WO2018194211A1

WO2018194211A1 - Intelligent drinking water dispenser control device capable of self-diagnosis and remote control on basis of internet of things

Info

Publication number: WO2018194211A1
Application number: PCT/KR2017/005194
Authority: WO
Inventors: 유인수; 나선덕
Original assignee: (주)구츠
Priority date: 2017-04-18
Filing date: 2017-05-18
Publication date: 2018-10-25
Also published as: KR101887131B1

Abstract

Disclosed is an intelligent drinking water dispenser control device capable of self-diagnosis and remote control on the basis of the Internet of Things which enables a product to operate optimally by monitoring and remotely controlling cold water temperature, hot water temperature, leakage state, operating state, filter replacement time, whether tap water is normally supplied, service life, counting of the number of users, service life of major parts and major devices, inlet and outlet temperatures of a cooler and heater, etc. as well as by collecting, analyzing, and processing operation information on the use of the product to analyze an operation pattern of the product. The intelligent drinking water dispenser control device comprises: one or more drinking water dispensers for dispensing drinking water to users; a server for monitoring an on-off state of the drinking water dispensers and a drinking water temperature and controlling the drinking water dispensers in accordance with the monitored information; and a network for providing a channel for connecting the drinking water dispensers in a wired or wireless manner with the server for communication. Due to these features, the intelligent drinking water dispenser control device has effects of prolonging the service life of the product, saving energy, and facilitating convenient maintenance.

Description

Intelligent Drinking Water Controller based on IoT

The present invention relates to an intelligent drinking water control device capable of self-diagnosis and remote control based on the Internet of Things, and more specifically, cold water temperature, hot water temperature, leakage state, operating state, filter replacement time, whether the raw water supply state, the period of use Monitoring, remotely controlling the number of people used, the period of use of major parts and devices, the inflow and outflow temperatures of cooling and heating devices, and collecting, analyzing and processing operational information on product use. The present invention relates to an intelligent drinking water control device capable of IoT based self-diagnosis and remote control that analyzes patterns and enables optimized product operation.

In general, drinking water used in homes, offices, hospitals, schools, etc. has a cooler and a heater, and is a representative device having a very important function. Coolers and heaters can be categorized as either hot water or instant, depending on the presence or absence of a reservoir, and can be said to be a key device of drinking water with filters.

However, the existing products do not have self-diagnosis function that recognizes the failure of the cooler and heater in advance, which makes it difficult to secure the stability of the product and often causes user complaints.

In addition, most of the failure of the cooler and the heater has a problem that leads to a serious failure rather than a light failure, there is a problem that it is difficult to quickly A / S (After Service). In addition, when the cooler and heater breakdown occurs in a public use facility such as a hospital, school, or the like during the hot summer or winter season, it is inevitable for the user.

In addition, since many drinking water systems are installed in a large area in a multi-use facility, it is not only difficult to manage them efficiently, but also an important problem to be solved for excessive consumption of labor for maintenance.

Therefore, the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the object of the present invention is the cold water temperature, hot water temperature, leakage state, operating state, filter replacement time, raw water supply state, period of use, number of people counting, main parts And it is to provide an intelligent drinking water control device capable of IoT based self-diagnosis and remote control that can monitor and remotely control the main equipment usage period, inlet and outlet temperature of the cooler and heater.

The IoT-based self-diagnosis and remote control intelligent drinking water control device for achieving the above object,

At least one drinking water supply device for supplying drinking water to a user;

A server for monitoring the on-off and drinking water temperature of the drinking water supply and controlling the drinking water supply according to the monitored information; And

And a network providing a channel for communicating between the drinking water supply device and the server by wireless or wired communication.

The drinking water supply device,

Drinking water for supplying drinking water;

A cold water cooler for cooling the water supplied from the drinking water dispenser;

A heater to increase the temperature of the water supplied from the drinking water;

A communication unit for communicating with the server to transmit monitoring information to the server and to receive control information from the server;

A water intake sensor for recognizing the user's use of the drinking water by recognizing that the drinking water user approaches the water intake for food and beverage;

A power supply unit for supplying power to the drinking water, cooler and heater, communication unit, and water intake sensor; And

And a control unit which receives control information from the communication unit to control the operation of the power supply unit and counts the drinking water user from the water intake sensor.

The server,

A server communication unit communicating with the drinking water supply device to receive the monitoring information and to transmit control information;

The installation location of the drinking water supply device, product usage period, filter replacement information, product operation status information and failure information, product usage days, power consumption information are stored, and the processing result is updated after being processed according to the monitoring information. A database for storing;

An input unit for inputting initial information into the database and inputting a command to control the drinking water supply device;

A server control unit which receives the monitoring information from the communication unit and generates control information corresponding to the command received through the input unit and controls the transmission information to be transmitted through the server communication unit; And

And a server power supply unit supplying power to the server communication unit, the input unit, and the server control unit.

