WO2020017051A1

WO2020017051A1 - Equipment state notification control device, equipment state notification system, equipment state notification method, and program

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Publication number: WO2020017051A1
Application number: PCT/JP2018/027385
Authority: WO
Inventors: 古賀　宗典
Original assignee: 三菱電機株式会社
Priority date: 2018-07-20
Filing date: 2018-07-20
Publication date: 2020-01-23
Also published as: JP7144515B2; JP2022173297A; JPWO2020017051A1

Abstract

An equipment state notification control device (100) is provided with: an equipment state acquisition unit (111); a notification condition setting unit (113); a notification information generation unit (114); and a communication unit (150). The equipment state acquisition unit (111) acquires equipment state information indicating the state of electrical equipment installed in a residence. The notification condition setting unit (113) sets a notification condition for determining whether to notify a terminal device of the electrical equipment state indicated by the equipment state information acquired by the equipment state acquisition unit (111). The notification information generation unit (114) determines whether the electrical equipment state satisfies the notification condition, and if the notification condition is determined to be satisfied, generates notification information for notification of the electrical equipment state. The communication unit (150) transmits, to the terminal device, the notification information generated by the notification information generation unit (114).

Description

Device status notification control device, device status notification system, device status notification method and program

The present invention relates to a device status notification control device, a device status notification system, a device status notification method, and a program.

With the growing interest in energy saving, EMS (Energy Management System) such as HEMS (Home Energy Management System) for energy saving of ordinary homes and MEMS (Mansion Energy Management System) for energy saving of common facilities in condominiums. ) Is widespread.

For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a monitoring system that notifies a terminal device of information indicating an abnormality of an air conditioning apparatus installed in a house.

JP 2001-208403 A

要望 There is an increasing demand to know the status of houses in addition to abnormalities in electrical equipment installed in houses. However, it is difficult for the monitoring system disclosed in Patent Document 1 to satisfy such a demand.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and has as its object to enable a situation in a house to be grasped remotely.

{In order to achieve the above object, a device state notification control device according to the present invention includes a device state acquisition unit, a notification condition setting unit, a notification information generation unit, and a communication unit. The device status obtaining unit obtains device status information indicating the status of the electrical device installed in the house. The notification condition setting unit sets a notification condition for determining whether to notify the terminal device of the state of the electrical device indicated by the device status information acquired by the device status acquisition unit. The notification information generation unit determines whether or not the state of the electric device satisfies the notification condition, and generates notification information for notifying the state of the electric device when determining that the notification condition is satisfied. The communication unit transmits the notification information generated by the notification information generation unit to the terminal device.

According to the device status notification control device according to the present invention, the device status information indicating the status of the electrical device installed in the house is acquired, and when the status of the electrical device satisfies the notification condition, the notification information is generated. Since the information can be transmitted to the terminal device, the situation in the house can be grasped from the state of the electric device.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a device status notification system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the device state notification control device. Diagram showing an example of air conditioner operating state information The figure which shows an example of the operation state information of a lighting device The figure which shows an example of the operation state information of a refrigerator. Diagram showing an example of the notification device designation screen Sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the device state notification system Flow chart showing the flow of notification information supply processing Diagram showing an example of the notification item designation screen Diagram showing an example of the notification time zone designation screen FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a device state notification control device according to Embodiment 2. Diagram showing an example of the notification time zone designation screen Figure showing another example of the notification time zone designation screen Figure showing an example of the notification date designation screen The figure which shows an example of the notice day designation screen Figure showing an example of the notification season designation screen The figure which shows an example of the notification apparatus designation screen concerning Embodiment 3. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the device state notification control device.

Hereinafter, a device state notification control device, a device state notification system, a device state notification method, and a program according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
The device state notification system 1 according to Embodiment 1 is a system for managing the environmental state of a house and presenting the environmental state of the house to a user who is a resident. As shown in FIG. 1, the device state notification system 1 includes a device state notification control device 100 that manages the environmental state of a house, an electric device 200 installed in the house, and an electric power that measures the amount of power consumed in the house. It includes a measuring device 300 and a terminal device 400 that presents an operation state of the electric device 200 to a user. The number of electric devices 200 is arbitrary as long as it is one or more.

