CN104662375A - Control device for energy-consuming device, control method for energy-consuming device, and control system for energy-consuming device - Google Patents

Control device for energy-consuming device, control method for energy-consuming device, and control system for energy-consuming device Download PDF

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CN104662375A
CN104662375A CN201280076071.9A CN201280076071A CN104662375A CN 104662375 A CN104662375 A CN 104662375A CN 201280076071 A CN201280076071 A CN 201280076071A CN 104662375 A CN104662375 A CN 104662375A
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Abstract

Provided is a device for controlling an electrical device in accordance with an operation pattern that corresponds to an operation mode selected by a user, and for confirming that an electrical device is being reliably controlled. A home server (1) that is connected to an electrical device so as to be capable of communication with said device is provided with: a selected mode identification unit (11) that identifies a selected mode that is selected by a user from among a plurality of operation modes; a storage unit (12) that individually stores, by operation mode, operation patterns that regulate under what conditions and during which time period the electrical device is operated; an operation pattern reading unit (13) that reads an operation pattern corresponding to the selected mode from the storage unit (12); an operation condition identification unit (14) that identifies an operation condition corresponding to the point of time of control of the electrical device from the read operation pattern; a control signal transmission unit (16) that transmits a control signal for controlling the electrical device using the identified operation condition to the electrical device; and a response signal reception unit (17) that receives a response signal transmitted from the electrical device that has received the control signal.

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Energy ezpenditure equipment control device, control method and control system
Technical field
The present invention relates to energy ezpenditure equipment control device, energy ezpenditure apparatus control method and energy absorption device control system, particularly relate to the drive manner consuming the corresponding operation mode that machine is set according to relative energy, control the energy ezpenditure equipment control device of energy ezpenditure machine, energy ezpenditure apparatus control method and energy absorption device control system.
Background technology
As the control system of energy ezpenditure machine, home server is arranged at premises and controls the electric power equipment in residence and the system monitoring the power consumption situation in residence, namely HEMS (household energy management system) gets most of the attention in recent years.In HEMS, home server is communicated with electric power equipment and power sensor by the network constructed in residence, accordingly, can export control signal by relative power machine, also can collect the information of electricity usage amount from power sensor.
On the one hand, in the control system of energy ezpenditure machine, there is relative energy and consume machine, prior store predetermined to make the drive manner of described energy ezpenditure machine run with which kind of operating condition in which time, the system (for example, referring to patent document 1 and 2) of energy ezpenditure machine is controlled according to which.
The technology that patent document 1 is recorded is, each of relatively some air-conditionings, transmits control signal according to the seasonal effect in time series drive manner being stored in running schedule database.Further, in the technology that patent document 1 is recorded, when setting the running schedule of most air-conditionings, the typical drive manner being stored in running setting data storehouse can be carried out selection setting as the drive manner in regular hour band.By above formation, do not need relatively each air-conditioning to carry out the setting of running schedule respectively, can easily set running schedule.
The technology that patent document 2 is recorded is, as the energy-conservation schedule of controller being supplied to the control carrying out air-conditioning, provides the some energy-conservation schedule that degree of power conservation is different.By formation like this, the energy-conservation schedule of controller reference can be switched according to situation, result, the running that the Energy Saving Control without the need to stopping air-conditioning machine just periodically can carry out the air-conditioning relaxing degree of power conservation controls.
In addition, usually, in the control system of energy ezpenditure machine, got out some drive manners, wherein adopted drive manner, carried out certain selection operation by user and determined.Further, in order to make the selection for user's drive manner become easy, the operation mode of corresponding each drive manner is set.That is, user consumes machine some operation modes be set from relative energy and selects a pattern, and by receiving the selection result of user, according to correspondence by the drive manner of operation mode selected, the control of energy ezpenditure machine is performed.
Patent document 1: JP 2007-183035 publication
Patent document 2: JP 2011-242045 publication
Summary of the invention
, in existing system, transmit control signal to energy ezpenditure machine according to above-mentioned drive manner, but exist and do not know whether energy ezpenditure the operation of a machine state becomes should the situation of state of control signal.In this case, in order to confirm that whether energy ezpenditure machine is according to the running of above-mentioned drive manner, needs the place of the function of going to the setting place of energy ezpenditure machine or employing energy ezpenditure machine to carry out this operation of a machine state of visual confirmation.
Further, become the energy ezpenditure machine of control object in system, its kind, by the decision such as hobby of user, therefore, exists such as, communication protocol (communication standard) the skimble-scamble situation between energy ezpenditure machine when communicating with home server.So, be difficult to the user side that do not coexist of communication protocol be familiar with and be reflected in the control of machine.The words illustrated, consider the difference of the communication protocol of each machine and the energy ezpenditure equipment control device making relative home server etc. requires the control of energy ezpenditure machine time program (text), for user, particularly for very difficult the people that non-customary procedure makes.
Therefore, the present invention, in view of above-mentioned problem, its object is to provide a kind of drive manner of the operation mode according to respective user selection to control, in the formation of energy ezpenditure machine, can confirm the certain controlled energy ezpenditure equipment control device of energy ezpenditure machine.
Also have, other objects of the present invention are, there is provided a kind of situation that there is the different machine of communication protocol in as the energy ezpenditure machine of control object, in user side without the need to recognizing that the difference of communication protocol just can require the energy ezpenditure equipment control device of the control of each energy ezpenditure machine.
Further, other objects of the present invention are to provide a kind of, and the drive manner as the operation mode selected according to respective user controls the method for energy ezpenditure machine, can confirm energy ezpenditure machine positively controlled energy ezpenditure apparatus control method.Similarly, other objects of the present invention are, providing a kind of drive manner of the operation mode as selecting according to respective user to control the system of energy ezpenditure machine, can confirm energy ezpenditure machine positively controlled energy ezpenditure control system of machine.
Described problem is solved by following manner.According to energy ezpenditure equipment control device of the present invention, it is a kind of energy ezpenditure equipment control device that can be connected communicatedly with energy ezpenditure machine, comprise, relatively described energy ezpenditure machine, by the operation mode of some settings, determines the selection mode determination portion of the selection mode be easily selected by a user; The storage part which makes the drive manner of described energy ezpenditure machine run store respectively with which kind of operating condition time will be defined according to described operation mode; Reading is stored in the described drive manner of this storage part, the drive manner reading unit of the described drive manner of the described selection mode that corresponding described selection mode determination portion is determined; From the described drive manner that this drive manner reading unit reads, determine the operating condition determination portion of the described operating condition in the control moment of corresponding described energy ezpenditure machine; The control signal sending part of the control signal being used for controlling described energy ezpenditure machine with the described operating condition that this operating condition determination portion is determined is sent to described energy ezpenditure machine; Be received in the described control signal sent from this control signal sending part when being received by described energy ezpenditure machine, from the answer signal acceptance division of the answer signal that described energy ezpenditure machine sends.
According to above-mentioned energy ezpenditure equipment control device, the drive manner of the operation mode can selected according to respective user controls energy ezpenditure the operation of a machine state.Further, being above-mentioned energy ezpenditure equipment control device, by receiving the answer signal be sent out from the energy ezpenditure machine of reception control signal, can judging whether the control of described energy ezpenditure machine is performed normally.That is, by above-mentioned formation, achieve and can confirm that energy ezpenditure machine is by the energy ezpenditure equipment control device really controlled.
