JP6851007B2 - Display method, program, and display system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a display method, a program, and a display system, and more particularly to a display method, a program, and a display system for displaying information related to electric energy.

Conventionally, a display system including an indoor display device that receives the measurement result of the power consumption from the power meter and displays the power consumption at each time as a line graph on the display screen has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ).

With the full liberalization of electricity retailing, consumers such as households and shops in the "low voltage" category can now choose the electric power company to purchase electricity and can subscribe to a real-rate electricity rate plan. In the actual electricity rate plan, the contracted power, which is the basis for calculating the basic rate, is the maximum value (average power consumption) that is double the value of the power consumption (power consumption) every 30 minutes for the past year. Determined by the value.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2014-130015

The display system of Patent Document 1 only displays the power consumption for each time in a line graph in a time range of about several hours. Therefore, when a consumer selects an electricity rate plan, it is difficult to know what the maximum value of electricity consumption (power consumption) will be in a long period (first period) of, for example, about one year.

An object of the present invention is to provide a display method, a program, and a display system that make it easy to grasp the maximum value of the power consumption in the first period.

The display method of one aspect of the present invention is a display method in which information is displayed on the display unit of an information terminal device by a computer. The first period is composed of a plurality of second periods, and each of the plurality of second periods is composed of a plurality of third periods. The display method of one aspect of the present invention includes an acquisition step and a display step. The acquisition step is a step of acquiring the electric energy of the consumer facility in each of the plurality of third periods included in the second period in each of the plurality of second periods. In the display step, the display unit displays a display mode in which the first period is the first axis and the second period is the first axis and the power information is the second axis. Wherein the display step, for each of the plurality of second period included in the first period, the maximum value or the average power consumption of the power consumption in the plurality of third time period included in the second period, It is displayed as the power information.

The program of one aspect of the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute an acquisition step and a display step. The acquisition step is a step of acquiring the electric energy of the consumer facility in each of the plurality of third periods included in the second period in each of the plurality of second periods included in the first period. Wherein in the display step, targeting the first period, and displays the second period the first axis, the display mode to the second shaft power information in Table radical 113 of the information terminal device. Wherein the display step, for each of the plurality of second periods, the maximum value or the average power consumption of the power consumption in the plurality of third time period included in the second period, to be displayed as the power information.

The display system of one aspect of the present invention is a display system for displaying information on the display unit of the information terminal device, and includes an acquisition unit and a display control unit. The first period is composed of a plurality of second periods, and each of the plurality of second periods is composed of a plurality of third periods. The acquisition unit acquires the electric energy consumption of the consumer facility in each of the plurality of third periods included in the second period in each of the plurality of second periods. The display control unit displays on the display unit a display mode in which the second period is the first axis and the power information is the second axis for the first period. Wherein the display control unit, for each of the plurality of second period included in the first period, the maximum value or the average power consumption of the power consumption in the plurality of third time period included in the second period , Displayed as the power information.

According to the present invention, it becomes easy to grasp the maximum value of the power consumption in the first period.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an overall configuration including a display system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the controller of the same display system. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the information terminal device of the same display system. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an annual display screen displayed on the information terminal device of the same display system. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a selection screen displayed on the information terminal device of the same display system. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a breakdown screen displayed on the information terminal device of the same display system. FIG. 7A is an explanatory diagram of an annual display screen displayed on the information terminal device of the display system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7B is an explanatory diagram of a breakdown screen displayed on the information terminal device of the same display system.

The embodiments described below are merely examples of display methods, programs, and display systems according to the present invention. The present invention is not limited to the following embodiments, and the following embodiments can be variously modified according to the design and the like as long as the object of the present invention can be achieved.

(Embodiment 1)
The display method, program, and display system according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6.

(1) Overall Overview In the present embodiment, a display system having a function of displaying power information based on the amount of power consumption in a customer facility (facility) as a basic function will be described. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the display system 10 includes a controller 1 that creates content to be displayed on the information terminal device 8A.

The "consumer facility" here means a facility of a consumer of electric power, and is not only a facility that receives power supply from an electric power company such as an electric power company, but also a private power generation facility such as a solar power generation facility. Includes facilities that receive electricity. In the present embodiment, the detached house will be described as an example of the consumer facility 5. Although only one consumer facility 5 is shown in FIG. 1, a controller 1 may be provided in each of the plurality of consumer facilities 5, and the controller 1 may be provided in each of the plurality of consumer facilities 5. The plurality of controllers 1 can communicate with the server device 1 via the network 4.

As shown in FIG. 1, the controller 1 acquires power consumption data (power consumption amount) in the consumer facility 5 from the measurement system 20. The measurement system 20 measures the power consumption in the consumer facility 5. More specifically, the measurement system 20 is a system that measures the power consumption of each of the plurality of branch circuits 70 in the consumer facility 5 as consumption data. A load device 50 is connected to each of the plurality of branch circuits 70 in the consumer facility 5. The load device 50 is a device provided in the consumer facility 5 and is an electric device that consumes electric power. The load device 50 is, for example, a lighting device, an air conditioner (air conditioner), a washing machine, a dishwasher, a water heater, a cooking appliance, or the like.

The controller 1 causes the display unit 81 of the information terminal device 8A to display the power information based on the power consumption measured by the measurement system 20. Thereby, the display system 10 of the present embodiment can present the power information based on the power consumption amount in the consumer facility 5 to the customer who is the user of the information terminal device 8A. That is, the customer can visually confirm the power usage status at the consumer facility 5 by looking at the screen displayed on the display unit 81.

