energy usage and the usage time of the old home appliance, The purpose is to.

(A) after initialization of a home energy management system (HEMS) installed in a user terminal, when a home energy management system transmits a message requesting registration to a remote HEMS management server connected to a communication network, Performing subscriber authentication at a management server; (b) The HEMS management server requests authentication to the home energy management system and transmits a short message (SMS) including an authentication code to the user terminal, respectively, and the user terminal transmits a short message including the received authentication code to the home energy management system ; (c) when the home energy management system responds to the authentication with the HEMS management server, the HEMS management server requests the registration with the smart plug, together with the registration confirmation with the home energy management system; (d) transmitting the registration confirmation to the HEMS management server according to the registration request of the HEMS management server and performing the authentication using the key value including the customer information and the unique identification number of the smart plug; and (e) Wherein the smart plug provides a smart plug authentication and registration method including a step of registering a smart plug in a network search by a home energy management system when the smart plug provides information of an authenticated authentication key to an application installed in a user terminal It is characteristic that it provided.

Also, in the present invention, in the step (a), the registration request message of the home energy management system may include customer information including the user's mobile terminal telephone number and unique identification information of the home energy management system.

The present invention also provides a home energy management system for requesting authentication and registration to a remote HEMS management server and for searching and registering smart plugs connected to the network, A user terminal including an application for searching and registering the connected smart plug, and a database for storing customer information, a registration request message, and an authentication key value and inputting and outputting the same; A smart plug for performing authentication using a key value including customer information of the user terminal and a unique identification number, providing an authentication key to an application, and registering its information in a HEMS management server, And a HEMS management server for receiving the request message, authenticating the subscriber, transmitting a short message including the authentication code to the user terminal, and registering the information of the smart plug, wherein the home energy management system installed in the user terminal is authenticated and registered A smart plug authentication and registration system is provided that receives power usage data information of home appliances connected to a smart plug and monitors them through an application.

Also, in the present invention, the power usage data information may include a power usage amount and a conversion fee.

Also, in the present invention, the smart plug and the HEMS management server can perform data communication with any one of a wireless communication network such as Wi-Fi, Zigbee, PLC (Power Line Carrier), Bluetooth have.

Also, in the present invention, the HEMS management server and the user terminal can perform data communication with one of a wireless communication network of WCDMA, 3G, LTE, or Wi-Fi.

According to the present invention, in the home energy management system, the power usage data transmitted from the smart plug is authenticated and registered by the smart plug installed in the old home appliance so that the user can use the mobile terminal in real time It is advantageous to induce voluntary energy saving because it can be monitored.

1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a smart plug authentication and registration system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a smart plug authentication and registration method according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, a smart plug authentication and registration system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1, a smart plug 200 installed in a spherical home appliance is connected to a home energy management system (HEMS) management server 300, a home energy management system 110, and a user terminal 100 provided with an application 120 So that the user terminal 100 can receive and monitor the power usage data information of each smart plug 200.

The user terminal 100 is a terminal owned by a user of a household or a space using a plurality of home appliances that are not users, that is, a smart plug function. The user terminal 100 may be a desktop PC or a notebook PC capable of wired / wireless communication, a tablet PC, a smart phone, or the like. Furthermore, the user terminal 100 may be a mobile terminal that transmits and receives data through wireless communication.

The user terminal 100 includes a home energy management system 110 that requests authentication and registration to a remote HEMS management server 300 and searches and registers the smart plug 200 connected to the network. The home energy management system 110 is manufactured as a mobile application and installed in the user terminal 100. The application 120 installed in the user terminal 100 searches for and registers the smart plug 200 connected to the home energy management system 110 via the network by receiving the authentication key of the smart plug 200. [ In addition, the application 120 includes a function of visually displaying power usage data of the smart plug 200, that is, a power usage amount and a conversion fee, by numerical values, a graph, and the like. Also, the user terminal 100 includes a database 130 for storing user registration information, a registration request message of the home energy management system 110, an authentication key value of the smart plug 200, and the like, in addition to user customer information.

The smart plug 200 is installed in the household appliance 10 that can not generate data on power usage. The smart plug 200 senses the amount of use of the AC power source AC applied to the household appliance 10 and calculates it as power usage data. Accordingly, the smart plug 200 is installed for each one or more household appliances 10 installed in one generation or space.

Further, the smart plug 200 performs authentication using the key value including the customer information of the user terminal 100 and the unique identification number, provides the authentication key to the application 120, and transmits the authentication key to the HEMS management server 300 Information is registered.

The HEMS management server 300 receives the registration request message of the home energy management system 110 to authenticate the subscriber and transmits a short message service (SMS) including the authentication code to the user terminal 100, 200 are registered. The HEMS management server 300 is installed remotely and performs data communication with the plurality of smart plugs 200 and the user terminal 100. The HEMS management server 300 stores a registration request message of the home energy management system 110, short message information including an authentication code, information on requests and confirmations for authentication and registration, It is good to be.