Further, preferred described energy ezpenditure equipment control device and some described energy ezpenditure machine communication, control some described energy ezpenditure machines respectively; Described storage part stores each described drive manner set respectively of relatively some described energy ezpenditure machines respectively according to described operation mode; The relatively each described energy ezpenditure machine of described drive manner reading unit reads and is stored in the described drive manner of described storage part, the described drive manner of the described selection mode that corresponding described selection mode determination portion is determined; The described drive manner that described operating condition determination portion reads from described drive manner reading unit, the described operating condition in the control moment of corresponding described energy ezpenditure machine determined by relatively each described energy ezpenditure machine; Described control signal sending part, to each of some described energy ezpenditure machines, sends the described control signal being used for controlling described energy ezpenditure machine with the described operating condition that the relatively described energy ezpenditure machine of described operating condition determination portion is determined respectively; Described answer signal acceptance division is from each described answer signal sent of some described energy ezpenditure machines.
Be above-mentioned formation, the drive manner of the operation mode can selected according to respective user controls some energy ezpenditure machines.Further, can confirm whether the control of energy ezpenditure machine is performed normally by relatively each energy ezpenditure machine.
Also have, preferably in some described energy ezpenditure machines, when existing with the described energy ezpenditure machine of mutually different communication protocol communication, described control signal sending part, switches the communication protocol that the communication protocol used when described energy ezpenditure machine sends described control signal uses according to the described energy ezpenditure machine of destination.
Be above-mentioned formation, switch communication protocol by energy ezpenditure equipment control device according to communication object, can in user side without the need to recognizing that the difference of communication protocol just can consume the control that equipment control device requires each energy ezpenditure machine by relative energy.
Also have, preferred described selection mode determination portion, the user terminal communication operated with the selection receiving the described operation mode that user carries out, receives from this user terminal the selection result data representing the described selection result selected operation, determines described selection mode based on these selection result data; Described selection result data are HTTP request.
Be above-mentioned formation, send from user terminal to energy ezpenditure equipment control device when representing the data of operation mode that user selects, send with the form of HTTP request, therefore in user side without the need to recognizing that the difference of communication protocol just can complete.
Also have, Control Cooling when preferably controlling described energy ezpenditure machine as described energy ezpenditure equipment control device, can select, control the schedule Control Cooling of described energy ezpenditure machine by described operating condition determination portion from the described operating condition that described drive manner is determined and control the unit control type of energy ezpenditure machine described in each with the indicated condition indicated from described user terminal respectively; When described unit control type is selected, receive with the form corresponding with the communication protocol that the described energy ezpenditure machine of control object uses the data representing described indicated condition from described user terminal.
The words of above-mentioned formation, can select, as user side without the need to the unit control type of control recognizing the communication protocol of control object machine and the schedule Control Cooling that completes control and carry out after holding the communication protocol of control object machine as user side.And, when selecting unit control type, represent that the data as the indicated condition of controlled condition are sent by from user terminal with the form of the communication protocol of corresponding control object machine.As a result, in energy ezpenditure equipment control device side without the need to carrying out the conversion etc. of communication protocol, process can be simplified.
Further, the update section upgrading and be stored in the described drive manner of described storage part is preferably possessed; The user terminal communication that this update section operates with the correction of reception user to the described drive manner being stored in described storage part, the correction result data representing the described correction result revised operation are received from this user terminal, based on these correction result data, upgrade the described drive manner being stored in described storage part.
Be above-mentioned formation, can require to revise drive manner according to user, therefore, the control of more effective energy ezpenditure machine can be realized.
Also have, preferred described energy ezpenditure equipment control device controls the described energy ezpenditure machine used in building, and described storage part stores with the state representing the setting place information of the setting place of described energy ezpenditure machine in described building and described drive manner and be mutually associated.
The words of above-mentioned formation, in the setting place of energy ezpenditure equipment control device side management energy ezpenditure machine, this setting place is associated with drive manner, therefore, assurance is arranged at the energy ezpenditure machine of where with after which kind of drive manner, can suitably control energy ezpenditure machine.
Further, described problem is solved by following manner.According to energy ezpenditure apparatus control method of the present invention, be a kind of and energy ezpenditure machine communication, control the energy ezpenditure apparatus control method of this energy ezpenditure machine, comprise, relatively described energy ezpenditure machine, by the operation mode of some settings, determines the selection mode be easily selected by a user; To the storage part which makes the drive manner of described energy ezpenditure machine run store respectively with which kind of operating condition be defined according to described operation mode time, read the described drive manner of the corresponding described selection mode determined; From the described drive manner read, determine the operating condition of the described operating condition in the control moment of corresponding described energy ezpenditure machine; The control signal being used for controlling described energy ezpenditure machine with the described operating condition determined is sent to described energy ezpenditure machine; Be received in the described control signal that is sent out when being received by described energy ezpenditure machine, from the answer signal that described energy ezpenditure machine sends.
By using said method, the drive manner of the operation mode can selected according to respective user controls energy ezpenditure machine, further, can confirm whether the control of energy ezpenditure machine is performed normally.
Further, described problem is solved by following manner.According to energy ezpenditure control system of machine of the present invention, it is a kind of energy ezpenditure control system of machine with energy ezpenditure machine and the energy ezpenditure equipment control device that mutually can connect communicatedly, described energy ezpenditure equipment control device, comprise: relatively described energy ezpenditure machine, by the operation mode of some settings, determines the selection mode determination portion of the selection mode be easily selected by a user; The storage part which makes the drive manner of described energy ezpenditure machine run store respectively with which kind of operating condition time will be defined according to described operation mode; Be stored in the described drive manner of this storage part, read the drive manner reading unit of the described drive manner of the described selection mode that corresponding described selection mode determination portion is determined; From the described drive manner that this drive manner reading unit reads, determine the operating condition determination portion of the described operating condition in the control moment of corresponding described energy ezpenditure machine; The control signal sending part of the control signal being used for controlling described energy ezpenditure machine with the described operating condition that this operating condition determination portion is determined is sent to described energy ezpenditure machine; Be received in the described control signal sent from this control signal sending part when being received by described energy ezpenditure machine, from the answer signal acceptance division of the answer signal that described energy ezpenditure machine sends.
In said system, the drive manner of the operation mode can selected according to respective user controls energy ezpenditure machine, further, can confirm whether the control of energy ezpenditure machine is performed normally.
According to energy ezpenditure equipment control device of the present invention, energy ezpenditure apparatus control method and energy ezpenditure control system of machine, the drive manner of the operation mode can selected according to respective user controls energy ezpenditure machine, further, can confirm whether the control of energy ezpenditure machine is performed normally.
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Fig. 1 is the figure of the schematic configuration example representing the energy ezpenditure control system of machine that the present invention relates to.
Fig. 2 is the figure representing that the hardware of the energy ezpenditure equipment control device that the present invention relates to is formed.
Fig. 3 is the key diagram of the memory that the energy ezpenditure equipment control device that the present invention relates to possesses.
Fig. 4 is the figure of the software sharing representing the energy ezpenditure equipment control device that the present invention relates to.
Fig. 5 is the key diagram transmitted about the data of machinery compartment in the energy ezpenditure control system of machine that the present invention relates to.
Fig. 6 represents that relative energy consumes the figure of an example of the drive manner that machine is set.
Fig. 7 is the figure representing the setting place of energy ezpenditure machine and the corresponding relation of drive manner.
Fig. 8 is the figure of the predetermined manner representing operation mode.
Fig. 9 is the block diagram of the configuration example representing each portion of energy ezpenditure control system of machine that the present invention relates to.