The customer (user of the information terminal device 8A) who receives the service provided by the display system 10 may be the same person as the resident who is the user of the consumer facility 5, or, for example, a relative who lives away from the resident. , It may be a different person from the resident. The "user of the consumer facility 5" here means a person who uses the consumer facility 5, and in the present embodiment in which the consumer facility 5 is a house, it is a resident of the consumer facility 5. .. When there are a plurality of residents of the consumer facility 5, the "user of the consumer facility 5" may refer to one of the plurality of residents, and may refer to two or more (including all). There is also. Hereinafter, the "user of the consumer facility 5" is also simply referred to as a "resident".

(2) System Configuration Next, the configurations of the display system 10 and the measurement system 20 according to the present embodiment will be described.

(2.1) Display System First, the configuration of the display system 10 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. In the present embodiment, the display system 10 is configured by the controller 1 as described above.

The controller 1 is a HEMS (home energy management system) controller in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the controller 1 includes a processing unit 11, a first communication unit 14, a second communication unit 15, and a storage unit 16.

The processing unit 11 mainly includes, for example, an embedded computer having a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a memory. When the CPU executes a program stored in the memory, the functions of the controller 1 such as the acquisition unit 12 and the display control unit 13 are realized. The program is pre-recorded in the memory of the computer, but may be provided through a telecommunication line such as the Internet, or may be recorded and provided in a recording medium such as a memory card.

The acquisition unit 12 acquires information on the power consumption of the consumer facility 5 from the measurement system 20.

The display control unit 13 creates a screen (content) for displaying the power information based on the power consumption information acquired by the acquisition unit 12 on the display unit 81 of the information terminal device 8A.

The first communication unit 14 is a communication interface for wireless communication with the communication adapter 22 and the like of the measurement system 20. The first communication unit 14 is, for example, a low-power radio communication interface that does not require a license for a radio station. For this type of low-power radio, specifications such as frequency band and antenna power to be used are specified in each country according to the application. For example, in Japan, a low-power radio (specified low-power radio) that uses radio waves in the 920 MHz band is specified, and it can be used without a license under the Radio Law of Japan.

The second communication unit 15 is, for example, a communication interface compliant with the Ethernet (registered trademark) standard. The second communication unit 15 can communicate with the information terminal device 8A via the router 7. The router 7 is a broadband router, and also includes, for example, a wireless LAN communication interface conforming to the Wi-Fi (registered trademark) standard. Therefore, the controller 1 can communicate with the information terminal device 8B such as a smartphone provided with the communication interface of the wireless LAN via the router 7. Further, the controller 1 can also communicate with the information terminal device 8C such as a smartphone via the router 7 and the network 4. The information terminal device 8C such as a smartphone is connected to a network 4 including, for example, the Internet via a mobile phone network (carrier network) provided by a telecommunications carrier, for example. The mobile phone network includes, for example, a 3G (third generation) line, an LTE (Long Term Evolution) line, and the like. The information terminal device 8C may be connected to the network 4 via a public wireless LAN (Local Area Network).

The storage unit 16 is composed of a device selected from a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), and the like. The storage unit 16 stores information such as power consumption in the consumer facility 5 acquired from the measurement system 20.

The controller 1 may be configured to be able to directly communicate with the information terminal device 8A without going through the router 7. The communication method between the controller 1 and the information terminal device 8A is not limited to wired communication, but is wireless communication such as Wi-Fi (registered trademark) or low power wireless (specified low power wireless) that does not require a license. May be good. For this type of low-power radio, specifications such as the frequency band and antenna power used according to the application are stipulated in each country. In Japan, low-power radios that use radio waves in the 920 MHz band or 420 MHz band are specified.

The information terminal device 8A is, for example, a dedicated monitor device for HEMS. The information terminal device 8A includes an embedded computer having a CPU and a memory. By executing the program stored in the memory by the CPU, various functions of the information terminal device 8A (for example, the function of the processing unit 82) are realized. Although the program is pre-recorded in the memory of the computer, it may be provided through a telecommunication line such as the Internet, or may be provided by being recorded in a recording medium such as a memory card.

The information terminal device 8A includes a display unit 81, a processing unit 82, a communication unit 83, an input unit 84, and a storage unit 85.

The display unit 81 is a thin display device such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL (electroluminescence) display.

The processing unit 82 causes the display unit 81 to display the screen created by the controller 1 based on the screen data input from the controller 1.

The communication unit 83 enables communication with the controller 1 by being connected to the router 7. Since the information terminal device 8A is a HEMS monitoring device provided in the consumer facility 5, the communication unit 83 is a communication interface compliant with the Ethernet (registered trademark) standard, and can communicate with the controller 1 via the router 7. Is.

The input unit 84 has a function of accepting an operation of a user (resident or the like) of the information terminal device 8A. In the present embodiment, the information terminal device 8A is equipped with a touch panel display, and the touch panel display functions as a display unit 81 and an input unit 84. Therefore, in the following description, various touch operations on the buttons on the screen displayed on the display unit 81 are expressed as "tap" and the like. However, the input unit 84 is not limited to the touch panel display, and may be, for example, a keyboard, a pointing device, a mechanical switch, or the like.

The storage unit 85 is composed of an electrically rewritable non-volatile semiconductor memory such as a flash memory.

Although the information terminal devices 8B and 8C have different configurations of the communication unit 83 from the information terminal device 8A, they may have the same functions as the information terminal device 8A, and the description of the information terminal devices 8B and 8C is omitted. To do.