The control unit controls the drinking water supply device according to the control information,

The control information includes an on-off command of a power supply unit, an on-off and temperature control command of the cooler and the heater, and an on-off command of a sterilizer.

The control unit controls the drinking water supply device according to the monitoring information, the monitoring information, on-off state information of the power supply unit, on-off state information of the cooler and the heater, on-off state information of the sterilizer, auto drain operation It may be configured to include the status information, cold and hot water outlet temperature status information, leakage status information, filter replacement time notification information, whether or not the normal water supply status, the number of people counting information.

The controller may be configured to autonomously control the temperature of the cooler and the water heater according to the control information and the counted user information stored in the database received from the server.

The control information of the database includes information for setting the temperature of the cold water and hot water of the drinking water, and to adjust the set temperature of the cold water and hot water corresponding to the number of the counted user, the more the number of users counted cold water The set temperature of the lower, the set temperature of hot water can be configured to increase.

The control unit,

It may be configured to control the on and off of the power supply in accordance with the control information and the information of the database.

The control information may include an on / off time of the power supply unit, and the controller may be configured to control on / off of the power supply unit according to setting information and on / off time.

Therefore, the IoT-based self-diagnosis and remote control intelligent drinking water control device of the present invention is cold water temperature, hot water temperature, leakage state, operating state, filter replacement time, raw water supply state, product usage period, number of people counting, main parts In addition, the service life of the main equipment, the inlet temperature and the outlet temperature of the cooler and the heater can be monitored to increase the service life of the product and to save energy and maintain convenience.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an intelligent drinking water control system capable of self-diagnosis and remote control according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the drinking water supply device shown in Figure 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a server shown in FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a data format diagram showing monitoring information exchanged between a server and a drinking machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a screen showing that the server of Figure 1 monitors the drinking water supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings showing an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the present invention includes a drinking

water supply device

110, 120,..., 130, a network 140, and a server 150.

First, one or more drinking

water supply apparatuses

110, 120, ..., 130 may be configured to supply drinking water.

The network 140 provides a channel for communication between the drinking

water supply apparatuses

110, 120,... 130 and the server 150 by wireless or wired connection. The network 140 may be a wireless communication network provided by an operator providing a public communication network, or may be a local area network. Local area networks may include Wi-Fi (Wireless-Fidelity), LAN (Local Area Networt), Bluetooth (blue-tooth), Wi-Fi (Wireless Broadband Intrernet; Wibro), and the like.

The server 150 monitors the on / off and drinking water temperatures of the drinking

water supply apparatuses

110, 120,..., 130 and controls the drinking water supply apparatus according to the monitored information. The server 150 may be a computer connected to the drinking

water supply apparatuses

110, 120,... 130 through the network 140, and may be a terminal capable of communicating. For example, the terminal may use a smartphone.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the drinking water supply device shown in Figure 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server shown in Figure 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention 4 is a data format diagram showing monitoring information exchanged between a server and a drinking water machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a drinking water supply apparatus of the server of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. This screen shows monitoring

2 to 5, the drinking water supply device 100 of the present invention is drinking water 111, power supply 112, communication unit 113, cooler 114, heater 115, sterilizer 116 , The control unit 117, the water intake sensor 118 is configured.

First, the drinking water 111 supplies drinking water to the user. Drinking water 111 includes a drinking water, a water purifier, a hot water maker, a hydrogen water. That is, the drinking water 111 includes a device for providing drinking water.

The cooler 114 may be configured to cool the water supplied from the drinking water 111, and may instantly cool the temperature of the water discharged from the drinking water 111 by taking away the ambient temperature using the refrigerant.

The water heater 115 allows the water supplied from the drinking water 111 to be rapidly raised in temperature using a heater.

The communicator 113 sets a channel for communicating through the network 140 between the drinking water supply device 100 and the server 150. Through the channel formed as described above, the communication unit 113 may transmit monitoring information to the server 150 and receive control information from the server 150.

The monitoring information is information that records an event occurring in the drinking water supply device 100. Monitoring information includes on and off status information of the power supply, on and off status information of the cooler and the heater, on and off status information of the sterilizer, auto drain operation status information, cold water discharge temperature status information, leakage status information, filter replacement time notification Information, raw water supply status information, the number of people counting information can be configured to include.