Figure 10 is the figure of the operation example representing the energy ezpenditure apparatus control method that the present invention relates to.
Figure 11 is the figure of the operation example representing schedule rate-determining steps.
Figure 12 represents that operation mode selects the figure of an example of picture.
Figure 13 is the figure of the example representing drive manner correction picture.
Figure 14 is the figure of an example of the confirmation screen representing control status.
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Below, referring to figs. 1 through 14, an example of the energy ezpenditure equipment control device that the present invention relates to, energy ezpenditure apparatus control method and energy ezpenditure control system of machine is described.
Below, enumerating the house H of the example as the building using energy ezpenditure machine, being described controlling the control device of the electric power equipment used in house H, control method and control system.Such as, but the present invention is also applicable to control the energy ezpenditure machine beyond electric power equipment, controls the situation of the machine consuming combustion gas or running water etc.Similarly, house H is only an example of the building using energy ezpenditure machine, and the present invention is also applicable to control the building beyond house H, the situation of the energy ezpenditure machine that such as, building, shop etc. in commercial mansion, factory use.In addition, house H refers to outside the house of independent building, also comprises the concept in a room in the condominiums such as apartment.
The entirety of energy ezpenditure control system of machine is formed.
First, the entirety of energy ezpenditure control system of machine (following, the native system) S related to one embodiment of the invention with reference to Fig. 1 is formed to be summarized.
Native system S is the electric power equipment that the home server 1 being arranged at premises communicates in house H, and controls the system of this electric power equipment, i.e. HEMS.That is, be equipped with in the house H of native system S, the home server 1 as energy ezpenditure equipment control device is configured, and this home server 1 is communicated with each electric power equipment in house H by network in residence 5.Further, home server 1 can be connected with electric power data logger 7 communicatedly by network in residence 5.
By above formation, occupant's (following, user) of house H can pass through home server 1 remote-controlled operation electric power equipment, and can based on the electric power consumption of the data visual confirmation house H collected from electric power data logger 7.
In addition, user, when using the function of above-mentioned home server 1, uses user terminal 3 as interface.Illustrate, user, by carrying out certain input operation with user terminal 3, can require the transmission of data and the control of electric power equipment by home server 1 relatively.Wherein, user terminal 3 refers to the communication terminal be made up of PDA, smart mobile phone, PC, operation panel etc., receives the input operation of user and performs certain process.
In below illustrating, the situation that user terminal 3 is made up of the PDA used in house H is described.Be more specifically below, the user terminal 3 communicated with home server 1 by not shown router is described.But being not limited in this, about user terminal 3, also can be communicated with home server 1 by the residence outer network of internet etc.
In native system S, home server 1, according to the control overflow that user is undertaken by user terminal 3, can control each electric power equipment in house H respectively.Further, in native system S, home server 1, can perform the some same electric power equipments be arranged in house H of day process control according to setting in advance, such as, and the day process control separately of some air-conditionings.That is, in day process control, home server 1 communicates with some air-conditionings simultaneously, controls some air-conditionings each.
To the words that day process control is summarized, relatively some each of the air-conditioning of house H of being arranged at, be defined in which is stored in the home server 1 of setting in advance with the drive manner which kind of operating condition makes it operate time (being more specifically, which time-bands in a day).And user is to ask the execution of day process control, and home server 1 reads the drive manner set respectively according to air-conditioning, the operating condition in the execution moment of corresponding day process control determined by relatively each air-conditioning from this drive manner.Afterwards, home server 1 operating condition that relatively each air-conditioning is determined controls corresponding air-conditioning respectively.
In addition, be described in detail later about drive manner, but in the content of drive manner regulation " which time which kind of operating condition making operation of air conditioner with in ", comprise the content of " chien shih air-conditioning stops at which time ".
Further, in Fig. 1, illustrate the example that 4 air-conditionings are set, but be not particularly limited about the number of units of air-conditioning, arbitrary number of units can be set as.Further, in native system S, will be arranged at the object of 4 air-conditionings as day process control of house H, but be not limited in this, by some other electric power equipments be arranged in house H, such as, lighting machine is also passable as the object of day process control.
The formation of home server.
Below, be described with reference to the formation of Fig. 2 to Fig. 4 to home server 1.
Home server 1 as previously mentioned, is equivalent to energy ezpenditure equipment control device of the present invention, can be connected communicatedly with the electric power equipment in house H.In native system S, home server 1 is made up of so-called home gateway, as shown in Figure 2, has CPU1a, memory 1b and communication interface 1c.Further, in the memory 1b that home server 1 possesses, aforesaid drive manner is by the drive manner storage area 1s be stored in respectively according to air-conditioning illustrated in Fig. 3.
Further, in above-mentioned memory 1b, represent that the setting place information of the setting place in the house H of the electric power equipment used in the house H headed by air-conditioning is stored in the setting place storage area 1t illustrated in Fig. 3.Described setting place information, when checking the connection status between home server 1 and each electric power equipment in the construction stage of house H, writes memory 1b by examiner by certain machine entered.But the acquisition methods about setting place information is not limited in above-mentioned situation, such as, by going out the setting place of each electric power equipment from the inferred from input data of the construction picture representing house H, to obtain setting place information also passable.
Also have further, home server 1 is stored in the assembly storage area 1u illustrated in Fig. 3 in order to play its function by the application program (following, assembly) that CPU1a performs.Be stored in the assembly of described assembly storage area 1u, comprise the communication assembly performed when home server 1 communicates with each electric power equipment.
In addition, usually, being recommended in and being equipped with in the house H of HEMS, use the electric power equipment adopting common communication protocol (with communication mode and communication standard synonym), such as, expecting the machine of the unified communication protocol for adopting ECHONET association to advocate.On the one hand, as the agreement that ECHONET association advocates, there is ECHONET (registration mark) and the ECHONETLite (registration mark) as its successor standard, there is the situation that in the electric power equipment in house H, two agreements are mixed in.Further, also exist in the electric power equipment that user buys, comprise the situation of the machine outside the communication protocol beyond ECHONET and ECHONETLite.
And, in native system S, in the some electric power equipments used in house H, more specifically illustrate, in 4 air-conditionings, to there is the air-conditioning with mutually different communication protocol communication.For this reason, the communication assembly communicated with the communication object of house H for home server 1 is stored in the assembly storage area 1u of memory 1b respectively according to communication protocol.That is, in native system S, the communication assembly of the species number of the communication protocol that the electric power equipment in house H only adopts by communication protocol is stored in memory 1b.
The words illustrated, for with the 1st communication protocol (such as, ECHONET) assembly communicated, assembly storage area 1u is stored in for the assembly that communicates by the 2nd communication protocol (such as ECHONETLite) and the 3rd communication protocol (communication protocol such as, beyond ECHONET and ECHONETLite).
And, in native system S, be stored in the communications component of assembly storage area 1u, be read out and the communications component performed is switched according to communication object.Accordingly, the communication protocol that the communication protocol adopted when communicating with air-conditioning adopts according to the air-conditioning of communication object can switch by home server 1.In addition, switch communication protocol with in order to the communicating machine transmission using other communication protocols, by the text transmitted by certain communication protocol (instruction) with to the mode of other communication protocols should changing and write synonym.
Wherein, to the words that the program execution enviroment in home server 1 is described, home server 1 as shown in Figure 4, the various assemblies possessing OS101, JAVA (registration mark) virtual machine (following, JVM) 102, OSGi (Open ServicesGataway initiative) framework 103 and run on OSGi framework 103.
