Information processing system, information processing method and program

Abstract

To provide an information processing system allowing a user to easily input data necessary for calculating greenhouse gas emissions.SOLUTION: An information processing system includes: a base information storage part storing information for specifying a location of a base for every base of greenhouse gas emission bodies; an activity amount storage part for storing an activity amount by an emission body, for every base; an activity amount input part for receiving input of location information of a mobile terminal and the activity amount from the mobile terminal of a user; a base specification part referring to the base information storage part and specifying the base based on the location information; and a registration part for registering the input activity amount in the activity amount storage part in association with the specified base.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program. [Background technology]

[0002] Estimation of carbon dioxide emissions has been carried out (see Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent Publication No. 2022-091900 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] It is time-consuming to register the data required to calculate emissions into the system.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above background, and has an object to make it possible to easily input data required for calculating greenhouse gas emissions. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The main invention of the present invention for solving the above problem is an information processing system comprising: a base information storage unit that stores information identifying a position of each base of a greenhouse gas emitter; an activity amount storage unit that stores an amount of activity by the emitter for each base; an activity amount input unit that accepts input of position information of the mobile device and the activity amount from a user's mobile device; a base identification unit that refers to the base information storage unit and identifies the base based on the position information; and a registration unit that registers the input activity amount in the activity amount storage unit in association with the identified base.

[0007] Other problems and solutions disclosed in this application will be made clear in the description of the preferred embodiments of the invention and the drawings. Effect of the Invention

[0008] According to the present invention, data required for calculating greenhouse gas emissions can be easily input. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an emission management system according to an embodiment of the present invention; [Diagram 2] 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a management server 2. FIG. [Diagram 3] 2 illustrates an example of the software configuration of a management server 2. FIG. [Figure 4] FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the management server 2. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] <System Overview> An emission management system according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The emission management system of this embodiment is intended to manage greenhouse gas emissions by emitters such as companies. The emission management system of this embodiment accepts input of the activity amount of the emitter or other emitters located upstream or downstream in the emitter's supply chain, and calculates the emission amount by multiplying this by an emission coefficient. The emission amount is tallied for each base of the emitter. A base is a place where activities that emit greenhouse gases are carried out, such as a business office or factory, and a report of the total emission amount for each base is required.

[0011] 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an emission management system of this embodiment. The emission management system of this embodiment is configured to include a management server 2. The management server 2 is communicably connected to a user terminal 1 via a communication network 3. The communication network 3 is, for example, the Internet, and is constructed by a public telephone line network, a mobile phone line network, a wireless communication path, Ethernet (registered trademark), or the like.

[0012] The user terminal 1 is a computer operated by a user of a waste generating company or the like. The user terminal 1 can be, for example, a smartphone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, or the like. The user can use the user terminal 1 to access the management server 2 and calculate the amount of waste generated.

[0013] The management server 2 is a computer that calculates and manages emissions. The management server 2 may be a general-purpose computer such as a workstation or a personal computer, or may be logically realized by cloud computing.

[0014] <Management Server> FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the management server 2. Note that the illustrated configuration is an example, and other configurations may be used. The management server 2 includes a CPU 201, a memory 202, a storage device 203, a communication interface 204, an input device 205, and an output device 206. The storage device 203 is, for example, a hard disk drive, a solid state drive, or a flash memory that stores various data and programs. The communication interface 204 is an interface for connecting to the communication network 3, and is, for example, an adapter for connecting to Ethernet (registered trademark), a modem for connecting to a public telephone line network, a wireless communication device for wireless communication, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector or an RS232C connector for serial communication, etc. The input device 205 is, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, a button, a microphone, etc. that input data. The output device 206 is, for example, a display, a printer, a speaker, etc. that output data. Each functional unit of the management server 2 described below is realized by the CPU 201 reading a program stored in the storage device 203 into the memory 202 and executing it, and each storage unit of the management server 2 is realized as part of the storage area provided by the memory 202 and the storage device 203.

[0015] 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the software configuration of the management server 2. The management server 2 includes a base information storage unit 231, an activity amount storage unit 232, an emission coefficient storage unit 233, an emission amount storage unit 234, a user base storage unit 235, an activity amount input unit 211, a base identification unit 212, a registration unit 213, and an emission amount calculation unit 214.

[0016] <Storage section> The base information storage unit 231 stores information on the bases of greenhouse gas emitters (hereinafter referred to as base information). The base information can include information (company ID) for identifying the emitter (e.g., a company, etc.), information (base ID) for identifying the base related to the emitter, and location information of the base. The location information can be expressed, for example, by latitude and longitude. The location information may be expressed, for example, by a geofence.

