KR20110026907A - Systems and Methods for Measuring Carbon Emissions - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and method for measuring carbon emission are provided to efficiently measure a carbon emission amount by enabling a user to directly input unused card breakdown and using a franchise network of a card company for used card breakdown. CONSTITUTION: A data receiver(210) receives first payment-related information except payment information from a business place terminal. Through the linkage with a server of an external organization, an index calculator of carbon emission(220) calculates the index of carbon emission corresponding to the received first payment-related information. A carbon emission calculator(230) calculates the carbon emission amount by using the index of the calculated carbon emission. The first payment-related information includes the information generated when the credit card is used for payment.

Description

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF CARBON Emissions {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING CARBON EMISSION}

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method for measuring carbon emissions, and specifically, to receive additional information related to payment in addition to payment information from a business terminal, to calculate an index of carbon emissions, and to calculate the carbon emissions. Using the indicators, a configuration is finally disclosed for calculating carbon emissions according to consumption.

Carbon emission, also called carbon labeling or carbon footprint, refers to the total amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) that occurs directly or indirectly in human activities or in the production / consumption of goods.

Greenhouse gases, which are mainly carbon dioxide, are the main culprit of global warming, and are causing environmental disasters around the world, and more and more goods are used to mark carbon emissions in Europe and around the world.

For example, the carbon emissions generated during the production and distribution of a pack of soy milk, and the carbon emissions generated during the consumption and disposal of distributed soymilk can be quantified and expressed as carbon emissions.

Carbon labeling schemes that label these carbon emissions in the form of labels are being implemented in the United Kingdom, Sweden, the United States, and Canada, and Japan has recently been envisioning to apply carbon labeling to certain products on large retailers.

The emergence of carbon emissions can promote a low-carbon consumption culture in modern societies, promote technology development of low-carbon products, and ultimately contribute to the global community's efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.

Carbon emission measurement system according to an embodiment of the present invention is a data receiver for receiving the first payment-related information in addition to the payment information from the business terminal, the carbon for calculating the index of carbon emissions corresponding to the received first payment-related information And an emission index calculator and a carbon emission calculator that calculates carbon emissions by using the calculated carbon emission index.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a terminal for measuring carbon emission includes a sales type determination unit determining a type of sales generated at a workplace, a carbon emission related collection unit collecting carbon emission related information, and the type of the determined sales. And a carbon emission calculation processing unit that generates the first payment related information including the carbon emission related information and processes the first payment related information to be used for calculating the carbon emission through a system for measuring carbon emission.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method for measuring carbon emission includes receiving first payment related information in addition to payment information from a business terminal, calculating an index of carbon emission corresponding to the received first payment related information, And calculating the carbon emissions using the calculated carbon emission index.

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

In describing the present invention, when it is determined that detailed descriptions of related known functions or configurations may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. Terminology used herein is a term used to properly express a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which may vary according to a user, an operator's intention, or a custom in the field to which the present invention belongs. Therefore, the definitions of the terms should be made based on the contents throughout the specification. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network 100 for measuring carbon emissions according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The network 100 for measuring carbon emissions may measure carbon emissions in association with a user's payment.

In detail, the business terminal 110 may transmit additional information other than the payment information to the system 140 for measuring carbon emission through the VAN server 120 in response to the user's payment behavior.

Similarly, the business terminal 110 may transmit the payment information to the card company server 130 to correspond to the user's payment behavior so that the payment processing may proceed.

The additional information is generated at the time of credit card payment, and is used to measure carbon emissions. Includes information on mobile transportation, purchases, and facilities usage.

For example, when the subject of the additional information is a gas station, the system 140 for measuring carbon emission may calculate a carbon emission index per element. In this case, the standard output indicator may be received from an external organization and the indicator may be calculated based on the standard output indicator.

According to one embodiment of the invention, an indicator of carbon emissions per unit should be calculated. To this end, workplaces may work with external professional agencies to produce indicators of carbon emissions used to calculate carbon emissions.

Further information according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include the type of vehicle (passenger, SUV, truck, etc.) and the year of the vehicle.

Subsequently, the system 140 for measuring carbon emission may calculate carbon emission from the carbon emission data calculated based on the calculated carbon emission index. In addition, the system 140 for measuring carbon emission may provide the calculated carbon emission data to a national institution, and control the utilization thereof.

For example, data on monthly carbon emissions measured at a workplace (or affiliated store) may be obtained to provide an advertisement or the like to a workplace (or affiliated store) having a low monthly carbon emission.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a carbon emission measurement system 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Carbon emission measurement system 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a data receiving unit 210, a carbon emission index calculation unit 220, and a carbon emission calculation unit 230. In addition, the controller 240 may further include an overall operation and module control.

