WO2015001808A1 - Procédé de notification d'informations - Google Patents

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WO2015001808A1
WO2015001808A1 PCT/JP2014/003571 JP2014003571W WO2015001808A1 WO 2015001808 A1 WO2015001808 A1 WO 2015001808A1 JP 2014003571 W JP2014003571 W JP 2014003571W WO 2015001808 A1 WO2015001808 A1 WO 2015001808A1
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布田　裕一
大森　基司
前田　学
勇二 海上
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  • This disclosure relates to a technology for notifying the user of forgetting to turn off home appliances when going out.
  • An information notification method is an information notification method in an information management system that manages information indicating a state of one or more household electrical appliances in a house, Managing information for designating a predetermined home appliance among the one or more home appliances; Receiving the position information of the display terminal of the user of the home appliance from the display terminal; When it is determined that the position of the display terminal is within a predetermined distance from the house as compared with the position information of the display terminal using a memory that manages the position information of the house.
  • FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an information notification system 10 according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. It is a block diagram of household appliances 101 of information notifying system 10 in Embodiment 1 of this indication.
  • 2 is a block diagram of a server 200 of the information notification system 10 according to Embodiment 1 of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. [Fig. 3] Fig. 3 is a block diagram of a mobile device 300 of the information notification system 10 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram illustrating an operation of the information notification system 10 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a range in a first implementation example of a predetermined range determination unit 206 of the information notification system 10 according to Embodiment 1 of the present disclosure.
  • 14 is a flowchart illustrating an operation in the first implementation example of the predetermined range determination unit 206 of the information notification system 10 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. It is explanatory drawing which shows the range in the 2nd implementation example of the predetermined range judgment part 206 of the information notification system 10 in Embodiment 1 of this indication. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an operation in a second implementation example of the predetermined range determination unit 206 of the information notification system 10 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. It is a block diagram in the 3rd example of realization of predetermined range judgment part 206 of information notifying system 10 in Embodiment 1 of this indication.
  • FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an operation in the third implementation example of the predetermined range determination unit 206 of the information notification system 10 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the household appliance log of the information notification system 10 in Embodiment 1 of this indication. It is a figure showing an example of notice screen G14 of information notice system 10 in Embodiment 1 of this indication. It is a figure which shows an example of notification screen G15 of the information notification system 10 in Embodiment 1 of this indication.
  • FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an operation in the first implementation example of the required time acquisition unit 211 of the information notification system 10 according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • 14 is a flowchart illustrating an operation in the second implementation example of the required time acquisition unit 211 of the information notification system 10 according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • It is a figure which shows an example of the notification screen G20 of the information notification system 10 in Embodiment 2 of this indication.
  • FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an operation in an implementation example of a monitoring log determination unit 213 of the information notification system 10 according to the third embodiment of the present disclosure. It is a figure which shows an example of notification screen G29 of the information notification system 10 in Embodiment 3 of this indication. It is a figure which shows an example of the notification screen G30 of the information notification system 10 in Embodiment 3 of this indication. It is a block diagram of the server 200 of the information notification system 10 in Embodiment 4 of this indication.
  • FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the information notification system 10 according to the fourth embodiment of the present disclosure. It is a figure which shows an example of the notification screen G33 of the information notification system 10 in Embodiment 4 of this indication. It is a figure which shows an example of the information notification system 10 notification screen G34 in Embodiment 4 of this indication.
  • 6 is a diagram illustrating a registration screen G35 for registering a home appliance that notifies an ON / OFF state in the information notification system according to Embodiments 1 to 4 of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. It is a figure which shows the whole image of the service which the information management system in this Embodiment provides. It is a figure which shows the example in which an apparatus maker corresponds to a data center operating company.
  • each electric appliance (1005) is operated when the amount of power consumed by the power consumption measuring device (1001) attached to each electric appliance (1005) exceeds a threshold. Judge that you are doing. Therefore, it is not considered to determine the operating state of an electrical appliance that does not have a dedicated measurement device that measures power consumption for each device, such as a home appliance or an AV device.
  • the technology disclosed in the prior art document 1 is that the power control support device (101) is the main device for the slave device that operates in conjunction with the master device without operating alone among the plurality of electrical appliances (1005).
  • the device power consumption measuring device (1001) and the slave device power consumption measuring device (1001) are confirmed, and the main device power consumption measuring device (1001) determines that the main device is not in operation.
  • the slave device power consumption measuring apparatus (1001) determines that the slave device has forgotten to turn off the power.
  • energy saving support such as notifying the user that the slave device has been forgotten to be turned off is performed.
  • the timing for notifying forgetting to turn off is the timing at which the power control support apparatus (101) determines that forgetting to turn off or the timing at which the forgetting to turn off state is measured for a certain period or longer. Decisions are not taken into account.
  • the prior art document 1 for example, it is impossible to notify the operating state of the electrical appliance when the user goes out while the user is in the house or when the user goes out and is within a predetermined range from the house.
  • the prior document 1 is, for example, only when the user wishes to notify the home appliance that remains in the ON state while in the house, or when the user goes out while operating the electrical appliance. It is impossible to respond to the user's request such as requesting notification of forgetting to turn off the electrical appliance.
  • the technique disclosed in the prior art document 1 is a case where the power consumption measuring device (1001) of the main device determines that the main device is not in operation, and the power consumption measuring device of the sub device is the sub device. If it is determined that the device is in operation, it is determined that the device has been forgotten to turn off the power, and it is considered that the main device has been forgotten to be turned on and that notification is made. It has not been. Further, for example, it is impossible to respond to a user's request such as requesting notification of an operation status including operation / non-operation of an electrical appliance.
  • One aspect of the information notification method of the information management system is: An information notification method in an information management system for managing information indicating a state of one or more home appliances in a house, Managing information for designating a predetermined home appliance among the one or more home appliances; Receiving the position information of the display terminal of the user of the home appliance from the display terminal; When it is determined that the position of the display terminal is within a predetermined distance from the house as compared with the position information of the display terminal using a memory that manages the position information of the house.
  • the ON / OFF of the predetermined household appliance is Based on the log information including the state, information indicating the ON / OFF state of the predetermined home appliance is provided to the display terminal.
  • the display terminal is within a predetermined distance from the house using the position information of the display terminal of the user of the home appliance, and log information including the ON / OFF state of the predetermined home appliance is stored.
  • the ON / OFF state of the predetermined home appliance is used to determine. Therefore, even if the predetermined home appliance does not have a dedicated measuring device, it is possible to accurately determine the ON / OFF state of the predetermined home appliance, and when the user of the display terminal goes out Therefore, the determination result can be transmitted to the display terminal of the user at an appropriate time when the user is not away from the house.
  • the current state of the predetermined home appliance can be confirmed.
  • the ON / OFF state is notified for a specific home appliance, it is possible to prevent the notification of the ON / OFF state for all home appliances managed by the information notification system.
  • it is possible to prevent an unreasonable increase in the amount of communication and to prevent an increase in network traffic due to an increase in the amount of communication.
  • by preventing unnecessary communication it is possible to suppress an increase in communication cost without bothering the user.
  • Information specifying the predetermined home appliance may be received and managed from the display terminal via the second network.
  • the user can designate a predetermined home appliance through the display terminal, the user can select a home appliance that desires notification of information indicating the ON / OFF state.
  • the first network and the second network may be the same network.
  • the first network and the second network may be different networks.
  • Using a database that manages map information obtain area map information of the area including the position indicated by the position information of the display terminal, Managing the location information of the display terminal that is periodically received together with the reception time; Calculate the moving speed of the display terminal based on the time change of the position information of the display terminal, It may be determined whether the position of the display terminal is within a predetermined distance from the house using the calculated moving speed of the display terminal and the area map information.
  • the position of the display terminal at the timing of notifying the display terminal of information indicating the ON / OFF state can be predicted. Therefore, even if the accurate position information of the display terminal at the notification timing is not known, it can be determined whether the display terminal is within a predetermined distance at the notification timing.
  • the position of the display terminal does not coincide with the position of the house and is included within the range of the predetermined distance
  • information indicating the ON / OFF state of the predetermined home appliance is transmitted via the second network. It may be provided to the display terminal.
  • the determination result can be transmitted to the display terminal of the user at an appropriate time when the user of the display terminal is out and not away from the user's house.
  • the ON / OFF state of the home appliance is changed. Can notify the user.
  • the user can easily select an action to be returned to the house in order to change the ON / OFF state of the home appliance. Therefore, for example, it is possible to prevent waste of power due to the user going out while the home appliance such as an air conditioner or a television is in an ON state, and for example, when the user goes out while the device that controls the home security system is in an OFF state.
  • the service by the home security system can be prevented from being appropriately provided to the user.
  • the display terminal While the position of the display terminal coincides with the position of the house and is included in the range of the predetermined distance, information indicating the ON / OFF state of the predetermined home appliance is transmitted through the second network. It may be provided to the display terminal.
  • information indicating the ON / OFF state of the predetermined home appliance is sent to the display terminal while the position information of the display terminal coincides with the house and is within a predetermined distance from the house. Be notified. Therefore, while the user of the display terminal is in the user's house, information indicating the ON / OFF state of the predetermined home appliance can be transmitted to the user's display terminal.
  • Using a database that manages map information obtain area map information of the area including the position indicated by the position information of the display terminal, Tracking changes in the location information of the display terminal received from the display terminal on the regional map information, Determining a route to the house and a moving speed of the display terminal on the area map information based on a change in the position information of the display terminal that has been tracked;
  • the predetermined home appliance provides information indicating the ON / OFF state to the display terminal, the time until the user of the display terminal returns to the house is calculated using the determined route and moving speed.