The device state notification control device 100 is communicably connected to the electric device 200 and the power measurement device 300 via a network NW built in the house. The network NW is, for example, a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) conforming to Echonet Lite (ECHONET Lite). The device state notification control device 100 and the terminal device 400 are communicably connected via a known wireless LAN such as Wi-Fi (registered trademark).

Hereinafter, the configuration of each unit shown in FIG. 2 will be described in order.
(Device status notification control device 100)
The device state notification control device 100 is a controller used for, for example, a HEMS (Home Energy Management System), a MEMS (Mansion Energy Management System), and monitors and controls the operation of each of the electric devices 200 installed in a house. Do. The device status notification control device 100 acquires information indicating the status of each electric device 200, and determines whether the acquired information satisfies a preset notification condition. Then, when the notification condition is satisfied, the device state notification control device 100 generates notification information and supplies it to the terminal device 400.

As shown in FIG. 2, the device state notification control device 100 functionally includes a control unit 110 that controls the entirety, a storage unit 120 that stores data, a display unit 130 that displays an image, and an operation input. It has an operation input unit 140 that accepts and a communication unit 150 that communicates with an external device.

The control unit 110 controls the operation of each unit of the device state notification control device 100 in an integrated manner. The control unit 110 executes a control program to thereby obtain a device status information unit 111 for obtaining device status information, a notification designation acquisition unit 112 for acquiring notification designation information, and a notification condition setting unit 113 for setting a condition to be notified to a user. Function as a notification information generation unit 114 that generates notification information to be notified to the user.

(4) The device status acquisition unit 111 acquires device status information indicating the status of the electric device 200. Specifically, the device state obtaining unit 111 obtains operation state information indicating its own operation state from each of the electric devices 200 as the device state information, and also obtains, from the power measurement device 300, the consumption of each of the electric devices 200. Power consumption information indicating power is acquired. The operation state information includes information indicating an operation state of the electric device 200 itself, for example, information information indicating on / off, an operation mode, a set value, and the like, and a state of an environment in which the electric device 200 operates, for example, an ambient temperature. , Atmosphere humidity, atmosphere brightness, atmospheric pressure, electricity, and the like. These may be either those acquired by the sensor or those generated by the device itself. The device state acquisition unit 111 stores the operation state information acquired from each electric device 200 and the power consumption information acquired from the power measurement device 300 in the storage unit 120.

(4) The notification designation acquisition unit 112 acquires the notification designation information from the terminal device 400. The notification designation information is information indicating the contents designated by the user in the notification information. The designated content indicates, for example, a notification condition indicating that a notification should be given when the condition is satisfied, such as a change in the operation state of a certain electric device 200.

The notification condition setting unit 113 sets a notification condition for determining whether to notify the terminal device 400 of the device status information acquired by the device status acquisition unit 111. The notification condition setting unit 113 sets a notification condition based on the notification designation information acquired from the terminal device 400.

In the following description, it is assumed that the notification condition setting unit 113 sets, as the notification condition, a change in the operating state of the electric device 200 specified as the notification target in the notification specification information. The notification condition setting unit 113 stores the set notification condition in the storage unit 120 as notification condition information.

(4) The user can appropriately change the notification specification content using the notification device specification screen of the terminal device 400 described later and transmit the notification specification information. The notification condition setting unit 113 sets a new notification condition based on the notification designation information each time the notification designation information is acquired from the terminal device 400, and updates the notification condition information stored in the storage unit 120.

The notification information generation unit 114 refers to the notification condition information stored in the storage unit 120 and determines whether or not the device status information acquired by the device status acquisition unit 111 satisfies the notification condition. In this example, the notification information generation unit 114 includes the device state information acquired this time from the electric device 200 to be notified of the device state information to the user (hereinafter, simply the electric device 200 to be notified) and the device state information acquired last time. When the state of the electric device 200 has changed, for example, when the operation status of the electric device 200 to be notified has been switched from on to off or from off to on, or the operation mode has been switched Then, it is determined that the notification condition is satisfied.