(2.2) Measurement system Next, the configuration of the measurement system 20 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1, the measurement system 20 includes a measurement unit 21, a communication adapter 22, and current sensors 23 and 24. The measuring unit 21, the communication adapter 22, and the current sensors 23 and 24 are arranged in the cabinet of the distribution board 6. The distribution board 6 includes a main breaker 61 electrically connected to the system power supply 9 and a plurality of branch breakers 62 electrically connected to the secondary side of the main breaker 61 in the cabinet.

The measuring unit 21 is electrically connected to the current sensors 23 and 24. The current sensor 23 is provided on the primary side of the main circuit breaker 61 and measures the value of the current flowing through the main line. The current sensor 24 is provided corresponding to each of the plurality of branch breakers 62, and measures the value of the current flowing through the plurality of branch circuits 70, respectively. The "branch circuit" here means a circuit branched from the main line by the branch breaker 62. The branch circuit 70 includes wiring connected to the branch breaker 62, a load device 50 such as a lighting fixture and a cooking appliance, an outlet, a wall switch, and the like. In the consumer facility 5 consisting of a house as in the present embodiment, such a branch circuit 70 is provided for each room such as a living room, a bedroom, an entrance, a toilet, a children's room, a kitchen, and a lighting fixture, a cooking appliance, and an air conditioner. It is provided for each type of load device 50 such as (air conditioner).

The measuring unit 21 uses the outputs of the current sensors 23 and 24 to measure the power consumption of each of the trunk line and the plurality of branch circuits 70 as consumption data. The communication adapter 22 transmits the consumption data measured by the measurement unit 21 to the controller 1. The power consumption of the trunk line corresponds to the total power consumption of the entire consumer facility 5.

The measuring unit 21 may acquire the power consumption of each branch circuit from the current value of the trunk line measured by the current sensor 23. Further, when the communication adapter 22 can communicate with the smart meter provided in the consumer facility 5, the measurement unit 21 may acquire the power consumption of each branch circuit based on the measured value acquired from the smart meter. ..

The consumption data measured by the measurement system 20 includes the power consumption of each of the plurality of branch circuits 70 in the consumer facility 5, and in the present embodiment, the power consumption is integrated at intervals of 30 minutes from the hour. Includes power consumption. The consumption data measured by the measurement system 20 may include power consumption representing instantaneous power.

(2.3) Relationship between systems With the configuration as described above, the controller 1 of the display system 10 acquires power consumption data from the measurement system 20 and displays power information based on the acquired power consumption. Create a screen to let you. Then, the controller 1 outputs the created screen data to the information terminal device 8A via the router 7. When the information terminal device 8A receives the screen data from the controller 1, the information terminal device 8A causes the display unit 81 to display the screen created by the controller 1. The controller 1 may be configured to be able to communicate with a smart meter installed in the consumer facility 5. In this case, the controller 1 may acquire data on the power consumption of the trunk line from the smart meter instead of from the measurement system 20.

(3) Operation Description Hereinafter, the display operation of the display system according to the present embodiment will be described.

The program according to the present embodiment is a program for causing the computer of the controller 1 to function as the acquisition unit 12 and the display control unit 13.

The acquisition unit 12 controls the first communication unit 14 to communicate with the communication adapter 22, and the consumption data measured by the measurement unit 21 (measured every 30 minutes for each of the trunk line and the plurality of branch circuits 70). Power consumption data) is acquired. The acquisition unit 12 acquires consumption data from the measurement system 20 on a regular or irregular basis.

The acquisition unit 12 stores the consumption data acquired from the measurement unit 21 in the storage unit 16. The storage unit 16 has a storage capacity that can store the power consumption data measured every 30 minutes for each of the trunk line and the plurality of branch circuits 70 for at least the past one year.

The display control unit 13 creates screen data to be displayed on the information terminal device 8A based on the power consumption data stored in the storage unit 16. The measurement system 20 measures the power consumption of the trunk line and the plurality of branch circuits 70 in units of 30 minutes, and the storage unit 16 stores the data of the power consumption of the trunk line and the plurality of branch circuits 70 in units of 30 minutes for one year. It is assumed that more than a minute has been accumulated.

When the user (consumer) of the consumer facility 5 concludes a real-quantity supply and demand contract with the electric power company, the contracted power is determined based on the largest value of the maximum power demand of each month in the past year including the current month. The basic charge is determined according to the contracted power. Here, the maximum power demand for each month is the largest power consumption for that month among the power consumption for every 30 minutes. In the following, the maximum power consumption of 30 minutes in each month is referred to as the monthly maximum period.

If the information terminal device 8A displays an annual display screen that displays the maximum power demand for each month in the past year, the consumer can review the supply and demand contract or review the power usage status by looking at this screen. be able to. In the display system of the present embodiment, the display control unit 13 creates an annual display screen showing the maximum value (maximum power demand of each month) of the power purchase amount (power consumption amount) in units of 30 minutes for each month, and is an information terminal. It is displayed on the device 8A. That is, in the display system of the present embodiment, the first period is one year, the second period is January, and the third period is 30 minutes, which is a unit time for measuring the electric energy. Therefore, the first period (1 year) includes a plurality of second periods (January), and each of the plurality of second periods (months) includes a plurality of third periods (30 minutes). Become.

The display control unit 13 obtains the maximum value (maximum power consumption) of the power consumption for 30 minutes in each month based on the power consumption data acquired by the acquisition unit 12, and is based on the maximum power consumption. I'm asking for power information. For example, the display control unit 13 obtains the average power consumption every 30 minutes by doubling the maximum power demand for each month and changing the unit from [kWh] to [kW]. We ask for information on a monthly basis. The display control unit 13 obtains and displays the average power consumption every 30 minutes as the power information, that is, the 30-minute instantaneous value [kW] of the power consumption every month, but consumes the power information every 30 minutes. The maximum value [kWh] of the amount of electric power may be obtained and displayed on a monthly basis.