  • information indicating a time until the user of the display terminal returns to the house may be provided based on the calculated time.
  • the time from when the user leaves the house until the timing of notifying the information indicating the ON / OFF state is notified to the user as the time until returning to the house.
  • the position information of the display terminal may be periodically received from the display terminal.
  • the moving speed of the display terminal can be easily obtained from a plurality of location information, and the route taken by the user can be traced using the map information.
  • the one or more home appliances include another home appliance connected to the information management system through the first network and capable of monitoring an operation state of the predetermined home appliance, Receiving information indicating the operating state of the predetermined home appliance from the other home appliance via the first network; The ON / OFF state of the predetermined home appliance may be determined based on the information indicating the operation state.
  • the other household electrical appliances associated with the predetermined household electrical appliance may be selected based on the correspondence information.
  • correspondence information is managed, it is possible to easily identify which home appliance is another home appliance that monitors a predetermined home appliance.
  • the other home appliance is a wattmeter that is connected to the information management system through the first network and detects the amount of power used in the house,
  • the ON / OFF state of the predetermined home appliance may be determined based on information indicating the amount of power used received from the power meter via the first network.
  • the other home appliance is a wattmeter that is connected to the information management system through the first network and detects the amount of power used in the house, Based on the information indicating the amount of power used received from the power meter via the first network, when the amount of power used does not change more than a predetermined amount within a predetermined time, the predetermined home appliance is in an ON state It may be judged.
  • the other household electrical appliance is connected to the information management system through the first network, and includes a sound collecting device that collects operation sounds of the predetermined household electrical appliance,
  • the ON / OFF state of the predetermined home appliance may be determined based on information indicating an operation sound of the predetermined home appliance received from the other home appliance via the first network.
  • the other household electrical appliance is connected to the information management system through the first network, and includes a sound collecting device that collects operation sounds of the predetermined household electrical appliance, Based on the information indicating the operation sound of the predetermined home appliance received from the other home appliance via the first network, when the operation sound for switching the ON / OFF state of the predetermined home appliance is not detected, The predetermined home appliance may be determined to be in an ON state.
  • the other home appliance is connected to the information management system through the first network, and includes an electronic thermometer for measuring the temperature in the house,
  • the ON / OFF state of the predetermined home appliance may be determined based on information indicating the temperature in the house received from the other home appliance via the network.
  • the ON / OFF state of a predetermined home appliance can be accurately determined from the temperature.
  • the other home appliance is connected to the information management system through the first network, and includes an electronic thermometer for measuring the temperature in the house, Based on the information indicating the temperature in the house received from the other household appliances via the first network, if the temperature in the house has not changed more than a predetermined time within a predetermined time, the predetermined household appliance It may be determined that the device is in the ON state.
  • the log information including the ON / OFF state of the predetermined home appliance includes setting information indicating the setting of the predetermined home appliance,
  • the setting information may be provided to the display terminal as additional information of information indicating the ON / OFF state of the predetermined home appliance.
  • the log information including the ON / OFF state of the predetermined home appliance includes measurement information indicating a measurement result of a sensor provided in the predetermined home appliance,
  • the measurement information may be provided to the display terminal as additional information of information indicating the ON / OFF state of the predetermined home appliance.
  • sensor measurement information other than the ON / OFF state of the home appliance is provided to the display terminal, so that useful information can be provided to the user.
  • An information notification method in an information management system for managing information indicating a state of one or more home appliances in a house Managing information for designating a predetermined home appliance among the one or more home appliances; Receiving log information including the ON / OFF state of the predetermined household electrical appliance from the predetermined household electrical appliance via the first network; Receiving the position information of the display terminal of the user of the home appliance from the display terminal; Using a database that manages map information, obtain area map information of the area including the position indicated by the position information of the display terminal, Tracking changes in the location information of the display terminal received from the display terminal on the regional map information, Based on the change in the location information of the tracked display terminal, the travel distance that the display terminal has moved from the house on the regional map information is calculated, Information indicating the ON / OFF state of the predetermined home appliance is provided to the display terminal via the second network until the moving distance of the display terminal from the house exceeds a predetermined distance.
  • the movement distance of the display terminal moved from the house is calculated based on the change in the position information of the display terminal of the user of the home appliance, and the predetermined distance before the movement distance exceeds the predetermined distance. Based on the log information including the ON / OFF state of the home appliance, information indicating the ON / OFF state of the predetermined home appliance is provided to the display terminal.
  • the movement distance that the display terminal has moved from the house is calculated using the change in the position information of the display terminal of the user of the home appliance, and the log information including the ON / OFF state of the predetermined home appliance is used.
  • the ON / OFF state of a predetermined home appliance is determined. Therefore, even if the predetermined home appliance does not include a dedicated measuring device, it is possible to accurately determine the ON / OFF state of the predetermined home appliance.
  • the determination result can be transmitted to the display terminal of the user at an appropriate time when the user is not away from the house in consideration of the distance that the user has actually moved when the user of the display terminal goes out.
  • the distance traveled by the user may be longer than the linear distance from the house, for example, 1.5 km.
  • the notification deadline to the user is determined based on the distance actually moved from the house, the home appliance is in the ON state while the distance that the user has to move to return to the house is relatively short. Can be notified to the user. By notifying the user that the home appliance is in the ON state at this timing, the user can easily select an action to return to the house to turn the home appliance off.
  • the current state of the predetermined home appliance can be confirmed.
  • the ON / OFF state is notified for a specific home appliance, it is possible to prevent the notification of the ON / OFF state for all home appliances managed by the information notification system.
  • it is possible to prevent an unreasonable increase in the amount of communication and to prevent an increase in network traffic due to an increase in the amount of communication.
  • by preventing unnecessary communication it is possible to suppress an increase in communication cost without bothering the user.
  • FIG. 36A is a diagram showing an overall image of services provided by the information management system in the present embodiment.
  • the information management system includes a group 700, a data center operating company 710, and a service provider 720.
  • the group 700 is, for example, a company, an organization, or a home, and may be of any size.
  • the group 700 includes a plurality of devices 701 including a first device and a second device, and a home gateway 702.
  • the plurality of devices 701 include devices that can be connected to the Internet (for example, smartphones, personal computers (PCs) or televisions), and devices that cannot be connected to the Internet by themselves (for example, lighting, washing machines, refrigerators, and the like). Including.
  • the plurality of devices 701 may include devices that can be connected to the Internet via the home gateway 702 even if they cannot be connected to the Internet by themselves.
  • the user 1 uses a plurality of devices 701 in the group 700.
  • the data center operating company 710 includes a cloud server 711.
  • the cloud server 711 is a virtualization server that cooperates with various devices via the Internet.
  • the cloud server 711 mainly manages huge data (big data) that is difficult to handle with a normal database management tool or the like.
  • the data center operating company 710 performs management of data, management of the cloud server 711, operation of the data center that performs them, and the like. Details of services performed by the data center operating company 710 will be described later.
  • the data center operating company 710 is not limited to a company that only manages data or the cloud server 711.
  • the device manufacturer when a device manufacturer that develops or manufactures one of a plurality of devices 701 is managing data or managing a cloud server 711, the device manufacturer This corresponds to the data center operating company 710.
  • the data center operating company 710 is not limited to one company.
  • FIG. 36C when the device manufacturer and the management company jointly or share the management of the data or the cloud server 711, both or one of them corresponds to the data center operating company 710. .
  • the service provider 720 includes a server 721.
  • the server 721 referred to here includes, for example, a memory in a personal PC regardless of the scale.
  • the service provider 720 may not include the server 721.
  • the home gateway 702 is not essential. For example, when the cloud server 711 performs all data management, the home gateway 702 is unnecessary. In addition, there may be no device that cannot be connected to the Internet by itself, as in the case where all devices in the home are connected to the Internet.
  • the first device or the second device of the group 700 transmits each log information to the cloud server 711 of the data center operating company 710, respectively.
  • the cloud server 711 accumulates log information of the first device or the second device (arrow 731 in FIG. 36A).
  • the log information is information indicating, for example, driving conditions or operation dates / times of the plurality of devices 701.
  • the log information includes TV viewing history, recording recording information of the recorder, operation date / time of the washing machine, amount of laundry, opening / closing date / time of the refrigerator, or opening / closing frequency of the refrigerator, but is not limited thereto.
  • Various information that can be acquired from various devices may be included.
  • the log information may be directly provided to the cloud server 711 from the plurality of devices 701 via the Internet.
  • the log information may be temporarily accumulated in the home gateway 702 from a plurality of devices 701 and provided to the cloud server 711 from the home gateway 702.
  • the cloud server 711 of the data center operating company 710 provides the accumulated log information to the service provider 720 in a certain unit.
  • the fixed unit may be a unit that can organize and provide the information collected by the data center operating company 710 to the service provider 720, or may be a unit that the service provider 720 requests.
  • the information is provided in a fixed unit, it may not be a fixed unit, and the amount of information to be provided may change depending on the situation.
  • the log information is stored in the server 721 owned by the service provider 720 as necessary (arrow 732 in FIG. 36A).
  • the service provider 720 organizes the log information into information suitable for the service provided to the user, and provides it to the user.
  • the user to whom the information is provided may be the user 1 who uses the plurality of devices 701 or the external user 2.
  • information may be provided directly to users 1 and 2 from service provider 720 (arrows 733 and 734 in FIG. 36A).
  • information may be provided to the user 1 via the cloud server 711 of the data center operating company 710 again (arrows 735 and 736 in FIG. 36A).
