KR20110004154A - Remote controller for control building unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A remote controller for controlling a group of building units is provided to enable a manager to control a schedule for units which are set in a group. CONSTITUTION: A communication unit(130) is connected to units arranged in a building. The communication unit performs data communication. A controller(110) provides a group setup interface for a unit by a user terminal connected to a network. The controller makes the units correspond to at least one group. The controller immediately applies a schedule defined by a user to units belonging to the group.

Description

Remote controller for group control of building units

The present invention relates to a remote controller, and more particularly, to group building units, including a plurality of air conditioners disposed in a building or indoors, and to set a schedule for the grouped units to control units arranged in a building by group. The present invention relates to a remote controller for group control of a building unit.

In general, an air conditioner is provided for cooling, heating, or air purification, and is installed to discharge air of cold and warm air into a room, and to clean indoor air to create a more comfortable indoor environment for humans. The air conditioner is separated and controlled by an indoor unit composed of a heat exchanger and an outdoor unit composed of a compressor and a heat exchanger, and is operated by controlling power supplied to a compressor or a heat exchanger.

The air conditioner may be connected to at least a plurality of indoor units to a plurality of outdoor units, and at least one of the plurality of outdoor units is driven to correspond to the number of indoor units to be driven, and the refrigerant is supplied to the indoor units according to a requested operating state.

When air conditioners are deployed in buildings or large buildings, the number of outdoor units and indoor units to be controlled increases significantly compared to those in a typical home. When the number of air conditioners to be controlled increases, a system for controlling the air conditioners is required, and a system such as a building automation and control network (Bacnet) is currently used.

The conventional Bacnet system is composed of a manager terminal, a Bacnet gateway, an outdoor unit, and an indoor unit interlocked with the outdoor unit. The Bacnet gateway is provided between the manager terminal and the outdoor unit, and provides a command transmitted by the manager terminal to the outdoor unit or the indoor unit, and provides a response of the outdoor unit or the indoor unit to the manager terminal.

In the manager terminal, a control program for controlling the Bacnet system is installed, and the control program provides an interface for controlling the air conditioner.

However, in the conventional bacnet system, the interface displayed on the manager terminal 10 turns on or off the unit by clicking on a unit which the administrator wants to operate with an input device such as a mouse, or gives the unit an operating condition (for example, operating start temperature or Configured to set the shutdown temperature). Therefore, the control program of the conventional bacnet system is inconvenient that the administrator has to select and operate all the units one by one when the number of units in the building increases.

In addition, the Bacnet gateway is provided only for data transmission between a control program installed in the manager terminal 10 and a unit such as an outdoor unit or an indoor unit, and it is difficult to function as a control entity for controlling each unit in a building.

An object of the present invention is to provide a remote controller for group control of a building unit capable of group control of a unit in a building such as an air conditioner.

In addition, another object of the present invention is connected to a terminal of a remote place through a web connection, by the remote terminal to perform the group setting for the units in the building, as well as the administrator can perform a schedule control for the group set unit To provide a remote controller for group control of a building unit.

The above object is to provide a group setting interface for the unit to a communication unit for performing data communication by connecting to units disposed in a building and a user terminal connected to a network according to the present invention, and a schedule set in the group setting interface. Is achieved by a control unit which applies collectively to units belonging to the group.

Therefore, the present invention is to set a plurality of air conditioners, lighting devices, security devices, and other units arranged in a building in a group, control in a group unit, applying a schedule control to the group more simple and efficient building Control can be performed.

In addition, the present invention allows the gateway to control the air conditioner with reference to a value set through a terminal of a networked administrator.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 shows an overall conceptual diagram of a building control system to which the present invention is applied.

Referring to FIG. 1, in the building control system according to the present invention, each unit 200a to 200n, 310, and 400 is connected to a remote controller 100, and a terminal 51 of an administrator is connected to the remote controller 100. It is also connected to a remote terminal 52 via a network and connected to a remote terminal 52 connected to the web.

The remote controller 100 referred to in the present invention sets air conditioning units, security devices, lighting devices, electric devices, and other units to be controlled in a building in one or more groups. Units set in group units are collectively controlled by the remote controller 100, thereby facilitating control of the building of the manager.

