WO2011024366A1 - 利用時間変更支援装置およびその方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a usage time change support apparatus and method for supporting a change in usage time of a home appliance based on the measured power consumption of the home appliance.
- an operation schedule is predicted for each home appliance based on the past use results of the home appliance. Also, based on the seasonal electricity bill information by time zone, it is determined whether or not the use of home appliances with large power consumption is predicted during a time zone with a high electricity bill. If the use of household electrical appliances with large power consumption is predicted during a time period when the electricity charge is high, advice is given on changing the use time period to a time period when the electricity charge is low.
- Non-Patent Document 1 proposes changing the usage time zone of home appliances that have been used in the past in a time zone when the electricity bill is high.
- household electrical appliances whose usage time zone can be easily changed and household electrical appliances that are difficult to change depending on household electrical appliances and households. Therefore, even if it recommends changing all the use time zones of the household appliances used in the past, the household appliances which are difficult to change may be included. For this reason, there exists a subject that the use time zone of household appliances cannot be changed appropriately. In particular, there is a problem that peak power cannot be appropriately reduced.
- the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a usage time change support apparatus and method that can appropriately support a change in the usage time zone of home appliances. .
- a usage time change support device includes a home appliance power history storage unit that stores a power consumption history for each home appliance used in the living space, and a living space.
- a power history writing unit for writing a history of information indicating the power consumption of the household electrical appliance received from the measuring device for measuring the power consumption of the household electrical appliance used in the home appliance as a power history.
- periodic use determination that determines whether or not the home appliance used in a predetermined time period is periodically used based on the power consumption history stored in the home appliance power history storage unit Based on the power consumption history of the home appliances determined to be periodically used by the unit and the periodic use determination unit And a period change possibility determining section for outputting a determination result of the use time period after.
- the possibility of changing the usage time zone is determined based on the power consumption history of home appliances that are periodically used in a predetermined time zone. For this reason, priority can be given to the household appliances used on a daily basis, and the change of the utilization time zone of the household appliances can be supported. Also, based on the power consumption history of home appliances, the possibility of changing the usage time zone and the usage time zone after the change are determined, so that only the home appliances that can change the usage time zone are Can support change. Thereby, the change of the utilization time slot
- the present invention can be realized not only as a usage time change support device including such a characteristic processing unit, but also as a use time change step including a characteristic processing unit included in the usage time change support device. It can be realized as a support method. It can also be realized as a program that causes a computer to execute the characteristic steps included in the usage time change support method. Needless to say, such a program can be distributed through a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory) or a communication network such as the Internet.
- a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory) or a communication network such as the Internet.
- FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of a power measurement system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the usage time change support device.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a history of total power consumption stored in the household power history storage unit.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a history of power consumption for each home appliance stored in the home appliance power history storage unit.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a history of total power consumption.
- FIG. 6 is a graph illustrating an example of a history of total power consumption.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a list of home appliances used in the peak power time zone.
- FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of a power measurement system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the usage time change support device.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a history of
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a time-series history of electric power consumed in the washing machine.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of the power consumption history of the washing machine.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the power consumption history of the washing machine.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the power consumption history of the washing machine.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of the power consumption history of the washing machine.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of advice presentation.
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart of processing executed by the usage time change support apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a usage time change support apparatus according to a modification of the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a usage time change support apparatus according to a modification of the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating characteristics of home appliances.
- FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of process division pattern information.
- FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a time-series history of power consumed in the washing / drying machine.
- FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the utilization time change support apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of correspondence information indicating a relationship between a lifestyle and a household electrical appliance stored in the household appliance storage unit by lifestyle.
- FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating the relationship between lifestyle and time zones.
- FIG. 22 is a diagram for explaining processing for specifying a time zone of a lifestyle related to meal preparation.
- FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of a meal preparation time history.
- FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of correspondence information indicating a relationship between a lifestyle and a household electrical appliance stored in the household appliance storage unit by lifestyle.
- FIG. 21 is a
- FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating an example of a history of meal preparation time.
- FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating an example of advice presentation.
- FIG. 26 is a flowchart of processing executed by the usage time change support apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating a correspondence relationship between a life event and a home appliance used at the time of the life event.
- FIG. 28 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a utilization time change support apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
- FIG. 29 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the use start time prediction unit.
- FIG. 30 is a diagram for explaining a calculation process of variance of use start times.
- FIG. 31 is a diagram illustrating an example of incidental conditions.
- FIG. 32 is a diagram for explaining a method for determining incidental conditions.
- FIG. 33 is a flowchart of processing executed by the use start time prediction unit of the use time change support device according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
- FIG. 34 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a use start time prediction unit according to a modification of the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 35 is a diagram illustrating an event of the home appliance that occurs before the use of the washing machine is started.
- FIG. 36 is a flowchart of processing executed by the use start time prediction unit of the use time change support device according to the modification of the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 37 is an external view of a usage time change support apparatus.
- FIG. 38 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the usage time change support apparatus.
- FIG. 39 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a home appliance used in an office space.
- FIG. 40 is a diagram illustrating an example of the power usage history of the office personal computer.
- FIG. 41 is a diagram showing an example of the power usage history of the experiment data processing personal computer.
- FIG. 42 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of home appliances used in the office room A and the room B of the office.
- FIG. 43 is a diagram illustrating an example of information on home appliances used in units of living rooms.
- FIG. 44A is a diagram showing an example of the usage history of each home appliance in the room A.
- FIG. 44B is a diagram illustrating an example of the usage history of each home appliance in the room B.
- the present invention based on the history of power consumption of the home appliances used in each home, the home appliances that can be easily used in each home and the time zone in which the use of the home appliance can be changed are estimated. Propose a change in the usage time of home appliances.
- the present invention proposes to change the usage time of home appliances in order to use home appliances according to the time when electricity charges are cheap, or to adjust to the time when the amount of power generated by a solar power generation system is large. It is also applicable to using home appliances.
- FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of a power measurement system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- the power measurement system 200 is a system that measures the power consumption of each household electrical appliance in the home and reduces peak power.
- the power measurement system 200 includes a total power measurement device 204, a power consumption measurement device 208, an air conditioner 212, a washing machine 214, a usage time change support device 216, and a digital television 218.
- the total power measuring device 204 calculates the power consumed in the home based on the value of the current used in the home measured by the clamp-type current sensor provided on the distribution board 202 in the home. calculate.
- the power consumption measuring device 208 measures the power consumed by each home appliance.
- the power consumption measuring device 208 is provided between the plug 210 of each home appliance (for example, the air conditioner 212 or the washing machine 214) and the wall outlet 206 in the home. By providing the power consumption measuring device 208 in such a position, it is possible to measure the power consumption of each home appliance even if the home appliance does not have a power measurement function.
- the total power measuring device 204 and the power consumption measuring device 208 use the measured power consumption information of the entire home and the power consumption information of each home appliance on a regular basis (for example, at intervals of 30 seconds) using a wireless network. It transmits to the change support apparatus 216.
- the usage time change support device 216 includes a wireless network unit and a storage medium such as a hard disk, and is configured as a device that can accumulate collected power consumption information. In addition, the usage time change support device 216 analyzes the collected power consumption information and presents advice regarding power consumption and energy saving in each home to the user using the monitor of the digital television 218 or the like. The analysis of the power consumption information is performed by the CPU provided in the usage time change support device 216 executing the analysis program. In recent years, the computing capability of the digital television 218 has increased. For this reason, the CPU included in the digital television 218 may analyze the power consumption information by executing the analysis program. It is also possible to analyze using a general-purpose computer such as a personal computer.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the usage time change support device 216.
- the usage time change support device 216 includes a power history writing unit 100, a household power history storage unit 101, a peak power time detection unit 102, a home appliance power history storage unit 103, a used home appliance specifying unit 104, a periodic A use determination unit 105, a time zone change possibility determination unit 106, and a life improvement pattern proposal unit 107 are included.
- the household power history storage unit 101 stores a history of total power consumption in the entire house.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the total power consumption history stored in the household power history storage unit 101. As shown in FIG. 3, the total power consumption measured every 30 seconds is accumulated as a history. For example, it is shown that the total power consumption at 6:00:00 on October 1 is 2000W.
- the peak power time detection unit 102 detects the peak power time in which the total power consumption is maximum from the history of the total power consumption stored in the household power history storage unit 101.
- the home appliance power history storage unit 103 stores a history of power consumption for each home appliance in the household.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a power consumption history for each home appliance stored in the home appliance power history storage unit 103. As shown in FIG. 4, the power consumption measured every 30 seconds is accumulated as a history for each home appliance.
- the microwave oven is used at the measurement time from 6:00:00 to 6: 2: 30 on October 1, for example, the power consumption at 6:00:00 is 1480W. It is shown.
- the toaster is used at the measurement time from 6: 10: 0 to 6:12:30 on October 1, for example, the power consumption at 6: 10: 0 is 1080W It is shown.
- the power history writing unit 100 receives information indicating the power consumption of the home appliance from the power consumption measuring device 208 for each home appliance used in the home, and uses the received information history as the power consumption history. Write to the power history storage unit 103. Further, the power history writing unit 100 receives information indicating the power consumed in the home from the total power measuring device 204, and uses the received history of information as a total power consumption history in the household power history storage unit 101. Write.