  • the cloud server 711 of the data center operating company 710 may organize the log information into information suitable for the service provided to the user and provide the information to the service provider 720.
  • the user 1 may be the same as or different from the user 2.
  • Embodiment 1 As an embodiment of the present disclosure, an information notification system (an example of an information management system) according to the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the overall configuration of the information notification system 10 according to the first embodiment.
  • the information notification system 10 includes a house 100, a home appliance 101 in the house 100, a home appliance 102, a home appliance 106, a server 200, a mobile device 300, and a network 400 that connects the house 100 and the server 200 (an example of a first network).
  • a network 500 (an example of a second network) connecting the server 200 and the mobile device 300, and a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite 600 for measuring the position of the house and the position of the mobile device 300 are provided.
  • the mobile device 300 is an example of a display terminal.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates only the home appliances 101, 102, and 106 in the house 100, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
  • the house 100 may include an arbitrary number of home appliances. Further, as assumed connection modes, the household electrical appliances 101, 102, and 106 are connected to each other in the house 100 via a router (not shown) installed in the house 100 and are also connected to the house via the router. A mode of being connected to a network 400 outside 100 can be adopted.
  • the networks 400 and 500 are, for example, a wired Internet line and a wireless 4G communication path, but are not limited thereto. Similarly, both networks may be wireless communication paths.
  • the mobile device 300 may be a display terminal such as a mobile phone including a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or a laptop personal computer.
  • the user goes out while holding the mobile device 300 and is away from the house 100.
  • the home appliance 101 is an air conditioner.
  • the air conditioner should be turned off.
  • the portable device 300 held by the user is notified that the air conditioner is in the ON state.
  • the predetermined range refers to a range in which the user can easily return to the house 100. For example, the range from leaving the house 100 to getting on a bus or train, or the range up to a point where the required time to return to the house 100 is within 5 minutes, for example, corresponds to the predetermined range.
  • the user who has been notified that the air conditioner is in the ON state notices that he / she has forgotten to turn off the air conditioner, returns to the house 100, turns off the air conditioner, and then goes out of the house 100 again. To do. Thereby, the user can go out in peace.
  • the home appliance 106 is assumed to be a rice cooker. Assume that the user puts the inner lid on the rice cooker so that the rice is cooked when he / she comes home, reserves the cooking time and goes out, forgets to set the inner lid and the user goes out. Without the inner lid, pressure is not applied properly, so you can't cook delicious rice. In such a case, while the user is within the predetermined range, the status of the set of rice cookers is notified to the portable device 300 held by the user.
  • the predetermined range refers to, for example, a range from when the user leaves the house 100 until the user gets on a bus or a train, or a range where the user can return to the house 100 within the required time.
  • the user who received the notification returns to the house 100, sets the inner lid on the rice cooker, and goes out again. Thereby, the user can go out in peace.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the home appliance 101 in the house 100. Since the home appliances 102 and 106 have the same configuration, description thereof is omitted here.
  • the home appliance 101 includes an inquiry receiving unit 110, a home appliance log collecting unit 111, a home appliance log reporting unit 112, and a communication unit 113.
  • the inquiry receiving unit 110 receives an inquiry from the server 200.
  • the inquiry includes a command that causes the server to report the ID (identifier) of the inquiry source server 200, the ID of the inquiry home appliance 101, and the appliance log of the appliance 101.
  • the home appliance log includes the operating state of the home appliance 101 (whether it is in an ON state or an OFF state).
  • the home appliance log collection unit 111 determines whether the home appliance 101 is currently operating from the inside of the home appliance 101 (whether it is in an ON state or an OFF state). ) Including the home appliances 101) are collected into an appropriate format.
  • the home appliance log may include the time of collection and the operation state of other home appliances 101.
  • the home appliance log includes, for example, information indicating whether the current setting mode is cooling or heating, information such as set temperature, air volume, current room temperature, and outside temperature. May be.
  • the home appliance 101 is a rice cooker, information such as whether there is a reservation, cooking time, whether the inner lid is set, or whether rice is set is included.
  • the home appliance log D131 includes items of “device ID”, “time”, “ON / OFF”, “setting value”, and “current situation”.
  • the item “device ID” stores an ID for uniquely identifying the home appliance.
  • the collection time of the home appliance log D131 is stored in the item “time”.
  • the item “ON / OFF” information indicating whether the home appliance is currently in an ON state or an OFF state is stored.
  • the “setting value” item the current setting value of the home appliance is stored.
  • the item “current situation” stores the situation of the room detected by the air conditioner as the home appliance.
  • the operating state of the air conditioner (1) at the time of October, 2013, 7:00 is shown. Therefore, “air conditioner (1)” is stored in the item “equipment ID”, and “2013.4.10 7:00” is stored in the item “time”. At this time, since the air conditioner (1) is in the ON state, “ON” is stored in the “ON / OFF” item. At this time, the set value of the air conditioner (1) is set to the temperature of 22 degrees, the humidity of 40%, the current setting mode is heating, and the operation mode is automatically set (for example, the setting mode is automatically switched to cooling or heating). Therefore, “22 degrees, 40%, heating, automatic” is stored in the “set value” item. At this time, since the temperature of the room detected by the air conditioner (1) was 21 degrees and the humidity was 33%, “21 degrees, 33%” is stored in the “current situation”.
  • FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of the home appliance log D132 of the video (2). Since video (2) does not detect room temperature or humidity, the item “current status” is omitted from the home appliance log D132. Other than that, the data structure of the home appliance log D132 is the same as that of the home appliance log D131.
  • the items “device ID” and “time” are “video (2)”, respectively. And “2013.4.10 7:00” are stored. Since video (2) is stopped (OFF state) at this time, “OFF” is stored in the item “ON / OFF”. At this time, video (2) has been set for 4 channel recording reservation at 19:00 on the same day, and therefore, “4.10 19:00 4ch” is stored in the “setting value” item. .
  • FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of the data configuration of the home appliance log D133 of the power meter. Since the power meter has no set value, the item “set value” is omitted from the home appliance log D133. Other than that, the data structure of the home appliance log D133 is the same as that of the home appliance log D131.
  • the home appliance log reporting unit 112 converts the home appliance log that has been formatted in a predetermined format by the home appliance log collection unit 111 into an appropriate format that can be decoded by the server 200 in order to report to the server 200.
  • This format includes the ID of the home appliance 101 that is the report source, the ID of the server 200 that is the report destination, and the home appliance log (for example, the home appliance log D131 shown in FIG. 13).
  • the communication unit 113 connects the home appliance 101 to a router (not shown) via a wired or wireless LAN (local area network) in the house 100.
  • a communication module corresponding to an IEEE 802.11 series wireless LAN or an IEEE 802.3 series wired LAN can be employed.
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the server 200 in the information notification system 10.
  • the server 200 includes a communication unit 201, a home appliance log reception unit 202, a notification determination unit 204, a mobile device position reception unit 205, a predetermined range determination unit 206, a home appliance log notification unit 207, an inquiry processing unit 208, a communication unit 209, and a house.
  • the position recording unit 210 is provided.
  • the communication unit 201 connects the server 200 to the home appliances in the house 100 via the network 400.
  • the network 400 is a wired communication Internet network.
  • a communication module such as a modem can be employed.
  • the home appliance log receiving unit 202 receives a home appliance log from the home appliance that has responded to the inquiry from the server 200.
  • the notification determination unit 204 When the predetermined range determination unit 206 determines that the mobile device 300 is within the predetermined range, the notification determination unit 204 notifies the mobile device 300 of the operating state of the predetermined home appliance at a predetermined timing. to decide. On the other hand, when the predetermined range determination unit 206 determines that the mobile device 300 is out of the predetermined range, the notification determination unit 204 determines not to notify the mobile device 300 of the operation state of the predetermined home appliance. .
  • Position receiving unit 205 of portable device receives position information (latitude and longitude) of the portable device 300 from the portable device 300 via the communication unit 209.
  • Predetermined range determination unit 206 determines whether or not the mobile device 300 is within a predetermined range. Examples of the predetermined range are described in detail in 1.5.2 to 1.5.4.
  • FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the predetermined range determination unit 206 having map information described in 1.5.4.
  • the predetermined range determination unit 206 includes an area map information acquisition unit 305, a mobile device moving speed calculation unit 306, a mobile device position prediction unit 307, and a distance L range determination unit 308.
  • the area map information acquisition unit 305 acquires area map information of an area including the current position of the mobile device 300 from a database (not shown) for managing map information.
  • the acquired area map information includes at least a predetermined range.
  • the mobile device moving speed calculation unit 306 calculates the moving speed of the mobile device 300 using the position information of the mobile device 300 that is periodically reported.
  • the portable device position prediction unit 307 predicts the position of the portable device 300 when notifying the operation state of the home appliance using the area map information and the moving speed of the portable device 300.
  • the range determination unit 308 of the distance L determines whether or not the position of the mobile device 300 predicted by the mobile device position prediction unit 307 is within a predetermined range defined by the radius of the distance L with the house 100 as the center. to decide.
  • the home appliance log notification unit 207 converts the operation state into a predetermined format that the mobile device 300 can decode. Convert.
  • This format includes the ID of the server 200 that is the notification source, the ID of the portable device 300 that is the notification destination, and the ID of a predetermined home appliance in the house 100. When there are a plurality of predetermined home appliances, this format sequentially lists the number of predetermined home appliances and the ID of each predetermined home appliance. Further, this format may include notification time information (for example, notification time).
  • the inquiry processing unit 208 selects a predetermined home appliance in the house 100 and transmits an inquiry for causing the selected predetermined home appliance to report a home appliance log to the predetermined home appliance through the communication unit 201.
