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Method of recording physical quantity change history, program thereof, flow rate measurement apparatus and fluid supplying system

US10323968B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 26, 2008
Grant dateJun 18, 2019
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Expiry dateJan 22, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY04S20/30
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

When an appliance identification art is provided, the computing speed and the identification accuracy are improved while the required memory amount, etc., is decreased. In a gas meter 100, an ultrasonic flowmeter 104 measures the flow rate of gas flowing into a flow path 102 at a given time interval, and a computation section 108 computes a difference value of the predetermined time period between the measured flow rates. A difference value conversion section 112 converts the computed difference value into a code with reference to a flow rate class table by which classes of difference values corresponding to a size of the difference value and codes representing the classes are associated with each other. Further, a flow rate change history generation section 114 generates a flow rate change history approximately representing flow rate change of gas based on a set of the codes of the predetermined time period.

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