KR20180114304A - Apparatus and method for device control based on energy information - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a device and a method for controlling a device for facilitating energy management by operating a device by using energy information. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method for controlling a device based on energy information comprises the following steps of: identifying device information and energy information related to a control capacity; transmitting the identified device information and the energy information related to the control capacity to an energy management system server; receiving the energy information by a demand response from the energy management system server; and controlling a control point of the device by using the received energy information by the demand response.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a device control method and device control apparatus based on energy information,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device control method and device control apparatus, and more particularly, to a device control method and device control apparatus for managing execution of a device function using energy information.

Conventional devices were operated with simple function controls such as power on / off, brightness control, volume control. Conventionally, since the conventional device controls the operation of the internal parts of the device in terms of the function, not the energy, the conventional energy management has been managed by the function of the device, not the energy information. That is, conventional energy management has been performed in such a manner that functions are controlled through power supply and shutdown according to energy consumption of the device. When the device is directly controlled by the energy management, it is difficult to use other devices for energy saving and energy management is difficult.

Therefore, in order to increase the efficiency of energy management, a technology for controlling devices using energy information is needed.

The present invention provides a device control apparatus and a device control method that facilitate energy management by allowing a device to operate using energy information.

The present invention provides a device control apparatus and a device control method for controlling a control point of a device using energy information by a demand reaction.

The present invention provides a device control apparatus and a device control method for energy management of internal parts of a device based on energy information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a device, comprising: identifying energy information on device information and control capacity; Transmitting energy information on the identified device information and control capacity to an energy management system server; Receiving energy information by a demand reaction from the energy management system server; And controlling the control point of the device using the energy information based on the received demand reaction.

The step of using the energy information based on the received demand response may be a device control method of analyzing and using control energy information representing energy consumed by time through the energy information by the received demand response.

The step of controlling the device control point using the energy information by the demand reaction may be a device control method of controlling the device control point by using energy for each control point identified from the control energy and the device-energy profile .

Controlling the control point of the device may be a device control method of controlling components that perform the function of the device.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a device control apparatus, wherein the device control apparatus includes a processor, the processor identifies energy information relating to device information and control capacity, To the energy management system server, receives the energy information by the demand reaction from the energy management system server, and uses the energy information by the received demand response to control energy of the control point of the device Information-based device control device.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an energy management method performed by an energy management system server, comprising: receiving energy information on device information and control capacity from a device control device; Managing the received device information and energy information in a integrated manner, and requesting a demand response service system to register demand response resources; Receiving reduction amount information by demand response from the demand response service system; And transmitting energy information to the device control apparatuses using the received reduction amount information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an energy management method performed by a demand response service system, comprising: receiving a request for demand response resource registration from an energy management system server; And transmitting the reduction amount information by the demand reaction to the energy management system server registered with the demand response resource.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a device control apparatus and a device control method that facilitate energy management by allowing a device to operate in energy terms.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a device control apparatus and a device control method for controlling a control point of a device using energy information by a demand reaction.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a device control apparatus and a device control method for energy management of internal parts of a device based on energy information can be provided.

1 is a diagram illustrating an energy management method using a device control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an energy management method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a device control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating an energy management method using a device control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Generally, energy supply and demand imbalance can be solved by controlling the generator supplying energy. For example, if the energy consumption increases, the supplier can increase the power generation amount of the generator to balance the energy supply and demand, and if the energy consumption decreases, the supplier can reduce the power generation amount of the generator to balance the energy supply and demand.

On the other hand, the demand response may mean controlling a device that is an energy-consuming load, not an energy supply generator, if energy supply-demand imbalance occurs or energy supply imbalance is expected. Here, the load may mean a device that consumes energy. That is, the demand response can mean controlling the energy consumption of the load to maintain the balance of energy supply and demand. For example, a demand response can reduce the energy consumption of a load if energy consumption exceeds energy production, thereby balancing energy supply and demand.

Demand response system 101 may refer to a system that performs energy management by demand response. For example, if energy consumption exceeds energy production and a reduction in energy consumption is required, the demand response system 101 may provide the energy reduction information required for energy management to at least one or more of the energy registered in the demand response system 101 To the management system server 102. Here, the energy reduction information may include information such as an energy reduction amount and a usage time.

The energy management system server 102 can analyze energy reduction information required for energy management received from the demand reaction system 101. [ That is, the energy reduction information may mean energy information indicating energy reduction by the demand reaction. At this time, the energy management system server 102 can transmit the energy usage information to the device control device 103 using the analyzed energy reduction information.