  • the communication unit 209 connects the server 200 to the mobile device 300 via the network 500.
  • the network 500 is a wireless 4G communication network. Therefore, as the communication unit 209, for example, a communication module that connects the server 200 to a wireless 4G communication network can be employed.
  • the house position recording unit 210 records in advance the position information (latitude and longitude) of the house 100 to which the service by the information notification system 10 is applied. Since the server 200 manages one or more houses 100, the house position recording unit 210 records the position information of all the houses 100 to be managed.
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the mobile device 300 in the information notification system 10.
  • the mobile device 300 includes a communication unit 301, a mobile device position collection unit 302, a position notification unit 303, and a display unit 304.
  • the communication unit 301 connects the mobile device 300 to the server 200 via the network 500.
  • a communication module of a wireless 4G communication network can be employed.
  • the position collection unit 302 of the mobile device receives radio waves from the GPS satellite 600 (originally using radio wave information from three or more satellites), and calculates the current position information (latitude and longitude) of the mobile device 300. .
  • the position notification unit 303 converts the position information of the mobile device 300 into a predetermined format that can be decoded by the server 200 and periodically notifies the server 200 of the position information.
  • This format includes the ID of the mobile device 300 that is the notification source, the ID of the server 200 that is the notification destination, and the location information of the mobile device 300. Note that this format may include time information (for example, notification time of position information).
  • the display unit 304 displays a notification screen indicating notification from the server 200.
  • FIGS. 14 and 15 are diagrams showing examples of the notification screen G14 during operation of the air conditioner and the notification screen G15 during stoppage, respectively.
  • FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a notification screen G16 that notifies the operation state of the rice cooker. Note that these notification screens may be output to the display unit 304 as pop-ups by an application (service application) for receiving a service from the information notification system 10 installed in the mobile device 300. In addition, the mobile device 300 may display these notification screens when a notification by mail is received from the server 200.
  • FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the information notification system 10.
  • the inquiry processing unit 208 of the server 200 selects a predetermined home appliance 101.
  • the inquiry processing unit 208 registers information related to selection of a predetermined home appliance in advance, and may select a predetermined home appliance using the information related to this selection.
  • this is an example, and as described later with reference to FIG. 35, a mode in which the information related to the selection can be changed by the user using the mobile device 300 may be employed.
  • the aspect which can newly register the information which concerns on selection by a user may be employ
  • home appliance 101 is selected as the predetermined home appliance.
  • the user is informed of the operating state of all the home appliances installed in the house 100 and managed by the server 200, the user is also notified of the operating state of the home appliance that the user does not want to be notified. It will be annoying. For example, even if the user is notified of the operating state of a home appliance that is always on, such as a refrigerator, this notification is not useful to the user. Therefore, in the present disclosure, not only all the home appliances in the house 100 managed by the server 200 but only the operation state of a predetermined registered home appliance that is useful to notify the operation state is notified to the mobile device 300. The mode to do is adopted.
  • the inquiry processing unit 208 of the server 200 inquires the home appliance log to the home appliance 101 selected in S107.
  • the timing of the inquiry may be regular, or may be a timing at which the mobile device 300 is separated from the house 100 by a distance that can be regarded as having gone out, that is, a timing at which the user has gone out.
  • the home appliance 101 is registered as a predetermined home appliance, and the home appliance 102 is not registered as a predetermined home appliance, and therefore only the home appliance 101 is inquired.
  • the predetermined range determination unit 206 of the server 200 uses the position information of the house 100 and the position information of the mobile device 300 received in S101 to determine whether or not the mobile device 300 is within a predetermined range from the house 100. to decide.
  • the predetermined range is a range in which it is easy for a user who is away from the house 100 to go out to know that the air conditioner in the house 100 is not in a desired operation state and to return to the house 100. An example of this determination will be described in detail in 1.5.2 to 1.5.5. If it is determined that the mobile device 300 is within the predetermined range (within the range in S104), the process proceeds to S106, and if it is determined that the mobile device 300 is out of the predetermined range (out of the range with S104), The process ends.
  • the notification determination unit 204 of the server 200 determines “in range” in S104, the notification determination unit 204 determines that the operation state of the home appliance 101 is to be notified to the mobile device 300 existing within the predetermined range, and the home appliance log notification unit 207 This is notified to the mobile device 300.
  • notification screens G14, G15, and G16 as shown in FIGS. 14, 15, and 16 are displayed on the display unit 304 of the mobile device 300. These notification screens are displayed on the mobile device 300 as pop-ups if a service application is operating on the mobile device 300. Further, this service application may be realized by a local application installed in the mobile device 300 or may be realized by a Web application. Further, the notification screens G14, G15, and G16 may be displayed by notifying the user of a simple message indicating that there is a notification from the server 200 and performing a predetermined operation by the user.
  • the notification screen G15 in FIG. 15 it is displayed that the air conditioner is stopped, the current room temperature is 21 degrees, and the humidity is 33%.
  • the notification screen G16 of FIG. 16 although the rice cooker is in the reservation setting state in which it cooks at 19:00, it is displayed that the inner lid is not set. The user who has received this display before getting on the bus can determine that if he / she is going home at 18:00, he / she can cook rice as planned if he / she returns home at 18:00 and sets the inner lid again. On the other hand, if the user goes home late and wishes to cook rice before returning home, the user can quickly determine that he needs to go home and set the inner lid again.
  • FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the first implementation example of the predetermined range.
  • a circle with a radius L having a predetermined distance around the house 100 is adopted as the predetermined range, and it is determined whether or not the portable device 300 exists inside the circle. That is, when the mobile device 300 is within a predetermined range from the position (x0, y0) of the house 100, the user is notified of the operating state of the predetermined home appliance.
  • the position of the house 100 is (x0, y0).
  • x0 and y0 indicate the latitude and longitude of the position of the house 100, respectively.
  • the position of the mobile device 300 is (x, y).
  • the position (x, y) of the mobile device 300 is located within a predetermined range is shown.
  • the position of the house 100 for example, the latitude and longitude of the center of the house 100 are employed.
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing details of the position determination process (S104) of the portable device 300 shown in the sequence diagram of FIG.
  • the predetermined range determination unit 206 of the server 200 determines whether or not the portable device 300 exists inside a circle having a radius L with the house 100 as the center.
  • FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a second implementation example of the predetermined range.
  • the position (x, y) of the mobile device 300 is within the range indicated inside the circle described in 1.5.2, and the distance M (from the position (x0, y0) of the house 100 is set.
  • M from the position (x0, y0) of the house 100 is set.
  • FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing details of the position determination process (S104) of the portable device 300 shown in the sequence diagram of FIG.
  • the predetermined range determination unit 206 of the server 200 determines whether or not the portable device 300 exists between two concentric circles having different predetermined distance radii around the house 100.
  • a range indicated by the inner side of the circle having the smaller radius of the two concentric circles for example, if the house 100 is a house with land, it is approximated to the size of the building of the user's house 100 on the ground. A certain extent may be adopted, or a extent approximating the site area of the land owned by the user may be adopted.
  • the range indicated by the inside of the circle with the smaller radius is not limited to these. For example, if the house 100 is an apartment house, a range that is approximate to the user's dwelling unit is adopted as the range indicated by the inside of the circle with the smaller radius.
  • Map information is used in the third implementation example of the predetermined range.
  • the position (x, y) of the mobile device 300 at the time when the operation state of the predetermined home appliance is notified to the mobile device 300 is acquired.
  • the server 200 notifies the mobile device 300 of the operation state of the home appliance using the position information periodically notified from the mobile device 300.
  • the position of the mobile device 300 is predicted, and it is determined whether or not the predicted position is within a predetermined range (within a distance L from the house).
  • FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a third example of realization within a predetermined range.
  • road information R11 from the house 100 and road information R11 obtained from the map information is schematically shown.
  • the position of the portable device 300 at a certain time t1 is (x1, y1), and the position of the portable device 300 at another time t2 is (x2, y2).
  • the map information includes a directed graph composed of nodes corresponding to predetermined points on the road such as intersections and inflection points and links corresponding to roads connecting the nodes.
  • information on the actual latitude and longitude is associated with each location, and the name of the location is associated.
  • Each node and each link is assigned a unique identifier.
  • FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing details of the position determination process (S104) of the portable device shown in the sequence diagram of FIG.
  • the position (x, y) of mobile device 300 at time t3 when server 200 notifies mobile device 300 of the operating state of home appliance 101 is predicted, and the predicted position is within a predetermined range (from house 100). It is determined whether or not the distance L is within the range.
  • the moving distance m of the portable device 300 is calculated using the map information from time t1 to time t2.
  • the moving distance m may be calculated, for example, by searching for the shortest path between the position at time t1 and the position at time t2 from the map information.
  • the flowchart shown in FIG. 12 is executed, for example, at time t3.
  • the time t2 is, for example, the notification time of the latest position information from the mobile device 300 to the server 200 at the time t3, and the time t1 is, for example, a position one before the latest position information. This is the information notification time.
  • the times t1 and t2 the notification times of any two pieces of position information among the position information notified in the past fixed period with respect to the time t3 may be adopted.
  • the position information at the times t1 and t2 is plotted on the map information, the movement route of the mobile device 300 from the time t1 to the time t2 is extracted, and the distance of the extracted movement route is calculated as the movement distance m.
  • v is the moving speed of the mobile device 300 from time t1 to time t2.
  • the moving speed v has a faster value than when walking, and when the user holding the mobile device 300 moves on foot, the moving speed v Has a slower value than a bicycle.
