INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD AND INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE

• US 20170089959A1
• Filed: 07/13/2016
• Published: 03/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: ITO, HAYASHI, OHIRA, TOMOAKI, HARADA, KUMI
• Application Number:
  US15/208,815
• Publication Number:
  US 20170089959A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 4/00 Tariff metering apparatus in taximeters G07B13/00; apparatus actuated by coins, cards or the like with meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas, or electricity G07F15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply

Abstract

An information presentation method includes: measuring a first consumption amount that is an amount of the energy actually consumed by a device installed in a section in a building; calculating a second consumption amount that is an amount of the energy assumed to be consumed by the device in order to maintain an environment value that indicates an environment of the section; generating difference information indicating a difference between the second consumption amount and the first consumption amount; outputting the difference information to a terminal; and causing the terminal to present the difference information.

Claims

1. An information presentation method comprising:

measuring a first consumption amount that is an amount of the energy actually consumed by a device installed in a section in a building;

calculating a second consumption amount that is an amount of the energy assumed to be consumed by the device in order to maintain an environment value that indicates an environment of the section;

generating difference information indicating a difference between the second consumption amount and the first consumption amount;

outputting the difference information to a terminal; and

causing the terminal to present the difference information.

2. The information presentation method according to claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring first correlation data in which the environment value and the second consumption amount have a predetermined correlation;

acquiring the environment value from an environment sensor that detects the environment value in the section;

determining the second consumption amount corresponding to the environment value acquired from the environment sensor in the first correlation data; and

generating the difference information indicating the difference between the determined second consumption amount and the first consumption amount.

3. The information presentation method according to claim 2,

wherein the first correlation data is data that has been learned based on the first consumption amount measured in the past and the environment value detected in the past.

4. The information presentation method according to claim 2,

wherein an association between the section, the device, and the environment sensor is designated in advance by a user.

5. The information presentation method according to claim 4,

wherein, in a case where the building is provided with a plurality of sections, the section is designated by the user,

and the difference information is generated based on the first consumption amount and the second consumption amount relating to the device associated with the section designated by the user.

6. The information presentation method according to claim 4,

wherein, in a case where, in the section, different types of the device are installed in plurality and different types of the environment sensor are installed in plurality, the device is designated by the user,

and the difference information is generated based on the first consumption amount and the second consumption amount relating to the device designated by the user.

7. The information presentation method according to claim 4,

wherein, in a case where, in the section, different types of the device are installed in plurality and different types of the environment sensor are installed in plurality, the environment sensor is designated by the user,

and the difference information is generated based on the first consumption amount and the second consumption amount relating to the device associated with the environment sensor designated by the user.

8. The information presentation method according to claim 1,

wherein the first consumption amount and the second consumption amount are associated in each predetermined period and stored in a predetermined storage device,

the first consumption amount and the second consumption amount are read out from the predetermined storage device at a predetermined timing, and the difference information is generated based on the first consumption amount and the second consumption amount.

9. The information presentation method according to claim 2,

wherein the environment sensor is an illuminance sensor,

the environment value is a value indicating an illuminance of the section detected by the illuminance sensor,

and the device is an illumination device.

10. The information presentation method according to claim 2,

wherein the environment sensor is a temperature sensor,

the environment value is a value indicating a temperature of the section detected by the temperature sensor,

and the device is an air conditioner.

11. The information presentation method according to claim 1,

wherein a cost corresponding to the calculated difference is calculated based on second correlation data in which an amount of the energy and the cost have a predetermined correlation,

cost information indicating the calculated cost is generated, and the cost information is output to the predetermined terminal.

12. The information presentation method according to claim 1,

wherein, in addition to the difference information, comment information indicating a comment corresponding to the difference indicated by the difference information is output to the predetermined terminal.

13. The information presentation method according to claim 1,

wherein the difference is calculated at predetermined intervals, whether or not the difference has fallen below a predetermined threshold value is determined each time the difference is calculated,

and control that causes the amount of the energy consumed by the device to be reduced is performed at a timing at which the difference has fallen below the threshold value, or after a fixed time has elapsed from the timing.

14. The information presentation method according to claim 1,

wherein the difference is calculated at predetermined intervals, whether or not the difference has fallen below a predetermined threshold value is determined each time the difference is calculated,

and comment information either prompting an action that contributes to energy saving to be carried out or indicating that energy saving has been achieved up to that point in time is output to the predetermined terminal at a timing at which the difference has fallen below the threshold value.

15. The information presentation method according to claim 1,

wherein the difference is calculated at predetermined intervals, whether or not the difference has fallen below a predetermined first threshold value is determined each time the difference is calculated,

in a case where the difference has fallen below the first threshold value, whether or not the first consumption amount used to calculate the difference has exceeded a predetermined second threshold value is determined,

and in a case where the first consumption amount has exceeded the second threshold value, comment information prompting maintenance of the device is output to the predetermined terminal.

16. The information presentation method according to claim 1,

wherein, in a case where a difference between the environment value indicating the environment inside the section detected by the environment sensor and a separately detected external environment value indicating an environment outside of the section has fallen below a predetermined threshold value, comment information indicating at least one of that the energy consumed by the device is being wasted and that an action contributing to energy saving should be carried out is output to the predetermined terminal at a timing at which the device is operated.

17. The information presentation method according to claim 14,

wherein at least one of the difference information and the comment information is output by at least one of screen display and audio in the predetermined terminal.

18. The information presentation method according to claim 1,

wherein the difference information generated with respect to a section separate from the predetermined section is acquired, and the difference information is output to the predetermined terminal.

19. The information presentation method according to claim 1,

wherein weather information relating to a weather prediction is acquired,

whether or not it is possible for a predetermined environment to be realized without operating the device in the section is determined based on the weather information, and

determination result information indicating a result of the determination is output to the predetermined terminal.

20. An information presentation device comprising:

one or more memories; and

circuitry operative to;

measure a first consumption amount that is an amount of the energy actually consumed by a device installed in a section in a building;

calculate a second consumption amount that is an amount of the energy assumed to be consumed by the device in order to maintain an environment value that indicates an environment of the section;

generate difference information indicating a difference between the second consumption amount and the first consumption amount;

output the difference information to a terminal; and

cause the terminal to present the difference information.