- the household appliance identification unit 104 uses the power consumption history for each household appliance stored in the household appliance power history accumulation unit 103 and the peak power time information detected by the peak power time detection unit 102 to determine Identify home appliances that are used in the time period (peak power time period) when the total power consumption is maximized.
- the periodic usage determining unit 105 Based on the power consumption history stored in the household electrical appliance power history storage unit 103, the periodic usage determining unit 105 periodically (daily) uses household electrical appliances used during peak power hours. Determine whether or not.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 calculates the peak power time from the periodicity of the home appliances used in the peak power time zone and the power consumption history of the home appliances stored in the home appliance power history storage unit 103. The possibility of changing the usage time zone of the home appliances used for the band and the usage time zone after the change are determined.
- the life improvement pattern proposal unit 107 proposes improvement of the life pattern to the user based on the result of the time zone change possibility determination unit 106. That is, the life improvement pattern proposing unit 107 proposes a change to the changed use time zone determined by the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 of the use time zone of the home appliance.
- a usage time change determination device can be configured. According to the usage time determination device, based on the history of total power consumption or power consumption history for each home appliance, the possibility of changing the usage time zone of home appliances used during peak power hours and the usage after the change The time zone can be determined. Note that the usage time change determination device may include only the periodic usage determination unit 105 and the time zone change possibility determination unit 106.
- the periodic usage determination unit 105 and the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 may be indispensable components, and the other components are usage time. It may be provided outside the change support apparatus 216.
- the household power history storage unit 101 stores a history of total power consumption in the entire house as shown in FIG. 3 at a predetermined sampling interval. As shown in FIG. 1, the total power consumption is measured by attaching a current sensor to the distribution board 202 of each household. Further, for example, by calculating the integral value of the current that flows in 30 minutes, the total power consumption in the entire house at 30-minute intervals can be calculated as shown in FIG.
- the total power consumption for each hour may be calculated by the peak power time detection unit 102 from the history of total power consumption, or the data of the total power consumption from the power company with which each household has a contract. You may make it receive supply. By receiving the supply of data from the power company, it is possible to acquire the power consumption amount without attaching a current sensor to the distribution board 202.
- FIG. 6 shows the history of the total power consumption in FIG. 5 in the form of a graph. As can be seen from the graph of FIG. 6, in this household, it can be seen that there is a peak of the total power consumption of the day at around 6:00 in the morning.
- the peak power time detection unit 102 detects a time zone (peak power time zone) in which the total power consumption is maximized in a predetermined period (for example, one day).
- a predetermined power amount threshold value may be provided in advance, and a time zone in which the total power consumption exceeds the predetermined power amount threshold value may be set as a peak power time zone.
- the home appliance power history storage unit 103 stores a history of power consumed by each home appliance measured every predetermined time as shown in FIG. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the power value measured by the power consumption measuring device 208 and transmitted via the wireless network is stored in the home appliance power history accumulation unit 103.
- the home appliance connected to the use time change support device 216 is identified by the name or model name of the home appliance. These names and model names are set by the user when the power consumption measuring device 208 is installed. For example, when the air conditioner 212 is connected to the usage time change support device 216 as a home appliance, “PP-ASA 131” or the like is set as the model name. Furthermore, it is possible to automatically determine whether or not the home appliance is operating by inputting in advance the power consumption during standby of the home appliance.
- the home electric appliance specifying unit 104 uses the electric power usage status of the electric home appliance accumulated in the electric home appliance power history accumulating unit 103 in the peak electric power time zone detected by the peak electric power time detecting unit 102. Identify household appliances that are being used. As shown in FIG. 7, home appliances that are used in that time zone are extracted.
- the periodic usage determination unit 105 refers to the history of power consumption of the home appliance specified by the used home appliance specifying unit 104 to determine whether or not the home appliance is periodically used in the peak power period. judge.
- the used home appliance specifying unit 104 determines whether or not the specified home appliance is used on a daily basis from the periodicity of the power consumption history of the home appliance.
- the periodic usage determination unit 105 refers to the power consumption history up to one week ago and calculates the number of days that the washing machine is used between 6:00 and 7:00.
- Periodic use determination section 105 determines that the home appliance is being used periodically when the use probability is greater than a predetermined threshold. For example, if the threshold value is 0.6, the use probability is greater than the threshold value, and therefore the washing machine is determined to be used periodically in the peak time zone. On the other hand, when the home appliance used in the peak power time zone is a coffee maker, the periodic usage determination unit 105 displays the power consumption history of the coffee maker stored in the home appliance power history storage unit 103. With reference to the past week, the number of days that the coffee maker is used in the peak time zone (between 6 o'clock and 7 o'clock) is calculated.
- the periodic usage determination unit 105 determines that the coffee maker is not used cyclically but is used accidentally at that time. As described above, the periodic usage determining unit 105 identifies the usage time of the home appliance from the past power consumption history of the home appliance. In addition, the periodic usage determination unit 105 determines whether or not the home appliance is periodically (daily) used in the peak time period from the specified usage time. Here, the periodicity in units of one week was detected. However, the periodicity from different viewpoints can be extracted by separately setting the target period for identifying periodicity, such as the periodicity of household appliances used every Monday and the periodicity of household appliances used at the end of the month. Is also possible.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 consumes the home appliances stored in the home appliance power history storage unit 103 for the home appliances determined to be used on a daily basis by the periodic usage determination unit 105. Based on the power history, the possibility of changing the usage time is determined. For example, the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 determines the use of the washing machine in the morning time zone when the periodic use determination unit 105 determines that the washing machine is used daily in the morning time zone. Determine the possibility of being moved from. Here, the possibility of time zone movement is determined based on information on the usage time zone and usage frequency of home appliances obtained from the power consumption history so far.
- FIG. 8 shows a time-series history of power consumed in the washing machine.
- the motor rotates to measure the weight of the laundry. For this reason, power consumption occurs.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 makes the following determination in order to determine that the washing machine is operating even in such a section. That is, the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 temporarily stops power consumption when the duration of power consumption below standby power (for example, 10 W) is less than a predetermined period (for example, 5 minutes). Judge.
- standby power for example, 10 W
- a predetermined period for example, 5 minutes
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 determines that the washing machine is operating even during the time when the washing machine is supplying water. As described above, the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 determines whether or not the home appliance is operating not only based on the power consumption but also based on the duration of the power consumption equal to or lower than the standby power.
- standby power In the case of a washing machine, standby power is small, but in home appliances such as hard disk recorders, standby power is large. In addition, even when the user is not using it, power is often used when the hard disk recorder automatically acquires data such as a program guide via a network. However, since the time is short, in order to detect the operating state for each home appliance, it is necessary to appropriately set the standby power value and the duration time.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 obtains the time during which the user operates the home appliance in this manner, and calculates the history of the time during which the home appliance has been operating within a certain period. For example, the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 calculates a history of the time during which the washing machine was operating from October 1st to 14th. As a result, a result as shown in FIG. 9 is obtained. In FIG. 9, it can be seen that the washing machine is used almost every day between 6 am and 7 am. As described above, the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 determines that it is difficult for the user who uses the washing machine at a fixed time to change the time for using the washing machine.
- time for using the washing machine is obtained as shown in FIG. 10 as another history.
- FIG. 10 it can be seen that the usage time of the washing machine is operated not only in the morning but also in the evening.
- Such a user can be interpreted daily as a lifestyle in which washing is performed not only in the morning but also at night.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 determines that the usage time of the washing machine can be changed.
- the time to use the washing machine as another history is obtained as shown in FIG.
- the usage time of the washing machine is a user that varies even in the morning.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 determines that the usage time of the washing machine can be changed in the morning for such a user.
- the washing time varies in the morning time zone as in the case of the user in FIG. 11, and may be washed at night.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 determines that the usage time of the washing machine can be changed because the washing time is not determined for such a user.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 determines whether or not the usage time can be changed based on the degree of variation in time during which washing is performed on a daily basis. That is, the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 determines that it is difficult to change the time to use the washing machine for a user (FIG. 9) whose time to use the washing machine is completely determined. To do. On the contrary, the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 can change the time to use the washing machine for a user (FIGS. 10 to 12) who has not decided the time to use the washing machine. Judge. The life improvement pattern proposing unit 107 proposes a change in the usage time zone of the washing machine when the usage time zone can be changed.
- the degree of variation in usage time is defined by the variance in use start time of the washing machine, standard deviation, and the like.
- the degree of variation may be obtained from the variance D shown below.
- n the number of data
- xi the use start time of the washing machine
- x ′ the average value of xi.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 changes the time that has been used in the past power consumption history of the washing machine for the washing machine determined to be able to change the usage time. Determined as usage time. That is, when the washing machine is used at night other than the peak power time zone as in the example of FIG. 10, the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 has a usage record at night (for example, 19:00). ) Is determined as the usage time after the change.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 when the washing machine is used at a time other than the peak power time zone (for example, 8:00) as in the example of FIG. The time with a usage record (for example, 8:00) is determined as the usage time after the change.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 is late in the morning when the washing machine is used at a later time in the morning, which is a time other than the peak power time zone, or at night, as in the example of FIG.