  • the travel distance mm from time t2 to time t3 is calculated using time t3 when the server 200 notifies the mobile device 300 of the operating state of the home appliance 101 and the travel speed v obtained in S1045.
  • the moving distance mm is expressed by the following equation.
  • the moving speed mm from the time t2 to the time t3 is assumed to be the moving speed v from the time t1 to the time t2, and the moving distance mm is calculated.
  • the notification timing is used as the time t3.
  • the time t ⁇ b> 3 is a timing at which a certain time has elapsed since the mobile device 300 left the house 100. .
  • the fixed time for example, an arbitrary time within a time period in which it is estimated that the user is within a predetermined range after leaving the house 100 may be adopted, and it is estimated that the time is out of the predetermined range.
  • a time slightly shorter than the set time may be employed.
  • the third implementation example when the time t3 is the same timing as the notification timing of the position information of the mobile device 300, the position information at the time t3 is obtained, so the server 200 needs to calculate the predicted position (x, y). There is no. Therefore, the third implementation example may be applied when the notification timing of the position information of the mobile device 300 is different from the time t3.
  • the mobile device 300 is notified of the operating state of the predetermined home appliance 101 before the mobile device 300 moves outside the predetermined range.
  • the predetermined range indicates, for example, a range from the house 100 to the nearest bus stop. If the operating state of the predetermined home appliance is not in the desired operating state (for example, the OFF state) before getting on the bus, the user returns to the house 100 and puts the predetermined home appliance 101 in the desired operating state ( After going to the OFF state, you can go out with peace of mind.
  • An example of the case where the predetermined home appliance 101 is not in a desired operating state is, for example, a case where the power supply is forgotten to be turned off.
  • the remote control unit of the predetermined home appliance 101 is out of order.
  • the predetermined home appliance 101 cannot be brought into a desired operation state unless the user returns to the house 100.
  • the predetermined home appliance 101 since the operation state of the home appliance 101 is notified to the mobile device 300 regardless of the ON state or the OFF state, the predetermined home appliance 101 that must be turned on when going out is ON. It is also possible to make the user confirm whether it is in a state. For example, a case where an air conditioner is operated with a predetermined setting when going out for a pet answering in the house 100 can be considered. If the air conditioner is not operating according to the predetermined setting, the user is notified while the air conditioner is within the predetermined range, and can return to the house 100 to operate the air conditioner with the predetermined setting. If a rice cooker is registered as the predetermined home appliance 101, the user may receive a notification that the inner lid of the rice cooker is not set. In this case, since the user is notified at a position not far from the house 100, the user can go home to reset the inner lid.
  • the predetermined range may be a range to the nearest station of the train. If it is until it moves to the nearest station of a train on a bus, it can change to a return bus again and return to the house 100, and the operation state of a predetermined household appliance can be made into a desired operation state. . However, if the train is on an express train, for example, if it is an express train, it takes an excessive amount of time for the user to return to the house 100.
  • the traffic volume is prevented from increasing unfairly, and an increase in network traffic due to the traffic volume increase is prevented. Further, by preventing unnecessary communication, it is possible to suppress an increase in communication cost without bothering the user.
  • Embodiment 2 (displays time to return)
  • the information notification system 10 of Embodiment 2 is demonstrated, referring drawings.
  • the difference from Embodiment 1 is that, when notifying the mobile device 300 of the operating state of a predetermined home appliance, the time required to return to the house 100 is also notified.
  • 20 and 21 are diagrams illustrating an example of notification screens G20 and G21 according to the second embodiment.
  • notification screens G20 and G21 information indicating that it takes five minutes to return to the house 100 is displayed together with the operation state of a predetermined home appliance.
  • a message “It takes about 5 minutes to return home” is added to the notification screens G14 and G15.
  • notification screens G20 and G21 may be output to the display unit 304 as pop-ups by the service application.
  • the mobile device 300 may display these notification screens G20 and G21 when a notification by mail is received from the server 200.
  • the overall configuration of the information notification system 10, the configuration of the home appliance, and the portable device 300 are the same as those in the first embodiment (see FIGS. 1, 2, and 4). Omitted.
  • FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server 200 in the second embodiment.
  • a required time acquisition unit 211 is provided.
  • Time required acquisition unit 211 The required time acquisition unit 211 predicts the time until the user holding the mobile device 300 returns to the house 100 by the required time acquisition process. Then, the server 200 notifies the mobile device 300 of the predicted time in accordance with the notification of the operation state of the predetermined home appliance.
  • the required time acquisition process will be specifically described in 2.3 and 2.4.
  • the first realization example of the required time acquisition process is the time required for the user holding the portable device 300 to leave the house 100 and receive the notification as it is. To the time required to return to the house 100 (hereinafter referred to as a predicted required time). For this reason, time measurement is started from the time when it is determined that the user has left the house 100, and the time measurement is continued until the operating state of a predetermined home appliance is notified. And the measured time is notified to the portable device 300 as the estimated required time together with the operation state of the predetermined home appliance.
  • FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a first implementation example of the required time acquisition process performed with the required time acquisition unit 211 as the center.
  • the required time acquisition unit 211 confirms whether the portable device 300 has left the house 100. Here, if the required time acquisition unit 211 determines that the mobile device 300 has moved away from the house 100 when the position information of the mobile device 300 changes from the inside to the outside of the circle having the distance M illustrated in FIG. 8, for example. Good. If it is determined in S2111 that the mobile device 300 is away from the house 100 (YES in S2111), the process proceeds to S2112, and if it is determined that the mobile device 300 is not away from the house 100 (NO in S2111), the process Returns to S2111.
  • the required time acquisition unit 211 starts measuring the estimated required time when the mobile device 300 leaves the house 100.
  • the notification determination unit 204 determines whether it is necessary to notify the mobile device 300 of the operation state of the home appliance 101 depending on whether the mobile device 300 is within a predetermined range. This process is the same as S104 and S106 in FIG. If it is determined in S2113 that the mobile device 300 needs to be notified (YES in S2113), the process proceeds to S2114. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no need to notify the mobile device 300 (NO in S2113), the process returns to S2113.
  • the required time acquisition unit 211 confirms the time when measurement is started in S2112 and determines that time as the predicted required time.
  • the home appliance log notification unit 207 notifies the portable device 300 of the estimated required time together with the operation state of the predetermined home appliance.
  • the required time acquisition unit 211 of the server 200 periodically receives the position information of the mobile device 300 from the mobile device 300 and obtains the moving speed of the mobile device 300. Thereby, the required time acquisition unit 211 can determine whether the mobile device 300 is moving on a bicycle or on foot. On the other hand, the required time acquisition unit 211 acquires the distance traveled by the mobile device 300 from the map information.
  • FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a second implementation example of the required time acquisition process performed with the required time acquisition unit 211 as the center.
  • the calculation timing of the predicted required time is time t2
  • the latest position information notification time is adopted as the time t2
  • the time t1 is notified one time before the latest position information, for example.
  • the notification time of the location information is adopted.
  • the calculation of the movement distance m is the same as S1045 in FIG.
  • the required time acquisition unit 211 calculates the route distance R between the house 100 and the current portable device 300 using the map information.
  • the route distance R is a shortest route or an optimum route calculated by route search processing generally used in a car navigation system or the like.
  • the shortest route indicates a route having the shortest moving distance.
  • the optimum route is a route that takes the shortest travel time considering the presence or absence of a signal or the presence or absence of a sidewalk. Specifically, the current location and the position of the house 100 are plotted on the map information, and the shortest route and the optimum route are searched using a route search algorithm such as the Dijkstra method or the A-star algorithm.
  • the user returns from the current location to the house 100 in order to change the operation state of a predetermined home appliance to a desired operation state.
  • the estimated required time required for the operation is displayed on the portable device 300 together with the operation state of the home appliance 101.
  • the user can select whether to return to the house 100 in order to change the operation state of a predetermined home appliance to a desired operation state, or to go to the destination without returning to the house 100.
  • the user can predict how much delay will occur in his / her schedule, which is useful for the user.
  • server 200 determines the operating state of a predetermined home appliance from a home appliance log acquired directly from the predetermined home appliance.
  • server 200 acquires a monitoring log from a monitoring device associated in advance with a predetermined home appliance, and determines the operating state of the predetermined home appliance from the acquired monitoring log.
  • the server 200 does not acquire the home appliance log indicating whether the air conditioner is in the ON state or the OFF state from the air conditioner itself, but from the wattmeter (monitoring device) that monitors the power supplied to the air conditioner. get. Then, the server 200 determines the operating state of the air conditioner from the acquired monitoring log. For example, it is assumed that there is an air conditioner that can transmit only the home appliance log in the OFF state to the server 200 due to a failure even though it is in the ON state. In this case, the server 200 can correctly determine the operating state of the air conditioner using the monitoring log (power value) obtained from the power meter.
  • the monitoring log power value
  • the predetermined home appliance does not have a communication unit for notifying the server 200 of the home appliance log, by acquiring the monitoring log notified from the monitoring device including the communication unit, the server 200 The operating state of a predetermined home appliance can be grasped.
  • FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of the information notification system 10 according to the third embodiment.
  • the information notification system 10 includes monitoring devices 103, 104, and 105 (an example of other home appliances) in the house 100 in addition to the configuration of the first embodiment shown in FIG. The description of the same parts as those of the first embodiment is omitted.
  • FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the monitoring device 103.
  • the monitoring device 103 includes an inquiry receiving unit 114, a monitoring log collecting unit 115, a monitoring log reporting unit 116, and a communication unit 117.
  • the inquiry receiving unit 114 and the communication unit 117 are the same as the inquiry receiving unit 110 and the communication unit 113 included in the home appliance 101, respectively, and thus description thereof is omitted here.