FIG. 4 shows an example of an annual display screen created by the display control unit 13. In the screen of FIG. 4, the reference code and the alternate long and short dash line surrounding the area are described only for explanation and are not displayed on the actual screen. The same applies to the screens of FIGS. 6, 7A, and 7B.

The screen 100 of FIG. 4 is a screen showing monthly power information (average power consumption obtained from the maximum value of power consumption for 30 minutes) for the past one year. The screen 100 is displayed sideways so that the longitudinal direction of the display area of the display unit 81 is horizontal. That is, the screen 100 is a horizontally long screen. An area 101 for displaying a bar graph is provided in the center of the screen 100. The horizontal axis of the bar graph is the moon. The vertical axis of the bar graph is power information, that is, the average power consumption every 30 minutes. The bar graph displays power information (average power consumption) based on power consumption in each month of the past year (1 year from November 2014 to October 2015 in the example of Fig. 4). ing. In the following explanation, the 30 minutes in which the maximum power consumption in each month is referred to as the monthly maximum period, and the bar graph displays the power information in the monthly maximum period in each month of one year.

Here, the display control unit 13 may display the electric power information of the month having the largest size (for example, June) among the electric power information of each month by changing the display mode from the electric power information of other months. Good. For example, the display control unit 13 changes the display mode such as a color and a pattern between a bar showing the power information of the month (for example, June) having the maximum power consumption and a bar showing the power information of another month. Therefore, it is possible to make the power information of the month with the largest power consumption (for example, June) conspicuous.

On the screen 100, an area 102 for displaying the current date and time is provided at the upper right of the area 101 of the bar graph. Further, on the screen 100, a button 103 for selecting a desired month from the past one year and a button 104 for displaying the breakdown of the power consumption in the selected month are arranged below the area 101 of the bar graph. Has been done.

When the screen 100 of FIG. 4 is created, the display control unit 13 causes the information terminal device 8A to transmit the data of the created screen 100 from the second communication unit 15 via the router 7. When the data on the screen 100 transmitted from the controller 1 is received by the communication unit 83 of the information terminal device 8A, the processing unit 82 controls the display unit 81 based on the data on the screen 100 to display the display unit 81. Display screen 100.

A resident who sees the screen 100 displayed on the information terminal device 8A can grasp the power information in the maximum monthly period of each month in the past year based on the bar graph displayed in the area 101 of the screen 100. it can.

Here, the display control unit 13 may display the boundary line 105 indicating the threshold value to be compared with the power information (average power consumption) on the bar graph displayed in the area 101 of the screen 100. For example, when the maximum demand power is divided into a plurality of categories according to the amount of electric power and the basic electricity rate is determined for each category, the boundary value of each category may be set as a "threshold value". When the maximum value of the average power consumption exceeds the threshold value, the basic charge becomes high, so that the resident who sees the bar graph of the area 101 can grasp the difference between the boundary line 105 indicating the threshold value and the maximum value of the average power consumption. For example, if the maximum value of the average power consumption exceeds the boundary line 105, the resident can grasp how much the average power consumption should be reduced to reduce the basic charge, which is an opportunity for the resident to try to save electricity. ..

Further, when the user of the information terminal device 8A taps the button 103 while the screen 100 of FIG. 4 is displayed on the display unit 81 of the information terminal device 8A, the processing unit 82 is tapped by the input unit 84. Based on the operation information, the display unit 81 displays the selection screen for selecting the month.

FIG. 5 is an example of the selection screen 110 for selecting the month. On the selection screen 110, twelve buttons 111 for selecting each month of the year and a button 112 for performing a cancel operation are arranged. The twelve buttons 111 for selecting the month are arranged in four lines, and three are arranged in each line. The button 112 for performing the cancel operation is located below the twelve buttons 111 and below the selection screen 110.

When the user of the information terminal device 8A taps the button 111 of any month while the screen 110 of FIG. 5 is displayed on the display unit 81 of the information terminal device 8A, the processing unit 82 displays the figure on the display unit 81. The screen 100 of 4 is displayed again. At this time, the processing unit 82 causes the button 103 to display a character indicating the selected month on the screen 100 displayed on the display unit 81.

After that, when the user of the information terminal device 8A taps the button 104 while the screen 100 of FIG. 4 is displayed on the display unit 81 of the information terminal device 8A, the tap operation information is transmitted from the input unit 84 to the processing unit 82. It is output. At this time, the processing unit 82 causes the controller 1 to transmit a request signal requesting the display of the breakdown screen based on the tap operation information. The breakdown screen is a screen that displays branch power information (for example, average power consumption) based on the power consumption of a plurality of branch circuits 70 in the monthly maximum period of the selected month, and is a screen of the power consumption in the monthly maximum period. This is the screen that displays the breakdown.

When the second communication unit 15 of the controller 1 receives the request signal transmitted from the information terminal device 8A, the display control unit 13 receives the request signal and consumes the power of each branch circuit 70 in the monthly maximum period of the selected month. The amount of data is read from the storage unit 16. Then, the display control unit 13 creates data on the breakdown screen showing branch power information (for example, average power consumption for each branch circuit 70) based on the power consumption of each branch circuit 70 in the maximum monthly period, and the created breakdown. The screen data is transmitted from the second communication unit 15 to the information terminal device 8A. In the information terminal device 8A, when the communication unit 83 receives the data on the breakdown screen, the processing unit 82 causes the display unit 81 to display the breakdown screen.