- the usage time after the change (for example, 8:00 or 20:00) is determined as the usage time after the change.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 thus determines the time zone in which the past history exists as the usage time after changing the washing machine. In addition, the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 determines a time zone in which the total power consumption does not reach a peak in the changed time zone as the changed usage time due to the change in the usage time of the washing machine. . Specifically, if it is possible to change to the morning and evening time zones, it is necessary to prevent the total power consumption from peaking during those times when the usage time of the washing machine is changed during each time zone. There is.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 gives priority to a time zone in which the total power consumption is small and determines the usage time after the change. Note that the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 determines the possibility of changing the usage time in the same manner for household electrical appliances other than the washing machine.
- the life improvement pattern proposing unit 107 proposes a life improvement pattern to the user based on the determination result of the time zone change possibility determined by the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 and the determined time after change. For example, as shown in FIG. 13, on a digital television 218 or the like, a message suggesting a change in the usage time zone of the washing machine is displayed together with a graph of today's total power consumption in order to avoid power peaks. As described above, the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 determines the time when the washing machine has been used in the past as the time after the change, and the life improvement pattern suggestion unit 107 uses the usage time for that time. Propose to change the belt. For this reason, the proposal which the life improvement pattern proposal part 107 performs is a proposal which considered a user's daily life pattern.
- the life improvement pattern suggesting unit 107 may notify the user of this in advance.
- users who do laundry in the day in the morning or at night they recommend washing once a night instead of in the morning. Therefore, the washing time itself does not become long.
- the periodic usage determination unit 105 calculates the usage frequency for each of the home appliances used in the peak power time period shown in FIG. 7, and whether or not the home appliance is a home appliance that is used on a daily basis. Judged.
- the threshold value of the use probability mentioned above may differ for every household appliances. In addition, for example, for a user who uses a washing machine both in the morning and at night, the frequency of use in the morning peak power hours may be reduced. For this reason, it is better to set the threshold of the use probability low.
- the processing flow of the usage time change support device 216 configured as described above is summarized as a flowchart shown in FIG.
- the peak power time detection unit 102 extracts a time period (peak power time period) in which peak power is generated within one day based on the history of total power consumption accumulated in the household power history accumulation unit 101. (Step S1201). For example, a graph showing the relationship between the total power consumption and time is shown in FIG. In this graph, since the 6 o'clock range has the largest power consumption, the 6 o'clock range is the peak power time zone.
- the home electric appliance identifying unit 104 uses the power consumption history of each home electric appliance in the home accumulated in the electric home appliance power history accumulating unit 103 to detect the peak power time period detected by the peak power time detecting unit 102.
- the home appliances used in the home are specified (step S1202). For example, if the peak power time zone detected in step S1201 is in the 6 o'clock range, home appliances used in that time zone are extracted as shown in FIG.
- the periodic usage determining unit 105 selects one household electrical appliance that may change the usage time zone from the household electrical appliances extracted in step S1202 (step S1203).
- the washing machine with the highest peak power can change the usage time zone first. Selected as a potential home appliance.
- the periodic usage determination unit 105 determines that the household appliance to be examined is not a household appliance that is routinely used in peak power hours. (Step S1205).
- the periodic usage determining unit 105 selects another household electrical appliance as the household electrical appliance for which the change of the usage time zone is considered (step S1206).
- the washing machine has been selected from among the home appliances shown in FIG. 7, but other home appliances are selected, and the process returns to step S1204.
- household appliances with large peak power may be preferentially selected.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 refers to the history stored in the home device power history storage unit 103, thereby Is used in a time zone other than the peak power time zone (step S1207). For home appliances that are only used in peak power hours, no use proposals are made in other times.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 distributes (uses) the use start time of the home appliance.
- the degree of variation of the start time is calculated, and it is determined whether or not the calculated variance is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold (step S1208).
- a predetermined threshold the target home appliance is used on a daily basis in the peak power time period, but it can be determined that the use start time may be changed.
- the variance is less than the predetermined threshold, since the use of the home appliance is always started at almost the same time, it can be determined that the use start time of the home appliance cannot be changed. .
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 changes the peak power by changing the usage start times of the target home appliances. It is determined whether or not it can be lowered (step S1209). Specifically, the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 obtains the power consumption amount in the peak power time zone of the target home appliance from the history stored in the home appliance power history storage unit 103. Further, the total power consumption in each time zone is obtained from the history stored in the household power history storage unit 101. For this reason, the home appliance power history storage unit 103 subtracts the power consumption of the target home appliance in the peak power time zone from the total power consumption in the peak power time zone.
- the home appliance power history storage unit 103 adds the power consumption of the target home appliance in the peak power time period to the total power consumption in the time period to which the changed use start time belongs.
- the home appliance power history storage unit 103 newly obtains a peak power time period from the total power consumption after the change of the use start time, and obtains the total power consumption in the peak power time period. If the total power consumption in the peak power time period is reduced due to the change in the target home appliance, the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 may reduce the peak power by changing the use start time of the target home appliance. Judge that you can.
- the changed use start time is selected from the use start time history other than the peak time period.
- the earliest in time among the use start times other than the peak hours may be used as the changed use start time.
- the changed usage start time is selected from the history of the usage start time in the peak time zone. For example, the latest use time in the peak time zone may be used as the changed use start time.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 determines the use result and the changed use start time. And the life improvement pattern proposal unit 107.
- the life improvement pattern proposing unit 107 gives the user the use start time of the target home appliance as shown in FIG. 13 based on the changed use start time information received from the time zone change possibility determination unit 106.
- a lifestyle pattern to be changed is proposed (step S1210).
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 determines that the target home appliance has been used in the past other than the peak power time zone.
- the change of the use start time to the time zone used for is considered (step S1211). That is, when the use start time is changed in addition to the peak power time period, the time period change possibility determination unit 106 consumes again in the time period to which the changed use start time belongs in the same manner as the process in step S1209. It is determined whether or not the power reaches a peak.
- step S1211 If the total power consumption reaches a peak in the previous time zone when the use start time is changed (YES in step S1211), the process proceeds to step S1208, and whether or not the use start time of the home appliance can be changed. To consider.
- step S1211 If the total power consumption does not reach a peak in the previous time zone when the use start time is changed (NO in step S1211), the target home appliance is being used in a time zone other than the peak power time zone, and the use start time It is known that the total power consumption does not reach a peak even if is changed to that time zone. For this reason, the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 outputs the determination result in step S ⁇ b> 1211 and the changed use start time information to the life improvement pattern proposal unit 107.
- the life improvement pattern proposing unit 107 gives the user the use start time of the target home appliance as shown in FIG. 13 based on the changed use start time information received from the time zone change possibility determination unit 106.
- a lifestyle pattern to be changed is proposed (step S1212).
- the possibility of changing the usage time zone is determined based on the power consumption history of the home appliances that are periodically used in the peak power time zone. For this reason, priority can be given to the household appliances used on a daily basis, and the change of the utilization time zone of the household appliances can be supported. Also, based on the power consumption history of home appliances, the possibility of changing the usage time zone and the usage time zone after the change are determined, so that only the home appliances that can change the usage time zone are Can support change. Thereby, the change of the utilization time slot
- the usage time zone of household appliances that are used on a daily basis in order to reduce the peak power of the entire house from the past power consumption history of the household appliances. It was. Further, the change in daily life may be quantified, and the value may be used to select a home appliance whose usage time zone is to be changed.
- Embodiment 1 (Modification of Embodiment 1)
- the time zone in which the total power consumption of the house is at the peak is extracted, and the home appliances used in the peak power time zone are identified from the history of the measured power consumption of the home appliances.
- zone which can be changed is proposed to a user from the past power consumption history of the household appliances.
- the washing machine described in Embodiment 1 can control the amount of power in a predetermined time period by changing the use start time in the daily life of the user.
- home appliances such as a television
- it is difficult to change the use start time because there is a program that the user wants to browse during the time of watching the television.
- a dishwasher (dishwasher / dryer) or the like can change the use start time in the same manner as the washing machine.
- the usage time of the dishwasher overlaps with the peak power consumption period, the time for starting the operation of the dishwasher is the same as before, but only washing is performed. Thereafter, there is also a usage method in which the operation of the dishwasher is stopped during the time when the power of the house is at a peak, and the operation of the dishwasher is started again after the end of the time when the power of the house is at the peak. .
- FIG. 15 is a hardware configuration diagram of the usage time change support device according to the present modification.
- the usage time change support device 1300 includes a home appliance power characteristic storage unit 1301 in addition to the configuration of the usage time change support device 216 according to Embodiment 1 shown in FIG.
- the household appliance power characteristic storage unit 1301 stores usage method change information that is information related to a change in the usage method of the household appliance for each household appliance.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of usage method change information stored in the home appliance power characteristic storage unit 1301.
- Usage method change information includes information indicating whether or not the usage time zone can be changed (time zone change possible), information indicating whether or not overall power reduction is possible (total power reduction possible), and whether or not usage time can be shortened for each home appliance. And information indicating whether or not process division is possible (process division is possible).
- a circle indicates that a change or the like is possible, and a cross indicates that a change or the like is impossible.
- the washing and drying machine as described in the first embodiment, it is possible to change the use time zone. It is also possible for the user to manually change the washing time, the number of times the laundry is rinsed, or the drying time. However, it is difficult to change the magnitude of power. Furthermore, the washing step and the drying step are not necessarily performed continuously. For this reason, in the usage method change information, the usage time zone can be changed for the washing and drying machine, the total power cannot be reduced, the usage time cannot be reduced, and the process is divided. It has been shown that it is possible.