OSGi framework 103 is constructed on JVM102, manages the life cycle of the download, installation, starting, stopping etc. of the assembly run on OSGi framework 103.And, about the assembly run on OSGi framework 103, dynamically can change, also have, some assemblies can be performed concurrently.
Wherein, in the assembly that OSGi framework 103 runs, comprise for the assembly with aforesaid 1st communication protocol communication (following, 1st communications component) 104, (following for the assembly with the 2nd communication protocol communication, 2nd communications component) 105 and for the assembly (following, the 3rd communications component) 106 with the 3rd communication protocol communication.
And in the function that OSGi framework 103 possesses, by dynamically changing the function of assembly, according to the communication protocol of the electric power equipment of the communication object become when home server 1 communicates, the communications component be performed is replaced.By the replacing of such communications component, the communication protocol that home server 1 adopts is switched.As a result, home server 1 regardless of the similarities and differences of communication protocol, can communicate with the electric power equipment in house H.
Further, each communications component 104,105,106 is registered in OSGi framework 103, and the interface for the function using each communications component 104,105,106 is registered in service registration.OSGi framework 103 these interfaces integrated provide as API (Application Program Interface).Utilize described API, in user side, without the need to recognizing the difference of communication protocol, that is, the difference of the communication protocol between electric power equipment.Accordingly, that is, develop when requiring the program of the control of electric power equipment to home server 1, specify as long as its developer holds each electric power equipment referent (Object), just can be suitable for the exploitation gimmick of general Web communication protocol.
Be easy-to-understand to illustrate, when requiring the communication with the electric power equipment in house H to home server 1, use above-mentioned API, do not need described request to be organized into the form meeting communication protocol, become comparatively easy text.
Be described in more detail, when user requires the control of air-conditioning to home server 1, as shown in Figure 5, HTTP request, is specially selection result data described later and is sent to home server 1 by from user terminal 3.On the one hand, home server 1 receives above-mentioned HTTP request from user terminal 3, communicates and transmit control signal to this air-conditioning with air-conditioning.As a result, home server 1, according to the control law of specifying in above-mentioned HTTP request, controls the air-conditioning as control object.Wherein, the communication protocol adopted when home server 1 transmits control signal is set as the communication protocol adopted as the air-conditioning of the destination of control signal.
Further, home server 1 communicates with the air-conditioning of reception control signal further, receives answer signal from this air-conditioning.Now, the communication protocol that home server 1 adopts is set as the communication protocol adopted as the air-conditioning of the originator of answer signal.
And, in the stage that the control treatment that home server 1 requires user completes, the data (following, confirmation screen data) being used for the picture describing the control status confirming each air-conditioning are sent to user terminal 3 in xml form.In user terminal 3 side, be unfolded by confirmation screen data, the illustrated confirmation screen of Figure 14 is shown in the display screen of user terminal 3.User, by seeing this confirmation screen, can be performed normally for the control of each air-conditioning in visual confirmation.In addition, be described in detail later about confirmation screen.
As above, in native system S, the communication protocol that the exchange versatility of the data between user terminal 3 and home server 1 is higher is carried out, and on the other hand, home server 1 carries out with the communication protocol of the communication between air-conditioning by the communication protocol coordinating air-conditioning to adopt.Accordingly, user is without the need to recognizing that the difference of the communication protocol of air conditioning room just can require the control of each air-conditioning to home server 1.
In addition, the control signal in native system and answer signal are data-signals, send by network in residence 5 is received.On the one hand, in residence, network 5 can be wired communication network, also can be wireless communication network.Wherein, communication network means as the communication between home server 1 and communication object machine, can the network of twocouese communication, gets rid of only corresponding from home server 1 to the network of unidirectional communication of communication object machine.
The control method of air-conditioning.
Below, the control method of the air-conditioning in S of the present invention is described.In addition, below, to in 4 air-conditionings arranged in house H, the 1st air-conditioning (following, air-conditioning A) is arranged at the teahouse of second floor, 2nd air-conditioning is (following, air-conditioning B) be arranged at the child room of second floor, the 3rd air-conditioning (following, air-conditioning C) is arranged at the living room of Stall, the situation that 4th air-conditioning (following, air-conditioning D) is arranged at the bedroom of Stall is described.
In native system S, user can select the Control Cooling of air-conditioning by user terminal 3.In native system S, selectable Control Cooling is unit control type, unified Control Cooling, schedule Control Cooling.In addition, these Control Cooling are only an example, comprise Control Cooling other than the above also passable.
Unit control type is the type controlling the air-conditioning in house H with the indicated condition indicated from user terminal 3 respectively.Wherein, controlled condition when indicated condition refers to that unit control type is selected is indicated by user.Illustrate, when user selects unit control type, indicated running form and the running management such as temperature and the humidity values such as the switch of air-conditioning and cold air, heating installation, dehumidifying by user terminal 3.The home server 1 receiving so instruction, after determining the air-conditioning as control object, controls this air-conditioning according to above-mentioned indicated condition.
In addition, if select unit control type, user terminal 3 will represent that the data of indicated condition send using the form corresponding with the communication protocol that the air-conditioning of the object as unit control uses to home server 1.Illustrate, when the communication protocol that the air-conditioning becoming the object of unit control uses is for ECHONET, user terminal 3 instruction that ECHONET machine object (Object) specifies sends as the data representing indicated condition.Be this formation, when selecting unit control type, represent that the data of indicated condition are sent out from user terminal 3 with the form corresponding with the communication protocol of air-conditioning of the object becoming unit control.As a result, in home server 1 side without the need to carrying out the conversion etc. of communication protocol, therefore, the process controlling to relate to is simplified.
Unified Control Cooling is the type of the unified air-conditioning controlled in house H.User selects unified Control Cooling, and home server 1 performs the control of the air-conditioning Close All in house H.
Schedule Control Cooling is the type running of a day of each air-conditioning in house H being carried out according to the drive manner that this air-conditioning sets in advance relatively controlling.Wherein, which drive manner be defined in time makes operation of air conditioner with which kind of operating condition, is the time schedule that the running about air-conditioning shown in Fig. 6 controls.More specifically illustrate, drive manner specifies in one day, and which time-bands is during starts or between withholding period.Further, drive manner regulation during starts in which kind of load running, be specially and with which design temperature operate.
Further, in native system S, when user selects schedule Control Cooling, the selection of operation mode is by further requirement.Operation mode is equivalent to the control policy in day process control, the some settings of air-conditioning quilt in relative house H.In native system S, selectable operation mode is pattern X, pattern Y and pattern Z.In addition, these patterns are only examples of operation mode, comprise pattern other than the above also passable.
Pattern X coordinates the life style of user, only carries out to the air-conditioning arranged in the higher room of frequency of utilization the pattern controlled that operates.Pattern Y is the rhythm of life coordinating user, according to the pattern of time-bands conversion as the air-conditioning of control object.Pattern Y, while the air-conditioning making to arrange in house H operates for whole 24 hours continuously, coordinates the rhythm of life of user to control the pattern of the design temperature of air-conditioning respectively.
And relatively each operation mode, according to air-conditioning setting drive manner.Therefore, when carrying out day process control with certain operation mode, the relatively each air-conditioning of home server 1 determines that to should the drive manner of certain operation mode, this drive manner determined according to relatively each air-conditioning, controls corresponding air-conditioning.
