ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20160172906A1
• Filed: 07/30/2014
• Published: 06/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: MARUYAMA, Ichiro, MINEZAWA, Satoshi, YABE, Masaaki, YOSHIKAWA, Toshiaki, YANO, Hirotoshi, IIZAWA, Daisuke, TANAKA, Kenichiro, OGINO, Takashi, KOMATSU, Masayuki, OGAWA, Yuki
• Application Number:
  US14/908,241
• Publication Number:
  US 20160172906A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/38 Arrangements for parallely feeding a single network by two or more generators, converters or transformers
• 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: Y02E 40/70 Smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the energy generation sector
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/12 Monitoring or controlling equipment for energy generation units, e.g. distributed energy generation [DER] or load-side generation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/40 Display of information, e.g. of data or controls
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/50 Systems or methods supporting the power network operation or management, involving a certain degree of interaction with the load-side end user applications
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/242 Home appliances

Abstract

First electrical power meters measure electrical power supplied from a commercial power system to a residence. A second electrical power meter measures electrical power generated by a distributed power source. Third power meters measure electrical power supplied to each of a plurality of electric devices. A auxiliary memory stores the power measurement results. An inputter is used for selecting an object included in an image displayed by a display part. Each time a user uses the inputter to select an object included in the image, the controller changes the image displayed by the display part to a new image in accordance with the selected object.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. (canceled)

9. A display device comprising:

a processor configured to display on a display part, using a display configuration designated by a user, an image showing the measurement results comprising;

measurement results of electrical power supplied to a residence from a commercial electrical power system,

measurement results of electrical power generated by a distributed electrical power source, and

measurement results of electrical power supplied to an electric device installed in the residence, wherein

the processor is further configured to display on the display part, as a start-up image, a list of images, for showing the measurement results of electrical power, to be displayed on the display part.

10. A display method comprising:

displaying on a display device, by a display configuration designated by a user, an image showing measurement results comprising;

measurement results of electrical power supplied to a residence from a commercial electrical power system,

measurement results of electrical power generated by a distributed electrical power source and

measurement results of electrical power supplied to an electric device installed in the residence; and

displaying on the display device, as a start-up image, a list of images, for showing the measurement results of electrical power, to be displayed on the display device.

11. A non-transitory recording medium on which a program is recorded, the program causing a computer to execute steps comprising:

displaying on a display device, in a display configuration designated by a user, an image showing measurement results comprising;

measurement results of electrical power supplied to a residence from a commercial electrical power system,

measurement results of electrical power generated by a distributed electrical power source, and

measurement results of electrical power supplied to an electric device installed in the residence; and

displaying on the display device, as a start-up image, a list of images, for showing the measurement results of electrical power, to be displayed on the display device.

12. An energy management system, comprising:

a processor configured to display on a display device, in a display configuration designated by a user, an image showing measurement results comprising;

measurement results of electrical power supplied to a residence from a commercial electrical power system,

measurement results of electrical power generated by a distributed electrical power source, and

measurement results of electrical power supplied to an electric device installed in the residence, wherein

the processor is further configured to display on the display device, as a start-up image, a list of images, for showing the measurement results of electrical power, to be displayed on the display device.

3. The energy management system according to claim 12, wherein

the electric device installed in the residence is one of a plurality of electric devices installed in the residence, and

the processor is further configured to, for each electric device of the plurality of electric devices, display a list of the third measurement results.

4. The energy management system according to claim 12, wherein

the acquirer is further configured to acquire position information of the electrical device, and

the processor is further configured to, for each position indicated by the position information, display a list of the third measurement results.

5. The energy management system according to claim 4, wherein

the processor is further configured to display on the display device the third measurement results as a graph using a type of color specific to the position.

6. The energy management system according to claim 12, wherein

the user is one of a plurality of users,

the acquirer is further configured to acquire correspondence information indicating a correspondence relationship between the electric device and the user using the electric device, and

the processor is further configured to, based on the correspondence information, for each user of the plurality of users, list the third measurement results.

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

the processor is further configured to display on the display device the third measurement results as a graph using a user-specific type of color.

8. The energy management system according to claim 12, wherein

the energy management system further comprises a fourth power meter configured to measure, as fourth measurement results, a consumed amount of water or gas supplied to the residence, and

the processor is further configured to display on the display device, by a display configuration designated by the user, an image indicating the fourth measurement results.

13. The energy management system according to claim 12, comprising:

a first power meter configured to measure, as first measurement results, electrical power supplied to the residence from the commercial electrical power system;

a second power meter configured to measure, as second measurement results, the electrical power generated by the distributed electrical power source;

a third power meter configured to measure, as third measurement results, the electrical power supplied to the electric device installed in the residence;

an acquirer configured to acquire the measurement results comprising the first measurement results, the second measurement results, and the third measurement results; and

a selector configured to select an object included in the image displayed on the display device, wherein

the processor is further configured to display on the display device an image showing the measurement results acquired by the acquirer, and, for each selection of the object by the user using the selector, change the image displayed on the display device to a new image according to the selected object.