FIG. 6 is an example of the breakdown screen 120. On the breakdown screen 120, a pie chart 121 showing the breakdown of the maximum power demand is displayed on the left side of the screen, and in the center of the pie chart 121, the power information (average power consumption) in the monthly maximum period of the selected month is a number. It is displayed in. In the example of FIG. 4, the power information in the monthly maximum period is "1.0 kW". In the circle graph 121, the branch power information based on the power consumption of the upper five branch circuits 70 and the branch power information based on the total value of the power consumption of the other branch circuits 70 are displayed for each branch circuit 70 (display mode). It is displayed with different colors (colors, patterns, etc.). That is, the pie chart 121 shows the ratio of the average power consumption of the top five branch circuits 70 to the total value of the average power consumption of the other branch circuits 70. The pie chart 121 displays the average power consumption by the top five branch circuits 70 and the average power consumption by the other branch circuits 70 in different display modes.

On the breakdown screen 120, on the upper side of the pie chart 121, a display area 122 for displaying period information including the date and time (date, start time, end time, etc.) of the maximum monthly period of the selected month is provided.

The breakdown screen 120 is provided with a display area 123 on the right side of the screen, which indicates the breakdown of the average power consumption during the period in characters. In the display area 123, the branch power information about the upper five branch circuits 70 displayed in the pie chart 121 and the power information obtained by totaling the branch power information of the other branch circuits 70 are displayed. Further, in the display area 123, a symbol 1231 indicating a display mode in which the upper five branch circuits 70 and the other branch circuits 70 are separately displayed in the pie chart 121 is displayed side by side with the branch power information.

On the breakdown screen 120, a display area 124 for displaying the selected month is provided above the display area 122, and buttons 125 and 126 for switching the selected month are displayed on the left and right sides of the display area 124. When the user of the information terminal device 8A taps the button 125 or the button 126, the tap operation information is output from the input unit 84 to the processing unit 82. At this time, the processing unit 82 causes the controller 1 to transmit a request signal requesting a breakdown screen for the previous month or the next month based on the tap operation information. As a result, the controller 1 reads the data of the power consumption of each branch circuit 70 in the monthly maximum period in which the power consumption is maximum in the month specified by the request signal from the storage unit 16, and each of them in the monthly maximum period. Create data on the breakdown screen showing the branch power information of the branch circuit 70. The controller 1 transmits the data of the breakdown screen to the information terminal device 8A, and causes the information terminal device 8A to display the breakdown screen of the designated month.

Further, at the lower left of the breakdown screen 120, a button 127 operated to end the display of the breakdown screen 120 is displayed. When the user of the information terminal device 8A taps the button 127, the tap operation information is output from the input unit 84 to the processing unit 82. At this time, the processing unit 82 ends the display of the breakdown screen 120 based on the tap operation information, and causes the display unit 81 to display the screen 100 of FIG.

As described above, the program according to the present invention is a program for causing the computer of the controller 1 to function as the acquisition unit 12 and the display control unit 13, and causes the display unit 81 of the information terminal device 8A to display an arbitrary screen. Can be done. According to this program, the controller 1 acquires the electric energy of the consumer facility 5 in each of the plurality of third periods included in the second period in each of the plurality of second periods included in the first period. To do. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the controller 1 displays the power information based on the maximum value of the power consumption in the plurality of third periods included in the second period for each of the plurality of second periods. Is displayed on the screen 100 of.

That is, since the display unit 81 of the information terminal device 8A displays the power information in the third period in which the power consumption is maximum in each of the plurality of second periods included in the first period, the power information is displayed throughout the first period. It becomes easier to grasp the maximum value of power consumption in the third period.

Therefore, according to the program of the present embodiment, there is an advantage that it is easy to grasp the maximum value of the power consumption in the first period based on the power information displayed for each of a plurality of second periods in the first period. There is.

Further, the display system 10 according to the present invention includes an acquisition unit 12 and a display control unit 13. The acquisition unit 12 acquires the electric energy of the consumer facility 5 in each of the plurality of third periods included in the second period in each of the plurality of second periods. The display control unit 13 provides power information based on the power consumption in the third period having the maximum power consumption among the plurality of third periods included in the second period for each of the plurality of second periods. It is displayed on the display unit 81 of 8A.

Such a display system 10 is composed of a combination of the controller 1 and the information terminal device 8A.

(4) Effect As described above, the display method of the first aspect according to the present invention is a display method in which information is displayed on the display unit 81 of the information terminal device 8A by a computer. This display method includes an acquisition step and a display step. Here, the acquisition step is a step of acquiring the electric energy of the consumer facility 5 in each of the plurality of third periods included in the second period in each of the plurality of second periods. The display step is a step of displaying the power information based on the maximum value of the power consumption in the plurality of third periods included in the second period on the display unit 81 for each of the plurality of second periods.

Therefore, according to the display method of the present embodiment, the maximum value of the power consumption in the third period is grasped through the first period based on the power information displayed for each of the plurality of second periods in the first period. It has the advantage of being easy to use.

Such a display method is realized by installing application software and executing a program by the CPU in the controller 1 having a computer as the main configuration as in the present embodiment.

In the display method of the second aspect according to the present invention, in the first aspect, in the display step, the power information having the maximum power consumption among the plurality of power information corresponding to each of the plurality of second periods is displayed. The display mode may be changed from that of other power information and displayed on the display unit 81.

In this way, the power information having the maximum power consumption is displayed on the display unit 81 in a different display mode from other power information, so that the display of the power information having the maximum power consumption becomes conspicuous.