  • monitoring devices 104 and 105 have basically the same configuration as the monitoring device 103, the description thereof is omitted.
  • the monitoring log collection unit 115 collects predetermined information related to predetermined household electrical appliances that are predetermined to be monitored as a monitoring log. For example, when the monitoring device 103 (power meter) targets the home appliance 101 (air conditioner), the monitoring log collection unit 115 of the power meter collects the power value supplied to the power supply of the air conditioner as a monitoring log. For example, when the monitoring device 104 (thermometer) targets the home appliance 101 (air conditioner), the monitoring log collection unit 115 of the thermometer monitors the temperature near the air conditioner or the temperature of the room where the air conditioner is installed. Collect as.
  • the monitoring log collection unit 115 of the sound sensor uses the operation sound of the home appliance 102 (automatic vacuum cleaner) as a monitoring log. collect. Then, the monitoring log collection unit 115 converts the collected monitoring log into a predetermined format that can be decoded by the monitoring log reporting unit 116, and outputs it to the monitoring log reporting unit 116.
  • the monitoring log reporting unit 116 converts the monitoring log output in a predetermined format by the monitoring log collecting unit 115 into a format for reporting to the server 200, and transmits it to the server 200 through the communication unit 117.
  • the format for reporting to the server 200 includes the ID of the monitoring device 103 as the report source, the ID of the server 200 as the report destination, and the monitoring log collected by the monitoring device (for example, the power value in the case of a power meter). Is included.
  • FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the server 200 according to the third embodiment.
  • the server 200 includes a corresponding monitoring device recording unit 216, a monitoring log receiving unit 212, and a monitoring log notification unit 214 instead of the home appliance log notification unit 207.
  • the rest of the configuration is the same as that shown in FIG.
  • the correspondence monitoring device recording unit 216 records a correspondence table H27 in which a correspondence relationship between a predetermined home appliance and a monitoring device that monitors the predetermined home appliance is shown.
  • FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of the correspondence table H27.
  • the monitoring device 103 and the monitoring device 104 of the home appliance 101 are a power meter and a thermometer, respectively, and the monitoring device 105 of the home appliance 102 (automatic vacuum cleaner) is a sound sensor (microphone). It has been recorded.
  • a plurality of monitoring devices may be registered for one home appliance, and one monitoring device may monitor a plurality of home appliances.
  • the monitoring log receiving unit 212 makes an inquiry to the monitoring device, and receives the monitoring log transmitted from the monitoring device as a response to the inquiry through the communication unit 201.
  • the monitoring log notification unit 214 receives the monitoring log received by the monitoring log reception unit 212 through the notification determination unit 204. When the notification determination unit 204 determines that the mobile device 300 is within the predetermined range, the monitoring log notification unit 214 determines the operation state of the predetermined home appliance. Is notified to the mobile device 300 through the communication unit 209.
  • the format of this notification includes the ID of the server that is the notification source, the ID of the mobile device 300 that is the notification destination, and the operating state of the predetermined home appliance.
  • the notification format may include notification time information (for example, notification time) or may include the ID and name of the monitoring device.
  • the operation of the information notification system 10 is as follows: 1) a registration phase for registering a monitoring device; and 2) an operation state of a predetermined home appliance from a monitoring log transmitted from the monitoring device.
  • the notification phase is notified to the mobile device 300.
  • the operation of each phase will be described.
  • FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a registration screen G25 for registering, for example, an air conditioner monitoring device.
  • the registration screen G25 is displayed on the mobile device 300.
  • the registration screen G25 displays a list of monitoring device candidates that can check the operating state of the air conditioner among the monitoring devices installed in the house 100.
  • a power meter, a thermometer, and a sound sensor are listed as candidates.
  • the monitoring device exemplified here may not be a single wattmeter, thermometer, or sound sensor.
  • the home appliances may be displayed as a list on the registration screen G25 as a monitoring device.
  • a washing machine equipped with a sound sensor can be a candidate for a monitoring device.
  • monitoring devices displayed in a list on the registration screen G25 monitoring devices registered in advance in the server 200 are employed.
  • the server 200 extracts in advance home appliances that can be candidates for monitoring devices from home appliances installed in the house 100 for each predetermined home appliance, and displays the extracted devices in a list on the registration screen G25. Good.
  • the server 200 manages the position information of each home appliance installed in the house 100, and determines whether a certain home appliance is applicable as a monitoring device for a predetermined home appliance using the position information. do it.
  • the server 200 manages the floor plan of the house 100, coordinates on the floor plan indicating the installation position of each home appliance can be adopted as the position information of each home appliance.
  • the server 200 should just judge that a certain household appliance is not suitable as a monitoring apparatus, since a certain household appliance is installed in the distance with respect to a predetermined household appliance using this coordinate.
  • the registration screen G25 describes the characteristics when each monitoring device monitors the operating state of the air conditioner. For example, as a method of determining an air conditioner operating state (air conditioner is in an ON state or an OFF state) from a monitoring log from a power meter, there are a method using a power value itself (absolute value) and a method using a power change.
  • the server 200 can accurately determine the operating state of the air conditioner using the power value measured by the power meter.
  • the server 200 uses the power value measured by the power meter to accurately determine the operation state of the air conditioner. There is a possibility that it cannot be judged well. In this case, the server 200 may determine the operating state of the air conditioner using the power change.
  • the display field of “watt meter” describes “the power value itself or the power change is confirmed” as a monitoring characteristic when the power meter is used.
  • the user may specify whether the determination method using the power value itself or the determination method using the power change is employed, or the server 200 may determine.
  • the server 200 may manage in advance information indicating which outlet (system) each home appliance is connected to in the house 100, and use this information to select the determination method described above. .
  • the server 200 may determine whether the air conditioner is on or off from the absolute value of the temperature measured by the thermometer. Alternatively, the server 200 may obtain a temporal transition of the temperature from the measured value of the temperature measured a plurality of times by the thermometer, and may determine the ON state or the OFF state of the air conditioner from the temporal transition. In this case, since several temperature measurement values are required, it takes a certain amount of time to determine the operating state of the air conditioner.
  • thermometer display field has a monitoring feature when using a thermometer: “Check the temperature itself or the temperature change. It takes a little time to check.” It is described.
  • the air blowing sound of the air conditioner is used to determine the ON state and the OFF state of the air conditioner.
  • the user selects a monitoring device from the candidates listed on the registration screen G25.
  • the user may select a plurality of monitoring devices.
  • the registration screen G25 is provided with a check box C25 for selecting each monitoring device displayed in a list.
  • a check box C25 for selecting each monitoring device displayed in a list.
  • the power meter, the thermometer, and the sound sensor are displayed as a list, three check boxes C25 corresponding to these three monitoring devices are displayed.
  • the user operates the mobile device 300 and inputs a check mark in the check box C25 to select a monitoring device.
  • a check mark is input to the wattmeter and thermometer check box C25, and the wattmeter and the thermometer are selected as monitoring devices for the air conditioner.
  • the corresponding monitoring device recording unit 216 records the ID of the selected monitoring device in association with the ID of the home appliance monitored by the monitoring device in the correspondence table H27.
  • a wattmeter and a thermometer are recorded as monitoring devices for determining the operating state of the air conditioner.
  • determination conditions for determining that the home appliance is in the ON state are also recorded. For example, in the example of FIG. 27, “1 kW or more” is registered as “value when ON” for “watt meter”. This indicates that when the power consumption detected by the power meter shows a value of 1 kW or more, it is determined that the air conditioner is in the ON state.
  • the “thermometer” is “value when ON”, “the temperature in the vicinity of the air conditioner or in the room is 25 degrees or less (June to August), 15 degrees or more (December to February)” Is recorded. This means that if the temperature in the vicinity of the air conditioner or the room where the air conditioner is installed is 25 degrees or less in the summer (June to August), it is determined that the air conditioner is on, and in the winter (December to February) If it is 15 degrees or more, it indicates that the air conditioner is determined to be in the ON state. This is because it is assumed that a cooling operation is performed in summer and a heating operation is performed in winter.
  • “sound sensor” is recorded in association with “automatic vacuum cleaner”.
  • “60 dB or more” is registered as “value when ON” for “automatic vacuum cleaner”. This indicates that when the operation sound of the automatic cleaner of 60 dB or more is detected by the sound sensor, it is determined that the automatic cleaner is in the ON state.
  • whether or not the operation sound detected by the sound sensor is the operation sound of the automatic cleaner may be determined by, for example, frequency analysis of the operation sound detected by the sound sensor. For example, if a feature value of an operation sound is extracted by performing a Fourier transform on the operation sound, and the similarity between the feature amount and a feature value determined in advance as the operation sound of an automatic cleaner is greater than or equal to a certain level, the sound sensor automatically It may be determined that the operation sound of the vacuum cleaner has been detected.
  • the example in which the judgment standard is changed according to the season is shown as the judgment standard for judging the ON state of the air conditioner based on the temperature acquired by the thermometer.
  • the same judgment standard may be adopted throughout the year. For example, it is considered that an air conditioner rarely performs a heating operation in a low latitude area, and an air conditioner rarely performs a cooling operation in a high latitude area. In this case, the same judgment standard may be adopted throughout the year as the judgment standard.
  • the determination criteria are not limited to such setting, and the determination criteria may be flexibly set based on the characteristics of the weather in each region.
  • FIG. 26 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the notification phase in the information notification system 10.
  • the mobile device 300 periodically notifies the server 200 of its location information.
  • the inquiry processing unit 208 of the server 200 selects a predetermined home appliance, refers to the correspondence table H27 recorded in the correspondence monitoring device recording unit 216, and acquires the ID of the selected monitoring device of the predetermined home appliance.
