KR200449499Y1 - Utility Bill Display - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a utility display integrated display device, the first communication unit receives the unit rate information transmitted from the utility computer whenever the unit rate information is updated, electricity, gas, water measured by the electricity / gas / water meter The second communication unit receiving the detection information on the usage amount of the water through wired / wireless, the storage of the unit fee information received by the first communication unit, and the detection information on the usage amount of electricity, gas, and water received by the second communication unit. Calculation of the usage fee according to the usage of electricity, gas and water based on the unit charge information, and the cumulative storage of the calculated usage fee and usage, and display of the unit charge, usage and usage fee of electricity, gas and water The controller controls the control unit, and stores unit charge information of electricity, gas, and water received through the first communication unit, and receives electricity, gas, and water from the second communication unit. A memory that accumulates and stores electricity and gas and water consumption and usage charges calculated on the basis of detection information on the capacity on a daily / monthly / year basis, and the usage and memory of electricity, gas and water received through the second communication unit. Multiply each unit charge of electricity, gas and water to calculate the usage fee according to the usage of electricity, gas and water, and the operation unit accumulates and calculates the current usage and usage charges, and unit charges of electricity, gas and water, It includes a display unit for displaying the cumulative amount of usage and usage fee for the current month.

Therefore, the present invention enables users to easily check the current usage and usage rates of electricity, gas, water, etc., without any additional key operation, and has the effect of inducing savings based on visually displayed usage and pricing information. to provide.

Utility bill, integrated, display, graphic, electricity, gas, water, wireless

Description

Display apparatus for unifying public utility charges}

The present invention relates to a utility bill integrated display device.

In general, homes, offices, etc. are installed with a meter for measuring the amount of electricity, gas, water, and the like.

Until now, electricity, gas, and water meters only measure the consumption of power, gas, and tap water, and there was no function of directly calculating and displaying the electricity, gas, and water charges used.

Therefore, users did not know how much electricity, gas, and water are being used, and how to adjust it.If you want to know the electricity, gas, and water usage rates, check the usage by subtracting the last month's number from the figure on the meter. There was a problem that must be confirmed by multiplying, and due to this inconvenience, users have a problem that wastes using electricity, water, gas without thinking. In other words, users could not induce savings through visual confirmation of the usage fee because there was no function of numerically displaying the usage fee of electricity, gas, and water that changes every hour.

In addition, although the user is somewhat uncomfortable with the current electricity and gas and water consumption and fees, it can be confirmed only by the current month by manual calculation, but the monthly cumulative usage or usage fee before the month, such as payment receipts There was an inconvenience that can not be confirmed through.

The purpose of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and to integrate the utility bills so that the usage and usage charges of electricity, gas, water, etc. can be displayed in real time according to each charge unit without a separate key operation by the user. It is to provide a display device.

Another object of the present invention is to wirelessly receive and store the contents every time the unit rate information is updated from each utility, such as electricity, gas, water, etc. It is to provide a utility bill integrated display device to display the usage and usage fee integrated based on the usage information transmitted / wirelessly.

Another object of the present invention is to display the current month's usage and billing information such as electricity, gas, water, etc. numerically, and to graphically display the previous cumulative usage and billing information on a daily / monthly / year basis according to the user's selection. The present invention provides an integrated utility fee display that allows users to induce savings based on visually displayed usage and fee information.

