ENERGY CONSERVATION ANALYSIS SYSTEM

• US 20120277924A1
• Filed: 12/21/2010
• Published: 11/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Sogou, Tomoya, Takayama, Hisashi, Kobayashi, Misayo, Maeda, Ryuichi, Murakami, Yoshifumi, Kazuno, Hiroki
• Granted Patent: US 9,710,862 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/291
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/82 Energy audits or management systems therefor

Abstract

A terminal device sets a beneficial use time slot for regarding the electrical consumption in the beneficial use time slot as the beneficial, a waste use time slot for regarding the electrical consumption in the waste use time slot as the waste, and an efficiency improvement time slot for regarding the electrical consumption in the efficiency improvement time slot as the electrical consumption to be reduced. On the basis of the data of an amount of the electrical consumption of the device to be monitored, calculating an amount of the electrical consumption in each the time slot and displaying an amount of the electrical consumption in each time slot are preformed.

Claims

1. An energy conservation analysis system for monitoring a device to be monitored, said device to be monitored is configured to operate according to a control schedule information, said energy conservation analysis system comprising:

a resource usage information acquisition means being configured to acquire an usage amount of resource in association with usage time, the usage amount of the resource indicating an amount of the resource used by the device to be monitored which is operated according to the control schedule information;

a time slot setting means being configured to set three or more time slots which include a beneficial use time slot, a waste use time slot, and an efficiency improvement time slot, the beneficial use time slot is provided for regarding a use of resource in the beneficial use time slot as a beneficial use, the waste use time slot being provided for regarding a use of resource in the waste use time slot as a resource wasting, the efficiency improvement time slot being provided for regarding a use of resource in the efficiency improvement time slot as the resource that use of the resource is to be saved;

a resource usage condition judgment means being configured to calculate an amount of the usage of the resource in each one of the beneficial use time slot, the waste use time slot, and the efficiency improvement time slot which are set by said time slot setting means on the basis of the resource usage information acquired by said resource usage information acquisition means,

a display means being configured to display an amount of the usage of the resource in each one of the beneficial use time slot, the waste use time slot, and the efficiency improvement time, an amount of the usage of the resource in each one of the beneficial use time slot, the waste use time slot, and the efficiency improvement time being calculated by the resource usage condition judgment means.

2. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said time slot setting means is configured to obtain the control schedule information of the device to be monitored, said time slot setting means being configured apply a predetermined time slot setting rule to the control schedule information which is obtained so that said time slot setting means sets each the beneficial use time slot, the waste use time slot, and the efficiency improvement time slot.

3. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 2, wherein said time slot setting means is configured to apply the predetermined time slot setting rule to the control schedule information which is obtained and the resource usage information acquired by the resource usage information acquisition means so that said time slot setting means sets each the beneficial use time slot, the waste use time slot, and the efficiency improvement time slot.

4. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 1, wherein

the energy conservation analysis system comprises a control schedule creating means being configured to apply the predetermined schedule setting rule to a setting condition of each the beneficial use time slot, the waste use time slot, and the efficiency improvement time slot so as to create the control schedule information.

5. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 4, wherein when the device to be monitored is operated according to the control schedule information which includes no control contents of starting or finishing operation of the device to be monitored in at least one of a start time and a finish time of the efficiency improvement time slot, a control schedule creating rule is configured to set the control content of finishing the operation of the device to be monitored in at least one of the start time and the finish time to the control schedule information.

6. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 4, wherein said control schedule creating means is configured to apply the predetermined schedule setting rule to the setting condition of each the beneficial use time slot, the waste use time slot, and the efficiency improvement time slot and the resource usage information acquired by the resource usage information acquisition means to create the control schedule information.

7. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 6, wherein when the efficiency improvement time slot is set between the beneficial use time slot and the waste use time slot and also when the device to be monitored is operated according to the control schedule information which is set to include the control content of finishing the operation of the device to be operated at a time of at least one of the start time and the finish time of the efficiency improvement time slot, the control schedule creating means is configured to

shift the time for finishing the operation of the device to be monitored in the efficiency improvement time slot from one of the time to create the control schedule information which has the waste use time slot which includes an extension period,

shift the time for finishing the operation of the device to be monitored in the efficiency improvement time slot to further extend the waste use time slot in a case where the device to be monitored is not finished its operation by user'"'"'s operation within the extension period of the waste use time slot under a condition where the device to be monitored is operated according to the control schedule information which is created,

shift the time for finishing the operation of the device to be monitored in the efficiency improvement time slot to shorten the waste use time slot in a condition where the device to be monitored is finished its operation by the user'"'"'s operation within the extension period of the waste use time period under a condition where the device to be monitored is operated according to the control schedule information which is created.

8. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 4, wherein when the control content of finishing the operation of the device to be monitored at the finish time of the efficiency improvement time slot is included in the control schedule information, the control schedule creating means is configured to create the control schedule information of operating the device to be monitored to gradually decrease an amount of the usage of the resource within the efficiency improvement time slot.

9. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 1, wherein

said resource usage condition judgment means is configured to compare a maximum usage amount of the resource which is usable in the efficiency improvement time slot and a usage amount of the resource which is actually used in the efficiency improvement time slot to calculate a difference of the maximum usage amount of the resource which is usable in the efficiency improvement time slot and the usage amount of the resource which is actually used in the efficiency improvement time slot, and said display means being configured to display the difference of them which is calculated.

10. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 1, wherein

on the basis of the resource usage information, said resource usage condition judgment means is configured to evaluate whether an amount of the usage of the resource in the efficiency improvement time slot is waste or not,

said display means being configured to display an evaluation result.

11. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 1, wherein

said time slot setting means is configured to set a necessary use time slot which is regarded as a time slot when the device to be monitored necessarily uses the resource, on the basis of the resource usage information, said resource usage condition judgment means is configured to calculate an amount of the usage of the resource in the necessary use time slot,

when an amount of the usage which is calculated is predetermined amount or less, the resource usage condition judgment means judges a condition where the device to be monitored is not used,

said display means displaying a judgment result.

12. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 11, wherein said system comprises a control schedule creating means which is configured to create control schedule information of starting the operation of the device to be monitored in at least a start time of the necessary use time slot when the device to be monitored is operated according to a control schedule information having no control content at a time of at least a start time of the necessary use time slot.

13. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 1, wherein

said system comprises a schedule input means and a schedule judgment means,

said schedule input means is provided for creating the control schedule information by an operator,

said schedule judgment means being configured to judge a matching of the control schedule information which is created and a setting condition in each time slot,

said display means being configured to display a judgment result of the schedule judgment means.

14. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 2, wherein said control schedule has a start planning time for starting an operation of the device to be operated and finish planning time for finishing the operation of the device to be operated,

the time slot setting rule has a rule of setting a period from after the start planning time to before the finish planning time as the beneficial use time slot,

the time slot setting rule has a rule of setting a period included in a period from after the finish planning time to before the start planning time as the waste use time slot,

the time slot setting rule has a rule of setting a period other than the beneficial use time slot and the waste use time slot as the efficiency improvement time slot.

15. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 2, wherein the control schedule has a start planning time for starting an operation of the device to be monitored and a finish planning time for finishing the operation of the device to be monitored,

the time slot setting rule having a rule of setting a period from the start planning time to the finish planning time as the beneficial use time slot,

the time slot setting rule having a rule of setting a period from a first time before a certain period of the start planning time to the start planning time as the first efficiency improvement period,

the time slot setting rule having a rule of setting a period from the finish planning time to a second time after a certain period from the finish planning time as a second efficiency improvement period,

the time slot setting rule having a rule of setting the first efficiency improvement period and the second efficiency improvement period as the efficiency improvement time slot,

the time slot setting rule has a rule of setting a period other than the beneficial use time slot and the efficiency improvement time slot as the waste use time period, whereby the time slot setting means sets the beneficial use time slot, the waste use time slot, and

the efficiency improvement time slot.

16. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 15, wherein

said time slot setting rule has a rule of setting a period from the start planning time to the finish planning time next to the start planning time as the beneficial use time slot.

17. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 15, wherein

the time slot setting rule has a rule of setting a period from a first time before a certain period of the start planning time to the start planning time next to the first time as the first efficiency improvement period.

18. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 15, wherein

said time slot setting rule has a rule of setting a period from the finish planning time to a second time which is next to the finish planning time and which is after a certain period of the finish planning time as the second efficiency improvement period.

19. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 3, wherein the control schedule has a start planning time for starting the device to be monitored and a finish planning time for finishing the device to be monitored,

the time slot setting means being configured to determine a standard start time on the basis of a previous start time, the previous start time indicating a time when the device to be monitored is started in past times,

the time slot setting means being configured to determine a standard finish time on the basis of a previous finish time, the previous finish time indicating a time when the device to be monitored is finished in past times,

the time slot setting rule having a rule of setting a period from the standard start time to the start planning time as a first efficiency improvement period,

the time slot setting rule having a rule of setting a period from the finish planning time to the standard finish time as the second efficiency improvement period,

the time slot setting rule having a rule of setting the first efficiency improvement period and the second efficiency improvement period as the efficiency improvement time slot,

the time slot setting rule has a rule of setting a period other than the beneficial use time slot and the efficiency improvement time slot as the waste use time slot, thereby setting the beneficial use time slot, the waste use time slot, and the efficiency improvement time slot on the basis of the control schedule information.

20. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 19, wherein

the time slot setting means is configured to recognize the previous start time on the basis of the resource usage information,

the time slot setting means being configured to recognize the previous finish time on the basis of the resource usage information.

21. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 20, wherein

the time slot setting means is configured to recognize the previous start time when an amount of consumption of the resource exceeds a threshold value,

the time slot setting means being configured to recognize the previous finish time when an amount of the consumption of the resource falls below the threshold value.

22. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 19, wherein

said time slot setting means is configured to determine the standard start time on the basis of a plurality of the previous start times,

said time slot setting means is configured to determine the standard finish time on the basis of a plurality of the previous finish times.

23. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 22, wherein

said standard start time is set to a time between an earliest time among the previous start times and a latest time among the previous start times.

24. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 22, wherein

the standard finish time is set to a time between an earliest time among the previous finish times and a latest time among the previous finish times.

25. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 4, wherein the system further comprises a sending means which is configured to send a control schedule information created by the control schedule creating means to the device to be monitored.

26. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 4, wherein the time slot setting rule is a rule of setting a period from after the waste use time slot to before the beneficial use time slot as a first efficiency improvement period,

the time slot setting rule is a rule of setting a first efficiency improvement period as the efficiency improvement time slot.

27. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 26, wherein

the control schedule setting rule is a rule of setting a control content of finishing an operation of the device to be monitored to the control schedule information when the device to be monitored is operated according to a control schedule information having no control content of finishing the operation of the device to be monitored within the first efficiency improvement period.

28. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth on claim 26, wherein

the control schedule setting rule is a rule of setting a control content of finishing an operation of the device to be monitored at the start time of the first efficiency improvement period to the control schedule information when the device to be monitored is operated according to a control schedule information having no control content of finishing the operation of the device to be monitored at the start time of the first efficiency improvement period.

29. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 26, wherein

the control schedule setting rule is a rule of setting a plurality of control contents of finishing the device to be monitored within the first efficiency improvement period to a control schedule information when the device to be monitored is operated according to the control schedule having no control content of finishing the operation of the device to be monitored within the first efficiency improvement period.

30. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 4, wherein the time slot setting rule is a rule of setting a period from after the beneficial time slot to before the waste use time slot as the second efficiency improvement period,

the time slot setting means is configured to recognize the second efficiency improvement period as the efficiency improvement time slot.

31. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 30, wherein

said control schedule setting rule is a rule of setting a control content of finishing the operation of the device to be monitored within the second efficiency improvement period to the control schedule information when the device to be monitored is operated according to the control schedule information having no control content of finishing the operation of the device to be monitored within the second efficiency improvement period.

32. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 30, wherein

said control schedule setting rule is a rule of setting a control content of finishing the operation of the device to be monitored at a finish time to the control schedule information when the device to be monitored is operated according to a control schedule information which has no control content of finishing the operation of the device to be monitored at the finish time of the second efficiency improvement period.

33. The energy conservation analysis system as set forth in claim 30, wherein

said control schedule setting rule is a rule of setting a plurality of control contents of finishing the operation of the device to be monitored to a control schedule information when the device to be monitored is operated according to a control schedule which has no control content of finishing the operation of the device to be monitored.