Facility equipment cooperation system, equipment control method, and agent apparatus
First Claim
1. A facility equipment cooperation system including a gateway apparatus connecting to a plurality of pieces of facility equipment in a building via a control system network, and an agent apparatus installed for each of a plurality of tenants in the building, each agent apparatus communicating with the gateway apparatus via an information system network other than the control system network,the agent apparatus comprising:
- a storage unit configured to store not less than one piece of virtual point information defining a virtual point combined with not less than one piece of facility equipment as an operation target;
a user authentication unit configured to perform user authentication for a user associated with a client apparatus;
a request reception unit configured to receive a request for control on any of the virtual points from the client apparatus;
a first command creation unit configured to create a remote control command based on a specific remote protocol for the facility equipment associated with the request based on the virtual point information associated with the request when the request has been received from the client apparatus and the user authentication associated with the client apparatus has succeeded; and
a first command transmission unit configured to transmit the remote control command to the gateway apparatus via the information system network when tenant authentication for a tenant associated with the agent apparatus which is performed by the gateway apparatus has succeeded, andthe gateway apparatus comprising;
a tenant authentication unit configured to perform the tenant authentication associated with the agent apparatus;
a command reception unit configured to receive the remote control command from the agent apparatus via the information system;
a second command creation unit configured to create a local control command based on a specific local protocol for the facility equipment associated with the remote control command based on the remote control command when the remote control command has been received from the agent apparatus and the tenant authentication associated with the agent apparatus has succeeded; and
a second command transmission unit configured to transmit the created local control command to the facility equipment or a controller of the facility equipment associated with the local control command via the control system network.
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Abstract
An apparatus communicating with a gateway apparatus on a control system network for facility equipment, via an information system network, includes a unit which stores not less than one piece of virtual point information defining a virtual point combined with not less than one piece of facility equipment, a user authentication unit which performs user authentication for a user associated with a client, a unit which receives a request for control on one virtual point from the client, a unit which creates a remote control command for the facility equipment associated with the request based on the virtual point information when the request has been received and the user authentication has succeeded, and a unit which transmit the remote control command to the gateway via the information system network when tenant authentication for a tenant associated with the agent apparatus which is performed by the gateway has succeeded.
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19 Claims
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1. A facility equipment cooperation system including a gateway apparatus connecting to a plurality of pieces of facility equipment in a building via a control system network, and an agent apparatus installed for each of a plurality of tenants in the building, each agent apparatus communicating with the gateway apparatus via an information system network other than the control system network,
the agent apparatus comprising: -
a storage unit configured to store not less than one piece of virtual point information defining a virtual point combined with not less than one piece of facility equipment as an operation target; a user authentication unit configured to perform user authentication for a user associated with a client apparatus; a request reception unit configured to receive a request for control on any of the virtual points from the client apparatus; a first command creation unit configured to create a remote control command based on a specific remote protocol for the facility equipment associated with the request based on the virtual point information associated with the request when the request has been received from the client apparatus and the user authentication associated with the client apparatus has succeeded; and a first command transmission unit configured to transmit the remote control command to the gateway apparatus via the information system network when tenant authentication for a tenant associated with the agent apparatus which is performed by the gateway apparatus has succeeded, and the gateway apparatus comprising; a tenant authentication unit configured to perform the tenant authentication associated with the agent apparatus; a command reception unit configured to receive the remote control command from the agent apparatus via the information system; a second command creation unit configured to create a local control command based on a specific local protocol for the facility equipment associated with the remote control command based on the remote control command when the remote control command has been received from the agent apparatus and the tenant authentication associated with the agent apparatus has succeeded; and a second command transmission unit configured to transmit the created local control command to the facility equipment or a controller of the facility equipment associated with the local control command via the control system network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An agent apparatus for installation at each of a plurality of tenants in a building, each agent apparatus communicating with a gateway apparatus via an information system network other than a control system network over which the gateway apparatus connects to a plurality of pieces of facility equipment in the building, the agent apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit configured to store not less than one piece of virtual point information defining a virtual point combined with not less than one piece of facility equipment as an operation target; a user authentication unit configured to perform user authentication for a user associated with a client apparatus; a request reception unit configured to receive a request for control on any of the virtual points from the client apparatus; a command creation unit configured to create a remote control command based on a specific remote protocol for the facility equipment associated with the request based on the virtual point information associated with the request when the request has been received from the client apparatus and the user authentication associated with the client apparatus has succeeded; and a command transmission unit configured to transmit the remote control command to the gateway apparatus via the information system network when tenant authentication for a tenant associated with the agent apparatus which is performed by the gateway apparatus has succeeded. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An equipment control method for a facility equipment cooperation system including a gateway apparatus connecting to a plurality of pieces of facility equipment in a building via control system network, and an agent apparatus installed for each of a plurality of tenants in the building, each agent apparatus communicating with the gateway apparatus via an information system network other than the control system network, the method comprising:
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storing, in the agent apparatus, not less than one piece of virtual point information defining a virtual point combined with not less than one piece of facility equipment as an operation target; performing, in the agent apparatus, user authentication for a user associated with a client apparatus; receiving, in the agent apparatus, a request for control on any of the virtual points from the client apparatus; creating, in the agent apparatus, a remote control command based on a specific remote protocol for the facility equipment associated with the request based on the virtual point information associated with the request when the request has been received from the client apparatus and the user authentication associated with the client apparatus has succeeded; performing, in the gateway apparatus, the tenant authentication for the tenant associated with the agent apparatus; transmitting, in the agent apparatus, the remote control command to the gateway apparatus via the information system network when the tenant authentication for the tenant has succeeded; receiving, in the gateway apparatus, the remote control command from the agent apparatus via the information system network; creating, in the gateway apparatus, a local control command based on a specific local protocol for the facility equipment associated with the remote control command based on the remote control command when the remote control command has been received from the agent apparatus and the tenant authentication associated with the agent apparatus has succeeded; and transmitting, in the gateway apparatus, the created local control command to the facility equipment or a controller of the facility equipment associated with the local control command via the control system network.
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19. An equipment control method for a facility equipment cooperation system including a gateway apparatus connecting to a plurality of pieces of facility equipment in a building via a control system network, and an agent apparatus installed for each of a plurality of tenants in the building, each agent apparatus communicating with the gateway apparatus via an information system network other than the control system network, the method comprising:
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storing, in the agent apparatus, not less than one piece of virtual point information defining a virtual point combined with not less than one piece of facility equipment as an operation target; performing, in the agent apparatus, user authentication for a user associated with a client apparatus; performing, in the gateway apparatus, the tenant authentication for the tenant associated with the agent apparatus; receiving, in the agent apparatus, a request for control on any of the virtual points from the client apparatus; creating, in the agent apparatus, a remote control command based on a specific remote protocol for the facility equipment associated with the request based on the virtual point information associated with the request when the request has been received from the client apparatus and both the user authentication associated with the client apparatus and the tenant authentication associated with the agent apparatus have succeeded; transmitting, in the agent apparatus, the remote control command to the gateway apparatus via the information system network when the tenant authentication for the tenant has succeeded; receiving, in the gateway apparatus, the remote control command from the agent apparatus via the information system network; creating, in the gateway apparatus, a local control command based on a specific local protocol for the facility equipment associated with the remote control command based on the remote control command when the remote control command has been received from the agent apparatus and the tenant authentication associated with the agent apparatus has succeeded; and transmitting, in the gateway apparatus, the created local control command to the facility equipment or a controller of the facility equipment associated with the local control command via the control system network.
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