The utility bill integrated display device according to the present invention for achieving this purpose, and stores the unit rate information of electricity, gas, water, and calculates the amount of electricity, gas, water that changes in real time according to each unit rate An integrated communication indicator, a server computer operated by electricity / gas / water service providers, or a personal communication terminal owned by administrators who perform meter reading.When the unit rate information is updated, the unit rate information is updated through wireless Internet or local area network. The utility computer that transmits to the display, and electricity, gas, and water that measure the current usage of electricity, gas, and water, convert the detected information on the measured usage into digital data, and send it to the display via wired / wireless. It includes a water meter, and the indicator can be displayed on the wireless Internet or whenever the unit rate information is updated. A first communication unit receiving unit charge information transmitted from a utility computer through a local area network, and a second unit receiving detection information on the amount of electricity, gas, and water measured by an electric / gas / water meter through wired / wireless. Storing unit charge information received by the communication unit and the first communication unit, storing detection information on the amount of electricity, gas, and water received by the second communication unit, and using electricity, gas, and water based on the unit charge information. A control unit that controls the calculation of the usage fee and the cumulative storage of the calculated usage fee and the amount of usage, and the display of unit charges, usage, and usage fee of electricity, gas, and water; Storing unit charge information of gas, water, and electricity calculated based on detection information on electricity, gas, and water usage received through the second communication unit; , A memory for accumulating and storing the water consumption and usage fee on a daily / monthly / year basis, and each of the electricity, gas, and water stored in the memory and the amount of electricity, gas, and water received through the second communication unit under the control of the controller. Calculate the usage fee according to the electricity, gas, and water usage by multiplying the unit charge, and accumulate and calculate the current usage and usage charge, and the unit charge of electricity, gas and water, and the accumulation of the current month under the control of the controller. And a display unit for displaying the usage amount and the usage fee.

As described above, according to the integrated public tariff display device of the present invention, by using the real-time integration and display of the electricity consumption, gas, water, etc. that changes every hour according to each tariff unit, the utility bill information that users are currently using It is easy to check and based on this, it is effective to induce savings.

In addition, when unit charges such as electricity, gas, and water are changed, update information is wirelessly received from each public operator and automatically stored in the display, and when the usage information is transmitted by wire / wireless from each electricity, gas, and water meter, the indicator is displayed. By integrating and displaying the usage and usage charges based on the pre-stored unit charge information, it is possible to easily check the usage and usage fees of electricity, gas, water, etc. currently in use without a separate key operation by the user.

In addition to displaying the current month's usage and billing information such as electricity, gas, water, etc., users can choose to display the previous cumulative usage and billing information graphically on a daily / monthly / year basis. There is an effect that can lead to savings based on visually displayed usage and billing information.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the integrated utility bill display device.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a utility bill integrated display device according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a diagram schematically showing an embodiment of a screen configuration of the display unit of FIG.

As shown, the integrated display device of the present invention includes a utility computer 100, a meter 200, a display 300, and the like.

The public operator computer 100 is a personal communication terminal possessed by a server computer or an administrator who performs meter reading by an electric / gas / water service provider. When gas is updated per cubic meter (m 3) and water is per ton (t), the unit fee update information is transmitted to the display 300 through the wireless Internet or a local area network.

The electricity / gas / water meter 200 measures the amount of electricity, gas, and water currently used, converts the detected information on the measured amount of usage into digital data, and transmits the information to the indicator 300 which is connected to the wire / wireless connection. do.

The indicator 300 stores unit charge information of electricity, gas, and water transmitted from the utility computer 100, and changes the electricity, gas, and water measured in real time measured by the electricity / gas / water meter 200. The usage is calculated according to each unit rate and displayed in a integrated manner so that the user can easily check the current usage as well as the rate information at a glance.

At this time, the above-described display 300 may include the first communication unit 310, the second communication unit 320, the control unit 330, the memory 340, the operation unit 350, the display unit 360, the key input unit 370, and the like. It is composed.

Whenever the unit rate information is updated, the first communication unit 310 receives unit rate information transmitted from the electric / gas / water utility company computer 100 through the wireless Internet or a local area network and outputs the unit rate information to the controller 330.

The second communication unit 320 periodically receives detection information on the amount of electricity, gas, and water measured by the electricity / gas / water meter 200 through wired / wireless and outputs it to the controller 330.