The control information includes an on-off command of the power supply unit 112, an on-off and temperature control command of the cold water heater 114 and the water heater 115, and an on-off command of the sterilizer 116.

The water intake sensor 118 recognizes that the user of the drinking water 111 accesses the drinking water 111 and uses the drinking water intake cock (not shown). For example, the water intake sensor 118 recognizes whether the drinking water user performed the water intake by a water intake detection sensor or a water intake push switch.

When the user approaches the drinking water 111 and recognizes that the drinking water collecting cock is used and discharges water using the drinking water collecting cock, the user may count the number of times of use or the number of users.

The power supply unit 113 supplies power to the drinking water 111, the cooler 114, the heater 115, the sterilizer 116, the communication unit 113, and the water intake sensor 118.

The control unit 117 receives the control information from the communication unit 113 to control the operation of the cooler 114, the heater 115, the sterilizer 116 and the power supply unit 112, and the drinking water (from the intake sensor 118) 111) Count the users. The controller 117 may control the drinking

water supply apparatus

110, 120,..., 130 according to the above-described monitoring information.

The controller 117 may be configured to control the temperature of the cold water 114 and the water heater 115 according to the user information counted by the water intake sensor 118 and the control information received from the server 150.

The control information includes information for setting the temperature of the cold water and hot water of the drinking water, and to adjust the set temperature of the cold water and hot water corresponding to the number of the counted user, the more the number of users counted, the cold water is set The temperature can be lowered and the set temperature of hot water can be increased. That is, the control unit 117 controls the temperature of the cold water and hot water of the drinking water according to the control information and the information of the database 153, and adjusts the set temperature of the cold water and hot water corresponding to the number of users counted do. In addition, the control unit 117 is configured to lower the set temperature of cold water, and to increase the set temperature of hot water as the number of users counted. The controller 117 controls the on / off of the power supply unit 117, the cooler 114, the heater 115, and the sterilizer 116. The controller 117 controls the chilled water 114 and the water heater 115 to control the temperature of the water discharged.

The server 150 includes a server communication unit 151, a server power supply unit 152, a database 153, an input unit 154, and a server controller 155.

The server communication unit 151 communicates with one or more drinking

water supply devices

110, 120,..., 130 to receive the monitoring information.

The database 153 stores the installation location, product usage period, filter replacement information, operation information, failure information, days of use of the drinking water, and power consumption for the drinking

water supply devices

110, 120, ..., 130. . The database 152 updates and stores the processed results by the server controller 155 analyzing the monitoring information.

The input unit 154 inputs initial information to the database 152, and inputs a command to control the drinking

water supply devices

110, 120,..., 130. Initial information is the installation location of each drinking water supply (110, 120, ..., 130), the unique address of the corresponding drinking water supply (110, 120, ..., 130), the set cold water and hot water temperature, raw water information, etc. It may include. Here, the enemy information represents information about the enemy. For example, the raw water information may include whether the raw water supplied to the drinking water is normal.

The server controller 155 receives the monitoring information from the communication unit 113 of the drinking

water supply apparatus

110, 120,..., 130, and generates control information corresponding to the command received through the input unit 154. Control to be transmitted through the server communication unit 151.

The server power supply unit 152 supplies power to the server communication unit 151, the input unit 154, and the server control unit 155.

Referring to FIG. 4, a data format in which monitoring information is configured in a data format is shown, and respective information will be described.

1 is. Indicates the date and time when the monitoring information was received.

2 shows drinking machine names and addresses utilizing the Internet of Thing (iot).

3 represents a command.

4 is a drinking water main power switch indicates the power supply state of the product, '0' indicates the power supply state of the product is off (off), '1' indicates an on state. .

5 indicates the state of the cooler 114, and when it is '0', the switch of the cooler 114 for cooling the water is turned off, and when it is '1', the switch of the cooler 114 is It shows the state which is on.

6 indicates the state of the heater of the heater 115, and in the case of '0', the state of the switch of the heater 115 is turned off. In addition, in the case of '1', the switch of the heater 115 is on. '2' indicates that the heater is operating while the heater 115 is switched on.

7 shows the state of the UV lamp used in the sterilizer 116. When the data format is '0', the ultraviolet lamp is off. When the data format is '1', the ultraviolet lamp is on.

8 indicates whether or not to drain the drain. '0' indicates that the drain is off, and '1' indicates that the drain is on.

9 denotes a water supply trial operation state, and a value of '0' indicates a water supply trial operation waiting state, a value of '1' indicates a water supply trial operation completion state, and a value of '2' indicates a water supply trial operation in progress state.