  • the server 200 acquires IDs of the plurality of monitoring devices.
  • home appliance 101 air conditioner
  • the inquiry processing unit 208 of the server 200 transmits an inquiry for notifying the monitoring device of the monitoring log to the monitoring device. This inquiry is sent periodically.
  • the monitoring device 103 power meter
  • the monitoring device 104 thermometer
  • An inquiry is transmitted to the device 104 (thermometer). This inquiry includes the ID of the monitoring device of the transmission destination, the ID of the server 200, the ID of the home electric appliance to be monitored, and an inquiry command indicating that this transmission data is an inquiry.
  • the monitoring device 103 receives an inquiry from the server 200 and collects a monitoring log.
  • the monitoring device 104 (thermometer) also receives an inquiry from the server 200 and collects a monitoring log. Note that the order of S112 and S113 may be reversed or simultaneous.
  • the monitoring devices 103 and 104 transmit the collected monitoring logs to the server 200.
  • the monitoring device 103 power meter
  • the monitoring device 104 thermometer
  • the monitoring device 104 thermometer
  • the predetermined range determination unit 206 of the server 200 uses the location information of the house 100 and the location information of the mobile device 300 received in S101 to determine whether the mobile device 300 exists within a predetermined range from the house 100. Judging. Within the predetermined range is a range in which a user who is away from home 100 can easily return to home 100 as in the first or second embodiment.
  • the notification determination unit 204 of the server 200 determines “within range” in S104, it determines the operating state of the home appliance 101 using the collected monitoring log, and puts the determined operating state within a predetermined range.
  • the home appliance log notification unit 207 determines to notify the existing mobile device 300 and notifies the mobile device 300 of this. .
  • the home appliance log notification unit 207 of the server 200 notifies the mobile device 300 of information about the monitoring device.
  • 29 and 30 are diagrams illustrating notification screens G29 and G30 displayed on the display unit 304 of the mobile device 300. FIG. In the notification screen G29 of FIG. 29, since the air conditioner is in the ON state, “Air conditioner is in operation” is displayed.
  • notification screen G29 since the air conditioner ON state is determined from the monitoring logs of the power meter and the thermometer, it is confirmed that the air conditioner is in operation from the power meter and the thermometer. It is displayed.
  • the notification screen G30 of FIG. 30 since the air conditioner is in an OFF state, “Air conditioner is stopped” is displayed.
  • the OFF state of the air conditioner is determined from the monitoring logs of the wattmeter and the thermometer, “The air conditioner is operating from the wattmeter and the thermometer can be confirmed” is displayed.
  • These notification screens G29 and G30 may be output to the display unit 304 as pop-ups by the service application of the mobile device 300.
  • the mobile device 300 may display these notification screens G ⁇ b> 29 and G ⁇ b> 30 when receiving a notification by mail from the server 200.
  • FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing a process for determining whether a predetermined home appliance is in an ON state or an OFF state from a monitoring log.
  • FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing detailed processing of S106 in FIG. FIG. 28 shows a case where it is determined whether the air conditioner is in the ON state or the OFF state from the absolute value of the power value measured by the monitoring device 103 (wattmeter) as an example of realizing the determination of the operation state. Yes.
  • the correspondence table H27 in FIG. 27 records that the power consumption measured by the power meter is 1 kW or more when the air conditioner is in the ON state.
  • the monitoring log notification unit 214 checks whether or not the power value indicated by the monitoring log of the power meter is less than 1 kW (S2801). If the power value is less than 1 kW (YES in S2801), the monitoring log notification unit 214 determines that the air conditioner is in an OFF state. On the other hand, if the power value is 1 kW or more (NO in S2801), the monitoring log notification unit 214 determines that the air conditioner is in the ON state.
  • the monitoring log notification unit 214 detects the monitoring log of the thermometer in summer (June to August). Is less than 25 degrees, the air conditioner is determined to be in the OFF state. The monitoring log notification unit 214 determines that the air conditioner is in an ON state if the temperature indicated by the monitoring log of the thermometer is 15 degrees or higher in winter (December to February), and the temperature is less than 15 degrees. If it is determined that the air conditioner is in an OFF state.
  • the monitoring log notification unit 214 indicates that the operation sound indicated by the monitoring log of the sound sensor is less than 60 dB. If there is, it is determined that the automatic cleaner is in an OFF state, and if the operation sound is 60 dB or more, it is determined that the automatic cleaner is in an ON state.
  • the operating state of a predetermined home appliance is determined from the monitoring log of the monitoring device associated with the predetermined home appliance. For example, whether an air conditioner is in an ON state or an OFF state is determined not from a home appliance log of the air conditioner itself but from a monitoring log of a wattmeter that monitors power supplied to the air conditioner. Thus, for example, even if the server 200 has an air conditioner that can notify only the home appliance log in the OFF state even though it is in the ON state due to a failure, the air conditioner monitoring log obtained from the monitoring device can be used. Is accurately determined.
  • the server 200 can obtain the monitoring log notified from the monitoring device including the communication unit.
  • the operation state of a predetermined home appliance can be grasped.
  • Embodiment 4 (notification based on distance actually moved)
  • Embodiment 1 while the user who went out was in the circle which has a predetermined radius from the house 100, the state of the predetermined household electrical appliance was notified to the portable device 300 which a user owns. That is, in the first embodiment, when a user is present in a circle having a predetermined radius, the user who has received the notification can easily return to the house 100 in order to perform an operation of changing the operation state of the home appliance. It was considered to be.
  • the fourth embodiment it is determined whether or not the user exists within a predetermined range by using an actual moving distance when the user leaves the house 100 instead of a circle having a predetermined radius. For example, when the user moves east from the house 100, the road is very complicated, and thus the user's moving distance may be longer than the linear distance even though the straight distance from the house 100 is short. . On the other hand, when the user moves west, since the road is straight, the linear distance from the house 100 and the movement distance may be substantially the same. In these cases, it cannot be simply determined that the user is easy to return to the house 100 just because the user exists in a circle having a predetermined radius. In these cases, it is appropriate to determine whether or not it is easy for the user to return to the house 100 at the actual moving distance.
  • 33 and 34 are diagrams showing examples of notification screens G33 and G34 displayed on the mobile device 300 in the fourth embodiment.
  • 33 and 34 show notification screens G33 and G34 for notifying the operation state of a predetermined home appliance when the moving distance of the user from the house 100 is 500 m or less. Therefore, on the notification screens G33 and G34, “This notification has confirmed and notified the state of the house before the distance you have moved from your home reaches 500 m” is displayed. .
  • notification screen G33 since the air conditioner is ON in the notification screen G33, “Air conditioner is in operation” is displayed. In the notification screen G34, “Air conditioner is stopped” is displayed because the air conditioner is OFF. Has been. Note that these notification screens G33 and G34 may be output to the display unit 304 as pop-ups by the service application of the mobile device 300. The mobile device 300 may display these notification screens G ⁇ b> 33 and G ⁇ b> 34 when receiving a notification by mail from the server 200.
  • the overall configuration of the information notification system 10 and the configurations of the home appliance 101 and the portable device 300 are the same as those in the first embodiment (FIGS. 1, 2, and 4). The description is omitted.
  • the configuration of the server 200 since the configuration of the server 200 is different from that of the first embodiment, the configuration of the server 200 will be described.
  • FIG. 31 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the server 200 according to the fourth embodiment.
  • the server 200 according to the fourth embodiment further includes a movement distance calculation unit 215 in addition to the configuration of the server 200 according to the first embodiment.
  • Movement distance calculation unit 215 tracks the change in the position information of the mobile device 300 on the map information from the time when the user moves out of the house 100, and calculates the movement distance.
  • the operation of the information notification system 10 is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. However, the operation of S104 for determining whether the mobile device 300 is within a predetermined range is different. Here, determination of a predetermined range of the difference will be described.
  • FIG. 32 is a flowchart showing details of the process of S104 of FIG. 5 in the fourth embodiment.
  • the movement distance calculation unit 215 determines whether the mobile device 300 has left the house 100 from the position information of the mobile device 300. Here, the movement distance calculation unit 215 determines that the mobile device 300 is separated from the house 100 when the position information of the mobile device 300 changes from the inside to the outside of the circle of the distance M shown in FIG. Good. If it is determined in S10410 that the mobile device 300 is away from the house 100 (YES in S10410), the process proceeds to S10411. If it is determined that the mobile device 300 is not away from the house 100 (NO in S10410), the process is performed. Returns to S10410.
  • the movement distance calculation unit 215 starts measuring the movement distance of the mobile device 300 from the house 100.
  • the travel distance calculation unit 215 tracks the travel route of the mobile device 300 using the location information and map information of the mobile device 300 that are regularly notified, and measures the travel distance. For example, the movement distance calculation unit 215 plots the position indicated by the position information notified from the portable device 300 on the map information, and connects the plotted positions along the road, thereby moving the movement route of the portable device 300. To track. Then, the movement distance calculation unit 215 calculates the length of the tracked movement route, and measures the actual distance corresponding to the calculated length as the movement distance of the mobile device 300.
  • Embodiment 4 the user can set a predetermined range (the state of the home appliance) depending on how far the position of the mobile device 300 is linearly away from the house 100. It has been determined whether it exists within the notification range).
  • the actual moving distance of the mobile device 300 is calculated using the map information, and it is determined whether or not the mobile device 300 exists within a predetermined range using the moving distance. ing. Thereby, for example, when moving to the east, the road is very complicated, and the moving distance becomes long although the linear distance from the house 100 is short, while when moving to the west, the movement from the house 100 Even in a case where the route is linear, the range in which the user can turn back can be accurately determined.