The controller 330 controls the memory 340 to store unit charge information received by the first communication unit 310 and detection information on the amount of electricity, gas, and water received by the second communication unit 320. And based on the unit fee information stored in the memory 340, the calculation of the usage fee according to the usage of electricity, gas, water through the operation unit 350 and controls the cumulative storage of the calculated usage fee and usage, electricity, gas In addition, the control unit displays the unit fee, the amount of use, and the usage fee of the water through the display unit 360.

The memory 340 stores unit charge information of electricity, gas, and water received through the first communication unit 310 under the control of the controller 330, and receives electricity, gas received through the second communication unit 320. In addition, the amount of electricity, gas, and water used by the operation unit 350 and the usage fee are accumulated and stored in units of days / months / years based on detection information on the amount of water used.

The calculation unit 350 multiplies the amount of electricity, gas, and water received through the second communication unit 320 and the unit rates of electricity, gas, and water stored in the memory 340 under the control of the control unit 330, thereby providing electricity, Calculate the usage fee according to the gas and water usage, and accumulate and calculate the current usage and usage fee.

The display unit 360 displays unit charges for electricity, gas, and water, cumulative usage amount and use charges for the current month under the control of the controller 330.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the display unit 360 includes a unit rate display unit 362 for numerically displaying current unit rate information of electricity, gas, and water stored in the memory 340, and electricity / gas / A usage indicator 364 accumulates and displays the amount of electricity, gas, and water measured by the water meter 200, and a fee based on the amount of electricity, gas, and water calculated by the calculator 350. The use amount display unit 366 accumulates and displays, and a graphic display unit 368 for displaying usage fee information according to the usage amount of electricity, gas, and water by graphic data by dividing the unit by day / month / year.

The key input unit 370 generates a key signal for setting user fee information according to the usage amount of electricity, gas, and water displayed on the graphic display unit 368 in units of day / month / year and outputs it to the controller 330. do. In this case, the control unit 330 may display graphic data of the amount of usage and usage fee of electricity, gas, and water for each previous day / month / year stored in the memory 340 according to the key signal input from the key input unit 370. And control to display through the graphic display unit 368.

Next, an operation process of an embodiment of the utility bill integrated display device according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail.

First, when the unit rate information is updated, the indicator 300 receives the unit rate update information from the utility computer 100 through the wireless Internet or the local area network to the first communication unit 310, and transmits the corresponding information to the memory 340. Save it. That is, whenever the unit rate information is changed, the updated unit rate information is received from the server computer operated by the electricity / gas / water service provider or the public operator computer 100 which is a personal communication terminal possessed by the administrators who perform the meter reading. To save.

When the unit fee information of each utility bill is stored and the detection information on the current usage of electricity, gas, water from the electricity / gas / water meter 200 through the second communication unit 320 via wire / wireless The controller 330 of the indicator 300 stores the amount of electricity, gas, and water that are changed in real time measured by the electricity / gas / water meter 200 through the calculator 350 in the memory 340. Control to calculate according to each unit charge.

In this case, the indicator 300 receives detection information on the amount of usage from the electricity / gas / water meter 200 according to a preset period (for example, used per unit fee or by a predetermined time). In the case where the analogue type 200 is not a digital type, an apparatus for converting the detection information, which is analog data, into digital data may be additionally added to the meter 200.

After that, the current month's usage and usage fee according to the electricity, gas, and water usage calculated by the operation unit 350 are stored in the memory 340, and the unit rate of electricity, gas, and water through the display unit 360, The cumulative usage and fee for the current month are displayed. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the unit charge information of the current electricity, gas, and water stored in the memory 340 is displayed through the unit charge display 362, the electricity measured by the electricity / gas / water meter 200, The usage amount of gas and water is displayed through the usage display unit 364, and the usage fee according to the usage amount of electricity, gas and water calculated by the operation unit 350 is displayed through the use amount display unit 366.

Accordingly, the user can visually check the utility bills such as electricity, gas, and water through the unit fee displayed through the display unit 360, the cumulative usage amount and the usage fee of the current month.