First, the data receiver 210 receives first payment related information in addition to payment information from a business terminal.

The first payment related information may be interpreted as information generated at the time of payment of the credit card, and the payment information may be interpreted as unnecessary information generated at the time of payment of the credit card, but irrelevant to the measurement of carbon emissions.

For example, the first payment-related information includes at least one of price information, date information, industry information, type of oil to be oiled, oil quantity information of oil, purchase history information, and usage history information of additional facilities. can do.

Since carbon emissions refer to the total amount of carbon dioxide generated in the production, consumption, and distribution of human activities or a commodity, it is necessary to calculate an index of carbon emissions in order to measure carbon emissions through the first payment related information.

To this end, the carbon emission index calculation unit 220 calculates an index of carbon emission corresponding to the received first payment-related information.

For example, when a user refuels 30 liters of diesel at a gas station and pays with a credit card, the data receiving unit includes first payment related information including information on the amount of oil generated, the type of oil, and information on the amount of oil oiled. May be received at 210. Accordingly, the carbon emission index calculator 220 may calculate the carbon emission generated per liter of diesel fuel as the carbon emission index.

The carbon emission index calculation unit 220 according to an embodiment of the present invention may calculate an index of carbon emission in association with a server of a selected external organization.

For example, the carbon emission index calculator 220 may receive information for calculating the carbon emission index from a server of the selected external organization and use the same to calculate the carbon emission index.

The carbon emission calculator 230 calculates carbon emissions by using the calculated index of carbon emissions.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the second payment related information is received from the user terminal in the data receiving unit 210, the carbon emission index calculation unit 220 according to an embodiment of the present invention receives the received second An index of carbon emissions corresponding to payment related information is calculated, and the carbon emission calculator 230 may calculate carbon emissions by using the calculated carbon emission index.

In this case, the second payment-related information may be interpreted as information that is directly input by the user and cannot be confirmed when the credit card is settled. In addition, the user's terminal may be interpreted as a computer terminal, a mobile communication terminal, or the like, capable of web access.

For example, a user may make a payment with a credit card at a business place and voluntarily register carbon emissions for an unused credit card transaction through a web page provided by the credit card company.

Carbon emission measurement system 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention can measure the carbon emissions using any one or both of the first payment-related information and the second payment-related information.

In the case of using both, the data receiver 210 receives the first payment related information from the business terminal and the second payment related information from the user's terminal, and the indicator calculating unit 220 of the carbon emission is received. Indices of carbon emissions corresponding to the payment related information and the second payment related information are respectively calculated, and the carbon emission calculator 230 may calculate carbon emissions by using the calculated carbon emission indexes.

Estimated carbon emissions can be accumulated by individuals or companies, and by providing information on accumulated carbon emissions, it can raise interest in the environment.

3 is a diagram illustrating a network 300 for measuring carbon emissions including a business terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the network 300 for measuring carbon emissions, the workplace terminal 310 collects first payment related information as well as payment information such as card information and business information generated at the time of card payment.

The workplace terminal 310 according to an embodiment of the present invention may collect the first payment related information by reading a barcode using a barcode reader.

Accordingly, the workplace terminal 310 provides the first payment related information to the IRS server 330 as information for calculating carbon emissions. Accordingly, the IRS server 330 may calculate an index of carbon emissions using the first payment related information, and calculate a carbon emissions using the calculated index of carbon emissions.

At this time, the business terminal 310 may further transmit not only the first payment related information related to the payment of the credit card, but also the second payment related information to the IRS server 330.

The second payment-related information may be interpreted as information directly input by the user, and may be interpreted as information that cannot be checked when the credit card is settled, such as information of a vehicle moved to the workplace.

Specifically, the second payment-related information may include at least one of information of the transportation means used during the visit, electricity usage information, gas usage information, water supply usage information.

The card company server 340 may receive payment information generated at the time of payment through the VAN company server 320 and use it for payment processing.

4 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a business terminal 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The workplace terminal 400 may include a sales type determination unit 410, a carbon emission related collection unit 420, and a carbon emission calculation processing unit 430.

The sales type determination unit 410 may determine the type of sales generated at the workplace.

The type of sales may be determined by at least one of card sales, cash sales, and other sales. That is, the sales type determination unit 410 determines the type of sales generated at the workplace, depending on whether the user pays with a credit card, a cash payment, or a payment using a credit card or cash. Determine.

The carbon emission related collection unit 420 may collect carbon emission related information.

The carbon emission-related information may include at least one of sales item information, information on an item purchased and generated by a user, usage time information on an apparatus using fuel, visiting staff information on the total number of visitors, and transportation information used for the visit. It can be interpreted as one piece of information.

The carbon emission calculation processing unit 430 may generate first payment related information including the determined type of sales and the carbon emission related information, and process the carbon emission calculation to be used for calculating carbon emission through a system for measuring carbon emission. have.