Here, the remote controller 100 is connected to a remote terminal 52 that performs web access in addition to the manager terminal 51 connected to the network, so that the remote terminal 52 may set a group and assign a schedule to the group. do. At this time, when the remote terminal 52 logs in with the correct ID and password, the remote controller 100 delegates authority to group setting and schedule setting for the remote terminal 52 and the remote terminal 52. Saves the group and schedule set by) and controls the units belonging to the group according to the corresponding morning and time.

To this end, the remote controller 100 includes a nonvolatile storage device (eg, a flash memory, a hard disk, and an EP-ROM) for storing group information set by the terminal 51 or the terminal 52 of the administrator. The storage device may include an operating system, and a web application running on the operating system.

The unit referred to in the present invention is an outdoor unit 310, an indoor unit 200a to 200n, a security / lighting unit 400, a ventilation unit (not shown), an air purifier (not shown), and other buildings constituting an air conditioner. May be an electrical device located therein. Of course, in addition to this can be included in the unit mentioned in the present invention if the data communication and controllable with the remote controller 100 in the building.

2 conceptually illustrates an example in which a remote controller according to the present invention sets an air conditioner group.

Referring to FIG. 2, the air conditioner according to the present invention may be configured in the form of a multi air conditioner using one or more outdoor units 310 and 320. In the drawing, a type of a multi-air conditioner system using indoor units 201 to 206 in which two outdoor units 310 and 320 are disposed on each floor is illustrated.

Here, the multi-air conditioner system 20 refers to a system in which a plurality of indoor units 201 to 204 share one outdoor unit 310 to perform cooling / heating. In the drawing, two outdoor units 310 and 320 drive indoor units 210 to 204 and 205 and 206 divided into an A group and a B group. Information about the indoor unit belonging to group A and the indoor unit belonging to group B is registered in the remote controller 100, and the remote controller 100 controls the group A for each group A and the group B and schedules the group unit. Can be applied.

In addition, the indoor units 201 to 204 belonging to the group A and the indoor units 205 and 206 belonging to the group B may be changed by the terminal 50 of the manager. If the administrator reorganizes the indoor units to be driven together into one group and registers the results of the reorganization in the remote controller, the remote controller 100 may be configured by the administrator for the group or indoor units included in the group later. Group control is performed automatically for the indoor units 201 to 206 until the changes are registered.

Group control is performed for on / off, blowing, cooling, heating, ventilation, and air cleaning functions for the indoor units 201 to 206 for each floor. In addition, group control means setting on / off time, blowing time, cooling / heating time, ventilation time, and start time and end time of the air cleaning function according to a schedule set by the manager terminal 50.

If there is a floor that is not used on the weekend (Saturday, Sunday), the administrator may not operate the indoor unit located on the floor that is not used on the weekend through the manager terminal 50, or may only ventilate. Of course, the schedule can be applied to various other functions.

On the other hand, the remote controller 100 may be directly connected to the manager terminal 50, or may be connected to the network. When the remote controller 100 is network-connected with the manager terminal 50, the remote controller 50 requires the manager terminal 50 to request an ID / password, and the manager terminal 50 provides a correct ID / password. In addition, the manager terminal 50 provides authority to perform group control on the indoor units 201 to 206 located in the building, as well as the ventilation unit and the air cleaner.

Figure 3 shows a block diagram of a remote controller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 illustrates an example in which a remote controller according to the present invention controls units constituting an air conditioner based on an air conditioner among units in a building. Hereinafter, the description of the remote controller of the present invention and the control method of the remote controller will proceed to the unit constituting the air conditioner, such as an indoor unit, an outdoor unit, an air purifier, and a ventilation device.

Referring to FIG. 3, the remote controller 100 includes an input unit 140, a display unit 150, a communication unit 130, a data unit 120, and a control unit 110.

The power meter 200 may be located separately from or integrally formed with the remote controller 100, and may include an indoor unit 201 to 206, an outdoor unit 310 or 320, an air cleaner (not shown), or a ventilation device ( The power consumption for one of the other, and other security devices (not shown) is measured and provided to the controller 110.