On the other hand, the memory 340 accumulates and stores the current usage and usage fees as well as the current usage and usage fees of the current month, month, and year.

Therefore, if the user searches the day / month / year through the key input unit 370 and selects a date to check the previous electricity, gas, and water usage and usage fees in addition to the current month, the indicator 300 displays the date selected by the user. The amount of electricity, gas, and water used and the fee are extracted from the memory 340 and converted into graphic data, and displayed on the graphic display unit 368 of the display unit 360.

Therefore, the user can check the current usage and usage fee information numerically, and can easily check the previous usage and usage fees of electricity, gas, and water through graphic data, thereby reducing the use of electricity, gas, and water. We can save.

Herein, while the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will be able to vary the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as described in the following Utility Model Registration Claims. It will be understood that modifications and changes can be made.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a utility bill integrated display device according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating an embodiment of a screen configuration of the display unit of FIG. 1.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: utility computer 200: meter

300: indicator 310: first communication unit

320: second communication unit 330: control unit

340: memory 350: calculator

360: display unit 362: unit charge display unit

364: usage display unit 366: usage amount display unit

368: graphic display unit 370: key input unit

Claims (3)

An indicator that stores unit charge information of electricity, gas and water, and calculates the usage of electricity, gas and water that changes in real time according to each unit charge. A personal communication terminal possessed by a server computer directly operated by electricity / gas / water service providers or administrators who perform meter reading. When the unit fee information is updated, the unit fee update information is transmitted to the indicator through wireless Internet or local area network. Utility computers, and It includes an electricity / gas / water meter that measures the current consumption of electricity, gas, water, converts the detected information on the measured usage into digital data and transmits it to the indicator by wire / wireless, The indicator, A first communication unit which receives unit fee information transmitted from the utility computer through wireless Internet or a local area network every time the unit fee information is updated, A second communication unit receiving detection information on the amount of electricity, gas, and water measured by the electricity / gas / water meter through wire / wireless, Storage of unit charge information received by the first communication unit, storage of detection information on the amount of electricity, gas, and water received by the second communication unit, and consumption of electricity, gas, and water based on unit charge information. A control unit for controlling the calculation of the usage fee and the cumulative storage of the calculated usage fee and usage, and the display of unit charges, usage and usage fees of electricity, gas, and water; Under the control of the controller, the unit charge information of electricity, gas, and water received through the first communication unit is stored, and the calculation is performed based on detection information on the usage amount of electricity, gas, and water received through the second communication unit. Memory that accumulates and stores electricity, gas and water consumption and usage fee on a daily / monthly / yearly basis. Calculate the usage fee according to the usage of electricity, gas and water by multiplying the usage rates of electricity, gas and water received through the second communication unit with the unit charges of electricity, gas and water stored in the memory, Computation unit for accumulating and calculating the usage fee, and A display unit for displaying the unit charge of electricity, gas, water, the cumulative amount of use and use of the current month under the control of the controller Utility bill integrated display. The method of claim 1, The display unit, A unit rate display unit for displaying current unit rate information of electricity, gas, and water stored in the memory as a number; Usage display unit for accumulating and displaying the usage amount of electricity, gas, water measured by the electricity / gas / water meter, Usage amount display unit for accumulating and displaying the usage fee according to the usage amount of electricity, gas, and water calculated by the operation unit, and Graphic display unit that displays fee information based on electricity, gas, and water consumption in daily / monthly / yearly units. Utility bill integrated display. The method of claim 2, The apparatus may further include a key input unit for inputting a key signal for setting usage fee information based on usage of electricity, gas, and water displayed in the graphic display unit on a day / month / year basis. The controller converts the amount of electricity, gas, and water used for each day, month, and year stored in the memory into graphic data according to the key signal input from the key input unit, and converts the graphic display unit into graphic data. Utility display integrated display to control the display.

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