10 and 11 represent the temperatures of the cooling water cooled by the cold water cooler 114, and may indicate the temperature of each cooling water tank when the cooling water tank is provided.

12 represents the temperature of the heating bath heated by the heater 115.

13, 14, 15, and 16 are pieces of information representing the end date of use of each filter when the drinking water is a water purifier using a filter (YYMMDD).

17 is information indicating a leak state, '0' indicates a normal state, and '1' indicates a leak state.

18 indicates the raw water supply state, '0' indicates a normal supply state, and '1' indicates a singular state.

19 indicates the number of users up to now as detected by the water intake sensor 118.

The server 150 may receive the monitoring information in this way and display it on the screen. In addition, the server 150 may issue a command.

Referring to FIG. 5, FIG. 5 shows a remote control and monitoring screen displayed on the server 150. Referring to FIG. 5, the power on / off state of the corresponding drinking

water supply apparatus

110, 120,..., 130, an operating state of the cooler operating the cooler 114, an operating state of the heater operating the heater 115, The operating state of the UV lamp for operating the sterilizer 116, drain information, water supply trial operation operation state and the like is displayed, it is possible to adjust the temperature of cold water and hot water according to the operator's setting. In addition, it can be seen that the filter replacement information and the cumulative number of users are also displayed.

Although the contents of the present invention have been described with reference to the embodiments illustrated in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and it should be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible. will be. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

Claims

At least one drinking water supply device for supplying drinking water to a user;

A server for monitoring the on-off and drinking water temperature of the drinking water supply and controlling the drinking water supply according to the monitored information; And

And a network providing a channel for communicating between the drinking water supply device and the server by wireless or wired communication.

The drinking water supply device,

Drinking water for supplying drinking water;

A cooler for cooling the water supplied from the drinking water container;

A heater to increase the temperature of the water supplied from the drinking water;

A communication unit for communicating with the server to transmit monitoring information to the server and to receive control information from the server;

A water intake sensor for recognizing the proximity of the drinking water user to recognize the use of the drinking water user;

A power supply unit for supplying power to the drinking water, cooler and heater, communication unit, and water intake sensor; And

And a control unit for controlling the operation of the cooler, the heater, and the power supply unit by receiving control information from the communication unit, and counting the drinking water user from the water intake sensor.
The method of claim 1, wherein the server,

A server communication unit communicating with the drinking water supply device to receive the monitoring information and to transmit control information;

Installation location of the drinking water supply device, product usage period, filter replacement information, product operation information, main device failure or abnormality information, the number of days of use of drinking water, power consumption information and update the processing result according to the monitoring information A database for storing;

An input unit for inputting initial information into the database and inputting a command to control the drinking water supply device;

A server control unit which receives the monitoring information from the communication unit and generates control information corresponding to the command received through the input unit and controls the transmission information to be transmitted through the server communication unit; And

An IoT-based self-diagnostic and remote control intelligent drinking water control device including a; server power supply for supplying power to the server communication unit, input unit and server control unit.
The method of claim 2, wherein the control unit,

Controlling the drinking water supply device according to the control information,

The control information, the IoT-based self-diagnostics and remote control capable of remote control including an on-off command of the power supply unit, the on-off and temperature control commands of the cooler and the heater, the on-off command of the sterilizer.
The method of claim 2, wherein the control unit,

The drinking water supply apparatus is controlled according to the monitoring information, and the monitoring information includes on and off state information of a power supply unit, on and off state information of the cooler and the heater, on and off state information of a sterilizer, auto drain operation state information, IoT water based self-diagnosis and remote control device that includes cold and hot water exit temperature status information, leakage status information, filter replacement time notification information, normal water supply status, number of people counting information.
The method of claim 2, wherein the control unit,

IoT based self-diagnostics and remote control capable of controlling the temperature of the cooler and heater according to the control information and the counted user information stored in the database received from the server.
The method of claim 5, wherein the control information of the database,

It includes information on setting the temperature of the cold water and hot water of the drinking water to adjust the set temperature of the cold water and hot water corresponding to the count of the user, and the higher the number of the counted users, the lower the set temperature of the cold water, Intelligent drinking water control device capable of self-diagnosis and remote control based on the Internet of Things that is configured to increase the set temperature of hot water.
The method of claim 2, wherein the control unit,

The IoT-based self-diagnostic and remote control intelligent drinking water control device that controls the on and off of the power supply, cold water, water heaters and sterilizers in accordance with the control information and database information.
The method of claim 7, wherein

The control information includes an on / off time of the power supply unit, and the controller controls the on / off of the power supply unit according to the on / off time of setting information. controller.