Illustrate with reference to Fig. 7, user 3 from three operation modes during selection mode X, the drive manner of home server 1 relatively each air-conditioning determination associative mode X.Wherein, as shown in Figure 7, when pattern X is selected, the drive manner being applicable to air-conditioning A is mode A.Similarly, when pattern X is selected, the drive manner being applicable to air-conditioning B is mode B, and the drive manner being applicable to air-conditioning C is mode C, and the drive manner being applicable to air-conditioning D is mode D.Based on this corresponding relation, home server 1 is according to the drive manner of air-conditioning determination associative mode X.
In addition, in native system S, while being associated with the device id of the identifying information as air-conditioning, be also associated with the setting place of air-conditioning and the classification of this setting place under each operation mode by the operation mode that is suitable for as shown in Figure 7.In other words, the operation mode be suitable under each operation mode is to be stored in the memory 1b of home server 1 with the state that the classification of the device id of corresponding air-conditioning, setting place and this setting place is associated.This determines based on, the drive manner (following, predetermined manner) being stored in the memory 1b of the home server 1 originally classification by the setting place of operation mode and air-conditioning.
Be described with reference to Fig. 8 about predetermined manner.Be applicable to the drive manner of each air-conditioning in each operation mode, be set to predetermined manner originally.On the one hand, predetermined manner as shown in Figure 8, is prepared according to operation mode, is stored in the memory 1b of home server 1 with the form that the classification of the setting place with air-conditioning is corresponding.Wherein, the classification of setting place is the pattern (such as, and room and Western-style room etc.) in the room represented belonging to setting place, or the concept of the purposes in this room (such as, child room and teahouse etc.).
And, only otherwise carry out the correction of drive manner, during the execution of home server 1 according to day process control, by the predetermined manner of the classification of the setting place of each air-conditioning of correspondence, control each air-conditioning.Such as, when operation mode X is selected, be arranged at the air-conditioning C in the living room of Stall, the predetermined manner recorded according to the top in Fig. 8 is controlled.
On the one hand, drive manner can be revised.Illustrate, user carries out correction operation by user terminal 3 pairs of drive manners, in home server 1 side, based on the correction result under this correction operation, is corrected as the appointed drive manner of correction object.So, can revise each drive manner in native system S, therefore, each drive manner can be customized according to the requirement of user.
The formation of native system each several part.
Below, be described from the formation of function aspects to each several part of native system S with reference to Fig. 9.In addition, below, in the machine possessed native system S respectively, air-conditioning, user terminal 3 and home server 1 are described.
Air-conditioning.
4 air-conditionings respectively as shown in Figure 9, have control signal acceptance division 31, control part 32 and answer signal sending part 33.Control signal acceptance division 31, control part 32 and answer signal sending part 33 are formed by being built in the microcomputer of air-conditioning and control loop and communication interface.Control signal acceptance division 31, by network 5 in residence, receives by the control signal sent from home server 1.The control signal that control part 32 receives according to control signal acceptance division 31 controls air-conditioner body.
Answer signal sending part 33 at control signal acceptance division 31 reception control signal and control part 32 controls air-conditioner body time, generating the answer signal for notifying this part thing, sending this answer signal to home server 1.Particularly, the signal represented based on the operating condition of the air-conditioning in control signal controlled stage sends as answer signal to home server 1 by the answer signal sending part 33 that native system S possesses.
User terminal.
User terminal 3 as shown in Figure 9, has operation acceptance division 21, data generating section 22, data sending part 23, data reception portion 24 and display part 25.Data reception portion 21 is made up of the touch pad that user terminal 3 is arranged, and receives the input operation of user.Wherein, in the operation that operation acceptance division 21 receives, the selection comprising the operation mode undertaken by user operates.
The words illustrated, when selecting operation mode, the touch pad of user terminal 3 is depicted operation mode illustrated in Figure 12 and select picture, the select button Ta1 being recited as " pattern X ", the select button Ta2 being recited as " pattern Y ", the select button Ta3 being recited as " pattern Z " are shown in same picture.User, in order to select a pattern from three operation modes, presses in above-mentioned three select buttons Ta1, Ta2, Ta3, writes the button of the title of selectable pattern.The selection that above input operation is equivalent to the operation mode undertaken by user operates, and operation acceptance division 21 receives this selection operation.
Further, in the operation that operation acceptance division 21 receives, comprise the correction operation of the user of the drive manner of the memory 1b being relatively stored in home server 1.
Illustrate, the more new button Tb1 illustrated in Figure 12, Tb2, Tb3 are shown in above-mentioned operation mode and select picture.Described more new button Tb1, Tb2, Tb3 are set up with the form of each operation mode of correspondence, are configured at the right positions of above-mentioned each select button Ta1, Ta2, Ta3.And more in new button Tb1, Tb2, Tb3, the button corresponding with the operation mode belonging to the drive manner of predetermined correction is pressed, and the drive manner correction picture illustrated in Figure 13 is depicted in the touch pad of user terminal 3.The predetermined drive manner revised is shown in described drive manner correction picture.And user carries out certain operation on same picture, such as, the operation of the drive manner that touching is shown, is ejected display for the correction panel Tc revising drive manner.
User is in correction panel Tc, while the time started that input field Tc1, Tc2 of time-bands input this time-bands and end time, the operating condition input operating condition input field Tc3 of the time-bands that the time be applicable to by being input into input field Tc1, Tc2 is determined.Above input operation is equivalent to the correction operation of the user of relative drive manner, and operation acceptance division 21 receives this correction operation.
Data generating section 22 is made up of the CPU of user terminal 3, memory and the program that is installed on user terminal 3, generates the data (following, input data) of the content of the input operation representing the user that operation acceptance division 21 receives.
Data sending part 23 sends above-mentioned input data by network in residence 5 to home server 1, is made up of the CPU of user terminal 3, memory, communication interface and the signal procedure that is installed on user terminal 3.
In addition, in the input data that data sending part 23 sends to home server 1, comprise represent the selection of operation mode undertaken by user operate under the selection result data of selection result and the correction result data of correction result under expression user the correction of drive manner is operated.And in native system S, when data sending part 23 sends above-mentioned selection result data and correction result data to home server 1, these data are sent out as HTTP request.More specifically illustrate, data sending part 23 sends input data according to REST (Representational StateTransfer) to home server 1.
Data reception portion 24 receives the data from home server 1 by network in residence 5, by the CPU of user terminal 3, memory, communication interface and be installed on user terminal 3 signal procedure form.Data reception portion 24, in the data received from home server 1, comprises aforesaid confirmation screen data.And in native system S, data reception portion 24 is the data of XML form from the above-mentioned confirmation picture data that home server 1 receives.
Display part 25 is confirmation picture datas that expanding data acceptance division 24 receives, and illustrated for Figure 14 confirmation screen is depicted in the parts of the touch pad of user terminal 3.Described display part 25 is made up of the CPU of user terminal 3, memory and the program that is installed on user terminal 3.Wherein, the confirmation picture data that data reception portion 24 receives is the data of XML form, and therefore, display part 25 can describe above-mentioned confirmation screen by the display format corresponding with the specification of user terminal 3.
Be described confirmation screen, as shown in figure 14, the setting place of the operating condition of each air-conditioning and this each air-conditioning is shown in same picture explicitly.Wherein, the operating condition being shown in the air-conditioning of confirmation screen represents, operating condition shown in the answer signal sent by the answer signal sending part 33 of air-conditioning, that is, received from air-conditioning by the control signal sent from home server 1 and the control of this air-conditioning is performed time operating condition.