  • notification is received while the mobile device 300 is in a predetermined range.
  • the predetermined range is a range from the house 100 to the distance L from the house 100 or a range from the distance M to the distance L, but the present disclosure is not limited to this.
  • the notification may be given to the mobile device 300 only while in the house 100. That is, while in the house 100, the user can know the operation state of a predetermined home appliance in the house 100 through the mobile device 300. On the other hand, when the user goes out of the house 100, the notification of the operation state is not performed. Therefore, even if the content of the mobile device 300 is viewed by another person on the go, the information related to the home appliance in the house 100 is not known to others. .
  • the LAN, the Internet, and the 4G communication network are adopted as the network in the house 100, the network between the house 100 and the server 200, and the network between the server 200 and the portable device 300, respectively.
  • the present disclosure is not limited to this.
  • These networks may be different or the same.
  • the home appliance may be directly connected to the server 200 via a 4G communication network without going through a router.
  • either a wired communication network or a wireless communication network may be employed.
  • the mobile device 300 periodically notifies the server 200 of location information, but the present disclosure is not limited to this.
  • the location information may be notified in response to an inquiry from the server 200, or the location information may be notified to the server 200 in response to an event such as passing through a place where the mobile device 300 is located.
  • the server 200 may make an inquiry to the home appliance or the monitoring device only once and determine the operation state of the predetermined home appliance from the response to the inquiry.
  • An inquiry may be made a plurality of times, and the operating state of a predetermined home appliance may be determined from a plurality of responses.
  • server 200 may determine a rule in advance and determine the operating state of a predetermined home appliance according to the rule.
  • a rule for example, a rule that adopts a judgment result of an operation state with respect to the latest response or a rule that adopts the most judgment result among judgment results obtained in a certain past period is adopted. Good.
  • a single device such as a power meter, a thermometer, and a sound sensor is adopted as the monitoring device, but the present disclosure is not limited to this.
  • the household electrical appliance having the functional module may be employed as the monitoring device.
  • the operating state of the air conditioner may be confirmed using the camera function of an automatic cleaner with a camera function.
  • the camera function is caused to image the power supply lamp of the air conditioner, and the server 200 acquires the captured image as a monitoring log.
  • the server 200 performs image recognition on this image, determines whether or not the power lamp is lit, and if the power lamp is lit, the air conditioner is in an ON state and the power lamp is turned off. Then, it may be determined that the air conditioner is in the OFF state.
  • the server 200 when recording the monitoring log from the monitoring device, the server 200 may record only the monitoring log indicating the OFF state, or record only the monitoring log indicating the ON state. Also good. Further, the server 200 may record both the monitoring log in the ON state and the monitoring log in the OFF state.
  • the operating state of a predetermined home appliance is notified to the mobile device 300 regardless of the ON state and the OFF state, but only the operating state in the OFF state may be notified. However, only the operating state in the ON state may be notified.
  • FIG. 35 is a diagram showing a registration screen G35 for a user to register a home appliance to be inquired.
  • the registration screen G35 is displayed on the mobile device 300.
  • FIG. 35 air conditioners and recorders are displayed as candidates for home appliances to be inquired.
  • a check box C35 is provided in each of the display fields of the air conditioner and the recorder. The user can select a home appliance to be inquired by operating the mobile device 300 and inputting a check mark in the check box C35. In the example of FIG. 35, a check mark is input to the air conditioner check box C35, and the air conditioner is selected as the home appliance to be queried.
  • the home appliances installed in the house 100 may be registered in the server 200 in advance, and the server 200 may generate a registration screen G35 on which the registered home appliances are displayed and display them on the mobile device 300. .
  • the inquiry target home appliance only one home appliance (air conditioner) is selected as the inquiry target home appliance, but a plurality of home appliances may be selected as the inquiry target home appliance.
  • the registration screen G35 is installed in a place such as a living room air conditioner or a study air conditioner.
  • the home appliances may be displayed in association with each other.
  • a user should just select arbitrary one or more household appliances as an inquiry object household appliance from a plurality of household appliances of the same kind.
  • the air conditioner setting information includes, for example, the currently set temperature, humidity, operation mode, and current room temperature, and an aspect in which the user can select arbitrary setting information can be employed. That is, the user is notified through the registration screen G35 that the operation mode is notified but the current room temperature information is unnecessary.
  • the registration screen G35 may display a check box for each setting information and allow the user to select the setting information by inputting a check mark.
  • the GPS is used to acquire the position information of the mobile device 300.
  • a satellite positioning system other than the GPS may be used, and other positioning systems may be used. May be.
  • Embodiment 3 when the power value measured by the power meter is equal to or greater than the threshold value, it is determined that the air conditioner is in the ON state, but the present disclosure is not limited to this.
  • the server 200 when receiving a monitoring log indicating a power value of a predetermined level (for example, 0) or more, for example, the server 200 monitors a change in the power value. If the power value decreases by a certain value or more, it may be determined that the air conditioner is in the OFF state.
  • the ON state and the OFF state of the air conditioner are determined by comparing the temperature measured by the thermometer with the threshold value, but the present disclosure is not limited to this. For example, if the temperature measured by the thermometer does not change by a predetermined value or more, the server 200 determines that the air conditioner is in an ON state. If the measured temperature changes by a predetermined value or more, the server 200 turns off the air conditioner. You may judge that it is in a state. Here, if the air conditioner is maintained in the ON state, the air conditioner tries to keep the room temperature at a constant temperature, so that the room temperature is kept at a constant temperature regardless of the outdoor temperature change. Therefore, if the temperature change measured by the thermometer is less than a certain value, it can be determined that the air conditioner is in the ON state.
  • Embodiment 3 if the operation sound collected by the sound sensor is equal to or higher than a predetermined level, it is determined that the automatic cleaner is in the ON state, but the ON state is determined from the change in the operation sound of the automatic cleaner. It may be judged. Specifically, when the server 200 detects a change in the operating sound above a certain level, the server 200 monitors the change in the operating sound, and if there is no change in the operating sound, determines that the automatic cleaner is maintained in the ON state. When the operating sound drops below a certain level, it can be determined that the automatic cleaner has been turned off.
  • FIG. 37 is a diagram showing an overview of services provided by the information management system in service type 1 (in-house data center type cloud service).
  • the service provider 720 acquires information from the group 700 and provides a service to the user.
  • the service provider 720 has a function of a data center operating company. That is, the service provider 720 has a cloud server 711 that manages big data. Therefore, there is no data center operating company.
  • the service provider 720 operates and manages the data center 803 (cloud server).
  • the service provider 720 manages an operating system (OS) 802 and an application 801.
  • the service provider 720 provides a service using the OS 802 and the application 801 managed by the service provider 720 (arrow 804).
  • FIG. 38 is a diagram illustrating an overview of services provided by the information management system in service type 2 (IaaS-based cloud service).
  • IaaS is an abbreviation for infrastructure as a service, and is a cloud service provision model that provides a base for constructing and operating a computer system as a service via the Internet.
  • the data center operating company 710 operates and manages the data center 803 (cloud server).
  • the service provider 720 manages the OS 802 and the application 801.
  • the service provider 720 provides a service using the OS 802 and the application 801 managed by the service provider 720 (arrow 804).
  • FIG. 39 is a diagram illustrating an overall image of services provided by the information management system in service type 3 (PaaS use type cloud service).
  • PaaS is an abbreviation for Platform as a Service
  • PaaS provision model that provides a platform serving as a foundation for constructing and operating software as a service via the Internet.
  • the data center operating company 710 manages the OS 802 and operates and manages the data center 803 (cloud server). Further, the service provider 720 manages the application 801. The service provider 720 provides a service using the OS 802 managed by the data center operating company 710 and the application 801 managed by the service provider 720 (arrow 804).
  • FIG. 40 is a diagram illustrating an overview of services provided by the information management system in service type 4 (SaaS-based cloud service).
  • SaaS is an abbreviation for software as a service.
  • the SaaS-based cloud service is, for example, an application provided by a platform provider who owns a data center (cloud server), or a user such as a company or individual who does not have a data center (cloud server) on the Internet.
  • This is a cloud service provision model that has functions that can be used via other networks.
  • the data center operating company 710 manages the application 801, manages the OS 802, and operates and manages the data center 803 (cloud server). Further, the service provider 720 provides a service using the OS 802 and the application 801 managed by the data center operating company 710 (arrow 804).
  • the service provider 720 provides a service in any cloud service type.
  • the service provider or the data center operating company may develop an OS, an application, a big data database, or the like, or may be outsourced to a third party.
  • the information notification method according to the present disclosure is useful in an information notification method in an information management system that manages information indicating the state of one or more household electrical appliances in a house.

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Selon l'invention, un serveur (200) gère des informations qui spécifient l'un d'un ou plusieurs appareils électroménagers. Ledit serveur (200) reçoit également des informations de localisation à partir d'un dispositif portatif (300). Si, en comparant les informations de localisation pour une maison (100) avec les informations de localisation provenant du dispositif portatif (300), le serveur (200) détermine que le dispositif portatif (300) est à une distance prescrite de la maison (100), le serveur (200) reçoit, à partir de l'appareil électroménager spécifié, des informations de journal qui comprennent l'état activé/désactivé dudit appareil électroménager, et lorsque le dispositif portatif (300) est dans la distance prescrite susmentionnée de la maison (100), le serveur (200) fournit, au dispositif portatif (300), des informations indiquant l'état activé/désactivé de l'appareil électroménager spécifié.
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