The energy information due to the demand reaction transmitted from the energy management system server 102 to the device control apparatus may be the same as the energy usage information. Here, the energy usage information may be energy information including information such as the amount of energy usage and the usage time available for each device. At least one device control device that receives energy usage information from the energy management system server 102 may be at least one.

The device control apparatus 103 can control the control point that realizes the function of the device by using the energy use information received from the energy management system server 102. [ Here, the function of the device may mean various functions existing in the device such as brightness control, volume control, motor driving amount, temperature control, airflow control. At this time, the function of the device is not limited to the above function, but may include functions of various devices. In addition, the control point may represent a detailed part that is executed to implement the function of the device.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an energy management method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

The device controller 230 can transmit the energy information regarding the device information and the control capacity to the energy management system server 220 and the energy management system server 220 can transmit the energy information about the received device information and the control capacity (201).

At this time, the device information may mean information including functions performed by the device, information such as a communication protocol and a control point. The control capacity may refer to the energy capacity that can be controlled by the device. That is, it can be seen as the total energy capacity used at the control point inside the device.

The energy management system server 220 can integrate and manage the energy information regarding the device information and the control capacity received from at least one device control device 230. At this time, the energy management system server 220 periodically registers with the demand response system 210 through the demand response resource registration 202. At this time, the resource registration is a registration for the energy control set by the device as a long term, and the bid registration can be regarded as a registration which is made when the demand market is opened.

The demand response system 210 may register at least one or more energy management system servers 220. When a demand reaction occurs from an energy exchange / related market / related service, the demand reaction system 210 transmits (203) energy reduction information for a demand response to at least one or more energy management system servers 220, can do. The energy reduction information 203 may mean energy information indicating an energy reduction amount due to a demand reaction. That is, since the energy consumption is higher than the energy production, the energy reduction information indicating the energy reduction through the demand reaction can be transmitted to the energy management system server 220.

At this time, the demand reaction may occur when the energy consumption exceeds the energy production, and the energy reduction information may be transmitted to the energy system server 220 for energy management according to the demand reaction. Here, the energy reduction information may mean energy information including information such as an energy reduction amount and a use time.

The energy management system server 220 receiving the energy reduction information may transmit (204) the energy usage information that each of the plurality of device control devices should perform to the device control device 230.

In this case, the energy usage information may mean energy information including information such as the amount of energy available to each device and the usage time. That is, the energy usage information can be used to control the function of each device based on energy information such as energy amount and usage time. That is, the device can be controlled based on the energy information, not by the function.

Energy information by the demand reaction transmitted from the energy management system server 220 to the device control apparatus 230 may mean energy usage information. That is, the energy information by the demand reaction may include information on the amount of energy used by each device and the usage time.

The device control unit 230 may include a protocol processing unit 231 that handles a protocol for transmitting / receiving data related to the outside, and a device control unit 232 that generates a signal for controlling a function of the device. In addition to the protocol processing unit 231 and the device control unit 232, the device control unit 230 may include a device-energy profile or a configuration such as at least one control point, which will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The protocol processing unit 231 of the device control device 230 can receive and analyze the energy usage information available in the device according to the demand response from the energy management system server 220. [ According to the energy usage information analyzed by the protocol processing unit 231, the protocol processing unit 231 can transmit information on the amount of energy consumed by the device control unit 232 on a time basis.

For example, the control energy information _time 1 (205) may mean the amount of energy available at the control point # 1 during time 1. Also, the energy information for control _time 2 (206) may mean the amount of energy available at the control point # 2 during time 2.

The device controller 232 receiving information on the amount of energy consumed per time may generate a signal for operating the control point. The generated signal is a control command signal for controlling the control point, and the control point of the device can operate according to the signal.

The device receiving the energy usage information according to the demand response can be controlled so that each control point consumes the energy amount corresponding to the usage time included in the energy usage information. That is, the demand reaction system 210, the energy management system server 220, and the device control device 230 can be managed and controlled according to the energy information, not the function control.

3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a device control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The device control apparatus 300 can control the control points in the device executing the function of the device using the energy usage information received from the energy management system server 220. [ At this time, the energy use information may mean the same information as the energy information by the demand reaction.

The protocol processing unit 301 can identify the energy information regarding the device information and the control capacity from the device-energy profile 302. [

The protocol processing unit 301 can transmit data related to the device information and the energy information identified by the external energy management system server 220. [ Also, the protocol processing unit 301 can receive the energy usage information according to the demand reaction from the energy management system server 220 located outside.