- the usage method change information indicates that it is difficult to divide the process of the iron and it is difficult to reduce the overall power consumption. This is because an iron is just a device that stretches clothes.
- the user can control the change of the usage time zone and the reduction of the usage time to some extent.
- the air conditioner the user can control the operation of the compressor by changing the target temperature setting. For this reason, it is shown that the total power can be controlled to some extent. In this way, in FIG. 16, information on the assumed used person is accumulated for each home appliance.
- the home appliance power characteristic storage unit 1301 stores process division pattern information that is information indicating a process included in the home appliance.
- FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of process division pattern information.
- the process division pattern information indicates, for each home appliance, the power consumption and the consumption time of each process that the home appliance has.
- the process of the washing and drying machine can be divided into a process 1 (cleaning process) and a process 2 (drying process).
- the power consumption and the time consumed in step 1 of the washing and drying machine are 400 W and 20 to 30 minutes, respectively.
- the power consumption and the time consumed in step 2 of the washing and drying machine are 700 W and 40 to 50 minutes, respectively.
- the periodic usage determination unit 105 has periodicity only for home appliances whose usage method change information indicates that the usage time zone can be changed. It is determined whether or not.
- the periodic usage determination unit 105 does not determine the periodicity of these devices.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 in addition to the processing described in the first embodiment, only the home appliances whose usage time zone is indicated by the usage method change information are shown. The possibility of changing the usage time zone is determined. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the processing of the periodic usage determination unit 105 and the time zone change possibility determination unit 106.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 may determine the possibility of changing the usage time zone for each device for devices that can change the time zone and that can be divided into processes. Thereby, a household appliance can be operated avoiding a peak electric power time slot
- the said embodiment showed about performing the proposal of the change of a time zone per process about the household appliances which can be divided into processes. Furthermore, in equipment that can divide a process, the time limit between the first process and the next process is generally different. For example, in the case of a rice cooker, there is a step of keeping warm after the step of cooking rice, and if the time between the steps is not set to about 30 minutes at the maximum, the taste of cooked rice will be deteriorated. On the other hand, in the case of a washing / drying machine, if the washing process and the drying process take about one hour or longer, the washed clothes are left in the washing layer, so that the clothes become prominent. Therefore, it is necessary to make the interval between processes within about one hour.
- Embodiment 2 In Embodiment 1, the proposal of the life improvement which changes the utilization time slot
- home appliances used at home often use a plurality of home appliances in conjunction with each other. Therefore, the use time zone of other home appliances may be changed by changing the use time zone of one home appliance. Therefore, in the present embodiment, information on household appliance groups that are likely to be used in conjunction with each other is stored in advance, and power that suggests changing the usage time zone in units of linked household appliances A measurement system will be described.
- the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted as appropriate.
- the configuration of the power measurement system according to the second embodiment is the same as the configuration of the power measurement system 200 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. However, the configuration of the usage time change support apparatus is different from that of the first embodiment.
- FIG. 19 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the usage time change support device according to the second embodiment.
- the usage time change support device 1700 includes, in addition to the configuration of the usage time change support device 216 according to Embodiment 1 shown in FIG. 2, a home appliance storage unit 1701 according to lifestyle, a lifestyle style time zone determination unit 1702, A lifestyle-style periodicity determination unit 1703.
- the life style home appliance storage unit 1701 stores home appliances that are likely to be used in conjunction with each lifestyle.
- the life style time zone determination unit 1702 includes a history of power consumption of home appliances stored in the home appliance power history storage unit 103 and a home appliance group for each lifestyle stored in the home appliance storage unit 1701 according to lifestyle. Using the information, the time zone for each lifestyle style of the user is determined.
- the lifestyle-style periodicity determination unit 1703 is related to the lifestyles extracted by the lifestyle-style time zone determination unit 1702 from the household electrical appliances identified by the used household electrical appliance identification unit 104, and further, the lifestyle is periodic. It is determined whether or not there is.
- the operation of the usage time change support device 1700 will be described focusing on the operations of the home appliance storage unit 1701 and the life style time zone determination unit 1702 newly added to the first embodiment.
- the lifestyle-based household appliance storage unit 1701 stores a correspondence relationship between household appliances used for eating, bathing, waking up, sleeping, and the like in the user's life and the operation of each household appliance.
- meals, bathing, waking up, sleeping, etc. are regarded as the user's lifestyle, and the home appliances used in the lifestyle are specified.
- home appliances to be used such as an IH (Induction Heating) stove, rice cooker, microwave oven, toaster, and the like.
- IH Induction Heating
- the power consumption history of the water heater As another example, with regard to bathing, if you are a user who performs washing with the remaining water in the bath after bathing, the power consumption history of the water heater, the power consumption history of the bathroom light, bathing at home, etc. It is also possible to estimate the time. In addition, the wake-up time is determined based on the power consumption history of the room light, the power consumption history of air-conditioning home appliances such as an air conditioner, and the power consumption history of the TV if the user watches the TV together with the wake-up. Can be estimated.
- the lifestyle of the user in the home can be specified from the combination of a plurality of home appliances regarding the use start time, use end time, and use time of the home appliance.
- the relationship between the combination of home appliances and the lifestyle is stored as correspondence information in the lifestyle-specific home appliance storage unit 1701 as shown in FIG.
- the correspondence relationship information shown in FIG. 20 includes, for each lifestyle, household appliances (target household appliances) used in the lifestyle, operations of the household appliance for detecting the lifestyle start time, and lifestyle end time. Operation of the household electric appliance for detecting.
- meal preparation can be determined from the power consumption history of home appliances such as an IH stove, rice cooker, microwave oven, toaster, and dishwasher.
- the meal preparation start time can be determined from the use start time of the IH stove, the start time of the rice cooking process of the rice cooker, the use start time of the microwave oven, and the use start time of the toaster. Actually, the earliest time among these times is determined as the meal preparation start time.
- the end time of the meal preparation is determined by the use end time of the IH stove, the start time of the rice cooker heat retention process, the end time of the rice cooker cooking process, the use start time of the dishwasher, and the use end time of the microwave oven It has been shown that it can. Actually, the latest time among these times is determined as the meal preparation end time.
- the life style time zone determination unit 1702 includes correspondence information stored in the home appliance storage unit 1701 classified by lifestyle, and power usage history of home appliances used at home stored in the home appliance power history storage unit 103. Based on the above, the lifestyle time zone at the home is determined. That is, the lifestyle-style time zone determination unit 1702 detects the usage time of the target home appliance in the time zone where the lifestyle style is likely to be performed for each lifestyle style. For example, when three meals a day are performed at home, meal preparation is performed in each time zone of morning, noon, and night. Therefore, a time zone for each meal is set in advance, and in that time zone, a lifestyle is specified according to the usage status of each home appliance. For example, as shown in FIG. 21, the life style time zone of each lifestyle is stored in the household appliance storage unit 1701 classified by lifestyle.
- FIG. 22 is a diagram for explaining a process of specifying a time zone of a lifestyle related to meal preparation as an example.
- the meal preparation time zone is determined from the microwave oven, the rice cooking process of the rice cooker, and the power consumption history of the IH stove.
- the lifestyle-style time zone determination unit 1702 sets a meal preparation candidate time zone 2001 based on the information illustrated in FIG. 21. For example, the breakfast meal preparation candidate time zone 2001 is between 5:00 and 10:00.
- the lifestyle-style time zone determination unit 1702 Based on the power consumption history stored in the home appliance power history storage unit 103, performs the microwave oven, the rice cooker cooking process, and the IH stove in each candidate time zone 2001.
- the lifestyle-style time zone determination unit 1702 determines a meal preparation time in each home. That is, the lifestyle-style time zone determination unit 1702 starts the meal preparation for each candidate time zone 2001 by using the earliest time among the microwave oven use start time, the rice cooker start time, and the IH stove use start time. Determine time. In addition, for each candidate time zone 2001, the lifestyle-style time zone determination unit 1702 sets the latest time among the microwave usage end time, the rice cooker end time, and the IH stove use end time to finish the meal preparation. Determine time. Thereby, the meal preparation time zone 2002 is determined.
- a meal preparation time for a certain day is detected.
- a life improvement pattern (change of the time zone of the lifestyle) is proposed using the time zone of each lifestyle in a longer period (for example, a period of one week, two weeks, etc.).
- the time zone of each lifestyle can be calculated by the method as described above, the time zone is handled in the same manner as the usage time zone of the home appliance of the first embodiment. Thereby, the periodicity of the time zone of a lifestyle and the possibility of time zone change are judged. Therefore, it becomes possible to propose a life improvement pattern.
- Other processes are the same as those in the first embodiment. For this reason, here, the flow of processing executed by the usage time change support device 1700 will be briefly described.
- the peak power time detection unit 102 detects a time zone in which the amount of power is maximized within one day from the graph of FIG.
- the used home appliance specifying unit 104 specifies a home appliance used in the peak power time period detected by the peak power time detecting unit 102.
- FIG. 7 shows a list of identified home appliances.