[0017] The activity amount storage unit 232 stores information on the amount of activity by the waste generating entity (hereinafter, referred to as activity amount information). In this embodiment, the activity amount storage unit 232 stores the amount of activity for each base. The activity amount information can include a company ID that identifies the waste generating entity, a base ID that identifies the base, information indicating the time when the activity was performed (time information), information that identifies the type of activity (type identification information), and the amount of activity at the base by the waste generating entity. The time of the activity may be, for example, in units of hours, days, or months. The unit of the activity amount does not matter. For example, the activity amount may be expressed by monetary amount (yen) or physical amount (tons, kilograms, kiloliters, etc.).

[0018] The emission coefficient storage unit 233 stores information including emission coefficients for calculating greenhouse gas emissions (hereinafter referred to as emission coefficient information). The emission coefficient information may include emission coefficients in association with a company ID that identifies the emitter and type-specific information that identifies the type of activity. The emission coefficient information may include emission coefficients in association with type-specific information that indicates the type of activity. The emission coefficient may be primary data (data collected by the emitter itself, obtained from direct measurement, or obtained from calculations based on direct measurement in the first information source) or secondary data (data other than primary data, for example, data standardized (statistically processed) from emissions of multiple companies providing the same type of product).

[0019] The emission amount storage unit 234 stores the amount of greenhouse gas emissions. The emission amount storage unit 234 can store the amount of emissions for each base. The emission amount storage unit 234 can store a company ID indicating the emitter, a base ID indicating the base, information specifying the time when the activity was performed (time information), a scope, a category, and an emission amount in association with each other. The time information can be set to any period such as a fiscal year, a year, a year and month, a year and month day, or a date and time range. For example, the scope and category can be those defined in the GHG Protocol.

[0020] The user base storage unit 235 stores information indicating bases related to a user (hereinafter referred to as user base information). The user base information can include, in association with information identifying a user (user ID), a company ID identifying a discharge entity to which the user belongs, and information identifying a base (base ID) at which the user may input data. Multiple company IDs and / or base IDs may be included.

[0021] <Functional section> The activity amount input unit 211 receives an input of an activity amount together with the user's location. The activity amount input unit 211 can receive from the user terminal 1 location information obtained by processing a signal from a GPS satellite, for example, and the type (type identification information) of the activity amount and the activity amount received from the user.

[0022] The base identification unit 212 refers to the base information storage unit 231 and identifies a base to be input based on the user's position. The base identification unit 212 can identify, for example, base information including location information closest to location information received from the user terminal 1 among the base information stored in the base information storage unit 231 as base information related to the base to be input. The base identification unit 212 can also identify a base corresponding to the user and to be input by referring to the user base storage unit 235 and the base information storage unit 231. For example, the base identification unit 212 can read out a company ID and a base ID corresponding to a user ID that identifies the user of the user terminal 1 from the user base storage unit 235, and identify, among the base information stored in the base information storage unit 231, one that includes location information closest to the location information acquired from the user terminal 1 as base information related to the base to be input. The base identification unit 212 can acquire the company ID and the base ID included in the identified base information.

[0023] The registration unit 213 can register the input activity amount in association with the specified base. The registration unit 213 can create activity amount information including the acquired company ID and base ID, time information including the current time, and the received type identification information and activity amount, and register the information in the activity amount storage unit 232.

[0024] The emission calculation unit 214 can calculate the amount of greenhouse gas emission based on the amount of activity stored in the activity amount storage unit 232. The emission calculation unit 214 accepts the designation of the company ID and base ID to be calculated, reads out the activity amount information corresponding to the accepted company ID and base ID from the activity amount storage unit 232, reads out the emission coefficient corresponding to the accepted company ID and the type specification information included in the activity amount information from the emission coefficient storage unit 233 for each of the read activity amount information, and multiplies the activity amount included in the activity amount information by the read emission coefficient, thereby calculating the amount of emission. The emission calculation unit 214 may calculate the amount of emission by the emitter by summing up all the calculated emission amounts, or may sum up the emission amounts by scope and category. The emission calculation unit 214 may also sum up the emission amounts by base, or may sum up the emission amounts by base, scope, and category. The emission calculation unit 214 can output (for example, transmit to the user terminal 1) the calculated emission amount.

[0025] <Operation> FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the management server 2. As shown in FIG.

[0026] The user terminal 1 identifies the location of the user terminal 1 from a GPS signal or the like, and accepts an input of the amount of activity (and type identification information) from the user, and the management server 2 receives the location information and the amount of activity (and type identification information) from the user terminal 1 (S301). The management server 2 identifies base information (base information including the closest location information from the received location information, or base information corresponding to the user that includes the closest location information from the received location information) based on the received location information (S302), and registers the base ID and company ID included in the identified base information, and the activity amount information including the received amount of activity and type identification information in the activity amount storage unit 232 (S303). Note that the time information here may be time information in a predetermined unit including the current time (for example, it can be expressed by an arbitrary unit time such as one hour, one day, one week, one month, or one year). Alternatively, the user terminal 1 may accept an input of time information together with the amount of activity from the user and transmit it to the management server 2. The management server 2 identifies an emission coefficient corresponding to each registered activity amount information, and calculates an emission amount by multiplying the activity amount by the identified emission coefficient (S304). The management server 2 can aggregate and output (for example, transmit to the user terminal 1) the calculated emission amount for each base (S305).