Note that the notification information generating unit 114 determines that an item represented by a numerical value, such as a set temperature and a set humidity included in the device status information, has changed by a predetermined value or more. The condition for determining that the state 200 has changed may be used. The notification information generation unit 114 generates notification information necessary for the terminal device 400 to display a notification screen for the notification target electric device 200 that satisfies the notification condition, and controls the communication unit 150 to generate the notification information in the terminal device 400. Send notification information.

The storage unit 120 stores various programs and various data for controlling the device state notification control device 100. The storage unit 120 stores, for example, notification condition information, operation state information acquired from each of the electric devices 200, power consumption information acquired from the power measurement device 300, and the like.

The display unit 130 displays various images on the display screen under the control of the control unit 110. The display unit 130 displays, for example, an image based on the operation state information acquired from each of the electric devices 200 and the power consumption information acquired from the power measurement device 300.

The operation input unit 140 receives a user operation, generates an operation signal corresponding to the received operation, and outputs the operation signal to the control unit 110. The control unit 110 executes a process corresponding to a user operation based on an operation signal input from the operation input unit 140.

The communication unit 150 performs data communication with each of the electric device 200, the power measurement device 300, and the terminal device 400 according to the control of the control unit 110. The communication unit 150 receives, for example, operating state information from each electric device 200 and power consumption information from the power measuring device 300. The communication unit 150 transmits the notification information to the terminal device 400.

(Electrical equipment 200)
The electric device 200 is, for example, various home appliances installed in a house such as an air conditioner, an air purifier, a floor cooling / heating system, a bathroom heating / drying machine, a refrigerator, a microwave oven, an induction heating (IH) cooker, a television, and a lighting device. It is. Electric device 200 may be a water heater installed outdoors in a house, a power conditioner for an electric vehicle, or the like. The electric device 200 is connected to a power line that supplies power from a commercial power supply, a battery, or the like, and is communicably connected to the device state notification control device 100 via a network NW. In response to receiving the transmission request signal from the device state notification control device 100, the electric device 200 transmits operation state information indicating its current operation state to the device state notification control device 100.

The operation state information differs depending on what kind of home appliance the electric device 200 is, and includes data corresponding to an operation state item predetermined according to a main function of the electric device 200.

When the electric device 200 is an air conditioner, for example, as shown in FIG. 3A, the operation state information of the electric device 200 includes “operation state”, “operation mode”, and “set temperature” that are predetermined as operation state items of the air conditioner. , "Set humidity", "indoor temperature", and "indoor humidity". The “operation status” is represented by, for example, one of “on” indicating that the air conditioner is operating and “off” indicating that the air conditioner is stopped. The “operation mode” is represented by, for example, one of “heating” indicating a heating operation, “cooling” indicating a cooling operation, and “dehumidification” indicating a dehumidification operation. “Set temperature” is a temperature set in the air conditioner as a target temperature. “Set humidity” is the humidity set in the air conditioner as the target humidity. “Indoor temperature” is an actual indoor temperature detected by a temperature sensor included in the air conditioner. “Indoor humidity” is the actual indoor humidity detected by the humidity sensor provided in the air conditioner. The “set temperature” and “room temperature” are represented, for example, in degrees Celsius (unit: ° C.), and the “set humidity” and “room humidity” are represented, for example, in relative humidity (unit:%). The operation state information shown in FIG. 3A indicates that the current operation state of the air conditioner is the operation state “on”, the operation mode “cooling”, the set temperature “24 ° C.”, the set humidity “50%”, and the indoor temperature “27 ° C.” ”, And the indoor humidity is“ 62% ”.