Hereinafter, the outdoor units 310 and 320, indoor units 201 to 206, air cleaners (not shown), ventilators (not shown), security devices, and other buildings are disposed and controlled by the remote controller 100. Various electrical devices are collectively referred to as units.

The communication unit 130 may include units disposed in a building, for example, outdoor units 310 and 320, indoor units 201 to 206, air cleaners (not shown), ventilation devices (not shown), and lighting / security devices 400. , And other buildings, and perform data communication with the remote control unit 100 and the network communication possible units. In this case, the communication unit 130 may further include a communication protocol conversion unit for data communication with units having different communication protocols. In particular, the communication unit 130 receives temperature data from each indoor unit 201 to 206 and applies it to the control unit 110.

In addition, the communication unit 130 connects to the outside through the Internet, allows or blocks the connection from the outside. In this case, when the communication unit 130 performs data communication with the indoor units 201 to 206, the outdoor units 310 and 320, the ventilator or the air purifier, the communication unit 130 may transmit and receive data according to different communication methods. Accordingly, the apparatus may further include a converter configured to convert data between different communication methods.

The indoor units 201 to 206 incorporate a temperature sensing unit 201 for sensing a temperature and provide the communication unit 130 with temperature data detected by the built-in temperature sensing unit 201a. In this case, the temperature sensing unit 201a may be built in the indoor units 201 to 206, respectively, but may be separately disposed in the room where the indoor units 201 to 206 are located.

The input unit 140 includes at least one touch input means such as a button or a touch button, and applies the input data to the controller 110. In this case, the input unit 140 includes a touch input of the touch screen when the display unit 150 is a touch screen.

The display unit 150 includes display means for outputting image or text data on a screen, and an operating state of the ventilation unit or the air cleaning device constituting the indoor units 201 to 206, the outdoor units 310 and 320, and other units. Prints to the screen. In this case, the remote controller 100 may further include a speaker for outputting at least one of a predetermined effect sound, a warning sound, music, and a voice, or a lamp for lighting or blinking to output a state in addition to the display unit 150.

The data unit 120 includes control setting values for controlling devices such as the indoor units 201 to 206, the outdoor units 310 and 320, the ventilator, the humidifier, and the air cleaner. At this time, the data unit 120 stores control data according to a control program of the remote controller, address data for data transmission and reception with the indoor units 201 to 206 and the outdoor units 310 and 320, and the data to be transmitted and received, at a predetermined operation. The generated processing data is stored. In addition, the data unit 120 stores group settings, schedule settings, schedule information set in the unit, and operation state data received from the plurality of units included in the air conditioner. In addition, the data unit 120 stores the room temperature data received from each unit, the data according to the calculation of the change amount of the room temperature and the priority data selected by the controller 110 according to the change in the room temperature. In addition, the data unit 120 includes an interface program to be provided to the manager terminal 50 when the manager terminal 50 connects to the network through the communication unit 130.

The interface program stored in the data unit 120 includes a group setting menu for setting units to one or more groups, and a control menu for setting driving schedules of units set to groups. Here, the control menu is composed of a set of menus for setting commands for operation mode, air volume setting, wind direction setting, temperature setting, driving, and stopping for the unit.

The controller 110 processes data transmitted and received through the communication unit 130, data input and output through the input unit 140, and the display unit 150, and outputs a predetermined menu by the remote controller in response to the input data. Or to perform a predetermined operation. The control unit 110 generates a control command in response to the data input through the input unit 140 and transmits the control command through the communication unit 130 so that the indoor unit 201 to 206 or the outdoor unit 310 or 320, the ventilation device, or The operation of the unit, such as the air cleaner, is controlled and each operation state is output through the display unit 150.

In addition, when the air conditioner is operated in the power control mode, the controller 110 may set a schedule with reference to the power consumption amount calculated by the power meter 200.

When the amount of power consumed by the air conditioner is out of the power consumption set by the manager through the terminal 50, the controller 110 stops driving of some or all of the units constituting the air conditioner.