[0027] In this manner, a base to be inputted can be specified according to the user's location, and the amount of activity designated by the base can be easily input.

[0028] Although the present embodiment has been described above, the above embodiment is intended to facilitate understanding of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. The present invention may be modified or improved without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and equivalents thereof are also included in the present invention.

[0029] For example, in the present embodiment, the input of the amount of activity is accepted from the user. However, in cases where the emission coefficient may vary for each base, the input of the emission coefficient may be accepted, the base to be input may be identified according to the location information of the user terminal 1, and the emission coefficient of the identified base may be registered.

[0030] <Disclosures> The present disclosure also includes the following configurations. [Item 1] a base information storage unit configured to store information for identifying a location of each base of a greenhouse gas emitter; an activity amount storage unit that stores an activity amount by the waste generating entity for each of the bases; an activity amount input unit that receives an input of location information of the mobile device and the activity amount from the mobile device of a user; a base identification unit that refers to the base information storage unit and identifies the base based on the location information; a registration unit that registers the input activity amount in the activity amount storage unit in association with the identified base; An information processing system comprising: [Item 2] The information processing system according to item 1, an emission coefficient storage unit that stores an emission coefficient for calculating the amount of greenhouse gas emissions; an emission calculation unit that calculates an emission amount by multiplying the amount of activity stored in the activity amount storage unit by the emission coefficient; an emission amount storage unit that stores the emission amount for each of the bases; An information processing system comprising: [Item 3] The information processing system according to item 1, a user location storage unit that stores information indicating the location in association with the user; the base identification unit refers to the user base storage unit and the base information storage unit to identify the base corresponding to the user; An information processing system comprising: [Item 4] storing information for identifying a location of each greenhouse gas emitter's base in a base information storage unit; storing an activity amount by the emission subject for each of the bases in an activity amount storage unit; receiving an input of location information of the mobile device and the amount of activity from a mobile device of a user; referring to the base information storage unit and identifying the base based on the location information; registering the input activity amount in the activity amount storage unit in association with the identified base; An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer. [Item 5] storing information for identifying a location of each greenhouse gas emitter's base in a base information storage unit; storing an activity amount by the emission subject for each of the bases in an activity amount storage unit; receiving an input of location information of the mobile device and the amount of activity from a mobile device of a user; referring to the base information storage unit and identifying the base based on the location information; registering the input activity amount in the activity amount storage unit in association with the identified base; A program for a computer to execute. [Explanation of symbols]

[0031] 1 User terminal 2 Management Server

Claims

1. A base information storage unit stores information that identifies the location of each base that emits greenhouse gases, An emission factor storage unit that stores emission factors corresponding to the type of activity by the emission entity at each of the aforementioned locations, An input unit that receives location information of the mobile device and the emission coefficient from the user's mobile device, A base identification unit that identifies the base based on the location information by referring to the base information storage unit, A registration unit that associates the identified base with the input emission coefficient in the emission coefficient storage unit, An information processing system characterized by comprising the following features.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, An activity amount storage unit that stores the amount of activity by the emission entity at each of the aforementioned locations, An emission calculation unit calculates the emission amount by multiplying the activity amount by the emission coefficient, An emission storage unit that stores the emission amount for each of the aforementioned locations, An information processing system characterized by comprising the following features.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1, The system includes a user location storage unit that stores information indicating the location in association with the user, The location identification unit identifies the location corresponding to the user by referring to the user location storage unit and the location information storage unit. An information processing system characterized by the following.

4. The steps include storing information that identifies the location of each greenhouse gas emission entity in a location information storage unit, The steps include storing emission factors corresponding to the type of activity by the emission entity at each of the aforementioned locations in the emission factor storage unit, The steps include receiving location information of the mobile device and the emission coefficient from the user's mobile device, The steps include referring to the aforementioned location information storage unit to identify the location based on the location information, The steps include registering the input emission coefficient in the emission coefficient storage unit in association with the identified base, An information processing method characterized by a computer executing the following.

5. The steps include storing information that identifies the location of each greenhouse gas emission entity in a location information storage unit, The steps include storing emission factors corresponding to the type of activity by the emission entity at each of the aforementioned locations in the emission factor storage unit, The steps include receiving location information of the mobile device and the emission coefficient from the user's mobile device, The steps include referring to the aforementioned location information storage unit to identify the location based on the location information, The steps include registering the input emission coefficient in the emission coefficient storage unit in association with the identified base, A program that causes a computer to execute something.

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