In addition, when the electric device 200 is a lighting device, for example, as illustrated in FIG. 3B, the operation state information of the electric device 200 includes “driving state” and “brightness” that are predetermined as operation state items of the lighting device. , “Color” and “ambient brightness” are included. The “operating status” is indicated by, for example, one of “ON” indicating that the lighting device is operating and “OFF” indicating that the lighting device is stopped. “Brightness” is indicated in, for example, three levels of “bright”, “medium”, and “dark” according to the brightness of the illumination light. The “hue” is represented by, for example, “daylight color”, “lunch white”, and “bulb color” according to the color of the illumination light. “Ambient brightness” is the actual brightness of the room detected by the illuminance sensor included in the lighting device, and is expressed in lux (unit: lx). The operation state information illustrated in FIG. 3B indicates that the current operation state of the lighting device is the operation state “on”, the brightness “medium”, the hue “bulb color”, and the surrounding brightness “300 lx”. . Note that “brightness” may be numerically indicated by a luminous flux (unit: lm (lumen)), and “hue” may be numerically indicated by a color temperature (unit: K (Kelvin)).

When the electric device 200 is a refrigerator, for example, as illustrated in FIG. 3C, the operation state information of the electric device 200 includes “operation state”, “cooling strength”, and “cooling intensity” that are predetermined as operation state items of the refrigerator. “Operation state data” corresponding to each of “door opening / closing”, “refrigerator temperature”, and “freezer temperature” is included. The “operation state” is represented by, for example, one of “on” indicating that the refrigerator is operating and “off” indicating that the refrigerator is stopped. “Cooling strength” is a cooling level of the refrigerator, and is expressed by, for example, three levels of “strong”, “medium”, and “weak”. “Door open / close” is the open / closed state of the refrigerator door, and is represented by either “open” indicating that the door is open or “closed” indicating that the door is closed. “The temperature in the refrigerator” is the actual temperature in the refrigerator detected by the temperature sensor provided in the refrigerator. "Freezer temperature" is an actual temperature in the freezer detected by a temperature sensor provided in the refrigerator. The “temperature in the refrigerator” and the “temperature in the freezer” are expressed, for example, in degrees Celsius (unit: ° C.). The operation state information shown in FIG. 3C indicates that the current operation state of the refrigerator is that the operation state is “ON”, the cooling strength is “weak”, the door is opened and closed “closed”, the refrigerator temperature is “4 ° C.”, and the freezer temperature is “−18 ° C.” ".

(Power measurement device 300)
The power measuring device 300 shown in FIG. 1 is a power meter having a communication function such as a smart meter. In response to receiving the transmission request signal from the device state notification control device 100, the power measurement device 300 measures the power consumption of each electric device 200 installed in the house and the power consumption of the entire house, and The transmitted power consumption information is transmitted to the device state notification control device 100. The power consumption of each electric device 200 and the power consumption of the entire house are represented, for example, by an instantaneous value (unit: W) of the power consumption.

(Terminal device 400)
The terminal device 400 is, for example, a general-purpose mobile device such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or a notebook computer owned by the user. Upon receiving the notification information transmitted from the device state notification control device 100, the terminal device 400 displays a notification screen indicating the operation state and power consumption of each of the electric devices 200 on its own display screen based on the received notification information. By displaying, the situation of the house is presented to the user.

In addition, the terminal device 400 displays, on the display screen, a notification device designation screen 410 for designating the necessity of notification information of each electric device 200 shown in FIG. 4, for example, in response to a user operation. The user can specify whether or not notification information is required for each electric device 200 using the notification device specification screen 410. The notification device designation screen 410 includes a device identification frame 411 indicating the name of the electric device 200 installed in the room and a necessity of notification of device state information of the electric device 200 for each room which is a section of the house. Is displayed in association with a notification designation button 412 for designating. The user presses the notification designation button 412 to switch between “notification ON” for designating notification of device status information and “notification OFF” for designating non-notification of device status information. Can be specified. When the necessity of the device status information is specified on the notification device specification screen 410, the terminal device 400 transmits the notification specification information indicating the specified content to the device status notification control device 100.

Next, an outline of data transmission / reception of each device in the device status notification system 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

The device status notification control device 100 transmits a transmission request signal of operation status information to each of the electrical devices 200 via the network NW at a predetermined time interval (step S101).