The display method of the fourth aspect according to the present invention may further include a breakdown display step in any one of the first to third aspects. When any of the plurality of power information displayed in the display step is selected by the information terminal device 8A, the breakdown display step is executed. In the breakdown display step, in the third period corresponding to the selected power information, the display unit 81 displays the branch power information based on the power consumption of the plurality of branch circuits 70 in the consumer facility 5.

In this way, in the third period corresponding to the selected power information, the branch power information based on the power consumption of each of the plurality of branch circuits 70 is displayed on the display unit 81, so that the plurality of branch circuits 70 display the branch power information. It is possible to grasp the amount of power consumption of.

In the display method of the fifth aspect according to the present invention, in the fourth aspect, in the breakdown display step, the branch power information of the number of branch circuits 70 to be displayed among the plurality of branch circuits 70 is displayed in descending order of power consumption. May be displayed on the display unit 81.

As a result, the user of the information terminal device 8A can grasp the branch circuit 70 that consumes a large amount of power in the third period corresponding to the selected power information.

In the display method of the sixth aspect according to the present invention, in the fifth aspect, the power consumption of the branch circuits 70 other than the display number of the plurality of branch circuits 70 is totaled in the breakdown display step. The branch power information based on the value may be displayed on the display unit 81.

As a result, for the branch circuits 70 other than the display number of branch circuits 70, the branch power information based on the total value of the power consumption is displayed on the display unit 81, so that the branch power information of all the branch circuits 70 is displayed. The display of the display unit 81 becomes easier to see than in the case of doing so.

In the display method of the seventh aspect according to the present invention, in any of the fourth to sixth aspects, the date, start time, and end time of the third period corresponding to the selected power information in the breakdown display step. The period information including the above may be displayed on the display unit 81.

As a result, the user of the information terminal device 8A can grasp the period information of the third period displayed in the breakdown display step.

In the display method of the eighth aspect according to the present invention, it is also preferable that the first period is one year and the second period is one month in any one of the first to seventh aspects.

As a result, the power information in the third period, which consumes the maximum amount of power every month, can be displayed on the display unit 81 in one year, so that the user of the information terminal device 8A consumes more power in one year. It is possible to grasp the maximum power information of the third period.

In the display method of the ninth aspect according to the present invention, in any one of the first to eighth aspects, in the display step, the threshold value (boundary line 105 indicating the threshold value) of the power information to be compared is displayed on the display unit 81. It may be displayed.

As a result, the user of the information terminal device 8A can grasp the relationship between the power information and the threshold value in the third period based on the display contents of the display unit 81.

(5) Modified Examples The display systems according to the modified examples of the above-described embodiment are listed below. It should be noted that each configuration of the modification described below can be applied in combination with each configuration described in the above embodiment as appropriate.

In the present embodiment, the detached house is described as an example of the consumer facility 5, but the consumer facility 5 is not limited to this example, and the consumer facility 5 is a house other than the detached house such as each dwelling unit of an apartment house, or office work. It may be a non-residential place such as a place or a store.

In the display method of the present embodiment, the first period is one year, the second period is January, and the third period is 30 minutes, but the first period and the second period are not limited to the above period.

When displaying power information based on the amount of power consumption in order to examine the contract contents of the actual amount system, it is preferable that the first period is one year, but a period other than one year may be used, and the first period may be one. The period may be a year or longer (a period longer than 12 months, for example, several years). The first period is preferably a period of one year or more, and the maximum value of the power consumption for 30 minutes can be grasped in at least one year.

Further, in the present embodiment, the second period is January, but the second period may be shorter than the first period and longer than the third period, for example, a period corresponding to the season (for example, a period corresponding to the season). It may be a period corresponding to each season of spring, summer, autumn, and winter).

Further, the information terminal device is not limited to the information terminal device 8A, which is a dedicated monitoring device provided in the consumer facility 5. The information terminal device may be an information terminal device 8B such as a smartphone used inside the consumer facility 5. When the information terminal device 8B is used inside the consumer facility 5, the information terminal device 8B performs short-range wireless communication conforming to the Wi-Fi (registered trademark) standard, thereby performing the controller 1 via the router 7. Connected to. Further, the information terminal device may be an information terminal device 8C such as a smartphone used outside the consumer facility 5. When the information terminal device 8C is used outside the consumer facility 5, the information terminal device 8C is connected to the network 4 via, for example, a mobile phone network. Further, the information terminal device may be an information terminal device that can be connected to a network such as a personal computer or a smart TV.

Further, the display system 10 is not limited to one device, and may be configured by a plurality of devices. That is, as an example, the display system 10 may be composed of the server device 3 or the controller 1 and the server device 3. In this way, when the display system 10 is composed of a plurality of devices, the server device 3 displays a screen to be displayed on the information terminal devices 8A, 8B, 8C based on the power consumption data acquired from the controller 1. It may be generated. Further, the functions of the display system 10 may be distributed to two or more of the controller 1, the server device 3, and the information terminal device 8. The display control unit 13 may be provided not in the controller 1 but in the server device 3 or the information terminal device 8. In this case, the server device 3 or the information terminal device 8 creates a screen to be displayed on the information terminal device 8. .. Further, the display control unit 13 may be provided in each of the controller 1 and the server device 3. Further, the display system 10 may be realized by the cloud (cloud computing).

