CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION TERMINAL AND INFORMATION TERMINAL
In a method, an information terminal acquiring data from a storing device that stores data of first measured values associated with an operation of an energy-consuming apparatus installed at a facility, the first measured values being obtained by a first measuring device, upon receiving a request to indicate the first measured values for a plurality of days obtained by the first measuring device and associated with the operation of the energy-consuming apparatus, data of the first measured values for the plurality of days is acquired from the storing device, and a first display screen on which sizes of the first measured values are indicated, based on the data of the first measured values for the plurality of days, by different forms of indication in a first graph where a first axis represents dates and a second axis represents hours is displayed on the display.
1 . A method comprising:
upon receiving a request to indicate first measured values for a plurality of days obtained by a first measuring device and associated with the operation of an energy-consuming apparatus installed at a facility, acquiring data of the first measured values for the plurality of days from a storing device; and
displaying on a display of the information terminal a first display screen on which sizes of the first measured values are indicated, based on the data of the first measured values for the plurality of days, by different forms of indication in a first graph where a first axis represents dates and a second axis represents hours.
2 . The method according to claim 1 , comprising:
upon receiving a request to indicate the first measured values and second measured values obtained by a second measuring device on a specific date among the plurality of days, acquiring data of the second measured values on the specific date from the storing device, and
displaying on the display of the information terminal a second display screen on which the first measured values and the second measured values are indicated, based on the data of the first measured values and the data of the second measured values on the specific date, in a second graph where a third axis represents hours of the specific date and a fourth axis represents the first measured values and the second measured values.
3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the request to indicate the first measured values and the second measured values on the specific date is made when an operator of the information terminal selects a region in the first graph that corresponds to the specific date.
4 . The method according to claim 1 , comprising:
upon receiving a request to indicate the first measured values and second measured values obtained by a second measuring device for the plurality of days, acquiring data of the second measured values for the plurality of days from the storing device, and
displaying on the display of the information terminal a third display screen on which sizes of the first measured values and sizes of the second measured values are indicated, based on the data of the first measured values and the data of the second measured values for the plurality of days, by different forms of indication in the first graph.
5 . The method according to claim 2 , comprising:
when a region in the second graph in which the second measured values are indicated is selected by an operator of the information terminal, acquiring the data of the second measured values for the plurality of days from the storing device, and
displaying on the display of the information terminal a third display screen on which sizes of the first measured values and sizes of the second measured values are indicated, based on the data of the first measured values and the data of the second measured values for the plurality of days, by different forms of indication in the first graph.
6 . The method according to claim 2 , comprising:
upon receiving a request to indicate meteorological information of a location of the facility on the specific date, acquiring data of the meteorological information of the location of the facility on the specific date from a storing device that stores data of the meteorological information, and
displaying on the display of the information terminal the second display screen on which the meteorological information of the location of the facility is indicated, based on the data of the meteorological information of the location of the facility, in the second graph where the third axis represents hours of the specific date and the fourth axis represents the meteorological information.
7 . The method according to claim 1 , comprising:
upon receiving a request to indicate meteorological information of a location of the facility on a specific date among the plurality of days, acquiring data of the meteorological information of the location of the facility on the specific date from a storing device that stores data of the meteorological information, and
displaying on the display of the information terminal a fourth display screen on which the first measured values and the meteorological information of the location of the facility are indicated, based on the data of the first measured values and the data of the meteorological information of the location of the facility on the specific date, in a fourth graph where a fifth axis represents hours of the specific date and a sixth axis represents the first measured values and the meteorological information.
8 . The control method for the information terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the request to indicate the meteorological information of the location of the facility on the specific date among the plurality of days is made when an operator of the information terminal selects a region in the first graph included in the first display screen.
9 . The control method for the information terminal according to claim 2 ,
wherein the second measured values are a plurality of types of values, and
wherein the second graph includes a plurality of graphs which are associated with the plurality of types of second measured values.
10 . The control method for the information terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the first measuring device is a wattmeter at an air-conditioning apparatus, and the first measured values are power consumption of the air-conditioning apparatus or instantaneous power consumption of the air-conditioning apparatus.
11 . The control method for the information terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the first measuring device is a discharge sensor at an air-conditioning apparatus, and the first measured values are discharge temperature of the air-conditioning apparatus.
12 . The control method for the information terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the first measuring device is an air volume sensor at an air-conditioning apparatus, and the first measured values are air volume of the air-conditioning apparatus.
13 . The control method for the information terminal according to claim 10 , wherein when the energy-consuming apparatus is an air-conditioning apparatus, the second measured values include environmental information within a range where an air speed of air blown from the air-conditioning apparatus is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold.
14 . The control method for the information terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the second measuring device is a wattmeter of a lighting apparatus, and the second measured values are power consumption of the lighting apparatus or instantaneous power consumption of the lighting apparatus.
15 . The control method for the information terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the second measuring device is an illuminance meter of a lighting apparatus, and the second measured values are information indicating a brightness of the lighting apparatus.
16 . The control method for the information terminal according to claim 10 , wherein when the energy-consuming apparatus is a lighting apparatus, the second measured values include environmental information within a range in which an output amount of the lighting apparatus is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold.
17 . The control method for the information terminal according to claim 10 , wherein when the second measuring device is an opening and closing sensor for a door, the second measured values are information indicating the number of opening and closing times of the door.
18 . The control method for the information terminal according to claim 2 , wherein a 24-hour operating specific apparatus is excluded from the second measuring device.
19 . The control method for the information terminal according to claim 18 , wherein the specific apparatus includes a refrigerating apparatus.
20 . An information terminal comprising:
an acquisition unit that acquires, upon receiving a request to indicate first measured values for a plurality of days obtained by a first measuring device and associated with the operation of an energy-consuming apparatus installed at a facility, data of the first measured values for the plurality of days from a storing device; and
a display controller that displays on a display of the information terminal a first display screen on which sizes of the first measured values are indicated, based on the data of the first measured values for the plurality of days, by different forms of indication in a first graph where a first axis represents dates and a second axis represents hours.