- the lifestyle-style periodicity determination unit 1703 identifies a lifestyle that has a time zone included in the peak power time zone, and determines whether the identified lifestyle has periodicity. For example, when the IH stove is used in the peak power time zone, and the meal power time zone in which the IH stove determined by the lifestyle style time zone determination unit 1702 is used is included in the peak power time zone. To do. In this case, the lifestyle-style periodicity determination unit 1703 determines whether or not the meal preparation time exists every day in that time zone.
- FIG. 23 is a diagram showing an example of a meal preparation time history for two weeks when the peak power time period is between 7 o'clock and 8 o'clock, for example.
- the meal preparation time zone 2101 varies somewhat in the time zone from 7:00 to 9:00.
- the lifestyle style periodicity determination unit 1703 determines that the lifestyle does not have periodicity in the home where the variation in the time zone 2101 is large. If the lifestyle periodicity determination unit 1703 determines that the lifestyle does not have periodicity, the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 determines that the time zone of the lifestyle can be changed.
- the lifestyle-style periodicity determination unit 1703 determines that the lifestyle is periodic. If the lifestyle periodicity determination unit 1703 determines that the lifestyle is periodic, the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 determines that the lifestyle time zone cannot be changed.
- Life style periodicity determination unit 1703 calculates, for example, the variance of the end time of the time zone as the degree of variation of the time zone.
- the lifestyle-style periodicity determination unit 1703 determines that the lifestyle is periodic when the variance is greater than a predetermined threshold.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 determines the time zone of the lifestyle after the change.
- the changed time zone is selected from the time zones of past lifestyles. For example, if there is a time zone that does not overlap the peak power time zone in the past, that time zone may be determined as the changed time zone.
- the time zone that minimizes the overlap with the peak power time zone or the time zone that can reduce the peak power the most is determined as the changed time zone. Also good. Further, instead of the changed time zone, a proposal that the time zone should be made earlier may be determined.
- the life style periodicity determination unit 1703 outputs the determined time zone to the life improvement pattern proposal unit 107 together with the determination result.
- the life improvement pattern proposing unit 107 proposes a life pattern for changing the time zone of the life style determined by the time zone change possibility determining unit 106 to be able to change the time zone. For example, as shown in FIG. 25, on a digital television 218 or the like, a proposal for making the breakfast preparation time zone a little earlier is displayed together with a graph of today's total power consumption.
- the processing flow of the usage time change support apparatus 1700 configured as described above is summarized as a flowchart shown in FIG.
- the peak power time detection unit 102 detects the peak power time zone from the daily total power consumption history using the data stored in the household power history storage unit 101 (step S2401).
- the used home appliance specifying unit 104 specifies a home appliance used in the peak power time period based on the power consumption history stored in the home appliance power history storage unit 103. Moreover, the lifestyle style time zone determination unit 1702 determines a lifestyle time zone from the usage states of the plurality of home appliances (step S2402).
- Life style periodicity determination unit 1703 selects one life style having a time zone that matches the peak power time zone (step S2403). If such a lifestyle does not exist (NO in step S2403), usage time change support apparatus 1700 ends the process.
- Life style periodicity determination unit 1703 calculates the variance of the end time of the time zone of the life style selected in step S2403 from the history of the past time zone (step S2404).
- step S2404 determines that the lifestyle does not have periodicity. To do. Then, the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 determines that the lifestyle time zone can be changed. Moreover, the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 determines the changed time zone, and the life improvement pattern suggestion unit 107 presents the changed time zone to the user (step S2406).
- step S2405 If the variance is equal to or smaller than the predetermined threshold (NO in step S2405), it is determined that the time zone cannot be changed, and the lifestyle periodicity determination unit 1703 selects a time zone that matches the peak power time zone. Other life styles to have are selected (step S2407). The processing after step S2404 is executed for the selected lifestyle. If there is no other lifestyle, the usage time change support device 1700 ends the process.
- the peak power can be reduced by executing the above processing.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 may determine that the lifestyle time zone can be changed only when the peak power can be reduced. .
- the user's lifestyle is specified by using the correspondence information shown in FIG. 20 and the lifestyle time zone information shown in FIG.
- the lifestyle has a certain time width
- the peak power may be reduced by proposing a time change of a life event having no time width instead of the lifestyle.
- the life event is an operation that becomes a starting point such as getting up, going to bed, going out, or going home.
- FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating a correspondence relationship between a life event and a home appliance used at the time of the life event. For example, it is shown that an air conditioner, an electric light, or a television is used at a life event of getting up. In addition, it is shown that the wake-up is detected by the start time of the morning air conditioner (the time when the power is turned on), the time such as the consumption point of the lamp, or the start time of the television.
- the configuration of the power measurement system according to the third embodiment is the same as the configuration of the power measurement system 200 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. However, the configuration of the usage time change support apparatus is different from that of the first embodiment.
- FIG. 28 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the usage time change support device according to the third embodiment.
- the usage time change support device 2600 includes a usage start time prediction unit 2601 in addition to the configuration of the usage time change support device 216 according to Embodiment 1 shown in FIG.
- the usage start time prediction unit 2601 indicates the time when the home appliances determined to be periodically used by the periodic usage determination unit 105 will be used in the future. To predict.
- FIG. 29 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the use start time prediction unit 2601.
- the use start time prediction unit 2601 is a predicted knowledge construction history storage unit 2701, a use start time variance calculation unit 2702, an accompanying condition-added start time variance calculation unit 2703, an accompanying condition determination unit 2704, and a use time prediction knowledge storage. Part 2705.
- the history building unit 2701 for predictive knowledge construction uses a history of home appliances stored in the home appliance power history storage unit 103 to use a history of home appliance usage prediction, for example, power history data for the past month. Extract and accumulate.
- the use start time variance calculation unit 2702 calculates the variance of the time when the use of the home appliance as a prediction target is started, using the history accumulated in the prediction knowledge construction history accumulation unit 2701. For example, when a washing machine is selected as the prediction target device, the time when the use of the washing machine is started is extracted from the history data stored in the history storage unit 2701 for predictive knowledge construction, Calculate the variance.
- a washing machine will be described as an example of the prediction target device, but the same processing is performed even when another home appliance becomes the prediction target device.
- FIG. 30A is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the predicted knowledge construction history storage unit 2701.
- the use start time variance calculating unit 2702 obtains the degree of variation by obtaining the variance of the use start time. When the variance is larger than a predetermined threshold, it is assumed that the start time varies due to some factor.
- FIG. 31 shows an example of incidental conditions.
- FIG. 31A shows the day of week attribute as an incidental condition.
- the day of week attribute can be classified into weekdays and holidays.
- FIG. 31B shows the weather attribute as an incidental condition.
- the weather attribute can be classified into attribute values such as clear, cloudy, rainy.
- FIG.31 (c) shows the incidental condition which consists of a combination of household appliances, a use attribute, and a time attribute.
- the time attribute of the use attribute can be assigned to the use attribute of the use start time, use end time, or use time of the home appliance for each home appliance.
- the time attribute may be a relatively rough classification such as morning or afternoon, or may be a detailed classification such as 0 to 8 o'clock or 8 to 12 o'clock in the morning.
- the time attribute may be a more detailed classification of 0:00 to 6:00 or 6:00 to 8:00.
- the attribute of use start time of the air conditioner can be classified into morning or afternoon.
- the accompanying condition-added start time variance calculating unit 2703 and the accompanying condition determining unit 2704 automatically extract attributes that are highly related to the start time of the washing machine using such various accompanying conditions. A specific extraction method will be described below.
- the use start time of the washing machine is classified using the conditions of each attribute shown in FIG.
- the start time variance calculation unit 2703 with additional conditions uses the day-of-week attribute as an auxiliary condition, and calculates the variance of the use start time of the washing machine on weekdays and the variance of the use start time of the washing machine on holidays.
- the weather attribute is an incidental condition
- the use start time of the washing machine is dispersed when it is fine
- the use start time of the washing machine is dispersed when it is cloudy
- the use of the washing machine is started when it is raining.
- Each time variance is calculated.
- the use start time of “air conditioner” is “in the morning”
- the use start time of the washing machine is dispersed, and when it is “afternoon”, the use start Calculate the variance of time.
- the variance is calculated for “IH stove”, “microwave oven”, and the like.
- the incidental condition determination unit 2704 determines an incidental condition having a correlation with the use start time of the washing machine, using the dispersion after the incidental condition is given as an evaluation index.
- FIG. 32 is a diagram for explaining a method for determining the incidental condition, and shows a distribution calculated by assigning the incidental condition and a distribution of use start times of the washing machine when the incidental condition is imparted.
- the distribution display method is the same as that shown in FIG.
- the use start time of the washing machine is concentrated in the morning, and when the day of week attribute is a holiday, the use start time of the washing machine is at night. focusing. For this reason, if the use start time of the washing machine is classified by the day of week attribute, the variance of the use start time of the washing machine is 2.3 and 1.0 in each of the weekday and holiday classifications, which is a small value. On the other hand, the use start time of the washing machine is classified by the weather attribute. At this time, when the weather is fine, the time to start using the washing machine may be morning or night. As a result, the variance becomes as large as 4.2.
- the accessory condition-added start time variance calculation unit 2703 classifies the use start time of the washing machine using each accessory condition, and calculates the variance of the use start time of the washing machine for each category.
- the minimum value among the average values of these variances is the average value of the variance of the day of week attribute. Therefore, the incidental condition determination unit 2704 determines that the day-of-week attribute is related to the use start time of the washing machine, and determines the day-of-week attribute as an incidental condition.
