RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20130067478A1
• Filed: 05/25/2011
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kazuno, Hiroki, Sogo, Tomoya, Nakano, Akio, Kobayashi, Misayo
• Application Number:
  US13/698,727
• Publication Number:
  US 20130067478A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/101
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/82 Energy audits or management systems therefor

Abstract

Provided are: information acquisition unit that periodically acquires usage state information of resource by load; user terminal that creates permitted usage period data; period setting unit that sets each load'"'"'s permitted usage period based on permitted usage period data; determination unit that determines whether each load'"'"'s resource usage is within permitted usage period; and display unit that distinctively displays whether resource usage period is within permitted usage period based on determination result by determination unit. User terminal creates single batch permitted usage period data. Period setting unit includes batch setting unit that performs batch setting whereby batch permitted usage period is set as permitted usage periods of all loads.

Claims

1. A resource management system for monitoring a usage period of a resource used in respective operations of a plurality of loads in a predetermined space, comprising:

an information acquisition unit that periodically acquires information on a usage state of the resource as usage information;

a data creation unit that creates data on a permitted usage period, which is a period when use of the resource is permitted;

a period setting unit that sets a permitted usage period for each load based on the data on the permitted usage period created by the data creation unit;

a determination unit that determines whether use of the resource corresponding to the usage information acquired by the information acquisition unit is within the permitted usage period; and

a display unit that distinctively displays whether the usage period of the resource is within the permitted usage period based on the determination result by the determination unit, wherein

the data creation unit creates data on a single first permitted usage period, and

the period setting unit comprises a batch setting unit that performs batch setting whereby the first permitted usage period is set as the permitted usage periods of all the loads.

2. The resource management system according to claim 1, wherein

if one or a plurality of load groups constituted by two or more loads is formed, the batch setting unit sets a permitted usage period for each load group.

3. The resource management system according to claim 1, wherein

the data creation unit creates data on a second permitted usage period that corresponds to each load individually, and

the period setting unit comprises an individual setting unit that sets the second permitted usage period as an individual permitted usage period for each load, and the batch setting unit does not set the first permitted usage period as a permitted usage period of the load for which the second permitted usage period is set, when performing the batch setting.

4. The resource management system according to claim 3, wherein

if the second permitted usage period which is set by the individual setting unit for a load is the same as the first permitted usage period, the batch setting unit determines that the permitted usage period set for this load is the first permitted usage period.

5. The resource management system according to claim 3, further comprising:

a registration operation unit which is operated by a user and in which the permitted usage period setting processing by the individual setting unit is performed, and

the batch setting unit determines the permitted usage period which is set by the individual setting unit via the operation by the registration operation unit, as the second permitted usage period.

6. The resource management system according to claim 3, wherein

if the batch setting unit updates the first permitted usage period by executing the batch setting, the individual setting unit updates the second permitted usage period interlocking with the updated content of the first permitted usage period, and

the resource management system further comprises a selected operation unit which is operated by a user to select whether the second permitted usage period is updated interlocking with the updated content of the first permitted usage period.

7. The resource management system according to claim 6, wherein

if the batch setting unit updates a starting time of the first permitted usage period by executing the batch setting, the individual setting unit updates a starting time of the second permitted usage period interlocking with the updated content of the first permitted usage period, and

if the batch setting unit updates a closing time of the first permitted usage period by executing the batch setting, the individual setting unit updates a closing time of the second permitted usage period interlocking with the updated content of the first permitted usage period.

8. The resource management system according to claim 1, wherein

the plurality of loads in the predetermined space is classified into one or a plurality of load groups, and

the batch setting unit sets a permitted usage period for each load group.

9. The resource management system according to claim 1, wherein

the load is an illumination load.

10. The resource management system according to claim 1, wherein

the resource management system is configured to be connected to a system, and

the system has a plurality of loads, whereby the usage period of the resource used in the respective operations of the plurality of loads in the predetermined space is monitored.

11. The resource management system according to claim 10, wherein

the system further has an operation device,

the load is operated when the operation device is in a first state,

the load is stopped when the operation device is in a second state,

the resource management system further comprises a control device,

the control device includes the information acquisition unit,

the control device is configured to communicate with the operation device,

whereby the information acquisition unit acquires information to indicate an ON/OFF state,

the information to indicate the ON/OFF state indicates whether the operation device is in the first state or the second state, and

the control device periodically acquires the usage information based on the information to indicate the ON/OFF state.

12. The resource management system according to claim 11, wherein

the system comprises a plurality of combinations of the operation device and the load.

13. The resource management system according to claim 10, wherein

the system is defined as an illumination system,

the illumination system further has a relay,

the load is defined as an illumination load,

the illumination load turns ON when the relay is in an ON state,

the illumination load turns OFF when the relay is in an OFF state,

the resource management system further comprises a relay control device,

the relay control device includes the information acquisition unit,

the relay control device is configured to communicate with the relay, whereby the information acquisition unit acquires information to indicate an ON/OFF state, which indicates whether the relay is in an ON state or an OFF state, and

the relay control device periodically acquires the usage information based on the information to indicate the ON/OFF state.

14. The resource management system according to claim 13, wherein

the illumination system comprises a plurality of combinations of the relay and the illumination load.

15. The resource management system according to claim 1, wherein

the determination unit is configured to determine whether use of the resource corresponding to the usage information acquired by the information acquisition unit is within the permitted usage period, and thereby generate the determination result, and

the display unit is configured to distinctively display whether the usage period of the resource is within the permitted usage period based on the determination result by the determination unit.

16. The resource management system according to claim 1, wherein

the data creation unit is configured to create data on a second permitted usage period that corresponds to each load individually,

the period setting unit comprises an individual setting unit that sets the second permitted usage period as an individual permitted usage period for each load,

the batch setting unit is configured to set the first permitted usage period for loads other than the loads for which the individual setting unit set the second permitted usage period,

the load for which the first permitted usage period is set is defined as a first load, and

the load for which the second permitted usage period is set is defined as a second load.

17. The resource management system according to claim 16, wherein

the determination unit is configured to determine whether use of a resource corresponding to usage information acquired by the information acquisition unit is within the first permitted usage period, when the period setting unit sets the first permitted usage period to a permitted usage period for the first load,

the determination unit is configured to generate a determination result when determining whether the use of the resource corresponding to the usage information is within the first permitted usage period,

the determination unit is configured to determine whether use of the resource corresponding to the usage information acquired by the information acquisition unit is within the second permitted usage period, when the period setting unit sets the second permitted usage period to a permitted usage period for the second load, and

the determination unit is configured to generate a determination result when determining whether the use of the resource corresponding to the usage information is within the second permitted usage period.

18. The resource management system according to claim 17, wherein

if the second permitted usage period which is set by the individual setting unit for the second load is the same as the first permitted usage period, the period setting unit determines that the second permitted usage period which is set for the second load is the first permitted usage period, and

the determination unit is configured to generate the determination result when determining whether the use of the resource corresponding to the usage information on the second load is within the first permitted usage period.

19. The resource management system according to claim 1, further comprising a plan storage unit,

wherein the batch setting unit associates the first permitted usage period with a load, and stores the first permitted usage period in the plan storage unit as the permitted usage period, and

the determination unit is configured to refer to the plan storage unit and determine whether the use of the resource corresponding to the usage information acquired by the information acquisition unit is within the permitted usage period.