Further, when an external display device such as a smart TV is provided separately from the information terminal device 8A, the information terminal device 8A controls the display unit of the external display device by the processing unit 82 to display the external display. The device may be configured to display the screen 100. Specifically, the information terminal device 8A is connected to an external display device by, for example, a cable, or is connected to an external display device via a network such as a LAN, and transmits a video signal to the external display device to transmit the video signal to the external display device. The screen 100 is displayed on the display unit. That is, the information terminal device 8A is not limited to the configuration in which the screen 100 is displayed on its own display unit 81, and may be configured to display the screen 100 on the display unit of the external display device. When the screen 100 is displayed on the display unit of the external display device in this way, the information terminal device 8A does not have to include the display unit 81. In this case, the external display device is also included in the components of the display system 10.

Further, the measurement system 20 is not limited to the configuration in which the measurement unit 21 is provided inside the cabinet of the distribution board 6 as in the present embodiment, but is, for example, the configuration in which the measurement unit 21 is provided outside the cabinet of the distribution board 6. It may be. Further, the measurement system 20 may have a configuration in which the measuring device is built in the outlet included in the branch circuit 70, or a configuration in which the measuring device is connected between the outlet and the electric device.

In the display system of the present embodiment, power information based on the amount of power consumption in the consumer facility 5 is displayed on the information terminal device 8A, but the consumption data of resources such as gas, water, and heat other than power is displayed on the information terminal device. It may be displayed on 8A.

(Embodiment 2)
The display system of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 7A and 7B.

In the display system 10 of the first embodiment, the controller 1 has the functions of the acquisition unit 12 and the display control unit 13, but in the display system 10 of the present embodiment, the controller 1 has only the functions of the acquisition unit 12. The server device 3 has a function of a display control unit. Since the server device 3 has the same configuration as the display system of the first embodiment except that the server device 3 has the function of the display control unit, the description of the common parts will be omitted.

The display system 10 of the present embodiment includes a controller 1 having the function of the acquisition unit 12 and a server device 3 for receiving power consumption data from the controller 1.

The server device 3 is connected to the controller 1 in the consumer facility 5 via the network 4 and the router 7. Further, the server device 3 is connected to the information terminal device 8C via the network 4, and is connected to the information terminal devices 8A and 8B in the consumer facility 5 via the network 4 and the router 7.

The server device 3 creates screen data to be displayed on the display unit 81 of the information terminal devices 8A, 8B, 8C based on the power consumption data input from the controller 1, and information on the created screen data. Output to terminal devices 8A, 8B, 8C.

Here, FIG. 7A shows an example of the annual display screen 130 created by the server device 3 for the information terminal device 8C. The annual display screen 130 is displayed vertically so that the longitudinal direction of the display area of the display unit 81 is vertical. That is, the annual display screen 130 is a vertically long screen.

As shown in FIG. 7A, the annual display screen 130 includes a month item 131, a first title item 132, a second title item 133, a first result item 134, and a second result item 136 as display items.

The current year and month are displayed in the month item 131. For example, it is displayed in the "YYYY / MM" format.

In the first title item 132, the name of the screen, here, the name of the peak value ranking report (for example, "peak value ranking") is displayed.

In the second title item 133, a title representing the target month of the ranking is displayed. Specifically, in the second title item 133, the title including the month with the maximum average power consumption in 30 minutes in the past one year is displayed. In FIG. 7A, the title "30 minutes using electricity well in 2016/1" is displayed in the second title item 133.

The first result item 134 relates to the top five time zones in which the average power consumption in 30 minutes is the highest in the past year (January 2016 in the example of FIG. 7A). Information is displayed. Specifically, the first result item 134 includes a set of the top five days and time zones having the highest average power consumption for 30 minutes, an average power consumption amount in that day and time zone, and a pair of these sets. Button 135 corresponding to one is displayed. Button 135 is a button for displaying detailed information on the date and time zone included in the corresponding set.

In the second result item 136, the maximum average power consumption (past average power consumption) in 30 minutes is displayed for each month from the creation target month to the month of the previous year which is the same as the creation target month. To. Specifically, the second result item 136 includes a first display item 137 and a second display item 138.

In the first display item 137, a bar graph of the average power consumption for 30 minutes, which is the largest in the month, is displayed for each month from the month to be created to the month of the previous year, which is the same as the month to be created.

In the second display item 138, a message indicating how much the average power consumption value for the largest 30 minutes in the past year including the creation target month is and when that month is displayed is displayed. In FIG. 7A, the average power consumption for 30 minutes is the largest in the creation target month (January 2016). Compared to the case where the peak value ranking was created last time, the month with the highest average power consumption for 30 minutes is different. Therefore, in FIG. 7A, a message indicating that the month with the highest average power consumption for 30 minutes has been updated is displayed. If the month with the highest average power consumption for 30 minutes is not different from the case where the peak value ranking was created last time, the month with the highest average power consumption for 30 minutes (past the month to be created) A message containing the month) and the average power consumption is displayed.

Further, in the bar graph displayed by the first display item 137, it is preferable that the display mode (color or pattern) of the data having the largest average power consumption for 30 minutes is different from the display mode of other data. As a result, the owner of the information terminal device 8A can visually know the month with the highest average power consumption for 30 minutes in the past year including the month to be created.

Further, in the bar graph displayed by the first display item 137, when the bar of the desired month is tapped, the first result item 134 shows the top five hours with the highest average power consumption for 30 minutes in the tapped month. Information about the band may be displayed.

When one of the five buttons 135 is tapped while the annual display screen 130 is being displayed, the information terminal device 8C transmits detailed information in the date and time zone corresponding to the tapped button 135. The requested request signal is transmitted to the server device 3. Upon receiving the request signal, the server device 3 creates data on the breakdown screen showing detailed information on the date and time zone corresponding to the tapped button 135, and transmits the created breakdown screen data to the information terminal device 8C. .. When the information terminal device 8C receives the data on the breakdown screen, it displays the breakdown screen 140 as shown in FIG. 7B.