- the incidental condition determination unit 2704 stores knowledge information indicating the relationship between the determined incidental condition and the use start time of the washing machine in the usage time prediction knowledge accumulation unit 2705.
- knowledge information that “when the day of the week is a weekday, the use start time of the washing machine is in the morning, and when it is a holiday, the use start time of the washing machine is at night”.
- the use start times of morning and night are examples, and for example, the use start times may be 8 o'clock and 20 o'clock instead of morning and night, respectively. These times may be the earliest time in the distribution of use start times, or may be the latest time. Moreover, it is good also as an average time of utilization start time.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 determines the use time zone of the home appliance that is determined to be periodically used by the periodic use determination unit 105, based on the prediction result of the use start time prediction unit 2601. It is determined whether or not the change is possible. It demonstrates concretely using the example of the above-mentioned washing machine.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 determines the value of the attribute set as the incidental condition. That is, if the day of week attribute is set as an incidental condition, it is determined whether today is a weekday or a holiday. It is assumed that day-of-week data for determining whether it is a weekday or a holiday is given from the outside. If today is a weekday, the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 expects to use the washing machine in the morning, and if the peak power time zone exists in the morning, the usage time zone of the washing machine is changed from morning to another time. It is determined whether or not the band can be changed.
- time zone change possibility determination unit 106 predicts that the washing machine is used at night when today is a holiday, and if the peak power time zone exists at night, the usage time zone of the washing machine is changed from night to another. It is determined whether or not the time zone can be changed.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 When it is determined that the time zone can be changed to another time zone, the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 outputs the changed time zone to the life improvement pattern proposal unit 107.
- the life improvement pattern proposing unit 107 makes a suggestion to the user so as to change the use time zone of the home appliance in the changed time zone received from the time zone change possibility determination unit 106.
- the incidental condition determination unit 2704 may set a plurality of incidental conditions. For example, in the above-described example, the knowledge that the use start time of the washing machine is morning is built on weekdays. However, even in the morning, if there are many variances in the use start time of the washing machine, further conditions are added. As for the method for determining the additional conditions to be added, similar to the above-described method, additional conditions regarding the weather and usage status of home appliances are further given to the history of weekdays, and the variance of the usage start time is calculated.
- the use start time of the air conditioner is earlier than 6 o'clock, the use start time of the washing machine is in the 7 o'clock range, but when the use start time of the air conditioner is later than 6 o'clock, the washing machine Knowledge such as the use start time being in the 8 o'clock range is extracted.
- the time to start using the air conditioner depends on the wake-up time at home, and when you get up early, the use start time of the washing machine is earlier, and when it is a little later, the use start time of the washing machine is delayed.
- the use start time of the air conditioner depends on the wake-up time, the use start time of the air conditioner is extracted as a factor that determines the use start time of the washing machine.
- the processing flow of the use start time prediction unit 2601 of the use time change support device 2600 configured as described above is summarized as a flowchart shown in FIG. Since the processing flow of other processing units of usage time change support apparatus 2600 is the same as that in the first embodiment, detailed description thereof will not be repeated here.
- the use start time variance calculation unit 2702 selects history data used for prediction stored in the prediction knowledge construction history storage unit 2701 (step S3101).
- the periodic usage determining unit 105 identifies the prediction target device, and the usage start time variance calculating unit 2702 calculates the variance of the usage start time of the prediction target device (step S3102).
- the incidental conditional start time variance calculating unit 2703 selects an incidental condition candidate for classifying the history (step S3104). For example, attributes such as a day of week attribute and a weather attribute are selected.
- the incidental condition start time variance calculation unit 2703 calculates the variance of the use start time of the prediction target device, and the incidental condition determination unit 2704 selects the incidental condition that minimizes the variance (step). S3105). Thereafter, the process returns to step S3103.
- the incidental condition determination unit 2704 If the calculated variance is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold (NO in step S3103), the incidental condition determination unit 2704 generates knowledge information using the incidental condition when the variance is minimized, and accumulates usage time prediction knowledge. Registered in the unit 2705 (step S3106).
- washing is performed by selecting incidental conditions based on the day of the week, weather, and other household appliances based on the power consumption history of the past washing machine.
- the knowledge to predict the time zone to use the machine was built.
- FIG. 34 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the use start time prediction unit 2601 according to the present modification.
- the use start time prediction unit 2601 includes a prediction knowledge construction history storage unit 2701, a pre-use home appliance event extraction unit 3201, a trigger home appliance event extraction unit 3202, and a use time prediction knowledge storage unit 2705.
- the history building unit 2701 for predictive knowledge construction uses a history of home appliances stored in the home appliance power history storage unit 103 to use a history of home appliance usage prediction, for example, power history data for the past month. Extract and accumulate.
- the pre-use home appliance event extraction unit 3201 uses the history stored in the prediction knowledge construction history storage unit 2701 to extract home appliance events that occurred before the home appliance to be predicted was used.
- the trigger home appliance event extraction unit 3202 extracts home appliance events that have occurred at a probability of a predetermined frequency or more from the home appliance events extracted by the pre-use home appliance event extraction unit 3201.
- the usage time prediction knowledge storage unit 2705 stores the home appliance event extracted by the trigger home appliance event extraction unit 3202 and the set of home appliances to be predicted as usage time prediction knowledge.
- the pre-use home appliance event extraction unit 3201 identifies the home appliance that has been determined to be periodically used by the periodic use determination unit 105 and the use start time zone. For example, it is assumed that a washing machine and 7 o'clock are specified as the home appliance and the use start time zone.
- the pre-use home appliance event extracting unit 3201 extracts home appliance events that occurred 15 minutes before the time when the washing machine is used when determining whether or not the washing machine is used at 7 o'clock in the morning. To do.
- the history stored in the predicted knowledge construction history storage unit 2701 is referred to.
- the use of the washing machine is started at 7:42 on July 10.
- produced from 7:27 before 7:42 to 7:42 is extracted.
- the event that the power source of the water heater is turned on, the power source of the air conditioner is turned off, or the power source of the wash basin lighting is turned on is extracted.
- the history of July 11th the event of the household electrical appliance that occurred before the use of the washing machine was started is extracted. This operation is extracted using a history of the day when the washing machine is used (for example, a history of 10 days). In FIG. 35, an event where a circle has occurred is shown.
- the trigger home appliance event extraction unit 3202 selects an event of a home appliance that is useful for predicting the use of the target home appliance from the events extracted by the pre-use home appliance event extraction unit 3201.
- the occurrence probability is calculated for the event of each home appliance using the history for 10 days. It is determined that an event with a high probability is an event of home appliances that triggers the use of the washing machine. For example, if it is larger than a predetermined threshold value 0.8, it is determined as a trigger event used for prediction.
- the probability of occurrence of power OFF of the water heater and power ON of the wash basin lighting is 0.9, which is larger than the predetermined threshold value 0.8.
- the trigger home appliance event extraction unit 3202 registers this knowledge in the usage time prediction knowledge storage unit 2705. .
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 can predict that the washing machine will be used after the water heater power supply OFF and the washstand illumination power supply ON.
- the pre-use home appliance event extraction unit 3201 identifies the target home appliance and the use start time zone (step S3401). For example, the washing machine is specified as the target home appliance, and the 7 o'clock range is specified as the use start time zone.
- the pre-use home appliance event extraction unit 3201 extracts events of home appliances other than the washing machine up to 15 minutes before the use of the washing machine is started (step S3402). As a result, table data as shown in FIG. 35 is created.
- the trigger home appliance event extraction unit 3202 calculates the occurrence probability of the event of the home appliance (step S3403).
- the occurrence probability is calculated using the history data for 10 days.
- the trigger home appliance event extraction unit 3202 determines whether there are two or more events having an occurrence probability greater than a predetermined threshold (for example, 0.8) (step S3404). In the example of FIG. 35, there are two events, the power-off of the water heater and the power-on of the washstand illumination.
- a predetermined threshold for example, 0.8
- step S3404 if it is determined that there are two or more events (YES in step S3404), the trigger home appliance event extraction unit 3202 triggers the use of home appliances using those events.
- the event is registered in the use time prediction knowledge storage unit 2705 as an event (step S3406).
- step S3404 if it is determined that the above event does not exist or only one event exists (NO in step S3404), the time for extracting the home appliance event is changed, Events are extracted as in S3402 (step S3405). Thereafter, the process returns to step S3403. For example, processing was performed using the history 15 minutes before the start of use of the washing machine, but if sufficient trigger events were not detected, the trigger events were extracted using the history up to 30 minutes ago. Try.
- events of other home appliances from 15 minutes before the start of use of home appliances are extracted as triggers.
- the knowledge that predicts that the use of the washing machine will start when both events occur and the event that triggers up to 15 minutes ago and the event that triggers up to 30 minutes ago occur. It is also possible to construct. For example, about 20 minutes before washing in the morning, the tableware used for breakfast was set in the dishwasher and operated, and then the light on the sink was turned on about 10 minutes before washing. To do. At this time, if the use of the washing machine is predicted, the trigger event is extracted at each time zone such as 0 to 15 minutes before or 15 to 30 minutes before the use start time of the washing machine, and the order of these is taken into consideration. It is possible to build knowledge about triggered events.