The smart plug 200 and the HEMS management server 300 may be connected to any one of a wireless communication network such as Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Power Line Carrier (PLC), Bluetooth, Data communication. Furthermore, it is preferable that the smart plug 200 is connected to the Internet through a wired communication network or a gateway of a wireless communication network.

Also, the HEMS management server 300 and the user terminal 100 perform data communication with one of a wireless communication network such as WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) or 3G, LTE, LTE-A or wireless LAN, which is a wireless mobile communication network .

Therefore, the home energy management system 110 installed in the user terminal 100 receives the power usage data information of the home appliance 10 connected to the smart plug 200 that has been authenticated and registered, and monitors the power usage data information through the application 120 .

The smart plug authentication and registration method of the present invention thus constructed will be described with reference to the flowchart of Fig.

2, a home energy management system (HEMS) 110 and an application 120 must be installed in the user terminal 100 for authentication and registration of the smart plug 200. [ It is preferable that the home energy management system 110 and the application 120 are downloaded from a web site or the like which provides an application store or HEMS management server 300 via the Internet.

The home energy management system 110 installed in the user terminal 100 is initialized for authentication and registration of the smart plug 200 (S11). Then, the home energy management system 110 transmits a registration request message to the remote HEMS management server 300 connected to the user terminal 100 via the communication network (S12). The HEMS management server 300 performs subscriber authentication from the registration request message received by the home energy management system 110 (S13). At this time, the registration request message of the home energy management system 110 includes the customer information including the mobile phone number of the user and the unique identification information of the home energy management system 110.

The HEMS management server 300 performs subscriber authentication using the registration request message received from the home energy management system 110, and then requests the home energy management system 110 for authentication (S14). Then, the HEMS management server 300 transmits a short message (SMS) including an authentication code to the user terminal 100 (S15). The user terminal 100 transmits a short message including the received authentication code to the home energy management system 110 (S16). When the home energy management system 110 responds to the authentication with the HEMS management server 300 at step S17, the HEMS management server 300 confirms the registration with the home energy management system 110 at step S18, The server 300 requests registration of the smart plug 200 (S19).

The smart plug 200 transmits a registration confirmation to the HEMS management server 300 in response to the registration request of the HEMS management server 300 in step S20 and transmits the registration confirmation including the unique identification number of the smart plug 200 The authentication is performed using the key value (S21).

When the smart plug 200 provides the information of the authenticated authentication key to the application 120 installed in the user terminal 100 (S22), the application 120 searches the network 120 by the home energy management system 110 After performing communication with the smart plug 200 (S23), the registration procedure of the corresponding smart plug 200 is performed (S24).

While the invention has been shown and described with respect to the specific embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Anyone who has it will know it easily.

The HEMS management server (HEMS) 120 includes an application 130, a database (DB) 200, a smart plug 300,

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(a) after initialization of a home energy management system (HEMS) installed in a user terminal, when a home energy management system transmits a message requesting registration to a remote HEMS management server connected to a communication network, performing a subscriber authentication at a HEMS management server;
(b) The HEMS management server requests authentication to the home energy management system and transmits a short message (SMS) including an authentication code to the user terminal, respectively, and the user terminal transmits a short message including the received authentication code to the home energy management system ;
(c) when the home energy management system responds to the authentication with the HEMS management server, the HEMS management server requests the registration with the smart plug, together with the registration confirmation with the home energy management system;
(d) transmitting the registration confirmation to the HEMS management server according to the registration request of the HEMS management server, and performing the authentication using the key value including the unique identification number of the smart plug and the customer information; and
(e) when the smart plug provides information of an authenticated authentication key to an application installed in a user terminal, the application performs a smart plug registration process by performing a network search by a home energy management system How to register.
The method of claim 1, wherein in step (a)
The registration request message of the home energy management system includes customer information including the user's mobile terminal telephone number and unique identification information of the home energy management system.
A home energy management system for requesting authentication and registration to a remote HEMS management server, searching and registering a smart plug connected to the network, and a smart plug connected to a home energy management system and a network by receiving an authentication key of the smart plug And a database for storing and inputting customer information, a registration request message, and an authentication key value;
A smart plug for performing authentication using a key value including customer information of the user terminal and a unique identification number, providing an authentication key to an application, and registering its information in a HEMS management server, and
And a HEMS management server for receiving a registration request message of the home energy management system to authenticate a subscriber, transmitting a short message including an authentication code to a user terminal, and registering information of a smart plug,
Wherein the home energy management system installed in the user terminal receives the power usage data information of the household appliance connected to the smart plug which has been authenticated and registered and can monitor the application through the application.
The smart plug authentication and registration system of claim 1, wherein the power usage data information includes a power usage amount and a conversion fee.
The smart plug and the HEMS management server according to claim 1, wherein the smart plug and the HEMS management server are smart plugs that perform data communication with one of a wireless communication network of Wi-Fi, Zigbee, PLC (Power Line Carrier), Bluetooth, Authentication and registration system.
The smart plug authentication and registration system of claim 1, wherein the HEMS management server and the user terminal are in data communication with one of WCDMA, 3G, LTE, or WiFi wireless communication networks.
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