Housing information display system

Abstract

To provide a housing information display system capable of allowing an accessing user to refer to housing data that the user is not authorized to view.SOLUTION: A housing information display system 10 includes: a plurality of HEMS 20 that is placed at a housing to acquire residential data including energy-related items in the housing: a server 30 that manages residential data acquired from each of multiple pieces of HEMS 20 for each HEMS 20; and a processing display device 40 that displays the residential data managed by the server 30 to a user accessing the residential data. The processing display device 40 processes some residential data items that are not permitted to be displayed to the user.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a housing information display system.

Background Art

[0002] In recent years, HEMS (Home Energy Management System) for managing the energy of a house has become widespread. HEMS connects electrical appliances arranged in a house via an internal network, acquires housing data (data such as electricity charges, electricity consumption, and power generation amount) regarding the energy of the house from the power consumption or power generation amount of each electrical appliance, displays the housing data, and controls each electrical appliance according to the housing data.

[0003] Further, HEMS can communicate with the outside via an external network. Thereby, for example, it is conceivable to realize a system that displays housing data of a house constructed by a construction company to the construction company.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0005] In the above-described system, for example, although it is possible to permit a construction company that has accessed the system to display housing data of a house constructed by the construction company, it is not possible to permit the construction company to display housing data of a house constructed by another construction company. However, a construction company that has accessed the system may sometimes want to refer to housing data of a house constructed by another construction company.

[0006] Therefore, an object of the present disclosure is to provide a housing information display system that allows an accessed user to refer to housing data for which display to the accessed user is not permitted.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0007] The housing information display system according to the present disclosure includes a housing management device provided in a housing and acquiring housing data including items related to energy in the housing, a housing data management device that manages the housing data acquired from each of a plurality of housing management devices for each housing management device, and a process display device that displays the housing data managed by the housing data management device to a user who has accessed it, and the process display device is characterized by processing a part of the items of the housing data for which display to the user is not permitted.

[0008] The housing information display system according to the present disclosure includes a housing management device provided in a housing and acquiring housing data including items related to energy in the housing, a housing data management device that manages the housing data acquired from each of a plurality of housing management devices for each housing management device, and a process display device that displays the housing data managed by the housing data management device to a user who has accessed it, and the housing data management device is characterized by processing a part of the items of the housing data for which display to the user is not permitted.

Effects of the Invention

[0009] According to the housing information display system of the present disclosure, an accessed user can refer to housing data for which display to the accessed user is not permitted.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Embodiments for Carrying Out the Invention

[0011] Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in detail. In the following description, specific shapes, materials, directions, numerical values, etc. are examples for facilitating the understanding of the present disclosure, and can be appropriately changed according to applications, purposes, specifications, etc.

[0012] [Housing Information Display System] The housing information display system 10 will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

[0013] The housing information display system 10 is a system that displays "housing data" whose details will be described later. According to the housing information display system 10, although details will be described later, an accessed user can refer to housing data for which display to the accessed user is not permitted.

[0014] The housing information display system 10 includes a HEMS 20 as a housing management device, a server 30 as a housing data management device, and a processing display device 40, the details of which will be described later. In the housing information display system 10, the HEMS 20, the server 30, and the processing display device 40 are interconnected through an external network 90. In FIG. 1, the housing information display system 10 includes a plurality of HEMS 20, one server 30, and one processing display device 40, but the number of the server 30 or the processing display device 40 is not limited to this, and each may be two or more.

[0015] The housing information display system 10 is provided to users by the server administrator. The "server administrator" is the person who constructs and provides the housing information display system 10, such as an electrical appliance manufacturer, a household appliance manufacturer, etc. The "user" is the person who constructs the house where the HEMS 20 is installed, such as a construction company, a building company, etc. Also, the owner of the HEMS 20 (the resident of the house where the HEMS 20 is installed) is referred to as the "housing user".

[0016] [Housing management device] Using FIG. 2, the HEMS 20 as a housing management device will be described.

[0017] The HEMS 20 is installed in the house and is owned by the housing user. The HEMS 20 acquires housing data including items related to energy in the house. More specifically, the HEMS 20 acquires the power consumption, power generation amount, power storage amount, etc. of the electrical equipment installed in the house. The HEMS 20 is connected to the electrical equipment arranged in the house by the internal network 80. Details of the "housing data" and "electrical equipment" will be described later.