- the utilization time change support apparatus described in Embodiments 1 to 3 can be realized by a computer.
- the usage time change support device can be realized by the computer.
- FIG. 37 is an external view of the usage time change support device.
- the utilization time change support apparatus includes a computer 34, a keyboard 36 and a mouse 38 for giving instructions to the computer 34, a display 32 for presenting information such as a calculation result of the computer 34, and a program executed by the computer 34.
- the program for realizing the usage time change support device is stored in the CD-ROM 42, which is a computer-readable medium, and is read by the CD-ROM device 40. Alternatively, it is read by a communication modem through the computer network 26.
- FIG. 38 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the usage time change support device.
- the computer 34 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 44, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 46, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 48, a hard disk 50, a communication modem 52, and a bus 54.
- CPU Central Processing Unit
- ROM Read Only Memory
- RAM Random Access Memory
- the CPU 44 executes the program read via the CD-ROM device 40 or the communication modem 52.
- the ROM 46 stores programs and data necessary for the operation of the computer 34.
- the RAM 48 stores data such as parameters at the time of program execution.
- the hard disk 50 stores programs and data.
- the communication modem 52 communicates with other computers via the computer network 26.
- the bus 54 connects the CPU 44, the ROM 46, the RAM 48, the hard disk 50, the communication modem 52, the display 32, the keyboard 36, the mouse 38, and the CD-ROM device 40 to each other.
- the change of the usage time zone of the home appliance from the peak power time zone has been described.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, it may be possible to support a change in the usage time zone of the home appliance from a time zone in which the daytime power rate is high to a time zone in which the nighttime power rate is low.
- the user inputs a name and model name for identifying the home appliance connected to the usage time change support device.
- the waveform indicates a change in power consumption of the home appliance. From this, the model name or the like may be automatically estimated and registered. For this reason, information indicating the correspondence relationship between the model name and the waveform indicating the change in power consumption is set in advance, and the connected model can be estimated by referring to the information.
- the power consumption is measured, and the measurement result is stored as a standby power value. It may be determined that it is being used.
- the life improvement pattern proposing unit 107 proposes the life improvement pattern based on the determination result in the time zone change possibility determination unit 106.
- the operation control unit (not shown) may automatically change the use time zone of the home appliance to control the operation of the home appliance.
- the example of determining the possibility of the use time zone of the home appliance based on the use situation of the home appliance in the home has been described, but the same applies to the home appliance in a living space such as an office.
- the same effect can be obtained.
- an office personal computer 391 for creating materials or in-house documents and an experimental data processing personal computer 392 for new product development are installed.
- the employee turns on the office personal computer 391 when he / she enters the office and turns off the power when leaving the office.
- the time for which an employee performs an experiment varies and varies depending on the day, and therefore, the time for using the experiment data processing personal computer 392 varies.
- the power usage history is greatly different, and the power history as shown in FIG. 40 can be acquired from the power usage history of the office personal computer 391.
- the experimental data processing personal computer From the power usage history of 392, a history as shown in FIG. 41 is acquired. That is, in the office personal computer 391, there is little variation in the power use time zone, and it can be determined that the use is periodic.
- the experimental data processing personal computer 392 there is a variation in the power usage time zone. At this time, it is difficult for the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 to change the usage time zone of the office personal computer 391 with little variation in the usage time zone, but it is possible to change the usage time zone of the experimental data processing personal computer 392.
- the time zone change possibility determination unit 106 can easily change the usage time zone of the experimental data processing personal computer 392. Judge that there is.
- the life improvement pattern proposing unit 107 proposes a change in the usage time zone to the user.
- the changed time zone is a time zone that has been used in the past.
- the present invention is effective not only in homes but also for home appliances used for business in offices and the like.
- the time for using the home appliance is a fixed time is assumed to be periodic use, but even if the time for using the home appliance is not determined, it is not related to the day of the week or the holiday. In addition, when using every day, it may be used periodically.
- the usage time change support device 1700 includes the home appliance storage unit 1701 according to lifestyle, and has proposed changing the usage time zone for each lifestyle.
- This proposal can be made not only for home appliances in the home but also for home appliances used in living spaces in offices and the like.
- a history of the power usage status in the room A and the room B may be accumulated, and a change in the usage time zone of the home appliance may be proposed using the history.
- the living room A is equipped with an office personal computer A, an office personal computer B, and an air conditioner A
- the living room B is equipped with an office personal computer C, an office personal computer D, and an air conditioner B. To do.
- FIG. 44A and FIG. 44B show the history of the use time zones of the home appliances in the living room A and the living room B, respectively.
- the usage time of the home appliance used by the employee moves according to the time zone. That is, in the example of the living room A (or department) shown in FIG. 44A, since there was a morning meeting on October 11, the usage time zone of each home appliance is on an ordinary day (October 12 and 13). Compared to earlier times.
- home appliances used in units of places such as living rooms where home appliances are installed are regarded as one class, and the usage time zone of home appliances is considered. It is possible to propose changes to the user.
- the system LSI is a super multifunctional LSI manufactured by integrating a plurality of components on one chip, and specifically, a computer system including a microprocessor, a ROM, a RAM, and the like. .
- a computer program is stored in the RAM.
- the system LSI achieves its functions by the microprocessor operating according to the computer program.
- each of the above-described devices may be configured from an IC card or a single module that can be attached to and detached from each device.
- the IC card or module is a computer system that includes a microprocessor, ROM, RAM, and the like.
- the IC card or the module may include the super multifunctional LSI described above.
- the IC card or the module achieves its function by the microprocessor operating according to the computer program. This IC card or this module may have tamper resistance.
- the present invention may be the method described above. Further, the present invention may be a computer program that realizes these methods by a computer, or may be a digital signal composed of the computer program.
- the present invention provides a computer-readable recording medium such as a flexible disk, hard disk, CD-ROM, MO, DVD, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, BD (Blu-ray Disc). (Registered trademark)), or recorded in a semiconductor memory or the like. Further, the digital signal may be recorded on these recording media.
- a computer-readable recording medium such as a flexible disk, hard disk, CD-ROM, MO, DVD, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, BD (Blu-ray Disc). (Registered trademark)), or recorded in a semiconductor memory or the like.
- the digital signal may be recorded on these recording media.
- the computer program or the digital signal may be transmitted via an electric communication line, a wireless or wired communication line, a network represented by the Internet, data broadcasting, or the like.
- the present invention may also be a computer system including a microprocessor and a memory.
- the memory may store the computer program, and the microprocessor may operate according to the computer program.
- the program or the digital signal is recorded on the recording medium and transferred, or the program or the digital signal is transferred via the network or the like, and is executed by another independent computer system. It is also good.
- the present invention can be applied to a usage time change support device that generates advice for a user to shift the total power consumption in a home according to the actual usage of home appliances held in each home.