The device state notification control device 100 transmits a power consumption information transmission request signal to the power measurement device 300 via the network NW at predetermined time intervals (step S102).

Each electric device 200 that has received the transmission request signal from the device state notification control device 100 transmits the operation state information to the device state notification control device 100 (Step S103).

(4) The power measuring device 300 that has received the transmission request signal from the device status notification control device 100 transmits the power consumption information to the device status notification control device 100 (step S104).

Upon receiving the operation state information and the power consumption information, the device state notification control device 100 determines whether or not a notification condition is satisfied, and generates notification information according to the determination result (step S105).

Then, the device state notification control device 100 transmits the notification information generated in step S105 to the terminal device 400 (step S106).

(4) Upon receiving the notification information from the device state notification control device 100, the terminal device 400 displays a notification screen based on the notification information (Step S107).

The device state notification system 1 presents the user with the state of the house by repeatedly executing the series of processes described above.

Next, the notification information supply processing executed by the control unit 110 of the device state notification control device 100 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The control unit 110 repeatedly executes the notification information supply process at regular time intervals.

When the control unit 110 starts the notification information supply process, first, the control unit 110 acquires operation state information from each electric device 200 (step S201). The device status acquisition unit 111 of the control unit 110 controls the communication unit 150 to transmit a transmission request signal for requesting transmission of the operation status information to each electric device 200, thereby transmitting the operation status information from each electric device 200. get.

Next, the control unit 110 acquires power consumption information from the power measuring device 300 (step S202). The device state acquisition unit 111 of the control unit 110 controls the communication unit 150 to transmit a transmission request signal for requesting transmission of the power consumption information to the power measurement device 300, thereby transmitting the power consumption information from the power measurement device 300. get.

Next, the control unit 110 determines whether or not the notification condition is satisfied (step S203). The notification information generation unit 114 of the control unit 110 refers to the notification condition information stored in the storage unit 120, and determines whether the device status information of each electric device 200 acquired by the device status acquisition unit 111 satisfies the notification condition. judge.

Next, the control unit 110 generates notification information according to the determination result in step S203 (step S204). The notification information generation unit 114 of the control unit 110 compares the device status information obtained this time from the notification target electrical device 200 with the device status information obtained last time, and determines that the status of the electrical device 200 is If it has changed, it is determined that the notification condition is satisfied, and notification information for notifying the user of the determination is generated.

Then, the control unit 110 transmits the notification information to the terminal device 400 (Step S205). The notification information generation unit 114 of the control unit 110 controls the communication unit 150 to transmit the notification information generated in step S204 to the terminal device 400. The terminal device 400 that has received the notification information from the device state notification control device 100 displays a notification image based on the notification information on the display screen.

(4) After executing step S105, the control unit 110 ends the notification information supply processing.

As described above, according to the device state notification system 1 according to the first embodiment, the device state information indicating the state of the electric device installed in the house is acquired, and the state of the electric device satisfies the notification condition. Since the notification information can be generated and transmitted to the terminal device, it is possible to grasp the situation in the house from the state of the electric device.

(Modification 1)
In the device state notification system 1 according to the first embodiment, when the terminal device 400 specifies the notification target electric device 200 on the notification device specification screen 410 illustrated in FIG. 4, subsequently, as illustrated in FIG. A notification item specification screen 420 provided with an item identification frame 421 indicating a device status item of the electric device 200 to be notified and a notification specification button 422 may be displayed so that a notification item can be specified. The user can designate notification or non-notification of the changed status item by pressing the notification designation button 422 to switch between “checked” and “not checked”. The user can return to the notification device specification screen 410 shown in FIG. 4 by pressing the return button 423 after the specification of the notification item is completed. As a result, the device state notification system 1 can notify only a change in an item desired by the user.

(Embodiment 2)
In the first embodiment, when the state of electric device 200 to be notified specified by the user changes, the change is displayed on terminal device 400 to notify the user of the change in the state in the house. In the second embodiment, an example will be described in which the time zone to be notified is regulated. Hereinafter, only differences from the first embodiment will be described.