Further, the operating condition of each air-conditioning is corresponding and shown with the setting place of this each air-conditioning, and therefore, user sees confirmation screen, and what kind of operating condition clearly can hold the air-conditioning being arranged at where is in current time.This effect is by generating confirmation screen data during in home server 1 side, above-mentioned confirmation picture data is generated in the mode that the operating condition of each air-conditioning is associated with the setting place of air-conditioning and proves effective.
In addition, the illustrated picture of Figure 14 is only an example of confirmation screen, can at random set about the design of confirmation screen and layout.
Home server.
Home server 1 as shown in Figure 9, has selection mode determination portion 11, storage part 12, drive manner reading unit 13, operating condition determination portion 14, control signal sending part 15, answer signal acceptance division 16, operating condition determination portion 17, communication protocol switching part 18, drive manner update section 19 and confirmation screen data sending part 20.
Selection mode determination portion 11 is determined in the operation mode of the some settings of relative air-conditioning, the selection mode selected by user, is made up of CPU1a, the memory 1b of home server 1, communication interface 1c and communication assembly.More specifically illustrate, selection mode determination portion 11 receives by the selection result data sent from user terminal 3, by resolving described selection result data determination selection mode.
Storage part 12 is made up of the memory 1b of home server 1, is stored by the drive manner of relative 4 air-conditioning individual settings respectively according to operation mode.Further, in native system S, storage part 12 stores with the state representing the setting place information of the setting place of the air-conditioning in house H and drive manner and be mutually associated.So, be mutually associated with the drive manner being applicable to the air-conditioning arranged in this setting place by the setting place of air-conditioning, which kind of drive manner of idle call being arranged at where can be held and control, suitably perform airconditioning control.
Drive manner reading unit 13 is that the reading of relatively each air-conditioning is stored in the drive manner of storage part 12, the parts of the drive manner of the rotary mode that corresponding selection pattern determination portion 11 is determined.Described drive manner reading unit 13 is made up of CPU1a, the memory 1b of home server 1 and the airconditioning control assembly that is installed on home server 1.
Operating condition determination portion 14 is drive manners of the relatively each air-conditioning from drive manner reading unit 13 reading, determines the parts of the operating condition in the control time of corresponding air-conditioning according to air-conditioning.Described operating condition determination portion 14 is made up of CPU1a, the memory 1b of home server 1 and the airconditioning control assembly that is installed on home server 1.In addition, the operating condition in the control time of corresponding air-conditioning refers to, in drive manner, operating condition when home server 1 transmits control signal to air-conditioning, such as, when controlling air-conditioning with the drive manner shown in Fig. 6, when the moment in its control time is 15, control with the operating condition that design temperature is 20 degree.
Control signal sending part 15 is control signals that relatively each air-conditioning generates for controlling each air-conditioning respectively according to the operating condition that air-conditioning is determined by operating condition determination portion 14, the parts of the control signal that the relatively each air-conditioning of each transmission to some air-conditionings generates.Described control signal sending part 15 is made up of CPU1a, the memory 1b of home server 1, the airconditioning control assembly being installed on home server 1 and communication assembly.
And in native system S, the communication protocol used when control signal sending part 15 transmits control signal can by being switched by the communication protocol switching part 18 of the functional realiey of aforesaid OSGi framework 103.That is, in native system S, the communication protocol that the communication protocol used when transmitting control signal to air-conditioning uses according to the air-conditioning of destination switches by control signal sending part 15.So, in native system S, can switch communication protocol according to communication object, therefore user side is without the need to recognizing that the difference of communication protocol just can require the control of each air-conditioning to home server 1.
Answer signal acceptance division 16 be received in from control signal sending part 15 send control signal received by air-conditioning time, by the parts of the answer signal that air-conditioning sends, in native system S, receive from some air-conditionings each send answer signal.Described answer signal acceptance division 16 is made up of CPU1a, the memory 1b of home server 1, the airconditioning control assembly being installed on home server 1 and communication assembly.
And, in native system S, about the communication protocol that answer signal acceptance division 16 uses when air-conditioning receives answer signal, can be switched by communication protocol switching part 18.Therefore, in native system S, can switch communication protocol according to the transmit leg of answer signal, therefore, in user side without the need to recognizing the transmit leg of answer signal, that is, the communication protocol of each air-conditioning, just can hold the operating condition of each air-conditioning.
Operating condition determination portion 17 resolves the answer signal that answer signal acceptance division 16 receives from air-conditioning, determines the operating condition of this air-conditioning, is made up of CPU1a, the memory 1b of home server 1 and the airconditioning control assembly that is installed on home server 1.Wherein, the operating condition of the determined air-conditioning of operating condition determination portion 17 is reception control signal, and performs the operating condition of the air-conditioning in the stage of control, is specially, the management value of the design temperature when switch of expression power supply, power supply open and setting humidity etc.
Drive manner update section 19 is equivalent to upgrade the update section of the drive manner being stored in storage part 12, is made up of CPU1a, the memory 1b of home server 1 and the airconditioning control assembly that is installed on home server 1.Described drive manner update section 19 communicates with user terminal 3, receives aforesaid correction result data from user terminal 3.And drive manner update section 19, based on correction result data, upgrades the drive manner being stored in memory 12.
Illustrate, drive manner update section 19 analytic modification result data, determine drive manner and the correction content of revising object.Bright more strictly speaking, drive manner update section 19, by analytic modification result data, is determined to be suitable for and is revised the setting place of air-conditioning of drive manner of object and the operation mode belonging to this drive manner.And drive manner update section 19 infers the setting place of the air-conditioning that correspondence is determined and the drive manner of operation mode, this drive manner is set as correction object.Afterwards, drive manner update section 19 reads and is stored in the drive manner of storage part 12, becomes the drive manner revising object, according to correction content update (correction) this drive manner shown in correction result data.
Confirmation screen data sending part 20, in order to describe the confirmation screen of the operating condition of each air-conditioning that expression is determined by operating condition determination portion 17 at user terminal 3, generates confirmation screen data and also sends to user terminal 3.Described confirmation screen sending part 20 is made up of CPU1a, the memory 1b of home server 1, the airconditioning control assembly being installed on home server 1 and communication assembly.
The mode that confirmation screen data sending part 20 is shown with the setting place of air-conditioning accordingly with operating condition of air-conditioning each in the confirmation screen described at user terminal 3, generates confirmation screen data.When performing described process, confirmation screen data sending part 20 reads the setting place information of the setting place storage area 1t be stored in memory 1b, determines the setting place of each air-conditioning.And, when confirmation screen data sending part 20 generates confirmation screen data, in order to the setting place of the operating condition with air-conditioning that make each air-conditioning is shown accordingly, will represent that the data of respectively this operating condition and each configuration information enroll confirmation screen data.
Also have, although be sent out in control signal but controlled not to be performed and the abnormal air-conditioning not sending answer signal is deposited in case, confirmation screen data sending part 20 has generated confirmation screen data to the air-conditioning being equivalent to abnormal air-conditioning in confirmation screen in the mode that mistake shows.Accordingly, user sees confirmation screen, just can confirm the existence of abnormal air-conditioning and the setting place of this abnormal air-conditioning.
Air conditioning control method.
Below, with reference to Figure 10 and Figure 11, the air conditioning control method used in native system S described above is described.
The air conditioning control method used in native system S, is an example of the energy ezpenditure apparatus control method that the present invention relates to, more specifically illustrates, be suitable in the airconditioning control process be performed in native system S.For this reason, below, as the explanation of the control method of air-conditioning, the operation of airconditioning control process is described.