[0018] The "electrical equipment" includes home appliances 27, power generation equipment 28, power storage equipment 29, etc. The home appliances 27 may include, for example, an air conditioner, a ceiling light equipped with a light source such as an LED (Light Emitting Diode), etc. The power generation equipment 28 may be one that extracts hydrogen as fuel using a reformer from city gas, LP gas, kerosene, etc. and reacts it with oxygen in the air to generate electricity. Also, the power generation equipment 28 may be a solar panel arranged on the roof of the house. The power storage equipment 29 may be a storage battery. Also, the power storage equipment 29 may be a storage battery of an electric vehicle.

[0019] The items of "residential data" include, for example, the amount of battery charge, the amount of battery discharge, the amount of solar power generation, the power consumption of air conditioners, the amount of power generation by fuel cells, the amount of power charged to electric vehicles, the amount of power discharged from electric vehicles, the temperature of each room, the humidity of each room, the total power consumption of the house, the amount of house gas used, the amount of water used in the house, the amount of hot water used in the house, the amount of gas used by the fuel cell, the amount of hot water used by the fuel cell, the amount of heat recovered from the fuel cell exhaust, etc.

[0020] In addition, the items of "residential data" include, for example, items obtained by further calculating the above-mentioned items to make energy management easier to understand. The "items made easier to understand for energy management" include the daily electricity cost, the daily power consumption, the daily power generation amount, etc.

[0021] Furthermore, the items of "residential data" include the items of "basic data" of the house set at the time of installation of HEMS20. The items of "basic data" are, for example, the identification number of HEMS20, the family name of the people living in the house, the address of the house, the number of residents in the house, the construction company that built the house, etc. The basic data may be set in HEMS20 by the residential user. Also, the server administrator may set the basic data based on the results of an interview with the residential user.

[0022] Note that HEMS20 may display the above-mentioned residential data (especially the "items made easier to understand for energy management") and control each electrical device according to the residential data.

[0023] HEMS20 is a computer including a CPU 21, a memory 22, an external communication interface 23, and an internal communication interface 24. The CPU 21, the memory 22, the external communication interface 23, and the internal communication interface 24 are connected by an internal bus 25.

[0024] The CPU 21 is a processor that performs information processing. The memory 22 stores a residential data acquisition program 26 for acquiring the above-mentioned residential data. Note that the memory 22 may store other programs and databases.

[0025] The external communication interface 23 is a wireless communication module that is connected to an external network 90 constructed outside the house and communicates with the server 30. The internal communication interface 24 is a wireless communication module that is connected to an internal network 80 constructed inside the house and communicates with each electrical device arranged in the house.

[0026] [Server] The server 30 as a house data management device will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

[0027] The server 30 is owned by the server administrator. The server 30 stores the house data acquired from the HEMS 20 provided in each house. The server 30 is connected to the HEMS 20 by the external network 90 (see FIG. 1).

[0028] As shown in FIG. 3, the server 30 is a computer including a CPU 31, a memory 32, and an external communication interface 33. The CPU 31, the memory 32, and the external communication interface 33 are connected by an internal bus 35.

[0029] The CPU 31 is a processor that performs information processing. The memory 32 stores a house data acquisition program 36 for acquiring house data from the HEMS 20 and a house database 37, the details of which will be described later. Note that other programs and databases may be stored in the memory 32. The external communication interface 33 is a wireless communication module that is connected to the external network 90 and communicates with the HEMS 20 and the server 30.

[0030] As shown in FIG. 4, the house database 37 is a database that stores the above-described house data in association with the identification number of the HEMS 20. The house database 37 may store the above-described house data in association with the name of the resident.

[0031] [Processing display device] The processing and display device 40 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 8.

[0032] The processing and display device 40 is, for example, owned by the user. Note that the processing and display device 40 may be owned by the server administrator and rented to the user. The processing and display device 40 processes a part of the plurality of housing data managed by the server 30 and displays the processed plurality of housing data to the user who accessed it. The processing and display device 40 is connected to the server 30 by an external network 90 (see FIG. 1).

[0033] As shown in FIG. 5, the processing and display device 40 is a computer including a CPU 41, a memory 42, an external communication interface 43, and a display unit 44. The CPU 41, the memory 42, the external communication interface 43, and the display unit 44 are connected by an internal bus 45.