The terminal device 400 according to the second embodiment displays, for example, a notification time period designation screen 430 shown in FIG. 8 when the notification target electric device 200 is designated on the notification device designation screen 410 shown in FIG. Display on the screen. On the notification time zone designation screen 430, a time zone identification frame 431 indicating a preset time zone classification and a notification designation button 432 for designating necessity of notification are displayed in association with each other. The user presses the notification designation button 432 to specify a notification time period by switching between “checked” for designating notification of device status information and “unchecked” for designating non-notification of device status information. be able to. Further, the user can return to the notification device designation screen 410 shown in FIG. 4 by pressing the return button 433 after the time period designation is completed. When the notification mode of the device status information is specified on the notification device specification screen 410 and the notification time zone specification screen 430, the terminal device 400 transmits the notification specification information indicating the specified content to the device status notification control device 100.

The control unit 110 of the device status notification control device 100 further includes a date and time acquisition unit 115, as shown in FIG. The date and time acquisition unit 115 acquires the current date and time. The date and time acquisition unit 115 may acquire the current date and time via the network NW, or may acquire the current date and time from a real-time clock (Real @ Time @ Clock: RTC) built in the device status notification control device 100.

(4) The notification condition setting unit 113 sets a notification time condition that includes a condition that the current time acquired by the date and time acquisition unit 115 is included in the time zone specified in the notification designation information. That is, in the present embodiment, the notification condition is that the state of the electric device 200 to be notified changes and the current time belongs to a specific time zone.

The notification information generation unit 114 determines that the notification condition is satisfied when the state of the notification target electric device 200 changes and the current time is included in the designated time zone.

As described above, according to the device status notification system 1 according to the second embodiment, the user designates the notification time zone in advance, so that the time zone for notifying the change in the state of the electric device 200 is required. In addition, it is possible to appropriately receive notification in a time zone or the like in which a change in the state of the electric device 200 is predicted.

(Modification 2)
In the device status notification system 1 according to the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, the terminal device 400 includes a start time specification frame 441 for specifying a notification start time and an end time specification for specifying an end time. The notification time zone specification screen 440 provided with the frame 442 may be displayed so that the notification time zone can be specified. Further, a plurality of start time specification frames 441 and end time specification frames 442 may be provided on the notification time zone specification screen 440 so that a plurality of time zones can be specified. Further, as in a notification time zone designation screen 450 shown in FIG. 11, a start time and an end time of a notification may be designated by moving a triangular slider 452 in a clock image 451 imitating an analog clock. . Further, the number of notifications in the same time zone may be designated. Thereby, the user can specify the notification time zone more appropriately.

(Modification 3)
In the device status notification system 1 according to the second embodiment, in addition to or instead of specifying a notification time zone, a date, a day of the week, a season, and the like for notifying a change in the status of the notification target electrical device 200 are specified. You may be able to. In this case, for example, a notification date can be specified from the calendar as in a notification date specification screen 460 shown in FIG. 12, or a notification day specification screen 470 shown in FIG. 13 and a notification season specification screen 480 shown in FIG. , The day of the week or the season to be notified may be specified. Thus, the user can appropriately receive a notification according to the use date, use day, use time, and the like of each electric device 200. In this case, the notification condition setting unit 113 sets the notification day condition and / or the notification season condition that the current time acquired by the date and time acquisition unit 115 is included in the day and / or season specified in the notification designation information. Is set as a notification condition. That is, in the present embodiment, the notification condition is that the state of the electric device 200 to be notified changes and the current time belongs to a specific time zone. Furthermore, a state item, a time zone, a date, a day of the week, and a season for notifying a change in the state of the electric device 200 to be notified may be sequentially specified in an appropriate combination.

(Embodiment 3)
In the third embodiment, an example will be described in which an electric device 200 to be notified is specified using an icon indicating the electric device 200 arranged on the floor plan of the house. Hereinafter, only differences from the first embodiment and the third embodiment will be described.