In particular, when the air conditioner is operated in the power control mode, the control unit 110 calculates a change in room temperature with time using room temperature data received from a plurality of units or the temperature sensing unit 10, and changes in temperature per hour. In response to the priority of the plurality of units can be set.

At this time, the controller 110 accumulates and stores the received room temperature data for each room, periodically calculates temperature change over time at predetermined time intervals, resets the priority, and updates the priority data. The control unit 110 preferably resets the priority according to the exchange period in which the operation of the plurality of units is changed, but allows the resetting of the priority to be completed before the operation exchange.

The controller 110 processes data transmitted and received through the communication unit 130, data input and output through the input unit 140, and the display unit 150, and outputs a predetermined menu by the remote controller in response to the input data. Or to perform a predetermined operation. The control unit 110 generates a control command in response to the data input through the input unit 140 and transmits it through the communication unit 130 to the indoor unit 201 to 206 or the outdoor unit 310, 320, the ventilator, or the air. The operation of a unit such as a cleaning device is controlled, and each operation state is output through the display unit 150.

The controller 110 may set operation setting, operation mode, and schedule for each unit according to data input through the input unit 140, and the set data is stored in the data unit 120.

In addition, the controller 110 provides an interface for group setting and schedule setting to the terminal 50 of the administrator connected to the network through the communication unit 130.

At this time, the terminal 50 of the manager should be a terminal logged in through an ID and a password, and when the terminal 50 provides a correct ID and password, the controller 110 may control the terminal of the manager through the communication unit 130. 50) to provide an interface.

The terminal 50 may set units located in a building as a group through an interface provided by the controller 110. The group setting for a unit selects a desired unit as an input device such as a mouse to include in a desired group, or conversely, removes an unwanted unit from the group.

The group may be arbitrarily created or removed by the administrator through the terminal 50. In addition, the group can be assigned a name or identifier using Korean, English, numbers, or special characters to easily recognize the administrator.

On the other hand, the administrator can apply the schedule to the group set through the interface. The schedule can be set according to the driving conditions as well as the basic such as the start time and the stop time of the unit. For example, when the temperature is 28 degrees or more, a condition may be set to operate the unit, or may be set so that the unit does not operate on a holiday.

In this case, the unit may be any one of an outdoor unit 310 or 320, an indoor unit 210 to 206, an air cleaner (not shown), or a ventilation device (not shown).

Figure 4 shows an example of the interface provided by the remote controller according to the present invention to the terminal of the manager.

Referring to FIG. 4, the illustrated interface includes a home menu, a control menu, a power control menu, a schedule menu, a history menu, and a history menu in the menu selector 70. A setting menu is displayed, and the setting menu includes a group setting menu and a control menu. The interface illustrated in FIG. 4 is displayed on the terminal 50 of the manager, and the manager may set at least one unit as a group through the group edit menu 71.

In the figure, the group editing menu 70 includes a control group editing menu 71a and a schedule group editing menu 71b.

The control group editing menu 71a refers to a group for remotely controlling the unit by the remote controller 100 according to the present invention, and the schedule group editing menu 71b refers to the remote controller 100 according to a rule set by an administrator. Means a group that automatically controls the unit.

FIG. 5 illustrates an interface for an example of the control group edit menu illustrated in FIG. 4.

Referring to FIG. 5, the control group editing menu 72 includes a group creation window 72a for assigning a group number and a name, a unit display window 72b for displaying a unit (for example, an indoor unit) belonging to a group, and a unit. Buttons 72d and 72e for adding and deleting, and a unit list 72c for displaying units that can be set as a group. In addition, the control group edit menu 72 includes buttons 72f, 72g, and 72h for editing, adding, and deleting groups, a save button 72i for storing group information set by an administrator, and a button for closing the interface. 72j is provided.

The administrator may create a desired group through an interface displayed on the terminal 50 and include a desired unit in the generated group. Groups created or edited by an administrator can be controlled by the administrator on / off all units belonging to the group.

The interface of the control group edit menu shown in FIG. 5 is the same as the interface for the schedule group. The difference between the control group and the schedule group referred to in the present invention is a difference between whether to perform on / off control for the group collectively or to control collectively according to the conditions and time set by the administrator. The interface for editing, editing, and deleting is the same.

