Total energy quantity controlling device and method

• US 9,008,979 B2
• Filed: 10/11/2011
• Issued: 04/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Azbil Corporation (Azbil BioVigilant Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Azbil Corporation (Azbil BioVigilant Incorporated)
• Inventors: Miura, Mayumi
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, TOAN M
• Application Number:
  US13/270,415
• Publication Number:
  US 20120095708A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,281 Days
• Field of Search: 702/60, 702/57, 702/65, 702/81, 702/84, 702/127, 702/182, 702188-189, 700/286, 700/291, 700/295, 705/412, 703/18, 340/870.02
• US Class Current: 702/60
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/82 Energy audits or management systems therefor

Abstract

A total energy quantity controlling device has a calculation data generating portion for defining, as calculation data, data for the amount of energy used for a processing energy type at a processing location for a processing month in a processing fiscal year, if this data is confirmed, or substitute data if this data for the amount of energy used is not confirmed; a substitute data determining portion for determining the substitute data; a data calculation processing portion for using the calculation data to calculate an aggregate value for the amount of energy used; a substitution rate calculating portion for calculating a substitution rate that is the use rate of the substitute data or the confirmed data within the aggregate value for the amount of energy used; and a displaying portion for displaying the aggregate value for the amount of energy used and the use rate.

Claims

1. A total energy quantity controlling device comprising:

a calculation data generator defining, as calculation data at a point in time during a period of time for aggregating an amount of energy, data of the amount of energy that has been used for a processing energy type at a processing location for a processing month in a processing fiscal year, when this data of the amount of energy is confirmed at the point in time, and defining, as the calculation data at the point in time, substitute data when the data for the amount of energy used is not confirmed at the point in time during the period of time for aggregating the amount of energy;

a substitute data determiner determining the substitute data based on actual values of the amount of energy used in past at the processing location;

a data calculation processor using the calculation data to calculate an aggregate value for the amount of energy used;

a substitution rate calculator calculating a substitution rate that is the use rate of the substitute data or the confirmed data within the aggregate value for the amount of energy used; and

a display displaying the aggregate value for the amount of energy used and the use rate.

2. The total energy quantity controlling device as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the substitute data determiner determines the substitute data based on confirmed data for the amount of energy used at the processing location for a month prior to the processing month of the processing fiscal year, and/or confirmed data for the amount of energy used at the processing location for the processing month in a year prior to the processing fiscal year.

3. The total energy quantity controlling device as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the substitute data determiner not only determines, as upper-limit substitute data, a maximum value of the amount of energy used in the past for the processing location, but also determines, as lower-limit substitute data, a minimum value of the amount of energy used in the past for the processing location;

the calculation data generator generates upper-limit calculation data using the upper-limit substitute data and lower-limit calculation data using the lower-limit substitute data;

the data calculation processor calculates the aggregate values for the amounts of energy used for the upper-limit calculation data and the lower-limit calculation data separately; and

the substitution rate calculator calculates an upper-limit substitution rate that is a use rate of the upper-limit substitute data in the aggregate value for the amount of energy used that was calculated using the upper-limit calculation data, and calculate a lower-limit substitution rate that is a use rate of the lower-limit substitute data in the aggregate value for the amount of energy used that was calculated using the lower-limit calculation data.

4. The total energy quantity controlling device as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the substitute data determiner, if there is confirmed data for another type of energy for the processing location for the processing month for the processing fiscal year when determining substitute data for a processing energy type for a processing location, for a processing month for a processing fiscal year, retrieves a past year and month wherein the amount of energy used in the processing location for the another type of energy is similar, and uses, as the substitute data, the confirmed data for the amount of energy used for the processing energy type, for the year and month that has been retrieved.

5. The total energy quantity controlling device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

a substitute data determining method storage storing information for the substitute data determining method selected by a total quantity administrator;

wherein;

the substitute data determiner selects a substitute data determining method to be used, in accordance with information stored in the substitute data determining method storage.