Airconditioning control process, such as, carries out certain operation from user, starts start at user terminal 3 side air-conditioning control program.Air-conditioning control program starts, and not shown Control Cooling selects picture to be depicted in the touch pad of user terminal 3.User is by seeing same picture while operate the touch pad of user terminal 3 and select Control Cooling.With described selection operation, represent that the data of the selection result of Control Cooling are sent to home server 1 from user terminal 3.
As shown in Figure 10, first, home server 1 receives above-mentioned data to following operation, determines the Control Cooling (S001) selected by user.Wherein, when the unit control type as Control Cooling is selected, home server 1 performs unit control (S002).
In addition, when home server 1 performs unit control, while the touch pad of user operation user terminal 3, instruction becomes air-conditioning and the controlled condition of control object.Afterwards, represent that the data of the content of user's instruction are sent to home server 1 by from user terminal 3.Finally, home server 1 based on the data received from user terminal 3, with the air-conditioning of indicated condition unit control as control object.
Further, when the unified Control Cooling as Control Cooling is selected, home server 1 performs unified control, sends the control signal (S003) of powered-down to the whole air-conditionings in house H.
On the one hand, when schedule Control Cooling is selected as Control Cooling, the illustrated operation mode of Figure 12 selects picture to be depicted in the touch pad of user terminal 3.User is by seeing same picture while operate the touch pad of user terminal 3 and select operation mode.With described selection operation, represent that the selection result data of the selection result of operation mode are sent to home server 1 from user terminal 3.Home server 1 receives above-mentioned selection result data, determines in some operation modes be set, the selection mode (S004) be easily selected by a user.
In addition, as previously mentioned, selection result data are HTTP request.That is, home server 1 obtains above-mentioned selection result data by carrying out http communication with user terminal 3.
Afterwards, home server 1 obtains the device id (S005) of the identifying information of the air-conditioning as control object.Illustrate, device id is stored in the memory 1b of home server 1 as guide look information, by reading the information being stored in memory 1b, obtains the device id of each air-conditioning.In addition, when schedule Control Cooling is selected as Control Cooling, the whole air-conditionings in house H become control object, and therefore, the whole air-conditionings in relative house H obtain device id.
After the acquisition of device id, home server 1 execution day process control (S006).At described schedule rate-determining steps S006, the control of each device id air-conditioning relatively obtained is performed, and particularly in native system S, performs control with the acquisition of device id order.
And, after the control of the whole air-conditionings in relative house H completes, there is the situation (S007 is No) that user terminal 3 side switches the operation of Control Cooling in removing, through certain hour (S008 is Yes), above-mentioned schedule rate-determining steps S006 is repeatedly executed at predetermined intervals.In addition, in native system S, at 0 point hourly, 15 points, 30 points, 45 points execution day process control step S006.But, about the execution interval of schedule rate-determining steps S006, be not limited to above-mentioned situation, can at random set.
Below, be described with reference to the flow process of Figure 11 to schedule rate-determining steps S006.
In schedule rate-determining steps S006, first, home server 1 from memory 1b, i.e. the drive manner (S011) of selection mode determined in operation S004 before reading correspondence of the relatively each air-conditioning of storage part 12.Afterwards, from the drive manner of the relatively each air-conditioning read, the control time of corresponding each air-conditioning is determined according to air-conditioning, the operating condition (S012) that namely current time is corresponding.That is, home server 1, for 4 air-conditionings, determines the operating condition current time respectively from the drive manner of correspondence.
Afterwards, home server 1, to 4 air-conditionings, sends the control signal (S013) for carrying out controlling with the operating condition that relative air-conditioning is determined respectively.Now, the communication protocol that home server 1 uses according to each air-conditioning, suitably switches communication protocol.And in the air-conditioning side of reception control signal, control the result be performed based on control signal, operating condition becomes consistent with the operating condition that front operation S012 determines.
If perform control at each air-conditioning, answer signal is sent by from each air-conditioning.Home server 1 receives the answer signal (S014) sent from each air-conditioning quilt.Now, home server 1 also according to the communication protocol that each air-conditioning uses, suitably switches communication protocol.And home server 1, based on the answer signal received, determines the operating condition of each air-conditioning.On the one hand, the air-conditioning not receiving answer signal as previously mentioned, is judged as abnormal air-conditioning.
Afterwards, home server 1 generates with presence or absence of operating condition for describing to represent each air-conditioning and abnormal air-conditioning and confirms image confirming picture data, sends these data (S015) to user terminal 3.Above-mentioned confirmation picture data is received in user terminal 3 side, and confirmation screen data are unfolded, and the illustrated confirmation screen of Figure 14 is depicted in the touch pad of user terminal 3.User, by seeing described confirmation screen, can confirm the operating condition of each air-conditioning and the presence or absence of abnormal air-conditioning.
In addition, as previously mentioned, confirmation screen data are the data of XML form.For this reason, user terminal 3 confirmation of receipt picture data, the above-mentioned confirmation screen display format corresponding with the specification of user terminal 3 is depicted in touch pad.
Other embodiments.
Embodiment described above is only the example about energy ezpenditure equipment control device of the present invention, energy ezpenditure apparatus control method and energy ezpenditure control system of machine, is in order to easy understand example of the present invention, and unrestricted the present invention.The present invention can carry out various change, improvement according to its aim, simultaneously mathematically also comprises its equivalent.
Further, in above-described embodiment, home server 1 is arranged in house H, controls the electric power equipment used in same house H, but is not limited in this.Such as, be arranged at the Cloud Server outside house H and communicated with the electric power equipment in house H by the residence outer network of internet etc., play the function identical with the home server 1 that above-described embodiment relates to also passable.
Further, in above-described embodiment, in day process control, control some electric power equipments according to respective drive manner, particularly some air-conditionings.But, be not limited in this, control some illuminations be arranged in house H according to respective drive manner also passable.Further, in day process control, single electric power equipment is controlled also passable according to its drive manner.Further, in above-described embodiment, electric power equipment execution day process control relatively of the same race, but electric power equipment execution day process control relatively not of the same race is also passable.Also have further, in the above embodiments, relatively as the electric power equipment execution day process control of an example of energy ezpenditure machine, but energy ezpenditure machine also comprises battery and fuel cell etc., and these machine execution day process controls are also passable relatively.
Further, in above-described embodiment, in some air-conditionings, there is the air-conditioning with mutually different communication protocol communication, in home server 1, when transmitting control signal to air-conditioning, the air-conditioning according to destination switches communication protocol.On the other hand, when user requires the control of each air-conditioning by user terminal 3 to home server 1, the HTTP request as this control execution requirements is sent by from user terminal 3.Accordingly, in user side without the need to recognizing the difference of the communication protocol of air conditioning room, the control of each air-conditioning just can be required to home server 1.But be not limited in this, communication protocol is when air conditioning room is unified, and when requiring the control of each air-conditioning by user terminal 3 to home server 1, the text of this control execution requirements also can be used on the common communication protocol of air conditioning room and sends to home server 1.
Further, in the above embodiments, represent that the setting place information of the setting place of each electric power equipment is stored in the memory 1b of home server 1.But being not limited in this, also can be the information representing the electrical circuit (being specially, the duplexure in distributor cap) connecting each electric power equipment, together with setting place information, or setting place information is replaced to be stored.
Further, in above-described embodiment, as the communication protocol of electric power equipment exemplified with ECHONET and ECHONETLite, but each electric power equipment in house H adopts the communication protocol beyond these can certainly.