As shown in FIG. 7B, the breakdown screen 140 includes a title item 141, a circuit ranking item 142, and a display control item 143 as display items.

In the title item 141, the name of the displayed peak value detailed information is displayed. Specifically, the title item 141 displays a title name including a date and a time zone corresponding to the button 135 pressed during the display of the annual display screen 130. In FIG. 7B, the title “Breakdown of power consumption, top 5 circuits, 1/11 (Friday) 12: 30-13: 00” is displayed.

In the circuit ranking item 142, detailed information showing the breakdown of the average power consumption (branch power information) in the 30 minutes is displayed. Specifically, five sets of the room, the device or both corresponding to the branch circuit and the average power consumption for 30 minutes in the room, the device or both are displayed.

In the display control item 143, a button for ending the display of the breakdown screen 140 is displayed. When the button displayed in the display control item 143 is pressed, the information terminal device 8C ends the display of the breakdown screen 140 and causes the annual display screen 130 to be displayed again.

On the screens of FIGS. 7A and 7B, the average power consumption every 30 minutes, that is, the 30-minute instantaneous value [kW] of the power consumption is displayed as the power information, but the power consumption every 30 minutes is displayed as the power information. [KWh] may be displayed.

In the display method of the third aspect according to the present invention, in the first or second aspect, in the second period selected by the information terminal device 8C among the plurality of second periods, a plurality of the display methods included in the second period. The power information of the third period is displayed on the display unit 81 in descending order of power consumption (see FIG. 7A).

In this way, in the second period selected by the information terminal device 8C, the power information of the plurality of third periods is displayed on the display unit 81 in descending order of the power consumption, so that the power consumption in the second period It is possible to grasp the third period in which the amount was large.

The configuration described in the second embodiment is applied in combination with the configuration (including a modification) described in the first embodiment as appropriate. Further, the display method and the program described in the first embodiment can also be applied in combination with the technique described in the second embodiment. That is, the display system of the second embodiment can be realized by causing a computer to execute a predetermined program. Further, the display system of the second embodiment displays power information based on the amount of power consumption by a predetermined display method.

1 Controller 3 Server device 8A, 8B, 8C Information terminal device 10 Display system 12 Acquisition unit 13 Display control unit

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It is a display method in which information is displayed on the display unit of an information terminal device by a computer.
The first period consists of a plurality of second periods, and each of the plurality of second periods consists of a plurality of third periods.
In each of the plurality of second periods, an acquisition step of acquiring the electric energy of the consumer facility in each of the plurality of third periods included in the second period, and
The display step includes a display step of displaying the display mode with the second period as the first axis and the power information as the second axis for the first period.
In the display step, for each of the plurality of second periods, the maximum value or the average power consumption of the power consumption in the plurality of third time period included in the second period, to be displayed as the power information,
Display method having. In the display step
Among the plurality of power information corresponding to each of the plurality of second periods, the power information having the maximum power consumption is displayed on the display unit by changing the display mode from the other power information.
The display method according to claim 1. In the second period selected by the information terminal device among the plurality of second periods, the power information of the plurality of third periods included in the second period is displayed on the display unit in descending order of power consumption. Steps to make
The display method according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising. In the display step, when any of the plurality of power information corresponding to the plurality of second periods is selected by the information terminal device, in the third period corresponding to the selected power information, A breakdown display step of displaying the branch power information, which is either the power consumption amount or the average power consumption of the plurality of branch circuits in the consumer facility, on the display unit.
The display method according to any one of claims 1 to 3. In the breakdown display step
The branch power information of the number of branch circuits to be displayed among the plurality of branch circuits is displayed on the display unit in descending order of power consumption.
The display method according to claim 4. In the breakdown display step
The display unit displays branch power information, which is a total value of either the power consumption amount or the average power consumption of the branch circuits other than the display number of the plurality of branch circuits.
The display method according to claim 5. In the breakdown display step
Period information including the date, start time, and end time of the third period corresponding to the selected power information is displayed on the display unit.
The display method according to any one of claims 4 to 6. The first period is one year and the second period is January.
The display method according to any one of claims 1 to 7. In the display step, the threshold value, which is the boundary value of each division when the basic charge of the electricity charge is divided into a plurality of divisions according to the amount of electric power, is displayed on the display unit.
The display method according to any one of claims 1 to 8. On the computer
In each of the plurality of second periods included in the first period, the acquisition step of acquiring the electric energy of the consumer facility in each of the plurality of third periods included in the second period, and
Wherein the first period to the subject, is performed and a display step of displaying the table radical 113 of the second period the first axis, the information terminal device the display mode to the second shaft power information,
In the display step, for each of the plurality of second periods, the maximum value or the average power consumption of the power consumption in the plurality of third time period included in the second period, to be displayed as the power information,
program. A display system that displays information on the display of an information terminal device.
The first period consists of a plurality of second periods, and each of the plurality of second periods consists of a plurality of third periods.
In each of the plurality of second periods, an acquisition unit for acquiring the power consumption of the consumer facility in each of the plurality of third periods included in the second period, and
A display control unit for displaying a display mode in which the second period is the first axis and power information is the second axis for the first period is provided.
Wherein the display control unit, for each of the plurality of second periods, the maximum value or the average power consumption of the power consumption in the plurality of third time period included in the second period, to be displayed as the power information ,
Display system.

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