Terminal device 400 according to Embodiment 3, for example, displays an icon indicating electric device 200 on the floor plan of a house on notification device designation screen 490 shown in FIG. 15, and responds to the user pressing the icon. Then, the designation of the electric device 200 to be notified is received.

As described in the first and second embodiments, the terminal device 400 displays a change in the state of the notification target electric device 200 after the notification target electric device 200 is specified on the notification device designation screen 490. The state item to be notified, the time zone, the date, the day of the week, and the season may be appropriately specified and sequentially specified.

As described above, according to the device state notification system 1 according to the third embodiment, the user can easily grasp the electric device 200 installed in each room of the house, and The device 200 can be specified intuitively.

In the above description, the notification condition is “the state of the electric device 200 to be notified has changed”, but the notification condition itself is arbitrary. Further, when the notification condition is satisfied, the content to be notified is arbitrary. For example, the notification condition is that “atmosphere temperature has become equal to or higher than the set temperature”, the notification content is “atmosphere humidity and illuminance”, and the other electric devices 200B May be set as the “set temperature” of “No.” and “all items of the operating state” of the other electric device 200C. Alternatively, a notification may be made when a plurality of conditions are satisfied. For example, when the “atmosphere temperature is equal to or higher than the set temperature”, the operation status of the electric device 200A is “ON”, and the operation status of the electric device 200B is “OFF”, the operation status of the electric device 200C is notified. It may be.
In addition, what kind of notification condition is set and what kind of content is notified are arbitrary. Further, the user may be allowed to freely set what conditions are to be notified.

Finally, an example of a hardware configuration of the device state notification control device 100 according to Embodiments 1 to 3 will be described with reference to FIG. The device status notification control device 100 includes a processor 500 for controlling each unit in the device, a memory 600 for storing various data, and an interface 700 for inputting and outputting information to and from other devices. Are electrically connected to each other.

Each function of the control unit 110 of the device state notification control device 100 is realized by the processor 500. The processor 500 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that executes a program stored in the memory 600. Note that the processor 500 may be a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), or the like in addition to or instead of the CPU.

The storage unit 120 of the device status notification control device 100 is realized by the memory 600. The memory 600 is a non-volatile or volatile semiconductor such as a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a flash memory, an EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), and an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory). Examples include a memory, a magnetic disk, a flexible disk, an optical disk, a compact disk, a mini disk, and a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc).

The display unit 130, the operation input unit 140, and the communication unit 150 of the device state notification control device 100 are realized by the interface 700.

In the above embodiment, for example, the control program executed by the CPU of the control unit 110 of the device state notification control device 100 is stored in the ROM in advance. However, the present invention is not limited to this. By installing an operation program for executing the above-described various processes on an existing general-purpose computer, framework, workstation, or the like, the device according to the above-described embodiment can be implemented. It may be made to function as a device corresponding to the state notification control device 100.

The method of providing such a program is arbitrary. For example, the program may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium (flexible disk, CD (Compact Disc) -ROM, DVD-ROM) or the like, and distributed. Alternatively, the program may be stored in a storage on a network such as, and provided by downloading the program.

In the case where the above processing is performed by sharing an OS (Operating System) and an application program, or when the OS and the application program cooperate with each other, only the application program may be stored in a recording medium, a storage, or the like. . It is also possible to superimpose a program on a carrier wave and distribute it via a network. For example, the above program may be posted on a bulletin board (Bulletin \ Board \ System: BBS) on a network, and the program may be distributed via the network. Then, this program may be designed to be activated and executed in the same manner as other application programs under the control of the OS, so as to execute the above processing.

The present invention allows various embodiments and modifications without departing from the broad spirit and scope of the present invention. Further, the above-described embodiment is for describing the present invention, and does not limit the scope of the present invention. That is, the scope of the present invention is shown not by the embodiments but by the claims. Further, various modifications made within the scope of the claims and the scope of the invention equivalent thereto are considered to be within the scope of the present invention.