The device control unit 303 can receive the control energy information from the protocol processing unit 301. [ The energy information for control may mean information about the amount of energy consumed by the control point within the device over time. That is, the energy information for control may mean the total amount of energy consumed by the plurality of control points on a time basis.

The device control unit 303 may receive the energy information for each control point from the device-energy profile 302. For example, in the case of a TV, the control point may be a control point associated with volume, brightness, inter-network, WiFi, and the like. Therefore, the control energy information can be the sum of the energy information for each control point. However, the present invention is not limited to the TV, and can be applied to other devices.

The device control unit 303 can generate a control command for controlling the function of the device by using the received control energy information and energy information for each control point. For example, the device control unit 303 may generate a control command for adjusting the volume. That is, the device control unit 303 may generate a control command for controlling the device function, and may be applied at the control point so that the control is executed. Energy information for each control point may be reflected when controlling the control point by analyzing information from the device-energy profile 302. [

Control points may refer to sub-components that are executed to implement the functionality of the device. For example, the control point may refer to the sub-components that perform the functions of the device, such as brightness control, volume control, motor strength, motor drive amount, temperature control, airflow control.

When performing the function of controlling the control points, the device control apparatus 300 can control based on energy usage information such as energy usage amount and energy use time. That is, the usage amount and the use time of the device are adjusted according to the energy information, so that the implementation and application of the energy management service can be facilitated.

Meanwhile, the method according to the present invention may be embodied as a program that can be executed by a computer, and may be embodied as various recording media such as a magnetic storage medium, an optical reading medium, and a digital storage medium.

Implementations of the various techniques described herein may be implemented in digital electronic circuitry, or in computer hardware, firmware, software, or combinations thereof. Implementations may be implemented in a computer program product, such as an information carrier, e.g., a machine readable storage device, such as a computer readable storage medium, for example, for processing by a data processing apparatus, Apparatus (computer readable medium) or as a computer program tangibly embodied in a propagation signal. A computer program, such as the computer program (s) described above, may be written in any form of programming language, including compiled or interpreted languages, and may be stored as a stand-alone program or in a module, component, subroutine, As other units suitable for use in the present invention. A computer program may be deployed to be processed on one computer or multiple computers at one site or distributed across multiple sites and interconnected by a communications network.

Processors suitable for processing a computer program include, by way of example, both general purpose and special purpose microprocessors, and any one or more processors of any kind of digital computer. Generally, a processor will receive instructions and data from a read-only memory or a random access memory or both. The elements of a computer may include at least one processor for executing instructions and one or more memory devices for storing instructions and data. Generally, a computer may include one or more mass storage devices for storing data, such as magnetic, magneto-optical disks, or optical disks, or may receive data from them, transmit data to them, . ≪ / RTI > Information carriers suitable for embodying computer program instructions and data include, for example, semiconductor memory devices, for example, magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, compact disk read only memory A magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk, an optical disk such as a DVD (Digital Video Disk), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM , Random Access Memory), a flash memory, an EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM), and the like. The processor and memory may be supplemented or included by special purpose logic circuitry.

In addition, the computer-readable medium can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer, and can include both computer storage media and transmission media.

While the specification contains a number of specific implementation details, it should be understood that they are not to be construed as limitations on the scope of any invention or claim, but rather on the description of features that may be specific to a particular embodiment of a particular invention Should be understood. Certain features described herein in the context of separate embodiments may be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features described in the context of a single embodiment may also be implemented in multiple embodiments, either individually or in any suitable subcombination. Further, although the features may operate in a particular combination and may be initially described as so claimed, one or more features from the claimed combination may in some cases be excluded from the combination, Or a variant of a subcombination.

Likewise, although the operations are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, it should be understood that such operations must be performed in that particular order or sequential order shown to achieve the desired result, or that all illustrated operations should be performed. In certain cases, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Also, the separation of the various device components of the above-described embodiments should not be understood as requiring such separation in all embodiments, and the described program components and devices will generally be integrated together into a single software product or packaged into multiple software products It should be understood.

It should be noted that the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the present specification and drawings are only illustrative of specific examples for the purpose of understanding and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention are possible in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

101: Demand Response System
102: Energy management system server
103 to 105: Device control device

Claims (1)

Identifying energy information regarding device information and control capacity;
Transmitting energy information on the identified device information and control capacity to an energy management system server;
Receiving energy information by a demand reaction from the energy management system server; And
Controlling the control point of the device using the energy information by the received demand reaction
Based on the energy information.

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