The business terminal 400 may collect information for more accurately calculating carbon emissions by using the sales type determination unit 410 and the carbon emission related collection unit 420.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of measuring carbon emission according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 5, the carbon emission measurement method according to an embodiment of the present invention receives payment-related information in addition to payment information from the business (step 501).

The payment related information may be interpreted as information generated at the time of credit card payment, or may be interpreted as information directly input by a user.

The method for measuring carbon emissions according to an embodiment of the present invention calculates an index of carbon emissions corresponding to the received payment related information (step 502).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the indicator of carbon emissions may be periodically updated and managed by an external organization, and the method of measuring carbon emissions according to an embodiment of the present invention may be based on the received payment related information. It can also be received by requesting an indicator of the carbon emissions from the institution.

In the method of measuring carbon emission according to an embodiment of the present invention, the carbon emission is calculated using the calculated carbon emission index (step 503).

Carbon emissions are the total amount of carbon dioxide that is directly or indirectly generated by human activity or the production or consumption of a commodity, and can be expressed in units such as kg or the number of trees to be planted. In addition, the calculated carbon emissions may be accumulated and accumulated for each individual or company.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a method for measuring carbon emission may receive different payment related information from a user's terminal, and calculate an index of carbon emission corresponding to the received other payment related information.

In this case, the other payment related information may not be information generated when the credit card is settled, but may be interpreted as exceptional information indicating which means of transportation the user arrived at the workplace.

At this time, the step of calculating the carbon emissions, it is also possible to calculate the carbon emissions by using all the payment-related information.

The carbon emission measuring method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains various modifications and variations from such descriptions. This is possible.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims below but also by the equivalents of the claims.

1 is a view for explaining a network for measuring carbon emissions according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram illustrating a carbon emission measurement system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a network for measuring carbon emissions including a workplace terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a business terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of measuring carbon emission according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (14)

A data receiving unit receiving first payment related information in addition to the payment information from the business terminal; An index calculation unit for calculating an index of carbon emissions corresponding to the received first payment-related information; And A carbon emission calculation unit that calculates carbon emission by using the calculated carbon emission index Carbon emission measurement system comprising a. The method of claim 1, The first payment-related information, carbon emissions measurement system, characterized in that it comprises information generated when the payment of the credit card. The method of claim 2, The first payment-related information further includes at least one of price information, date information, industry information, type of oil to be oiled, oil quantity information of oil, purchase history information, and usage history information of additional facilities. Carbon emission measurement system, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The index calculation unit of the carbon emissions, A carbon emission measurement system, the index of carbon emissions being calculated in conjunction with a server of an external organization. The method of claim 1, The data receiver receives the second payment related information from the user's terminal, The index calculation unit of the carbon emissions calculates an index of carbon emissions corresponding to the received second payment-related information, The carbon emission calculation unit calculates carbon emissions by using the calculated index of carbon emissions. The method of claim 5, The second payment-related information, carbon emissions measurement system, characterized in that it comprises information received directly from the user. The method of claim 6, The second payment related information, A carbon emission measurement system comprising at least one of information on transportation, electricity usage, gas usage, and water usage. The method of claim 1, The data receiver receives the first payment related information from the business terminal and the second payment related information from the user's terminal, The index calculation unit of the carbon emissions calculates an index of carbon emissions corresponding to the received first payment related information and the second payment related information, respectively. The carbon emission calculation unit calculates carbon emissions by using the calculated carbon emission indexes, respectively. Sales type determination unit for determining the type of sales generated in the business place; A carbon emission collection unit for collecting carbon emission related information; And A carbon emission calculation processing unit generating first payment related information including the determined type of sales and the carbon emission related information and processing the carbon payment to be used for calculating carbon emission through a system for measuring carbon emission; Terminal for measuring the emissions of carbon comprising a. 10. The method of claim 9, The type of sales is a terminal for measuring carbon emissions, characterized in that determined by at least one of the card sales, cash sales, and other sales. 10. The method of claim 9, The carbon emission-related information terminal for measuring carbon emissions, characterized in that it comprises at least one information from sales item information, use time information, visitor information, and transportation information. Receiving first payment related information in addition to the payment information from the business terminal; Calculating an index of carbon emissions corresponding to the received first payment-related information; And Calculating carbon emissions by using the calculated carbon emission index; Carbon emission measurement method comprising a. The method of claim 12, Receiving second payment related information from a user's terminal; And Calculating an index of carbon emissions corresponding to the received second payment-related information; More, The step of calculating the emissions of carbon, And calculating carbon emissions using the carbon emissions calculated according to the first payment-related information and the carbon emissions index calculated according to the second payment-related information. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method of claim 12.

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