DISPLAY TERMINAL, POWER CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY METHOD

• US 20140336837A1
• Filed: 01/13/2012
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Kiuchi, Kazuya, Shichiri, Kazumasa
• Application Number:
  US14/365,159
• Publication Number:
  US 20140336837A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/295
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 2204/16 Displaying of utility pricing or cost
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 2204/18 Remote displaying of utility meter readings
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00001 characterised by the display of information or by user interaction, e.g. supervisory control and data acquisition systems [SCADA] or graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00004 characterised by the power network being locally controlled
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00009 using pulsed signals
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/24 of photovoltaic origin
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/30 The power source being a fuel cell
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/14 The load or loads being home appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/008 involving trading of energy or energy transmission rights
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/381 Dispersed generators
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/35 with light sensitive cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/3225 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/56 Power conversion systems, e.g. maximum power point trackers
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 40/70 Smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the energy generation sector
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/123 the energy generation units being or involving renewable energy sources
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/12 Energy storage units, uninterruptible power supply [UPS] systems or standby or emergency generators, e.g. in the last power distribution stages
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/221 General power management systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/222 : Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/242 : Home appliances
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/30 : Smart metering, e.g. specially adapted for remote reading
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/121 : using the power network as support for the transmission
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/10 : Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid

Abstract

A display terminal 10 displays information about a power controlling state of an energy management apparatus 20 capable of communicating with a power conditioner 40 connected to a power generation system 50 and a power storage system 60, a connection device 30 connected to the power conditioner 40 and a commercial power supply 100, and a loading apparatus 80 for receiving power via the power conditioner 40. The display terminal 10 includes: a display unit 12; an input detection unit 14 for detecting an input corresponding to a display; and a control unit 16, when the input corresponding to the display is detected, for obtaining information about the power controlling state associated with the display from the energy management apparatus 20 and controlling the display unit 12 to display the information in a predetermined display mode.

Claims

1. A display terminal for displaying information about a power controlling state of an energy management apparatus capable of communicating with a power conditioner connected to at least one of a power generation system and a power storage system, a connection device connected to the power conditioner and a commercial power supply, and a loading apparatus for receiving power via the power conditioner, the display terminal comprising:

a display unit;

an input detection unit for detecting an input corresponding to a display of the display unit; and

a control unit, when the input detection unit detects the input corresponding to the display of the display unit, for obtaining information about the power controlling state of the energy management apparatus associated with the display from the energy management apparatus and controlling the display unit to display the information about the power controlling state in a predetermined display mode.

2. The display terminal according to claim 1, wherein, when an image representing the connection device is displayed on the display unit and, simultaneously, the input detection unit detects an input corresponding to a display of the image representing the connection device,

the control unit obtains, as the information about the power controlling state of the energy management apparatus associated with the image representing the connection device, at least one of information about power purchased from the commercial power supply and power sold to the commercial power supply and information about an electrical charge and controlling the display unit to display the information in the predetermined display mode.

3. The display terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit, in displaying a transition of the power controlling state of the energy management apparatus in a chronological order, controls the display unit to display information up until the present time based on a history of the transition of the power controlling state and information after the present time based on a prediction made by the energy management apparatus on the basis of the history or based on a prediction of the transition of the power controlling state obtained from an external server.

4. The display terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit, in displaying the transition of the power controlling state of the energy management apparatus in the chronological order, obtains information about the transition of the power controlling state of the energy management apparatus for a predetermined period from the energy management apparatus and controls the display unit to display the information in the predetermined display mode.

5. The display terminal according to claim 1, wherein, when the input detection unit, while the transition of the power controlling state of the energy management apparatus is displayed in the chronological order in the display unit, detects an input indicating a shift in a chronological direction corresponding to the display of the transition in the chronological order,

the control unit, based on a shifting direction indicated by the input detected by the input detection unit, obtains information about the transition of the power controlling state of the energy management apparatus from the energy management apparatus and controls the display unit to display the information in the predetermined display mode following the shift of the input detected by the input detection unit.

6. The display terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit, in displaying information about power generation by the power generation system as the information about the power controlling state of the energy management apparatus, controls the display unit to display an amount of generated power represented by a rotational speed or a rotational direction of a predetermined object.

7. The display terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit, in displaying information about charge or discharge of the power storage system as the information about the power controlling state of the energy management apparatus, controls the display unit to display an animation of a predetermined object that expands outward indicating a discharging state or an animation of the predetermined object that contracts inward indicating a charging state.

8. The display terminal according to claim 1, wherein, when the input detection unit, while the display unit displays an image representing the loading apparatus, detects an input corresponding to a display of the image representing the loading apparatus,

the control unit obtains information about the power controlling state of the energy management apparatus associated with the image representing the loading apparatus from the energy management apparatus and controls the display unit to display the information about the power controlling state in the predetermined display mode.

9. The display terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit obtains, as the information about the power controlling state of the energy management apparatus, information about a demand response for power supplied from the commercial power supply or information about a purchasing price of the power from the energy management apparatus and controls the display unit to display the information about the power controlling state in the predetermined display mode.

10. The display terminal according to claim 1, wherein, when the power controlling state of the energy management apparatus is changed based on the information about the demand response for the power supplied from the commercial power supply,

the control unit obtains information about a state after the change of the power controlling state of the energy management apparatus from the energy management apparatus and controls the display unit to display the information about the state in the predetermined display mode.

11. The display terminal according to claim 10, wherein, when the power controlling state of the energy management apparatus is changed to a state selling the power generated by the power generation system to the commercial power supply based on information, as the information about the demand response, that the power supply from the commercial power supply is in an emergency state,

the control unit obtains information about a state after the change of the power controlling state of the energy management apparatus from the energy management apparatus and controls the display unit to display the information about the state in the predetermined display mode.

12. The display terminal according to claim 10, wherein, when the power controlling state of the energy management apparatus is changed to a self-supporting operation by using at least one of power from the power generation system and power from the power storage system based on information, as the information about the demand response, that instructs the self-supporting operation by using at least one of the power from the power generation system and the power from the power storage system,

the control unit obtains information about a state after the change of the power controlling state of the energy management apparatus from the energy management apparatus and controls the display unit to display the information about the state in the predetermined display mode.

13. A power control system including a power conditioner connected to at least one of a power generation system and a power storage system and connected also to a loading apparatus, a connection device connected to the power conditioner and a commercial power supply, an energy management apparatus capable of communicating with the power conditioner, the connection device and the loading apparatus, and a display terminal for communicating with the energy management apparatus, wherein

the display terminal comprising:

a display unit for displaying information about a power controlling state of the energy management apparatus;

an input detection unit for detecting an input corresponding to a display of the display unit; and

a control unit, when the input detection unit detects the input corresponding to the display of the display unit, for obtaining information about the power controlling state of the energy management apparatus associated with the display from the energy management apparatus and controlling the display unit to display the information about the power controlling state in a predetermined display mode.

14. A display method of a display terminal including a display unit, for communicating with an energy management apparatus capable of communicating with a power conditioner connected to at least one of a power generation system and a power storage system, a connection device connected to the power conditioner and a commercial power supply, and a loading apparatus for receiving power via the power conditioner, the display method comprising:

a display step of displaying information about a power controlling state of the energy management apparatus on the display unit;

an input detection step of detecting an input corresponding to a display of the display unit; and

a control step of, when the input corresponding to the display of the display unit is detected at the input detection step, obtaining information about the power controlling state of the energy management apparatus associated with the display from the energy management apparatus and controlling the display unit to display the information about the power controlling state in a predetermined display mode.