[0034] The CPU 41 is a processor that performs information processing. The memory 42 stores an access program 46, a processing program 47, and a display program 48, the details of which will be described later. Note that the memory 42 may store other programs and databases. The external communication interface 43 is a wireless communication module connected to the external network 90 to communicate with the server 30. The display unit 44 displays the processed housing data and the like to the user.

[0035] When the user accesses, the access program 46 identifies the accessed user. Specifically, the access program 46 identifies the accessed user from, for example, the input of the email address and password of the accessed user. As shown in FIG. 6, for example, the access program 46 may cause the display unit 44 to display a screen for the accessed user to input the email address and password of the accessed user.

[0036] The processing program 47 classifies the housing data into housing data that is permitted to be displayed to the user who accessed the housing data (hereinafter referred to as the first housing data) and housing data that is not permitted to be displayed to the accessing user (hereinafter referred to as the second housing data). The first housing data in this embodiment is the housing data of the house constructed by the accessing user. Note that the first housing data may be housing data other than the house constructed by the accessing user. For example, the first housing data may be the housing data of a house constructed by a construction company that has a business partnership with the accessing user.

[0037] The processing program 47 performs a processing operation on a part of the items of the second housing data. More specifically, the processing program 47 deletes a part of the items of the second housing data. The processing program 47 in this embodiment deletes at least the item of "identification number of HEMS20" among the items of the basic data of the second housing data. Also, the processing program 47 may delete the items of "address", "resident name", and "construction company" among the items of the basic data of the second housing data. Furthermore, the processing program 47 may delete the item of "daily electricity cost" among the items of the second housing data. However, the items of the second housing data to be deleted are not limited to this embodiment and may be any item.

[0038] The processing program 47 in this embodiment has the deletion items of the second housing data set to be the same regardless of which user accesses. However, the deletion items of the second housing data may be set to be different depending on the accessing user.

[0039] The display program 48 causes the display unit 44 to display, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, the housing data that has been processed (a part of the items of the second housing has been deleted) by the processing program 47 to the accessing user. FIG. 7 shows, as an example, the deletion and display of items such as "identification number", "address", "resident name", "daily electricity cost", and "construction company" of HEMS20.

[0040] According to the processing display device 40, the accessed user can refer to housing data for which display to the accessed user is not permitted. Thereby, the housing data managed by the server 30 can be usefully utilized.

[0041] [Alternative Embodiment (Processing)] Hereinafter, an alternative embodiment of the above-described processing program 47 and display program 48 will be described.

[0042] As described above, the processing program 47 classifies housing data into housing data for which display to the accessed user is permitted (hereinafter, referred to as first housing data) and housing data for which display to the accessed user is not permitted (hereinafter, referred to as second housing data).

[0043] The processing program 47 performs a processing operation on a part of the items of the second housing data. More specifically, the processing program 47 of the present embodiment averages a part of the items of the second housing data for each item. Note that the items to be averaged do not include the items of the basic data. The processing program 47 may average the item of "daily power consumption" among the items of the second housing data. Also, the processing program 47 may average the item of "daily power consumption" among the items of the second housing data. However, the items of the second housing data to be averaged are not limited to the present embodiment and may be any item.

[0044] In the processing program 47 of the present embodiment, the items to be averaged of the second housing data are set to be the same regardless of which user accesses. However, the items to be averaged of the second housing data may be set to be different depending on the accessing user.

[0045] The display program 48 causes the display unit 44 to display, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, housing data processed (averaged item by item for some of the items of the second housing) by the processing program 47 to the user who has accessed it. FIG. 8 shows, as an example, the averaging and display of items such as "daily electricity cost", "daily electricity consumption", and "daily power generation amount" item by item. Note that in FIG. 8, items such as the "identification number", "address", "resident name", and "construction company" of the HEMS 20 are deleted and displayed.

[0046] According to the processing and display device 40, the accessing user can refer to housing data for which display to the accessing user is not permitted. Thereby, the housing data managed by the server 30 can be beneficially utilized.

[0047] Note that, as described above, the processing program 47 may delete some of the items of the second housing data and average some of the other items of the second housing data item by item. Also, it is preferable to delete and display the basic data.

[0048] [Another Embodiment (Housing Information Display System)] Note that in the housing information display system 10 described above, the processing program 47 is included in the memory 42 of the processing and display device 40, but the processing program 47 may be included in the memory 32 of the server 30. In this case, the processing and display device 40 becomes a device that only displays the housing data processed in the server 30 to the accessing user.