6. The total energy quantity controlling device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

A group setup storage storing information for a processing group, selected by a total quantity administrator, and information for a substitute data determining method selected for that group by the total quantity administrator;

wherein;

the calculation data generator, the substitute data determiner, the data calculation processor, the substitution rate calculator, and the display perform processing on a processing location group, by the selected substitute data determining method, in accordance with information stored in the group setup storage.

7. A total energy quantity controlling method comprising:

a calculation data generating step defining by a calculation data generator, as calculation data at a point in time during a period of time for aggregating an amount of energy, data of the amount of energy that has been used for a processing energy type at a processing location for a processing month in a processing fiscal year, when this data of the amount of energy is confirmed at the point in time, and defining, as the calculation data at the point in time, substitute data when this data for the amount of energy used is not confirmed at the point in time during the period of time for aggregating the amount of energy;

a substitute data determining step determining by a substitute data determiner the substitute data, based on actual values of the amount of energy used in past at the processing location, during the calculation data generating step;

a data calculation processing step using by a data calculation processor the calculation data to calculate an aggregate value for the amount of energy used;

a substitution rate calculating step calculating by a substitute rate calculator a substitution rate that is the use rate of the substitute data or the confirmed data within the aggregate value for the amount of energy used; and

a displaying step displaying by a display the aggregate value for the amount of energy used and the use rate.

8. The total energy quantity controlling method as set forth in claim 7, wherein:

in the substitute data determining step, the substitute data determiner determines the substitute data based on confirmed data for the amount of energy used at the processing location for a month prior to the processing month of the processing fiscal year, and/or confirmed data for the amount of energy used at the processing location for the processing month in a year prior to the processing fiscal year.

9. The total energy quantity controlling method as set forth in claim 7, wherein:

in the substitute data determining step, the substitute data determiner not only determines, as upper-limit substitute data, a maximum value of the amount of energy used in the past for the processing location, but also determines, as lower-limit substitute data, a minimum value of the amount of energy used in the past for the processing location;

in the calculation data generating step, the calculation data generator generates upper-limit calculation data using the upper-limit substitute data and lower-limit calculation data using the lower-limit substitute data;

in the data calculation processing step, the data calculation processor calculates aggregate values for the amounts of energy used for the upper-limit calculation data and the lower-limit calculation data separately; and

in the substitution rate calculating step calculates an upper-limit substitution rate that is a use rate of the upper-limit substitute data in the aggregate value for the amount of energy used that was calculated using the upper-limit calculation data, and calculates a lower-limit substitution rate that is a use rate of the lower-limit substitute data in the aggregate value for the amount of energy used that was calculated using the lower-limit calculation data.

10. The total energy quantity controlling method as set forth in claim 7, wherein:

in the substitute data determining step, if there is confirmed data for another type of energy for the processing location for the processing month for the processing fiscal year when determining substitute data for a processing energy type for a processing location, for a processing month for a processing fiscal year, the substitute data determiner retrieves a past year and month wherein the amount of energy used in the processing location for the another type of energy is similar, and uses, as the substitute data, confirmed data for the amount of energy used for the processing energy type, for the year and month that has been retrieved.

11. The total energy quantity controlling method as set forth in claim 7, wherein:

in the substitute data determining step, the substitute data determiner references a substitute data determining method storage, which stores information for a substitute data determining method that has been selected by a total quantity administrator, to select a substitute data determining method to be used.

12. The total energy quantity controlling method as set forth in claim 7, further comprising:

a processing step performing, by the calculation data generator, the substitute data determiner, the data calculation processor, the substitution rate calculator and the display, referencing a group setup storage that stores information for a processing location group that has been selected by a total quantity administrator and information for a substitute data determining method that has been selected by the total quantity administrator for the group, and processing on the processing location group, by the selected substitute data determining method.