1 {device status notification system, 100} device status notification control device, 110} control unit, 111 {device status acquisition unit, 112} notification designation acquisition unit, 113 {notification condition setting unit, 114} notification information generation unit, 115 {date and time acquisition unit, 120} storage unit, 130 display unit, 140 operation input unit, 150 communication unit, 200 electrical equipment, 300 power measurement device, 400 terminal device, 410 notification device designation screen, 411 device identification frame, 412 notification designation button, 420 notification item designation screen, 421 item Identification frame, 422 notification designation button, 423 return button, 430 notification time zone designation screen, 431 time zone identification frame, 432 notification designation button, 433 return button, 440 notification time zone designation screen, 441 start time designation frame, 442 end time Designated frame, 450 notification time zone designation Surface, 451 clock image, 452 slider, 460 notification date specified screen, 470 notification day of the week specified screen, 480 notification season specified screen, 490 notification device designation screen, 500 processor, 600 memory, 700 interface, BL bus line, NW network

Claims

A device status acquisition unit that obtains device status information indicating a status of the electrical device installed in the house,
A notification condition setting unit that sets a notification condition for determining whether to notify a terminal device of a state of the electric device indicated by the device state information obtained by the device state acquisition unit,
Determine whether or not the state of the electrical device satisfies the notification condition, and when determining that the notification condition is satisfied, a notification information generating unit that generates notification information for notifying the state of the electrical device,
A communication unit that transmits the notification information generated by the notification information generation unit to the terminal device,
Device state notification control device comprising:
The device state information is information including an operation state of the electric device and power consumption of the electric device.
The device status notification control device according to claim 1.
Further comprising a date and time obtaining unit for obtaining the current date and time,
The notification condition setting unit sets a notification time condition that regulates a time for notifying the state of the electric device to the terminal device in the notification condition,
The notification information generation unit determines whether or not the state of the electrical device and the current time acquired by the date and time acquisition unit satisfies the notification condition, and determines that the notification condition is satisfied. Generate notification information for notifying the status of
The device status notification control device according to claim 1.
The date and time obtaining unit further obtains the current day of the week,
The notification condition setting unit is configured to include a notification day condition that regulates a day of the week to notify the state of the electric device to the terminal device in the notification condition,
The notification information generation unit determines whether the current time and day of the week obtained by the state of the electrical device and the date and time acquisition unit satisfy the notification condition, and when it is determined that the notification condition is satisfied, Generate notification information for notifying the state of the electrical device,
The device status notification control device according to claim 3.
A notification designation acquisition unit for acquiring notification designation information indicating designation of a notification target electric device, further comprising:
The notification condition setting unit sets the notification condition based on the notification specification information obtained by the notification specification obtaining unit,
The device status notification control device according to claim 1.
The notification condition setting unit sets the notification condition based on selection of an icon indicating the electric device arranged in the floor plan of the house displayed on the terminal device,
The device status notification control device according to claim 1.
Device status notification control device, device status notification system including an electrical device and a terminal device,
The device state notification control device,
A device state acquisition unit that acquires device state information indicating a state of the electric device installed in the house,
A notification condition setting unit that sets a notification condition for determining whether to notify the terminal device of the state of the electric device indicated by the device state information acquired by the device state acquisition unit,
Determine whether or not the state of the electrical device satisfies the notification condition, and when determining that the notification condition is satisfied, a notification information generating unit that generates notification information for notifying the state of the electrical device,
A communication unit that transmits the notification information generated by the notification information generation unit to the terminal device,
Device status notification system comprising:
Acquires device status information indicating the status of electrical devices installed in the house,
It is determined whether or not the state of the electric device satisfies a notification condition, and when it is determined that the notification condition is satisfied, notification information is generated,
Transmitting the generated notification information,
Device status notification method.
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A device status acquisition unit that obtains device status information indicating a status of the electrical device installed in the house,
Determining whether the state of the electrical device satisfies a notification condition, and, when determining that the notification condition is satisfied, a notification information generation unit that generates notification information;
A program to function as