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図1は、本発明の実施の形態1に係る電力測定システムのハードウェア構成図である。
ただし、nはデータ数、xiは洗濯機の利用開始時刻、x’はxiの平均値を示している。なお、洗濯機の利用終了時刻等を用いて分散Dを求めてもよい。
実施の形態1においては、家の総消費電力がピークになっている時間帯を抽出し、測定された家電機器の消費電力の履歴から、ピーク電力時間帯で利用されている家電機器を特定した。さらに、特定した家電機器を利用する時間帯の変更を支援するために、その家電機器の過去の消費電力履歴から、変更できる時間帯をユーザに提案するものであった。
実施の形態1では、家電機器単体での利用時間帯を変更する生活改善の提案を行った。しかし、家庭で利用されている家電機器は一般に、複数の家電機器を連動させて利用している場合が多い。そのため、1つの家電機器の利用時間帯の変更によって、他の家電機器の利用時間帯も変更されてしまうことがある。そこで、本実施の形態においては、連動して利用している可能性の高い家電機器群に関する情報をあらかじめ保有し、連動している家電機器群を単位として、利用時間帯の変更を提案する電力測定システムについて説明する。本実施の形態において、実施の形態1と同様の構成要素については同一の参照番号を付し、説明を適宜省略する。
実施の形態1および2では、家電機器の利用に関するアドバイスを、オフラインの分析結果としてユーザに提案するものである。例えば、ユーザが就寝前に1日の利用電力料を確認したときに、それまでの消費電力の履歴を分析することで、よりエネルギを効率的に利用するようなアドバイスを生成するものである。これに対して、本実施の形態では、ユーザの日常生活において、将来、利用する家電機器を予測し、ユーザに対して動的に家電機器の利用時間の変更を提案する電力測定システムについて説明する。このように、電力測定システムがユーザの電力履歴から、1時間後や2時間後に利用しそうな家電機器を予測し、その家電機器の利用時間帯の変更に関するアドバイスを行う。これにより、ユーザは家電機器の利用時間の変更を忘れることなく実行することが可能になる。本実施の形態において、実施の形態1および2と同様の構成要素については同一の参照符号を付し、適宜説明を省略する。
実施の形態3においては、洗濯機の利用時間帯を予測するために、過去の洗濯機の消費電力履歴を基に、曜日や天候、他の家電機器利用による付帯条件を選択することで、洗濯機を利用する時間帯を予測するための知識を構築した。一方、一般の日常生活においては、家電機器の利用頻度の確率を用いて、将来、利用する家電機器を予測するための知識を構築することも可能である。
101 世帯電力履歴蓄積部
102 ピーク電力時間検出部
103 家電機器電力履歴蓄積部
104 利用家電機器特定部
105 周期的利用判定部
106 時間帯変更可能性判定部
107 生活改善パターン提案部
200 電力測定システム
202 分電盤
204 総電力計測装置
206 コンセント
208 消費電力測定装置
210 差込プラグ
212 エアコン
214 洗濯機
216、1300、1700、2600 利用時間変更支援装置
218 デジタルテレビ
391 オフィス用パソコン
392 実験データ処理用パソコン
1301 家電機器電力特性記憶部
1701 生活スタイル別家電機器記憶部
1702 生活スタイル時間帯判定部
1703 生活スタイル周期性判定部
2601 利用開始時刻予測部
2701 予測知識構築用履歴蓄積部
2702 利用開始時刻分散算出部
2703 付帯条件付開始時刻分散算出部
2704 付帯条件決定部
2705 利用時間予測知識蓄積部
3201 事前利用家電機器イベント抽出部
3202 トリガー家電機器イベント抽出部
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- 生活空間内で利用される家電機器毎に、消費電力履歴を蓄積する家電機器電力履歴蓄積部と、
生活空間内で利用される家電機器の消費電力を測定する測定装置から、受信した前記家電機器の消費電力を示す情報の履歴を前記消費電力履歴として前記家電機器電力履歴蓄積部に書込む電力履歴書込み部と、
前記家電機器電力履歴蓄積部に蓄積されている前記消費電力履歴に基づいて、所定の時間帯において利用されている家電機器が周期的に利用されているか否かを判定する周期的利用判定部と、
前記周期的利用判定部により周期的に利用されていると判定された前記家電機器の前記消費電力履歴に基づいて、前記家電機器の利用時間帯の変更の可能性および変更後の利用時間帯の判定結果を出力する時間帯変更可能性判定部と
を備える利用時間変更支援装置。 - 前記時間帯変更可能性判定部は、前記周期的利用判定部により周期的に利用されていると判定された前記家電機器の利用時間帯のばらつき度合いが大きいほど、利用時間帯の変更の可能性が高いと判定する
請求項1記載の利用時間変更支援装置。 - さらに、世帯内で利用される家電機器毎に、当該家電機器の利用時間帯の変更の可否を示す利用方法変更情報を記憶している家電機器電力特性記憶部を備え、
前記時間帯変更可能性判定部は、前記利用方法変更情報に利用時間帯の変更が可能であることが示されている家電機器についてのみ、前記家電機器の前記消費電力履歴に基づいて、利用時間帯の変更の可能性を判定する
請求項1記載の利用時間変更支援装置。 - 前記利用方法変更情報は、さらに、家電機器の動作に関する工程情報を含み、
前記時間帯変更可能性判定部は、前記工程情報を参照し、工程単位で利用時間帯の変更の可能性を判定する
請求項3記載の利用時間変更支援装置。 - 前記工程情報は、乾燥工程を含み、
前記時間帯変更可能性判定部は、乾燥工程の利用時間帯の変更の可能性を判定する
請求項4記載の利用時間変更支援装置。 - さらに、
生活スタイル毎に、当該生活スタイルにおいて連動して利用される可能性が高い家電機器に関する情報を記憶している生活スタイル別家電機器記憶部と、
前記生活スタイル別家電機器記憶部に記憶されている情報および前記消費電力履歴に基づいて、各生活スタイルの時間帯を判定する生活スタイル時間帯判定部とを備え、
前記周期的利用判定部は、生活スタイル毎に、前記生活スタイル時間帯判定部で判定された生活スタイルが周期的に繰り返されているか否かを判定し、
前記時間帯変更可能性判定部は、前記周期的利用判定部により周期性があると判定された生活スタイルに含まれる家電機器の消費電力履歴に基づいて、当該生活スタイルの変更の可能性および変更後の生活スタイルの時間帯を判定し、判定結果を出力する
請求項1記載の利用時間変更支援装置。 - 前記生活スタイルは、複数の家電機器の利用から定義される生活イベントであり、
前記生活スタイル別家電機器記憶部は、生活イベント毎に、当該生活イベントにおいて連動して利用される可能性が高い家電機器に関する情報を記憶しており、
前記生活スタイル時間帯判定部は、前記生活スタイル別家電機器記憶部に記憶されている情報および前記消費電力履歴に基づいて、各生活イベントの時間帯を判定し、
前記周期的利用判定部は、生活イベント毎に、前記生活スタイル時間帯判定部で判定された生活イベントが周期的に繰り返されているか否かを判定し、
前記時間帯変更可能性判定部は、前記周期的利用判定部により周期性があると判定された生活イベントに含まれる家電機器の消費電力履歴に基づいて、当該生活イベントの変更の可能性および変更後の生活イベントの時間帯を判定し、判定結果を出力する
請求項6記載の利用時間変更支援装置。 - さらに、前記家電機器電力履歴蓄積部に蓄積されている前記消費電力履歴に基づいて、家電機器の利用開始時刻を予測する利用開始時刻予測部を備え、
前記時間帯変更可能性判定部は、前記周期的利用判定部により周期的に利用されていると判定された前記家電機器の前記消費電力履歴に基づいて、前記利用開始時刻予測部で予測された当該家電機器の利用開始時刻を含む利用時間帯から他の利用時間帯への変更の可能性および変更後の利用時間帯を判定し、判定結果を出力する
請求項1記載の利用時間変更支援装置。 - 前記利用開始時刻予測部は、前記家電機器電力履歴蓄積部に蓄積されている前記消費電力履歴に基づいて、付帯条件を付したときの家電機器の利用開始時刻のばらつき度合いから、当該家電機器の利用開始時刻に関する知識を決定し、
前記時間帯変更可能性判定部は、付帯条件の結果から前記利用開始時刻予測部で予測された当該家電機器の利用開始時刻を決定する
請求項8記載の利用時間変更支援装置。 - 前記利用開始時刻予測部は、前記家電機器電力履歴蓄積部に蓄積されている前記消費電力履歴に基づいて、所定の閾値よりも大きい確率で、第1の家電機器に対する操作後に第2の家電機器の利用が開始される場合には、前記第1の家電機器に対する操作の所定時間後に前記第2の家電機器が利用開始されるという知識を決定し、
前記時間帯変更可能性判定部は、前記利用開始時刻予測部で決定された情報に基づいて、家電機器に対する操作から、前記利用開始時刻予測部で予測された当該家電機器の利用開始時刻を決定する
請求項8記載の利用時間変更支援装置。 - さらに、
前記生活空間の総消費電力履歴を蓄積する世帯電力履歴蓄積部と、
前記世帯電力履歴蓄積部に蓄積されている前記総消費電力履歴から、総消費電力量が所定の値より大きくなっている時間であるピーク電力時間を検出するピーク電力時間検出部と、
前記家電機器電力履歴蓄積部に蓄積されている消費電力履歴と、前記ピーク電力時間検出部で検出された前記ピーク電力時間とに基づいて、前記ピーク電力時間において電力が利用されている家電機器を特定する利用家電機器特定部とを備え、
前記周期的利用判定部は、前記家電機器電力履歴蓄積部に蓄積されている前記消費電力履歴に基づいて、前記利用家電機器特定部で特定された前記家電機器が周期的に利用されているか否かを判定する
請求項1~10のいずれか1項に記載の利用時間変更支援装置。 - さらに、前記時間帯変更可能性判定部で家電機器の利用時間帯の変更が可能であると判定された場合には、前記家電機器の利用時間帯の前記時間帯変更可能性判定部で判定された前記変更後の利用時間帯への変更を提案する生活改善パターン提案部を備える
請求項1~11のいずれか1項に記載の利用時間変更支援装置。 - 前記時間帯変更可能性判定部は、前記変更後の利用時間帯を、前記周期的利用判定部により周期的に利用されていると判定された前記家電機器の過去に利用実績のある時間帯の中から選択する
請求項1~12のいずれか1項に記載の利用時間変更支援装置。 - コンピュータが、生活空間内で利用される家電機器の消費電力を測定する測定装置から、受信した前記家電機器の消費電力を示す情報の履歴を消費電力履歴として家電機器電力履歴蓄積部に書込み、
コンピュータが、前記家電機器電力履歴蓄積部に蓄積されている前記消費電力履歴に基づいて、所定の時間帯において利用されている家電機器が周期的に利用されているか否かを判定し、
コンピュータが、周期的に利用されていると判定された前記家電機器の前記消費電力履歴に基づいて、前記家電機器の利用時間帯の変更の可能性および変更後の利用時間帯の判定結果を出力する
利用時間変更支援方法。 - コンピュータに、生活空間内で利用される家電機器の消費電力を測定する測定装置から、受信した前記家電機器の消費電力を示す情報の履歴を消費電力履歴として家電機器電力履歴蓄積部に書込ませ、
コンピュータに前記家電機器電力履歴蓄積部に蓄積されている前記消費電力履歴に基づいて、所定の時間帯において利用されている家電機器が周期的に利用されているか否かを判定させ、
コンピュータに、周期的に利用されていると判定された前記家電機器の前記消費電力履歴に基づいて、前記家電機器の利用時間帯の変更の可能性および変更後の利用時間帯の判定結果を出力させる
ためのプログラム。
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