Further, in above-described embodiment, by the pattern be suitable for when the operation mode of the some settings of relative air-conditioning quilt is day process control air-conditioning.In other words, in above-described embodiment, some operation modes are set for schedule Control Cooling.But, be not limited in this, for other Control Cooling beyond day process control, also can prepare some can by the operation mode selected.
Further, in above-described embodiment, be depicted in the confirmation screen of user terminal 3 based on the reception data from home server 1, the operating condition controlling the electric power equipment (being more specifically, air-conditioning) be performed is shown.Such as, but as the information being shown in confirmation screen, be not limited in this, the load (power consumption) of each electric power equipment and now by the operation mode etc. be suitable for, other information is shown also passable.
Symbol description
S native system
H house
1 home server
1a CPU
1b memory
1c communication interface
1s drive manner storage area
1t setting place storage area
1u assembly storage area
3 user terminals
Network in 5 residences
7 electric power data loggers
11 selection mode determination portions
12 storage parts
13 drive manner reading units
14 operating condition determination portions
15 control signal sending parts
16 answer signal acceptance divisions
17 operating condition determination portions
18 communication protocol switching parts
19 drive manner update section
20 determine that picture data sending part 21 operates acceptance division
22 data generating section
23 data sending parts
24 data reception portion
25 display parts
31 control signal acceptance divisions
32 control parts
33 answer signal sending parts
101 OS
102 JVM
103 OSGi frameworks
104 the 1st communications components
105 the 2nd communications components
106 the 3rd communications components
Ta1, Ta2, Ta3 select button
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Claims (9)

1. an energy ezpenditure equipment control device, is a kind of energy ezpenditure equipment control device that can be connected communicatedly with energy ezpenditure machine, it is characterized in that, comprising:
Relatively described energy ezpenditure machine, by the operation mode of some settings, determines the selection mode determination portion of the selection mode be easily selected by a user;
The storage part which makes the drive manner of described energy ezpenditure machine run store respectively with which kind of operating condition time will be defined according to described operation mode;
Reading is stored in the described drive manner of this storage part, the drive manner reading unit of the described drive manner of the described selection mode that corresponding described selection mode determination portion is determined;
From the described drive manner that this drive manner reading unit reads, determine the operating condition determination portion of the described operating condition in the control moment of corresponding described energy ezpenditure machine;
The control signal sending part of the control signal being used for controlling described energy ezpenditure machine with the described operating condition that this operating condition determination portion is determined is sent to described energy ezpenditure machine;
Be received in the described control signal sent from this control signal sending part when being received by described energy ezpenditure machine, from the answer signal acceptance division of the answer signal that described energy ezpenditure machine sends.
2. energy ezpenditure equipment control device according to claim 1, is characterized in that:
Described energy ezpenditure equipment control device and some described energy ezpenditure machine communication, control some described energy ezpenditure machines respectively;
Described storage part stores each described drive manner set respectively of relatively some described energy ezpenditure machines respectively according to described operation mode;
The relatively each described energy ezpenditure machine of described drive manner reading unit reads and is stored in the described drive manner of described storage part, the described drive manner of the described selection mode that corresponding described selection mode determination portion is determined;
The described drive manner that described operating condition determination portion reads from described drive manner reading unit, the described operating condition in the control moment of corresponding described energy ezpenditure machine determined by relatively each described energy ezpenditure machine;
Described control signal sending part, to each of some described energy ezpenditure machines, sends the described control signal being used for controlling described energy ezpenditure machine with the described operating condition that the relatively described energy ezpenditure machine of described operating condition determination portion is determined respectively;
Described answer signal acceptance division receives each the described answer signal sent from some described energy ezpenditure machines.
3. energy ezpenditure equipment control device according to claim 2, is characterized in that:
In some described energy ezpenditure machines, when existing with the described energy ezpenditure machine of mutually different communication protocol communication, described control signal sending part, switches the communication protocol that the communication protocol used when described energy ezpenditure machine sends described control signal uses according to the described energy ezpenditure machine of destination.
4. energy ezpenditure equipment control device according to claim 3, is characterized in that:
Described selection mode determination portion, the user terminal communication operated with the selection receiving the described operation mode that user carries out, receive from this user terminal the selection result data representing the described selection result selected operation, determine described selection mode based on these selection result data;
Described selection result data are HTTP request.
5. energy ezpenditure equipment control device according to claim 4, is characterized in that:
Control Cooling when controlling described energy ezpenditure machine as described energy ezpenditure equipment control device, can select, control the schedule Control Cooling of described energy ezpenditure machine by described operating condition determination portion from the described operating condition that described drive manner is determined and control the unit control type of energy ezpenditure machine described in each with the indicated condition indicated from described user terminal respectively;
When described unit control type is selected, receive with the form corresponding with the communication protocol that the described energy ezpenditure machine of control object uses the data representing described indicated condition from described user terminal.
6. according to the energy ezpenditure equipment control device that any one in claim 1 to 5 is recorded, it is characterized in that: possess the update section upgrading and be stored in the described drive manner of described storage part;
The user terminal communication that this update section operates with the correction of reception user to the described drive manner being stored in described storage part, the correction result data representing the described correction result revised operation are received from this user terminal, based on these correction result data, upgrade the described drive manner being stored in described storage part.
7. energy ezpenditure equipment control device according to claim 1, is characterized in that:
Described energy ezpenditure equipment control device controls the described energy ezpenditure machine used in building;
Described storage part, to represent that the state that the setting place information of the setting place of described energy ezpenditure machine in described building and described drive manner are associated mutually stores.
8. an energy ezpenditure apparatus control method, is a kind of and energy ezpenditure machine communication, controls the energy ezpenditure apparatus control method of this energy ezpenditure machine, it is characterized in that, comprising:
Relatively described energy ezpenditure machine, by the operation mode of some settings, determines the selection mode be easily selected by a user;
To the storage part which makes the drive manner of described energy ezpenditure machine run store respectively with which kind of operating condition be defined in from according to described operation mode time, read the described drive manner of the corresponding described selection mode determined;
From the described drive manner read, determine the described operating condition in the control moment of corresponding described energy ezpenditure machine;
The control signal being used for controlling described energy ezpenditure machine with the described operating condition determined is sent to described energy ezpenditure machine;
Be received in the described control signal that is sent out when being received by described energy ezpenditure machine, from the answer signal that described energy ezpenditure machine sends.
9. an energy ezpenditure control system of machine, is a kind of energy ezpenditure control system of machine with energy ezpenditure machine and the energy ezpenditure equipment control device that mutually can connect communicatedly, it is characterized in that:
Described energy ezpenditure equipment control device, comprising:
Relatively described energy ezpenditure machine, by the operation mode of some settings, determines the selection mode determination portion of the selection mode be easily selected by a user;
The storage part which makes the drive manner of described energy ezpenditure machine run store respectively with which kind of operating condition time will be defined according to described operation mode;
Reading is stored in the described drive manner of this storage part, the drive manner reading unit of the described drive manner of the described selection mode that corresponding described selection mode determination portion is determined;
From the described drive manner that this drive manner reading unit reads, determine the operating condition determination portion of the described operating condition in the control moment of corresponding described energy ezpenditure machine;
The control signal sending part of the control signal being used for controlling described energy ezpenditure machine with the described operating condition that this operating condition determination portion is determined is sent to described energy ezpenditure machine;
Be received in the described control signal sent from this control signal sending part when being received by described energy ezpenditure machine, from the answer signal acceptance division of the answer signal that described energy ezpenditure machine sends.
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