6 shows an example of a schedule editing interface provided by the remote controller according to the present invention to a terminal of an administrator.

Referring to FIG. 6, the illustrated interface is displayed on the manager terminal 50 when the manager selects a schedule menu included in the menu selection unit 70 by operating the terminal 50. An example of controlling on / off units belonging to In FIG. 8, the schedule editing interface is configured to operate a unit arranged in a music room from February 5 to February 10, and to operate units arranged in a play class from February 12 to February 16. It is shown.

Meanwhile, although FIG. 6 controls the units of the group selected by the administrator based on time, in addition to simply controlling the units on / off, a schedule for controlling the power consumption or determining the operation according to the indoor temperature is provided. Applicable

The control according to the power consumption is to operate the units belonging to the group within the power consumption set by the administrator, and the schedule to decide whether to operate according to the room temperature is to operate the units belonging to the group only within the temperature range set by the administrator. I mean. The control method according to the power consumption will be described with reference to FIG. 7.

7 shows an example of setting a schedule according to the present power consumption.

Referring to FIG. 7, the remote controller 100 according to the present invention may control units belonging to a group in group units on the condition of power consumption set by an administrator.

In FIG. 7, reference numeral 74 denotes a power control menu for allowing an administrator to stop operating the units when the amount of power consumed by each unit or group that is arranged in a building is increased by up / down the desired power amount. Reference numeral 73 denotes a power display window that graphically displays the amount of power consumed by all units arranged in the building. The manager selects a button such as “power rate UP” and “power rate DOWN” located in the power control menu 74 as an input device such as a mouse to set a desired power consumption, and the remote controller 100 sets the set power. Drive by group or individual unit by referring to consumption.

Although the mobile robot and its operation method according to the present invention have been described with reference to the illustrated drawings as described above, the present invention is not limited by the embodiments and drawings disclosed herein, and may be applied within the scope of the technical idea. Can be.

1 is an overall conceptual diagram of a building control system to which the present invention is applied;

2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example in which a remote controller sets an air conditioner group according to the present invention;

3 is a block diagram of a remote controller according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an interface provided by a remote controller to a terminal of an administrator according to the present invention;

5 is a diagram illustrating an interface for an example of a control group edit menu illustrated in FIG. 4;

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schedule editing interface provided by a remote controller to a terminal of an administrator according to the present invention; and

7 shows an example of setting a schedule according to the present power consumption.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: remote controller 110: control unit

120: data unit 130: communication unit

140: input unit 150: display unit

Claims (9)

A communication unit connected to the units disposed in the building and performing data communication; And And a controller configured to provide a group setting interface for the unit to a user terminal connected to a network so as to correspond the units to at least one group, and to apply a user-defined schedule to a unit belonging to the group. Remote controller for group control of building units. The method of claim 1, The schedule, And a time schedule for the units. The method of claim 1, The schedule, And a condition schedule performed according to conditions of power consumption by the unit, temperature, humidity, and air volume detected by the unit. The method of claim 1, The unit, A remote controller for group control of a building unit, characterized in that any one of an indoor unit, an outdoor unit, an air purifier, a ventilation unit, a security unit, and a lighting unit constituting the air conditioner. The method of claim 1, The group setting interface, A group setting menu for mapping the unit to the group; And Control menu for editing the schedule for the group; Remote control for group control of the building unit comprising a. The method of claim 1, The control unit, And a control unit for setting the group and the schedule to a terminal providing a correct ID and password through the communication unit. The method of claim 1, The schedule, Remote control for group control of the building unit, characterized in that determined in accordance with the operation mode assigned to each grouped unit. The method of claim 7, wherein The driving mode is, A remote controller for group control of a building unit, characterized in that any one of the cooling operation mode, dehumidification operation mode, blowing operation mode, heating operation mode, AI (Artificial Intelligence) operation mode, and peak operation rate control operation mode. The method of claim 8, The peak operation ratio control operation mode, A remote controller for group control of a building unit, characterized in that the mode to determine whether the operation of the group and the unit belonging to the group according to the power consumption set in any one of the group and the group belonging to the group. .

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