[0049] [Summary] The present disclosure will be further described by the following embodiments. Configuration 1: A housing management device provided in a housing and acquiring housing data including items related to energy in the housing, A housing data management device that manages the housing data acquired from each of the plurality of housing management devices for each housing management device, A processing and display device that displays the housing data managed by the housing data management device to a user who has accessed the housing data comprising The processing and display device processes a part of the items of the housing data that are not permitted to be displayed to the user. Housing information display system. Configuration 2: The housing information display system according to Configuration 1, The processing and display device deletes a part of the items of the housing data that are not permitted to be displayed to the user. Housing information display system. Configuration 3: The housing information display system according to Configuration 2, The items of the housing data include at least the identification number of the housing management device. The processing and display device deletes the identification number of the housing management device among at least the items of the housing data that are not permitted to be displayed to the user. Housing information display system. Configuration 4: The housing information display system according to Configuration 1, The processing and display device averages a part of the items of the housing data that are not permitted to be displayed to the user for each item. Housing information display system. Configuration 5: A housing management device provided in a house, which acquires housing data including items related to energy in the house, A housing data management device that manages the housing data acquired from each of a plurality of the housing management devices for each housing management device, A processing and display device that displays the housing data managed by the housing data management device to a user who has accessed the housing data, comprising The housing data management device processes a part of the items of the housing data that are not permitted to be displayed to the user. Housing information display system. Configuration 6: The housing information display system according to Configuration 5, The housing data management device deletes some of the items of the housing data for which display to the user is not permitted. Housing information display system. Configuration 7: The housing information display system according to Configuration 6, Among the items of the housing data, at least the identification number of the housing management device is included. The housing data management device deletes the identification number of the housing management device among at least the items of the housing data for which display to the user is not permitted. Housing information display system. Configuration 8: The housing information display system according to Configuration 5, The housing data management device averages some of the items of the housing data for which display to the user is not permitted for each item. Housing information display system.

[0050] Note that the present disclosure is not limited to the above-described embodiments and their modifications, and it goes without saying that various changes and improvements can be made within the scope of the matters described in the claims of the present application.

Explanation of reference numerals

[0051] 10 Housing information display system, 20 HEMS (Housing management device), 21 CPU, 22 Memory, 23 External communication interface, 24 Internal communication interface, 25 Internal bus, 26 Housing data acquisition program, 30 Server (Housing data management device), 31 CPU, 32 Memory, 33 External communication interface, 34 Internal communication interface, 35 Internal bus, 36 Housing data acquisition program, 37 Housing database, 40 Processing display device, 41 CPU, 42 Memory, 43 External communication interface, 44 Display unit, 45 Internal bus, 46 Access program, 47 Processing program, 48 Display program, 80 Internal network, 90 External network

Claims

1. A housing management device provided in a house, which acquires housing data including items related to energy in the house; A housing data management device that manages the housing data acquired from each of a plurality of the housing management devices for each housing management device; A processing display device that displays the housing data managed by the housing data management device to a user who has accessed it; Comprising: The processing display device processes a part of the items of the housing data for which the user is not permitted to view; A housing information display system.

2. The housing information display system according to Claim 1, wherein the processing display device deletes a part of the items of the housing data for which the user is not permitted to view; A housing information display system.

3. The housing information display system according to Claim 2, wherein the items of the housing data include at least the identification number of the housing management device; the processing display device deletes the identification number of the housing management device among at least the items of the housing data for which the user is not permitted to view; A housing information display system.

4. The housing information display system according to Claim 1, wherein the processing display device averages a part of the items of the housing data for which the user is not permitted to view for each item; A housing information display system.

5. A housing management device provided in a house, which acquires housing data including items related to energy in the house; A housing data management device that manages the housing data acquired from each of a plurality of the housing management devices for each housing management device; A processing display device that displays the housing data managed by the housing data management device to a user who has accessed it; Comprising: The housing data management device processes a part of the items of the housing data for which the user is not permitted to view; A housing information display system.

6. The housing information display system according to Claim 5, wherein the housing data management device deletes a part of the items of the housing data for which the user is not permitted to view; A housing information display system.

7. The housing information display system according to Claim 6, wherein the items of the housing data include at least the identification number of the housing management device; The housing data management device deletes the identification number of the housing management device among the items of the housing data for which display is not permitted to the user at least. Housing information display system.

8. The housing information display system according to claim 5, The housing data management device averages the items of a part of the housing data for which display is not permitted to the user for each item. Housing information display system.

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